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I'd rather be a Redman...

Citizens march in support of Kader Mulcair, St-Cyr speak out w ith h is M o n tre a l c o m m u n ity .

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s im p le fa c t th a t th is b lin d g e n tle m a n

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p o rt o f A b d e lk a d e r 'K a d e r' B e la o u n i,

ed w ith a n o p e n h e a rt a n d an o p e n

a n A lg e ria n m a n c u rre n tly fa c in g d e

m in d , a n d th a t h e s h o u ld b e a llo w e d

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to sta y in C a n a d a w ith h is frie n d s a n d

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h u n d re d p ro te ste rs. "W e a re a s k in g th a t C a n a d a , th is

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Players and fans celebrate one of McGill's ten goals in a routing of the Queen's Golden Gaels last Friday night. See page 20 for details.

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as D o u b le D e e a n d S te in sk i's h e irs a p

p re m is e , th e t w o w ill n o t m e re ly b e

v o c a l s a m p le s te a s e d o u t o f in s tru c

a n d 9 0 s , p u s h in g h ip - h o p a n d sc ra tc h

p a re n t. T h e t w o fo llo w e d u p w ith th e

re h a s h in g t h e fru its b o rn e o f th e ir

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e q u a lly im p re s s iv e (th o u g h p e rh a p s

p re v io u s p a rtn e rs h ip s .

h e ld a c o m p e titio n w h ic h h a d e n

m o v ie s . A m id s t all th e s e c le v e r c u t

in to th e lim e lig h t o f p o p u la r m u s ic . In

n o t as g ro u n d b re a k in g ) P roduct Place

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tra n ts re m ix in g G .L .O .B .E . a n d W h iz

u p s w a s t h e b lu e p rin t fo r o n e o f h ip -

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m e n t in 2 o m a n d h a v e re u n ite d o n c e a g a in fo r The H ard Sell to u r, w h ic h d e

e n tr y w h ic h to o k to p h o n o u rs , Lesson

S u re , t h e m o v e m e n t c a n b e tra c e d

a n d L u c a s M a c F a d d e n ) re le a se d th e

s c e n d s o n M o n tre a l n e x t M o n d a y . "W e k in d o f re v isite d th e id e a o f

B ra z ilia n , A r a b ic ..." h e p a u s e d . "U h ,

Brainzfreeze" said M a c F a d d e n o f h is

w h a t o th e r g e n re s o f m u s ic a re th e re ? "

la te st c o lla b o ra tio n w ith D a v is. "W e

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s ta rte d re h e a rs in g a n d b u ilt a n e n tire

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w a s th e y e a r tu rn ta b lis m b ro k e . The

m o n u m e n ta l in flu e n c e

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t h e e f fe c t s o f a s lu g g is h A m e r ic a n e c o n o m y

" T h e re a re c e r t a in [in d u s trie s ] t h a t h a v e f e w e r

c o n s u lt in g so t h a t w o u ld b e o n e a re a w h e r e

w ill h a v e o n C a n a d a .

o p e n in g s t h a n o t h e r o n e s a n d it's t r a d it io n a lly

t h e y w o u ld s c a le b a c k if t h e r e w a s a re c e s s io n

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o ff

c u t s m a rk t h e b e g in n in g o f a s lo w in g C a n a d i

t h e U .S . re c e s s io n in 2 0 0 1 , so it is n o t p r e o r

a n e c o n o m y , o r p o s s ib ly a re c e s s io n . S ta tis tic s

d a in e d t h a t th e C a n a d ia n la b o u r m a rk e t w o u ld

C a n a d a h a s re p o rte d 18,7 0 0 jo b c u t s a c ro s s t h e

h a v e a d o w n t u r n fro m t h e c u r r e n t , p r o b a b le

c o u n t r y la st m o n t h . W ith t h e lo o n ie fa llin g b y

U .S . re c e s s io n ," s a id M c G ill e c o n o m ic s p r o fe s s o r

m o re th a n a c e n t in r e a c tio n to t h e n e w s , t h e r e

J e n n if e r H u n t ." B u t g iv e n t h a t t h e e m p lo y m e n t

is in c re a s in g p re s s u r e o n t h e B a n k o f C a n a d a

n u m b e r s h a v e in d e e d tu r n e d b a d , it s e e m s

t o lo w e r in te re s t ra te s to c o m b a t a s lo w in g

lik e ly t h a t t h e U .S. e c o n o m y is r e s p o n s ib le , a n d

econom y.

t h a t t h e C a n a d ia n la b o u r m a rk e t c o u ld in d e e d

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"[Graduates] will take somewhat longer to find a job, and they may have to settle for a less interesting and possibly slightly less well paid jobs than they would nave found in a boom year like 2007" — Jennifer Hunt, McGill economics professor

b e e n t e r in g a m o re d if fic u lt p e r io d fro m th e c u r r e n t g o o d c o n d itio n s ." H o w e v e r , s e c t o r s e m p lo y in g

u n iv e rs ity -

to a d d jo b s . M o s t o f t h e lo s s e s c a m e fro m

e d u c a t e d w o r k e r s re m a in la rg e ly u n a ffe c te d

t h e m a n u f a c t u r in g s e c to r , b r in g in g t h e to ta l

b y t h e lo s s e s , a n d o p p o r t u n it ie s fo r u n iv e r s ity

n u m b e r o f lo s t f a c t o r y jo b s in 2 0 0 7 to 132 ,0 0 0 .

g r a d u a te s a re if a n y t h in g in c r e a s in g , a c c o r d in g

A ro u n d 3 4 8 ,0 0 0 C a n a d ia n f a c t o r y jo b s h a v e

to C a t h e r in e S ta c e , c a r e e r a d v is o r a t M c G ill's

b e e n lo s t s in c e t h e e n d o f 2 0 0 2 . L a b o u r le a d

C a r e e r a n d P la c e m e n t S e rv ic e s .

b e c a u s e t h e y w o u ld g e t le s s w o r k ," s h e s a id . “If

b e e n t h a t w a y .”

I h a d n 't a lr e a d y fo u n d a jo b I w o u ld b e a b it

H u n t p r e d ic te d t h a t t h e s itu a tio n w o u ld

w o rrie d ."

b e w o r s e if t h e e c o n o m y fe ll in to re c e s s io n . "[G r a d u a te s ] w ill ta k e s o m e w h a t lo n g e r

D e s p ite D e c e m b e r 's jo b lo s s e s , Q u e b e c

to fin d a jo b , a n d t h e y m a y h a v e to s e ttle fo r

s a w im p r o v e m e n t in its e m p lo y m e n t s itu a tio n

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"I d o n ’t t h in k [u n iv e r s it y s tu d e n ts ] w o u ld ,

in t h e m a n u f a c t u r in g s e c t o r b y c a llin g o n t h e

b e c a u s e t h e b o o m e r s a re re tirin g , so all [th e

w e ll p a id jo b s t h a n t h e y w o u ld h a v e fo u n d in

2 .4 p e r c e n t g r o w t h ra te .

g o v e r n m e n t to im p le m e n t m e a s u r e s t h a t e n

a ffe c te d ] p o s itio n s a re o p e n in g u p . S o a t t h e

a b o o m y e a r lik e 2 0 0 7 ,"s h e sa id .

in c e c o n t in u e s t o h a v e t h e h ig h e s t p r o v in c ia l

H o w e v e r, t h e p r o v

u n e m p lo y m e n t ra te o u t s id e o f t h e M a ritim e s .

u n iv e r s it y le v e l, t h e y 'r e n o t t h e d e m o g r a p h ic

H e a th e r K a p te in , U3 m a n a g e m e n t , w a s

D e c re a s e d d e m a n d fro m t h e U .S . a s w e ll

t h a t's g o in g to b e a f fe c te d b y th is ; it's g o in g

a ls o w o r r ie d a b o u t jo b a v a ila b ilit y in t h e c a s e

N e w B r u n s w ic k a n d B ritish C o lu m b ia a ls o s a w

a s t h e s tro n g lo o n ie a re b e in g d e s c r ib e d a s t h e

to b e u n s k ille d la b o u re rs , p e o p le t h a t f in is h e d

o f a re c e s s io n .

s tro n g im p r o v e m e n t s , w h ile A lb e rta a g a in h ad

m a in r e a s o n s fo r t h e lo s s e s in t h e m a n u f a c t u r

a fte r t h e ir s e c o n d a r y e d u c a t io n w ill b e m o re

in g s e c to r, a n d th e r e is in c re a s e d a n x ie t y a b o u t

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c o u r a g e in v e s t m e n t in t h e in d u s tr y .

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s a id .

t h e h ig h e s t e m p lo y m e n t ra te o f all t h e p r o v

"I w o u ld w o r r y a little b it fo r jo b s in c e r ta in t y p e s o f fie ld s . F o r m e I'm g o in g

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Student services put on academic probation Administration still gathering feedback; specifics remain unclear V incci Tsui A b y s m a l re s u lts f ro m a G lo b e a n d M a il u n iv e r s it y ra n k in g o f M c G ill fo o d a n d s t u d e n t s e r v ic e s h a v e p r o m p t e d t h e a d m in

D e p u t y P ro v o s t M o rto n M e n d e ls o n w a s n o t im p re s s e d b y t h e re s u lts , b u t m a in t a in e d t h a t m o re in fo r m a tio n w o u ld

t h a t's t h e re a s o n fo r t h e P rin c ip a l's T a s k F o rc e t h a t ra n fro m 2 0 0 5 to 2 0 0 6 ." M a n a g e m e n t S e n a to r A n e e ru d h a

n e e d t o b e g a t h e r e d fro m in te rn a l s u r v e y s b e fo re a n y a c tio n

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is tra tio n t o im p r o v e t h e s e r v ic e s a v a ila b le o n c a m p u s .T h e s u r

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a s t o w h y s t u d e n t s e r v ic e s fa re d p o o r ly in t h e r a n k in g s : p o o r

v e y p la c e d t h e C a r e e r a n d P la c e m e n t S e r v ic e s a t a C + , S t u d e n t

q u e s t io n e d — t h e r e ’s n o d o u b t a b o u t t h a t — b e c a u s e it ’s a se lf-

c o m m u n ic a t io n to s t u d e n t s , lim ite d c o m m it m e n t b y t h e a d

H e a lth S e r v ic e s a t a C-, a n d M c G ill F o o d S e r v ic e s s c o r e d a C - fo r

s e le c t e d sa m p le ," M e n d e ls o n s a id . "W e a re c o n c e r n e d a b o u t

m in is tra tio n a n d a n in e f fic ie n t u s e o f re s o u rc e s .

fo o d q u a lit y a n d a D fo r v a lu e .

a re a s in t h e u n iv e r s it y t h a t a re n o t ju d g e d w e ll b y s t u d e n t s ;

