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PGSS executives disappointed with CFS Annual General Meeting Dispute arises over group’s delegate registration

d e n ts ’ A n n u a l G en eral M e e tin g in G atin eau . “ O f th e m o tio n s w e p u t forw ard , very, v ery fe w p a ssed . O n e I w a s p articu larly d is

TORI CRAW FORD News Editor

c id e n t that a ro se w h e n th e P G S S d e le g a te s at te m p ted to r eg iste r fo r th e m e e tin g o n th e first day.

e v e r c o s t s .” A fte r d isc u s sio n and th e receip t o f a leg a l letter fro m P G S S c o u n s e l, h o w e v e r , th e d e l

ap p o in ted o v e r w a s th e creation o f a ju d ic ia l

“A s w e a ttem p ted to reg ister w e w e re . ..

b oard ,” sa id D a n ie l S im e o n e , P G S S presid en t.

p r esen ted a d o c u m e n t w h ic h [C F S -N a tio n a l

that th is d o c u m e n t w a s th e resu lt o f certain

“A fu n d a m en ta l p r in c ip le o f stu d en t d e m o c

Treasurer D a v e M o le n h u is] c la im e d w e w o u ld

p r o v isio n s o f th e m o tio n s p u t fo rw a rd b y the

e g a te s w e re a llo w e d to enter. M o le n h u is sa id

A fte r p u ttin g forw ard 4 3 m o tio n s for re

racy is that there sh o u ld b e so m e o n e to ap p eal

h a v e to sig n b e fo r e e v e n en te rin g th e c o n fe r

P G S S that the C F S -N a tio n a l fo u n d to b e in

fo rm , e x e c u tiv e m em b ers o f the P o st G rad u

to w h o ’s n o t th e p erso n m ak in g the d e c is io n s

e n c e . .. and w h ic h said that in th e c a s e that

v io la tio n o f th eir s t a f f ’s c o lle c t iv e ag reem en t.

a te s ’ S tu d en t S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e r sity

in th e first p la c e , b u t th is p ro p o sa l w a s so u n d ly

a n y o n e file a g r ie v a n c e a g a in st u s fo r h a ra ss

“T h ere w a s a req u est to s ig n a d o cu m en t

w ere d isa p p o in te d w ith th e o u tc o m e o f this

r eje cte d .”

m en t, that th e P G S S w o u ld b e o n th e h o o k for

o u tlin in g h o w th ere is a c o lle c t iv e a g reem en t

all arbitration c o s ts , all le g a l c o s ts , a ll w h a t

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CAMPUS

Bylaw reforms elicit concern

Gardner films “All Star” lip dub

C o n tin u e d fro m co v er

Video inspired by UQAM lip dub

th o s e s o n g s w h er e y o u d o n ’t w a n t to ad m it

p o p u la tio n , and that e a ch stu d en t u n io n w o u ld

it, but e v e r y o n e k n o w s a ll th e ly r ic s — a 9 0 s

that g o v e r n s th e rela tio n sh ip b e tw e e n the F ed

o n ly b e a b le to h o ld a referen d u m e v er y fiv e

c la s s i c — and s o it ju s t w o r k e d .”

era tio n and its s ta ff that n e e d s to b e u p h eld ,

y ears. A c c o r d in g to C F S b y la w s , an y a m en d

O n c e th ey s e le c te d th e S m a sh M o u th

ST EV E N H O FFE R News Editor

sin g le , a gro u p o f G ard ner c o u n c illo r s w ere

and s o [th e P G S S ’s] sta ted in ten t to distrib u te

m en t to b y la w s req u ires a tw o -th ird s m ajority

p o te n tia lly m a lic io u s or h ara ssin g in fo rm a tio n

o f v o tin g m e m b er s presen t. H o w e v e r , a c co r d

w h ic h w o u ld s e e k to term in ate an e m p lo y e e .

in g to Jo h a n n so n , th ere w a s c o n tr o v er sy o v e r

F or th o se M c G ill stu d en ts w h o w e re n ot

and le ft to ch o reo g ra p h their part. S ig n s w ere

W ell that w a s o b v io u s ly u n a cc e p ta b le ,” he

w h eth er a b sten tio n s w o u ld b e co u n te d in th e

resid en ts o f G ard ner H a ll, th e n o rth ern m o st

p o sted and e m a ils w e re se n t in v itin g a n y inter

sa id . “ It’s m y jo b [as sta ff rela tio n s officer]

n u m b er o f v o tin g m em b ers presen t.

r e sid e n c e u s u a lly se r v e s th e p u rp o se o f m a k

e ste d r esid en ts to m e e t in th e c o m m o n r o o m to

in g y o u f e e l b etter ab ou t “at le a s t n o t h a v in g

b riefly g o o v e r id ea s.

to try to r e s o lv e that situ a tio n . . . and ju s t in d is c u s s in g that situ a tio n w ith th e d e le g a te s I secu red an a g reem en t that th e d e le g a te s w o u ld r esp e ct th e m s e lv e s in a r esp ectfu l m an n er and that o b v io u s ly s u ffic e d .” W h ile M o le n h u is sa id that th e P G S S w a s n ’t s in g le d o u t fo r sp e c ia l treatm en t and that th e C F S -N a tio n a l d id n ot in an y w a y at

“The atmosphere of the meeting was such that there was an us and a them. ... I can tell you that there was definitely a binary that was created.” —Laban Mahabadi, PGSS VP External

tem p t to in flu e n c e th e v o tin g o f in d iv id u a l d e l

e a ch a ss ig n e d a se c tio n o f the ca m era route

to w a lk that far up th e h ill.” B u t n o w G ard ner resid en ts are g a in in g n o to riety fo r so m e th in g

A f e w p ra ctice runs, three ta k es, and a bit o f e d itin g later, G ard ner had its fin al produ ct.

o th er than b e in g h on ou rary first y ea r m o u n

“O n c e w e a c tu a lly started d o in g it, a lo t

tain c lim b e rs. T h e stu d en ts o f G ard ner H a ll

o f p e o p le en d e d up d o in g there o w n th in g and

r ec en tly p r o d u ced a lip d u b — a s in g le sh o t lip -

ad d in g little to u c h e s that k in d o f ju s t h ap pen

sy n ch ed m u s ic v i d e o — that is w in n in g praise

o r g a n ic a lly — th e w h o le th in g c a m e to g e th er so

around ca m p u s an d h a s a lread y g a rn ered 5 ,0 0 0

m u ch b etter th an I th o u g h t it w o u ld ,” sa id C o -

h its on Y ou T u b e.

