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M att C hesser Turkish university professor and prom inent Arm enian Genocide denier irkkaya Ataôv spoke on Friday, February 20 , to a packed, yet ideologically vided audience in Leacock 26 .

A large num ber o f Arm enian students attended the contentious lecire in protest, and questioned the McGill's decision to allow a genocide anier to speak on campus under the auspices o f freedom p f speech. Once jestion period opened up, the forum deteriorated into a shouting match atween th e Turkish and Arm enian students in attendance.

Atabv rarely addressed the Arm enian Genocide directly in the lecture, stead choosing to talk about the need to question m ainstream accounts : history and the notion th at an unfair standard o f blam e has been placed Don theTurkish people.

"Justice abhors a double standard," Ataôv said. "It is only when all naons com e to terms w ith their past that the Turks can be asked to com e to rms w ith their past. And if they do, we will consider every part o f the hisirical record, and the Turks will be am ong those w ith the whitest records."

Ataôv claim ed th at "Armenian arguments" om it m any facts, and m ade Terence to the "slaughter" o f Turkish people by Armenians in the past. He rgely sidestepped the issue o f genocide, however, instead asking those in Tendance to read the books and essays he has published on the subject in 1e past in order to understand his argum ent th at Arm enian deaths in the rly 20 th century should not be classified as genocide.

Before the lecture started, and at various points throughout it, a group f about 10 students held up signs th at said "There is no room in Canada for genocide fenier" and "Denial is the last step o f genocide." ee S P E----------E C H o n P a g e- 2

A n k a ra U n iv e rs ity P ro fe sso r T ü rk k a y a A taô v, an A rm e n ia n G e n o c id e d e n ie r, sp o k e o n F e b ru a ry 20 at M cG ill.

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B ernard R udny The Students' Society's election period is off to a quiet tart, w ith three executive candidates running unopposed nd no m ajor controversies gripping the McGill campus.

Three o f the SSMU vice-presidential portfolios received pplications from only one candidate. Acclamations are exected for Interest Group Coordinator Sarah Olle as next year's ice-president clubs and services, Councillor Sebastian Roneros-Morgan for VP external, and Councillor Jose Diaz for VP nance and operations.

The prim e contender for the presidency is Ivan Neilson, /ho is currently serving as an Arts Senator. However, the relaively open field has also drawn a dark horse in the form of Marshall Peters, U 3 physics. Peters has never served in a gover­

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nance position in SSMU or any o f McGill's faculty associations, but he considers his outsider status an asset.

"I was inspired [to run] because I've watched the year go by and haven't really seen SSMU do too much," he said."I think th at an outside runner— som eone not involved currently— w ould potentially bring a lot to the situation."

The internal and university affairs portfolios are also being contested. The VP internal candidates are SSMU Councillor Alex Brown and Queer McGill Co-Adm inistrator Brendan Sulli­ van. Brown has served on Council both as a clubs and services representative this year, and as a First Year Council representa­ tive in 2006 - 07 . Sullivan has served on both the Q ueer McGill and Allies M ontreal executives, but has never been elected to a position w ithin SSMU. The tw o university affairs candidates are Rebecca Dooley

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and Joanna Yung. D ooley is Q ueer McGill's political action co­ ordinator, and Yung is chair o f the Freshman U ndergraduate Science Society's charity com m ittee.

The last tw o SSMU elections were marred by violations o f Elections McGill policies. In last year's presidential contest, form er Arts Undergraduate Society president and Tribune col­ um nist RJ Kelford had his cam paign website shut dow n for exceeding cam paign spending limits. In 2007 , the presidential election results w ere invalidated after candidate Floh-Herra Vega's election posters were ripped dow n, forcing a separate by-election. Elections McGill is taking steps to prevent similar problems in this year's cam paign.

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C ara W ilson T h e Suprem e C o urt of C an a d a Justice W. Ian Binnie gave a lecture entitled, "Counter Terrorism , Civil Liberties, an d the Leg acy of F.R. S co tt"yesterdayas part o f th e F.R. Scott M em orial Lecture series. The event and reception were held at the Moot C o u rt in New Chan cello r D ay Hall, an d were co -sp o n so u red by the Class o f 1975 an d the Friends o f the Library.

Professor Roderick M cD onald, the F.R. Scott professor of co nstitutional an d p ub lic law at M cGill, introduced Binnie as"a m ost w orthy keeper o f Frank Scott's constitutional flame."

Justice Binnie, a M cGill alum n u s, b egan his speech w ith a tribute to Scott, w ho served as M cGill's dean o f law betw een 1961 and 1964 . He w as also a fam ous C an a d ia n poet, intellec­ tual, an d co nstitutional expert.

"F.R. Scott is regarded as a Colossus in the legal world," Binnie said.

First, Binnie addressed the legal ch allen g es surrounding counter-terrorism in the world's current m u lti-n atio n al cli­ mate.

"Every generation of lawyers and ju d g e s faces a defining ch a lle n g e for w hich it will be forever ju d g e d , for go od or ill," he said. "[For] this generation of ju d g e s an d lawyers, co un ter­ terrorism is that defining ch allen g e; [It will] test their ability to up h o ld constitutional values."

A cco rding to Binnie, 62 per cent of C a n a d ia n s believe that terrorists will target C an a d a, 75 per cent believe that Can ad a is unprepared to deal with the threat of terrorism , and 62 per cent believe C an a d a should "give the U.S. any inform ation we have abo ut su spected C a n a d ia n terrorists."

Binnie defended Canada's Constitutio n, however, claim ­ ing that it was crucial to protect citizen s'civil rights and liber­ ties.

Nevertheless, Binnie a ckn o w le d g e d the threat of terror­ ism, citing previous terrorist attacks such as Septem ber 11 and the Air India attacks.

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"Today we have to recognize th at the threat o f terrorism is not im agi­ nary," he said.

W hen prosecuting terrorists, however, Binnie said th at a clearly defined criminal offence must un­ derlie th e terrorist offence.

"One person's free­ dom fighter is another's terrorist," he said.

Throughout his lec­ ture, Binnie drew com pari­ sons betw een our pres­ ent day legal struggles w ith counter-terrorism and Scott's battles w ith anti-com m unist legisla­ tion. W hen the subject of accountability in the law arose, Binnie declared that, "Frank Scott was the absolute apotheosis o f ac­ countability."

At the end, the floor was opened to questions.

Z a v Levinson, M cGill Class of 1970 , asked, h yp o th eti­ cally, w hat M ontreal citi­ zens were to d o in case of a terrorist attack. Binnie

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cited the success of various intelligence gathering agencies as testam ent to w h at the governm ent is currently doing to pre­ vent an attack.

"There is alw ays the risk no m atter w hat precautio ns y< are taking ... yo u can restrain civil liberties in order to try ai attain perfect safety ... w hat yo u have to d o is d e cid e if tha a society you co uld live in," he said. ■

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T heo M eyer Israeli A partheid Week, a controversial n in e -d a y event co m b in in g lectures, w orkshops, an d film screen­ ings, kicked off on S un d ay at M cGill and C o ncordia. The event, w hich beg an at the U niversity of Toronto in 2005, is being held on university ca m p u se s across C a n a d a and around the world.

This year's Israeli Apartheid W eek has sparked con­ troversy on a num ber o f Canadian campuses, drawing national media attention to the event. In January, Uni­ versity of M anitoba officials rem oved graphic posters put up by the university's Muslim Students' Association advertising the event. The posters featured cartoons of Israeli soldiers and aircraft attacking baby strollers and other targets.

Similar posters advertising Israeli A partheid Week were later taken dow n at Carleton University and the University o f O ttaw a. Hostility has also em erged at York University in Toronto, w here the pro-Palestinian group Students Against Israeli Apartheid has been accused of intim idating m em bers o f the university's Hillel group.

The tension on Canadian campuses has grown se­ vere enough th at Citizenship, Im m igration, and M ulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenney issued a statem ent yes­ terday expressing concern about Israeli A partheid Week.

"Those participating in these events are o f course free, w ithin the confines o f our law and consistent with our traditions o f freedom o f expression, to speak their mind," Kenney said. "But I urge each student w ho plans on attending or participating in Israeli Apartheid W eek to reflect on w h ether these activities are beneficial or are simply an effort to cloak hatred and intolerance in an outw ard appearance of'intellectual inquiry.'"

Though McGill has not experienced the open hostil­ ity seen on other campuses, McGill's event has still raised tensions betw een Jewish and Muslim students on cam ­ pus.

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"I w ould say that it presents a really o n e -sid e d spin on what's o b vio u sly a m u lti-sid e d issue."

But according to Israeli A partheid W eek m edia co m ­ m ittee m em ber Caitlin M anicom , the event is m eant to critique Israel's policies rather than questio n the state's right to exist.

"For me, personally, claim s o f an ti-Sem itism are re­ ally disheartening," M anicom said. "I think that th e w ay Israel has dealt w ith the Palestine issue is really, really troubling, an d I think that criticizing state p o licy is not the sam e as trying to d elegitim ize the state o f Israel from existing or from having the right to existing. That's not w hat Israeli A partheid W eek strives to do at all."

T h e Q u e b e c Public Interest Research G ro u p-M cG ill, of w hich M anicom is a m em ber, is one of the m ain sp o n ­ sors of Israeli A partheid Week. T h e M uslim S tu d e n ts'A s­ sociation, the M cGill chapter o f Solidarity for Palestinian H um an Rights, C K U T Radio, M idnight Kitchen, an d other groups also sponsored the event.

T h o u g h M anicom ackn o w led g es that "apartheid" is a controversial term , she argues that its use is justified b e ca u se direct parallels can be draw n betw een South Af­ rican and Israeli policies.

"If you look at racial classification— the fact that blacks in South Africa, for exam ple, w ere required to carry p assb o o ks— Palestinian citizens of Israel are required to carry I.D. cards to identify them as non-Jew ish," M anicom said. "M ovem ent is restricted for people that aren't of Jew ish decent. Palestinians in the West Bank are forced to use different-coloured license plates— ju st a clear, sys­ tem atic racialization of people."

T h o u g h Hillel is not p lan n in g a direct protest o f the Israeli A partheid Week, Zu cker said that her organization will host an Israeli D ialogue W eek next w eek. T h e event, in w hich Zu cker said the Arab Students' A ssociation and M uslim Students' A ssociation m ay participate, will fea­ ture speakers, a film screening, an d discussions. ■

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A cco rding to M ardig Taslakian, vice president external of the Arm nian Students' Association, the ASA will file an e q uity co m plain t again th e Turkish S tu d e n ts'S o cie ty of M cGill U niversity later this week. Equi co m plain ts are review ed by the Students' Society and co uld result sanctions ag ain st the TSSM U. "W hat w ould the university's reaction be if N e o -N azis invited som o n e to co m e and preach that the H olo caust didn't h app e n ?" Taslaku said. "The A rm enian genocide, like the H olo caust, is a w ell-proven, indi p utable f a c t.... T h e A rm enian co m m u n ity feels offended that a renowne institution like M cGill w ould allow [Atadv] to say such hateful things."

Prior to the lecture, the ASA m et with D e p uty Provost (Student Li an d Learning) M orton M endelson to request that Atadv's talk be cai celled. M endelson d enied their request, claim in g that to do so woul ab rid g e freedom of speech.

"We too k the request by the A rm enian Students' Society to c a n c th e lecture arranged by the Turkish Stud e n ts'So cie ty very seriously," sai M endelso n in an em ail to th e T rib u n e . "However, we co uld not justify cer soring open discu ssio n at the u n iv e rsity .... A co m m itm e n t to free speec necessitates a tolerance for the expression o f view s that are at o d d s wit our own and that w e m ay find difficult, ch allen g in g , or even d eeply ur comfortable."

T h e TSSM U m aintained that Atadv's lecture was not intended t spark deb ate over the genocide.

"The lecture was not intended to m ake an yo n e upset," said TSSM President A ysegul Akyuz.'T und erstand that the lecture addressed a cor troversial subject, but our purpose was to m ove forward from the pas T h e lecture was not intended to talk abo ut the g enocide, it was intende to talk abo ut the relationship [between A rm enians and Turks]."

Taslakian d isputed Akyuz's interpretation of the talk's purpose.

"There sh ould be d iscussion of how to deal with the results of th g en o cid e, an d not w hether or not it happened," Taslakian said. "Bt [Atadv] b lam ed the m ass deaths of A rm enians on a p an d em ic, am on other things, not on the genocide."

The A rm enian G e n o cid e is officially recognized by m any organize tions, in clu d in g the H um an Rights C o uncil of th e U nited Nations, th International A ssociation o f G e n o cid e Scholars, and over 20 countrie in clu d in g C an a d a. ■

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A lison B ailey Betw een Ja n u a ry 14 and February 9, thieves stole seven in trum ents valued at tens of th o u sa n d s of dollars from McGill's trathcona M usic Building. A lthough m ost of the instrum ents lave since been returned to their owners, the recent string of hefts has led M cGill to reexam ine ca m p u s security.

Faculty of M usic A ssociate D ean (Adm inistration) Bruce Ainorgan said that the M cGill cam pus, and the m usic b uilding t particular, is su sceptib le to theft because of its accessibility.

"Of all the M cGill buildings, we are likely the m ost vu ln erble, both b ecause of our location and b ecause of th e breadth if our activities," M inorgan said.

All libraries at M cGill, in clu d in g the M arvin D u ch o w M usic ibrary in the New M usic Building, are open to the p ublic d u rtg certain hours of the day. In additio n, the M cGill C o n se rv aory of M usic offers p ub lic services such as instrum ent instrucion, an d hosts over 600 co ncerts a year.

A viola, a cello, a guitar, tw o saxophones, an oboe, and an nglish horn were taken from the centerfold floors of the old nusic building.

Fortunately, six of the seven instrum ents were recently eturned to their owners.

"Five of the instrum ents turned up at a paw n shop. The ello turned up at a m usic store here in C an ad a w e do b usiless with," said Peter W ig htm an, the b uilding director. "They i/ere aware that the instrum ent was stolen, so w hen it turned ip in the shop, they instantly co n tacted the student to w hom n belonged."

A ccording to M cGill A ssociate Director University Safety ’ierre Barbarie, M cGill Security can only do so m uch to prerent theft, and ultim ately it's up to the students to properly insure that their b e lo n g in g s are safe.

"We can't prevent unfortunate in cid en ces from h a p p e n ng, w e can ju st try to w ork as m u ch as possible to limit their lumber," he said.

U pon further exam inatio n of the security situation in he m usic b uilding, M inorgan and the build in g director, Peter A/ightman, discovered that m any students were using poor ocks on lockers that hold instrum ents w orth tens of th o u ;ands of dollars.

"Honestly, if I was keeping a $ 20,000 instrum ent in my ocker, I w ould p ro bably sp en d $20 or $30 and get a very strong lock,"W ightm an said.

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PHOTOS BY JOHN KELSEY AND HOLLY STEWART You ca n ' b e to o ca re fu l in th e S tra th c o n a M u sic B u ild in g , w h e re se v e n in s tru m e n ts w ere re ce n tly sto le n . w ant to keep their instrum ents in their lockers.

"The best thing to d o is to carry your instrum ent with you if yo u can. Just don't leave it un attended, even in a locker."

W ig htm an expressed co m passio n for so m e of the stu­ d e n ts'carelessn ess with regard to their lockers.

"I und erstand t h a t ... at scho ol you tend to feel safe, and a lot of people don't really think a b o u t it as a problem ,"W ight­ m an said. "Until this latest rush o f thefts, we haven't really had any serious problem s. It ju st all of a su d d e n h ap p e n e d in a very short tim e period."

In an effort to allay security fears, the m usic d ep artm ent is now looking into im pro ving the security in its buildings.

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Advance polling to open this week S ix c a n d i d a t e s C o n tin u e d fro m co ve r "Elections, and e sp ecially the m onitoring of elections, is an evo lv­ ing process. W e've learned from m is­ takes each tim e that we have ca m ­ paigns," said C h ie f Electoral Officer N icole Gileadi. "We've tig h ten ed up our rules a lot. ... In term s o f w e b ­ site cam p aig n in g , we're g o in g to be m onitoring that a lot closer before all the can d id ate s start m aking w e b ­ sites."