"A s im p le w a y to f ig u r e o u t w a y s in w h ic h w e c a n im p r o v e o u r c a r e e r s e r v ic e s w o u ld b e to g o ta lk w it h a lu m n i t h a t n o w re c ru it a t M cG ill," B o rk o to k y s a id . " T h e re is v e r y little c o m m u n i c a t io n b e t w e e n D e v e lo p m e n t a n d A lu m n i re la tio n s a n d c a m p u s c a r e e r s e r v ic e s . It's a little a b s u rd t h a t a u n iv e r s it y w it h o n e o f t h e c o n t in e n t 's b e s t m e d ic in e a n d m a n a g e m e n t f a c u lt ie s c a n 't ru n a c lin ic t h a t a d e q u a t e ly s a tis fie s its u sers." M e n d e ls o n d is a g re e d w it h B o rk o to k y 's d e c la r a t io n th a t t h e a d m in is t r a t io n is n o t c o m m it t e d t o s t u d e n t s e r v ic e s , t e ll in g t h e S e n a te t h a t a v a r ie t y o f q u a lit a t iv e a n d q u a n t it a t iv e f e e d b a c k is g a t h e r e d t h r o u g h s t u d e n t s u r v e y s a n d c o n s u lt a t io n w it h a d v is o r y g ro u p s . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a re s o m e b a rrie r s to chang e. "W e h a v e to [m a k e c h a n g e s ] w it h in t h e f in a n c ia l c o n s tra in ts , a n d

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la rg e ly b y s t u d e n t fees," h e s a id . "S tu d e n ts a re c o n c e r n e d a b o u t in c r e a s e s in s t u d e n t fe e s , s o t h a t n e c e s s a r ily c o n s t r a in s s o m e o f w h a t w e d o , b u t t h a t d o e s n 't m e a n w e c a n 't still s tr iv e to u s e t h e m o n e y w e h a v e in t h e m o s t e f fic ie n t w a y a n d p r o v id in g t h e b e s t p o s s ib le s e rv ic e ." M e n d e ls o n a ls o c ite d t h e a p p o in t m e n t o f J a n a L u k e r to t h e n e w ly c r e a te d p o s itio n o f E x e c u t iv e D ir e c t o r o f S t u d e n t S e r v ic e s in N o v e m b e r a s e v id e n c e th a t th is is a n a re a o f p r io rity fo r t h e a d m in is tr a tio n . Luker has

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c e p t e d c h e q u e s fro m Lo rd B la ck . In fa c t, it is n o

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fe a tu r e fo r th e iP h o n e w h ic h n o b o d y I k n o w

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jo u rn a lis ts to w rite fo r h im . H is o b s e s s io n w ith

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b e d o w n lo a d e d th ro u g h th e iT u n e s sto re ,

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c h e e rin g fo r la rg e ly s u p e rflu o u s b e lls a n d

for. W h a t's m o re , w it h n o re m o v a b le , s e r v ic e

b a ro n s to p a ss ju d g e m e n t u p o n h im . A m o n g

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o u r o w n w a rra n tie s ? H o g w a s h , H e rr Jo b s .

m o u r a n d o ra to ric a l a b ilitie s . T h o s e th a t k n o w

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w it h o u t m a k in g a n y 19-year o ld c la s s ic a l m u s ic

g o e s o n . B u t I'm so rry , y o u h a v e to a d m it th a t th e s e

c h u rc h - d a d is th e o n e d e s c rip to r th a t c o m e s to

lo v e r fe e l w e a k in t h e k n e e s.

fla w s c a n o n ly a d d d ra m a tic a lly to t h e m y s tiq u e

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q u a rte ts , s y m p h o n ie s , p ia n o c o n c e rto s , p ia n o s o n a

C a th rin e D in g le , L e n a G a y ra u d ,

h e h a d s o m e p o p u la r s ta tu s in h is life tim e , b u t

ta s, s o n g s , o v e r tu re s a n d v io lin c o n c e r to h a v e b e e n

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to t h e d e a th . B ach 's m e a s ly b a ro q u e o rc h e s tra w ith

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OFF THE BOARD

Letter to the editor

May cause infer-pill-ity

A difficult GRASPé on student activism G R A S P é : ("G R A S P é s ta g e s co u p ." 15.01.08) T ip : D o n 't le t U o s b e y o u r s p o k e s p e rs o n u n d e r a n y c irc u m s t a n c e s . If t h e c la im s o f a d m in is tra to rs

E lizabeth P erle

m e n to o k T h e Pill, d o y o u th in k it w o u ld c o m e in m a n ly

b lu e little p a cke ts? B e lie v e it o r not, m a le c o n tra c e p tiv e al

th a t y o u w e n t b e y o n d a sit-in a n d a c tu a lly w e n t th ro u g h d e s k s o r s im i m o re se ve re , a n d th e y in c lu d e d e p re ssio n an d blo o d clots,

la r a c tio n s , y o u a re d o in g a d is s e r v ic e to th e e n tire s tu d e n t m o v e m e n t,

w h ic h ca n lead to h e a rt attacks.

p ro g re s s iv e o r n o t. If y o u w a n t a se a t a t th e ta b le , w h ic h , I m ig h t a d d w e n o w h a v e th a n k s to t h e w o r k o f re a lists lik e M r. Itz k o w itz , y o u sh o u ld

te rn a tiv e s to c o n d o m s a n d v a s e c to m ie s d o exist, th o u g h

In 2 0 0 6 , t w o d o c to rs fro m King's C o lle g e in Lo n d o n

I th e y a re n o t y e t cu ltu ral o r e c o n o m ic realities in C a n a d a . In

d e v e lo p e d a n o n -h o rm o n a l b irth co n tro l pill fo r m e n called

i fa ct, th e so -ca lle d "n e w " d e v e lo p m e n t o f a d istin c tly m ascu -

"dry o rg a sm pill."M en w o u ld 'ta k e th e pill a p p ro x im a te ly tw o

— G e o ffre y H all,

i lin e o rie n te d b irth co n tro l pill h as b e e n a m e d ic a l reality fo r a

h o u rs b e fo re se x a n d it w o u ld p re v e n t th e ir b o d ie s fro m p ro

B .A . 2 0 0 7

i startlin g ly lo ng tim e .

d u c in g se m e n , w ith o u t a ffe c tin g th e ir ab ility to o rg a s m .T h is

In 1976, m y m o th e r w a s in vo lve d in a re se arch p ro je c t at

m e a n s th a t th e y w o u ld still e ja c u la te , th e y w o u ld ju s t d o so

th e M arg aret S a n g e r In stitu te in B o sto n o n th e d e v e lo p m e n t

w ith o u t se m e n . Fertility w o u ld retu rn to n o rm a l h a lf a d a y

o f m a le c o n tra c e p tiv e m e th o d s. A t th e tim e , th e y w e re in

later. B esid es p re v e n tin g p re g n a n c y , th is pill c a n p re v e n t th e

ve stig atin g tw o d iffe re n t o p tio n s .T h e first w a s a little im p la n t

sp re ad o f th e HIV viru s, w h ic h is so m e th in g th a t n o fe m a le

to b e p lace d u n d e r th e skin o f th e a rm p it, w h ic h w o u ld se

c o n tra c e p tiv e m e th o d ca n d o as o f yet.

c re te e n o u g h te sto ste ro n e , o v e r th re e m o n th s, to d e c re a se th e m an's sp e rm c o u n t.

b e h a v e in a m o re re s p e c tfu l m a n n e r.

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H o w e v e r, th e o rig in a l d e v e lo p e r o f th e m a le pill, Carl

McGill

D jerassi, e x p la in e d in an a rtic le in Sab a d o m a g a z in e th a t

T h e se c o n d w a s a m a le b irth c o n tro l pill. T h o u g h th e

m e n w ill u ltim a te ly b e re sistan t to a n y so rt o f m a le b irth c o n

research w a s m o re ru d im e n ta ry , th e sc ie n c e w a s th e re . T h is

trol m e th o d — h o rm o n e b a se d o r not. "M en a re afraid to lo se

m e a n s th a t a m a le birth c o n tro l pill c o u ld h a ve b e e n a reality

th e ir virility. E ve n if ta k in g a pill carrie s o n ly a re m o te c h a n c e

in N orth A m e ric a n c u ltu re m o re th a n 32 ye ars ag o .

o f im p o te n c e , th e y w o n 't ta k e th e ch an ce," h e said.

B e a tty le c tu re b y

T h e p ro b le m ? M e n w o u ld n 't ta k e it. T h e re w a s a b so

S tatistics s h o w th a t m o st m e n w o u ld n 't e v e n c o n sid e r

lu te ly n o m a rk e t fo r m a le oral c o n tra c e p tio n .T h e o n ly g ro u p

ta k in g a fo rm o f h o rm o n a l b irth co n tro l, e v e n in pill fo rm . Yet,

it a p p e a le d to w a s m e n in m o n o g a m o u s re latio n sh ip s, an d

so m a n y w o m e n d o b e c a u s e th e y realize th e im p o rta n c e

e v e n th e n , w ith th e d iv o rc e rate so h ig h , th is g ro u p g re w

o f ta k in g co n tro l o f th e ir o w n re p ro d u c tiv e h e a lth . W h y is it

in cre a sin g ly sm aller. In 1980, th e re se arch m y m o th e r w a s in

th a t w o m e n a re c o n sis te n tly m o re w illin g to p u t th e ir b o d ie s

v o lv e d in w a s u tte rly a b a n d o n e d b e c a u se th e in stitu te co u ld

th ro u g h th in g s th a t m o st m e n w o n 't e v e n co n sid e r?

n o t g e t fu n d in g fro m d ru g c o m p a n ie s o r e x te rn a l so u rce s to co n tin u e .

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f M ic ro b io lo g y a n d Im m u n o lo g y , a n d M c G ill A ID S C e n t e r a r e p le a s e d to p r e s e n t a M in i

M en's rig h ts activists, su ch as th e M RA , o fte n a rg u e th a t m e n h a v e to p a y c h ild s u p p o rt fo r c h ild re n th a t th e y d o n 't

W h y is it a ssu m e d m e n w o n 't ta k e it? G e n e ra lly sp e a k

w a n t (a d u b io u s c la im in m o st ca se s, b u t th is is re p e a te d ad

ing , m e n are terrified o f v o lu n ta rily lo w e rin g th e ir sp e rm

n a u se u m ). P ro d u cin g th e m a le pill w o u ld m a k e th is p o in t

c o u n t, w h ic h m a n y e q u a te in th e ir m in d s w ith th e ir m a sc u

d isa p p e a r: "w ell, y o u c o u ld h a v e ta k e n b irth control." It is in

lin ity o r se xu a l libido . P re g n a n c y is o n e th in g , b u t d a rin g to

m en's in terests, as w e ll as w o m e n 's, to h a v e co n tro l o v e r c o n

m e ss w ith th e a lm ig h ty sp e rm ? T h e horror!

c e p tio n a n d re p ro d u c tiv e h ealth .

A cc o rd in g to Karrie G a llo w a y, C E O o f P la n n e d P aren t

P h a rm a c e u tic a l c o m p a n ie s m u s t b e w illin g to p ro d u c e

h o o d , m o st research sh o w s th a t w h ile h o rm o n e b a se d birth

a lte rn a tiv e m a le c o n tra c e p tiv e m e th o d s. In o rd e r fo r th is to

co n tro l e ffe c ts m e n h o rm o n a lly sim ilarly to h o w it d o e s

h a p p e n , m e n m u s t also b e w illin g to ta k e th e m . Yes, oral b irth

w o m e n , m e n are m u c h less likely to to le rate it. Fu rth er, d o c

co n tro l p ro d u cts a re n o t p e rfe c t; b u t w o m e n still c h o o se to

to rs e xp re ss c o n c e rn a b o u t w h e t h e r m e n w o u ld b e w illin g

tak e th e b irth co n tro l p ill (an d m o re d e trim e n ta l p ro d u cts

J o h n

C o f f i n ,

P h . D .