D ir ec to r C h éri H e s sa m i. “I th o u g h t it w o u ld b e

“ I f y o u w ere ju s t to take th o s e n u m b ers,

T h e id e a c a m e up d u rin g a d is c u s s io n at a

a lo t harder to g e t p e o p le in to it and g e t th em

there’ w o u ld b e tw o thirds. B u t y o u ’re n o t su p

G ard ner c o u n c il m e e tin g o v e r h o w to p ro m o te

to d o th eir o w n th in g , but p e o p le h o n e s tly g o t

“T h e a tm o sp h ere o f th e m e e tin g w a s su ch

p o s e d to take th o s e n u m b ers,” sa id Joh an n son .

the r e sid e n c e d u rin g o p e n h o u se w e ek en d .

th e id e a , e v e r y o n e w a s o n th e sa m e p a g e and

that th ere w a s an u s and a th em . S o an y th in g

“I t’s a m atter o f rea c h in g tw o th ird s, n o t a m a t

“W e w e r e lo o k in g to g o o v e r and a b o v e

that had a lo c a l 7 9 p ro p o sa l or a n y th in g that

ter o f d e fe a tin g th e o n e third. S o th e is s u e is

th e standard in term s o f recru itin g p e o p le to

e g a te s , P G S S V P E x tern al L ad an M a h ab ad i c la im s that th is w a s n ot the ca se.

that a b sten tio n s w e r e n ’t co u n te d . .. I k n o w the

G ardner,”

m o st lik e ly b lo c k e d ,” sh e said . “I d o n ’t k n o w

m o tio n p a sse d , b u t I k n o w I c a n ’t m o r a lly a c

T y ler L a w so n . “W e h a v e b e e n rea lly h a p p y

sp en t m o n e y o n p iz z a to co n g ra tu la te e v e r y

c e p t that at th is p o in t.”

w ith rez lif e and w a n ted to sh o w p e o p le h o w

o n e o n a jo b w e ll d o n e.

n o t, but I ca n te ll y o u that th ere w a s d e fin itely a bin ary that w a s c re a ted .” S o m e o f th e refo rm s that d id p a ss, h o w ev er, h a v e a lso e lic ite d co n c er n fro m S im -

M o le n h u is, fo r h is part, sa id that w h ile

G ard ner C o u n c il

P resid en t

O th er than 2 0 d o lla rs w orth o f p o ster board and p ro p s, O ram sa id that c o u n c il o n ly

w a s a ss o c ia te d w ith th e reform p a c k a g e w a s i f that w a s th e d o in g o f the n a tion al e x e c or

sa id

had th e sa m e v is io n .”

m u ch fu n w e had b een h a v in g .”

th e m o tio n d id in d e e d p a s s, a n y issu e s sur

T h e p op u lar U Q A M lip d u b o f th e B la ck

r o u n d in g it in th e futu re w ill b e d ea lt w ith b y

E y e d P e a s ’ h it “ I G otta F e e lin g ,” e m er g ed as a

the C F S N a tio n a l E x e c u tiv e .

p o ten tia l c o n c e p t to fo llo w .

D e s p ite p r o d u cin g th e en tire v id e o o v e r th ree d a y s , it w a s w e ll r e c e iv e d b y paren ts o f p r o sp e c tiv e stu d en ts at th e o p e n h o u se . “W e w o u ld g e t tw o ty p e s o f p a ren ts,” said

e o n e , M a h a b a d i, and C F S -Q u e b e c P resid en t

“ In th e m e e tin g th e ch a ir h ad a ru lin g,

“W e ju s t sa id , ‘is th is rea listic? C an w e d o

O ram . “T h ere w e r e so m e that sa id ‘o h that

G reg o ry J o h a n n so n . T h e M o tio n -6 refo rm s,

an d that ru lin g w a s u p h eld b y th e floor. A n y

th is? ” ’ sa id C a m O ram , G ard n er’s v ic e -p r e s i

lo o k s c o o l, y o u g u y s put a lo t o f e ffo rt in to th is

o f th e o th er b y la w m o tio n s w e r e n 't h eld to an y

d en t fin a n ce and co -d irector. “ A n d w e d e c id e d

v id e o and it lo o k s g r ea t’ and th en w e w o u ld

o th er d iffe re n t stan d ard ,” h e said. “I f there are

to g o for i t — g iv e it a s h o t— w h y n o t? ”

g e t th e parents w h o w o u ld b e lik e ‘Is that a se x

su b m itted by th e C a rleto n G rad uate S tu d e n ts’ A s s o c ia tio n , w h ic h p a s se d w ith 4 4 in favou r, 19 a g a in st, and fiv e a b sten tio n s, a m e n d e d the C F S b y la w s s o that o n ly tw o stu d en t u n io n s w o u ld b e a b le to h o ld d e fe d e ra tio n r efe re n

is s u e s , w e w ill d ea l w ith th e m as th e n ation al e x e c u t iv e .” In

ad d itio n , th e se

b y la w

a m en d m en ts

A f e w so n g id e a s w e re to ss e d a r o u n d —

d o ll? ' [B u t] i f th e y ’re c o m p la in in g a b ou t that,

in c lu d in g A q u a ’s “ B a rb ie G irl” — b efo re the

m a y b e G ard ner h a ll is n o t th e rig h t r esid en ce

o b v io u s c h o ic e em erg ed .

