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In the record books, Sunday afternoon's game between the McGill Redmen and the Concordia Stingers will go down as an exhibition match, but to the 5,406 fans in attendance at the Bell Centre, It felt more like a playoff game.

McGill captured its sixth-consecutive Corey Cup on the strength of a goal and two assists from centre Sam Bloom, downing Concordia by a score of 3-1. The annual exhibition game had a remarkable no penalty minutes, including two fights and numerous thunder­ ing bodychecks.

"It was an intense hockey game, there's no doubt about that," McGill Head Coach Martin Raymond said.

"Guys were playing to win tonight—they fed off of the crowd and the atmosphere, and they put on a first-class show for us."

The crowd was the largest to see a university hockey game in Montreal since 1968 and was domi­ nated by a noticeably larger contingent of McGill fans.

The event was the brainchild of Redmen rearguard Ken Morin, who came up with the idea as a fundrais­ ing event for varsity teams at McGill. Each varsity team was allotted a block of seats and received commission off of any ticket sales they made. The Redmen will put their portion of the money raised towards an upcom­ ing Christmas trip to Serbia—home of forward Marko Kovacevic.

"It was real fun to play in a building like this, in front of a good crowd," said McGill winger Shawn Shewchuck."We had guys who were hurt who ended up taking warm-up because it was so neat to get to be on the ice. There's an aura about this place, so it's Good thing there's no crease rule in university hockey, otherwise McGill F Shawn Shewchuck would have negated the game s first goal.

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T iffany C hoy The Faculty of Arts is getting an additional voice on Senate, as Education Senator Mylène Boudreau resigned from her role earlier this month.The seat has been empty since the caucus first convened on Sept. 19.

"From what I heard, she was just too busy to fulfill the obli­ gations of the post," said Education Undergraduate Society VicePresident Communications Nick Bucci.

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Nov. 7, the Faculty of Education would have retained the seat, however because she resigned, the seat goes to the faculty with the highest enrolment—arts.

Although elections for Senate seats normally occur at the end of March, a combination of logistical issues and a need for student representation pushed forward the decision to have this seat filled by selection. However, the idea of holding another election was briefly entertained.

"The [Elections McGill Chief Returning Officer Corey Shefman] is going through a lot of difficulties, having to push the ref­

erendum process later to the semester," said Arts Senator Daniel King.

SSMU Vice-President University Affairs Adrian Angus noti­ fied Council once Boudreau had resigned and utilized both the Arts Undergraduate Society and SSMU email lists to call for a new arts senator.

The application process was closed last night and four of the six candidates were interviewed by the University Affairs See TENSIONS on page 5

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K ristin M aich The kick-off barbeque for Campaign McGill, the univer­ sity's new fundraiser, took place last Thursday on Lower field as students protested the endeavour based on its private donor targets.

Over the next few years, McGill aims to collect $7so-million, which according to Principal Heather Munroe-Blum is "the most ambitious launch goal-in the history of Canadian university fundraising."

Development, Alumni and University Relations Senior Liai­ son Officer Brian Thompson said that the event was meant to raise awareness amongst the McGill community and to recog­ nize the everyday efforts of the faculty, staff and students. "[The event has] really been more of a celebration for the donors," he said.

According to Marc Weinstein, Assfstant Vice-Principal DAUR and Director of the University Campaigns, the campaign launch events cost approximately 0.15 per cent of the total amount that the campaign hopes to raise—or about $1,125,000. "[The campaign launch] is, in some respects, creating an event to celebrate McGill,"Munroe-Blum said.

While the Thursday afternoon event was held for the cam­ pus community, a celebratory gala was held last Wednesday night, and in a public launch last Thursday morning, President and CEO of Hydro-Québec Thierry Vandal announced a $io-million donation, to be designated, in part, to the science, engineer­ ing and law faculties.

Across the street from the barbeque tent, which was set up specially for the occasion, the Grassroots Association for Student Empowerment denounced the campaign—known as the "Capi­ tal Campaign" around campus—as a liability that could lead to privatization of the university. Active GRASPé member Kristen Legault, Ui biology, explained the group's concerns that academic choice may be constrained by fund designation.

"Funding is more prone to go to those faculties with a high­ er market value or popularity. Private funding replicates already existing divisions within society,"she said. "As McGill seeks dona­ tions and worries about its brand, autonomous student initia­ tives get squeezed out. It's clear that there is no place [for such initiatives] in the community McGill envisions."

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that, because it's through their generosity that the university will be able to continue to do the great work that it is able to do,"said McGill Alumni Association President Ann Vroom. "I feel that the Hydro-Québec donation [Thursday] morning was such a won­ derful example of corporate philanthropy."

GRASPé activist Tessa Vikander, U1 sociology and Canadian studies, said that the group stands firmly against any kind of cor­ porate funding.

"Corporate donations represent the privatization of a public good. Any corporate or private donation is a step in the opposite direction from a government-funded education," she said. "This is kind of a moot point, however, as the Capital Campaign is di­ rected primarily toward wealthy individuals."

John McCall MacBain, founder, president and C.E.O. of the international publishing company Trader Classified Media, do­ nated $5-million in support of graduate fellowship programs in the Faculty of Arts. Marking his first day as one of three co-chairs of the campaign, another $s-million came from the pocket of Canadian Senator Michael Meighen to go towards student advis­ ing and support programs. The other two co-chairs are former UN Ambassador Yves Fortier, and Eugene McBurney, chairman of GMP Capital Trust.

Aaron Sacheli, U3 physiology, thought that the event was a great way to bring the McGill community together.

"I think it really shows how supportive the McGill commu­ nity is—how they care enough to invite all aspects of the uni­ versity, all tiers," he said. "It's a really ambitious goal, and it's good that they’re not afraid of asking for money, because it's definitely going to be needed in the future to keep McGill as competitive as it is."

However, inside the tent, the voices of protesting students rang mute; GRASPé member Cleve Higgins was kicked out by security for distributing pamphlets.

"It seems pretty obvious that the McGill admin and therefore the security guards didn't want any disruptions and were quite keen on silencing those who disagree with the capital campaign," Vikander said.

Legault pointed out that it is the nature of this campaign to which the group is averse.

"We are clearly not opposed to the university seeking fund­ ing for its students and programs," she said. "What we are wor­ ried about is [that] we are seeing a dual process of student fees

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Clearly, this reliance on individual sources of funding amounts to a privatization of education. We believe free and accessible education is a social good. We think that rather than looking for private donations, McGill should be pressuring the Quebec gov­ ernment for increased funding." ■

NEBOJSA PETROVIC Let them eat cake: Campaign VIPs prepare to chow down.

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The question proposes to establish a qualified quorum of two per cent of the undergraduate population, or 395 stu­ dents. This would mean that any motions passed while the attendance is under 395, but over the regular quorum of 100, would be put to an online vote no more than 48 hours follow­ ing the close of the GA. "The idea was that, by increasing quorum, a large number of students have to be there to decide policy,"

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A Special General Assembly is scheduled to be held on Itzkowitz argued that raising the GA quorum will encour­ Nov. 15 after the regular GA of Oct. 9 was adjourned due to a age more students to participate and that a larger student loss of quorum. However, the Special GA may coincide with population will improve the legitimacy of the motions carried the Strike GA, which would present logistical problems, as the out. He also hopes to gradually raise quorum over the long­ Strike GA has a quorum of 500, while the Special GA maintains term, to further improve on student involvement. a quorum of 100.

"A lot of people don't show up to GAs because they don't The Special GA may cost as much as thinkthey're valuable,"Itzkow­ $2,000, according to Students' Society Presi­ itz said."If we raise quorum to dent Jake Itzkowitz. a more significant portion of "There aren't many places that can The General Assembly as it is intended and as it currently exists is a deci­ the student body, people will hold 400 people," Carmon said. "I have never think they're more valuable sion-making body...but if all decisions are made online, that body doesn't and chaired a meeting that large; there need to be more democratic." changes examined if you want more than 300 have any power."

Higgins, however,argued people [at the GA], and you need to re-exam­ —GRASPé member Cleve Higgins that such a high quorum will ine how you do it." invalidate the objectives of The Constitutional and By-Law Review the GA, and asserted that the Committee will convene to address these and low attendance often quoted other concerns regarding the Special GA. With no precedent Carmon said. is not because of student apathy, but rather because students set, official rules are needed as to how the Special GA will The two per cent quorum has received wide criticism are unaware of the GAs, and because "there aren't motions be run. from GRASPé, as well as members of Council for being an ar­ presenting issues that [students] care about.”

While a referendum question proposing reforms to quo­ bitrary number. GRASPé member Cleve Higgins had asserted "If [every motion] is going online, all of the GA wouldn't rum and an online ratification will be placed on this fall's ref­ that online ratification quorum should have been set to 1.75 be a decision-making process. The GA would be a referen­ erendum, Carmon and Itzkowitz believe that these potential per cent of the student body, or roughly 350 people, because dum-consultation body," Higgins said. "The General Assembly reforms will not be in place in time for the Special GA. it was the highest recorded turnout at a GA. as it is intended and as it currently exists is a decision-making "Depending on when the Special GA is held, [the "The danger of having an online ratification quorum that body. There is logic in having an online ratification quorum, GA reforms] may or may not affect the special GA," Itzkow­ is too high is that every decision made will go to online rati­ in that if that body doesn't have sufficient participation, then itz said. "[The Special GA] will probably be held under fication," Higgins said. "People who aren't very involved in the it can't make its own decisions, but if all decisions are made re^ÜilSf*qt t ô f y .n ' ü n WiWHrs « *ta>r!/i 's.'cau.i GA or in SSMU will get the impression that you don't need online, that body doesn't have any poweh"*B yvis-fc2 t - c : Ken S un

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C arolyn Y ates Padding their pockets: Cam paign McGill has a nnounced a $750m illion fundraising goal. W h at are th ey planning to do w ith all that cash? It appears that even the university isn't to o sure. Here's the blank-check breakdow n:

$248-million to attract and retain top faculty through endowed chairs and fellowships $115-million to attract and support top graduate students, including fellowships

Last Saturday, WebsterTarpley, author of Synthetic Terror, and Canadian Action Party Leader Connie Fogal spoke at a bilingual conference entitled "9/11: Let the Truth be Exposed" at Centre St-Pierre, discussing the motives behind and effects of the attacks.

Tarpley asserted that the Bush administration was responsible for the events of Sep. 11, 2001 and for concealing government involvement as well as latent imperialistic tendencies within American foreign policy.

He asserted that the 9/11 attacks were planned, coordinated and executed by the White House in order to gain dominance over oil reserves in the Middle East.

Tarpley's argument included a visual analysis of the collapse of the towers with the conclusion that they bore many similarities to buildings that have been professionally demolished. Aerial shots of the Pentagon with a superimposed image of a Boeing 747 appeared suspicious as the wingspan of a 747 is 38 metres, while the damaged section of the Pentagon was only 19 metres wide. Tarpley also pointed out that the pictures taken of the plane crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania shortly after officials arrived bear no evidence of the plane itself.

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“It's an absurd contradiction,” he said.

At both the beginning and conclusion of his presentation, Tarpley urged audience members to "be active, or become radioactive," implying that active protest is needed to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

In the second, shorter section, Fogal gave a presentation entitled "Let's Take Back Our Country," in which she discussed her belief that the events of Sep. 11 are being used as a pretext for both the collapse of rule of law in Canada and for the collapse of the country itself.

McGill law Professor Payam Akhavan disagreed with the notion that rule of law is collapsing. While there have been significant changes in Can­ ada since Sep. 11, he suggested that this was inevitable in an environment where the political and social climate has been subject to such upheaval.

"I don't think that it would be reasonable to say there has been a com­ plete collapse of the rule of law," Akhavan said. "I think we have to under­ stand, in the post 9/11 world, our conception of liberties has to change. It is highly unrealistic to think we can continue with business as usual. There is a very real threat of violence. The question is where we draw the line.”

'I think the fear is that Canada could turn into a police state where people can be abducted and tortured at will," he said. "That is clearly not the sort of society that we're dealing with." “

$112-million to build infrastructure to support McGill's top talent $90-million to strengthen key programs $75-million to attract and support top undergraduate students through bursaries and scholarships. $49-million to transform the student experience $37-million to support emerging priorities $24-million to strengthen library support for teaching and research Source:http://www.mcgill.ca/ campaign/goalsandpriorities/

MATT PARK Conspiracy theorist Tarpley looks on as the Bush (on screen) shows the audience how he really feels.

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This past August, Kuebler presented Khadr's case to the Council of the Canadian Bar Association at its annual meeting to Highlighting the injustices engrained into the legal frame­ insist that the Council use its position to pressure the Canadian work of the American War on Terror, Lieutenant Commander Wil­ government publicly in order to repatriate Khadr.

Kuebler explained that the government's current hesita­ liam Kuebler, a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps assigned tions surrounding this issue may stem from the tendency to give to the Office of Military Commissions, spoke last Friday in Chancelits southern ally "the benefit of the doubt post-9/11,” as well as | lor Day Hall.

According to the lawyer, military commissions are meant from a concern about Khadr's family history: Khadr's father was a member of the Taliban. | "solely to convict people."

René Provost, professor in the Faculty of Law and Director of Kuebler discussed his role in legal counsel for the case of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, concluded the Omar Khadr, a young Canadian citizen who has been detained i at Guantanamo Bay for the past five years. Khadr was incarcer­ talk by urging students and citizens alike to write to their repre­ ated at the age of 15 after a firefight in Afghanistan, where he sentative Member of Parliament.

"The solutions to this [issue], I think, will be fundamentally was severely wounded. He was taken into custody after allegedly political rather than legal," he said. "The model that is offered by throwing a grenade which killed a U.S. medic.

Kuebler, however, maintained that this was a myth, and that the U.S. government to the world in Guantanamo Bay is a very many of the cases against defendants such as Khadr, now 21, are dangerous model because it is-represented by a government based on out-of-court statements. Despite the possible coer­ that stands for human rights and democracy around the world cion tactics used by interrogators at Guantanamo to attain these and to me it's an incompatible message. The Canadian govern­ statements, as well as the possibility of their falsehood, reports ment is joining in by saying nothing, and letting one of its citi­ zens be treated in such a manner." used to prosecute detainees cannot be investigated.

Sybil Thompson, a third-year law student, appreciated that The rules of the Military Comission, which he asserted had Kuebler verified what is occurring in the infamous American de­ been edited at the discretion of the American president, have narrowed the definition of concepts such as torture, to allow for tention centre. "[He] confirmed that the military commissions, and indeed "gaining intelligence."

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SARAYOUSEFNEJAD Kuebler campaigns for Khadr's release from Guantanamo.