A m e r ic a n C a n c e r S o c ie ty R e s e a rc h P ro fe s s o r D is t in g u is h e d P ro fe s s o r Tu fts U n iv e rs ity , B o s to n , M a s s a c h u s e tts , U S A

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to h a n d le th e sid e -e ffe cts o f th e pill, w h ic h are h e a d a c h e s

su ch as th e m o rn in g afte r pill) in o rd e r to ta k e co n tro l o f th e ir

The public is welcom e. Adm ission is free

a n d d izzin e ss (n o d iffe re n t th a n th o s e o f a ty p ic a l h a n g o ve r).

o w n se xu a l h e a lth . M e n d e s e rv e to h a v e th e sa m e o p tio n ,

H o w e v e r, s y m p to m s o f th e fe m a le pill te n d to b e m u c h

w h e th e r th e y are "m ark etab le" o r not. ■

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SILHOUETTE

Gorilla goes greener

Making rotting bananas and used tea bags into more than garbage "T h e re 's g a r b a g e a n d th e re 's r e c y c lin g , b u t c o m p o s t in g is a re

m e a n s it d e c o m p o s e s in t h e p r e s e n c e o f o x y g e n a n d b re a k s

a lly im p o r t a n t p a r t o f w a s t e m a n a g e m e n t a n d M c G ill so fa r

d o w n in to s o il. S o t h e b y p r o d u c t is p o s itiv e . It's a b it o f c a rb o n

T h e s e d a y s e v e r y o n e w a n t s to g iv e t h e ir t w o c e n ts o n

h a s n o in te re s t in o ffe rin g th a t to s t u d e n t s o r b u ild in g s . S t u

d io x id e b u t th a t's p a rt o f t h e n a tu ra l c a r b o n c y c le , it's n o t a d d

t h e e n v ir o n m e n t . T w o y e a rs a g o G o rilla C o m p o s t in g s ta r te d

d e n ts h a d to ta k e t h e in itia tiv e a n d s ta r t t h is c lu b b e c a u s e so

in g to o u r p r o b le m ,” s a y s M e rs e re a u .

tr y in g to c o n v in c e M c G ill s t u d e n t s to fin d a b e tt e r p la c e fo r

m a n y s t u d e n t s w a n t t o c o m p o s t a n d d o n 't h a v e a s p o t to d o

t h e ir o rg a n ic w a s t e . T h e g r o u p b e lie v e s t h a t c o m p o s t in g s e r

it, so th a t's w h a t w e 're h e re for."

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With the Canadian death t o ll risin g in Afghanistan, the war-torn country wouldn’t seem lik e a top travel destination for anyone, m ilita ry or c iv ilia n . The most recent casualty, Trooper Richard Renaud, was returned to Canada in a coffin ju st la s t Friday, while Jan. 6 saw the deaths of Warrant O fficer Hani Massouh and Corporal E ric Labbe, both of Quebec’ s Royal 22nd Regiment. Com monly known as the Van Doos, the Royal 22nd i s also home to Dai ni us S ile ik a , a McGill U3 honours student in East Asian Religious Studies and C la s s ic s , for whom heading to Afghanistan i s a very real p o s s ib ilit y . For two years the 23-year-old Toronto native has been serving in the Black Watch, a reserve regiment located on Parc Avenue, and i s now taking time o ff from school to tra in fu ll time at the Van Doos’ base in V a lc a rtie r, Quebec. Depending on the p o litic a l situation in the coming months, deployment overseas may very well be on the horizon. “I was 22 going on 23 when I put my name i n , ” S ile ik a says. “I have only a year le f t to fin ish my BA, but i t struck me that i f the m ilita ry l i f e was something that I was serio u sly considering, I needed to figure that out sooner than la te r . A g irlfrie n d , a wife, a family might endure a year to fin ish a BA, a few years to do an MA, but to go away to war i s something, in my opinion, that i s best done when one has not yet made those commitments.” Though service in the regular force is optional for re se rv ists, S e le ik a ’ s decision to supplement his studies with m ilita ry service is not so unusual. According to Stephan Leroux, the recruiting o ffic e r for the Grenadier Guards, 75 per cent of the infantry reserve regiment’ s members are students. While fin an cial incentives for service include high wages and the p o s s ib ility of subsidized education, student motivation for joining is not always purely pecuniary. For Seleika, a large part of his in te rest was inspired by his Lithuanian heritage.

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“I remember being told sto rie s about l i f e in the m ilita ry my great-grandfather was in the T sa rist army-as well as songs of the Lithuanian resistance during the Soviet occupation,” he r e c a lls . “These sto rie s and songs about farmers and students a lik e taking to the woods to fight made a p a rticu la r impression in that they in s t ille d in me the notion that sometimes there

are things worth fighting f o r .” For Darius Naderpour, a McGill bioresource engineering alum nus who le f t reserve duty after graduation to pursue a career in the RCMP, the m ilitary “was lik e a nagging c a llin g that I had a very hard time trying to ignore.” “As clichéd and as stereotypical as i t sounds, I ’m proud to be Canadian. I ’ ve had a good l i f e here, and I re a lly do want to give something back to the country,” says le f f Vavasour-Wil liams, U1 h isto ry, who is currently navigating the m ilita ry ’ s complex and sometimes lengthy application process. While Vavasour-Williams, Naderpour and S ile ik a approached the m ilita ry of th e ir own in it ia t iv e , other students are in tro duced to army l i f e through job postings on M cGill’ s Career and Placement Services Website as well as Canadian Forces tables at campus job f a ir s . Indeed, since 2006, the Canadian Armed Forces has been conducting i t s biggest recruitment drive in decades, Operation Connection. In i t s attempt to d ra s tic a lly boost troop numbers, however, the drive has drawn opposition from anti-recruitm ent groups such as ACT For the Earth. The group’ s counter e ffo rt, Operation Objection, aims to disrupt m ilita ry recruitment on CEGEP and university campuses and has met with some success. According to Alexandre V idal, U1 envi ronment and an a c t iv is t with Operation Objection as well as Center de ressources sur la non-violence, 25 Quebec student unions have taken anti-recruitm ent positions and the m ilitary has refrained from recruiting at schools where they expect opposition. In addition to th e ir concerns over increased re cru itin g , a c t iv is t s also point to the Canadian mission in Af ghanistan as a reason for th e ir a c t iv it ie s .

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Though the members of the Medical Of fic e r Training Program fight different enemies-namely medical ones-they are s t i l l as much a part of the army as those on the front lin e s . Over the la st two years, the Canadian Forces Medical Croup has seen a dramatic increase in medical student recruitment and retention. The appeal of a signing bonus ranging from $40,000 for a firs t-y e a r medical stu dent to $180,000 for a second-year r e s i dent, an annual salary of over $44,000 per year and subsidization of tu itio n , textbook and instrument costs for medi cal schools, have helped bring dozens of medical o ffic e r recru its into the Medi cal O fficer Training Program. Lieutenant Colonel Randy R u ssell, a physician in the CFMG, points to numer ous attractions of practicing medicine in the m ilita ry , in addition to the f i nancial incentives. P a rtic u la rly , oppor tu n itie s including working in a network of doctors on a base and being part of an international organization involved in disaster r e lie f , m ilita ry or peace keeping missions. “Medical students respond very posvely to team-based medical c a re ,”

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Russell says. “A lo t of new physicians dergraduate degree, would have been able are energized about the idea that they to pay for most of his medical schooling could learn a lo t of things from working without accumulating much debt; however, with other doctors that they can consult Rossi uses the signing bonus, salary and subsidization to place a down-payment on w ith .” “Very few medical students and r e s i a condo and invest in RRSPs. “This p articu lar case is lik e ly the dents are excited about the prospect of exception however as I am aware of other treating 40 patients a day. I t e ll them that the average in the m ilita ry is 18,” MOTP candidates who had sig n ifican t Russell adds. “Our doctors are re a lly amounts of monies owed that the sign ing bonus was used to repay,” he says. enjoying what they’ re doing.” For Second Lieutenant Carlo Rossi, “The medical education in Quebec is both a Med-4 student at M cGill, joining the the le a st expensive and potentially the MOTP meant that he could not only con shortest. The bonuses were designed for tribute to the Canadian Armed Forces in the average Canadian candidate who would i t s defence, but could simultaneously have up to eight years of university pursue his in terests in emergency care, debt to repay on signing.” After finish ing a two-year residency tropical medicine and parasitology. “The army provides a unique circum in m ilitary family medicine, there are stance in that as a medical o ffic e r, four years of obligatory service, after you have the opportunity to practice which medical o ffice rs can choose to re medicine within war zones and d isaster main in the CF or move a c iv ilia n prac r e lie f e ffo rts, a ll of which incorpo tic e . “In the past, up to 70 per cent of rate both acute emergency medicine and a working knowledge of tropical medicine,” medical o ffic e rs le f t after the four says Rossi. “The CF therefore provided years of obligatory s e rv ic e ,” Russell me with an excellent vehicle for pur says. “For the la s t two years, we have suing my professional in te rests-a t no been retaining 80 per cent of our physi cians; they’ re enjoying th e ir career in added expense for me.” Rossi, who has been working almost the Canadian Forces so much that they’ re fu ll-tim e as a programmer during his un choosing to s ta y .”»

“Those campaigns were not in place before because there wasn’ t much opposition to the fact that Canada’ s m ilitary was taking part in peacekeeping m issio ns,” says Raymond Legault, a spokesperson for Montreal anti-war group C o lle c t if Échec a la guerre. “But since we’ re more openly at war and much more in close relationship with the US, young people have started protesting th is kind of th in g .” In addition to current m ilita ry a c t iv it ie s , Legault also takes issue with recruitment t a c tic s used by the Canadian Forces, claiming that they sensationalize m ili tary l i f e without adequately representing the dangers. “This is an exciting l i f e , you’ re actu ally doing some good while you’ re getting the excitement; i t ’ s very close to video games but i t ’ s for r e a l,” he says. Despite flashy advertising, however, recru iters stre ss that they are re a lly only interested in those who are suited for the job. “We have a highly rigorous selection process to en sure that we don’t make mistakes in selection when we get people in , because recruiting i s very expensive,” says Guy Paquin, the head Recruiting O fficer for Mon t r e a l. “Our selection process has to make sure that when he gets into the army he’ s well informed in what he’ s getting into, has a good idea about his trade, has a good idea about his obligations. Because a lo t of people join and then two weeks la te r they say, oh no, th a t’ s not for me. That’ s when we’ve made a mistake in se le c tio n .”