O f all the acclaim ed candidates, Diaz's situation is unique: he is run­ ning for a position that is both va­ cant and b eing restructured, after VP Finance and O perations Tobias Silverstein resigned in January. W hen he a n n o u n ce d his resignation last fall, Silverstein explained that he had professional concerns with the port­ folio, and reco m m en d ed that th e p o ­ sition rem ain vacan t until it co uld be officially reviewed.

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O n e suggested up g rad e is the installation of vid eo ca m ­ eras in the locker banks.

As a general w arning, however, Barbarie asked students and faculty to not hesitate in co m m un ica tin g a n y suspicio us activity.

"We are asking p eo ple to be m ore vigilant and to always report any su spicio us in d ivid uals that yo u don't feel com fort­ able being in yo ur building," he said. ■

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sug g estio n and established the Fi­ n ance and O perations Review C o m ­ m ittee to exam ine the portfolio and su g g est possible im provem ents.

D iaz sits on this com m ittee, w hich is still in the process of app o in tin g its m em bership. A lthough it's unclear w hat specific ch an g es will be m ade to the portfolio, D iaz is optim istic a b o u t the process, and doesn't b e ­ lieve it will negatively im p act his candidacy.

"The m ain activities of the port­ folio pro bably w ould not change," he said. "The possible ch an g e s m ight be m ore a b o u t the structure an d the w ay the [SSMU] Co nstitution defines certain roles."

Diaz, a U 3 eco n o m ics student, has served on SSM U C o un cil for two years, and is a current Q ueer M cGill executive. He was also a can d id ate for VP internal last year, a race in w hich he polled 28.9 per cent of the vote (Julia Webster, w ho w on the election, secured 34-5 per cent o f b al­ lots cast). ■

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T rip Yang Thanks to two am bitio us stud en t gam ers, University of California Berkeley students can now take a course in the popular vid e o g am e S ta rC ra ft for university credit. U n d er the super­ vision of the Haas School of Business, course fa­ cilitators Alan Feng and Sherw in M ahbod teach w eekly classes to gam ers eager to h one their S ta rC ra ft skills.

Feng and M ahbod m eet w ith students once a w eek to d iscuss S ta rC ra ft strategy. After presenting theory and co m putatio nal m odels of how conflict is carried out, Feng and M ahbod analyze gam e replays so students have a better grasp o f course m aterial.

A ccording to the syllabus, prerequisites in­ clud e fam iliarity "with all units and som e basic S ta rC ra ft strategy." A lth o u g h not required, cal­ cu lus and differential eq uatio n s know ledge is recom m ended for a co m plete u n d erstan d in g of the course. G rading is pass/fail, an d the course has hom ew ork, quizzes, class participation, and a final project requiring students to create a new S ta rC ra ft m odel or hypothesis. A lab portion of the course w here students play S ta rC ra ft with each other and discuss their results and strategy is optional.

"We really w ant students to e n g a g e th e m ­ selves in S ta rC ra ft ," said Feng, a sophom o re physics m ajor at Berkeley. "We teach S ta rC ra ft in a rigorous, intellectual way, so students un d er­ stand how units and arm ies interact. This is not an easy, laidback course w here students lo unge and play vid e o games."

S ta rC ra ft is a m ilitary science real-tim e strat­ egy g am e for W indow s and M ac OS. Released in 1998, it is one of the biggest co m pu ter g am e sen ­ sations in recent m em ory, with over nine m illion copies sold w orldw ide. T h e g am e has received "Gam e of th e Year" aw ards from m ag azin es such as PC G a m e r an d C o m p u te r G a m in g W orld, and is acclaim ed as one o f the g am in g industry's finest products.

s tu d y v id e o g a m e After stints as a professional S ta rC ra ft gam er in Korea, Alan Feng d ecid ed to return to Berkeley an d co m plete his und ergrad uate degree. W hile w orking tow ard his d egree in physics, Feng discovered Berkeley's D em o cratic Education at Cal (D eCAL) program , a U niversity of California initiative allow ing students to teach their ow n classes. Feng saw the perfect o p p o rtun ity to spread his passion and kn ow ledge of S ta rC ra ft to others in a form al classroom setting.

"I've alw ays loved to play S ta rC ra ft, so after m ulling [over the decision] all sum m er, I d ecid ed to co m pile notes, g am e replays, and teaching m aterials to a supervising professor," Feng said.

F eed b ack has been positive so far, with g am in g sites such as tum eroks.com an d starcraftwire.net covering the course co n ce p t fa­ vourably. Feng fondly recalls the m other o f one of his international students telling him that her son studied English feverishly to learn class c o n ­ cepts. T h e enco urag in g reviews have been n o ­ ticed by supervising e co n o m ics professor John M organ.

"There is no questio n that [Feng an d M ah­ bod] know w hat they're doing," he said. "I was a little sceptical in the beg in n in g , but after Alan gave m e a preview, I d e cid e d that there was en o u g h a cad e m ic m aterial for a 13 -w eek course.

I am not surprised at the glo w ing reviews."

Feng and M organ attribute the course's existence largely to the D e C A L program , w hich prom otes students teaching un conventio nal classes w ithout the use of a grading scale. W hile M cGill does not yet have a sim ilar program , Naif Za m a n , U 3 physiology, believes the co n ce p t co uld w ork here.

"I'm sure there w ould be plenty of student d e m a n d for a S ta rC ra ft course at M cGill. As long as professors and M cGill adm inistration a p ­ prove, stu d e n t-ta u g h t courses w ould abso lutely benefit student life," Z a m a n said. ■

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New Queen's principal to take over in Sept.

D a n ie l R o b e r t W

o o lf ta lk s

In la te Ja n u a ry, D a n ie l R o b e rt W o o lf w as a n n o u n c e d as Queen's U niversity's 20 th p rin c ip a l, a jo b h e w ill ta k e o v e r o n Sep­ te m b e r 1, 2009 . W oolf, a Queen's a lu m n u s a n d fo rm e r Queen's professor, is c u rre n ly th e d e a n o f th e F a c u lty o f A rts a t th e U n ive r­ s ity o f A lb e rta . The T rib u n e re c e n tly s p o ke w ith W o o lf a b o u t fu n d ­ in g challenges, his p la n s fo r Q ueen's fu tu re , a n d th e c o n tro v e rs ia l decisio n to c a n ce l F a ll F lo m e c o m in g W eekend.

H ow d o yo u p lan to d e a l w ith th e fu n d in g c h a lle n g e s fa c ­ in g all C a n a d ia n u n iv e rsitie s d u rin g yo u r tim e at Q u e e n 's?

There are fun d in g challen g es facing all C a n a d ia n univer­ sities. That's nothing new — universities have been chronically un d erfun d ed for years. The global financial problem is not a root cause of [funding challenges], but it has certainly not helped, particularly at universities with e n dow m ents. Para­ doxically, [Canadian universities] are not as b ad ly off as the big Am erican private scho ols that have seen h ug e de clin e s in their endow m ents.

I intend to jo in with m y O ntario presidential co lleagues to lobby the provincial governm ent, w hich is abso lu tely im ­ portant. The O ntario provincial go vern m en t is th e biggest source of operating fun d in g for universities in th e p ro vin ce— as is the Q u e b e c go vern m en t for scho ols like M cG ill— so we w ant to see if w e can find som e w ay to p ersu ad e them that higher ed ucatio n is a go o d investm ent in the future o f the province. Similarly, we will work with the federal governm ent, even th o ug h federal fun d in g doesn't go into operating costs because the federal go vern m en t doesn't have a direct role in post-seco n d ary educatio n. But there is an o p p o rtun ity for principals and presidents to pursue the research ag en d a [with the federal governm ent].

W h at are yo u r th o u g h ts o n th e H arp e r stim u lu s p a c k ­ a g e ? D id he in c lu d e e n o u g h p ro v isio n s to foster grow th in h ig h e r e d u c a tio n a n d assist u n iv e rsitie s th ro u g h th e se

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I think that there are som e w elco m e co n tributio ns of m o ney to som e areas like the C an ad a Foundation of In n o va­ tion. I have som e concerns, however, a b o u t the fun d in g of the Tri-C o un cil [Canada's three m ain granting co uncils: the C a n a ­ dian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Co un cil of C an ad a and the Social Sci­ ences and H um anities Research C o u n cil of Canada], w hich a p ­ pears in the b u d g e t to have been reduced, w hich w ould have a significant im p act on universities. Beyond that, I'm getting out of m y area of expertise.

Q ueen's P rin cip a l Tom W illiam s m a d e th e d e c isio n to ca n ce l Fall H o m e co m in g W e e ke n d in fa v o u r o f a sp rin g re­ u n io n . D o yo u th in k th a t th is w as th e rig h t d e c is io n ?

I think, un d er the circum stances, yes, it was the right d ecision. It's unfortunate that the street party on A berdeen Street, w hich in fact involves a very sm all num ber of Queen's stu d en ts— it's principally p eo ple with no co n n e ctio n to the university— got so out of hand. It's created a very difficult situ­ ation, o n e that has a lot of risk attached to it. T h e university was told that sooner or later so m e b o d y was go ing to get seri­ ously hurt— or worse. So I certainly appreciate that breaking w ith a big tradition like [Fall H o m eco m in g W eekend] is not so m ething that o n e does lightly, but un d er th e circum stances it was exactly the right d ecision. As Principal W illiam s has said, we'll give a different typ e of event in th e spring a try, and that's w hat we'll do for a co up le of years. A n d o n ce we've tried the new w ay o f do in g th in g s for a co up le of years, we'll review the situation an d look at it again. I w ish [the d ecision to can cel Fall H om eco m ing] was unnecessary, but I don't think it was.

I'm h o p in g that students and alum n i will appreciate the difficult situation that the adm inistration was put in. I have been told by the university— a lth o u g h I haven't received these co ntacts m yself— that tw o out of three alum n i regret the d e ci­

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sion, but ultim ately un d erstand that it is a necessity given the circum stances.

W h at are y o u r m a in g o als for im p ro v in g Q u een 's o n ce yo u take over as p rin c ip a l?

There are a n um b e r of areas, and I'm very m uch open to hearing from others a b o u t this, b ecause w hile I have know l­ e d g e from being an alum nus, h aving taug h t at Q ueen's briefly, and having a son w ho goes to school there, I've o b vio usly been aw ay from the ca m p u s for a long tim e. But ju st looking at it from the outside, I'd like to see w hat we can d o to bring re­ search and und ergrad uate te ach in g into closer alignm ent, and provide m ore of a place for g raduate students in the teaching, as well as the research, m ission of the university. I do w ant to increase the international co n tact at Queen's, w hich I know is n othing particularly new to universities, but I think it's very im ­ portant that a great university like Queen's be seen as great in a world context, and that students have the preparation to operate effectively for the rest of their lives not ju st in Canada, but in the rest of the world.

W h at d o e s yo u r son (a first-ye a r stu d e n t at Q ueen's) th in k o f y o u ta k in g o v e r as p rin c ip a l?

Well, I've go t three kids, o n e who's in high school still, o n e who's at Queen's, and one who's at M cGill [SSMU co u n cil­ lor Sarah W o o lf].... [laughs] Don't tell her I outed her th ough!

Sam is the one who's at Queen's and he's fine w ith it. He did leave to get aw ay from hom e, so we'll co n tin u e to live our own separate lives. I don't expect to be over at his place for dinner every night ... [but] I im agine he m ig h t stop by to d o som e laun d ry from tim e to time.

— C o m p ile d b y M a tt Chesser

04.03.09 «The McGill Tribune •5

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Major on thin ice Fisk speaks at Concordia H u m a n is tic

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M cGill's hum an istic studies program co uld be on its last legs— its survival now lies in the han d s of the university's C u rriculum Co m m ittee, w hich is co nsidering axing th e major.

The C u rriculum Co m m ittee, co m p o se d of 10 professors an d seven students, is expected to d e cid e w hether to keep h um anistic studies by April. H um anistic studies is the seco nd largest interdisciplinary program at M cGill, with 180 students currently enrolled. Professor Robert Myles, d i­ rector of H um anistic Studies, said that he believes the program is unique, and an im portant part o f arts und ergrad uate studies.

"We exist for students w ho see their und ergrad uate ed ucatio n as a period for exploration of w hat it is to be hum an, of self-discovery, d isci­ pline disco very and career discovery, and also for th o se w ho wish as m uch freedom as possible in ch o o sin g the areas they will explore," he said.

A b ib alach Friedelm onger, U 3 H um an istic Studies, agreed with Myles.

"The program allow s for students w h o w ould not feel com fortable restricting them selves to o n e or two disciplines," she said.

In Ja n u a ry 2006 , the Faculty of Arts introduced a series of recom ­ m e ndations regarding interd isciplinary program s. O n e of the re co m m e n ­ dations specified that an interdisciplinary program had to identify a set of courses from its co m p o n e n t d isciplines that w ould constitute its core.

"We started p ush in g program s to m ake reforms abo ut a year ago, and told them that th ey had to co m e up w ith a specific core," said Faculty of Arts Associate D ean (A cadem ic A dm inistration and O versight) M ary M acKinnon.

A cco rding to M acKinnon, th e cu rriculum that hum an istic studies presented wasn't satisfactory.

"Most program s presented revisions last fall to th e C u rriculum C o m ­ m ittee that conform ed to the rules," she said. "H um anistic studies's su g ­ gestions weren't in line with the rules that had been passed."

M acKinno n a d d e d that there were co ncerns regarding h um anistic studies.

"The program o n ly has two required courses, and b eyond that there is a h ug e am o u n t of choice," she said. "There is very little structure."

Currently, students m ust take a n um b e r of courses in broad areas— hum anities, social sciences, art history an d three credits in science.

"This has recently been seen as b eing too loose," said Myles.

M yles a d d e d that h um anistic studies has m ade a series of program proposals since 2005, like setting up an H onours an d Joint H onours pro­ gram s, and ad d in g six new courses.

"I believe w e have d o n e m ore work in this area over a long period of tim e than any other interd isciplinary program," he said.

M yles m en tio n ed that there was no further d iscussion with the fac­ ulty after th ey asked for su pp le m e n tary required courses.

"Instead, a co m m ittee that w e d id not even know existed [the A d vi­ sory Co m m ittee on Interdisciplinary Programs] m et w ithout our know l­ edge, an d so w ithout our ability to defend ourselves, an d reco m m en d ed that hum an istic studies be phased out of existence," he said.

The departm ent's latest offer to the C u rriculum Co m m ittee has not yet been accepted.

"Unless it is, it is unlikely that the H um an istic Studies Co m m ittee will be able an d w illing to proceed und er w hat it co nsiders intolerable and unreaso nable co nditio ns, und er w hich failure to m eet an unnecessary d e ad lin e is alm ost guaranteed," M yles added.

M acKinno n m en tio n ed that there have been tow n hall m eetings this year regarding interd isciplinary program s.

"We've w elco m ed student input all along,"she said.

Still, Friedelm o nger th o u g h t th e d e cisio n -m ak in g process lacked transparency.

"I think o n e o f our largest co n cern s is that d ecisio n s abo ut the pro­ gram were m ade [this year] w ith little transparency."

If the university rem oves the program , however, students currently enrolled in either the m ajor or m inor co ncentration in h um anistic studies shouldn't worry.

"It w ouldn't affect current students. Current freshm en and possibly students registering to the program next year w ould still be able to co m ­ plete the program," M acKinnon said.

T h e tw o required courses, w estern h um anistic tradition 1 an d 2, m ay co n tin u e to be offered.

"There is a possibility that th e faculty w ould keep the tw o required courses, but not as part of a particular program," a d d e d M acKinnon.

M acKinno n believes th e m ulti-track system allow s students to m ake their own liberal program .

"If you're do in g 36 credits in o n e program on a total of 90 credits, that leaves you with a lot of space for electives."

Friedelm o nger disagreed with this assessm ent.

"M any students (in h um anistic studies) feel that the a m o u n t of ch o ice offered to us by our program is u n m atch e d by any other grouping of programs." ■

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Robert Fisk, a M iddle East co rrespondent for Lon­ don's Independent new spaper, gave a lecture on Febru­ ary 19 at C o ncordia entitled "O bam a, Us, an d the M iddle East." Fisk addressed the ch a n g in g face o f jo u rn alism and the worries abo ut its portrayal of the M iddle East.

For over 30 years, Fisk has been o n e o f the world's leading journalists, covering conflicts ranging from the troubles in N orthern Ireland, the Leban ese Civil War, and th e Iranian Revolution to current d ay issues in the M iddle East. In his lecture, Fisk delivered a first-hand acco u n t of the b lo o d y devastation in the M iddle East.