for th e m .”

d u m s in a n y th ree-m o n th p erio d , th e nu m ber

w ill n o t a p p ly to o r g a n iza tio n s w h o h a v e a l

“ S o m e o n e p la y e d ‘A ll S ta r ’ and w e w ere

o f sig n a tu res req u ired to in itia te a referen d u m

read y su b m itted referen d u m p e titio n s, w h ic h

lik e ‘y e a h , that c o u ld d e fin ite ly w o r k ,” ’ sa id

w o u ld d o u b le to 2 0 p er c e n t o f th e stu d en t

in c lu d e s th e P G S S .

O ram , w h o acts as cam eram a n . “It’s o n e o f

CITY

Student group Making Waves Montreal receives prestigious award Forces Avenir award honours work with special needs kids

c ia l program that s e e k s to e n c o u r a g e Q u e b e c stu d en ts to b e c o m e m o d e ls n o t o n ly for their f e llo w stu d en ts but fo r s o c ie ty at large, e x p la in e d M a r ie -N o ë lle C ô té , d irector o f p u b lic

KYLA M ANDEL Contributor

rela tio n s and se le c tio n for F o rc es A venir. “I r em em b er that th e c o m m itte e sa id that M a k in g

th e y w e re very, v e ry e n th u sia stic a b ou t th is

W a v e s r ec en tly r e c e iv e d th e F o rc es A v en ir

p rogram ,” sa id C ô té. “T h e m em b ers o f the

aw ard in th e c a teg o r y o f m utu al aid , p e a c e ,

M a k in g W a v e s program w e re v ery p a s s io n

and ju s tic e fo r 2 0 0 9 .

a te .”

M c G ill

stu d en t

o r g a n iza tio n

M a k in g W a v es M o n trea l p r o v id e s s w im

T h e F o rc es A v en ir ju ry w a s a lso im

m in g le s s o n s to ch ild re n w ith a w id e ran ge o f

p r e sse d w ith th e n u m b er o f stu d en ts in v o lv e d

d isa b ilitie s, fro m a u tism to h ea rin g im p air

in M a k in g W a v e s, as w e ll as its e x te n s io n to

m en ts, and w h o d o n ’t h a v e a c c e s s to a fford ab le

o th er sc h o o ls.

sw im m in g in stru ctio n . It se e k s to “break th e

“ A n d n o w it is in o th er u n iv e r sitie s, s o it ’s

in e q u a lity [crea ted b y ] ch ild ren w ith sp e c ia l

great b e c a u se it ’s g r o w in g , and th at’s im p or

n e e d s n o t h a v in g a c c e s s to affo rd a b le s w im

tant,” said C ôté.

m in g

in stru ctio n ,”

sa id

M a tth ew

M oran tz,

p resid en t o f M a k in g W a v es M on treal.

MICHAEL GA RFIN KLE

A ch ap ter o f M a k in g W a v es started in S e p te m b e r at M cM a ste r U n iv e r sity , and in

M a k in g W a v es M o n tr e a l r e ceiv ed th e F o r c e s A ven ir a w a rd fo r 20 0 9 .

“C h ild ren w ith se v e r e d isa b ilitie s ty p ic a l

January there w ill p o te n tia lly b e ch ap ters at

ly a ren ’t a b le to fu n ctio n in [grou p ] e n v ir o n

D a lh o u s ie U n iv e r sity , th e U n iv e r sity o f T o

F o rc es A v en ir aw ard w ill d e fin itely h elp u s e x

I th in k that sw im m in g is an a c tiv ity that a lso

m en ts . . . th e y n e e d p rivate in stru ction w h ic h

ron to, the U n iv e r sity o f O ttaw a, an d th e U n i

pan d [and] g iv e u s th e reso u r ce s to crea te an

g iv e s th e m a se n s e o f sa fe ty and secu rity.

is g e n e ra lly q u ite c o s tly ,” said M a tth ew M o

v e rsity o f B ritish C o lu m b ia .

o r g a n iza tio n c a lle d M a k in g W a v e s C a n a d a .”

T h e y ’re a ctu a lly lea rn in g a sk ill in ste a d o f ju st

“ I think it’s a n ic e r e c o g n itio n o f ou r w ork

rantz,

H illa ry P o st, h ead in stru cto r w ith M a k in g

lea rn in g h o w to p la y g a m e s ,” sa id P o st. “It’s

in M o n tr ea l,” sa id M oran tz. “T h ere h a v e b een

W a v es M o n trea l, s e e s m an y b e n e fits in te a ch

r e a lly im p ortan t to tea ch p e o p le h o w to b e sa fe

y ea rs a g o , is g iv e n to stu d en ts in r e c o g n itio n

o v e r 10 0 k id s that h a v e c o m e th rou gh our

in g s p e c ia l n e e d s ch ild ren to sw im .

around w ater, I th in k th a t’s w h a t w e ’re g iv in g

o f th eir extracu rricu lar a c tiv itie s. It is a p ro v in

program and that h a v e learn ed to sw im . T h e

T h e F o rc es A v en ir aw ard, created

“ S w im m in g is a lo w -im p a c t sp ort, and

th em in te a ch in g s w im m in g .”