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Macdonald students may not get their Daily fix DPS referendum fails to reach quorum however, the campus received two issues of the Daily and one of Le Délit once a week in order to lower the deliv­ ery costs for DPS. If the motion had passed, the $3.75 per semester fee would have paid for delivery three times a week, in addition to increased Macdonald campus-related content in the newspapers. Studènts from Macdonald campus would also have been able to become DPS staff or board members. . “The plan in the long-term was to create a branch-off ofThe McGill Daily and Le Délit at Mac so that there would be specific Mac content by Mac students in each newspa­ per,"de Lorimier said. "That can't happen now because Mac

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The McGill Daily and Le Délit may soon disappear from Macdonald campus newsstands. Last Thursday's ref­ erendum, in which students voted on whether they would like to join the Daily Publications Society, missed quorum by only eight votes. Within the 136 voters, however, only 40 per cent voted for the motion to pass.

DPS Chair Alexandre de Lorimier was disappoint­ ed with the results, but said that this does not neces­ sarily mean that the newspapers will be pulled from Macdonald campus.

"The fact that we didn't pass quorum clearly shows that people either weren't informed that there was a referendum, "The fact that we didn't pass quorum clearly or they did not care," he said. "I'm not shows that people either weren't informed sure what will happen; [the DPS board that there was a referendum, or they did not hasn't] really talked about the results yet. care."

If students say they don't want us, then of — DPS Chair Alexandre de Lorimier course one option is to remove the papers entirely, but it's not decided yet."

DPS Student Representative Erika Meere echoed de students aren't members of DPS." De Lorimier added that the DPS may consider push­ Lorimier's disappointment.

"I think both campuses [would have benefited] from a ing for another referendum in the future, but that will not better link between both campuses in the form of a news­ happen soon.

"In the coming years I'm sure we're going to recon­ paper," she said. "There's a disconnect between students from the two campuses; they don't know a whole lot about sider the issue; there's a yearly turnover of board members, each other. I think having the two newspapers, an English so well have to see what the next boards would do," he said. "It's something I would approve, that we try to keep one and a French one, both of which are well-established on going and try to inform students even more. Still, even at the downtown campus, would [have been] a benefit."

Macdonald Campus Students' Society President Lise though students are not members, we would like to put in more Mac content if we can so Mac students will feel Cobitz was surprised at the number of "Yes" votes.

"No one takes the paper; the distributor ends up tak­ involved and hopefully we'll eventually reach quorum and ing a lot of the newspapers back every week,” she said. "I they would want to join the DPS." Cobitz was less enthusiastic about a future referen­ also find that people who do read the Daily are those who dum, saying that there is just not enough student interest. commute between downtown and Mac, so they would "It's not worth [MCSS's] time [to promote and prepare get the newspaper downtown anyway."

The DPS's two newspapers have been available to for the referendum], really, it's a lot of work to have a refer­ Macdonald campus on a free trial basis since last winter se­ endum," she said. "I think that the results already show that mester. Instead of being distributed as they were released, there's not a clear demand for the paper." ■

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committee this afternoon.

"We looked for someone who's interested, someone who has a clear idea of what they can do and someone who can attend the meetings," Angus said.

The appointment comes in time for a joint meeting between Senate and the Board of Governors, "Meeting toward Sustainability at McGill," which will take place on Oct. 30.

"By not filling the position we do not have our full complement of sena­ tors and if we have a vote then we do not have all of our senators that we would want," Angus said.

Contention between Angus and AUS President RJ Kelford arose at the last Council meeting when deciding which body would facilitate the selection process.

"I asked senate caucus how they thought it should go," Angus said. "They said maybe we'll have the [University Affairs] committee look at the initial ap­ plications, then it will go forward to senate caucus and then Council. Council didn't express any concerns."

Kelford stated that a compromise was reached when AUS VP Academic Pat Boily was allowed to sit on the selection committee, though his vote would not count.

However, the confusion has only increased since SSMU bylaws state that the faculty association— in this case AUS— shall both publicize and forward viable candidates to Senate caucus.

“AUS is the one who's supposed to select and senate caucus makes that decision," Kelford Said. "That's something I just discovered today." AUS execu­ tives will have their meeting later today to plan future actions.

More individuals applied for the role of Arts Senator than those that ran last year. Yahel Carmon and Graeme Lamb, two contestants last year, did not run again as they currently hold other positions within the Students'Society.

"The more Arts students [on Senate], the more questions directly relating to Arts students'concerns can be raised," said Arts Senator Dan King. "The more likely it is we will be able to consult with administrators in the Faculty of Arts as w ell... It's certainly in the interest of Arts students." ■

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An 81-year-old woman shot a nearly naked homeless man with a handgun last week when she discovered him washing his clothes in her laundry room. "Whenever I hear a noise, I just go grab my gun,"said homeowner Ethel Sanders, who hails from Alabama. The intruder managed to make off with his clothes but will probably think twice before relying on that famous Southern hospitality again. • Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has announced that the character Albus Dumbledore in the series, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,'was written as a latent homo­ sexual. The Christian groups that crusade against the'promotion'of witchcraft in the novels, will also try to argue that homosexuality is a supernatural "phenomenon". • To garner attention and student interest, University of California Riverside is holding a cockroach petting zoo at their annual recruitment fair. Participants remarked that the insects, some as large as the palm of the hand, seemed to "enjoy being held".The cockroaches, hardly lacking in nutrients, are fed to the failing students at UC Riverside. • Australian Prime Min­ ister John Howard was attacked by three men in large whife rabbit costumes last Friday.The rabbits heckled the PM, saying that he will "need to pull a rabbit out of a hat" to win the next election. Though Howard was not amused, at least he took on three huge attacking rabbits; former U.S. President Jimmy Carter could only handle one killer swamp rabbit. • In Bolivia last week, angry mobs of a moral­ ity campaign stormed bars and ransacked brothels, robbing prosti­ tutes and torching furniture. Authorities plan to close many brothels in the La Paz suburb. In protest of their loss of income, prostitutes numbering in the hundreds plan to march naked in the capital. Not exactly the outcome the morality campaigners were hoping for. • A German woman upped the ante on stealing from the church last week, after getting arrested for stealing from collection boxes from churches for the last nine years. Over that time, she has managed to make a killing of over 250-thousand euros. • Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers sued God for "widespread death, destruction and terrorization."Clearly, the perfect solution to all the problems on the planet is to file a lawsuit against a deity for damages.

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GuluWalkfor Uganda Protesting UN passivity I nes B eatrix 150 McGill students and Montrealers convened at the Roddick Gates at 2 p.m. last Saturday, Oct. 20, to participate in a one-day, world-wide protest against the raging civil war in Uganda.This event was organized by GuluWalk, an international grassroots organization that often focuses on the plight of Ugandan children caught in the midst of this 21-year long civil war.

The protesters marched in downtown Montreal, sporting bright orange tshirts and eye-catching signs with statements such as,"More than 25,000 chil­ dren have been abducted during the war”and"Each day, 58 children under the age of five die as a result of violence and preventable diseases."

Some protesters also carried white donation boxes to raise money for Ugandan community and rehabilitation centers.

"The World Food Program needs a military escort to protect food trucks from being attacked," said Whitney Mclnnis, organizer of the event.

Protesters hope to put an end to the ongoing violence between the rebel army, the Lord's Resistance Army and the government-backed Ugandan Army by raising awareness and eliciting the intervention of those governments in a position to make a difference.

"The goal of the march is to say'no'to the war in Uganda and to promote justice," said Sita Kamba, a Montreal artist. "It's also a great opportunity to give this issue exposure and to shock people into action."

"I want to show the hypocrisy underlying the LRA because it has allegedly been created to respect the Ten Commandments," said William Tayeebwa, a Concordia communication Ph.D. candidate.

Teresa Murphy, a McGill alumnus, insisted that governmental action is imperative.

"I'd like the US and Canadian governments to pressure the Ugandan gov­ ernment to bring peace to the north of their nation and to provide relief for the thousands of their suffering children," she said. "Our governments have to do something; there are 200,000 children who haven't been going to school.”

Mclnnis, who hoped the protest would garner attention from Parliament in hopes of involving the federal government in potential peace talks, believes that "the Canadian government needs to say they are supporting peace talks in Uganda."

As the United Nations does not have any mandate for conflicts within a nation or for internally displaced persons, grassroots organizations like Gulu­ Walk play a large role in the fight for peace. Mclnnis emphasized that, "there are 1.8-million people living in internally displaced camps of disgusting and squalid conditions."

Mclnnes further stressed how easy and important it is for McGill students to get involved.

"I don't understand how [the war has lasted] 21 years and no international [coalition of] governments is getting involved and students are so trapped in their'bubble']'she said. "There are lots of things people can do.">

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Protestors gather to fight global poverty Last Wednesday, the McGill School of Social Work joined the Millennium Campaign and the Global Call to Action against Poverty in their campaign to "Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty," staging a walking protest that started at the Milton Gates.

Around 40 students showed up to the protest, which aimed to draw attention to issues of child poverty, dispari­ ties in the standard of living between aboriginal Canadians and the greater Canadian population and to encourage greater equity in international trade rules.

"The idea isn't to say that poverty is bad because we all know it's bad, but to encourage our leaders to act," said protest organizer Joey Berljawsky, U3 social work. "We know they're doing things, and we want to encourage them to continue."

The Millennium Campaign is an inter-agency initiative of the United Nations that seeks to support citizens and encourage governments to work toward their Millennium Development goals, which aim to cut world poverty in half by 2015. The Global Call to Action against Poverty is comprised of various trade unions, non-governmental organiza­ tions, faith groups and women and youth organizations, which together make up the world's largest civil alliance.

Helen-Margaret Nasser, U3 international development studies and political science, participated in the protest, and was "a big fan of the smallest amount of raising awareness." During the 24 hours between Oct. 16 and 17, the cam­ paign to Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty hoped to show that millions were ready and willing to take action," she said.

Berljawsky hoped the protest would help break the turnout record held by last year's Stand Up and Speak Out demonstration, which united over 23 million people in 87 countries.The 2006 protest holds the Guinness world record for the largest coordinated mobilization of humanity in history.

— Karenna Williams

Pink ribbons abound as breast cancer awareness rises October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and researchers at the Royal Victoria Hospital are studying the genes that underlie the four categories of breast cancer.

The genes are being studied to find out what caused them to mutate in the first place. Medicine and biochemistry Professor William Muller investigates the HER-2 growth gene, which is abnormal in a third of all breast cancer cases.

"Generally an individual will have two copies of the gene, though someone with breast cancer can show as many as 1,000 copies of the gene," Muller said. "These excess copies result in the cell replicating uncontrollably, making the tumour grow."

According to Muller, 23 genes have been identified as having metastasis potential.

"It is the spreading of these cancerous cells to other parts of the body that is the main killer of breast cancer pa­ tients," he said.

Once genes are identified, antibodies can be created to target the cancerous cells, though it is not always effec­ tive. In the case of the HER-2 gene, an antibody exists that is effective only 50 per cent of the time. Given these findings, research today is moving away from the'one solution fits all cases'mentality— such as chemotherapy, for example and towards a 'personalized medicine'where each case is analyzed and a specific treatment is prescribed.

Early detection was essential to the treatment and subsequent remission of McGill Professor Nicole Beauchemin.

A researcher at the McGill Cancer Centre was able to catch a small but aggressive tumour in the early stages of her breast cancer.

"80 per cent of breast cancer patients suspected or felt something was wrong prior to their diagnosis," Beauchemin said.

— Stephanie Tombari

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nglish lit? So you're going to be a teacher? As I'm sure most of my fel­ low arts students can attest, this is one irritating inquiry. No, I do not want to be a teacher. Barring the occasional post-Dangerous Minds fit of romantic delusion, the thought of attempting to impart a love of poetry to a group of hormonally charged adolescents doesn't exactly whip me into a frenzy of enthu­ siasm. I do not, however, perceive the question as a subversive way of asking, "So, you're going to become a traitor to all womankind?" Now this link may seem strange to you, as it did to me scarcely a few scant days ago, but a friend now informs me that any woman who be­ comes a teacher, secretary, nurse or stayat-home mom is a"sell-out"and a "traitor."

Un-twist those panties ladies, I did the yelling for you.

Sick of hearing about feminism and its potential backlash? Am I ever with you on that one, but this particular psychotic rant is almost humorous. I'll try to explain my friend's reasoning. The vast major­ ity of secretaries, nurses and, to a lesser extent, teachers, are women. In the past, these were some of the few career choic­ es open to women, and therefore these fields do not require the same degree of struggle against the sexist norm as other previously male dominated areas of em­ ploy. And so, it is obviously the duty of every modern, self-respecting woman to sacrifice her personal passion or ambi­ tion in order to become a tireless warrior in the on-going fight against those nasty male oppressors by refusing to employ themselves in any of these occupations.

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timate implication of my friend's line of reasoning is that we are women first and people second. Sound familiar to anyone? Especially anyone over 50? In­ dividual women do not owe some femi­ nist collective anything. Rather, we own the right to self-definition and this right includes the choice of any career with personal appeal. Any claim that women must choose their careers based on gen­ dered associations looks the same to me, and thus telling a woman she can't be­ come a teacher sounds a lot like telling her she has to. Methinks we have a case of the same smelly substance in a differ­ ent smelly pile here, and it looks like this particular pile has my friend's footprints all over it. Saying women can't become nurses, even if they are sincerely and passionately desirous of doing so, is es­ sentially bending feminism over and dis­ ciplining it the old fashioned way.

But if I'm wrong, I have a confes­ sion to make. I love to bake. And it gets worse... I also love babies, having dinner ready for my boyfriend when he walks in the door and I've recently acquired a strangely compelling desire to learn to knit. Should I look at these stereotypically feminine traits as evidence of the taint of a patriarchal society, subtly forcing me to abandon my dreams of higher education and docilely take my god-given place in the home? I doubt it. I think it is more likely.that. I should look at these traits as evidence that I'll be a professor, lawyer or writer that likes baking and babies. If my friend is right, however, look for me as you proceed in whatever direction edu­ cation is taking you. I'll be the one head­ ing the opposite way, wearing high heels and a poodle skirt, with a grubby baby in a pram, probably holding a vacuum. ■

The price of doing nothing J o s h F is h e r JOSHADAMFISHER@GMAIL.COM

cGill recently hosted an international who's who of UN officials, dignitaries, INGO representatives and students from every corner of the globe who met to discuss the most compelling of topics: the prevention of genocide. I was fortunate to be among the hundreds of delegates at the Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights. The abundance of goodwill that filled the conference halls was palpable. Delegates struggled to understand how such sentiment could be transformed into "political will to act" and not only stop current genocides, but also prevent future ones before they ever begin.

While discussion of the tragedy still un­ folding in Darfur justly dominated the dis­ course, those who attended the session on "Early Warning: Triggering the UN into Action" could not help but reflect on the similarities between early warning signs of past geno­ cides and what is currently transpiring in Iran.