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The m ilita ry is V X Xi a cu ltu re, ” confi rms ‘V ‘ \ Desmond Morton, Mc f .1 \ X i m G i l l ’ s Hiram M ills emeritus professor of h isto ry , past d irecto r of the Mc G ill In stitu te for the study of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada. “I f you don’ t have any part of that c u l ture you’ d better be prepared to open your eyes and take i t a ll in a hurry. Some of the students I know have gone into the m ilita ry and i f they had been in the armed forces before they’ ve done quite w e ll, but i f they weren’t , they haven’ t . ” Another aspect of what Legault views as misleading ad v e rtisin g is the pressure on en listed so ld ie rs to serve in dangerous missions overseas, thus getting more than what they o rig in a lly bargained fo r. “I f some of your buddies are startin g to volunteer, peer pressure i s f a ir ly strong and in the army i t ’ s much worse. Even i f someone says that they v o lu n tarily went, what kind of pressure did they submit to ?” he asks. “I t ’ s not ju s t what are my chances of being k ille d , but also being wounded, losing an arm or a leg, losing your psycho lo g ical balance, being traumatized by the experience. A ll of that i s not in the marketing.” For S ile ik a , however, the decision to jo in the regular force and volunteer for a combat mission seems to have had more to do with a sense of duty than peer pressure. “A big part of my signing up to go overseas was sim ply the re su lt of that being the ultimate manifestation of my vision of what i t i s to be a s o ld ie r ,” he says. “An athlete tra in s for a track meet, a carpenter learns th e ir trade to work with wood and so, too, a so ld ie r tra in s to go to an operational theatre when th e ir country c a l l s . ”-

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Health effects: This stuff is barely organic and is actually banned in France and Switzerland because of the chemical compounds'adverse effects on the liver. Versatility: Not really a breakfast food for the casual consumer but quite good with various fruit juices, Sprite or straight up.

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u n le s s y o u 're a S ta rb u c k s s n o b .

The Winner: Coffee While Red Bull might give you wings, you'll be crashing way faster than with good ol'coffee. Plus, with all the delicious and sug ary coffee drinks out there, everyone can find something to keep them awake and happy all night. So well stick to tradition on this one. ■

Health effects: T h e a n tio x id a n ts re le a se d d u rin g ro a stin g h a v e b e e n fo u n d to re d u c e th e risk o f c o lo n c a n c e r b y 25 p e r c e n t, c irrh o s is b y 8 0 p e r c e n t a n d h a lv e t h e c h a n c e o f g a lls to n e s .

Versatility: Good any time of the day and mixes well with chocolate, mint, caramel, hazelnut and vanilla just to name a few. — Complied by Kate Spirgen

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C rystal C han

a n d s ty le a ls o v a r y g re a tly b e t w e e n s o n g s . T h e

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o u tla n d is h g e n re - fu s in g la b e ls fo r t h e m s e lv e s .

re s u lt is a s o u n d s c a p e b o th u n ifie d a n d e x t r a o r d in a r ily ja z z - lik e in its s e e m in g ly im p r o v is a t o r y m u s ic a l sty le .

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A s Jo ra n e 's f r e q u e n t p a in tin g m e t a p h o r s a t

ist to fa ll u n d e r t h e g e n r e o f "ro c k -c e llo ") re fu s e s

te s t, v is u a l a rt h a s a lw a y s b e e n a n e x tra - m u s ic a l

to c a te g o r iz e h e r s e lf a s s u c h a n o v e lt y . A lth o u g h

p a s s io n fo r h e r. W a tc h in g h e r o n s ta g e is d e fi

s h e m o s tly w r it e s fo lk s y e x p e r im e n t a l ro c k w ith

n ite ly a m u ltim e d ia e x p e r ie n c e , w it h m u s ic ia n s

t h e t r a d itio n a lly c la s s ic a l c e llo a s h e r m a in in s tru

s w it c h in g in s t r u m e n t s fro m s o n g to s o n g , c r e

m e n t, s h e h a s a ls o p la y e d in ja z z fe s tiv a ls a n d o r

a tin g p u rp o s e fu l "v isu a l t a b le a u x " t h a t fitt in g ly

c h e s tra s a n d is a n a c c o m p lis h e d film c o m p o s e r. "Y o u d e c id e w h a t m y s o u n d is,” s h e c h a l le n g e s t h e lis te n e r. A t 19, s h e s w it c h e d fro m

u n d e r s c o r e t h e ric h c h a r a c t e r o f Jo ra n e 's m u s ic . "Plus," s h e e x p la in s , "w e 're n o t s c a r e d to ju s t s t o m p a ro u n d a n d h a v e fu n !"

g u ita r to c e llo n o t fo r its u n iq u e ro c k s o u n d , b u t

E n v ir o n m e n ta l p r e s e rv a tio n h a s b e e n a n

b e c a u s e it "fe lt n a tu ra l, in s p irin g , c lo s e t o m y p e r

o t h e r o f h e r p a s s io n s . F o rg e t R a d io h e a d ; J o

s o n a lity . It w a s s o e a s y to e x p re s s m y s e lf th r o u g h

ra n e 's p r o je c ts in c lu d e a w e b a lb u m , C an vas o r C a n va ss ?— a n a m e w h ic h ju x t a p o s e s a r t w ith

cello ." A s a n a w a r d - w in n in g m u s ic ia n , J o r a n e h a s

p o litic s — w h o s e s o n g s w e r e re le a s e d p e r io d i

w o rk e d w it h m a n y o t h e r a rtis ts , in c lu d in g S a ra h

c a lly o n lin e u n til t h e p r o je c t w a s c o m p le t e d

M c L a c h la n , Lisa G e r m a n o , J o h n

M e lle n c a m p ,

S im p le M in d s , t h e In d ig o G irls , S im o n W ilc o x ,

in m id -2 0 0 7 .

All d o n a t io n s w e n t t o L iv e E a rth ,

t h e M o n tre a l 2 0 0 7 v e rs io n o f w h ic h J o r a n e a ls o

T h r e e D a y s G ra c e , P ro je t O ra n g e , R a n d y B a c h

p e r fo r m e d a t, im p ro v is in g to v is u a l im a g e s . S h e

m a n , S e a l a n d M ic h a e l B ro o k .

w a r n s t h a t "th is m a y s o u n d s t r a n g e t o s o m e

H e r e ig h th a lb u m , Vers à soi, w a s 'r e le a s e d

p e o p le " b u t s h e a ls o lo v e s m a t h e m a t ic s . "It's n o t

in la te O c t o b e r 2 0 0 7 . T h is is h e r firs t f u lly F re n c h

t h a t fa r fro m m u sic ," s h e e x p la in s . A b o v e all, s h e

a lb u m s in c e h e r d e b u t , b u t h e r b o d y o f w o r k

a im s , a s s h e p u ts it, t o " c o m m u n ic a t e , b e c re a tiv e

h a s b e e n p o p u la r w it h a u d ie n c e s o f m a n y la n

a n d c o n s tr u c tiv e " in all h e r w o r k .

g u a g e s . T h e m a te ria l fo u n d o n Vers à so i is a

Jo ra n e 's m u s ic is c e r t a in ly c o m m u n ic a t iv e .

c u lm in a t io n o f t h e la st t w o y e a rs , a n e m o tio n a l

S h e in s is ts t h a t t h e re a s o n s h e s in g s fo r h e rs e lf

t im e w h ic h s h e b e lie v e s t h e a lb u m c h a n n e ls .

a s w e ll a s lis te n e rs is to im b u e e x p e r ie n c e — o r

S h e w e n t o n a n e y e - o p e n in g t r ip to In d ia , d e a lt

re f le c t io n o n e x p e r ie n c e — w it h m o re n u a n c e ,

w ith t h e d e a th s o f v e r y c lo s e f a m ily a n d frie n d s ,

w h e t h e r s w e e t o r b itte r s w e e t. S h e s p e a k s h u m

a n d g a v e b irth to h e r firs t b a b y . H e r a lb u m th u s

b ly a b o u t a p r e v io u s ly b e d rid d e n y o u n g

d ra w s fro m th e s e e x p e r ie n c e s o f lo v e , life a n d

w h o f in a lly a tte n d e d h e r s h o w , w h o c la im e d to

d e a th : t h e t im e w o r n tr in it y o f a rt.

fa n

b e a b le to e s c a p e t h e b e d t h r o u g h h e r m u s ic ;

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a b o u t th o s e w h o in fo rm h e r t h e y a c c o m p a n ie d

n o t t o fin d n e w s u b je c ts b u t to g iv e n e w w a y s o f

fu n e r a ls a n d b irth s w it h h e r m u s ic ; a b o u t t h o s e ,

s e e in g it. W e c re a te d iffe r e n t t i n t s . . . L o v e w ill a l

in c lu d in g h e rs e lf, w h o w a llo w t h r o u g h h e r d a rk

w a y s b e th e re . W e c a n n o t re in v e n t t h e s u b j e c t ...

e r m u s ic in a n g e r o r s a d n e s s .

b u t t h e c h a lle n g e is t o fin d a n o t h e r w a y t o s e e

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it."

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t h e s o u l. M u s ic 's s o m e t h in g so p o w e r fu l, it's b e

w is p y , h e a d re g is te r v o ic e a n d h e r c r e a t iv e u se

y o n d y o u rs e lf. I c re a te fo r m y s e lf a n d o th e rs , b u t

o f c e llo , w h ic h in c lu d e s e x t e n s iv e p e r c u s s iv e as

it a lw a y s ta k e s a life b e y o n d its o w n ." »

w e ll a s ly ric a l u s e o f t h e in s t r u m e n t . It is a m a rk e d ly in tim a te re c o rd , e v e n w it h lu s h o r c h e s tr a

Jo ra n e p la y s a t Le N a tion a l (1220 S te-C a therine E.)

tio n . F o r h e r, w o r k in g w it h o t h e r v e r s a tile m u s i

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c ia n s b o th o n s ta g e a n d in t h e s tu d io is c o n d u

w w w .a d m is s io n .c o m .

MARIANNE LAROCHELLE Jorane: One name, five fingers and a cello.

POP RHETORIC

H e a r m y film L a u r a T in d a l

h e re 's a n e w tre n d in m o v ie s w h e r e t h e s c re e n p la y ta k e s

h ig h e r le v e ls in th is g a m e , t h e in d ie -fa n m u s t c o lle c t "cool

la te d d ia lo g u e , d o e s n 't h a v e h is c h a ra c te rs s p e c ific a lly p o in t

a b a c k s e a t to t h e m a in fe a tu re : t h e s o u n d tra c k . A s m o re

p o in ts," a n d t h e m o re p e o p le y o u c o n in to lis te n in g to y o u r

in g o u t th e m e rits o f s o n g s b e tw e e n in je c tio n s .

a n d m o re film s re s o rt to ta c k lin g t h e ta le o f t h e g e e k y

n e w fin d , t h e c o o le r y o u b e c o m e a m o n g th e sk in n y -je a n

S e e n in its e a rly s ta g e s o n The OC— so w h a t if o u r s h o w

lo s e r w h o 's a w k w a rd w ith g irls (s e e : a n y m o v ie w ith S e th

c r o w d .T o p p o in ts a re a w a rd e d fo r fin d in g t h e n e x t b ig th in g

su c k s , liste n to h o w c o o l o u r m u s ic is!— th is tre n d o f a llo w

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b e fo re it's a t h in g .a t all.

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th a t th e s e g e e k s lo v e a p p e a rs o n th e b ig s c re e n . N o lo n g e r

B u t n o w th e re a re c h e a te rs in th is g a m e o f s m u g sh o w -

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s c ra w n y , g e e k y w h it e g u y s . T h is y e a r's Ju n o is t h e m o s t re c e n t

m o v ie in d u s try , th e y 'v e fu rt h e re d th e p o s s ib le n u m b e r o f c o n

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its o w n a ttra c tio n a n d o fte n t im e s , e v e n a p a rt o f t h e sto ry. S o w h y th e rise in in d e p e n d e n t, n o n - m a in s tre a m m u s ic

v e rt s t h e y c a n re a c h . W h e n Z a c h B ra ff m a d e Garden Sta te y o u

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p o p - s o n g s o n th e ir g u ita rs.