He e m p h asize d his desire for W estern jo u rn alists to describe the M iddle East in a n o n -b ia se d an d truthful way. Furtherm ore, he stressed that both politicians and jo urnalists sh ould be aware of history and plan ahead for the future.

O n e problem with today's jo u rn alism , Fisk said, is its co ncern with "balancing" stories in order to avoid conflict.

"In jo u rn alism school, you're alw ays ta u g h t that you have to give half a report to o n e side of the co n ­ flict in an arg um en t and the other half to the other side.

Now, that's okay if you're reporting a football m atch, but the M iddle East is not a football match," Fisk said. "It is a blo o d y tragedy, and we must report it differently. I b e ­ lieve that we, as journalists, m ust be neutral an d u n b i­ ased on the side of those w ho suffer."

A cco rding to Fisk, th e fear of b eing called a n ti-S e ­ m itic is a principle reason wars in the M iddle East are m isrepresented in the press.

"Any jo u rn alist w ho dares h o no urab ly to criticize Is­ rael will be called anti-Sem itic, an d it is a slander, a scan ­ dal, a rival," Fisk said. "It is totally untrue an d the p eo ple w ho use that word 'anti-Sem itism ' ag ain st d ecen t p eo ­ ple are g o in g to m ake an ti-Sem itism respectable and sham e upon them for it."

O n an o p tim istic note, Fisk d escribed the Qatari new s and current events T V ch an n e l A l-Jazeera as a g o d se n d for inform ing the W estern world on the M id­ dle East.

"One of th e go o d things that cam e jo urn alistically

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ADASONNENFELD A c c la im e d in te rn a tio n a l jo u r n a lis t R o b e rt F isk sp o k e a t C o n c o r d ia o n F e b ru a ry 1 9 . out o f G aza w as that with th e 'b a lan cin g 'W e ste rn jo u r­ nalists prom oted, Palestinians, for the first tim e, told the right story," said Fisk. "With A l-Jazeera international and A l-Jazeera A rabic u n co n tam in ated by the forced bal­ a n ce of W estern co rrespondents, w e had the real story."

Unfortunately, Fisk predicted that the inauguration of U.S. President Barack O b am a will not solve the m ain problem s nor break w hat he believes to be the abso lute supp o rt for Israel by the U nited States.

"When [Obama] made his necessary visit to what the American press called the 'Holy Land' before the American elections, he spent 4 5 minutes with the Pales­ tinians and 2 4 hours with the Israelis and I thought that pretty much told the story,"he said.

Co ntrary to the w ords of O b am a, Fisk claim ed that abso lutely no "progress" has been m ade in the M iddle East and the o n ly w ay it can be m ade is by the co m plete w ithdraw al of W estern arm ed forces.

"These co untries don't b elo ng to u s.T h e y are not in our han d s and we should m ilitarily leave," Fisk said. "By all m eans, harp them with our doctors, our econom ists, our tourists, our visitors, but no m ore soldiers."

Fisk en d e d the lecture by rem arking that he was p reaching a m essage o f d esp air and that he saw no h o p e in the M iddle East at the m om ent. " th a t is the story of the M iddle East: it is b o u n d up in ignorance, secret policem en, torture cham bers, lack of justice, no ju stic e at all, and constant, co nstant pres­ sure from us Westerners," he said.

D o ug Sm ith, a m em ber of Solidarity for Palestinian H um an Rights at Co ncordia, found the lecture realistic, not pessim istic. He was inspired not to be hopeful, but to take action.

"Fisk's m essag e is not a Barack O b am a m essage.

It's not a b o u t b eing hopeful, it's a b o u t learning and know ing an d trying to und erstand in depth profound research," Sm ith said. "I'm determ ined, but not hopeful, b ecause you have to put th ings into action. We can't ju st h o p e an d pray and hope th in g s fall into place." ■

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n France, th e y don't use th e w ord "Ho­ locaust." Not b e ca u se they're afraid to relive th e horrors o f b e in g halfo c cu p ie d d u rin g the Se co n d W orld War, or b e ca u se they're em b arrassed a b o u t the failure of th e M ag in o t Line, or even b e ca u se th e V ich y g o v e rn m e n t c o -o p ­ erated w ith the N azis an d sent aro und 76,000 French Jew s to their d e ath s. No, th e French don't say H o lo cau st b e ca u se the d elib erate exterm in atio n of 6 m il­ lion Jew s w asn't a "sacrifice," w h ich is th e word's o riginal m e a n in g . A lth o u g h th ere w as a lot of strong rhetoric, an o v e rw h e lm in g a cq u ie sce n ce to a higher authority, an d p ro m ises o f a better fu­ ture, th e French rig htly ack n o w le d g e that Hitler's go al w as n o th in g short of a n n ih ila tin g the entire Jew ish race. T h ey a cco rd in g ly e m p lo y the w ord S h o ah , a b iblical term used sin ce the M id d le A ges to m ean "destruction."

Still, w hatever w ord yo u use to d e ­ scrib e it, th e general c o n se n su s a m o n g the sane is that th e a ttem pted rem o v­ al of an entire p e o p le from the Earth w as— since we're not co n ce rn in g ou r­ selves w ith te rm in o lo g y — b ad, a n d that it sh o u ld never h a p p e n a g ain . H en ce th e pro m isso ry sayin g "never again," a n d th e creatio n o f th e State o f Israel.

R eco g n ize d b y th e m ajo rity o f th e inter­ n atio nal co m m u n ity in 1948 , Israel was g iven to the Jew s as re co m p e n se for a h istory of o p pre ssio n , an d as a refuge a g a in st c o n tin u in g a n ti-S e m itism . Or so I w as ta u g h t in H ebrew Schoo l.

A pparently, not eve ryo n e believes that a Jew ish h o m e lan d sh o u ld exist, that Jerusalem sh o u ld be its capital, or that th e Jew ish p eo p le have suffered th ro u g h e n o u g h p ersecu tio n to justify our in ce ssan t c o m p la in in g . In d e e d , o n e d ay after Israel d e clare d its in d e p e n -

d e n ce , it w as in va d e d by five co untries.

Currently, it's th e lucky recipient o f re­ p eated rocket attacks from G aza.

O n D e ce m b e r 27, the Israeli g o v ­ e rn m e n t d e c id e d to b o m b back, and on Ja n u a ry 3 th e y d e cid e d to la u n ch a fu ll-o u t g ro u n d offensive in G a za. It was like th at tim e in grad e scho o l w hen yo ur a n n o y in g classm a te ju st w o u ld n 't stop p o k in g y o u — so yo u p u n ch e d him in th e face. Except that in th e in ternational g lad iato rial arena, there's no principal's office an d every te a ch e r is a tem p.

I hate to e q u a te a co m p le x histori­ cal an d p olitical situatio n to infantile a g g re ssio n , b ut it is w hat it is. I've heard e n o u g h g a m e theory, historical ratio­ nalizatio n , an d relig io u s zealo try to last m e a lifetim e, an d n o n e of it justifies Israel— a natio n that exists as a refuge from o p p re ssio n — killing th o u sa n d s of p eo ple. It seem s that w e live in an (oxy) m o ro n ic w orld w here a natio n can d e ­ fend itself w ith m ilitary offensives, and can bring p ea ce with war.

W hat is Israel trying to a c c o m p lish ?

Surely th ey aren't tryin g to in tim id ate a g ro u p of p eo p le w ho have no q u a lm s w ith b lo w in g th e m se lv e s u p ? Yet their o n ly o ther p urp o se co u ld be tryin g to e rad icate H am a s en tirely— an interest­ ing a m b itio n for th e Jew ish State.

W e are a cco rd in g ly w itn e ssin g a H o lo cau st. We have seen 13 Israelis sa c­ rificed a lo n g sid e th e ir co untry's m oral authority, a n d w e have seen over 1,300 Pale stin ian s sacrificed to both sid es' in ­ a b ility to see th e m u tual benefits of p eace. D on't let this b e co m e ano th er S h o ah . We p ro m ised o urselves "never again." ■

Jake Heller is a U2 history student cur­ rently studying in Paris.

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hoever said "the best th in g s in life are free" clearly didn't live to see the a d ­ vent o f The Sims franchise. Will W right an d Maxis's virtual b ab y is m ore than ju s t an e n ­ tertaining co m p u te r g a m e — it's the best e d u c a ­ tional tool in m o dern sociolo gy. The Sims subtly entrenches co n tem po rary insights on gender, culture, an d so ciety into the m in d s of dorky gam ers. Th o se w h o invest in this e n rich in g and e n lig h te n in g g am e sh ould receive th u nd ero u s a p p la u se every tim e th ey p lay it.

For th o se w h o haven't been fortunate e n o u g h T o play it, The Sims is a g am e in w hich yo u create h um an avatars (d ub b ed "Sims") and then run their lives. You help them d e ve lo p re­ lationships, get th ro u g h scho ol, find jo b s, and take care of their health. A nd The Sims is no Ta m ag o tch i— th e g a m e is in credibly detailed an d lifelike.

But un d ern eath its a m u sin g exterior, The Sims co n tain s a p o ig n an t cultural critiqu e of m o dern g e n d e r co nstructio ns. Sexual orienta­ tion is incred ibly in flux: a Sim will sleep with a n ­ other Sim of either gender, an d will often switch back and forth— as long as the other Sim isn't fat. M oreover, in recognition of m o dern gen d er theory, M axis co nstructs a universe w here one's sex im p o ses no lim its on one's life options. This in clu d es th e ab ility to g et pregnant. In the Sim universe, both m ale and fem ale Sim s can bear children. T h e only caveat is that for a m ale to give birth, he m ust first be ab d u cte d by aliens (his b aby will also be a green alien). M axis is o n e step ah e ad of our heteronorm ative society that im p oses a rigid g e n d e r bin ary to oppress the m asses— they've o verturned th e stereotype that only fem ales can bear children, w hich was o b vio u sly a social co n struction.

The Sims also breaks th ro u g h lin g uistic bar­ riers. T h e gam e's creators fight linguistic im p e ­ rialism w ith unp aralleled ardour: rejecting the h e g e m o n ic processes respo n sible for th e pre­ e m in e n ce o f English in the m o dern world, the Sim s co m m u n ica te e xclusively in "Simlish," a m i­

nority la n g uag e native to com puter-generated peoples. It w ould have been easy to m ake Sim co m m u n ica te in a lan g uag e intelligible to play ers, but W right took the high road. K udos to hir for recognizing the inherent injustice in today A n g lo -ce n tric world.

As if all this w asn't e n o u g h , The Sims als critiques cultural tabo os. It's fun d am e n tally un ju st to let past traditions dictate w hat the moc ern Sim can or can't do. After all, w hy shouldn p eo ple be allow ed to roam their gardens nude or have sex in the kitchen w hile their sibling i co oking dinner, all w ithout im pacting anyone' m o o d ? W hy should guests auto m atically leave party ju st because their hosts have go ne to bed These an tiq uated traditions are a burden on h i m an kin d , and The Sims show s us w hat life woule be like w ithout such artificial social barriers.

A long w ith all this abstract social theory The Sims also im parts valu ab le life lessons t< yo ung adults. First, th e g a m e teach es that yot can't m ake a living by selling bad art. Unless you Sim has w orked hard and m axed out his or he "creativity" skill points, their paintings are basi cally w orthless. This is an im portant lesson fo m any students. T h e Sim s also teaches that Go< exists, but in the form of a co m pu ter nerd wit! abso lu te power over every action in your life.

As an a d d e d bonus, the g a m e provide v a lu ab le insights a b o u t your social circle. Whc hasn't created virtual versions of his or he friends or love interests? All you need to d o i have a Sim that looks and acts like you appro acl the other avatar, strike up a conversation, ant have them "share interests."lf your Sim respond by slapp in g the other one, you m ay w ant to fin< another m ate. This g am e elim inates the real lift risk of social rejection, an d also allow s you t< predict w ho w ould generate ugly offspring witf you.

So w atch out, social sciences at M cGill: yot m ay have m et your m atch. The Sims is far mort than a g a m e — it's a w hole new take on socia co nstructions. ■

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'm a cultural p opulist. My favorite recording artists in clu d e Em inem , the Red Hot Ch ili Peppers, an d Bruce S prin g ­ steen — and this ad m issio n destroys any in d ie cre d ibility I m ay have had. W hen it co m e s to m usic, I'm a b o u t as original as Vanilla Ice. Now, I'd still argue that all o f th e abo ve artists are great (Vanilla Ice exclud ed , obvio usly). But, in the eyes of so m e p e o ­ ple, e n jo yin g p o pu lar m u sic in valid ates m y critical o p inion, w hich seem s to be based on w hat I th in k o fT h e Ram ones. A c­ co rding to th ese p eo ple, p o pu lar culture can never be great.

B ecause p o pu lar p ro d ucts app e al to the m asses, th ey can o n ly aspire to be g o od.

T h at brings m e to this year's A ca d e m y Aw ards. The Dark Knight w as easily the best m o vie I saw this year. A dm ittedly, I'm a Batm an fan b o y an d I didn't see m ost of this year's Best Picture n o m in ees. But that doesn't m ake The Dark Knight any less incredible. It altered the w ay that p eo p le th in k abo ut co m ic boo k characters, an d is a rg u ab ly th e m o st accessib le an d en te rtain in g explo ration o f social p sych o lo g y eve rfilm e d .

The Dark Knight isn't the m ost profound m o vie of all tim e but, like The Matrix, it forced m ass a u d ie n ce s to ask ch a lle n g in g q ue stio n s that m any p eo ple w ouldn't otherw ise consider.

G iven m y p o p u list proclivities, I was a n n o ye d that The Dark Knight w asn't n o m in a te d for m ore O scars, a n d I was furi­

o us w hen it o n ly w on two. This sn u b b in g calls into q uestio n the A ca d e m y Awards' sig n ifican ce, and w hat exactly they're really rew arding. T h e O scars p urpo rte d ly reco gnize the "best" film s and cin e m a tic a ch ie ve m e n ts in a n y given year, but I politely disagree. It's im p o ssib le to p ick o n e film that was o b je ctive ly better than all th e others. Instead, th e list o f Best Picture w inners sh o u ld be (and, w hen co m p ile d properly, is) a ch ro n icle of the film s that m attered to p eo p le d u rin g any given era. Instead o f the best film s, th e A ca d e m y Aw ards sh o u ld celeb rate the m ost memorable c in e m a tic a c h ie v e ­ m ents.

T h e O scars have served as a cu ltural baro m eter and have recognized p o pu lar film s for d e ca d e s. In th e 1960 s, the Best Picture aw ards given to West Side Story and The Sound of Music a ckn o w le d g e d th e p o p u la rity o f m u sicals w ith o ut d im in ish in g the acad em y's prestige. In today's era o f co m ic b o o k ad ap tatio n s, it seem s unfair to not even n o m in ate the b e st— an d m ost p o pu lar— film of th e su perh ero genre.

Recently, the a cad e m y has d e v e lo p e d th e h abit of not reco g n izin g film s that matter. T h e m o st sig n ifican t m o vie to co m e out in 2004 w as Brokeback Mountain, b ut it lost th e 2005 Best Picture aw ard to Crash. It doesn't m atter w hich m ovie w as better (altho ugh I w ould argue for Brokeback Mountain).

A ng Lee's co w bo y ro m an ce is an ico n ic film , w hile Crash has

largely been forgotten five years after its release.

I'm not im p lyin g that this year's n o m in e e s w ere bac film s— I'm asking if th ey were m em o rab le film s. W ere the> m o vies that we'll still talk a b o u t five years from no w ? How a b o u t 30 years from n o w ? Slumdog Millionaire is a fine winner, sin ce it's the sort of rag s-to -rich e s tale that isn't tied to a sin­ g le g en eratio n. But I don't know an yo n e w ho saw The Readei or Frost/Nixon this year, m u ch less a n yo n e w h o will still want to see them next year.

T h e m o vies that w e rem em ber are the o n e s that we ac­ tu ally see, w hich is w hy the box office sh ould m atter during aw ards se a so n .T h e m o vies that b e co m e cultural artifacts are th e o n e s that resonate w ith large se g m e n ts of th e pub lic. I'm not su g g e stin g th at a n yb o d y sh o u ld get an O scar for Friday the 13th. But w hen a m o vie like The Dark Knight stro n g ly reso­ nates with both a u d ie n ce s an d critics, it's c o n d e sce n d in g to present it with a paltry tw o awards.