In 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map, as the Imam says." He has warned that any Muslim who supports Israel will "burn in the ummah of Islam." He has presided over a rally in which a Shehab-3 missile was paraded through the streets of Tehran emblazoned with a slogan calling for the Jewish state to be annihilated, and encouraged the crowd as it chanted "Death to Israel." Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad again presided over a large crowd chanting "Death to Israel" and burning Israeli flags. He told them that the contin­ ued existence of Israel is "an insult to human dignity" and proposed that Jews vacate the country.

Ahmadinejad denies the Nazi Holocaust, as he incites to, and prepares for, a new one.

Instead of being indicted for violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punish­ ment of the Crime of Genocide, he was invited last month to share his views at the UN— the same organization entrusted to defend inter­

national peace and security.

This is analogous in its absurdity to the case of Ahmed Haroun, the Sudanese minister who is one of two members of the Sudanese government indicted by the International Criminal Court for their roles in the ongoing crimes against humanity in Darfur. ICC pros­ ecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo told the con­ ference that his investigations lead him to the conclusion that without Haroun, the Sudanese killing system would "break." Further, unless Haroun is arrested, the world will fail to protect the two million refugees who have been dis­ placed from their villages and are desperately waiting for international intervention.

Not only has Sudan refused its obligation to arrest and surrender Haroun to the ICC to face charges, but he has since been appoint­ ed as the head of a committee to investigate human rights violations in Sudan.

If you've read thisfarthen you surely share in the frustration felt by delegates last week at the incomprehensible culture of impunity for those who currently pose the greatest threats to world peace and human dignity.

All this brings me back to the conference, which was attended by 3s"young leaders"from around the globe as well as other concerned students and young human rights advocates.

This is why today is actually very different from the beginnings of previous genocides. We are starting to prioritize the need to combat exis­ tential threats to humankind.

The UN is not stopping Ahmadinejad or Haroun. Democratic states like Canada will have to act instead. This will only happen if we speak up. If we care— and I don't see how we can turn a blind eye— -then we should show it as clearly as we can. As MP Michael Ignatieff crudely put it to us, "There are a million sob stories out there. You have to create a narrative...This is politics we're playing here. I can't do anything until you raise the price of doing nothing."*

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wasn't sure at first if public bathrooms could make a good column topic, but the more thought I gave it, the more it seemed a natural choice. I guess it has to do with my upbring­ ing. While other fathers and sons were out playing ball, my dad and I were planning our book: The World's Best and Worst Public Bathrooms. Still unpublished, it is destined to grace coffee tables around the world— a glossy bestseller that will make waves in the highest literary circles. Dad's top picks for best-list are the men's rooms in Berlin's'elegant Adlon Hotel and the flagship Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue. Neither one of these places was in our budget. No, no, we went in solely to scout out the toilets.

Public bathrooms deserve more of our attention— and not just the ritzy ones. Too often ignored in intellec­ tual discourse, they are the liminal space in our daily lives through which we all must pass; a no-man's and every-man's land, rife with social significance and open to many uses and interpretations.

Most people perceive the loo simply as a function of neces­ sity. But in its most standard use, the W.C. unifies society, mean­ while proving that everyone's shit does, indeed, stink, (It seems some people still need to be reminded). In addition, bathrooms are a terrain of socialization and enforcement of social norms— a place where badguys in business suits make big deals when the

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On the other side of our discourse, there are those who go outside the system, using public toilet stalls as an arena for graffiti. I would argue that the term "graffiti" does not do justice to stall-scribblings, which are, in reality, an important form of social commentary. The bathroom stall serves society as an ac­ cessible public venue for creative acts. It's the canvas, if you will, for ephemeral artistic interventions; contained, ritualized trans­ gressions of social norms and expressions of the individual soul within and against the cold, regulated public realm.

One friend has recited his favourite bathroom "graf­ fiti" (public poem), which proves to be quite metatextual: "Some come here to shit and stink. Others come to sit and think. I come here to scratch my balls and read the bullshit off the walls."

For less literary folk, public bathrooms can be realms of erotic fantasy. Another friend recounts, "I was at a party, fooling around in a stall. And then my jacket fell in! I was so drunk I wore it for the rest of the night."

Even more extreme is the infamous Mile High Club, found­ ed bythejnventor of autopilot (seriously). I personally can barely

stand up in an airplane bathroom, so it's pretty hard to imagine squeezing another person in, and then having enough space and skill to pull off a pelvic thrust on top of that. Perhaps the Mile High Club is a privilege reserved for spacious First Class lavatories?

Here it is also important to note— as I always make an effort to give a voice to the underdog— that not all are lucky enough to participate in this public space. For transgender or intersex people, binary-gendered public bathrooms can be a place of fear and potential rejection. Likewise, "shy bladders" and "shy colons," which are now recognized forms of social anxiety disorder officially known as paruresis and'parcopresis respectively, disrupt many lives. In worst-case scenarios, sufferers can only "go" when at home alone. Fortunately, there are many support groups for sufferers of-these disorders and a full range of toilet-phobias.There are even group-therapy retreats for people to overcome their fears (I'm not sure exactly what kind of exercises they do, but I think we can all imagine.)

My friend and fellow student Maya says she has never suffered from any such condition. In fact, she is one of the few who truly relish their bathroom experiences: "I love it when you're in the bathroom and someone farts really loudly. It's amazing; it's like you can almost feel their embarrassment!"! think we all know what she means. ■

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olitical opposition to drug harm reduction centres is nothing new. Insite— a supervised injection site located in the downtown eastside of Vancouver has encountered nothing but disdain from Stephen Harper's federal government, while the UN's International Narcotics Control Board routinely condemns various harm reduction centres abroad for violating international treaties concern­ ing narcotic drugs. The U.S. government has also been an outspoken global critic of harm reduction projects that provide legal exemptions for drug use ever since Richard Nixon coined the term "war on drugs."Therefore, it should come as no surprise that early efforts by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to open America's first legal safe-in­ jection site have been met by political stonewalling and moral indignation.

The scientific evidence supporting supervised injection sites is overwhelmingly positive. Insite, the only facility of its kind in North America, has been the subject of over a dozen studies conducted by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, none of which have uncovered a single negative effect of the SIS. Furthermore some of the positive effects revealed in their peer-reviewed research are extremely encour­ aging: Insite has reduced the overall rate of needle sharing in the area, led to increased enrollment in detox programs and has not led to an increase in drug-related crime or intravenous drug usage.

Nurses at Insite provide care for wounds, supply users with sterile drug paraphernalia and educate users about sanitary practices that cut down on the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C.They are also on-hand for any overdoses— of which there have been over 800 at Insite. Thanks to prompt medical care, not a single overdose at the facility has resulted in a fatal­ ity and, not coincidentally, emergency room visits for intravenous drug users are down dramatically.

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Perhaps most importantly, safe-injection sites put drug users in close contact with social workers.

In fact, a recent study showed that intravenous drug users were 20 per cent more likely to enrol in a detox program after using Insite on a regular basis. The power of personal contact, something that is almost impossible to establish when dealing with users in back-alleys, is undeniable.

An SIS in the downtown eastside ofVancouver was an crucial step towards improving the com­ munity. It is estimated that the area is home to over 1,500 homeless people, as well as thousands of oth­ ers living well below the poverty line. The percent­ age of HIV-positive men and women in the commu­ nity parallels that of many third-world countries. San Francisco has similar problems, with estimates of in­ travenous drug users in the city ranging from 11,000 to 15,000 people. For them, the old methods of en­ forcement are not working. In fact, a study published in the International Journal o f Drug Study concluded that street-level arrests and confiscations only serve to exacerbate drug-related crime and prompt in­ creased needle sharing.

The Harm Reduction Centre here on campus is based on much of the same ideology. The cen­ tre, which became a Students' Society Service in November of last year, aims to educate students on safe alcohol and drug use and bridge the discon­ nect between the average student and the officials that preach on the evils of drugs. Quebec phar­ macy Jean Coutu offers a kit of inexpensive nee­ dles and condoms in order to prevent the spread of disease and facilitate safe drug use and sex for low-income individuals.

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services. Ideologically it's easy to see why they have a knee-jerk reaction to anything that might seem to make drug use easier, but what they fail to realize is that supervised injection sites don't condone or legitimize drug use at all. The facts show that facili­ ties such as Insite do not increase drug use in the community, nor cause additional relapses. The staff at safe-injection sites work to save users' lives, while idealistic politicians stick their heads in the sand and pretend drug-busts, harsher jail sentences and pre­ ventative campaigns will rid society of the problem.

They refuse to see the reality that prohibition .and punishment will never completely eradicate drug use from the general population.

This sad state of affairs among our politicians was revealed, yet again, earlier this year, when Harp­ er's government denied Vancouver Coastal Health's request for a three-year extension to Insite's operat­ ing exemption. Instead, Insite was granted an addi­ tional six months to "gather more proof of its effec­ tiveness." Harper commented that he was "sceptical" about Insite's value, despite the favourable stud­ ies published in over a dozen reputable medical journals such as the Lancet and the New England Journal o f Medicine.

Supervised injection sites are not the beall, end-all solution to the problem of drug usage, but rather, they are an important tool in the battle against intravenous drugs. They cost a measly $2millon per year to operate, which is pocket-change compared to the millions spent on enforcement and education. Some object to them on moral or philo­ sophical grounds; but the science behind them is sound, and when morality and pragmatism meet, pragmatism should always triumph.

The bottom line is that programs like Insite work. If Mr. Harper and the politicians in Califor­ nia believe otherwise, then they must be high on something. ■

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here's a lot that has been said, and certainly much more to say, about the vagina. The fe­ male sexual organs, and female sexuality as a whole, have been regarded as taboo subjects for ages— whether as a result of calculated systems of oppression and repression on the part of patriar­ chal society or because of the mystifying secrets of femininity which rest within the vulva's many folds.

But in recent years, with events such as V-day and an increasingly open clime of sex-positive feminist dialogue, the vagina has been properly revealed and celebrated as more than just the pearl to the mini-skirt's oyster or some mere penis receptacle.

This culture of sexual openness, however, has rarely addressed the male sexual organ.

Now, I'm not saying that every dude should lock himself in his room, grab at his groin and write on off-Broadway play about cocks and balls as some petty act of retaliation. But the problem is that male sexual health still remains a formidable taboo. Sure, the disgrace associated with erectile dysfunction has been alleviated by Viagra, Levitra and any num­ ber of other erection-bolstering miracle drugs, but men are still timid to broach conversations about their sexual health in the locker room.

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You get aroused, the little fella (ideally) rises to full salute with all the vigor of one of those adrenalinejacked moms who lifts up a Dodge Caravan to save her kid, and then you jam that guy in a warm, tight space until, well, you know. It's utilitarian, it's wholly instrumental and, well, it's a good way to spend a rainy day. But the penis is governed by more than mere physical stimuli. Like so much else, it falls under the control of the psyche.

The seriousness of male sexual "dysfunction," in a time where smiling salt-and-pepper haired pillars of potency seem to dominate television advertising, is nearing the point of psychosomatic saturation.

For the record (and at the risk of revealing myself as some terminally flaccid shrinking violet) I don't consider losing the occasional hard-on necessar­ ily symptomatic of some larger psychosis— unless recreational alcoholism and the resultant cases of brewer's drip constitute a psychosis. But when the concept of erectile difficulty is so heavily ad­ vertised in Viagra, Levitra, etc. commercials, and at the same time so removed from a healthy public discourse— in fact, the very phrase "male sexual health" is often employed exclusively in reference to erection quality— the potential for generating

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new psychoses emerges.

Most guys know that, by whatever scientific slight-of-hand, popping some pill can give you a formidable erection.The causes for erectile dysfunc­ tion, however, are rarely addressed, and certainly not in Viagra commercials which equate middle-age to loss of erections and strained heterosexual relation­ ships. The tendency of discussions regarding male sexual health to gravitate toward solutions rather than causes means that the psychosexu.al origins of many lost erections remain unaddressed. For all the talk of emaciated fashion models influencing female self-image, the pressures that ultra-male archetypes such as Bo Bice,Tim Allen and the Governator remain relegated to only the most under-attended cultural studies and sociology classes. And when the culture of Viagra simply reinforces the primacy of potency, well, the undue relationship between masculinity and penile inflexibility is similarly buttressed.

My'real point is that men need to be aware of the anxiety which can become associated with the cultural preeminence of male sexual prowess and need to work towards developing penis-healthy attitudes which take into consideration more than just erection quality. Because hey, penises are people too. ■

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Letters to the editor Pick on someone your own size!

In addition to its juvenile stupidity, your editorial cartoon : of Oct. 16 is appallingly mean-spirited. What did you hope to J achieve by singling out a suffering and demonized sector of I society (the overweight] for ridicule? If the aim was to expose ! your own boorishness, vulgarity and poor taste, congratulaI tions on an unqualified success. But in the future the Tribune j would be well advised to leave schoolyard taunts and facile ( jabs off its editorial pages.

— Shea Ahna U3 history f Ed Note: While the Tribune editorial staff takes full responsibility | for all content published, the cartoon that appears in the opinI ion section is the work o f one con tributor and does not reflect the \ views or consensus o f the editorial board.

What we have here is failure to communicate

I'm writing with regards to your coverage of SACOMSS | ("SACOMSS fee almost forgotten" 10.16.07) and the recent decision to move the referendum dates. SACOMSS met with Marcelle Kosman (VP Clubs and Services) at the end of Au­ gust to discuss the fall referendum. At that time SACOMSS was told that an e-mail would be sent out to clubs and servic­ es regarding the referendum. SACOMSS was told.they need not take further action until receiving this email. This contact never occurred, contextualizing the quote published by the Tribune, which stated that SACOMSS operated under the as­ sumption that they would be contacted by the SSMU. In a recent discussion with Marcelle, SACOMSS was informed that ifa larger contingency of clubs and services had been renew­ ing their funding an informational meeting or email would have been put together. Thus, it seems that both SACOMSS and the SSMU could have communicated better to avoid this situation. Because of the missed deadline, SACOMSS was informed that two options were possible— either pushing back the referendum or holding a 'special referendum' this fall (constitutionally viable because the SACOMSS fee is not increasing). Council, independent of SACOMSS' influence, made the decision to move the referendum. This change of

dates resulted from an unfortunate misunderstanding, and should in no way overshadow the importance or integrity of SACOMSS as a support service for survivors of sexual assault.