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a c tu a lly a d d in g to t h e ir m o v ie s o r s u p p o rtin g lo c a l ta le n t.

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s e n s e o f c o m p e titio n a m o n g its fo llo w e rs . T h e s e a re t h e lis-

tio n o f m u s ic in to m o v ie d ia lo g u e , a n e v e n t th a t s h o u ld n 't

p e o p le in t h e a u d ie n c e d o n 't k n o w .T h e y o u n g d ire c to rs n o w

te n e rs w h o s c o u r b lo g s a n d M y S p a c e p a g e s , s e a rc h in g fo r

o c c u r u n le s s t h e p lo t o f t h e m o v ie is d ire c tly re la te d to m u s ic

fla u n tin g th e ir fa v o u rite m u s ic a re a p p e a lin g to th e s e m u s ic

t h e p e r fe c t b a n d . It d o e s n 't h a v e to b e t h e g re a te s t b a n d in

(High Fidelity, 2 0 0 6 's O nce). O f c o u rs e , s o m e o f t h e b e s t s c e n e s

b u ffs; th e y 'r e p ro v in g to t h e ro o m t h a t t h e y h a v e c o o l m u s ic a l

t h e w o rld , it ju s t h a s to b e e n te rta in in g a n d — m o s t im p o r-

in m o v ie s a re h e ld u p o n t h e b a s is o f th e m u s ic in v o lv e d ."P e r-

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ta n tly — o b s c u re . T ru e in d ie ro c k fo llo w e rs g e t o f f o n k n o w

f e c t D a y " fro m L o u R e e d 's Transform er a lb u m b la re s th ro u g h

n o tic e h o w h ip th e ir m u s ic is, t h e y h a v e c h a ra c te rs to p o in t

in g a b a n d b e fo re a n y o n e e lse , a n d re lish th e c h a n c e to s h o w

R e n to n 's h e ro in h ig h in Trainspotting, b u t a t le a s t d ire c to r

th is o u t in th e film . W e m a y b e g e e k s , th e y 'r e s a y in g , b u t w e

it o f f to t h e ir frie n d s o r w h o e v e r w ill tu rn t h e ir e ar. T o re a ch

D a n n y B o y le , d e s p ite s c rip tin g a h e a lth y a m o u n t o f m u s ic - re

k n o w o u r m u s ic . A n d th e g e e k s w ill in h e rit th e e a rth . ■

22.01.08 «The McGill Tribune • 17

FOOD

FILM

Bizarre love triangle

Puck up the courage

Around the world in eight bucks W illiam R obinson

Just east of St-Laurent on Duluth lies a triangle not unlike that off Bermuda. That is to say, one is easily lost in the never-ending depths of deliciousness. Each within 30 sec onds of the other, Fuchsia, Cash and Curry and Soupesoup are trendy restaurants bringing new flavours to Montreal. Their price range is flexible, offering well-sized meals at $10, give or take a buck. Besides their geography and pricing, these hidden gems offer a unique and exciting gastronomic experience. Soupesoup is a lunch corner first and fore most, offering soups, sandwiches and baked desserts. Although the soup and sandwich combo is a standard, the permutations offered at Soupesoup are actually quite distinctive. One may expect a soup medley between carrot and coconut, drizzled with a touch of olive oil. For sandwiches, I recommend a roasted pepper, hummus and fig ensemble. The place itself is pretty and unassuming.The food comes quick and hot. Considered by some to be their staple Plateau food, SoupeSoup serves a consistently delicious and healthy experience. Because SoupeSoup has so many returning custom ers, it changes its menu frequently, resulting in hitherto unheard of culinary combinations. Offering foods from Thailand, India and Malaysia, Cash and Curry is strictly open for dinner. Head chef Nantha Kumar does not water down his dishes for the North Ameri can pallet, nor does he take debit or credit. Expect extremely spicy and non-pricey foods. I would argue their phad thài to be the best

in the city, but their soups are what make the mouth water. Being a vegetarian, I asked which soup would best fit and they mixed their Miso base with their Tom Daal, creating a Miso Daal which I recommend to all vegetarians out there. The restaurant has a decor unlike most. Art is hung on the walls, 15 year old comput ers lie in the corner for free e-mail access and disco balls dangle from the ceiling. I would sit next to the wall in order to experience a table tilted some 20 degrees. If it weren't for the Nar cotics Anonymous sign on the wall you would surmise this restaurant to be a drug front. At a second glance one realises that this place is authentic both in taste and atmosphere. To mimic the un-set theme in decor, Cash and Curry plays a wide range of music and varies the lighting of the restaurant as the night goes on, creating a dining atmosphere which suit ably complements the cuisine. Completing Duluth's curious culinary trifecta, Fuchsia caters, sells a line of bath and food products and serves lunch. Their food is organic, free-trade and vegetarian only (vegan friendly). There are no menus; you are served the meal of the day. Ethnic foods from Mo rocco to Hawaii can be found, but never the same meal twice. Ten dollars buys you some thing like lavender water, vegetable curry on basmati rice and two cinnamon rose cookies. Its uniqueness does not stop there. Because Fuchsia is "officially" a grocery store, there is one communal table to sit at which fits about twelve. This technicality allows for Tico, Chef Binky Holleran's large white dog, to sleep on the windowsill and welcome all petting. Excit ing and adventurous, Fuchsia is a great place to try new things and will impress any date with your knowledge of quirky cool places to go in Montreal. ■

Junior hockey at the NFB C lare P idsley

The word "documentary" has undergone a change in status in the past few years. Originally conceived in opposition to the spectacle and il lusion of Hollywood and thought to convey re ality and truth, the genre has been perverted by controversial directors such as Michael Moore and reality TV shows such as Big Brother.JUe rise of the mockumentary, which took its current form with This Is Spinal Tap and continued in popular programmes such as Arrested Develop m entand The Office, has also changed the way audiences view the documentary form, forcing us to constantly question and be suspicious of what was once considered a more truthful kind of media. Despite the popularity of this manipulative form of documentary making, plenty of direc tors still manage to maintain the validity of the genre. The National Film Board of Canada spe cializes in the production and distribution of documentaries that have particular relevance or interest to the national identity of Canada. Two successful, NFB supported French-Canadian directors, Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault, have recently come together to create Junior, an insightful behind the scenes look dur ing a season with the Junior Hockey team the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. The film utilizes the tradition of direct cin ema, a style of documentary that aims to truth fully capture and convey reality while acknowl edging the camera's influence on its subject matter. Junior's lack of authoritative voice-over and its minimal musical soundtrack signifi cantly decrease the impression of editorial in terference, while extreme close-up shots and occasional but minor reference to the camera

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constantly draw attention to its existence. By neglecting to provide shots of the hockey play ers in action on the rink and choosing instead to focus on the action behind the scenes the directors procure for the audience a view from inside the world of Junior League Hockey, a pre viously unseen perspective. Jun/ormainlyfollowsthecontrastingstories of four players during the season and creates a well-rounded depiction of the highs and lows of the boys'experiences. Ryan James Hand and Alex Lamontagne are empathetically portrayed enduring the harsh discipline of the coach and managers as the pressures to play well and the lures of ordinary teenage life come into conflict. The emotions of star players Benjamin Breault and Ryan Lehr are shared as the glory of success is mitigated by the life-changing choices that invariable accompany it. Though the film presents the hockey life style as tough and competitive, the directors' attention to detail provides subtle reminders of the boys'youth and inexperience. In particular, a scene where Alex Lamontagne struggles to col lapse an ironing board, and the repeated image of various team members slowly putting on a tie in the mirror contribute to the impression that the hockey players in the film are undergo ing a rite of passage. Consequently, Lavigne and Thibault's Junior is a credit to the NFB's dedica tion to Canadian film-making and provides an astute understanding of the behind the scenes life in the junior version of the nation's most popular sport. ■ Junior debuts at Ex-Centris on January 25. Check www.ex-centris.com for tickets and showtimes. The film is presented in French.

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Ulysses unravelled Montreal artist spins hopeful yarns H eather A nderson

The latest exhibit at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse beck ons passers-by to explore the stuff stories are made of. Already known for using landscapes as notebooks and turning dictionar ies into paper balls, Montreal artist Karen Trask transforms reams of audio tape into a full scale weaving: Cette nuit, Défaire, une oeu vre en processus is a meditation on perseverance and hope that weaves together the ancient tale of Ulysses and its modern day counterpart by James Joyce. Behind her loom, Karen Trask twists recordings of bedtime stories into thread on a makeshift spinning wheel. With these prepared, Trask warps her loom, positioning the vertical threads before the woof, or horizontal threads, are added. Those threads will be spun from audio recordings of James Joyce's Ulysses, the elusive, modernist masterpiece. Trask has transferred the text onto reel to reel tape which sits in a confused heap (not so differ ent from the printed version) on the floor of the gallery, waiting to be untangled and spun. A heart of hopefulness has led Trask to this daunting aspi ration. Both the bedtime stories and the text of Ulysses feature the voice of Trask's good friend who is battling cancer. During her days of chemotherapy, Trask and her friend decided to read Joyce's Ulysses together—something many would call a hope less endeavour. The bedtime stories are subsequent recordings of Trask's friend speaking to her young daughter. This work thus represents small gestures of caring and daily actions of hope; of

going on in the face of impossibility. Oral storytelling, like weaving, is one of the endangered arts of generations past. Both invoke a sense of the domestic and feminine, two themes often present in Trask's work. Trask's latest installation proposes a re-reading of the ancient tale of Homer's Odyssey which is also the basis for Joyce's novel. Rather than focus on the adventures of Ulysses (Odysseus in the Greek), Trask invites us to consider Penelope, Ulysses'faithful wife who stalled suitors during her husband's twenty year absence by weaving a shroud which she insisted she must finish before choosing a husband. The act of weaving also recalls the fates of Greek mythology: the spinner, the weaver and the cutter, who correspond to the three phases of the moon. Trask is video taping her work as well, and like Penelope, who cleverly undid her weaving each night, Trask will show the film of her own work playing in reverse in the window of the gal lery each night. When asked about the parallel of Ulysses' return Trask answered, "This is a work in progress, a statement about the doing, not the arriving." Besides facilitating a reflection on perpetuity, Trask is also putting forth a challenge: "it's up to us to continue the stories", she said. Hence when you turn (at your own chosen speed) the crank on the wall of the gallery, you will hear Trask's voice speak ing on behalf of Penelope: "my voice is in your hands.”* You can visit Trask's exhibit at 4296 St-Laurent (metro Mont Royal) until February io. See www.lacentrale.org for more details.

LEILA STAMBOULI Trask weaves a classic tale— literally.