T h e tw o h ig h e st grossing film s o f all tim e are Titanic and The Return of the King. W ith 11 O scars a piece, they're also the tw o m ost d eco rated film s ever. The Dark Knight breathes sim i­ larly rarefied air, havin g grossed $1 billion w hile still b e co m ­ ing a critical favourite. I'm not saying it sh o u ld have sw ept the O scars, b ut it sh o u ld have been a b ig g e r part of th e d iscu s­ sion. T h e will of th e p eo ple isn't alw ays w rong. ■

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T h e y h a v e se rv e d as a rc h ite c tu ra l m a s te rp ie c e s , in te lle c tu a l fo ca l p o in ts , a n d k e e p e rs o f th e w ritte n w o rd , fro m th e m a s s -p ro d u c e d to th e o b s c u re . But w ith th e rise o f G o o g le 's B o o k S e a rc h p ro je c t, w h ic h h a s a lr e a d y d ig itiz e d s e v e n m illio n b o o k s, riflin g th ro u g h y e llo w e d v o lu m e s m ig h t b e a t h in g o f th e past.

"O u r m is s io n is to m a k e th e w o rld 's in fo rm a tio n m o re acce ssib le ," says J e n n ie Jo h n s o n , a s p o k e s p e r­ so n fo r G o o g le . "T h e fa c t o f th e m a tte r is, m o st o f th e w o rld 's in fo rm a tio n is n o t c o n ta in e d in w e b p a g e s, it's n o t o n th e In te rn e t. It's o fflin e , in b o o ks, m a g a ­ z in e s, n e w s p a p e rs , p h o t o g r a p h s — a ra n g e o f p h y s i­ cal fo rm a ts. A n d if w e w a n t to m a k e th e w o rld 's in ­ fo rm a tio n s e a rc h a b le , w e h a v e to b rin g th a t o fflin e in fo rm a tio n o nline."

Settling down with Google Book Search T h e ro a d to u n iv e rs a l o n lin e in fo rm a tio n a cc e ss h a sn 't b e e n a n e a s y o n e . In S e p te m b e r 20 0 5, th e A u th o rs G u ild la u n c h e d a la w s u it a g a in s t G o o g le for c o p y r ig h t in frin g e m e n t. In O c to b e r, fiv e m a jo r m e m b e rs o f th e A s s o c ia tio n o f A m e r ic a n P u b lis h ­ e rs— M c G ra w -H ill, P e a rso n E d u c a tio n , P e n g u in G ro u p , Jo h n W ile y & S o n s, a n d S im o n & S c h u s t e r file d a n o th e r la w s u it th a t c h a lle n g e d G o o g le 's d ig i­ tiz a tio n a n d d is s e m in a t io n o f c o p y rig h te d m a te ria ls w ith o u t p e rm is s io n .

"We needed to vindicate the proposition that when someone wants to make use of someone else's copyrighted work, they don't get to go ahead and use it in a way that implicates the right of copy­ right, and then wait until the copyright owner finds out," says Allan Adler, vice president of legal and government affairs for the AAP, which financed the publishers involved in the second lawsuit.

"W e [w ere] to ld b y G o o g le a t th e o u ts e t th a t G o o g le [was] g o in g to re p ro d u c e th o s e w o rk s in

t h e ir e n tire ty u n le s s — a n d u n til— th e rig h ts h o ld e rs to ld th e m th e y c o u ld n 't. If th is h a d b e c o m e a n a c ­ c e p te d w a y o f d e a lin g w ith c o p y rig h te d w o rks, th e n th e rig h t o f c o p y r ig h t w o u ld n o t m e a n v e r y m uch."

A fte r y e a rs o f d is c u s s io n , a s e ttle m e n t a g r e e ­ m e n t w a s a n n o u n c e d o n O c to b e r 28, 2 0 0 8 , w ith te rm s th a t c o u ld re so lv e b o th la w su its. G o o g le w ill p a y a to ta l o f $ 12 5 m illio n (U.S.) to c o v e r c la im s , le g a l fees, a n d t h e c o st o f e s t a b lis h in g a B o o k R ig h ts R e g ­ istry, w h ic h w ill m a k e it e a s ie r fo r rig h ts h o ld e rs to m o n ito r th e sta tu s o f t h e ir w o rk s in G o o g le B o o k S e a rc h in th e fu tu re .

R ig h t n o w , m a te ria ls th a t a p p e a r in G o o g le B o o k S e a rc h w e re c o n trib u te d fro m p u b lis h in g p a rtn e rs o r th e p u b lic d o m a in . In a d d it io n , s e a r c h ­ es sh o w s n ip p e ts o f in c o p y r ig h t b o o k s a n d lin k to p la c e s th o s e b o o k s c a n b e o b ta in e d .

If th e s e ttle m e n t a g re e m e n t is a p p ro v e d , th a t a cc e s s w ill c o n t in u e for u n s u b s c rib e d u se rs a n d th o s e lo c a te d o u ts id e o f th e U n ite d S tate s. A d d i­ tio n a l m a te ria ls, in c lu d in g in c o p y r ig h t m a te ria ls fro m lib ra rie s w o rk in g w ith G o o g le , w ill a ls o b e a c ­ c e s sib le . D e p e n d in g o n th e text, u se rs m a y b e a b le to v ie w 2 0 p e r c e n t o f th e w o rk in s te a d o f a s n ip p e t.

In a d d itio n , p u b lic a n d in s titu tio n a l lib ra rie s w ill re­ c e iv e p u b lic a c c e s s lic e n s e s , w h ic h w ill a llo w th e m to a cc e s s th e fu ll te x t o f c e rta in m a te ria ls.

Turning tomes into terabytes T h e re are tw o p a rts to G o o g le B o o k S e a rc h : m a te ria ls th a t c o m e fro m th e ir L ib r a ry P ro je ct, a n d m a te ria ls fro m th e P a rtn e r P ro g ra m .

C o n te n t fro m lib ra rie s a p p e a rs o n G o o g le as p a rt o f th e a p tly n a m e d L ib r a ry P ro je ct. S c a n n e d b o o k s fro m lib ra rie s th a t w e re in c o p y rig h t, b u t w h ic h G o o g le d id n o t o b ta in th e p e r m is s io n o f th e rig h ts h o ld e rs to d ig itiz e , a re c o v e re d u n d e r th e s e ttle m e n t.

T h e d ig it iz a t io n o f m illio n s o f b o o k s, p a rt ic u la r­ ly rare o r o u t -o f-p r in t b o o k s, w ill g iv e w id e -r a n g in g a cc e s s to w o rk s th a t p r e v io u s ly m ig h t h a v e b e e n

re a d b y o n ly a h a n d fu l o f p e o p le .

"Digitization is good because it gives better ac­ cess [and is] better for storage, better for preserva­ tion. So libraries want more digitization," says France Bouthillier, the director of information studies at McGill. "The only concern from the librarian's per­ spective is really to make sure that what is digitized is really accessible publicly."

O n e q u e s tio n th a t a ris e s in a n y d is c u s s io n o f e le c tro n ic b o o k s is w h e th e r re a d e rs w ill e n jo y re a d ­ in g o ff a sc re e n in th e s a m e w a y t h e y re lish re a d ­ in g a p rin te d co p y. In th is case , th e is su e r u n s e v e n d e e p e r, a s fo r m a n y rare b o o k s th e o b je c t itse lf is a n im p o rta n t p a rt o f th e e x p e rie n c e . H o w ever, B o u th illie r b e lie v e s th a t e v e n a re stricte d re a d in g is b e tte r th a n n o a cc e s s a t all. " S o m e o f th e b o o k s th a t a re b e in g d ig itiz e d for th e G o o g le p ro je c t a re v e r y d iffic u lt to a cc e s s p h y s i­ c a lly b e c a u s e b o o k s ca n b e d a m a g e d . .. b u t w h e n y o u c a n n o t e v e n h a v e a cc e s s to th e p rin t v e rs io n I g u e s s it's b e tte r to h a v e a cc e s s to o n e that's d ig i­ tized," sa y s B o u th illie r.

The Partner Program: disregarding tradi­ tional revenue structures since 2005 W h ile lib ra rie s a re a p r im e so u rc e o f m a te ria l fo r G o o g le B o o k S e a rc h , th e re is a n o th e r: G o o g le 's P a rtn e r P ro g ra m , w h ic h a llo w s p u b lis h e rs to in c lu d e t h e ir te x ts — fre q u e n tly w o rk s w h ic h are in c o p y ­ rig h t— in th e se a rch . T h e p ro g ra m h a s o v e r 2 0 ,0 0 0 p u b lis h e rs s ig n e d u p to d ate .

M e m b e rs o f th e p ro g ra m ca n a llo w so m e , o r all, o f t h e ir in c o p y r ig h t w o rks to b e d ig itiz e d b y G o o g le in re tu rn fo r 63 p e r c e n t o f re v e n u e s fro m G o o g le 's c o m m e rc ia l u se o f th o s e b o o ks, s u c h as fro m a d s d is p la y e d o n th e p a g e . T h is t y p e o f a g re e m e n t is n o t s ta n d a rd in th e p u b lis h in g w o rld , w h e re th e t y p e o f w o rk in q u e s tio n u s u a lly d e te r m in e s te rm s a n d d is ­ c o u n ts b e tw e e n p u b lis h e rs a n d se llers.

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T h e G o o g le P a rtn e r P ro g ra m a n d G o o g le B o o k s L ib r a ry P ro je c t a re a lso g iv e n th e ir c u rre n t n a m e s.

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W h e n you sit d o w n to w rite your cover letter, th in k o f th e goal at hand: to con­ vince w h o e v e r is re a d in g y o u r a p p lic a tio n to tu rn th e p ag e and read yo u r resum e.

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Tailor y o u r q ualifications to th e skills listed in th e jo b posting. For exam p le, if th e jo b postin g calls for a responsible and e xp erien ced d o g -w alker, explain w h y you are responsible and h o w w ell you w a lk dogs, b u t d o n 't say you can crochet. The key is to relate y o u r e x p e rie n c e to th e jo b a t hand in a clear an d concise m anner.

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L e e o n ly a tte n d e d A tlan ta 's M o re h o u s e C o lle g e b e c a u s e h e w a s e x p e c te d to fo llo w in h is fa th e r a n d g ra n d fa th e r's fo o t­ ste p s, b u t it w a s th e re th a t a te a c h e r e n c o u r a g e d h im to tu rn fo o ta g e he'd s h o t fo r fu n in to a s tu d e n t film . " T h a t s u m m e r, in 19 77, N e w Y o rk C it y w a s in d ire f in a n c ia l straits," h e e x p la in s . " T h e re w e re n o s u m m e r jo b s . S o m e o n e g a v e m e a S u p e r 8 c a m e ra . I s p e n t th e w h o le s u m m e r r u n n in g a ro u n d w ith th a t c a m e ra . It w a s a v e r y s tra n g e s u m m e r in N e w York: it w a s o n e o f th e h o tte st o n th e re co rd . C o n s e q u e n t ly , th e re w a s a b la c k ­ o u t, th e n rio tin g w h e n th e b la c k -e m p lo y e d re g io n s w e re lo o t­

d ig ita l f ilm m a k in g in e q u a lity . H e c ritic iz e s h ip -h o p c u ltu re a n d o th e r portr, a ls o f A fric a n A m e r ic a n s w h ic h "e q u ate in te llig e n c e w ith a in g w h ite a n d ig n o ra n c e w ith a c t in g b la c k . T h is is re in fo rc th r o u g h film , th ro u g h m u s ic v id e o s , th ro u g h TV sh o \ th ro u g h ra p . .. Fo r m e th a t is crim in a l." " S o c ie ty: y o u ca n re a lly lo o k a t it t h r o u g h film a n d tele sion," a d d s Lee. "You a lw a y s n e e d a b o o g ie m an." Lee cite s t v ilific a tio n o f e m a n c ip a t e d sla v e s in e a rly film s like Birth o

N ation, o f N a tiv e A m e ric a n s in W e ste rn s, th e n film p o rtra y o f G e r m a n s a n d J a p a n e s e d u r in g th e s e c o n d w o rld w a r a la te r S o v ie ts a n d th e V ie t C o n g , as e x a m p le s o f n e g a tiv e s re o ty p in g . "And n o w if y o u lo o k a t H o lly w o o d , y o u lo o k at a n d all th e s e o t h e r T V s h o w s a n d m o v ie s , th e d a n g e r o u s th i is th a t t h e y e q u a te te rro rists w ith Arabs." L e e sa tiriz e s th is Inside M an , w h e n a t u rb a n n e d S ik h is p r e s u m e d d a n g e ro u s a h a rro w in g sc e n e . " B o m b s d o n o t in flu e n c e h o w y o u thir

in g , s tu ff lik e th a t. I film e d a ll that."

A lt h o u g h h e sa y s th a t " te llin g m y c la s s m a te s th a t I w a n t­ e d to b e a film m a k e r, I m ig h t as w e ll h a v e s a id I w a s t r y in g to w a lk to th e m o o n !" Le e p r e d ic ts th a t at th is M ay's 3 0 th g r a d u ­ a tio n a n n iv e rs a r y , th o s e "w h o w a n te d to p u rs u e a rt in c o lle g e

Le e re m in d s th e c ro w d . " C u ltu re does."

T h a t's w h y L e e h a s g iv e n h im s e lf th e ta s k o f tr u th fu lly pi tra y in g th e "d ifferen t A f r ic a n -A m e r ic a n e x p e rie n c e " in h is o\ film s . T h e la c k o f o th e r b la c k film m a k e r s m a d e it d iffic u lt w h

b u t d id n 't g e t th e s u p p o r t th a t I d id " w o u ld n o w b e " m is e ra b le m e n : d iv o rc e d , o v e rw e ig h t a n d w h a tn o t a n d t h e re a so n for th a t is b e c a u s e th e y c h o s e a p ro fe s s io n w h ic h is n o t d e a r to t h e ir h e a rts .. . A life lik e th a t— th a t's n o t re a lly liv in g . Th at's

p r o m in e n t in th e film w o rld to d a y , Le e c o n d e m n s t h e s n a rro w ty p e s o f ro le s o ffe re d to n o n -w h it e a cto rs. H e th a r th e p r o m in e n t b la c k fig u re s w h o h a v e s u p p o rte d h im , listi o ff se v e ra l w h o fin a n c e d M alco lm X w h e n it w a s te m p o ra r s u s p e n d e d b y W a rn e r Bros, a fte r Le e re fu se d to c u t th e le n g

h e sta rte d o u t, a n d e v e n t h o u g h m u ltic u lt u r a lis m is me

existin g ."

Lee's e d u c a tio n a t N e w Y o rk U n iv e r s ity film s c h o o l w a s fi­ n a n c e d b y h is g ra n d m o th e r. "S h e w o rk e d 50 y e a rs a s a te a c h e r

d o w n fro m th re e h o u rs. "I'm fo rg e ttin g so m e o n e ," h e m u s T h e n w ith a p u s h o f h is tra d e m a rk h o r n -r im m e d g la sse s,

a n d s a v e d s o c ia l s e c u rit y c h e q u e s fo r h e r g r a n d c h ild r e n s 'e d u ­ cation," Le e says. " T h in k a b o u t th a t: h e r m o th e r w a s a s la v e y e t s h e w a s a b le to g e t a c o lle g e d e g r e e a n d b e c o m e a te a c h e r!"

Lee p a ra lle ls th is f a m ily sto ry to O b a m a b e in g e le c te d :" ! n e v e r t h o u g h t I w o u ld s e e th is h a p p e n in m y life tim e . .. T h is w a s a re v o lu t io n a r y th in g th a t's h a p p e n e d . I'm o n ly fo u r g e n e r a ­

a lm o s t th e e n d o f m y care er!"

Lee, w h o h a s t a u g h t a t N Y U fo r 12 y e a rs, a ls o o ffers a v ic e fo r a s p ir in g film m a k e r s ." U p c o m in g a rtists n o w h a v e b e g iv e n th is g re a t o p p o r t u n ity th a t I d id n 't h a v e , th is whe d ig it a l e x p lo s io n . T h e o n ly re a so n w h y m y g e n e ra tio n a n d t

tio n s re m o v e d fro m s la v e ry . W h e n y o u t h in k a b o u t it, that's

g e n e ra t io n b e fo re w e n t to film s c h o o l is b e c a u s e w e h a d <

lik e a f in g e r s n a p .. . T h e W h ite H o u s e w a s b u ilt b y sla v e s, a n d n o w th e re is a b la c k m a n liv in g th e re .. . T h is is n o t ju s t fo r th e U n ite d S tate s. T h is w a s fo r th e w orld."