— Halley Crissman SACOMSS External Coordinator Queer McGill not responsible for own e-mails

The editorial "Democracy and its discontents," (10.16.07) claims that "QPIRG-McGill and Queer McGill have also sent out mass e-mails calling for students to demand explana­ tions for the walkout, stating that if the answers are found 'unsatisfactory,' resignations are in order..."The letter that was sent out on the Queer McGill listserv was not endorsed by the Queer McGill executive or Queer McGill as a whole. I sent out the call to action in two capacities: one, in a personal ca­ pacity, as the e-mail itself stated, and two, in my capacity as Political Action Coordinator it is my job to let the queer com­ munity know what is going on and to pass on such informa­ tion. I do believe, as well, that if one spoke to QPIRG, a similar explanation would become apparent. However, it seems fin­ ger-pointing is the mode of the day, on all sides, so I figured that I should at least clear up that point for Queer McGill.

— Kathleen Burdo Political Action Coordinator, Queer McGill By the way, "Ironic" isn't actually ironic

You know, it's so ironic, Alanis could write a song about it. If even half of the people who are currently moaning about the oh-so-scandalous democratic deficit of the recent GA walkout had actually turned up to the GA in the first place, a small handful of students leaving would have never made a difference. If people are genuinely concerned about student politics, they should make a point of exercising their demo­ cratic rights rather than just exercising their mouths when it's too late for anything to be done.

— Meghan Trudeau U3 political science

Tories, MMP reform both "huge failures"

I really like the fact that the article ("Liberals Sweep On­ tario" 10.16.07) has as a subtitle:"Electoral reform referendum a huge failure". Strictly in terms of percentage, the mixed-mem­ ber proportional system obtained 36.9 per cent of the vote on Oct. 10 (Election Ontario), and the Conservative Party's mi­ nority government got 36.3 per cent of the votes on January '06 (Elections Canada)... Huge failure indeed.

— Lynne Champoux-Williams McGill students are the Paris Hiltons of Montreal

As a resident of the McGill Ghetto for the past 12 years, I would like to express my deep disappointment with the be­ haviour of McGill students in our neighbourhood. As guests in a foreign country, province or neighborhood, one would ex­ pect positive attitudes towards their hosts; unfortunately, this is not the case at all. Following in the evolutionary footsteps of notable morons like Paris Hilton, entitled McGill students have made life in the Ghetto unpleasant. They hang out in front of people's homes in the middle of the night and shout amongst themselves (or into their ubiquitous cell phones, looking for company), knock over trash cans (how clever), play loud music, and vandalize cars and homes to the tune of thousands in damages. When politely asked to move on, they respond with aggression and disrespect, as if their rights were being trampled.These are real losers and it is depressing to think that they are the leaders of tomorrow; doctors, lawyers, teachers. Arro­ gant, self-important, dull. McGill could fix the problem easily.

They could have a well-advertised rule stating that if you are caught disturbing the peace, you will be expelled without a di­ ploma, without compensation. As a condition for enrollment, students would have to sign a letter recognizing the right of neighbors to live quietly and that they will behave accordingly.

There could be no claims of ignorance of the rules (and any- ; way, do you deserve a university degree if you're too stupid to ; know you're not supposed to bug everyone around you when j you're drunk in the middle of the night?). It's time the university j did something about the problem.

— Richard Holder j McGill Ghetto Resident l

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Lie#7— TutionTruth.ca, the Web site launched by Max Silverman the Students' Society to fight for "ac­ cessible education" is a harmless advocacy Web site, dedicated to educating students on the truth about tuition policy.

Fact— The SSMU-authored Web site TuitionTruth. ca is a hornets nest of lies, half-truths and norma­

tive sfatements. It's appalling that Society fees fund such an ideologically charged Web outlet, complete with anti-tuition propaganda. The site is rife with fabrications, statistical deceitfulness and shoddy oversimplifications that are passed off onto unsuspecting students under the labels "fact" and "truth."

Lie #2— The Web site states that it's a myth that "low tuition fees are a subsidy to the rich." In fact, "every fee hike means less students finish their degrees."

Fact— This simply is not true. In Canada, data

shows that high tuition does not correlate with low university attendance. In fact, quite the oppo­ site is true— provinces with higher tuition have far better rates of university attendance, and degree completion. Even if cultural reasons or other fac­ tors are responsible for this discrepancy, the state­ ment, "every fee hike means that [fewer] students finish their degree” is an outright lie that becomes apparent in the face of cold, hard data.

Lie•#3— “Canada used to have the highest Human Development Index," says TuitionTruth. 'Then, we hiked university tuition. The result was we dropped to sixth place. O f the five countries that passed us, four have completely free education from elementary

school to university. Coincidence?"

Fact— Trying to equate Canada's drop in HDI rank­

ings to high tuition is a logical fallacy— as first year philosophy students know, correlation does not automatically imply causation. In fact, it would take years, if not decades, for Canada's overall standard of living to undergo measurable systemic changes due to a single tuition hike. Further, Canadian edu­ cation has never been free, yet Canada long held the top spot in the HDI index, even while charg­ ing students tuition for post-secondary educa­ tion. Shoddy logical reasoning allows the Web site authors to pass this one off as fact, but don't be fooled by such simplistic sophistry. The real logi­ cal conclusion is that tuition never played a part in Canada's drop in the UN measure.

Lie #4—According to TuitionTruth, "The Universal Declaration o f Human Rights, the International Cov­ enant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Canadian Charter o f Rights and Freedoms and the Quebec Charter o f Human Rights and Freedoms all say that Education is a Right!" “Hiking tuition," the Web site concludes, ",is thus an illicit act."

Fact— First, the UN Declaration of Human Rights

is a non-binding advisory declaration and Canada has openly ignored other mandates from the In­ ternational Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in the past. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is not even widely rec­ ognized in Quebec and is subject to constant in­ vocation of the notwithstanding clause. Further, there is no method of enforcement of supra-state agreements on sovereign states.'No framework of

international law has ever been widely accepted to replace Westphalian sovereignty— thus Canada's education policy still falls within its own jurisdic­ tion, not the jurisdiction of outside entities. The UN Declaration of Human Rights also outlines that people have a "right" to "food, clothing [and] housing," however that does not mean that these services should be offered without charge, merely that states should not deny equal and fair access to them. Lastly, the idea that education is a right is a normative statement— a statement over values, which cannot be passed off as an objective "truth," as TuitionTruth would have us believe.

Lie #5— The tuition hikedoesn'tjustcosta beer a week.

Rather, "it's a beer a week more per year, compound­ ed. This means that in five years it will be five beers a week, 260 beers a year, or $500 more per year."

Fact— First of all, it's unhelpful and sophomoric to

frame the tuition hike's financial impact through beer. Rather, a better frame of reference is that the tuition hike will cost less than one week's sal­ ary post-graduation. The Institut de la statistique du Québec reports that the average weekly salary in Quebec in 2006 was $697.15. If the province is willing to subsidize the education of its residents, isn't it only fair to ask them to contribute less than one week's worth of their future income for their education?

Lie #6— Adam Corner's performance in the SSMUrun television campaign to promote the Web site is charming, jovial and convincing.

Fact— He should really get a new gig. ■

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The place for bookworms Exploring the lost art of reading for fun E lizabeth C ooper It seems hard to believe McGill doesn't already have a book club of some sort or another, but this grievous oversight is finally being righted for good.

"I finally got around to approaching the [Department of English Students Association] and they were enthusiastic about supporting me and just helping to put out the publicity so long as I organized things, so I did that," explains Deborah Hayek, U3 anthropology.

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"I'm trying to open it up not only to the undergrads of McGill but to the greater Montreal com m unity...There is such a lack of book clubs," explains Hayek. "I just haven't been abletofind something like this happen­ ing in Montreal. The undergraduate society could use something like it, and I'm hoping the Web site will help branch it out." ■

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In an effort to expand the club beyond McGill, Hayek is in the process of creating a Web site for the club. "It's going to be be a forum so that people can discuss books and genres and stuff online, or use it to set up meetings as w ell...So there can be different meeting times," Hayek says.

The Web site will also be useful if you are interested in a particular genre or author.

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...Or make money in a variety of lowcommitment, legal methods E mma C abrera -A ragôn Money is the common woe that no one has enough of.This is not— entirely— a by product of greed or exces­ sive spending; it is simply that when planning financially for university, it's hard to remember to factor in the price of coffee or laundry. It's much easier to overcome a few moral reservations and become Canada's next— or first— legendary hit man. Here's how to get a hefty paycheque for a moment's work.

For the moral, there are ways to cover those coffee costs that do not involve criminal activity. There is al­ ways the possibility of getting a job, but unless you can simultaneously study for midterms and attend to cranky customers, quick money making schemes are generally preferable. Perhaps the best-known alternative to get­ ting a job is the work from home scheme. There are a few variations of this, found both online and fluttering in the wind stapled to a post on the street and read­ ing along the lines of "Make X number of dollars from Home!!!!" The Canadian Homeworker review is an on­ line Web site that promises to allow you to "Never have to read the newspaper job section again!" and offers employees $487.68 per week. Send them your address, name and e-mail and they will set you up to work on your home computer, assemble "products" or process mail, all from the comfort of you own apartment.

This method of money-'making seems to be par­ ticularly popular among the stay-at home parent types.

The Web site Money Making Mommy, for example, of­ fers job postings for everything from employment as a data entry professional to online proof-reader. Particu­ larly interesting are Online Paid Surveys or, in essence, cash for your opinions. Averaging in a range of $5-$ i 50 per survey there are a multitude of different online ques­ tionnaires to which one can subscribe. The easiest way to go about it is to look for a database such as the Survey Bounty Web site, which has links to hundreds of other paid survey sites. Unfortunately some sites do require you to pay to join the ranks of their survey-takers which, when you are broke, presents something of a problem.

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For those determined to make it to the movies on Friday night, minimal digging does reveal certain free survey sites such as Survey Mania and if next week's petty cash is all you're after, then go ahead and enjoy. Just be care­ ful when giving out personal information. Chances are if they are asking for your credit card number it's a good time to shut the survey page and move on.

Even with the wonderful popularity of the internet today, there are some that feel a deep distrust of jobs is buried in cyberspace. A slightly more hands-on ap­ proach that involves the internet as nothing more than the middle man is the good old fashioned tradition of selling the old to buy the new. EBay, where pennies turn into dollars, might be a good place to start. Closer to home, the McGill Classifieds can be a good place to advertise the sale of old textbooks— a method that usually garners more dough than reselling at the Mc­ Gill bookstore; you can sell bicycles, electronics or even ping pong tables. Also, make sure to meet with your prospective buyers wherever it is agreed upon via email or telephone calls and get your money in person so that it doesn't get lost on the internet. All in all, online classifieds are more agreeable and less time consuming than a garage sale.

Finally, if you have a desire to benefit others while making some pocket money there are a number of stud­ ies in need of participants throughout the year. At $15 to $20 an hour these studies pay more than double mini­ mum wage, though of course they only take up an hour or two of your time. They are on campus and though some are for the Neurological and Psychiatry depart­ ments of McGill you need not fear being brainwashed or injected. Most of the studies done on the brain are through Brain Scan Imaging, and if even this sounds too extreme for you there are an abundance of social psy­ chology studies in need of students capable of sitting still and answering questions.

Next time your debit card is rejected at Second Cup, don’t stand there looking embarrassed. Go get yourself a quick cash fix and walk across the street to Starbucks. ■

The days are getting colder and fall is in full swing— and what better way to celebrate the season than baking with cinnamon?These muffins will fill your kitchen with an incredible aroma and they are a perfect treat to pair with other autumn staples like apple cider or a pumpkin spice latté.

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Ingredients Streusel; 6 tsp. all-purpose flour 6 tbsp. brown sugar V2 tsp. ground cinnamon 4 tbsp. butter, softened 6 tbsp. chopped walnuts or pecans (optional) Muffins: 1V2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 114 tsp. baking powder Vi tsp. ground cinnamon Va tsp. ground ginger Va tsp. baking soda Pinch of salt Va cup butter, softened i beaten egg Vi cup buttermilk or sour milk* *You can make sour milk by put­ ting two teaspoons white vinegar into Vi cup regular milk and letting it sit for five minutes.

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In another bowl, combine beaten egg and buttermilk, Stir into dry mixture until bat­ ter is just moistened (batter should still be lumpy, do not over mix).

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Ways to make your favourite staple gourmet When cereal is all you eat, it's nice to spice things up J anet M c M ullen Ask any university student for their current meal of choice and you will most likely be inun­ dated with cries of "Fruit Loops!", "Vector!” and "Captain Crunch!", second to Mom's chicken cas­ serole of course. Although not explicitly recog­ nized by Canada's Food Guide, for students ce­ real does in fact constitute an entire food group of its own. With over 30 different brands of cereal lining the aisles of the local Provigo and varying in texture, colour, nutritional content and taste, it's certainly not surprising that so many students have devoted full shelves in their closet-sized kitchens to cereal and cereal alone. Packed with vitamins and minerals, most cereals not only amount to a somewhat nutritious meal but can also add variety to one's diet, given you use a little imagination. Here are 10 simple ways to add a kick to your daily cereal.

1. The first and hopefully most obvious way to consume cereal is with milk. Now, if you're 4 . beginning to yawn, thinking that there is certainly no way that milk can add a kick to cereal, pay careful attention next time you visit the grocery store. Over the past few years, supermarkets everywhere have acquired a vast selection of milks, any of which is sure to spice up your daily breakfast cereal. For a more interesting flavour, try chocolate or strawberry milk in your cereal. w r r r r f < mmatmsmmH n m m wmmmMMMi

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For a yummy midday pick-me-up, make a batch of Rice Krispie squares! Don't stop at the original version of the Rice Krispie treat; top them up with chocolate, caramel, berries or any other additive that tickles your fancy.

If you're aiming to increase your daily intake of fruits and vegetables, top your cereal with fresh fruit like sliced strawberries, ba­ nanas or blueberries. Not only will fruit on your cereal help you achieve the recom­ mended daily intake of seven to ten serv­ ings, but it will also provide an abundance of the vitamins and minerals that your body thrives on and increase your consumption of dietary fiber.

For another way to make your cereal more heart-healthy, sprinkle some nuts on top.

Tree nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, wal­ nuts and pecans, contain oodles of monoand polyunsaturated fats (aka the "good" fats) which may reduce the risk of heart dis­ ease in the future.

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Although traditionally eaten for breakfast, cereal can be used as an ingredient for

other meals as well. Crush up some bran flakes and use them in a breading mix to coat chicken or fish. Simply dip the meat in the cereal mix, place it in a dish with a dash of olive oil and lemon and bake! It's that simple.

8. Studying for that upcoming organic chem­ istry midterm? Make good use of your Lucky Charms by using the coloured marsh- mallows and toothpicks to create molecu­ lar models to help you visualize the struc­ tures— then eat them afterwards!

9 . For a quick and energy-rich snack between classes, pack some dry cereal in a Ziploc bag. Try adding some nuts, dried fruit or chocolate chips to enhance the flavour and texture, and voila: trail mix.