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The men behind the monikers Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow and Kid Koala's unique spins on turntablism pie's going to get a kick out of it when they find out... we're sticking to our guns and playing Hollywood Bowl. all vinyl 45s on eight turntables. We're here and "For Bminfreeze and Product Placement, we're always going to be here doing this." hip-hop and funk were no-brainers," explained This chronic preference for mixers and MacFadden. "But for a sit-down symphony hall, turntables as weapons of choice— and not we had to think about how we could engage an the laptop or the iPod— is shared by Montrealaudience we're not trying to make dance." based turntablist Kid Koala (AKA Eric San), who Given the immense amount of talent these opens for DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist for a two bring to the tables (Chemist cut his teeth handful of dates on The Hard Sell tour, including in the Latin-funk group Ozomatli and served a in Montreal. long-running stint as turntablist for Jurassic 5; DJ "I think a lot of people do respond to seeing Shadow has been recurrently changing the face this craft performed live," he said. San is aware of of instrumental hip-hop since his 1996 sample- the importance of the technology to turntable only debut Endtroducing. ..), The Hardsell brings artists: sensitive to how essential things like with it high expectations, which demand not scratching a piece of vinyl or digging through only to be met, but confounded. The capacity milk crates for records are to the culture. of these two DJs is built on strict discipline, not "That's the holy grail of the craft," San ex just the vast record collections of the current plained "If you don't have the words and you "everyone's a DJ" iPod generation. And though don't have the notes, you can find the words MacFadden has loaned his "The Audience is Lis and the notes from all these other places and tening Theme Song" from 2006's The Audience's kind-of Frankenstein it into your own melody or Listening to recent commercials for the iPod sentence." nano, he sees no particular ideological conflict. It is the act of scratching and mixing the "This tour is the antithesis of the iPod," records themselves, and the resultant aural stressed MacFadden. "The poster artwork is a collages, which makes turntablism so interest jukebox blowing up and beating up iPods. Ap- ing, especially on the vaguely political terrain of expropriating existing or stale cultural artefacts and restyling them into something new.There's also something very earnestly egoless about a culture where Lucas MacFadden, Eric San and Josh Davis recede to the background and their alter egos take to the stage like caped crusad ers who need not be thanked for their various deeds of do-goodery. "What you're dealing with primarily," said San "Is a culture that is shy... When you're dealing with scratch DJs, they weren't the cats singing lead vocals, they were the ones who worked DEPTS.WASHIN6T0N.EDU behind the boards, mastering their craft outside MacFadden lays down turntable chemistry. the spotlight... Scratch culture was coming out Continued from COVER

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of bedroom studios, layering on four-tracks, peo ple trying to find a way to express themselves... people trying to make stuff that trips them out." The results of this need for self-expression seem fitting. Itches like this beg to be scratched. ■

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist present The Hard Sell Monday January 29 at Metropolis (59 Ste-Catherine EJ. Kid Koala opens the show. Tick ets run around $30, available at Cheap Thrills, the venue or www.admission.com.

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lanuary 30 janvier Action indépendantiste présente/presents: Jean-François Lisée Chancellor Day Hall 200 13h-14h (l-2pm) Political Party débate Débat entre partis politiques Endroit à déterminer 17h-19h Location TBA 5-7pm

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Nothing old about ARTifact TNC's weeklong festival of campus talent C r ysta l C han A multimedia experience is the trademark of the ARTifact Festival, TNC theatre's annual week-long showcase of student creativity. Now in its third year, the festical unites written, musical, theatrical, and vi sual art in a series of shows. Festival co-director Alex andra Vincent stresses that everything is written and produced by students. "It's exciting to see what [creative work] students can produce in such an academic environment," she said. "The festival is all-inclusive. We try to get every body involved, including first years." Monday and Tuesday night features music and poetry, with dance on the second night as well. These nights amass young talents, well-versed (excuse the pun) in the idioms of beaten-up guitar, bizarre yet soulful lyrics and poetry heavy on rhyme and seem ingly dashed out on rez washroom walls on drunken nights— simply put, most of them belong to that good ol' college angst tradition. You can't find this kind of raw, in-the-moment stuff in places other than dark, tiny stages. TNC is such a space. And college angst is never as relevant as to us of the collegiate crowd. A drama production, Authorial Collective, runs Wednesday to Friday along with student films. Out of around eleven plays submitted, three ("Will Ghost for Change," by Anna Trowbridge, "Dreaming Black and White," by Fleather Robinson, and "Anais Nin and the Symptomology of Soliutude" by Sigal Samuel) were stitched together into a new work focussed around ideas of authorship in the arts. Moving beyond the constraints of writers and readers, the play's stories as well as construction raises questions about multime dia artists as authors. "We realized the plays all had a literary aspect to them," explains co-director Emily Kashul. "They lent themselves very well to incorporating different types of art and after that, the idea of authorship emerged." English lectures on Barthes and Foucault come alive in the final production, which incorporates ideas of provoking and interpreting meaning and the status of the author. The drama includes traditional theatre, improv, dance, live music and tableaux. Although all

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of this mashing up of disparatet works creates a some what unbalanced and uneven viewing experience, Elias Mason and Stephanie Shum especially shine in multiple roles. The most exciting portion of the festival is Satur day's 24 hour Playwriting Competition. Each year, play wrights are given a topic and within a day their freshly written work is cast, rehearsed, and staged. The zany riot that goes on backstage to produce such a perfor mance often yields more exhilarating and polished works than expected. Throughout the festival, TNC's lobby will showcase photography, drawing and paint ing by students. There's one thing guaranteed by all the work: originality. None of these acts are likely to be found in revues or textbooks— but then again, there's nothing quite as thrilling as seeing something for the first time. ■ ARTifact runs at TNC Theatre (Morrice Hall, 3485 M cTavish) from January n -26 . Tickets are $6 for students. Showtimes are at 8 p.m. Call (su) 398-6600 for tickets and information.

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Music. We Sold Our Souls to Rawkand Roll. Jan. 22 at 9:00p.m.; Casa del Popolo (4873 St-Laurent). If you didn't get your fill of foot-stomping, fist-pumping and push-moshing at the CPC Gangbangs show last Saturday (or if you were fool enough to miss it altogether), the band will be taking part in a rock DJ night at Casa del Popolo. It's free, so hey, why not? Movies. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Ex-Centris (3536 St-Laurent). Direc tor Julian Schnabel took the best director prize at Cannes 2007 with this film about coma patient Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) who is men tally alert despite total physical paralysis. Offering a mind's-eye view of the locked-in Bauby, the film's striking visuals and uplifting story landed it top spots on any number of 2007Top 10 lists. Check www.ex-centris.com for tickets and showtimes. Theatre. Urinetown. Jan.23-26 at 8:oop.m; Moyse Flail. If you've been starved for some cheeky on-campus theatre, well then urine (you're in) luck. McGill Theatre kids stage Greg Kotis and Mark Flollman's Broadway music satire, which take the piss out of everything from capitalism, socialism, small town politics, and West Side Story and is already looking the Number One on-campus pro duction of the year. If you think these pee puns were good, wait till you see the play!Tickets available at Snax (Leacock Building).

Reviews The Foo Fighters. Echoes, Silence, Pa tience & Grace. The Foos are currently in a very interesting state. Thanks to their huge radio hits from Colour and the Shape and There's Nothing Left to Lose, they've been able to maintain their status as alternative champions, even a decade and two mediocre albums later. It seems like the Dave Grohl fronted band is aware that it is time for a comeback album, however, which explains why they chose to team up with Gil Norton, the producer of Colour, for their latest effort. The album opens with the anthemic lead single "The Pretender," which belongs to the same realm as other vocal shredding Foo tunes such as "Monkey Wrench” and "Best of You.”It is easily the best song on the album and better than most of the material from the previous two albums. Just when things get interesting however, Echoes slowly turns into a mish mash of vanilla riffs and forgettable rockers that hardly rival their biggest alternative hits.The album is also notice ably less heavy than the signature Foo Fighters sound, with guitars very thin and less distorted. There are a lot of acoustic intros, most of which are way too long and instantly break the mood.The Foos’acoustic works have always been either a pleasant alternative or an afterthought.The band's competence on the acoustic side of In Your Honor and the solo version of"Everlong"is challenged by their traditional use of acoustic fillers and the abysmal mistake that was Skin and Bones. At best, Echoes feels like a mix between the two. “Let it Die" starts off as a promising classic "Behind Blue Eyes" tune, turning from a slow acoustic ballad to a fast paced electric jam. However, it is hampered by the repeated line "Why'd you have to go and let it die" for at least half of the song's lyrics. Unfortunately, it is one of the better songs on the album. Maybe it's a fact now that the Foos are past their prime, but with their heyday material still receiv ing heavy radio airplay and their decent new singles, they'll still be around for awhile, whether you're sick of them or not. — Charlie Cheng Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. What do you get when you combine classical string arrangements, African drum rhythms, hints of reggae-influ enced guitar, reverb-drenched vocals, and lyrics that evoke New England? The answer is one stellar album that sounds nothing like Paul Simon's Graceland. "Oxford Comma" is per haps the best song ever written about punctuation, beginning with a punc tuated rhythm that evolves gradu ally into a rich, dynamic pop song.The band's first single, "Mansford Roof? is vaguely reminiscent of the British in vasion classic "Concrete & Clay," but Vampire Weekend even manages to sur pass the original, adding a soaring string section in the intro, and a beat that evokes the Walkmen at their best. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" showcases the band's partiality for African rhythms, with deliberate musical allusions to 1930s Congolese music, while the band name-drops Peter Gabriel into the song's lyr ics. "Campus"has perhaps the catchiest pre-chorus chorus on the album, while the lyrics tell the story of collegiate heartbreak. "One" starts with an ominous bassline that gives way to pleasant electronic flourishes, and call-and-response lyrics, while "Bryn" is a more traditional pop love song. “Walcott" is another one of the album's gems, with a reverb-drenched guitar set against a gorgeous cello melody. Vampire Weekend has received a great deal of hype in the run up to this album's January 28th release. Believe it all, and stalk down your own copy of this incredibly rich and interesting debut. —Byron Tau

S po r ts HOCKEY— REDMEN 10, QUEEN'S 1

Perfect ten: Redmen crush oldest rival McGill dazzles a packed McConnell Arena in embarassing Queen's M att C hesser

The fourth-longest rivalry in hockey history, dating back to 1895, added another wild chapter to its storied annals on Friday night, as the ninth-ranked McGill Redmen cruised to a 10-1 win over the Queen's Golden Gaels at McConnell Arena. Played in front of a raucous, largely inebriated crowd of 942 students, the win was the ninth straight for McGill over Queen's in what has recently become a one-sided rivalry. The Redmen now own a 102-50-2 lifetime record against the Golden Gaels, and haven't lost a game to Queen's since Feb. 6,2004. "It was a bit of a zoo today, what with the atmosphere and everything that happened on the ice," said McGill Head Coach

STEVE CAMPBELL F Leonard Verrilli tries to join in on the scoring onslaught.