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It would probably make Lee proud to know Barack Obama's first date with now-wife Michelle was going to see D o the R ight Thing. But Lee is careful to insist we "don't drink the post-racial Kool-Aid bullshit. Because there's a black presi­ dent everything is not all of a sudden alright." Lee is known for being outspoken and sometimes controversial when speak­ ing about racial issues, including drawing flack for saying they "were not on a plantation" when condemning Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iw o J im a for not portraying African-American sol­ diers. Conversely, Lee's latest film M iracle a t St. A nna follows four black WWII soldiers.

According to Lee, it's media that specifically perpetuates

q u ic k ly a d d s O p r a h W in fre y to th e list: "F o rg o t her. T h a t w

d id n 't m e a n a n y th in g . S o no w , w h e n m a n y y o u n g p e o p le lo a t th e c o sts o f film s c h o o l th e y th in k , I c o u ld g e t a c a m e ra f th a t. Y ou h a v e th e a cc e ss. P ra c tic e y o u r craft. S e e film s. Ar d o n 't ju s t g o o u t fo r th e H o lly w o o d fare."

"N o w it h a s to b e fo r th e rig h t reason s," h e w a rn s. "Wh< t im e s g e t h a rd th e p e o p le th a t a re g o in g to s tic k are th o se b a s e d o n t h e ir lo ve o f w h a t th e y 're d o in g . I d id n 't b e c o m e film m a k e r to m a k e m o n e y , g e t fa m o u s , o r w in a w a rd s. T h e are m a n y film s th a t w o n O s c a rs th a t n o on e's w a tc h in g to d t In 19 8 9 I d id a film c a lle d D o the Right Thing. T h a t film d id n re c e iv e th e B est P ic tu re a w a rd . S till, th a t film is b e in g t a u g h t c o lle g e s a n d u n iv e rs itie s a ro u n d th e w orld."

"And I don't think anybody's watching [Best Picture wi ner] D riving Miss D aisy today." ■

No biz like the awards biz

u st w h e n th e w o rld w a s f in a lly b e g in n in g to re a liz e th a t The A cadem y Awards w e re re a lly n o t h in g m o re th a n a te d io u s , b u re a u c ra tic a ffa ir c lo a k e d in f a n c y

b a ll g o w n s a n d s h in y face s, th is ye ar's c e r e m o n y d e c id e d to c u t th e b u lls h it. R a th e r th a n h irin g C h r is R o ck o r Jo h n S te w a rt in a n e ffo rt to s p rin k le a little iro n ic d e ta c h m e n t o n to th e o th e rw is e h u m o u r le s s c e re m o n y , th is y e a r's h o st H u g h J a c k m a n a c c e n tu a te d th e r e v a m p e d O s c a rs . S u r­ p r is in g ly , th is ye ar's a w a rd s s h o w a c t u a lly p u t o n a sh o w .

O v e r th e c o u rs e o f 80 y e a rs, th e m y s te rio u s " a ca d ­ e m y " s e e m e d to h a v e lo st s ig h t o f its u ltim a te in t e n t io n — p re s u m a b ly , to e n te rta in a n d h a n d o u t a w a rd s .T h e O s c a rs h a d b e c o m e a n o p p o r t u n it y to s h o v e th e m o re m in d n u m b in g e le m e n ts o f th e e n te r t a in m e n t in d u s tr y — lo n g s p e e c h e s fro m t h e p r e s id e n t o f th e a c a d e m y , g r a tin g t r ib ­ u te m o n ta g e s , a n d d id a c t ic v id e o s a b o u t th e p ro c e s s o f s e a lin g t h e e n v e lo p e s — in t h e fa c e s o f v ie w e rs w h o ju s t w a n te d to se e t h e ir fa v o u rite c e le b r itie s b e c o m e a cto rs, a n d th e ir fa v o u rite m o v ie c h a ra c te rs b e c o m e real p e o p le .

R eal p e o p le in really e x p e n s iv e c lo th in g .

T h is ye ar, th e O s c a rs f in a lly a d m itte d , "w e a re h o n o u r ­ in g e n te rta in e rs , so h o w a b o u t w e e n te rta in y o u ?" R ath e r

than spouting racist jokes and political satire, or poking fun at the nominees, Jackman used his Broadway exper­ tise to sing medleys of the movies' musical scores, and songs describing the movies themselves. The Swarovski crystal stage frame further underscored the cheesy, fan­ tastical, Broadway-esque gaudiness of the affair.

Not only did this year's ceremony go out of its way to include more musical numbers and fewer lacklustre montages, it also featured a completely innovative ap­ proach to presenting awards. Whereas in previous years, the winner from the same category of the opposite sex would present the award— for instance, the best actor would present the award for best actress— this year, five previous winners of the same sex presented to the new­ est nominees, addressing the nominees as they gave a blurb about why that person's performance deserved to be nominated, rather than simply announcing who "the academy"decided the nominees were.

This new methodology fit comfortably into what seemed to be a general emphasis on showmanship throughout the evening. Like the flashy medleys that kept popping out more superstars— Beyonce, the stars of

B rahna S iegelberg

H igh School M usical and M a m m ia M ia, to name a fe w — this manner of presenting awards paid homage to th e actors' craft. When Nicole Kidman— one of the five Best Actress presenters— said that the lead role in C hangeling was "played so authentically by the very modern g ifts of Angelina Jolie," she utilized a language of praise th a t reminded people— in case they had forgotten over th e years— why actors should be awarded for what they do.

After experiencing progressively lower ratings, the Oscars needed to find a way to both entertain as well as to reassert their relevance. In her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress, Penelope Cruz appropriately said, "Art is our universal language and it must be protected." Per­ haps in these trying times when even those who s p e a k the same language often fail to understand one another, and when everything we do seems to divide more th a n unify, art is one of the few things that can arouse similar emotions in disparate individuals and provide us all w ith an often needed escape from reality. And rightly so, this year's ceremony presented an escapist world, which e m ­ phasized, as Jackman put it, "A little more show, a little less biz." ■

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IUSIC

c o u s t ic b y d a y , e le c t r o b y n ig h t lig g s

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Kyle C arpenter Rebekah Higgs seems to be two people at once. On some ghts she's the calm, soulful acoustic performer that has garbred a great deal of attention in the Halifax music scene. On Iher nights, she drops the acoustic guitar and jumps around |e stage while singing often distorted vocals over a blaring ectro-dance background. The latter is her persona in Ruby Ian and the Thoughtful Bees, a band name which combines pr two grandmothers'first names and an imaginary children's ary. Though to many she has taken on the name Ruby Jean I time, Higgs performs her two vastly different acts on a regar basis. That is, until Higgs hits the road with Ruby Jean and |e Thoughtful Bees this week to kick off a Canadian tour.

"The stage energy and everything is just so much differht [with Ruby Jean]," says Higgs. "I jump around and I kick and Bance and I crowd surf and I really get into the audience, and bu know I just have a lot of fun with Ruby Jean, it's just a lot lilder."

While the music will always play an important role, Higgs Icusses primarily on her job as a performer when she is on ■age with Ruby Jean. "With my stuff I've got a guitar and all }ese gadgets, and I've got everything to concentrate on so i a lot more focussed on the music," she says. "The Ruby Jean luff is a lot more about the stage show and having a really fun pow ... just to let loose."

It would be quite a stretch to associate the Maritimes with ance music, especially the raw electro variety produced by aby Jean. "It is a little bit more difficult for some groups of

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musicians to understand what we're doing, or to like it," says Higgs. "They probably find it obnoxious." Despite this possible criticism, Ruby Jean provides a form of entertainment that may be lacking out East. "I think it's a really good thing for Halifax, because there aren't a lot of options for dance-esque music or venues to go out to," says Higgs. "Usually you have to go listen to a Top 40 DJ or a cover band."

Their stage setup is unusual for an electro group— it features more than just a set of turntables and a Macbook.

Ruby Jean performs as a full band composed of Higgs on vocals, Colin Crowell on synth, Jason Vautour on guitar, and Sean MacGillivray on drums. Their influences include a host of current big-name electro groups like Justice, MSTRKRFT, Chromeo, and Daft Punk, though Higgs's vocal influences lean more towards the likes of CocoRosie and Bjork. The result is a strange yet captivating combination of Higgs's delicate vocals and the group's addictive electro hooks.

Keeping in tune with their music, the band's composition method is anything but conventional. "I'll send Colin a clip of me humming some kind of bass line or a tune or something and see if he can put some music to it or some beats to it," says Higgs. "For the most part though, Colin will do the beats and everything and stuff and then send me it, and I'll come up with a melody and then we'll start working on the arrange­ ment and editing it."

Although she feels a strong attachment to her Ruby Jean persona, Higgs is not exactly willing to give up her solo perfor­ mances. "It's really nice for me to have both of those elements," says Higgs. "I feel like if I didn't have one of them I would feel

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such a void in my life because they both fulfil the two sides of my personality."* Ruby Jean a n d the Thoughtful Bees are p laying a t II M otore on M arch 8.

AARONMCKENZIEFRASER The oft-veiled Higgs and her band dress to kill in their vintage best.

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C arolyn G régoire Hollywood has always displayed an obsession with e love triangle, from Dustin Hoffman's steamy affair in e G raduate with both Mrs. Robinson and her daughter the psychotically jealous other woman Glenn Close in ta l A ttraction. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Leonard, a [ipolar man romantically involved with two very differt women, Two Lovers is an unconventional take on the Ibiquitous love triangle. While the drama moves slowly d meanders at times, its appeal lies in the very real and onest depictions of complex characters.

After the death of his fiancé, Leonard has moved ack into the home of his very traditional and well-intenoned— if at times overbearing—Jewish parents in the ew York suburb of Brighton. He works in the family dry [leaning business, dines and attends social functions with is parents, and has a fairly non-existent social life. That is, ntil he meets Sandra and Michelle.

Michelle, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, is a beautifully oubled long-legged blonde who manages to project a ertain semblance of normalcy until problems arise with er married boyfriend and her self-destructive, frail naturerevealed. Leonard falls in love with her wild nature and e vulnerability he unearths in her, always aware to some ixtent that such a love is headed for heartbreak. Meanhile, Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the beautiful but conven[ional daughter of family friends who his parents have set im up with, is as far from Michelle as can be. His relationhip with Sandra guarantees marriage and stability, while he sexy and untamed Michelle promises adventure and incertainty. The sex scenes with the respective women ;um up the differences between them— Sandra and Leonird make love in the missionary position on his cramped win bed, while he and Michelle have a passionate en:ounter on a windy rooftop.

Through the juxtaposition of Michelle and Sandra, he two characters act as foils to each other and highlight he opposing aspects of Leonard's own personality. The women— who never once meet or interact in the film— liffer in nearly every way, which forms an interesting parillel to the dualistic nature of Leonard's bipolar condition, ubtly underscored throughout the film. Leonard shows :hat it is his own contradictory inner impulses that allow iim to love two completely antithetical women. Michelle •epresents his wild, irrational, and free-spirited side, while iandra brings out the responsible son and potential hus­

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T w o L o v e rs band in him.

Written by Ric Menello and James Gray, who also di­ rected, the film possesses theatrical qualities with its slow­ er pace and emphasis on dialogue and characterization.

The artful cinematography and unique aesthetics create a visually pleasing experience. However, the film is almost painfully slow at times and features scenes and images ir­ relevant to the plot's development. Two Lovers should not be taken as a lighthearted love story, like its title might suggest— Leonard is an extremely complex character whose motives and actions require a fair amount of atten­ tion on the viewer's part in order to decipher. Phoenix's performance is astounding, proving that he fully under­ stands this difficult character with his sensitive and hon­ est portrayal of a man who seems paralyzed between op­ posing values. And Gray's work beautifully expresses the way that the people we surround ourselves with— family, friends, and lovers— act as mirrors for ourselves. ■

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Kyle C arpenter Two high school football studs go to a cheerleading camp to pick up girls. This crude summary is Fired Up! in a nutshell, a movie that is exactly what you think it's going to be: a campy teen com­ edy full of cheesy lines, far-fetched situations, and cheap laughs.

This predictable and trite style can only lead to a movie with lim­ ited potential, and though Fired Up! certainly doesn't dazzle, sur­ prisingly, it doesn't disappoint.

While the actors'ages are far beyond those of the high-school­ ers they portray— the two leads, Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Chris­ tian Olsen, are 28 and 31 respectively—-the film puts forth a strong effort to maintain teen-friendly ratings of PG in Canada and PG-13 in the U.S. This means there is a careful veiling of many would-be explicit jokes, which in turn makes them sound contrived. This re­ ally hits home during the blooper reel, where the viewer hears a multitude of bleeped-over outtakes that were cut for being too edgy. That aside, the film is still usually able to bring the laughs without all the usual variety of vulgar Jonah Hill-esque witticisms.

The film moves from a fish-out-of-water story to a series of simply absurd situations, such as when the boys have to perform a cheer naked in front of their creepy male cheer coach after rac­ coons stole their clothes while skinny dipping, or having to use newly acquired cheer skills to reach a high shelf while the football team stares in horror. The film certainly uses these awkward situ­ ations to its comedic advantage, but the extent and frequency of such scenes becomes repetitive and tired as the film unravels.

Fired U p ! features several stock characters that are all too com­ mon in comedies today: the overachieving, wise-beyond-her years little sister à la Accepted, the unbelievable and hateable boyfriend (think W edding Crashers), the extremely flamboyant yet likeable friend (M e a n Girls), and the aggressive and stuck-up rival cheer­ leader (Bring It On).

While it may not earn a gold star in originality, Fired Up! still manages to rake in points in the humour department. What sepa­ rates the film from other similar movies like bad Am erican Pie spin­ offs, is that it has a sense of humour about itself. For example, the outlandishness of certain scenes is occasionally acknowledged and mimicked, and there are little to no attempts at a serious plotline of any kind. Unlike many teen movies, there are very few attempts to get the audience to sympathize with the characters. Even the harassment from the annoying boyfriend is too ridiculous to be taken seriously. Instead, the film leads toward a Eurornp-like brand of comedy— fast-paced and never forgetting that it's just a teen comedy. ■

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C D R e v ie w s Charles Spearin. The Happiness Project.

S o u n d in g n o th in g lik e h is o th e r p ro je c ts s u c h as B ro k e n S o c ia l S c e n e o r D o M a k e S a y T h in k , C h a rle s S p e a rin 's The Happiness Proj­ ect is m o re lik e s o m e t h in g y o u w o u ld h e a r in a c o n t e m p o r a r y a rt g a lle ry . To m a k e th e a lb u m S p e a rin c o n d u c t e d a se rie s o f in te r­ v ie w s w ith h is n e ig h b o u r s o n th e s u b je c t o f

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w ith m o re liste n s. W h a t in it ia lly g ra b s th e lis te n e r is th e a s t o u n d ­ in g d e g r e e to w h ic h th e in s tru m e n ts re p lic a te t h e sp e a k e rs, b e it a s c re e c h in g v io lin im ita tin g a c o m p la in in g c h ild o r a flu g e l h o rn m im ic k in g a re fle c tiv e w o m a n . B u t it is th e a n s w e rs to S p e a rin 's q u e s tio n s th a t g iv e t h e p ie c e s t h e ir so u l. L is te n in g to a d e a f w o m a n d e s c r ib e h o w s h e b e g a n to h e a r o n "Van essa," o r h e a rin g "Mr. G o w rie" d e s c r ib e g ro w in g u p in p o v e rty , is ju s t a s fa s c in a tin g a n d m o v ­ in g as th e m u s ic in th e b a c k g ro u n d . "M rs. M orris," w h o o p e n s a n d c lo s e s th e a lb u m , p r o v id e s th e m o st c o m p e llin g a n sw e r, s im p ly s ta tin g th a t " H a p p in e s s is love." W ith The Happiness Project, C h a rle s S p e a rin h a s c re a te d s o m e t h in g w h o lly u n iq u e a n d a d m ir a b le — a n a lb u m w h ic h b lu rs th e b o u n d a r y b e tw e e n life a n d art.