10. Last but not least, if the thought of'growing up" makes you wish you were back on the playground, relive those childhood days by threading Cheerios onto a piece of string, tying it around your neck and munching on it whenever you feel the desire. You may get a handful of odd glances from fellow classmates, but this nutritious snack will be sure to keep your energy levels up all day long.

If you're feeling at all spontaneous, try one or two or all ten of these ideas and see how you feel.

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Ariq Ementan Most major cell phone service providers buy consumer loyalty by offering attractive cell phone models at subsidized prices with a long-term plan. Contracts usually bind custom­ ers to a particular plan for a number of years. Although it is possible to change service providers if a plan offered by another company is particularly entic­ ing, punitive charges usually mean it probably isn't worth it. On the other hand, service providers offer a variety of plans with different levels of rates and minutes, allowing contract hold­ ers to shift internally to a different plan that suits their needs.

Bell allows customers to upgrade their cell phone plans an unlimited number of times. They also charge $20 for downgrading to any plan under $25 a month if there's more than a year left on the contract. The best way to choose a new contract is to call a customer service agent, who will run through a list of available options,

sometimes spontaneously.

Telus's future is friendly, and so are their costs for changing a contract.

Unlike Bell, downgrading is free— but only twice a year, as after that, it's $10.

Upgrading, sans price, can be done by calling customer care, through the Web site or in person.

Fido's rules for changing to a dif­ ferent internal plan are even more flex­ ible— upgrade or downgrade 12 times a year without charge. For the truly lazy, it can even be a thought-free process.

Call Fido and ask about changing your plan, and a customer service represen­ tative will look through your previous six bills and suggest an alternative, ef­ fective from the next billing date.

Rogers's plan changes conve­ niently take effect at midnight the same day they are made. This flexibility is enhanced by a seemingly limitless number of free upgrades or down­ grades. Flowever, upgrading from a student plan to a business plan, as nearly everywhere else, only takes ef­ fect at the next billing date.

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Virgin Mobile has won the J.D. Power award two years in a row, for highest customer satisfaction with prepaid wireless service. Best of all, they don't have yearly contracts— just buy a phone and choose from $10 to $40 dollar a month plans. If the $10 plan is not quite working, upgrade through their Web site, and the new plan becomes effective as soon as the old credit is used up. For the fru­ gal minded, Virgin Mobile seems an excellent option and offers a contrast­ ing service model compared to other, larger companies.

Life is unpredictable, and so are cell phone bills, though switching companies can frequently seem intim­ idating. Instead of spending a chunk of your budget each month on some­ thing that you no longer use— but still have to pay for— switch to something you will. ■

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F EATURES Monkey see, monkey buy The impulse buy and changing modes of consumer choice M eghna M arjadi Imagine walking into Starbucks, ordering a coffee and hearing a song that stops you dead in your tracks. You realize you need to get your hands on that song. Now. In the old days, it would have taken a lot of searching to hear that song again or download it onto a computer.

Even after figuring out the name of the song, internet scour­ ing could take hours and there was always the possibility of forgetting it altogether. This, however, is no longer the case.

Starbucks and iTunes do not want anyone to pass up po­ tential impulse song purchases, which is why 600 Starbucks cafés in Seattle and New York now offer instant downloads of their ambient noise. The coffee empire has collaborated with Apple Computers to produce a concept that may in­ crease the price of that morning latte by 99 cents. While waiting in line, consumers can use wireless adapted devices

"...all the mobile computing, mobile internet and especial­ ly mobile ecommerce, are go­ ing to become really big and much more important."

—Alain Pinsonneault, McGill information systems professor

to purchase music for just under a dollar, then listen to new music as they leave the store with coffee in tow: instant gratification for both the coffee addict and the music lover in you.

The instant gratification value of the new wireless world spans beyond the Starbucks pilot program. When even Mc­ Donald's has wireless access and cell phones can get eBay updates from nearly anywhere, it's no surprise that compa­ nies are investing in wireless advertising.

a mix of an unsuitable infrastructure and negative consumer response may be the reasons for the delay of the develop­ ment of mobile technologies in North America. In our cur­ rent consumer climate, however, this is no longer the case, as investments are being made in the new medium at a rapid rate.

Even more ads When it comes to the world of wireless advertising, The second dot.com boom North America is far behind the times. For one thing, credit Investments in online advertising have skyrocketed. cards and wallets are an outdated system of banking. In Mega social networking site Facebook has just instated a Japan, cell phones are central in day-to-day consumer life program called the FB Fund which offers up to $250,000 andare equipped not only with to those people trying to invent internet but with banking and new applications for Facebook, GPS capabilities. as if the 4,000 existing time wast­ "For years, Korea and ing do-dads on the site aren't Japan have had electronic enough. Those little games and money on your phone," ex­ options on Facebook profiles, like plains McGill information sys­ "Serabulous,'"'the Super Wall," and tems professor Alain Pinson­ "Where I've Been,"are greedy little neault. "You can go and buy, money-makers in disguise. Ap­ with distributing machines, a plications are bought and sold Coke. You can click and trans­ for up to hundreds of thousands fer money from your phone of dollars because they have the to the machine. It has been potential to reach a stunning au­ going on for a long time in dience of 48-million users grow­ Seoul, now it is in Japan." As ing at three per cent each week. for the chances that Canadi­ GRAPHIC BY NIKI HYDE This is a dream come true for Product-place it again, Sam. ans may be transferring funds most marketers. from their phones in the near Application creators have future, Pinsonneault suggests it is very likely. “I think all the latched onto the Facebook success and are raking in the mobile computing, mobile internet, and especially mobile big bucks themselves. In fact, Lance Tokuda, the owner of e-commerce, are going to become really big and much Rock You— the company that designed the Super Wall ap­ more important. You will see much more convergence. The plication— recently told The New York Times that a cheque phone is going to become everything," he says. for $io-million wouldn't be enough to buy "Super Wall" The future of advertising is certainly going to be wire­ from him. less, though how long it will take North Americans to catch up to Asia is questionable.

McGill marketing professor Serna Bar"We found really negative las agrees that the future of advertising is attitudes [from] students in wireless mediums; however, she stresses towards wireless advertising.... that there is consumer reluctance and People don't like it very that moving to this new model will take much.

Of course in the future, some time. [companies] will find a way to "Last year we did some research and make people get used to it. surveyed young people at McGill University.

We found really negative attitudes [from] —Serna Barlas, students towards wireless advertising," BarMcGill marketing professor las explains, but suggests that despite such polls, marketers may still have the last laugh.

"People don't like it very much. Of course in the future, [companies] will find a way to Pinsonneault justifies Facebook's investment as an in­ make people get used to it." . telligent move for the company."It will have positive effects.

While Barlas chalks up the lack of ad­ They have brought something new, and that last investment vanced mobile technologies in the States is going to keep them ahead of the other groups. That is one to consumer response, Pinsonneault main­ key thing about information technology. You can't just [cre­ ate] an innovation and then stop." tains that it may have more to do with population size.

One company that follows the information technology "We are still low level infrastructure be­ credo of always moving forward is Apple, whose products cause of the population. InTokyo during the seem to evolve more quickly than they can be bought.The day there are 30 million people. There are benefits of the iPhone are countless: music, a computer at just so many people that it is worth it," he your finger tips, and let's not forget it functions as a regular explains. According to the 2007 CIA World phone. There are countless programs that have been de­ Factbook, there are 94-75 million people veloped for the iPhone; users can use a Thai keyboard, buy using cell phones in Japan, whereas there movie tickets form Fandango, buy books, or take their fin­ are a mere 16.6 million people using cell gerprints to save on their phone. phones in Canada. However, the US remains Another practical iPhone widget has recently been as far behind as Canada when it comes to launched in collaboration with eBay called "iRibbit." Pro­ mobile technologies; there are 219.4 million duced by a company called SilkSystems, this widget is cell users in the States, more than twice the compatible with the iPhone and allows users to access number of those in Japan. This suggests that eBay listings, make bids and search new listings. This means

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checking on textbook sales is as easy as making a phone call— talk about instant gratification! Not only is it better to sell and buy textbooks from places other than the McGill Bookstore, it's also better to do it all in a lecture hall or on a treadmill. The only problem with satisfying material de­ sires through your cell phone is that everything needs to pass through the hands of the postman before it reaches your doorstep.

Pinsonneault postulates that online shopping, though it expidites the purchase itself, disconnects the consumer from the product. “There is a feeling of de-personalization when you are doing it over the phone or internet. You feel like you are not really making the transaction, whereas in a store, you go, you buy the thing and you swipe your credit card. There is a physical aspect to it that makes it more real. I wouldn't call [online purchasing] instant gratification. It's more impulse buying."

While Pinsonneault suggests that online purchases are impulse buys, Barlas asserts that instant gratification stems from simply clicking and buying, despite shipping time. "For what we call digital goods... instant gratification will be defi­ nitely the driving force. But in general, I think even for other products that people receive in the mail I think the instant gratification component will be more and more prevalent

SARA YOUSEFNEJAD Whether cell phones or candy, the idea behind the impulse buy is the same: see it, get it.

in the future and people will learn how to react quickly and whenever they want something just go and know where to find that place on the internet and just click and order. There is no complication and in one or two days you get it. The thing is, you take the action," she says.

Impulse buying will be easier to do wherever you are, whenever you want, and so easier to advertise for. Instead of buying a Snickers at the check out line, that 99 cents can be put toward that fabulous song with a morning coffee or those boots on eBay that can be bid on while riding the bus. ■

is only a click away Are you lazy because of the internet? (Yes, you are.)

J oanna R eznick Grey's Anatomy and The Office are on at the same time on the same day. Has the world ended? It would have ten or even three years ago, but now both shows are online the next day, available for download so no one has to worry about missing out on the subtle details of Jim and Pam's love affair. Both convenient and time-saving, the Internet and other tech­ nologies certainlyseem to make life easier— yet they may be leading toa decrease in productiv­ ity and the quality of work, lives, and the ability to communicate.

"Any historian of technology would point out that technologies meant to save time use tip more of our time. We used to live 20 minutes away from our jobs, but with cars to drive to work in, we waste hours commuting," ex­ plains professor William Straw, of the depart-: ment of communication studies at McGill.

"The situation of e-mail is dire. As eight hour workdays, five days a week become 24 hour; work-days, seven days a week, jobs become all-consuming." But even this doesn't seem problematic, because the alternative archaic way of life would be unfathomable to the av­ erage entrepreneur.

Having the world inches away means expectations are high about keeping up with the latest shows, bands and news. Al­ though it increases academic resources enormously, the internet makes it difficult to focus on schoolwork, and it is not uncommon to see students sitting at the library perus­ ing Facebook, chatting on MSN or watching a movie. Further, lectures available online are there to help students, but many take advantage of this and sleep through their 830 a.m. classes.

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Eight-hour office days are a thing of the past, as e-mails come in 24/7.

"Instead of leaving the office with all of your work done, you have to catch up with what you missed while at home," explains Straw. "An academic project can be dis­ cussed and put into action faster than ever before, but because of the pace at which it is done, we do not spend as much time on our projects."

The quality of friendship is also stunted by the internet. Instead of communicating on good terms with a few choice friends, people create huge, vast networks of acquaintances, but limit interactions with many of them to the computer screen. •

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Don't worry, it's online "With all of the television shows, music, movies and communication availabilities online, we constantly feel as if we have to keep up-to-date on everything, which can inevitably slow us down even more," explains Straw.

"In my first year at McGill, I missed most of my intro poli sci class and spent hours lis­ tening to lectures in order to catch up be­ fore the exam," says Sarah Walsh, U2 history.

The "I can get it online later” philosophy is making the average student lazier instead of more productive.

HYDE All your friends can fit in this box.

"No one isionely'anymore,"says Straw. "All of their friends are in a little box on their desk.

Where we used to communicate through Christmas cards, weddings and funerals, we now keep track of anyone and everyone, all of the time."

First there were e-mails and chat rooms; now there are vast online social networks.

Students are pressured to be in constant com­ munication, which slows down progress, par­ ticularly when it comes to studying. Facebook and other social networks don't only stunt educational growth; they also stunt the ability to communicate.

"I doYi’t sit down and call a friend any­ more to invite them to a party, I just send out a Facebook invite," says Julie Peters, U2 M.A. English literature studies. "Maintaining rela­ tionships suffers in internet communication because you can make new friends easily and quickly compose e-mails to old ones, and , that's the end of it. The internet makes it easy to reconnect with people, but in a weird and impersonal way."

Peters points out that some people cre­ ate new arid improved identities on websites, and keeping track of different fabricated lives can be exhausting and self-draining. It's pos­ sible that in some cases, online friends take away from real friends as we spend more on time on the internet and less and less in person with friends.

It's not leaving any time soon Unfortunately, the lack of productivity as­ sociated with the internet is more than com­ pensated for by its extreme usefulness.

“The world hasn’t changed so much as it has in the past ten years," says Straw, it seems as if ever-expanding time-saving— and wast­ ing— inventions are here to stay, even if it means 16 hour days instead of eight. ■

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C lare P idsley

An evening at the ballet might not be every student's idea of a good night out, but no one should live in this city without seeing what the world-renowned Grands Ballets Ca­ nadiens de Montréal has to offer. The current show at Theatre Maisonneuve (part of Place des Arts) is Stijn Celis' modern take on the Cinderella fable. Belgian choreographer and set designer Celis has taken the essence of this traditional fairy tale and given it cultural relevance in the 21st century: Cin­ derella (Callye Robinson/lsabelle Paquette) is a working class girl on the brink of womanhood and her prince (Mariusz Ostrowski/John Hall) is a troubled youth whose passions are imprisoned by the constraints of his social class.

Celis'choreography mirrors his fresh interpretation of the age-old characters. Cinderella's step mother (Hervé Courtain/ Robert Deskins) and ugly step sisters (Anthony Bougiouris,

Jeremy Raia/Jean-Sébastien Couture and Jeremy Galdeano) are danced by men, humorously portraying wom en distinct­ ly lacking in femininity. Callye Robinson’s dancing changes with her character's developm ent and her solo in the sec­ ond act presents the em ergence of a graceful woman from the young girl first seen spinning on the coattails of her fa­ ther (Jesus Corrales/Marcin Kaczorowski). Robinson takes the role of Cinderella in four out of the show's run of seven performances, and sees this solo as a significant moment for her character.

"This particular Cinderella makes a choice,"Robinson said of the modern interpretation of the heroine's relationship with the prince. "She says, 'I like this person, there's som e­ thing about him that I am really attracted to,'and she's not shy about going after that." In contrast to the traditional fairy tale, this Cinderella is not simply swept along by the powers of fortune. Her relationship with the prince is an active deci­

COURTESY SERGUEIENDINIAN You can go see people dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind (or bring them with you).

sion made by a girl who, despite the disadvantages of her position, is a true believer in the power of love.