Martin Raymond. "But it's really exciting for our guys to play in front of a big crowd like that, and they re sponded well and put in a good performance." Third line firepower

The red-hot Redmen, winners of 13 of their last 14 league games, were led by a great performance from their newly-formed third line of centre Benoit Arse nault and wingers Guillaume Doucet and Evan Vos sen. The trio combined to score five of the ten McGill goals, including the first three markers of the game. "I hope this is the beginning of some good chemistry for us," said Arsenault, who had two goals and three assists. "This is the first game that Doucet and I have played with Vossen and it just clicked for us. Over the last ten games my line hasn't really been able to create much offence so it was great to chip in tonight." Doucet, who finished the game with two goals and two assists, got the Red 'n'White on the board with A McGill the first two goals of the game, scored just nine sec onds apart. Arsenault would add his first marker of the night just over three minutes later to chase Queen's netminder Brady Morrison from the net after only 11 minutes of work. "They were just on fire tonight," Raymond said. "It's funny because out of our four lines, we thought they were the ones with the shakiest first shift, but after that they just took over and had a great game." Queen's goaltender Ryan Gibb didn't fare much better than Morrison after entering the game in relief, getting beat by just the second shot he faced— a top-shelf slapshot from McGill cap tain David Urquhart while on the powerplay. Gibb would last just over 23 minutes before he too was pulled from the game after four goals on 13 shots and Morrison was put back between the pipes. Queen's would round out the first period scoring with a goa I by Jeff Ovens, who beat a screened Jean-Michel Filiatrault with a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. That would be Filiatrault's only mistake as he made 15 saves to pick up the win. "These games are always fun for us to play," said Doucet. "Because we don't play Queen's very often, and because of the energy that the fans bring, it creates an atmosphere that makes these games special." Getting chippy

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STEVE CAMPBELL puckbunny sighting... it must be the Queen's game.

riod, whacking a puck over Gibb after a goalmouth scramble, before being involved in a scary moment later in the period. Golden Gael's defenseman Mike Bushby slew-footed the thirdyear winger, who was knocked unconscious and had to be taken off on a stretcher. Bloom suffered a concussion on the play and will miss at least the next two games. Bushby was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct for the slew-foot. From that point onwards the game degenerated into a number of melees, with nine roughing penalties being as sessed in the second period alone. Mathieu Leclerc and Vossen would add goals late in the frame, while Simon Courcelles, Eric L'Italien and Arsenault, on a great individual effort, would chip in with markers in the third period. The Redmen followed up their win on Friday with a disap pointing 3-1 loss the next night against the Concordia Sting ers. Vossen notched the lone goal for the sluggish Red'n'White, who were kept in the game by a great performance from goaltender Mathieu Poitras. Concordia out-shot McGill 40-23 and scored their third goal with Poitras on the bench for the extra attacker. Next for McGill (14-5-1) is a Wednesday night game against the seventh-ranked UQTR Patriotes (17-4-1), who sit six points ahead of the Redmen in the OUA Far East division. The two teams have met twice previously this season, with each team winning at home. ■

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\ A / ^ en ttying to pursue a sports journalism internship \ / \ / *n Toronto this past summer, the penultimate quesV V tion of my interview with one station was "Why do Leafs fans continue to support the franchise after 40 years without a championship? Is it a case of loyalty or stupidity?" Fellow Leaf followers, I tried. God help my youthful naivity and idealism, but I really did try to make a case for loyalty. I can't do it anymore though: Leafs fans are morons. We're stupid. Forgive the tinge of sexism, but we're the girlfriend that's way too obsessed and clingy with her boyfriend while he's, at best, mildly interested. While we're all at fault for pressing ahead mindlessly with the Leafs for years, essentially giving Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment a blank cheque every season and providing zero incentive for any true, meaningful change, all of you clamour ing for GM John Ferguson Jr.'s firing are misguided—you can't see the bigger picture. The situation that the Leafs currently find themselves in— no on ice talent and a hideous lack of top flight, blue chip prospects— is not just JFJ's fault. The Leafs suf fer from deep, systemic problems, all of which emanate from offices high up on Bay Street in Toronto. Firing Ferguson will clearly solve none of them. It is well known that MLSE, the parent company of the Maple Leafs, is hopelessly plagued by infighting and politicking between President and CEO Richard Peddie and Chairman Larry Tanenbaum, who owns 13 per cent of the team. The or ganization is under the majority control of the Ontario Teach

ers' Pension Plan, a faceless fund that has no true interest in the on-ice fortunes of the jewel in their empire, despite any token rhetoric that they otherwise spew. With the Leafs raking in oodles of money— the Buds were recently rated by Forbes as the most valuable hockey franchise in the world, worth an es timated $4i3-million—the OTPP couldn't care less if the Leafs ever win another game, let alone their first Stanley Cup in 41 years. Peddie, who has the OTPP's backing because he makes a shitload of money for them, recognizes both the political threat ofTanenbaum to his existence as top dog as well as that posed by legions of frustrated and bloodthirsty Leaf fans. So in order to save his own skin, Peddie has become one of the most intervening sports executives in North America and has burned the boys in blue and white with his power grab. Sure, JFJ, a rookie, was unqualified for arguably the top job in the NHL, but it was Peddie who hired him. After missing the postseason for two consecutive years, Peddie, "defended" his guy by pursuing the worst course of action: a one-year con tract extension, essentially saying, “We don't have any confi dence in you but you've got a year to make the playoffs and save your job." At the same time, Peddie and his minions were openly using a search firm to assess other GM candidates or qualified executives to “mentor" (read: replace) Ferguson. JFJ is only human, folks, and naturally would try to save his own job by making deals for the present instead of building for a future he will likely not be a part of. With the Leafs on pace to miss the playoffs, again, Peddie has once again seen it fit

to fuck with our team. He has thrown his own pick, Ferguson, under the bus, claiming that hiring him had "probably been a mistake," taking away Ferguson's ability to fire the coach that he originally hired and declining to give the GM a vote of confidence. He has also spearheaded a very public search to find JFJ's replacement, most recently having extremely open conversations with former Leafs GM, Cliff Fletcher. In the same week, Scotty Bowman, who was primed to take the Leaf open ing last summer, ripped Peddie on CBC saying that he would have been the new GM but the deal was vetoed by Peddie when the nine-time champion asked for more autonomy and less organizational interference. Even if JFJ was fired, no person in their right mind would get involved with the MLSE power struggle, especially when the Leafs clearly plan to hire a more permanent general manager this summer. After permitting politics to paralyze the organization and disgracefully allowing a public lynching of Ferguson, MLSE has become an NHL pariah. If Ferguson is fired tomorrow, the team won't see all their problems disappear immediately. This franchise and its on-ice squad has been de stroyed because it is rotten at its very core; Richard Peddie and his OTTP pencil pushing overlords have mangled the Leafs for years to come. It is time for fans to wake up and smell the piles of burning Leafs: either boycott the games and merchandise to precipitate change or find someone with S2-billion kicking around to purchase the company as sole owner. Otherwise it's "Lookout Cubs."*

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A case of déja-vu against the Gee-Gees Labonté grabs 17th SO in 23 games J a c o b K anter In their sixth meeting of the season with the Ottawa Gee-Gees, the McGill Martlets produced a familiar result against a familiar foe. After Saturday night's 4-0 win for the firstranked Martlets, the Red 'n' White have outscored the Gee-Gees 27-4 this season. "We had a pretty good idea of what they wanted to do tonight,”said McGill Head Coach Peter Smith. "[Ottawa] brings a great work ethic to the game and if we don't play well, they're going to beat us. So we had to come out and play well." In typical Martlets style, McGill dominated puck possession and played nearly flawless de fence, but the most obvious area the Martlets outclassed the Gee-Gees in was team speed. The team routinely skated easily around the Gee-Gees in the neutral zone, and when the puck did make a rare trip into the Martlets' zone, it was only a matter of time until the inev itable interception and breakout. McGill goaltender Charline Labonté needed to make only 14 saves to notch her 17th shutout in 23 starts this season. "We're a fast team, and we used our speed in the neutral zone," said Smith. "Our puck sup port in the offensive zone was really good, so we got lots of scoring opportunities. We didn't get hemmed in our own end and we did a good job getting out on the breakouts." Rookie Ann-Sophie Bettez was one Martlet who repeatedly benefited from a clear speed advantage over her opponents. She scored her 21st goal on the season, tying forward and fel low first-liner Vanessa Davidson for the team lead. "I'm a small player, so I have to raise other aspects of my game to higher levels," said Bet

tez, who also leads the team with 50 points."My speed is one of those aspects that compensates for my size. Having quick feet and being first to the puck makes me a better player, and I try to do that every day." Bettez's goal was McGill's last, coming with 55 seconds remaining in the second period.Tak ing an outlet pass from Labonté, defenceman Catherine Ward maneuvered her way deep into the Ottawa zone before sending a perfectly placed pass onto the stick of Bettez, who slid it through Ottawa goalie Jessika Audet's legs. But McGill didn't rely solely on finesse, as the third line had great success crashing the net throughout the game. Audet did her best to stand up to the Martlets' pressure, but linemates Rebecca Martindale and Kate Elzinga were able to score off rebounds in the first and second periods, respectively. Blueliner Cathy Chartrand also chipped in with her eighth goal of the season in the sec ond period, taking a pass from Jordanna Peroff and blasting a slapshot past Audet. Rolling on The Martlets continued their dominance of the QSSF with a 4-1 win over the Concordia Stingers on Sunday afternoon at Ed Meagher Arena. Davidson notched two goals and back up netminder Catherine Herron made 16 saves to record the win. McGill picked up their 17th consecutive victory over their cross-town ri vals despite the absence of Labonté, Chartrand and Coach Smith, who are all participating in the national team training camp this week in Calgary. The Martlets (14-0-0) get an extended mid-season break because of the national team camp, and resume action on.Feb. 3 with anoth er match-up against the Gee-Gees (5-6-0). ■

ADAM SCOTTI G Nickolas Pronovost (12) and F Sean Anthony (21 ) try to guard against a Laval attack in McGill's 83-60 loss, Friday night.

UPON FURTHER REVIEW

Working overtime in the NFL Should the NFL keep its sudden death format or follow others' lead? Luck plays a part in every aspect of sports. A bounce here, rather than there, can be the difference between a Super Bowl season and an early playoff exit for any NFL team. But luck, in the form of a coin toss, should never decide the fate of a professional sports team, some thing we were reminded of in Sunday's NFC Championship Game. Sure, the New York Giants may have won the game despite losing the coin toss—thanks to the return of Brett Favre, reckless gunsling er—but did you hear the roar of the crowd when the Green Bay Packers won the toss and elected to receive the kickoff? The Cheeseheads were ecstatic because in one-fourth of all NFL games the team that loses the toss doesn't ever get to touch the ball. By winning a 50/50 coin flip, one team pas a huge advantage over their opponent in a sudden-death overtime, even if the statistics show they only make good on that advantage just over half the time. No other sport decides games in such an idiotic manner. Entire seasons can't be predicat ed on'heads or tails", which is why the NFL needs to adopt the overtime system used by college football and the CFL In those two leagues the ball is placed on either the 25 or 35-yard line of the defending team, with each squad getting a possession to score as many points as they

can. Still tied after one possession each? Well then just rinse, lather and repeat until someone scores more points. The CFL/NCAA overtime system is not only much fairer, it's a hell of a lot more exciting. Instead of the boring NFL formula of running the ball to get into field goal range and then trotting out the kicker for a shot at the win, you have two teams going all-out to try and score a touchdown. Both units, offence and defence get a chance to play the role of hero, and then there's the drama of PAT's—where a coach can attempt a two-point conversion to win the game (Boise State anyone?). It's edge-of-yourseat football at it's best. Unfortunately, the same "keeper of the game" types who fought to keep the shootout from being instated in regular season hockey, are opposing the clearly superior overtime system, so we might never get to see the end of anti-climactic overtime wins. But if they in sist on settling overtime the way roommates decide who gets the last beer, at least replace the coin toss with a game of rock/paper/scissors—a real man's game of luck and skill. Best of three rock/papef/scissors between opposing quarterbacks, who wouldn't love that? — Matt Chesser