—Ryan Taylor The Derek Trucks Band. A lre a d y Free. In 20 0 6 , th e D e re k T ru c k s B a n d g a v e th e ja m b a n d w o rld Songlines, a n a lb u m w h ic h w a s a tu n e fu l b re a th o f fre sh a ir fo r a c o m m u n it y th a t o fte n tre a ts s t u d io a lb u m s a s a n a fte r­ t h o u g h t. Songlines fe a tu re d a d iv e rs e se t o f c a tc h y tra c k s — p r o b a b ly b e s t d e s c r ib e d as Graceland m e e ts t h e A llm a n B ro th e rs B a n d .

A fte r a t h r e e -y e a r w a it, th e b a n d 's fo llo w -u p a lb u m Already Free h a s f in a lly a rriv e d . T h e b a n d 's S o u th e rn in flu e n c e is a s c le a r a s e v e r o n Already Free. T h e c o m p a r is o n to th e A llm a n B ro th e rs B a n d w a sn 't m a d e lig h t ly — T ru c k s sta rte d p la y in g w ith th e S o u th e rn ro c k le g ­ e n d s a t th e a g e o f 10 , a n d th e re 's n o m is t a k in g th a t h e fille d h is b a g o f s lid e g u ita r tric k s fro m lis te n in g to th e B ro th e rs.

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T h e re a re so m a n y t h in g s w ro n g w ith F re n c h d ire c to r P ie rre M o rel's a c t io n -t h r ille r flic k Taken th a t it's a lm o s t im ­ p o s s ib le to c o m p r e h e n d h o w th is fre ig h t tra in o f a film a c ­ t u a lly p ic k s u p a d e c e n t a m o u n t o f s te a m b e fo re re a liz in g it h a d ru n o u t o f tra c k b y its p r e m a tu re e n d in g . S tar p o w e r w a s c e r t a in ly n o t a n issu e , a s th e film fe a tu re s L ia m N e e so n (Schindler's List), F a m k e Ja n s s e n (Golden Eye, X-Men trilo g y ), M a g g ie G ra c e [Lost), a n d p e r h a p s m o st fittin g ly , 24 a lu m X a n d e r B e rke le y.

H o w e v e r, n o t e v e n th e s e fa m o u s fa c e s c a n sa v e Taken fro m a p o o r s c rip t a n d m u n d a n e a c t io n c h o re o g ra p h y . In ­ d e e d th e n a m e s w e re ju s t n a m e s — a s id e fro m N e e s o n , th e o n -s c r e e n p e r fo rm a n c e s fro m G ra c e a n d J a n s s e n w e re a tro ­ c io u s a n d e a s ily fo rg e tta b le .

T h e film sta rts o ff w ith a g lim p s e o f B ry a n M ills's (N e e so n ) life as a re c e n tly re tire d C IA "p re ve n te r" w h o h a s c h o s e n to s p e n d m o re t im e w ith h is d a u g h te r K im (G race), c u r r e n tly in th e c u s t o d y o f d iv o rc e d w ife L e n o re (Ja n sse n ) a n d liv in g in th e m a n s io n o f Le n ore 's n e w ric h h u b b y S tu a rt (B e rke le y). S o o n a fte r K im 's 17th b irth d a y , s h e a n d h e r m o th ­ e r tr ic k t h e c lu e le s s a n d o v e rly p r o te c tiv e d a d in to s ig n in g o ff o n a v a c a tio n trip to P a ris fo r K im a n d h e r b e s t frie n d A m a n d a (K atie C a s s id y ) w h e n t h e ir real p la n w a s to fo llo w

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T h e tw o y o u n g g irls b e frie n d a c h a r m in g F re n c h stran* e r w h ile in P a ris a n d u n k n o w in g ly g iv e u p t h e ir p e rs o n a l ii fo rm a tio n to A lb a n ia n se x tra ffick e rs. E n ra g e d w h e n h e ui co v e rs th a t she's b e e n k id n a p p e d , M ills b e g in s a q u e s t to r< trie v e h is d a u g h te r b e fo re s h e d is a p p e a rs fro m h im fo re vi a fte r 96 h o u rs. H e se e k s to fin d h e r b y a n y m e a n s p o s s ib l a ll th e w h ile b e in g c h a se d b y th e F re n ch p o lic e fo r c re a tin c h a o s in P a ris a n d le a v in g a tra il o f b lo o d b e h in d h im .

M o re l trie s to cre a te s y m p a t h y fo r M ills b y p o rtra y in h im a s a n o ld e r, fa m ily -o r ie n te d , a n d t o n e d -d o w n v e rsio o f a n o th e r s im ila r c h a ra c te r 24 fa n s k n o w a ll to o w e ll: cu a c tio n h e ro J a c k B au er. N e e s o n e v e n c o m e s o ff as som< w h a t b e lie v a b le in th e p a rt, s p o rtin g a d e v e lo p in g be< b e lly a n d a sa d , b u r n t -o u t lo o k th r o u g h o u t t h e film . It's ju to o b a d th a t n o th in g e lse is re a listic , fro m th e o v e rly a n g i w ife to th e o v e rly n a ïv e d a u g h te r, a n d th e e n e m y b e in g a a ll-t o o e a s y d is p a tc h for a n o ld m a n w h o c a n 't e v e n p i o ff th e m o st m e m o r a b le q u o te o f th e film w ith a n y c o n v ii tio n . S o m e w h e r e o u t th e re , C lin t E a stw o o d ju s t h a d h is d£ m ade.

In th e m id s t o f a ll th is, th e re is a fo o lis h a tte m p t a t ch a a c te r d e v e lo p m e n t in v o lv in g K im 's lo v e o f s in g in g , a n ur o r ig in a l c a r c h a se , a n d a to rtu re s c e n e ju s t to p u t v ie w e th ro u g h m o re m is e ry in 91 m in u te s o f r u n n in g tim e . ■

BOOKS

T h e re 's b o th g o o d a n d b a d n e w s a b o u t th is n e w a lb u m : th e a lb u m 's o p e n in g s o n g , " D o w n in th e Flood," s h o w c a s e s a ll o f th e b a n d 's p r o m is e — s lid e g u it a r lin e s sw irl a ro u n d b lu e s y v o c a ls, p ro ­ p e lle d b y a t ig h te r -t h a n -S t a x rh y th m s e c tio n . B u t a lt h o u g h m u s i­ c ia n s h ip is n e v e r a n is su e o n Already Free, th e s a m e can 't b e sa id for th e s o n g w ritin g a n d p r o d u c tio n . Songlines w a s p r o d u c e d b y Ja y J o y c e — a m a n w h o s e ta le n ts h e lp e d p ro p e l C h a n t a l K re v a z iu k to m u lt i-p la t in u m s ta tu s — w h ile

Already Free w a s p r o d u c e d b y T ru c k s

h im s e lf. T h a t first a lb u m h a s a w id e -o p e n s o u n d , a n d y o u c a n h e a r e v e ry n u a n c e o f th e b a n d m e m b e rs 'p e r fo rm a n c e s . B ut Already Free su ffe rs w ith o u t Jo yce 's p o p s e n s ib ilitie s : th e tra ck s o fte n m e a n d e r a n d , a m id a ll th e n u a n c e , th e h o o k s te n d to g e t lost.

T h is is, o f co u rs e , th e u s u a l p itfa ll o f ja m b a n d s . To t h e ir c re d it, T ru c k s a n d c o m p a n y a re still a h e a d o f th e p a c k in te rm s o f s o n g ­ w r it in g — b u t th e y 're f o llo w in g u p a n e x c e p tio n a l a lb u m w ith o n e th at's m e re ly g o o d . W h ile ja m fa n s c ra v in g s o m e S o u th e rn fla v o u r w ill e n jo y Already Free, th o s e u n fa m ilia r w ith th e D e r e k T ru c k s B a n d a re b e tte r o ff p ic k in g u p

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O n e o f th e S tin g e rs 'fo u r re g u la r se a s o n lo sse s c a m e a t th e in d s o f th e R e d m e n a t C o n c o rd ia G y m o n J a n u a r y 16, a n d

T h e S tin g e rs g r a b b e d fo u r o f t h e ir 10 o ffe n siv e re b o u n d s a n d t h e R e d m e n c o m m it t e d th re e o f t h e ir 1 2 tu rn o v e rs in

t h e o ffe n ce , c a m e o ff a sc re e n , a n d h it a th re e o f h is o w n to e n d th e q u a r ­ ter. B u c k le y's t im e ly re ­ s p o n s e s to th e R e d m e n 's m in i-r u n s w o u ld q u ic k ly b e c o m e th e d o m in a n t

c G ill, as a re su lt, k n e w h o w to a tta c k t h e ir c ro ssto w n riv a ls in

t h e first six m in u te s , le a d in g to s e v e n e x tra p o s s e s s io n s fo r

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th e h o m e te a m . C o n c o rd ia 's d e fe n s iv e p re ss u re c o n s is te n tly fo rc e d M c G ill in to b a d sh o ts, a s th e R e d m e n m a d e ju s t o n e o u t o f io fie ld g o a ls o v e r th a t stre tch .

"W e c a m e o u t a n d w e w e re rattled," s a id M c G ill Flead C o a c h C ra ig N o rm a n . " C o n c o rd ia g o t a ll o v e r us, a n d y o u h a v e

"T h e re w e re s o m e k e y p o s s e s s io n s w h e n w e n e e d e d to g e t s o m e s to p s [on d e fe n ce ], a n d w e let th e m h a v e e a s y

to g iv e th e m a lo t o f c re d it for th a t. T h e y a tta c k e d us o n th e g la ss, th e y c a m e o u t t o u g h e r th a n us, a n d w e w e re p la y in g

baskets," s a id A n th o n y , w h o w e n t 0 -3 fro m d is ­ ta n c e . "W e n e v e r re a lly g o t to o c lo se , b e c a u s e w e ju s t sta rte d tra d ­ in g b a sk e ts. W e'd score, th e y 'd sco re , a n d w e c o u ld n 't s to p th e m d o w n th e stre tch . B y th e e n d , it

rd ia G y m n a s iu m . B ut th o s e 34 m in u te s c o u ld n 't e ra se th e im a g e d o n e in th e first six m in u te s , as th e S tin g e rs p a rla y e d i e a rly 1 6 -2 le a d in to an 8 0 -6 3 w in in th e s in g le -g a m e Q u e b e c

o b v io u s ly w eren't."

Buckley-up

c a t c h -u p fo r th e rest o f th e n ig h t. O v e r th e last 35 m in u te s , w e p la y e d th e m as h a rd a s w e c o u ld , b u t .. . w e d u g a h o le so b ig fo r o u rs e lv e s a n d w e ju s t c o u ld n 't c lim b o u t o f it."

T h e R e d m e n w e re le d , as a lw a y s , b y p o in t g u a rd M o u sta fa El Z a n a ty , w h o f in is h e d w ith 23 p o in ts a n d n in e a ssists. A n th o ­ n y g ra b b e d n in e r e b o u n d s to g o a lo n g w ith 17 p o in ts , b e fo re fo u lin g o u t w ith tw o m in u te s left.

B o th o f th e m w e re o u td o n e , h o w e v e r, b y C o n c o r d ia p o in t g u a rd D a m ia n B u c k le y . B u c k le y , w h o w a s n a m e d Q S S F M V P b e fo re th e g a m e , f in is h e d w ith 2 2 p o in ts , 10 a ssists, a n d o n ly o n e tu rn o v e r.

"Buckley was just unreal tonight," said Norman. "Jamal Gallier handled us down low, and Buckley killed us off the dribble."

G a llie r, th e S tin g e rs ' c e n tre w h o a t 6' / ' sto o d h e a d a n d s h o u ld e r s a b o v e e v e r y o n e e lse o n th e flo o r, s c o re d 12 p o in ts a n d g a th e re d 13 r e b o u n d s in o n ly 28 m in u te s . H is im p o s in g f ig u r e c lo g g e d th e la n e , a n d th e R e d m e n w e re fo rc e d to lin g e r o n th e p e r im e te r a s a re sult.

Too little, too late

CINDY LOPEZ

uckley (top left, bottom left) ran the show, while Anthony niddle) played in his final game in five years as a Redman.

T h e R e d m e n s te m m e d th e tid e a fte r t h e ir e a r ly s tru g g le s a n d f o u g h t b a c k b y h it t in g a s trin g o f t h re e -p o in te rs . B ut th e p e r im e te r s h o t— M c G ill's p r im a r y w e a p o n — p ro v e d to b e fic k ­ le, a s th e R e d m e n s h o t o n ly 27 p e r c e n t fro m b e y o n d th e arc.

W h e n th e s h o ts d id fall, a n d w h e n th e R e d m e n c h ip p e d a w a y a t C o n c o rd ia 's le a d , B u c k le y a n d th e S tin g e rs w o u ld q u ic k ly b u ild t h e ir a d v a n t a g e b a c k u p a g a in .

T h e R e d m e n c u t th e le a d to s e v e n p o in ts o n a s t ra ig h t­

w a s to o late."

T h e S tin g e rs ke p t th e le a d in d o u b le -d ig it s u n til a n El Z a n a t y m id ­ ra n g e ju m p e r c u t th e

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Quick Hits B u c k le y m a y h a v e le ft th e g y m w ith a w in a s Q S S F MVP, b u t a fe w R e d m e n d id n 't g o h o m e e m p t y h a n d e d , e ith e r. A n th o n y w a s n a m e d to th e Q S S F First T e a m for th e s e c o n d s t ra ig h t ye ar, a n d El Z a n a t y a n d W h ite w e re n a m e d to th e S e co n d Team .

T h e fu tu r e co re o f th e R e d ­ m e n h a d a ro u g h g a m e .

G u a r d M a tt T h o r n h ill, a n d fo rw a rd P a w e l H e rra sh o t a c o m b in e d 4 -1 7 fro m th e fie ld a n d 2 -1 1 fro m b e y o n d t h e arc.

G a la s 's 13 th g a m e a s a R e d m a n e a g e r w a s h is b e st. T h e C IS c a re e r le a d ­ er in fo o tb a ll re c e p tio n s h it a th re e , r o u tin e ly d is ­ ru p te d th e S tin g e rs ' p a s s ­ in g la n e s , a n d w a s in th e g a m e d o w n t h e stre tch

in s te a d o f W h ite . le a d to e ig h t p o in ts w ith fo u r a n d a h a lf m in u te s to g o , a n d th e R e d m e n a p p e a re d to h a v e s e iz e d th e m o m e n ­ tu m n e e d e d to g e t b a c k in th e g a m e . B u t d im in u t iv e S tin g e rs g u a rd D e c e e K rah n a ile d a t h r e e -p o in t e r fro m th e c o rn e r o n e m in u t e la te r th a t le ft M c G ill d e fla te d , a n d th e R e d m e n m a n ­ a g e d o n ly o n e m o re p o in t th e rest o f th e w ay.

The loss was an emotional one for seniors Anthony, El Zanaty and Erik Galas (who starred as a Redmen football wide receiver for five years before joining .the basketball team this year) as it marked their final game for the Red 'n'White.

"I w a s ju s t t r y in g to p la y u n til th e v e r y end," sa id A n th o n y .

"I ju s t d id n 't w a n t to g iv e u p . O n c e I p ic k e d u p m y fifth fo ul, a n d sa t d o w n a n d h e a rd th e b u zze r, it w a s ju s t a s h o c k . It s e e m s lik e y e s te r d a y I c a m e h e re — it ju s t c o m e s a n d g o e s so fast. R ig h t now , I'm in a b it o f a d a ze . .. . W h e n I c a m e o u t o f h ig h s c h o o l I h a d th e e x a c t s a m e fee lin g ." ■

a w a y t h r e e -p o in t e r fro m fo rw a rd M ic h a e l W h ite w ith 30 s e c ­

T H I R D M A N IN

W h e e l o f m isfo rtu n e here's a running joke on the Internet about a device used by NHL Senior Vice President Colin Campbell to assess suspensions: the Wheel of Justice. The story goes that whenever Campbell, the NHL's disciplinary czar, hears of an incident that could warrant a suspension, he does his best Bob Barker impression by spinning a giant wheel marked with different punishments. Like all good satire, it's a completely ridiculous premise. But it does hold a grain of truth.