Curiosit^Delivers

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CITY

PROVINCE

Bixis hibernate Quebec sets ambitious goal for GHG reduction for the winter Provincial aims surpass federal government objectives

Students reflect on bike service’s inaugural season

K A T R IN A S IE N IU C Contributor

SA M A N TH A CO O K Contributor

Yesterday was the last day of the inaugu ral Bixi season in Montreal. The innovative public bike service’s first year ran from May through November, serving the downtown core of Montreal. As of November 1, in antici pation of the first snowfall, the least-used Bixi stations were removed and the overall number of bikes was reduced. The length of the Bixi season is partly determined by the City of Montreal’s munici palities. Most bike paths were closed as of No vember 15 to prepare for snow removal. Bixi stations, which are found primarily in park ing lanes, had to be removed to comply with City timelines. To accommodate Bixi users, the service was slowly reduced, giving each station and its users approximately 24 hours notice before bike removal. While the service has received many ac colades, including gold in the Canadian Public Sector Leadership Awards Not-For-Profit cat egory, and the Quebec Corporate Citizen of the Year Award, users of the service have had varied experiences. “I thoroughly enjoyed them,” said Josh Wortsman, a third-year student. “But I thought that the free half-hour before being charged was frustrating.” To some, it was unclear that there was a flat fee associated with taking out a Bixi even if the bike was returned within the half-hour period. Because the stations and website state that the first half-hour is free, students did not realize that their credit cards were being charged for the service. Bastien Ostroff, U l, had the same prob lem. “It’s not free. I didn’t know that,” said Ostroff. “You get your credit card bill, and it’s five dollars. I thought if you returned it within a half hour, it would be free.” Ostroff and his brother had also heard horror stories from other Bixi users, such as a friend who took a bike home overnight after being unable to find a stand, and subsequently found a $150 charge on her credit card. Despite issues locating parking and what people perceive as hidden fees, students over all seem to enjoy Bixis. Bixi appears to be aware of many of the frequent problems experienced by users. Their website includes articles and diagrams about how to make a left turn onto a busy street, how to dress for fall weather, and a video about the technicalities and reasons for removing the stations by the end of November. The adminis tration at Bixi has been attempting to fix major and minor problems, by sending trucks out during the day to redistribute Bixis between stations. Paper maps showing the closest Bixi stations were also installed, but they only dis play station locations, not how full or empty a station is at any one time. That information is still only available through the Bixi site.

Coinciding with the upcoming global Co penhagen climate change conference, Quebec is set to announce its new platform for green house gas reduction sometime in the coming weeks. Last week the provincial government announced an ambitious target of 20 per cent reduction below 1990 greenhouse gas baseline levels by the year 2020 that far surpasses the goal of the federal government, which is only three per cent reduction below 1990 levels. Compared to other provinces, Quebec is the leader in GHG reduction targets in Canada. Ontario is next, with a target of 15 per cent below 1990 levels, followed by British Co lumbia and New Brunswick with 11 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. Quebec plans to present their position during the December 7-18 Copenhagen Unit ed Nations conference where world leaders will meet to set and discuss greenhouse gas reduction targets. Nevertheless, according to Ioana Radu, editor of the blog Montreal En

vironment, Quebec’s high target is not likely to have much influence on Canada’s overall image since the conference focusses only on national-level targets. Nationally, Canada has not met its original Kyoto-based targets, but instead has steadily increased GHG emissions since 1990. Current emissions are 26 per cent above 1990 levels, making the country among the top 10 global warming polluters in the world, according to the David Suzuki Foundation. Quebec, how ever, has reduced its emissions since 1990, increasing only 1.6 per cent in 2008, and pro duces half the national average for provincial GHG output. According to Radu, it may be difficult for Quebec to influence the federal government to follow their lead for two reasons. First, Quebec has vast hydro resources that reduce its dependency on fossil fuels and increase its opportunities to introduce systems that reduce C 0 2 emissions, such as electric cars. The sec ond reason is that since provinces have local regulatory powers, the federal government must account for regional context that turns into “a complicated game of province versus province.” For example, Alberta is determined to comply only with the federal standards;

therefore, even if Quebec has strong higher targets, overall national emissions will not change as dramatically. Quebec has been considering different measures to meet its projected targets. As summarized by Montreal Environment, ideas include energy efficiency, increased use of public transportation, implementing a carbon tax, enacting a cap-and-trade system, and in troducing electric cars. Radu said that other possibilities are pollution control, changes in agriculture and forestry practices, and carbon capture and storage. Radu said that the effect of Quebec’s rediction targets on individuals and industry are hard to estimate. She noted that lifestyle changes will be required by Quebecers to meet the ambitious 20 per cent target. Some ex amples include increasing one’s use of public transportation, turning down the heat and air conditioning in one’s home, using energy ef ficient light bulbs, and buying local produce. In terms of the cost to government, Radu said this is also difficult to estimate. “Governments shy away from putting a dollar value, especially given the still shaky economic situation around the world,” she said.

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Lincoln University introduces mandatory weigh-in program Students above BMI level must complete fitness course M ATT ESSER T Contributor

In an effort to promote healthy living, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has in stituted a program that requires students to maintain a healthy body weight. Announced last week, the plan stipulates that students who weigh in with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or over must complete a fitness course in order to be eligible for graduation. Lincoln University is America’s first de gree-granting historically black university and is located near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. As it stands now, 24 of the 92 students who weighed in with a BMI over 30 have not registered in the required fitness course and face the risk of not being able to graduate.