In a country of hockey fanatics where the dedicated— especially those on the East Coast—will stay up until the wee hours of the morning to watch 20 periods of Stanley Cup playoff sudden death overtime, there's an argu ment about the merits of one-score overtime in NFL football? When making a case for an NCAA or CFL style overtime in which both offences get the chance to score and the contest can potentially drag on forever, people tend to for get that football is a two-sided game. Offence may get all the glitz and glamour because, for the most part, they get to put the ball in the end zone or through the uprights, but there are guys on the other side of the field that can also score and make plays.The system used by the NCAA and CFL, where each offence gets to drive from their offensive 25 yard line, ensures at least a field goal every series and is intended to emphasize the razzle-dazzle of scoring all the while embarrassing a defence that is essen tially given a slim chance of success by being pushed back into their own red zone to start. For no fair reason, a defence has to defend their last 20 yards immediately. The NFL, however, despite its coin flip determining possession, plays with the same rules that had been in place for the preceeding 60 minutes. Sure it's sudden death overtime, but at least the defence is given the opportu nity to make a dramatic stop or, even better,

a game-winning turnover. This is the NFL, the best football league on the planet— if you're a defence and you're unlucky enough to have the ball driving on you in OT, then you have to step up or go home. The NFL's one-score sys tem thereby encourages skill on the defensive side of the ball, a crucial element of football that is too often neglected in the sex-starved CFL and the offensively-biased NCAA. Don't stop with defence though: sudden death en courages offensive skill as well. From 25 yards out in college ball, who can't score? You just ram the rock down the defence's throat and at worst, you kick for three points. In the NFL, playing with a full field, with normal rules and against top-flight defences, QBs have to be precise with passes and not wasteful on of fence. Sudden death encourages true football and not showmanship for the TV cameras. Lastly, without one-score overtime, we couldn't have kickers hitting walk-off field goals or players scoring finishing touchdowns. In col lege or the CFL-, even if you score the drama and excitement is drained away because you have to wait for the next team to get their chance. Like the walk-off shot in baseball, there is noth ing like hitting an OT field goal to win games or even championships for players or for the fans. Don't take the excitement away from us by de stroying sudden death football. . • —Aaron Sigal

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Saturday, January 19,2008 McGill Martlets 4 vs Ottawa Gee-Gees 0 McConnell Arena SCORING SUMMARY: FIRST PERIOD: 1. McGill - Rebecca Martindale (Lisa Zane, Jordanna Peroff) 12:26 PP SECOND PERIOD: 2. McGill - Cathy Chartrand (Jordanna Peroff) 4:45 3. McGill - Kate Elzinga (Alyssa Cecere) 5:53 4. McGill - Ann-Sophie Bettez (Catherine Ward, Charline Labonte) 19:05 PP THIRD PERIOD: (no scoring) GOALTENDING: OTT: Jessika Audet (L, 3-5-0; 33 SV, 4 GA, McG: Charline Labonte (W, 12-0-0; 14 SV, 0GA, SHO,

LW Kristian Huselius—Calgary; Even though Huselius is having a great season, Calgary has only one game this week, so you can't expect much from him or any of the Flames. Avoid the entire team if you can.

POWER PLAY (Goals / Chances) McGill 2/8 Ottawa 0/5

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The Guarantee LW Alexander Ovechkin—Washington: Not that you really need my advice to play him on any week, but with two games against Toronto in the next seven days, he's even more of a guarantee than usual. He's going to make fantasy owners who are lucky enough to have him very happy, while showing guys like me who have to sit at home eating Kraft Dinner why he makes more money in a week than I ever hope to have. Sit him

SHOTS BY PERIOD TEAM 1 2 3 — Total McGill 16 14 7 — 37 Ottawa 3 6 5 — 14

There's nothing better in all of sports then an underdog story. We remember them whenever we watch ESPN Classic, the inevitable partlyfictional movie version or these days, whenever you’re bored, they make great fodder for hours of wasted time on YouTube. However, these under dog stories kill fantasy leagues and can turn what should have been a blowout week into a tie. So now while I listen to hours of trash talk from someone who just got lucky, here are the picks, focussing on left-wingers.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy (The Underdog)

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LW Scott Hartnell—Philadelphia: Although Philiy has two tough games this week, Hartnell is on fire, with two hat tricks included in the 14 points he has scored over the Flyers' last seven games. Unless Philiy gets shut out twice in a row—which isn't out of the question when the Flyers’face Martin, Brodeur and Pittsburgh's red-hot Ty Conklin/Dany Sabourin combo—expect him to carry the momentum for another week. —Samay Bhachech

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Thomson powers Martlets to perfect weekend

Jennifer Thomson had 25 digs and 16 kills as the eighth-ranked Mc Gill Martlets defeated Saint Mary's 3-1 in women's university volleyball at Sherbrooke on Sunday.The set scores in the match were 25-18,19-25,25-22 and 25-21. The result, which improved McGill's record to 21-11 overall and 13-5 in league play, gave the Martlets a clean sweep of their five matches at the second interlocking league tournament of the season and an 8-1 record over the two interlocking tourneys between the Quebec and Atlantic con ferences. McGill opened the three-day tourney with identical 3-0 sweeps of Acadia and Memorial on Friday, followed by a pair of 3-0 wins over St. FX and Dalhousie on Saturday. Thomson battled a flu bug over the weekend but still managed to pace the Martlets with a combined total of 51 kills and three aces for 54 points in 14 matches.The 21-year-old power-hitter added an impressive 58 digs and one assist. With three matches remaining before playoffs, the third-place Mart lets (13-5) are battling Sherbrooke (14-4) for home-court advantage in the conference semifinals but still have an outside shot at catching the firstplace Montreal Carabins (16-2). McGill will host Sherbrooke on Friday, then play at Montreal on Sunday, before.dosing out the regular season at home to last-place Laval on Feb. 1. McGill runs away with Sherbrooke track and field meet

David Faille won gold in the 60-metre sprint as McGill captured the men's division of the Vert et Or Invitational track and field meet in Sher brooke on Saturday. Faille was clocked in 7.01 seconds, off the pace of the school record 6.83 he set last January. The Redmen, who also garnered a silver and three bronze medals, led all Quebec schools with 80 points to edge out Sher brooke, which finished with 79. Laval finished a distant third with 36. On the women's side, Lauren Whyte took the 1500m in 4:58.56 as the Martlets finished second of three Quebec schools. Sherbrooke won the women's meet with 104 points, followed by McGill (91) and Laval (51). Other McGill medalists on the men's side included Andrew Roberts, who won silver in the 600m (1:22.92). Stephen Douglas (1500m, 4:08.52), Keith Esche (high jump, 1.87m) and Don Liu (pentathlon, 2,309 pts) cap tured bronze medals. For the Martlets, Arielle Beatty was clocked at 10:54.05 to win silver in the 3000m. Nicole Koenig (1500m, 5:03.83), Zaria Stoffman (60m hurdles, 9.59), Esther Usborne (pole vault, 3.20m) and Heather McCurdy (triple jump, 10.71m) won bronze medals. McGill ski team grabs three medals in season-opener Vincent Gilbert-Doré won a pair of silver medals as the McGill alpine ski team opened the 2008 season at le Massif du Sud, a ski resort located about 90 kilometres southwest of Quebec City. Gilbert-Doré had an impressive debut on the Quebec university men's circuit, finishing Saturday's two giant slalom runs with a combined time of two minutes, 748 seconds. Maxime Duval from the University of Montreal won the race, finishing with a time of 2:07.48. Gilbert-Dore also placed second on Sunday, posting a time of 2:04.59 in a race won by Duval in 2:04.12. Sunday's competition also included a bronze-medal performance from McGill's Christian Vining who finished in 2:06.20. Vining placed fourth in Saturday's event. In the women's competition, Megan Kidston (2:16.78) posted a silvermedal performance for the Martlets, finishing just over two seconds back of Marie-Pier Pedpeteney from the University of Montreal. The third and fourth races of the season will be held at Mont Blanc, a ski resort located north of Saint-Agathe in the Laurentians, Feb. 2-3. Redmen announce new full-time assistant after winless season McGill football coach Sonny Wolfe has announced the addition of Clint Uttley to his coaching staff. A 34-year-old native of Orillia, Ont., Uttley has been appointed as a full-time associate coach and defensive coordinator. It marks the first time since the 2004 season that the football team has had two full-time football coaches on staff. Uttley served as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at the University of British Columbia for the past two seasons after six sea sons at Acadia University, where he served his final two years as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator with the Axemen.

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ON DECK Women's Volleyball— Sherbrooke Vert et Or and Mc Gill Martlets; Friday, 6 p.m. at McGill Sports Centre Looking to post their sixth consecutive victory, the Mart lets take on second-place Sherbrooke and try to keep pace with Montreal, who is quickly running away with the Quebec conferlence. With a win against the Vert et Or, McGill would slide into a tie for second position as, right now, Sherbrooke is only one game up on the Red 'n'White. Expect the Martlets to put up a strong effort as not only are they fighting for seeding in the divi sion and a spot in the postseason, but the team will try to use the match against Sherbrooke as a springboard for their game against the first-place Carabins two days later.

Men's Volleyball—Sherbrooke Vert et Or and McGill Martlets; Friday, 8 p.m. at McGill Sports Centre Right after the women's game, the McGill male volleyballers take to the court against the Vert et Or in a game that unfortu nately doesn't mean as much as their female counterparts'. Al though dead-last in the Quebec conference, the youthful Redmen have shown some improvement in the program this sea son, having won several non-conference games and their first

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NBA Basketball— Milwaukee Bucks at Toronto Rap tors; Friday, 7 p.m. on TSN On the surface this does not seem like much of a match-up since the Bucks sit outside the top eight positions and trail the playoff-bound Raptors by five-and-a-half games in a generally pathetic Eastern Conference. However, this game could prove interesting from a cultural standpoint. China's newest NBA phenom, C Yi Jianlian, last draft's eighth-overall selection, makes his first trip to Toronto, a city that boasts one of North America's largest Chinese populations. Hogtown was supposedly high on Yi's list of preferred destinations prior to the draft because of its large Chinese presence and if Yao Ming's first visit set any prece dence, the Asian community should be out in full force at the ACC supporting their native son. Also, it will be fun to watch An drea Bargniani, Toronto's resident big-man, three-point shooter match up with a fellow international centre who can similarly guard, dribble and shoot from the outside.

NHL Hockey— NHL All-Star Skills Competition; Satur day, 9:00 p.m. on CBC Right after the Young Guns game— always a huge dis appointment and a shittier version of the unintense All-Star Game— the Skills Competition is the best part of the NHL's AllStar Weekend. While everyone enjoys the target shooting, fast est skater competition and the hardest shot contest, the jewel of this year's show should be the revamped shootout exhibition. This time, the shootout, with the league's most skilled puckhandlers and goalies, will be judged like the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest with points being awarded for most creative shot. I've always argued that they should allow anything to go in a regular shootout so it's nice to see it creep into the All-Star festivities a little bit in an effort to give the fans a little more entertainment and variety.

NHL Hockey—Western Conference All-Stars at East ern Conference All-Stars; Sunday, 6:00 p.m. on CBC It's not really hockey, it sucks and there's no Sidney Crosby this year (he's hurt). But there's no football on this week so it's not like we have anything better to do on a Sunday night.

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