As far as I can tell, the NHL has no guidelines for the length of suspensions beyond minimum punishments that are occasionally stipulated within the league's rulebook (for example, a minimum three game suspension for abusing an official). Suspensions are solely Campbell's domain. He plays the role of judge, jury, and executioner, and rarely re­ veals the method he uses to arrive at a decision. Appeals are subject to review by a completely impartial source: Camp­ bell's boss, and friend, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

The system needs to be changed now, and the urgency of the situation was highlighted this week when the league suspended the Stars' Steve Ott for one game for eye goug­ ing, with no explanation. Eye gouging is a serious offence and Ott has been suspended multiple times in the past, but Campbell offered no explanation for the lenient treatment afforded to Ott. If the league ruled the incident to be ac­

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cidental, why couldn't they explain that to the fans? Why is eye gouging worth only a one-game suspension, whereas biting an opponent costs a player two games? The system needs to be reformed, and it can be instituted in just three simple steps: Create a suspension rubric and make it publicly available. P u n s is h m e n ts s h o u ld fa ll w ith in a p r e d e te rm in e d ra n g e , w ith s p e c ia l a llo w a n c e s m a d e fo r re p e a t o ffe n d e rs a n d in fra c tio n s th a t c a u s e s e rio u s in ju ry . C o n s is t e n c y is k e y w h e n a d m in is t e r in g p u n is h m e n t , a n d rig h t n o w th e re is a b s o lu t e ly n o in t e g r it y in th e p ro ce ss. T h e A n a h e im D u ck s' C h r is P ro n g e r is t h e p o s te r b o y fo r th e le a g u e 's m a d d e n ­

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in g in c o n s is te n c y , s o m e h o w g e t t in g o n ly a s in g le -g a m e s u s p e n s io n for a v ic io u s e lb o w to th e h e a d o f D e a n M c A m m o n d in th e 2 0 0 7 S ta n le y C u p P la yo ffs (c o m p a re d to th e fiv e g a m e s g iv e n to b o th B re n d a n W itt a n d D e re k B o o g a a rd

tio n , b u t n o t e n o u g h h a s b e e n d o n e . T h e le a g u e n e e d s to g e t rid o f th e rid ic u lo u s p r o v is io n in th e C B A th a t e s s e n tia lly w ip e s a p la ye r's sla te c le a n e v e ry y e a r a n d a half, re q u irin g th e le a g u e to tre a t a n in fra c tio n a s a p la y e r's "first" if th e y

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la te m o re th a n th re e s u s p e n s io n s in t h e ir c a re e rs, so th a t tra in e d a p e s lik e P ro n g e r a n d S im o n d o n 't h a v e a c h a n c e to ra c k u p e ig h t c a re e r s u s p e n s io n s .

A n y c h a n g e w o u ld b e a n im p r o v e m e n t o v e r th e s e e m ­ in g ly ra n d o m p ro c e s s th e N H L c u rre n tly a p p lie s . A t th e v e ry le ast, te le v is e a liv e fe e d o f C a m p b e ll s p in n in g th e W h e e l o f J u s tic e , w h ile p la y e rs a w a it t h e ir a r b itra r y fate. ■

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PROFILE— KIM ST. PIERRE

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Just one of the boys E v e ry w in te r, fo rm e r C H L p la y e r A n d re St. P ie rre b u ilt a n ic e rin k b e h in d h is C h â t e a u g u a y h o m e , w h e re h is f iv e -y e a r -o ld d a u g h te r K im w o u ld p r a c tic e h e r fig u re s k a tin g ro u tin e s . But w h e n n e ig h b o u r h o o d b o y s c ro w d e d th e rin k to p la y h o c k e y a fte r s c h o o l, K im w a s in trig u e d .

"I h a d m y fig u re s k a te s o n a n d I ju s t to o k a h o c k e y stick," s h e sa id . "I fe ll in lo v e w ith th e sport."

Fro m th e n o n , " e v e ry th in g w a s a b o u t sports." St. P ie rre s p e n t h e r c h ild h o o d s h u fflin g fro m p r a c tic e to p ra c tic e : s h e s w a m a n d p la y e d te n n is , s o ftb a ll, a n d so cce r. B ut h e r first lo v e w a s a lw a y s h e r d e a re st.

B y th e tim e s h e w a s 11, St. P ie rre t u rn e d h e r fo c u s s o le ly o n h o c k e y — e s p e c ia lly g o a lt e n d in g . " T h e [C a n a d ie n s ] w e re m y fa v o u rite te a m w h e n I w a s y o u n g e r, a n d w h e n I first s ta rte d w a tc h in g th e m , P a tric k R o y w a s th e go alie ," St. P ie rre s a id . "S o I w a n te d to b e lik e h im som ed ay."

B u t h e r p a s s io n w a s a n u n c o n v e n tio n a l o n e in C h â t e a u ­ g u a y , w h e re g irls s im p ly d id n 't p la y h o c k e y . A s a re su lt, St. P ie rre p la y e d in b o y s' le a g u e s th ro u g h C E G E P , a n d w a s th e re ­ fo re m o re a c c u s to m e d to th e s p e e d a n d p o w e r o f m e n 's h o c k ­ ey, a s o p p o s e d to th e fin e s s e o f th e w o m e n 's g a m e . " B e ca u se I w a s u n u s e d to p la y in g w o m e n 's h o c k e y , I g o t c u t fiv e y e a rs in a ro w t r y in g o u t fo r th e n a tio n a l w o m e n 's team ," St. P ie rre re c a lle d . "But it d id n 't m atte r. I a lw a y s b e lie v e d th a t o n e d a y h o c k e y w o u ld w o rk o u t fo r m e . S o m a n y k id s,

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t h in g . B ut it's a ll a b o u t b e lie v in g in y o u r s e lf a n d y o u r d re a m s , a n d n o t b e in g a fra id o f b e in g d iffe re n t. Fo r m e , b e in g th e o n ly g irl p la y in g h o c k e y d id n 't m a tte r b e c a u s e th a t's w h a t I re a lly

So m a y b e it w asn't w ith th e guys, b u t still— it was hockey. N o w I'm glad I m a d e th a t decision."

w a n te d to do."

T h is p e r s e v e r a n c e p a id o ff in o n e w h ir lw in d ye ar. By 19 9 8 — h e r la st y e a r o f C E G E P — St. P ie rre h a d re s ig n e d h e rs e lf to a fu tu re p la y in g h o c k e y a s a h o b b y . B ut s h e g o t lu c k y : o n e S u n d a y n ig h t rig h t b e fo re g ra d u a t io n , th e n -M a r t le t s c o a c h D a n M a d d e n h a p p e n e d to w a tc h h e r p la y in h e r h o m e to w n .

E x cite d b y h e r g o a lt e n d in g s k ills . M a d d e n a p p r o a c h e d h e r a f­ te rw a rd s a n d in v ite d h e r to g o o n a to u r o f t h e M c G ill c a m p u s a n d c o n s id e r a p p ly in g .

"I w a s so s u rp ris e d to s e e t h e m in t h e ir b ig red M c G ill ja c k ­ e ts a fte r o n e o f m y g am es," St. P ie rre s a id . "I d o n 't t h in k I c o u ld e v e n s p e a k E n g lis h w ith th e m . W h e n t h e y a sk e d m e to a p p ly to M c G ill, I w a s t h in k in g no, w o m e n 's h o c k e y isn 't fo r m e . .. . I d id n 't s p e a k E n g lis h , I d id n 't h a v e a n y frie n d s g o in g there."

M c G ill d id , h o w e v e r, o ffe r th e c h a n c e to c o n t in u e p la y in g h o ck e y.

"That was th e o n e unim e to c o m b in e [acaso I k n e w th a t was "M cGill cam e into th e y gave m e a sue m y hockey

v e rs ity th a t c o u ld a llo w d e m ie s ] w ith h o c k e y , th e one," s h e said , th e p ic tu re a n d c h a n c e to p u r care er.

A s p o t o n th e M a rtle ts ro ste r g a v e St. P ie rre a c h a n c e to tra n sfe r th e s k ills she'd le a rn e d p la y in g m en's h o c k e y to th e w o m e n 's g a m e . A fe w w e e k s a fte r s c h o o l sta rte d , s h e g o t a p h o n e c a ll fro m th e n a t io n a l w o m e n 's te a m in v itin g h e r to h e r first tr a in in g c a m p . A n d b y th e 2 0 0 1 W o rld C h a m p io n s h ip s , sh e w a s t u r n in g a s id e fiv e s h o ts in 10 s e c o n d s d u r in g a p o w e r-p la y a g a in s t T e a m U S A as T e a m C a n a d a 's s ta rtin g n e tm in d e r.

For the record books St. P ie rre b ro k e 6 0 M c G ill w o m e n 's g o a lt e n d in g re c o rd s in fo u r y e a rs a s a M a rtle t. S h e ra n k s first a ll-t im e w ith t h e N a t io n ­ al W o m e n 's T e a m in g a m e s sta rte d , w in s , a n d s h u to u ts . A n d she's h a d p le n t y o f firsts: s h e w a s th e first w o m a n to b e c re d ­ ite d w ith a w in in a m e n 's C IS g a m e w h e n th e R e d m e n b e a t R y e rso n 5 -2 in N o v e m b e r 20 0 3. H e r je rs e y , o ffic ia l sc o re sh e e t, p u c k , a n d h o c k e y stic k fro m th a t g a m e a re o n d is p la y in th e H o c k e y H all o f F a m e in T o ro n to .

"I'm p ro u d o f e v e ry th in g ," s a id St. P ie rre . " W h e n I sta rte d p la y in g h o c k e y w ith th e b o y s in C h â t e a u g u a y , it w a s o n ly lo ­ c a lly . S o p la y in g w ith th e M a rtle ts, th e first tim e I w a s p la y in g w o m e n 's h o c k e y , w a s s o m e t h in g v e r y s p e c ia l fo r m e . .. . T h e n I g o t to g o to a fe w n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s a n d tw o O ly m p ic g a m e s . B u t n o th in g c a n b e a t th e O ly m p ic g a m e s . T h a t's th e b ig g e s t c o m p e t it io n th e re is o n e a rth , a n d y o u p la y w ith th e b e st a th le te s in y o u r s p o rt in th e w o rld . . .. S o m y first O ly m ­ p ic s in 2 0 0 2 w e re — a s it is rig h t n o w — m y fa v o u rite m o m e n t."

T h e 2 0 0 2 S a lt La k e C it y g a m e s w e re n 't o n ly s p e c ia l for St. P ie rre . H o ck e y, a lr e a d y C a n a d a 's n a tio n a l w in te r sp o rt, e x ­ p e r ie n c e d a n extra p a trio tic p u s h th a t y e a r as th e e n tire n a ­ tio n w a s c a u g h t u p in th e n o w -fa m o u s w o m e n 's a n d m en's h o c k e y d o u b le g o ld w in s o v e r th e " lu c k y lo o n ie " p la n te d at c e n tre ice. A t th o s e O ly m p ic s , St. P ie rre sta rte d fo u r o f fiv e g a m e s , s a v in g 73 o f th e 78 s h o ts s h e fa c e d e n ro u te to h e r first O ly m p ic g o ld m e d a l. "[At first,] it's ju s t a n o th e r h o c k e y g a m e ,"S t. P ie rre s a id o f th e g o ld m e d a l g a m e . " T h e n y o u fe e l lik e y o u 're o n a c lo u d .

T h e v e r y n e x t d a y is w h e n it re a lly h it m e , w h e n y o u g e t u p in th e m o r n in g a n d y o u h a v e n o m o re tr a in in g a n d y o u r g o ld m e d a l rig h t th e re at y o u r b e d s id e . ... I t h o u g h t a b o u t it n o t b e in g o n ly o n e h o c k e y g a m e , b u t th e re s u lt o f all th e y e a rs in sp o rts: th e tra in in g , d e te r m in a t io n , a n d e s p e c ia lly p e r s e v e r­ a n c e it to o k to m a k e it to th e O ly m p ic s . I k n o w n o t a lo t o f a th le te s a re a b le to m a k e it, a n d I w a s fo rtu n a te e n o u g h ."

A fte r re tu r n in g t r iu m p h a n t ly fro m th e S tates, a h o m e ­ to w n w e lc o m e p a rty a ttra c te d 5 ,0 0 0 w e ll-w is h e rs , a n d M c G ill h o n o u r e d St. P ie rre p r io r to a M a rtle ts g a m e a s th e first M c G ill s tu d e n t to w in a n O ly m p ic g o ld m e d a l s in c e G e o rg e H o d g s o n w o n g o ld as a s w im m e r in 19 12 in S to c k h o lm .

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O ly m p ic s , a n d re c e n tly m a d e h e a d lin e s a s th e s e c o n d w o m a to e v e r s k a te a lo n g s id e N H L p la y e rs. W h e n c u rre n t C a n a d ie n g o a lt e n d e r C a re y P rice c a m e d o w n w ith th e flu , St. P ie rre w a c a lle d in fo r a p r a c tic e s e s s io n . A fte r h a v in g d re a m e d o f te n c in g g o a l fo r th e H a b s a s a c h ild , h e r d re a m h a d a lm o s t c o m tru e . " W h e n I w o k e u p th a t m o rn in g , I w a s g e ttin g re a d y to g< tra in a s [usual]," s a id St. P ie rre . " T h e n I g o t t h e p h o n e c a ll, s< in s te a d o f g o in g to m y rin k I w e n t to th e C a n a d ie n s rin k . Ev

e ry th in g h a p p e n e d so fast___It was a special m o m e n t. In m m in d it h a d ju s t b e e n a p r a c tic e b u t th e n I re a liz e d it w a s a bi< deal."

Moving on St. P ie rre is c u rre n tly g e a r in g u p fo r th e V a n c o u v e r 201c O ly m p ic s , o n th e ice fo r fo u r p ra c tic e s a n d tw o g a m e s a w e e k o n to p o f d a ily w e ig h t a n d c a r d io tra in in g .

"It's g o in g to be a big deal," she said. "H avin g a c h a n a to c o m p e te a t th e O lym p ic gam es in m y o w n c o u n try — it': en o u g h to m o tiv a te m e everyd ay to w a k e up an d practice."

T h e 2 0 10 O ly m p ic s a re a ll th e m o re s p e c ia l fo r St. P ie rre a th e y m a y b e h e r last. " W h e n I g e t b a c k fro m th e O ly m p ic s , I'll sta rt th in k in ç a b o u t, 'D o I w a n t to k e e p d o in g th is , o r d o I w a n t a c a re e r?' s h e sa id ." I'm 30 y e a rs o ld now . Y o u d o n 't m a k e e n o u g h m o n e ) p la y in g hockey."

St. P ie rre c u rre n tly c o a c h e s a n d te a c h e s a t tr a in in g s c h o o l; in h e r s p a re tim e , a n d th in k s t e a c h in g p h y s ic a l e d u c a tio n s p o rts jo u r n a lis m , o r b e c o m in g a s p o rts a g e n t c o u ld b e in the c a rd s. F o r n o w , h o w e v e r, she's h a p p y to k e e p p la y in g fo r the M o n tre a l S tars o f th e C a n a d ia n W o m e n 's H o c k e y L e a g u e —i n o t-fo r-p ro fit o rg a n iz a t io n th a t d e p e n d s o n p riv a te d o n a tio n ; a n d c o rp o ra te sp o n s o rs .

"At s o m e p o in t, I re a lly h o p e th a t [the C W H L ] is g o in g to b e a p ro fe s s io n a l le a g u e so th a t little g irls c a n hope," St. Pierre s a id . " W h e n I first s ta rte d [p la y in g ], w o m e n 's h o c k e y w asn't v e r y p o p u la r a n d n o b o d y re a lly k n e w a b o u t it. A ll th e k id s w e re d r e a m in g o f t h e N H L . B ut n o w t h e y c a n s e e th a t t h e y ca n b e o n th e n a tio n a l te a m , g o to th e O ly m p ic s , o r m a k e it to th e C W H L . W e're s e ttin g u p a p la n rig h t n o w to m a k e it h a p p e n rig h t a fte r th e O ly m p ic s . It w ill b e a p ro fe s s io n a l le a g u e w h e re m a y b e s o m e o f th e US p la y e rs o r E u ro p e a n p la y e rs c o u ld c o m e a n d p lay. It w o u ld b e lik e th e N H L fo r w o m en ."

If th e C W H L tu rn s in to th e w o m e n 's N H L, a s o p p o s e d to a n o t-fo r-p ro fit o rg a n iz a tio n , th e n e x t g e n e ra tio n o f fe m a le h o c k e y p la y e rs w o n 't h a v e to g iv e u p p la y in g fo r f in a n c ia l re a ­ s o n s lik e St. P ie rre m ig h t s o o n h a v e to.