Unlike her character, Robinson does not necessarily con­ sider it to be active decision-making that led her to where she is today. She has been a prolific member of Grands Bal­ lets Canadiens de Montréal since 2003, but did not always imagine being a professional ballet dancer. Robinson began dancing as a child when her mother enrolled her in a class as a way to meet new people, and it was only later that she began to consider her hobby as a career.

"I don't think I ever set out to be a ballet dancer," Robin­ son admitted. "It's just that once you have something in your life everyday and you work so hard at it there comes a time when you think,'how could I not do this?"'

On stage, Robinson is in her element as Cinderella, al­ though she credits this to the talents of choreographer Celis.

"He's taken part of my personality and put it in the role," she said.

The set design and props in Cinderella are influenced by Celis' decision to allow rich imagery and visual metaphor to dominate the stage. The most prevalent colour in the perfor­ mance is orange, which Robinson described as a represen­ tation of the love Cinderella treasures for her family. In one scene Cinderella opens a cabinet full of marmalade jars and tasting it sparks a dream of her fate mother (Rachel Rufer/Gabrielle Lamb).The stage is transformed with bright lights and the classical score of Prokofiev is temporarily replaced by a recording of Les Baxter's"Because ofYou.'This scene provides a glimpse of the happiness in Cinderella's past as the strik­ ing image of her mother appears on stage to dance with her and her father. Later, her father sits in front of the curtain and ritualistically peels an orange.

"Some people find it intriguing," Robinson said of the tension this moment creates. "They're waiting for something to happen, and it never really does." Robinson sees the mo­ ment when Cinderella's father bites into the orange as sym­ bolic of his death, but added that most of the images in the ballet are "definitely open to interpretation."

Preparation for the ballet began in late August and its performances feature an alternating cast, including Isabelle Paquette as Cinderella. "Even if you've seen it with the first cast," said Robinson of the other performances, "it will be a different production."

Though ballet is somewhat of an antique art form, Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal's Cinderella shows its growth and developm ent through time and has ensured its ability to astound and mesmerize a modern audience. ■ Cinderella runs until Nov. 3 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets start at $20 from www.grandsballets.com.

POP RHETORIC

The newest celebrity awards show L au ra T indal n a time when people are famous for being famous and every beach town in California has their own 'reality' show, it still comes as a shock to see how far star-power can take you. The Nobel Peace Prize, a prestigious honour meant to be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the na­ tions, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses,"is now being handed out to celebrities.

I’m talking about this year's recipient, Al Gore, whose work involving climate change has netted him a Nobel.

Have we gotten to the point that a man famous for pre­ senting a slideshow is doing the most important work to better our planet? The Nobel folks must have finally real­ ized that there's no longer any point in pretending that this prize is anything but a politicized publicity scam. Accord­ ing to the Norwegian politicians who choose the winners (and why would you ever doubt a group of politicians?), Mr. Gore is just as admirable as Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa. Maybe Mandela and Gore could find something to

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talk about, but my gut tells me that if 26 years imprison­ ment was a possible punishment for talking about climate change, Al would be filling his pool with gasoline.

That's not to say that Al hasn't done some great work: that Live Earth concert really saved those ice-caps, and that PowerPoint really makes the Red Cross look like a bunch of assholes. In fact maybe Al should get some reward for trav­ eling around North America, presenting the exact same slide show over and over again— other than the money he gets, of course. Just like Mother Teresa, Al Gore demands $100,000 for each event he speaks at, but I guess that's nothing for the cost of saving the world.

What Mr. Gore's award really proves is how far the stu­ pid political and celebrity gimmickry in our society reaches.

In the past you were awarded the Peace Prize for stopping people from being tortured; now you just need Leo to hype you up. This man is not some superhero here to save the planet— he's an actor! He's not even a scientist; he's a paid spokesperson. Al Gore cares about the environment like Lindsay Lohan cares about AA. In 2003, after he had

been campaigning for better environment laws for years, Mr. Gore finally sold his zinc mine that had been grossly polluting the waters ofTennessee and earning him good money for the last 25 years. Now, Al lives in a mansion (one of three homes he owns) that uses up to 20 times more energy than your average house. To make up for these little slip-ups, Al generously donates 100 per cent of pro­ ceeds from his movie to an organization which he created and runs.

Al Gore did do a good thing by using his celebrity to bring attention to global warming (or by using global warming to bring attention to him), but we get it already.

Everyone who is going to see the movie has seenit, and anybody who switched to a hybrid car had probably al­ ready solar-paneled their houses before they fell in love with Al. His repetitive lectures may have made people take notice of our changing climate, but if we start giving Nobel Peace Prizes to actors who support causes just to get atten­ tion, then I can't wait for Paris Hilton's acceptance speech next year. ■ -

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FILM

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social worker and drug rehab councillor.

After meeting a certain number of low-lifes, Kenzie There is ample reason not to trust Ben Affleck’s discovers that Amanda McCready isn't just any girl. It judgment. His track record speaks for itself. Jersey Girl. would seem he and his uniformed counterpart, grizzled police detective Remy Bressant (Ed Harris), have stum­ Gigli. Paycheck. The Sum o f All Fears. Affleck's mainstream bled onto the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad and efforts have proven unequivocally sub-par, while the occasional quality film or performance to which he a certain missing $i3ok. Not a good plot to uncover on attaches himself (Changing Lanes, Boiler Room) coasts day five of a missing child's case.

Through the ensuing twists, Gone Baby Gone aimlessly below the radar of public attention. He is the most underappreciated mainstream actor in Hol­ turns into an altogether gripping morality tale. Kenzie, lywood. Thus, taking up the role of feature film direc­ Gennaro, Bressant and police chief Jack Doyle (Mor­ tor— and subsequently churning out one of the finest gan Freeman in a brief but memorable role) eventually films 2007 has to offer— could prove to be the smartest find themselves on opposing ends of what becomes a morally ambiguous investigation and the polish of Ben move of his career.

The third and final installment of what some are al­ Affleck and Aaron Stockard’s screenplay (adapted from Denis Lehane's novel) is in conveying that some days, ready declaring as an unofficial Boston trilogy (rounded out by Mystic River and The Departed), Gone Baby Gone right or wrong is merely what side of the bed you woke up on. steeps the viewer in the Affleck's directing blue-collar grime and is unobtrusive and de­ grit of Dorchester, one of void of flashy gimmicks.

Bbston’sshadierappendHe knows he has a po­ ages. The film opens to tent, well-crafted story the borough police and to tell, and he tells it news cameras surround­ through elegant urban ing the McCready fam­ cinematography and by ily house. Four-year-old eliciting mesmerizing Afnanda has been kid­ performances from a napped while her moth­ spectacular cast. Little er Helene (Amy Ryan) WORSTPREVIEWS.COM brother Casey carries Was across the street watching Wifeswap. The best shots are taken from the floor (and hits are worth the movie capably and offers a subdued, nuTwo days later— time by double when you're on your back). anced performance, Which the crime scene one that takes the has turned into a block narrative's moral turns credibly, but with enough incre­ party for neighborhood loafers— Dorchester-bornand bred private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey Af- dulity to make the audience ponder his decisions. Ed Harris does some serious screen chewing in what may flèck) and parter/girlfriend Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) are contacted by the McCready family in be remembered as the finest performance of his career. hopes that they will be able to kick over a few neigh­ Even supporting players like Amy Ryan (as the girl's ne­ glectful, drug-addled mom) range between pitch-per­ borhood stones that the police may not think to.

Stone-turning leads the fresh-faced yet steel-eyed fect and, in the case of the ominous crime lord Cheese (Edi Gathegi), downright spine-chilling.

Kënzie to crack bars, local peddlers, snitches, and every With Gone Baby Gone, Affleck proves beyond any low-life and two-bit piece of trash that crawls upon doubt he is not merely on top of his game, but of the What Amish folk would call the "Devil's Playground." Ben Affleck's Dorchester looks dank and dingy, but there is game. Crime drama is in season and a first-time director alsubdued affection for the parsimony, purity and inex­ has just made one of the genre's best. His script packs a plicable resilience of its inhabitants, who he captures wallop, his tension is palpable, his characters complex candidly amidst the broken streets and derelict build­ and utterly engrossing. Everything about this film will leave you reeling. Go see it. ■ ings. These are not extras, but real people: people who Affleck deeply respects for being flawed, if not doomed, Gone Baby Gone is playing at the Scotia Bank blit still clinging together. People who grew up within cycling distance of his own native Cambridge, who may Cinema, (977Ste.-Catherine W.). Check www.cinemaWell have been patients of his father Timothy Affleck, a montreal.com for showtimes.

Music. Lee Mellon Oct. 25 at 8:30 p.m.; Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent). On his | 2007 debut, Ghost Town Heart, singer-songwriter Lee Mellor blends his I urban-industrial English orignins with his rural Canadian upbringing to ! produce a much-praised alt-folk album. Support provided by Lake of Stew and The Skivvies. Call (514) 284-0122 for ticket info.

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Film. The District. Starts Oct. 26; Cinema du Parc (3575 Parc). Set against the thematic backdrop of post-9/ 11 petrol politics, Hungarian filmmaker Aron | Gauder's 2005 animated film tackles Shakespearean romance, Ukrainian/ Gypsy gang rivalries and time travel in a Budapest slum.The animation is fast-paced, superbly raunchy and so vivid that it makes Waking Life look sleepy by comparison. Visit www.cinemaduparc.com for showtimes.

Photography. Heavy Metal in Baghdad. Opens Oct. 26 at 7p.m.; Emporium | Gallery (3035 St. Antoine). Featuring work by acclaimed photographers | Peter Beste, Glynnis McDaris, Jerry Hsu,Tim Barber, Ryan Foerster and Angela ; Boatwright, the exhibit is a fundraiser for Iraqi band Acrassicauda, who, after having their fantasies of playing metal in peace crushed in the wake of the American occupation, are now forced to live as refugees in Damascus and Syria. Check out www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com for more info.

Music. The Besnard Lakes. Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8:00 p.m.; National Theatre | (1220 St-Catherine E.). Hometown husband and wife team Jace Lasek | and Olga Goreas take the stage with their spacey indie-pop collective.

I Shoegaze-influenced Englishman Adam Franklin provides support.Tickets ; are $ 15 at www.admission.com.

Theatre. Precipice: An Evening of Live Radio Drama. Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; I Studio Hydro Québec (1182 St-Laurent). Presented by the Playwrights' ; workshop Montreal, The National Theatre School of Canada and CBC Radio, I this one-time event will recreate the bygone thrill of live radio as five tenminute radio dramas are performed. Reservations are required due to : limited seating. Call (514) 843-3685 before Oct. 26 to reserve your seats.

Gaming. Guitar Hero III: Legends o f Rock, PS2, PS3, X-Box 360, Wii, in stores Oct. 28 . With songs by Queens of the Stone Age, Guns 'n' Roses, Sonic Youth, Weezer, Iron Maiden and Tenacious D, the latest in the mega-addictive rock simulation franchise also features appearances by Tom Morello, Slash and Poison's Bret Michaels. Air guitarists of the world, unite!

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Copper-topped rocker Josh Homme and his desert rock band| Queens of the Stone Age rolled into Montreal last Tuesday for a stint a tj Metropolis with Black Angels and Biffy Clyro. The Queens' latest album Era Vulgaris was released last June to largely positive reviews. With such a provocative title, the itching question was why, Josh? Why Era Vulgaris? Is j it a comment on the vulgarity of our age? The commonness of our age?

Why must you sleeveless rockstars shroud yourselves in mystery so?!

' It's very much an observation o f modern times now. That's really what | | the title ultimately, literally, means. It's not really a judgment per se, it's more j o f a witnessing. I think this is a great time in history... some people might say J 'oh, there's a war going on' and that's obviously terrible no matter what time j in history it is. And it's also, adversely... your greatest moment to shine, really, j I J That's your moment, you know?... I love a little insurmountable odds now and J ( I then, you know? It's good for the blood. Keeps you moving."

Rf Rock on, broseph! Homme went on to sum up the ethos of his j ||| band's liquor-injected, foot -stompin', air-guitar playin' brand of rock and roll show suchly: "Go into the show alone and leave with someone special.

Orjust someone."

Oh the humour!The pure rock power! The leather wristbands!

For the complete interview, check out www.tvmcgill.com.

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BOOKS

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You ku, Montreal meets world City showcases local music scene to industry types Iku Poetry book speaks to readers L e o n a T eixeira

The image of a young man hunched over a page, his mouth bursting with sticky amber syrup, comes to mind as one reads The World is a Heartbreaker. The mind's eye wid­ ens and pans down the author's face; he cannot control the erratic flow of fluid which dribbles down his chin and stains each hand-sized sheet with gilded ideas. Each dollop of sweet lo­ quacious honey drips onto the page and adheres to the spot on which it has fallen. Each word, though stag­ nant, is left to congregate with other words, attempting to construct some sort of cohesive entity.

Once a cartoonist for The Mc­ Gill Daily, as well as a medical illus­ trator for McGill University, author S.hewin Tjia has continued to pad his artistic portfolio. Although Tjia’s poetry is much more verbose than any of his previous works, it is no less visually stimulating.

The pseudo-haiku,Tjia's medium of choice, is a modern take on the an­ cient Japanese poetic form. Though the three-line format has been re­ tained, the five-five-seven syllable format was abandoned, leaving each enlightening poem liberated.Though the book itself is no larger than a CD case, each page is saturated with ten pseudo haikus and the book includes over i, 6 oo poems.

Tjia writes with a certain sensu­ ality, enveloping his audience in his own surrealistic world. Sometimes the sky darkens and the question of life and death arises. Sometimes you blush in blissful embarrassment.

There are even some haikus that al­ most force one to leave the rest un­ read due to their crassness and juve­ nility (almost.)

It is clear that Tjia strives to test his readers' assumptions. He often leaves his poems unpunctuated, raw for the consumption of the reader.

Though the poems may seem simple and unpretentious, unravelling their mysteries is a difficult task. One can only assume that hidden within the chaos, each of them is thick with meaning. But the reader is left to de­ rive their own interpretation of the story, or stories, buried within the pages of The World is a Heartbreaker.

Using this style of writing, Tjia has succeeded in crafting a piece of lit­ erature that creates a very personal and unique experience for each and every one of its re'aders. ■

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Journalists, festival programmers and music industry insiders from around the world gathered in Montreal's Just for Laughs theatre this past week to check out some of the city's most promising up-and-coming acts. Now in its second year, the M for Montreal festival presented 16 bands, including electro-punk trio We Are Wolves, post-rock instru­ mental outfit Torngat and indie darlings The Stills to international delegates representing publica­ tions such as France's Les Inrockuptibles, Germa­ ny's Spiegel Online and the U.K.'s Mojo Magazine as well as representatives from music festivals such as the South by Southwest festival of Austin, Texas and the U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival.