Although the program may have been designed with the best of intentions, it has al ready been met with criticism. Monique Lauzon, a nutritionist at McGill, believes that this program is unfair and will be ineffective. “I can understand what they are trying to do,” said Lauzon. “But to single out and im pose on overweight students—this program is, in my opinion, not very effective. Studies have shown that in order to achieve long-term posi tive lifestyle changes, participants need to be invested in a program, not forced into it.” Lauzon added that McGill is more inter ested in providing students with information on healthy eating and trying to promote a healthy lifestyle, rather than forcing such ac tivities on students. “I believe the best approach is to give university students the knowledge they need and the opportunity to adopt healthy lifestyle habits. Promoting exercise and encouraging healthy changes in behaviour and reinforcing

this message to all of the university commu nity is more sound.” Dr. James L. DeBoy, professor and chair of Lincoln’s department of health, physical ed ucation and recreation has been busy defend ing the plan. In a letter to his faculty, DeBoy explained the justification behind the policy and urged the university to stand its ground. “The rationale for [HPR 103: Fitness for Life and its placement policy] was to address the national epidemic of obesity and its myriad co-morbidities: heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, selected cancers, and musculo-skeletal disorders—diseases that disproportionately affect people of colour,” he wrote. “I implore you to ‘stay the course’ in re taining our HPR 103 graduation policy not for reasons of gamering praise but rather so that we might make a difference. Our students— indeed, the nation—needs us to step up.” A somewhat similar program was at tempted at Harvard University last year and

garnered equally harsh criticism. In order to inform students about their choices in the caf eteria, the university displayed an index card with an item’s nutritional information next to every dish on offer. This caused an outrage from parents and students who claimed that this kind of information would only add to the stress and anxiety of students who are trying to balance academic stress with body image issues. The calorie cards were removed from their place next to the food, but the informa tion is currently available online and at an in formation desk. A recent report from America’s Health Rankings anticipated that obesity rates will continue to grow at an alarming pace. The es timation is that by 2018,43 per cent of Ameri cans will be clinically obese. The report also indicated that obesity will cost Americans $334 billion in medical expenses by 2018.

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Yale professor discusses reproductive tourism and Islamic bioethics Inborn examines assistive reproductive technology LAUREN HUDAK Contributor

Last Thursday, Yale professor Marcia Inhom gave a seminar at McGill addressing the bioethics of reproductive tourism, highlight ing the paradox in Islamic countries regarding assistive reproductive technology, or ART. Assistive reproductive practices began in the United Kingdom in 1978 with the birth of Louise Brown, the first “test-tube baby.” Other assistive reproductive practices include multifetal pregnancy reduction, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), ooplasmic transfer, and cryopreservation of unused embryos. Inhorn said that several Western na tions—including Italy, Norway, Canada, and Great Britain—have enacted strict legislation prohibiting some, or all, forms of gamete do nation, especially anonymous gamete donation and gestational surrogacy. Such restrictions have led citizens of these countries to travel elsewhere for these services, a practice known as reproductive tourism. “Young women in these countries may comprise a vulnerable population of egg do nors compelled out of economic necessity to sell their ova in the local marketplace. There is a newly recognized category that is being described now as one of the traveling foreign egg donors, a woman who receives economic mobility through the sale of her body parts,” said Inhom. “In the world of sperm donation, the world’s major supply of sperm is Denmark. I always think that the world is going to be overtaken by blonde, Viking men because their sperm is being sent around the world,” said Inhorn. Inhorn also said that the constraints faced by infertile couples on their quest for ARTs are still widely unknown. However, in the Middle

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East the Islamic faith has proven to be the biggest deterrent in certain aspects of these technologies. Yet the ART industry is growing rapidly in the Middle East, which is apparent in the hundreds of IVF (in vitro fertilization) clinics. “This fluorescence of mostly private Middle Eastern ART industry is not surprising because Islam encourages the use of science and medicine as solutions to human suffering. Yet relatively little is known about Islam in technoscience,” said Inhom. Looking to answer this last question, In hom began a multi-sited study among poor, urban women in Egypt in the late 1980s. After several disputes with the Egyptian secret po lice, Inhom continued her study in Lebanon. This was followed by a study of an “Arab” community in United States near Detroit, Michigan, composed of mostly Shi’ia Mus

lims, as well as a project in Iran. Inhom will conclude the study in the United Arab Emir ates this January. “[Professor Inhom] spends months and years developing relationships. She manages to get access to people and can hear and learn their stories,” said Wilson Will, a PhD. candi date at McGill. These relationships and stories allow other researchers to understand the influence of religion on scientific and technological practices, particularly in the Middle East. “Understanding the rapidly evolving moral, religious reasons surrounding ART in the Muslim world, in my view and the view of my colleagues, is very imperative. To do so requires examining fatwas, or non-legally binding, yet nonetheless, very authoritative re ligious decrees which are issued by important leading clerics,” said Inhom.

The overlap of religion and politics is evi dent in IVF practices. While IVF is permitted, Islamic authorities prohibit third party dona tions. This means that no donor eggs, sperm, embryos, or gestational surrogacy is permit ted, according to Inhorn. “In terms of Islamic ethics, Muslim au thorities consider the transmission of repro ductive material between persons who are not legally married to be a major violation of Islamic law,” said Inhom. “This sensitivity stems from the fact that Islamic law has a strict taboo on sexual relations outside wedlock.” In effect, one cannot receive third party donation anywhere in the Sunni world. “Artificial insemination by donor is con sidered adultery and leads to confusion regard ing the lines of genealogy,” said Inhorn.

SSMU in review P r e s id e n t - I v a n N e ils o n

Since taking office in June, the Tri bune has been impressed with SSMU President Ivan Neilson’s even-handed and professional approach to the presi dential portfolio. In that time, Neilson has strengthened SSMU’s relationship with Elections McGill, effectively motivated his vice-presidential team, and has proved a competent leader for SSMU. The Tribune applauds Neilson’s hir ing of Elections McGill Cheif Electoral Officer Michael Vallo and the two Speak ers of Council—competent individuals who reflect well on Neilson’s judgement.

Neilson is also a gifted communi cator. He speaks clearly and concisely. Nevertheless, the Tribune would encour age Neilson to play a more active role at Council meetings, steering trivial debate back on course. We would also like to see Neilson be a more visible and forceful presence—he sometime seems to be overshadowed by his VPs. The poorly-written and ill-con ceived public letter about Choose Life is one case where Neilson seemed to defer too much to his VPs. We would have liked to see him temper their reactions and pro duce a more thoughtful response.