T h o u g h s h e n e v e r d id m a k e th e N H L , St. P ie rre c a n rest a ss u re d th a t h e r c a re e r is n o t s e c o n d -ra te . A fte r all, h o w m a n y a th le te s h a v e tw o O ly m p ic g o ld s a n d s ta n d a t th e to p o f th e ir le a g u e ? A n d a s fo r p la y in g w ith th e C a n a d ie n s — b e e n th e re , d o n e th a t. ■

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W h ile y o u w e re ly in g o n th e c o u c h d u rin g s p rin g b re a k , th e R e d m e n w e re h a rd a t w o rk in th e O U A E a st p la y o ffs .T h e ir b e s t-o f-th re e q u a r te r­ fin a l se rie s a g a in s t O tta w a w e n t to th re e g a m e s , a n d c u lm in a t e d w ith a 2 -1 w in o n F e b ru a ry 2 2 a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a . W ith th a t w in t h e R e d m e n c h a m p io n s h ip .

"O f co u rs e , it w o u ld b e n ic e to w in [the n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip ], a n d id e a lly th a t’s w h a t e v e ry o n e w ants," s a id S h e e ­ h a n . "B ut w e can 't lo o k to o fa r a h e a d . W e h a v e to g o g a m e b y g a m e , a n d w e h a v e to p la y C o n c o rd ia a g a in W e d n e s d a y n ig h t.

scored p o w e r-p la y g o a ls at 3:24 a n d 4:0 0 o f th e first p e rio d , b lo w in g th e g a m e o p e n w h ile th e ice w a s still fre sh . T h e w in w a s th e M a rtle ts' 18 th o f th e year, a n d to p p e d off th e ir s e c o n d c o n s e c u tiv e p e rfe c t s e a ­

Y ou d o n 't w a n t to lo o k to o fa r in to th e f u ­ ture . Y ou w a n t to sta y in th e p re se n t, a n d ju s t k e e p g o in g at th a t pace."

M c G ill w ill w e lc o m e b a c k t h e ir fo u r g o ld -m e d a l-w in n in g p la y e rs fro m C h in a in

s o n — th e first tim e a Q u e b e c s c h o o l h as

tim e fo r t h e ir b e s t-o f-th re e Q u e b e c s e m i­ fin a l s e rie s a g a in s t t h e S tin g e rs , w h ic h

a c c o m p lis h e d th a t feat.

"T h e tw o g o a ls rig h t o ff th e b a t w e re h u g e ," sa id S h e e h a n ." W e trie d to b u ild o u r c o n fid e n c e a n d o u r e n e rg y o n th e b e n c h , a n d d e fla te th e irs a little bit, so th a t w e se n t a m e s s a g e for th e playoffs."

W h e th e r o r n o t a m e s s a g e n e e d e d to

b e g in s a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a t h is W e d n e s ­ d a y at 7 p .m . G a m e tw o w ill b e at C o n c o r ­ dia's Ed M e a g h e r A re n a o n F rid a y a t 7 3 0 p .m . a n d , if n e c e s s a ry , g a m e th re e w ill b e p la y e d a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a o n S u n d a y at i p .m . If a ll g o e s a c c o rd in g to p la n , M c G ill

b e se n t is u p fo r d e b a te , as th e M a rtle ts c o m p le te ly d o m in a te d th e ir c ro ssto w n ri­ v a ls th is year. M c G ill o u ts c o re d C o n c o rd ia 54-1 in six g a m e s , a n d g o a lt e n d e r C h a r lin e L a b o n té s to p p e d 79 o f 80 sh o ts in h e r five

w ill fa c e th e w in n e r o f th e o th e r Q S S F s e m ifin a l b e tw e e n th e O tta w a G e e G e e s a n d th e C a rle to n R ave n s.

A n d th o u g h it m a y s e e m lik e a fo re ­ g o n e c o n c lu s io n th a t th e M a rtle ts w ill e n d

sta rts a g a in s t th e S tin g e rs.

B u t e v e n m o re im p re s s iv e is th e fa ct th a t th e M a rtle ts w e re m is s in g fo u r o f th e ir to p p la y e rs o n S a tu r d a y n ig h t. F o r­

u p p la y in g in A n tig o n is h , N.S. fo r a n a ­ tio n a l title fro m M a rc h 19 -2 2 , H e a d C o a c h P e te r S m ith is k e e p in g h is team 's fo cu s

w a rd s V a n e s s a D a v id s o n , A ly ss a C e c e re a n d C a r o lin e H ill, a lo n g w ith d e fe n d e r C a th y C h a rtra n d , w o n g o ld w ith T e a m C a n a d a a t th e W in te r U n iv e rs ity G a m e s in H a rb in , C h in a , o v e r th e w e e k e n d .

"W e w e re s h o rt [th o se fo u r p laye rs],

"It's h a rd to h a v e [a n a tio n a l c h a m p i­ o n s h ip ] a s y o u r goal," h e sa id . "O ur g o a l is o n e g a m e at a tim e . I g iv e o u r p a y e rs a n d o u r sta ff a lo t o f c re d it th a t w e d o n 't lo o k b e y o n d th a t. W e 've ta k e n it o n e g a m e a t a

so it w a s a b it o f a n a d ju s tm e n t," s a id S h e e ­ h a n . "But I w o u ld n 't sa y w e h a v e a n y k in k s to iro n o u t. W e ju s t w a n t to m a k e su re w e're fo c u s s in g o n s m a ll d e ta ils, a n d to p la y o u r g a m e — a s im p le gam e."

T h a t s im p le g a m e p la y e d o u t n ic e ly o n S a tu rd a y n ig h t, as a n u m b e r o f M a rt­ lets g o t in o n th e a c tio n a n d g a v e S t in g ­ e rs g o a lt e n d e r A u d r e y D o y o n -L e s s a r d a n ­ o th e r n ig h t to fo rg e t at M c C o n n e ll A re n a .

A le s s a n d ra L in d -K e n n y , A n n -S o p h ie B ettez, A le x a n d ra W e lls, a n d M a rie -A n d r e e L e c le rc -A u g e r, w h o a lso h a d tw o a ssists o n th e n ig h t, jo in e d S h e e h a n in th e s c o r­ in g c o lu m n .

S a tu rd a y n ig h t's w in w a s M c G ill's 47th in a ro w o v e r C a n a d ia n s c h o o ls . B u t e a c h g a m e in th e re g u la r se a s o n p a le s w h e n c o m p a re d w ith th e M a rtle ts' u p c o m ­ in g sla te o f g a m e s , a s th e y e m b a r k o n a

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;rs] in th e first ro u n d o f th e p layo ffs, so we w a n te d to m a k e su re th a t w e se n t a n e s s a g e rig h t away," sa id M cG ill's J a s m in e

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a d v a n c e d to th e O U A East s e m ifin a l a g a in s t th e T o ro n to V a rs ity B lu e s, w h o re c e iv e d a fir s t-ro u n d b y e as M id East d iv is io n w in n e rs d e s p it e h a v in g a w o rs e re co rd (14 -11) th a n d id th e R e d m e n (18 -8).

M c G ill sw e p t t h e ir a g e -o ld riv a ls in tw o g a m e s , w ith th e f in a le — a 6 -3 w in — c o m in g th is p a s t S a t­ u r d a y n ig h t in To ro n to .

F o u r m o n th s a g o , it s e e m e d a s if th e p la y ­ o ffs— let a lo n e th e O U A East f in a l— w o u ld b e o u t o f re a c h fo r th e R e d m e n . M a rtin R a y m o n d 's c lu b lo st its first fiv e c o n fe re n c e g a m e s , in c lu d in g tw o to th e U Q T R P a trio te s — a n e m b a r r a s s in g 7-3 lo ss a t h o m e o n O c to b e r 31, a n d a 3 -2 o v e r t im e ro ad lo ss o n N o v e m b e r 5— w h o h a p p e n to b e M c G ill's fo e in th e b e s t-o f-th re e E a ste rn fin a l th a t starts to n ig h t.

"W e've g ro w n a s a te a m [sin ce th e b e g in n in g o f th e year]," s a id R a y m o n d . "But th e re a re still a lo t o f t h in g s w e d o n 't lik e a b o u t o u r c lu b . T h e fact th a t w e 'v e b e e n s u c c e s sfu l s in c e C h ris t m a s is n o d o u b t a p o s itiv e , b u t th e re a re s o m e a re a s w h e re w e n e e d to c o n t in u e to g ro w . .. . I d o n 't lik e th e fa c t th a t w h e n w e ta k e a t h r e e - o r f o u r -g o a l le a d , w e h a v e a t e n d e n c y to sit b a c k a n d b e c o m e m o re c a u tio u s . T h a t a llo w s th e o th e r te a m to g e t b a c k in to th e g a m e . .. . W e n e e d to h a v e th a t k ille r in ­ s tin c t a n d w o rk e th ic. W e 've d o n e it at tim e s , b u t w e h a v e n 't d o n e it c o n siste n tly."

T h e R e d m e n d id it in t h e ir first p la y o ff g a m e

a lly g a v e u s a h a rd tim e , e s p e c ia lly in th e th ird . W e to o k a 5 -1 le a d , b u t th e y c a m e b a c k a n d m a d e it 5-3. If th e y w o u ld h a v e s c o re d t h e ir fo u rth g o a l, th a t w o u ld h a v e p u t a lo t o f p re ss u re o n us w ith 12 o r 14 m in u te s left. T h e y w e re n a il-b it in g g a m e s , re g a rd le s s o f th e score."

G o a lt e n d e r K e v in D e sfo ssé s, a m id -s e a s o n im p o rt fro m th e B in g h a m to n S e n a to rs — a n O t­ ta w a S e n a to rs fa rm te a m in th e A m e r ic a n H o c k e y L e a g u e — sta rte d all fiv e p la y o ff g a m e s fo r M c G ill.

H e h a s a s p a r k lin g .915 p la y o ff s a v e p e rc e n ta g e , h a v in g s to p p e d 10 7 o f 117 s h o ts a g a in s t th e G e e G e e s a n d V a rs ity B lu e s, a n d h a s k e p t th e R ed 'n' W h ite in e a c h o f t h e ir p la y o ff g a m e s — M cG ill's lo n e lo ss o v e r th e p a st w e e k a n d a h a lf w a s a 3 -2 d e c is io n in g a m e tw o o f th e q u a r te r fin a l, in O t­ ta w a o n F e b ru a ry 20.

U Q TR p o s e s m o re o f a c h a lle n g e fo r th e R e d ­ m e n , w h o h a v e n o w w o n 2 2 o f 28 g a m e s d a tin g b a c k to th a t f iv e -g a m e lo s in g stre a k th a t o p e n e d th e c o n fe re n c e se a s o n .

"P layo ffs g o v e ry q u ic k ly , a n d in te rm s o f o u r p re p , th e re 's n o t m u c h ch a n g e ," s a id R a y m o n d .

"M o st t e a m s p la y in a v e ry s im ila r w a y [b e tw e e n th e re g u la r s e a s o n a n d th e p layo ffs], so fo r us, it's n o t a d iffe re n t ty p e o f se rie s. W e k n o w it's g o in g to b e h a rd , w e k n o w w e're p la y in g a te a m th at's m o re ta le n te d th a n [O ttaw a a n d T o ro n to ], b u t in te rm s o f th e w a y th a t w e p re p a re o u rs e lv e s, th e re 's n o t m u c h d ifference."

M c G ill w o n th e ir n e x t tw o g a m e s a g a in s t th e P a trio te s — a 4 -3 o v e rtim e h o m e w in o n J a n u a r y 3 1, a n d a 4 -3 ro a d w in o n F e b ru a ry 6— a fte r d r o p ­ p in g th o s e first tw o , so there's re a so n fo r o p t i­ m is m . A t r ip to th e 2 0 0 9 U n iv e r s ity C u p , h o s te d th is y e a r b y L a k e h e a d U n iv e r s ity in T h u n d e r Bay, O n t., is c e r t a in ly w ith in re a ch .

a g a in s t th e G e e G e e s , a 5 -1 w in at h o m e o n F e b ru ­ a ry 18. B u t R a y m o n d w a sn 't c o m p le t e ly p le a s e d w ith h is te am 's p e r fo rm a n c e in th e se rie s c lin c h e r a g a in s t th e V a rs ity B lu e s o n S a tu rd a y .

"B o th g a m e s [a g a in s t T o ro n to ] w e re to u g h ,"

G a m e o n e is t o n ig h t at 7:0 0 p.m ., a n d th e te a m s w ill fa c e o ff a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a th is F rid a y a t 7 p .m . fo r g a m e tw o . If th e se rie s is tie d a t 1-1 a fte r tw o g a m e s , g a m e th re e w ill b e S u n d a y at 7

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SPRING 2009 Referenda - Notice of Questions Re: Athletics and Recreation Facilities Improvement Fund W h e re a s athletics and recreation Is an integral part o f student life on campus

Re: General Assemblies Constitutional change Whereas the SSMU general assembly is the only forum in SSM U’s governance structure which provides direct democracy;

Whereas for the past 27 years, since 1982, students have contributed to the Athletics andRecreation Facilities Improvement fund in order to build state-of-the-art facilities to meet student demand;

Whereas the more specific regulations governing $SM U ’s other decision-making structures are found in the SSMU by-laws,

W h e re a s a final aggregae o f student œntributions will aUow for the development o f the remaining unused space in the Athletics Complex;

W hereas placing the specific regulations governing General Assemblies in the by-laws rather than in the constitution would allow for greater flexibility and efficiency in the General Assembly process,

W hereas McGill University’s McGill Fund Council is committed to matching student contributions dollarfor-dollar, W h e re a s current M cGill athletics facilities and programs operate near o f at full op acity, Do you support a renewal of student contribution to the Athletics and Recreation Facilities Improvement Fund by agreeing to contribute $10 per semester for the next five years in order to both complete the

Do you agree that the current section of the constitution regarding General Assemblies be changed to the following?(Proposed changes can be seen at www.electionsmcgill.ca) Yes/No Re: McGill Undergraduate Students’ Fund (MUSF) Whereas the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Access Bursaries support the objective of affordable and accessible post-secondary education for those in need, and have done so since 1999;

development of the Athletics Complex and create additional space for student use and activities in order to meet the current student demand? Yes/No

Whereas the SSMU Campus Life Fund provides support for student projects, events, conferences, publi­ cations, productions, and athletic teams and can be applied to by any on campus group;

Re: QPIRG Referendum Question W hereas QPIRG-McGill has not increased its opt-outable membership fee since its founding in 1988; W hereas had this fee been tied to inflation, it would have increased by $1.84; W hereas the fee is not tied to inflation, lowering the real-dollar value o f the 3$ per semester fee by almost 4 0 % ; Whereas QPIRG-McGill’s activities have expanded, and not decreased, in spite of this lowered funding; Whereas the increase in QPIRG-McGill’s activities has been focused on on-campus activities including student-run Working Groups, RadFrosh, and SchoolShmool;

W hereas the SSMU Library Improvement Fund is administered by students in consultation with libraries and has contributed close to 6 .6 million dollars in expanding library collections and services, including the introduction o f 24 hour access; Whereas the University and its Alumni, as represented by the McGill Fund Council, have committed themselves to matching the Access Bursary Fund and the Library Improvement Fund contributions dollar-for-dollar.

Whereas any student can and will be able to opt-out of each of the three fees of the MUSF separately, and for a full refund; Do you agree to increase the accessibility of student resources at McGill University by contribut­

Whereas QPIRG-McGill no longer possesses the adequate resources to fund all these activities, in spite

ing $ 19 jOOper semester as a full-time undergraduate student ($ 9 5 0 as a part-time undergraduate

of securing many outside funding resources;

student) to the MUSF to be collected by the University on behalf of the SSMU for the next five (5) years

Whereas QPIRG-McGill remains committed to accessible opt-outs for anyone wishing to do so;

recognizing that this m oney will b e distributed as: a.

Do you agree to increase the opt-outable QPIRG-McGill fee by seventy-five cents ($0.75) per fall and winter semester? Yes/No Questions?: contact@electionsmcgill.ca

$8.50 ($4.25 part-time) to the Access Bursary Fund

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$2.00 ($1.00 part-time) to the Campus Life Fund

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$8.50 ($4.25 part-time) to the Library Improvement Fund

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