"It's about exposing really hot bands who are ready to be exported internationally and trying to create a platform for them to showcase their tal­ ents in front of influential tastemakers from around the world," said M for Montreal General Manager Ryhna Thompson.

While the event provided a significant career opportunity for many artists, not all viewed it in that light.

"I'm not thinking of it that way. I don't think developed into a significant event in its own right, any of us really thought about that at all,” said Tim notable for its unique formula of alternating per­ Fletcher, vocalist and guitarist formances in adjacent venues, a set-up that allows the audience to for The Stills. "I don't really care — we're not thinking about it on see every act.

"There have always been that level.”

Having recently left Vice Re­ showcase events and festivals and conferences and so on, but the for­ cords for the Arts and Crafts label, the Stills are currently working on mula for this one is different from their third album and saw the the others and some say it's the event as an opportunity to try future,"Thompson said.

While 2oo tickets were sold to out new material in their home­ town. the public for each of the festival's two nights, the event was primar­ "It's a cool opportunity to try stuff out, try new songs, see what ily industry-oriented. Nonetheless organizers claim that M for Mon­ works and what doesn't," Fletcher said. "And it doesn't mean that treal benefits the entire Montreal QUEBECSCENE.CA music scene. we have to leave on tour— it's in The Stills go flourescent our backyard."

"It's going to bring a lot of at­ Started last year by Mon­ tention to the Montreal scene as treal promoter Sébastien Nasra and Glastonbury a place where you can find the best of the best," Festival program director Martin Elbourne, the Thompson said. "It's going to benefit the bands, event was originally intended as a stopover for Eu­ obviously but it's also going to benefit the industry ropean delegates on their way to the CJM Music here and it's going to help the city - there's a lot of benefit for a lot of different people." ■ Marathon conference in New York City. It has since

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S hushmita S hivkumar If you are already tiring of the quickly-shortening days and the cold winds of fall, venture into Verdun and go looking for a nonassuming little street called Hickson. On this street, if you can find it, there is a barely-there sign hanging off a very unspectacular, well-camouflaged door. Behind it, you will find a charming restaurant from the island of Mauritius and a treasure trove of tropical tastes.

Located in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius has had the dubious culinary , advantage of having been occupied by the Portugese, Dutch, British and French. Many of its people can also trace their ancestry to China, India and much of Africa. These varying influences have had hundreds of years to merge into a cuisine that would make any fusion chef envious. Anyone, of course, other than Sylvestre, the chef and owner of Les Delices de I'Tle Maurice.

An exuberant and somewhat dominating man, he is nevertheless a culinary genius. Our four course meal began with an appetizer of a delicate cabbage dipped in batter and deep-fried with home-made mint and chili sauce, served almost immediately after we sat down. Before we could ask for the menus, we were given a choice of appetizers. My shrimp salad included crispy vermicelli with a mildly piquant sauce whose combination of flavors I had never tasted before. The substantial plate of fried chicken drumsticks my friend ordered struck us as an unusual choice for an appetizer, although scrumptious.

While we were still reeling from the first course, our plates were cleared away and the soup was brought out— a hearty lentil concoction subtly flavored with coriander. This was when Sylvestre himself appeared. He rattled off an extensive list of meats and seafood, ranging from salmon to ox-tail and then offered us a choice of sauces. After a bit of bullying, we decided on Creole lamb and Cajun lamb.The meat, which was served on a bed of rice along with a large plate of crisp vegetables, was tender and perfectly marinated and the gravy was spiced to perfection. While I preferred the Cajun to the Creole, the worst thing that I can say about the main course was that the plates were too big.

After the previously generous courses, we were unprepared for the size of the main course and had to shamefully ask for doggy bags. Thankfully, the only'dessert'was a bowl of jujubes and coffee, a wise choice after the size of the meal.

Possibly one of the most unpretentious restaurants in Montreal, the décor of Les Delices de I'Tle Maurice includes tables that have tennis balls jammed to the ends of their legs and drawings by children on the walls. A television set blaring in the background adds to the homey atmosphere. This will never be a setting for a romantic rendez-vous but if you are in the mood for a cheap, hearty, delicious meal that includes flavor cominations you may never have imagined, then this is the place for you. ■ Les Delices de l'Ile Maurice, 272Hickson Meals run around $ 15.00. Cash only. BYOB.

Bruce Springsteen. Magic. The lead single "Radio Nowhere" opens Magic, Bruce Springsteen's latest effort since his 2006 Pete Seeger homage, We Shall Overcome.

The song is a swirling storm of distorted guitars, backed by a Spector-esque wall of sound effect, as Springsteen growls, "I was spinnin'Yound a dead dial/Just another lost number in a file" before intoning, "I just want to hear some rhythm" over and over until the song fades. The track succeeds as an energetic romp though the banality that Springsteen finds in contemporary music, and the lyrics hint at the increasingly isolating effects of technology. Sounds heavy, but the song is a strong lead single on an otherwise solid album. On the sax-heavy "Livin' in the Future," the E-Street Band finds a solid groove as Springsteen plays with verb tenses, envisioning the end of a relationship before its has even truly begun, and shifts effortless from key to key, giving the song solid dynamic contrast. "Girls in their Summer Clothes" comes across as somewhat creepy coming from the 58-year old Springsteen, gawking at the pretty young women who pass him by; but in the end, it mostly succeeds as a melancholy elegy to his youthful romantic prowess. And on “Last To Die," Springsteen channels the ghost of the young John Kerry, quot­ ing his famous 1971 question to a Senate committee about Vietman, "How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake?"The anti-war message is clear, but Springsteen only barely pulls it off as a song by the skin of his teeth. Magic has its ups and downs, but Springsteen has made a terrific late-career album that eschews the adult contemporary vapidity of Van Morrison, or Paul McCartney's decline into rock stupor. In short, Springsteen's Magic certainly casts a spell.

— Byron Tau

Ween. La Cucaracha. Seventeen years after the release of Ween's first album, any lingering whiff of the muddy turbulence which marked their early releases or the ly­ sergic pop-experimentalism and good-humoured inanity of classifiably great albums like Chocolate and Cheese, The Mollusk and even 2003's Quebec has all but evaporated.

WEEN La Cucaracha is a feeble album. "Woman and Man" is a decent song if you're stoned sterile and looking for your reflection in the bottom of a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but otherwise, there's nothing worthwhile here. Team in' to Love” wishes it was as good as anything on Twelve Golden Country Greats and the forthright misogyny of tracks like "Object" and "My Own Bare Hands'-makes a song like "Baby Bitch" seem maudlin by comparison. And horns on a Ween album? Maybe having tunes covered by Phish and stints at jam-stoner music festivals has tricked the boys into thinking they're the Dave Matthews Band or something, but on record it just sounds like betrayal. I understand that musicians get old and sensibilities are thusly tempered, but Ween could have at least gone the high road, reinvented themselves as some bullshit avant-noi$e act and started namedropping Scratch Acid and Electric Eels in interviews like anybody really gave â fuck what they had to say.

—John Semley

A ugie M arch. Moo You Bloody Choir. "If love is a bolt from the blue, then what is that bolt but a glorified screw?" These poetic lyrics come from Augie March's "One Crowded Hour," the feature single on their third and most recent album, Moo You Bloody Choir. While the Australian band has been around since the late 90s, gaining huge success in their home country, it was not until earlier this year that Augie March expanded internationally and began to receive much deserved attention in the U.K., U.S.A. and Canada. Undoubtedly, Augie March is one of the best recent musical exports from Australia. Their genre-defy­ ing music blends elements of jazz, rock, folk and indie pop to produce quirky and alluring sounds. They have toured alongside Wilco and Gomez, and their music is just as mellow and tranquil as these bands. What makes Augie March particularly attractive, however, is the angelic voice of singer/songwriter Glenn Richards. Some notable tracks on the album, besides "One Crowded Hour," include "Just Passing Through" and the final song,"Vernoona."

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Fashion. A recipient of the.Ordre national du Quebec and a celebrated Montreal-based couture designer for over 20 years, Marie Saint Pierre provided the closing event for this year's Fashion Week, a yearly event that allows the fashion elite to set the trends for the follow­ ing seasons. Having achieved international success with signature techniques of layering, pleating and contrast­ ing fabric effects (her dresses have appeared on the Academy Awards' red carpet and at international film festivals throughout Europe), Saint Pierre has recently been commissioned to design a line of couture-clothed Bratz dolls for Canada and Europe and is spearheading a campaign to expose younger girls to a trendier, romanticized style. In her Fashion Week show, where the only colour accenting the black, white and silver hues was eggshell blue, Saint Pierre contrasted the bright colours of fall fashion with the monochromatic look for spring. The accompany­ ing electro-punk music captured an eerie sense of foreboding and helped achieve a space-themed, futuristic atmosphere. Based on Saint Pierre's show, the scarf will continue to rise in popularity this spring, but in a lighter jer­ sey material, more angular cut and worn at a length that juxtaposes the length of the shirt or dress worn underneath. Expect embellished shapes on dresses and outerwear, primarily through deep lapels accentuated with pleated effects or ruffles, as well as bell shaped sleeves on blouses. Saint Pierre also presented wide-legged pants in a lighter, more moveable fabric in both cropped and full length styles, and a classic A-line which will retain its signature cut but has been reworked with a bubble or otherwise overly emphasized hemline. The knee-length trench will never go out of style, and with Saint Pierre's three-quarter length sleeve cut in white, it can now be worn comfortably into the spring. While Saint Pierre's show included earthy accessories with classic shapes and inspiration drawn from nature, as well as the reinvented chain belt, her notable futuristic influence gave them a new twist. Chunky heels will also continue to appear in the windows of maPy stores on Ste-Catherine as well as off-white patent leather sling backs, ankle boots and sandals, once the snow has melted. Although a one-piece Catwoman inspired suit did make an appearance on Saint Pierre's runway, the likelihood of that particular style becoming a mainstream fashion trend this spring remains to be seen.

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Concordia manhandles McGill Redmen stumble to worst record in 127 seasons M ike V allo The McGill Redmen went into Saturday's game against the Concordia Stingers looking to avoid falling to 0-7, the worst re­ cord in 127 seasons of Red 'n' White football. Unfortunately, yet again this season, what the Redmen wanted and what actually took place were nothing alike.

In front of a homecoming crowd of 2,090 McGill once again failed in their quest for a W, falling to the tenth-ranked Stingers by a score of 58-30. The 2007 Redmen now have one more loss than the 1966 team that finished with a 0-6 record— previously the worst record in the program's lifetime.

Tight first precedes Concordia explosion The first quarter of the game resembled last week's tight 13-8 encounter in the Shrine Bowl, which also featured these two teams, as the Redmen were able to hold the Stingers'offence at bay. They were unable, however, to stop a huge special teams play by the Stingers that changed the dynamic of the game.

Just over three minutes into the first quarter, Concordia looked to be thwarted on a three-and-out, but Concordia Head Coach Gerry McGrath reached into his bag of tricks and called a fake-punt direct snap that FB Blair Yachetti took 52 yards for a touchdown to give the Stingers the early, Redmen-demoralizing lead. McGill was able to hold the Stingers off the scoreboard for

the rest of the quarter before responding at the end of the pe­ riod with a one-play, 60-yard touchdown score as quarterback Matt Connell connected with veteran slotback Erik Galas on a picture-perfect bomb to tie the game as the quarter came to a close.

From that point on the Stingers dominated, pulling away from their cross-town rivals and scoring 35 unanswered points to build a 42-7 lead by the nine-minùte mark of the third quarter.

The onslaught was lead by Concordia pivot Liam Mahoney who threw four touchdowns and rushed for one himself. Ma­ honey finished the day i2-for-i6 for 262 yards through the air, in addition to 62 yards gained on the ground.

Mahoney's favorite target was WR Cory Watson, who fin­ ished the game with 158 yards and two touchdowns on five re­ ceptions. Running back Edem Nyamadi had 115 yards rushing and added a touchdown in the 35 point blitzkrieg.

Concordia took full advantage of McGill's inability to make tackles as they marched down the field seemingly at will, piling up an absurd 404 yards on the ground.

"Tackling is the backbone of defence and we missed some tackles that made a big, big difference,"said McGill Head Coach Sonny Wolfe. "If you make tackles they won't score but we didn't hit today."

Connell added three more touchdown passes— to WR Charles Antoine Sinotte, TB Alex Bussandri and FB Bobby Mikelberg respective­ ly— and finished with an impressive 557 yards passing and four touchdowns. No amount of Connell wizardry could, how­ ever,.make up for McGill's inability to run the ball or stop the ground attack.

Sinotte breaks CIS receptions record One of the few bright spots for the Redmen was the play of Sinotte, a soph­ omore who has been outstanding for McGill all season. On Saturday the lanky receiver broke the CIS record for recep­ tions in a season with 66 catches, beating the previous record of 63 set in 2003 by Craig Spear of the Queen's Golden Gaels.

Sinotte finished the day with 191 yards on 15 catches and also leads the Quebec conference in yards with 807.

"He's got one heck of a mind for foot­ ball, I know I can count on him anytime," ADAM SCOTTI In a play that epitomizes the Redmen season, DB Schulyer O'Brien gets run over said Connell. "He's a guy who works hard, deserves everything he gets and I love

by Stinger's QB Liam Mahoney. having him on my side of the ball."

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Like his receiver, Connell also found himself reaching a milestone as the Redmen's centrepiece continues his assault on the McGill and CIS record books. The quarterback tied his own Quebec conference record for passing attempts in a game with 59 set against Acadia earlier this season, and set a new Que­ bec single-game passing mark with 557 yards from scrimmage, breaking the previous record he also set against the Axemen.

Sinotte and Connell will try to power the Redmen offence and get a chance to improve their record-breaking numbers next week as the Redmen look to avoid a winless season Satur­ day against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or at Molson Stadium in their final game of this forgettable campaign. ■

Scrambled Green eggs and ham

ne of the greatest pleasures of being an NFL fan is knowing that every weekend you will see something that makes you say "wow." This year hasn't been any exception'— we've seen Adrian Peterson trample over his opponents, the New England Patriots' rampage towards a possible undefeated season, Brett Favre felling records good and bad and last but cer­ tainly not least, Trent Green sprawled motionless on the field. Again.

Déjà vu anyone? It was only 13 months ago, against .the Cincinnati Bengals, that Green suffered what Kansas City Chiefs'General Manager Carl Peterson called a "very, very severe concussiorï'thanks to a brutal hit by Cincinnati DE Robert Geathers. Remember that? Well, Green doesn't.

After regaining consciousness he had no recollection of the play whatsoever— and you don't have to be in premed to know that memory loss isn't ever a good sign.