The Tribune has been pleased with SSMU VP University Affairs Rebecca Dooley’s improvements as an executive since elections last spring. Working with administrators, Dooley has done impres sive work fighting the good fight against H1N1, sitting on various committees, and acting as an effective bridge between stu dents and the university. Dooley has also collaborated well with U3 environment student Jonathon Glencross in develop

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VP Finance and Operations Jose Diaz has done a good job managing a difficult portfolio. We are especially impressed with his work on the operations side of his responsibilities. Diaz is very active in Gert’s, and we hope that with his contin ued involvement we will see even more improvements. Selling food at Gert’s was a good, and profitable, idea, and al though there is always talk of a redesign for Gert’s, we like Diaz’s idea of a contest

ing and promoting the Sustainable Proj ects Fund, which passed overwhelmingly during the fall referendum period. The sustainability project is an initiative that Dooley began during the summer, and the Tribune is glad to see its continued progress. If Dooley’s timid performances at Senate are any indication, we are wor ried that she may not be forceful enough in representing student interests. Dooley is smart and articulate—we’d like to see her stand up for her convictions.

open to McGill students for design ideas, as that would bring out the best the com munity has to offer. When it comes to fi nancials, no news is good news, and it’s a positive sign that we’ve had little to report on from that side of the portfolio. We’d like to see Diaz be more active at council meetings, where he has been much quieter than he was last year. There is also still a lot of work to be done on Haven Books, though we are unsure how Diaz could turn it into a worthwhile service.

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In most years, the VP external’s port folio tends to fly under most students’ radar. However, Ronderos-Morgan has worked tirelessly this semester to reverse this. He has been extremely accessible to both students and the media, helping to in crease the transparency of his position. On the community outreach side, RonderosMorgan has worked actively with Milton Parc residents, including doing damage control following Frosh and organizing the upcoming Holiday Fair. His political efforts have also been extensive, keeping a close watch on the status of Bills 38 and

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The Tribune had high expectations for SSMU VP Clubs and Services Sarah Olle coming into this year. And, so far, Olle has delivered on her promise. Olle is competent, pragmatic, and organized. What’s more, she knows the job inside and out. During the Choose Life contro versy, Olle was the voice of reason. She remained relatively impartial and facili tated debate, speaking maturely to both Choose Life executives and protestors. The decision to split activities night

It’s best to think of SSMU Council as a necessary evil—a tedious and self-ag grandizing body that ultimately does more good than harm. This year’s Council is competent, if slightly disappointing. Too much time is wasted debating trivial points, asking questions that could have been avoided by simple research or a modicum of com mon sense, and obsessing over symbolic motions with little practical application. Large issues, like the cancellation of SnowAP, the continued struggle of Haven Books, or the allocation of $70,000 for the creation of a new club room beside the

cafeteria, seem to have been barely no ticed by councillors. We also oppose the frequent usage of “secret ballots” on important votes. Stu dents deserve to know how their represen tatives voted. If councillors don’t have the conviction to stand behind their decisions, then they shouldn’t be in student politics. On the bright side, the censure, and later suspension, of Choose Life was the correct decision. In addition, the Speakers of Council are competent and well orga nized. And there are some councillors and executives who actually fight for students’ interests—rather than speaking to hear the sound of their own voice.

44 and also playing an important role in TaCEQ, the new student lobbying organi zation. At Council, Ronderos-Morgan is often the most active and articulate of all the executives, speaking out on a range of issues, from the status of Choose Life to efforts to gain payment for education stu dents completing their stages. Our one criticism, however, is that it sometimes seems as if Ronderos-Morgan lets his personal opinions influence his comments too much. As executives, we hold them to a higher standard and expect that their conduct will reflect the views of their constituency.

over two nights was sensible. The event was well-organized and well-advertized. Likewise, it was successful, drawing sizeable crowds both nights. Olle also wrote, and championed, the ambassador fee—a newly minted $1.00 semesterly fee for off-campus funding. The Tribune applauds Olle’s work on this fee. The am bassador fee now allows student groups to apply for funding to travel to competi tions or conferences. The Tribune hopes that Olle contin ues to govern and represent students in a similar fashion next semester.

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Between Frosh, Four Floors, a new beer contract, and the decision to cancel January’s SnowAP, It has been an event ful semester for SSMU VP Internal Alex Brown. Brown excelled at planning the events that give the “party portfolio” its name. Frosh and Four Floors were both extremely successful. She also impressed us by satisfying the demands of the Engi neering Undergraduate Society and sign ing a joint beer contract with the Boréale and McAuslan Breweries, While her decision to cancel SnowAP was ultimately correct—losses in excess of $15,000 for a two-week event are ob scene—we feel that the decision-making

process could have been better handled. It seemed as if Brown wanted to slip the cancellation in under the radar, with as little publicity as possible. We would have liked broader consultation on the type of events students would like SSMU to host, and the relative merits of SnowAP. Next semester we would like to see Brown improve upon her outreach to stu dents. Events like Coffee with the SSMU Execs and the Fall General Assembly have had low attendance, and while we chalk this up to student apathy more than any failing of hers, we still think she can improve on her advertising efforts. It’s tough to get students to care, but we’re confident Brown can make some head way next semester.

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is meant to imply that Obama (and those who share his most fundamental principles, i.e. the sanctity of human rights) supports some kind of all-encompassing doctrine of pelting small Muslim children with bunker-busting bombs, all in the service of, well, I don’t know what the implication is. The problem with rubbish like hers is that you have to sort of fill in the blanks yourself. O BAM A, BUSH , AND PEACE Ms. Celada—and I’m taking her as rep Every McGill undergraduate and prob resentative of a wider mode of, for lack of a ably a majority of graduate students achieved better term, “thinking”—caricatures her oppo political consciousness during the Bush presi nents as belligerent “neo-conservatives” ach dency. It was our first introduction to a collec ing perpetually for war and death and gore and tion of political, economic, religious, social, record-level oil production at every available and moral problems that we in the humanities opportunity, who will not cease the Hallibur and the social sciences examine every day at ton-financed war for global fascism until the university. The events of those years shaped blood of every vegan, queer, Aboriginal, art our way of looking at life’s essential questions. ist, disabled person (mentally, physically, or Therefore, if we claim to have any interest in, otherwise), dark person, poor person (prefer or opinion of, current affairs, it is of the utmost ably hungry and ridden with environmentallyimportance to examine and explain what ex caused disease), pro-choicer, and member of other non-normative groups, drips from their actly we’ve learned. For instance, many have decided that the mouths like the melted chocolate dripping Bush years reveal pacifism as the only pass from glorious summer s’mores. This is the implication and the unreflecable road to peace. An October 15 letter to the McGill Daily made things quite explicit: tive assumption that has been internalized in “Obama, you should be surprised about your the absence of serious dialogue regarding the Nobel Prize. Especially since you still have events of the last decade. An unbelievable troops in Iraq and you finance all your satellite- amount of students believe the Bush years countries’ wars as well. You still have a good demonstrate not only the futility, but also the part of your country believing that peace is immorality, of deploying military forces in any capacity whatsoever. As a Hyde Park in the achieved by war and that killers are heroes.” Cute. Pithy. Almost poetic. But before Daily recently posited, the mere presence of we get carried away, I don’t think it’s quite as the Canadian military on campus for Remem simple as Adriana Celada, U2 animal biology, brance Day last month was an affront to any student with a conscience. would have you believe. What’s the prescription being offered? Glancing over her identification of each individual among the international troops That every military in the world immediately serving in Iraq, each and every one, as a cold disband? That the international community blooded killer—without bothering to inspect deploy—instead of troops—magical fairy the not terribly minor consideration of just dust to disarm the world’s sadists of both their war theory as it influences the premises of her weapons and their malign intentions to use conclusion—and leaving aside whether Ms. them on Afghan girls with the gall to attend Celada was encouraged in her animal biology high school? It's a shame that ostensibly intelligent courses to dissect all the important thought McGill students insist on publicly displaying behind the debates over those profoundly con testable matters, let’s see whether she has any their incapacity for nuanced thinking. The lack of any response to Ms. Celada’s snappy corre idea what the hell she’s talking about. The issue is precisely whether “peace is spondence in the Daily was extremely discour achieved by war,” as Ms. Celada so piquantly aging. If her view remains dominant even after labels it. However, her articulation, while sim its encounter with what some scholars have plistic and obtuse, is also intentionally crafted called, “the real world,” that world will have to mirror the bizarre propaganda surrounding the scars to prove it, if it survives at all. it. The use of the present tense, “is achieved,”

W H Y I ’ M N O T A S C IE N T IS T

In a little-noticed announcement, Presi dent Barack Obama launched a new campaign last week to encourage young people to pursue careers in math and science. The campaign, dubbed Educate to Inno vate, encompasses a variety of separate initia tives. Sesame Street, the popular children’s television show, has promised to focus more on science and math. The Science Channel will gear a portion of its programming toward middle school students. And President Obama will begin holding an annual science fair at the White House. “Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as

role models, and here at the White House, we’re going to lead by example,” Obama said at the campaign’s launch. “We’re going to show young people how cool science can be.” President Obama’s goal is a laudable one, but it’s unlikely that his new campaign will en courage more young people to study science and math. When I read about the president’s new initiatives, I asked myself why I hadn’t chosen to major in biology or physics rather than history. The answer, I’m convinced, is the miserable scientific education I received in middle school. As President Obama and Arne Duncan, his secretary of education, rightly perceived when setting up Educate to Innovate, middle school is a crucial period in a child’s educa tion. It’s when students start following class schedules and begin a gradual process of spe cialization that continues through high school and university. Of the three science teachers I had in mid dle school, one was mediocre and two were downright incompetent. Ms. Hoerrmann, my sixth grade science teacher, both physically

W H ER E 101 BELO NG S

Ah Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language: the famous piece of legislation passed 33 years ago that turned Schwartz’s into Chez Schwartz, that reaffirmed French as the sole official language of Quebec, and that limited access to public primary and secondary education in English in Quebec to those whose parents were educated in English in Canada. Hate it or love it, Bill 101 is here to stay. However, the debate over 101 seems to have intensified as of late. Last weekend, a proposal to apply 101 to public daycares was debated at the Parti Québécois national coun cil meeting, and endorsed by PQ leader Pau line Marois. This discussion came on the heels of former PQ leader and Premier Bernard Lan dry’s call for the province to extend Bill 101’s provisions to cover CEGEPs. Despite being a member of the PQ and the Bloc, I have mixed views on these proposed changes. The proposal to limit access to English language public daycare is worthy in theory. However, its implications would be a night mare. The public daycare system is already overloaded, and long waiting lists force par ents to pay for private daycare. Restricting access to English daycares would overload French daycares that already struggle to keep up with the demand. Daycare can also be a dif ficult time for children as it is often the first time spent away from their parents. Restrict ing a child’s language of instruction could make a difficult time even more stressful for both parent and child. Nonetheless, there is some merit to this idea. It’s easier to learn a language at a young age, therefore, while I would not use Bill 101 to restrict access to daycares, I would encour age English daycares to provide a bilingual environment. When the children learn the colours of the rainbow, they should learn them both in English and in French. These children should learn to sing “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” as well as “Tête, Épaules, Génoux, Pieds.” Even if their formal educa tion is in English, these children will likely

and mentally resembled a pile of mud. And Ms. Tooke, my teacher in the eighth grade, was even worse. Not only did she frequently turn to the brighter students for help in under standing the material, but on many days she couldn't maintain control of her class. It’s not necessary to receive an inspira tional education in middle school, but a poor one handicaps students once they get to high school. My science teachers in high school were pretty good, but by this point I was al ready uninterested in science. If President Obama is serious about reforming science education in the United States, he needs to improve the quality of the country’s teachers. Most students don’t choose to major in a particular discipline because of programs like the one the president inaugurat ed last week, but rather because of the teachers who inspired them. Though it sounds cruel to say, both Ms. Hoerrmann and Ms. Tooke should have been sacked. Removing bad teachers, however, is a lengthy and difficult process in most states, and for this reason schools rarely make the ef