But let's return our attention to the more recent past, specifically to October 7th, as the Miami Dolphins visited the Houston Texans in Houston. Green, once again, lay motionless on the ground, knocked unconscious after trying to throw a cut-block on 315 pound defensive tackle Travis Johnson. Johnson's knee struck Green's head, most­

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ly because the 217-pound quarterback had no idea how to throw a proper block, and Green had to be carted off the field on a stretcher. At this point, one thought should have crossed everyone's mind: "That's the last we'll see of Trent Green in a football uniform.”

But Green thought otherwise. In interviews Green insisted that his "mind-set is to come back and play." He said that test results had been encouraging— well, at least as encouraging as they can be for someone whose head would be, as Dolphins' DE Jason Taylor succinctly put it, "scrambled eggs" with one more big hit. But the quarterback insisted that his brain matter had not suf­ fered any serious damage despite the insistence of fans and analysts all-too seasoned in identifying concussions after years of watching NFL brutality."! wasn't having any symptoms in terms of dizziness or headaches or memory loss or balancing problems or sensitivity to light things that are associated with concussions,"said Green.

That's great Trent, really. It's wonderful that you're not having balance problems, but there can only be a few miraculous healings each year and I think Jon Kitna's monopolizing most of them at the moment. And it really is good to hear that you're "trying to gather as much infor­

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mation"as you can to "understand what may lie down the road 20 to 30 years from now." Here's some information for you, Trent: how about the study which suggested that brain damage suffered during the NFL career of former Eagles safety Andre Watersled to his depression and ulti­ mate suicide? Or the one about former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson, which links his memory loss and depres­ sion to repeated concussions suffered during his career?

How's that for some reading?

No one wants to tell a player his dream is over. I know that Trent Green, whose entire life has been devoted to playing football, to overcoming adversity, to toughing it out, to coming back from injury against the Rams and leading the Chiefs to the playoffs, is going to have a hard time believing that it's time to put the pads down and fin­ ish his career. For many players, you often have to cut off their jersey and pads before they'll admit that it's time to open up a car dealership or jump in the studio.

But it's time. I hope he goes into the booth, or in­ vents a new grill. Hell, I hope he's featured on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. But nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to see Trent Green lie motionless on the field and never get up. ■

Redmen Bloom in scrappy third period Dirty hit leads to outright brouhaha Continued from COVER

pretty cool to get to play here.”

Play in the first period was hampered by six penalties in the first 14 minutes, as both teams struggled to settle into a rhythm with so much special teams play. McGill finally capitalized on their third powerplay opportunity of the game when centre Simon Courcelles picked up the rebound off of a Morin wrist shot and hammered the puck past sprawling Concordia netminder Patrick Lepage.

"We made some mistakes early on but we really settled down after the first goal," Raymond said. "I think the team is starting to get to where we want to be in terms of playing tight hockey, The preseason was So wide-open and while that worked for us, the regular season has been a lot different."

The Redmen came flying out of the gate in the second period, out-shooting Concordia 8-0 in the first five minutes of the frame. But it wasn't until the 14th minute that Bloom would notch the èventual game-winning marker, finishing off a three-on-two rush with a wicked wrist shot that found the top right corner of the net.

The Stingers would answer back less than 30 seconds later, however, when winger Marc-Andre Element caught McGill goaltender Jean-Michel Filiatrault off-guard with a top corner snap-shot from 10 feet out. It was only the third shot Filiatrault had faced after replacing Mathieu Poitras, who had started the game for the Redmen. Poitras would be forced back into action in the third period when Filiatrault couldn't return from a pulled muscle.

"We had promised our goalies they would each get half a game," Raymond said. “But unfortunately Filiatrault hurt himself at the end of the second period so we had to come back with Poitras. It was only a pulled muscle but with Poitras already warned up and ready to go we didn't want to take any chances."

The third period was relatively calm until, with just four minutes remaining to play, Stingers centre Gabriel Boies checked Redmen centre Benoit Arsenault from behind into the boards. The hit touched off a melee in front of the Concordia bench and a fairly even fight between McGill winger Evan Vossen and Concordia winger Renaud Des Ailiers. Boies was assessed a two minute minor and a game misconduct for the hit on Arsenault, A late slash by McGill's Chris Churchill-Smith set off another fight withjustovera minute remaining in the game, this time between defencemen David Uruquart of the Redmen and Jesse Goodsell of the Stingers.

"We don't really like each other too much,” Bloom said. "That kind of stuff has happened at the end of games before, when we’ve been up by a few goals, so the rivalry is definitely real."

Shewchuck would add an insurance marker with about a minute remaining to play, redirecting Morin's knee-high slapshot through Lepage's fivehole.The Stinger goalie finished with 34 saves in a losing cause, while Poitras turned aside all 15 shots he faced.

The Redmen (1-2-0) resume regular season HUGEGALDONES play on Wednesday when they travel to Ottawa (2Although things got chippy at the end of the game, some people couldn't see it 2-0) to take on the Ottawa Gee-Gees. ■ because they wore sunglasses in an arena for some reason.

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ON DECK Women's Soccer— Concordia Stingers at McGill Martlets; Friday 6 p.m. at Molson Stadium

FANTASY

If you enjoyed yelling obscenities at players from the lesser of Montreal's two English language universities at the Bell Centre on Sunday, then this weekend should be a treat for you. Three Concordia teams visit the campus on the same night and it all kicks off with a women's soccer game at Mol­ son Stadium. The Martlets are now ranked seventh in Canada and seem to have rid themselves of the goal-scoring woes that plagued them earlier this season. If Concordia catches a satis­ fied McGill squad napping— having already locked up a playoff spot— then this one could get interesting.

The only things guaranteed in life are death, taxes and Bill Belichick screwing you out of a fantasy win. Whether it's lying on the injury report or bringing Tom Brady back into the game with six minutes left, Belichick is a fantasy devil to anyone playing against a fantasy team loaded with Patriots. Anyways onto the picks-this week with a WR theme:

Women's Hockey— Concordia Stingers at McGill Martlets; Friday 7 p.m. at McConnell Arena

The best team on campus plays its home opener on Friday night against cross-town rival Concordia. The Martlets come into the season ranked second in Canada and have won their first two regular season games handily— scoring ten goals and allowing zero against. Concordia has nowhere near the same level of talent as McGill, but the feisty Stingers managed to give the Martlets trouble last year by playing a physical brand of hockey. Be egalitarian and go see a women's hockey game for once; we guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Men’s Soccer— Concordia Stingers at McGill Redmen; Fri­ day 8 p.m. at Molson Stadium

This game has huge playoff implications for McGill, as the Red 'n'White find themselves two points out of a playoff spot with three games remaining. A win over the last-place Sting­ ers would vault the Redmen into third place, but a loss could devastate the postseason chances of Coach Eullafroy's squad.

McGill needs All-Canadian striker James Scholefield to elevate his game in these last few weeks and find his scoring touch of a year ago, even if Eullafroy continues to insist on playing him as a midfielder.

Bet ya house on it: WR Laveranues Coies— New York Jets: I'm not a big Pennington fan, but I think he'll have an easy time against Buffalo's bangedup defence after a solid outing this weekend. And since the Bills are down to only one respectable corner, Coles should run wild.

The Bills offence can still keep the game close, so expect the Jets to throw and test the secondary.

Sit him: WR Donald Driver— Green Bay Packers: The cheeseheads are going to have to realize that they can't keep on winning off of Favre's ancient arm. It may have worked so far, but when the Pack roll into Denver they will come face-to-face with the league's best pass defence. Driver should be also covered by a returning Champ Bailey, the best shut-down corner in the NFL. Try to find another option, and that goes for Favre as well.

Where the money's made: WR Andre Davis— Houston Texans: IfWR Andre Johnson is back, Davis will get moved to the third WR spot, but don’t be scared to start him as a flex option. He's playing a San Diego secondary that has given up an average of 240 passing yards per game, and if QB Matt Schaub is playing despite injury, he should pass the ball around. And if Johnson misses the game, Davis will look like a star in the two slot.

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Harvard leaves Martlets seeing Crimson Goaltender Brittany Martin made 24 saves, and eighthranked Harvard got goals from forwards Julie Chu and Katie Johnston to pace the Crimson to a solid 2-0 exhibition vic­ tory against McGill— the second-seeded school in Canadian women's university hockey— Saturday afternoon at Bright Hockey Centre. The Ivy Leaguers got both of their goals in the second period as Chu took a pass from F Sarah Vaillancourt and tucked it past McGill goaltender Charline Labonte 3:57 into the frame. Harvard added an insurance goal at the 17:35 mark as Johnston tipped home a centring pass from F Caitlin Cahow to make it 2-0. Labonte was outstand­ ing in the McGill goal as the Canadian national team goalie made 36 saves. Harvard finished with a 38-24 advantage in shots and the Crimson was 0 for 5 on the power play, while McGill was 0-6.

Soccer Martlets embarrass lowly Sherbrooke Forward Dylan Saunders tallied twice as seventh-ranked McGill exploded for five second-half goals in a resounding 5-0 win over Sherbrooke in a rain-soaked women's soccer game, Friday. Goalkeeper Anne-Catherine Huot made six saves to earn the shutout in a game that was shortened by five min­ utes due to flooded field conditions on the artificial playing surface at Molson Stadium, which was unable to drain the water sufficiently. The avenged a 3-1 shocking loss at Sher­ brooke on Sept. 14, and was the fourth straight win for Mc­ Gill, extending their undefeated streak to nine matches. The Martlets (6-1-4) leapfrogged one-point past Sherbrooke (74-0) into third-place in the Quebec conference, three points behind Laval (7-0-4) and two behind Montreal (7-1-3).

After a scoreless first half, MF Hannah Simmons opened the floodgates in the 47th minute. Three minutes later, Saun­ ders tallied her first of two. Striker Magalie Kolker made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, followed by Saunders's second marker at the 67-minute mark. Forward Carolyne Pelletier rounded out the scoring in the 78th minute.

Redmen clinch pennant Attacker Lukas LaCava scored six goals and two assists and teammate Nick Moreau tallied nine points including four goals as McGill crushed Carleton 20-2 in men's lacrosse, Friday, at Forbes Field. The Redmen followed Friday's victory with a 23-7 win over Queen's on Sunday afternoon. McGill, ranked third in Canada, improved to 10-3 overall, including a 8-2 record in CUFLA, and 5-1 in CUFLA Eastern Conference.

The win clinched the CUFLA East ern Conference pennant for the Redmen and earned the squad a bye into the national lacrosse championships, to be held in Toronto, starting on November 2nd.

— Samay Bhachech

WORLD SERIES PREVIEW

Rock your Sox off at the Fall Classic

Expect a second Boston title in four years...and a cold spell in He A aron S igal Pitching: It's the oldest maxim in base­ ball: You don't win in the playoffs without great pitching. In reaching the Fall Classic, both the Sox and the Rockies have had their fair share of stellar performances on the mound. The Colorado staff, highlighted by Canadian ace Jeff Francis and his 2-0 record and miniscule 2.13 ERA, has been lights out in their consecu­ tive series sweeps of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Rockies will send hard-throwing Ubaldo Jimenez to MLBPRESSBOX.COM the mound in game two as the young righty has proven capable of handling major league hitting, using a devastating fastball to set up a nasty, complementary slider on his way to a similar 2-0 record and an even gaudier 1.59 ERA in a solid 11.1 innings pitched. If the starters can manage to fend off the monster Boston lineup for five to six innings per outing, the Rockies bullpen, spearheaded by super-long reliever Matt Herges and closed out by Manny Corpas, has proven that it can hold onto any lead— even in Denver's home run-happy, rarified air.

For the Sox, it's all about Josh Beckett. The guy is about as money in the playoffs as another pitcher who used to throw in a Red Sox uni: Roger Clemens. Beckett, a former World Series MVP who sports a 1.17 ERA in three playoff wins, announced his return to October ball with a jaw-drop­ ping complete game shutout against the Angels and an absolute owning of the Indians'19-game winner, C.C. Sabathia, in game one and game five. The 2007 ALCS MVP also managed to say "Fuck you"in style to everyone in Cleveland as the right-hander took the mound with a seven run lead in the eighth inning in Game Five after the Indians organization sent his ex-girlfriend out to sing the pre-game anthem and "God Bless America." Expect him to manhandle the young Jeff Francis at a maniacal Fenway Park in game one and he'll be "the guy" even on one day's rest if there's a deciding game seven. Hey Sox fans, how many playoff games has Hanley Ramirez won?

Edge: Beckett (and the rest of the Sox)

Hitting: Usually, any time an AL and NL team lock horns, the offensive edge goes to the Ameri­ can League side. And while the Sox appear to have the deeper and more dangerous lineup, this Rockies club can hit the ball. MVP-candidate Matt Holliday has been a beast in this year's playoffs, scoring the winning run in the play-in game against the Padres and then batting .333 with two home runs and four RBI in the NLCS, on his way to grabbing series MVP honours. With the alwaysconsistent Todd Helton protecting Holliday, and sparkplugs SS Troy Tulowitski and 2B Kaz Matsui getting on base at the top of the order, the Rockies can certainly do some damage with the bats.

Just not as much damage as the Sox. This has been a hitting team all year and they put the bats on display in their last two elimination games against the Indians, driving in an astounding 23 runs to bury Cleveland. With Manny Ramirez in peak form and David Ortiz fighting through shoulder and knee pain to drive in clutch runs, the heart of the Red Sox order looks as dangerous as the champion 2004 edition. Also, the inevitable rookie of the year, 2B Dustin Pedroia, and iB Kevin Youkilis have been absolutely outstanding. Youkilis hit three home runs from the two-hole in the ALCS and Pedroia was the Game Seven hero, knocking in five runs. Boasting a lineup nine deep— especially now that wunderkind Jacoby Ellsbury has taken over for the decrepit Coco Crisp— the vaunted Sox lineup will be too much for a young Rockies starting staff to handle, especially in two hitters parks, Fenway and Coors Field.

Edge: Red Sox Intangibles: It seems like the Red Sox can only win in the most dramatic of fashions. Boston has the immediate momentum heading into the World Series as the team, maybe calling on 2004 experiences against the hated Yankees, pulled off the rare 3-1 comeback— including wins against the Indians' best two starters— and, as all the physics students know, an object in motion stays in motion. A week ago that would have applied to the Colorado Rockies as they were in the midst of a scorching 21-1 run since September 15, becoming the first team in history to sweep both their DS and CS in the process, the nine-day layoff between their sweep of the D-Backs and the first game at Fenway has to have cooled off the team— you just can't stay sharp during that period. The Rockies do, however, seem intent on winning this thing for their long-suffering star, 1B Helton. Although the hitter-friendly fields will cancel each other out, while driving pitchers batty, homefield advantage belongs to the Sox in this series and Fenway fans are always dangerous for opposing sides.

Edge: Red Sox Prediction: Red Sox in five.

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