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need to speak some French in their work and personal lives if they stay in Quebec. On the other hand, Landry’s suggestion to apply 101 to CEGEPs is a horrible idea. The idea behind the CEGEP system was to offer a quality pre-university or technical education to all Quebecers, at little cost, emphasizing accessibility. Limiting access to English CE GEPs would hamper this accessibility. Landry argues that since nearly half of immigrants choose to attend English post secondary institutions despite having studied at French primary and secondary schools, Bill 101 is not working well enough. However, this isn’t problematic if these students are rea sonably proficient in French (as they would have to be to graduate from a French second ary school). Many francophone and allophone students decide to study in English because it is the language of North American power, and the global lingua franca. The primacy of the English language has nothing to do with English Quebec, or English Canada; it’s due to the immense power of the United States—and American reluctance towards bilingualism— as well as the extensiveness of British coloni zation. Speaking English allows francophone and allophone students to study and work in other parts of Canada, the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere, while unilingual French students’ horizons will be limited. I would recommend that instead of re stricting access to English CEGEPs, the government should implement standardized French graduation examinations. Students would have the right to study in the language of their choice, however, if they study in Eng lish, they should have to write a French exam, specifically tailored to their program to receive their degree. For example, if a student studies science at John Abbott College, he will have to pass an exam showing knowledge of basic science-related French vocabulary to graduate. Teachers will instruct in English, but students will also learn the basic vocabulary necessary to express themselves in French. Eventually, I would also like to see this type of regulation apply to universities. That’s right all you Torontonians, Americans, and Vancouverites, you would have to learn a bit of French to graduate from McGill. Voyonsdonc! You’re in Quebec, and your education is subsidized. It’s time you show Quebec taxpay ers some respect. This is Justin’sfinal column for the Tribune. He graduates at the end o f this semester.

fort. Happily, President Obama and Arne Duncan are taking steps to change that by es tablishing the Reach for the Top fund, which provides $4.3 billion in education funding to state governments. The catch is that only states whose laws allow student performance to influence teachers’ pay are eligible for the money. Though there are admittedly problems with measuring student performance—stan dardized tests are the most common method, which can encourage teaching to the te s tprominent individuals from Bill Gates to Jeb Bush have hailed the president’s initiative. The president’s Reach for the Top fund will benefit the country if it enables schools to reward good teachers and remove bad ones. Persuading children to study science begins not with television programs, but with improv ing the quality of America’s science teachers. This is Theo’s final column for the Tribune. He will join the Tribune editorial board next se mester.

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c u s e d batterers. T h o u g h is s u e s o f m e n ’s rig h ts and in ju s

a g in g to m e n in w a y s that are a lso d a m a g in g to

o f m e n ’s a c tiv ist gro u p R A D A R (R e sp e c tin g A c c u r a c y in D o m e s tic A b u s e R e p o r tin g ) w h o

tic e to w a rd s m en d e se r v e a tten tio n , th e an ti

fe m in is ts fig h t fo r fa th e rs’ rig h ts a s a m ea n s o f

gath ered in W a sh in g to n th is O cto b er to lo b b y

fe m in is t ap p roach e m p lo y e d b y R A D A R and

co u n te r in g th e so c ia lly sa n ctio n e d n o tio n that

a g a in st is s u e s su ch as fa ls e a lle g a tio n s o f rape

m a n y o th er m e n ’s righ ts g r o u p s in b a ttlin g

nurturer or c a re g iv e r m u st b e a fe m a le -o c c u

and d o m e stic v io le n c e , u n re c o g n ize d d o m e stic

th e se is s u e s is c o u n terp ro d u ctiv e and ala rm

p ied ro le. A cen tral o b je c tiv e o f th e fe m in ist

T h e article w a s trig g ered b y th e a c tio n s

T H E F IG H T F O R M E N ’ S R IG H T S

D isc r im in a tio n a g a in st m en h a s, under

w o m e n . F o llo w in g th is lin e o f r ea so n in g , m a n y

v io le n c e aga in st m e n , and c h ild c u sto d y righ ts

in g ly reaction ary. R A D A R ’s attem p t to take

m o v e m e n t is d e b u n k in g g e n d e r ste re o ty p e s,

fo r d iv o r c e d fath ers.

fu n d in g a w a y from “d isc r im in a to r y ” w o m -

e v e n w h en th ey a p p ly o n ly to m en.

M a n y w o m e n , and n o t o n ly th o s e w h o

e n ’s -o n ly sh elters, rather than fig h tin g fo r re

M a le v ic tim s o f se x u a l h a ra ssm en t, d o

id e n tify as fe m in is ts, are ou tra g ed b y th e m e a

so u rc e s fo r m a le v ic tim s o f d o m e stic v io le n c e

m e stic v io le n c e , and rape d e se r v e to b e r ec

su res th e se gro u p s h a v e tak en . R ath er than

and se x u a l h a ra ssm en t, e p ito m iz e s th is in e f

o g n iz e d and tak en se r io u sly , m o th ers sh o u ld

a d d ressin g th e n e g a tiv e im p a ct that patriar

fe ctu a l m eth o d o lo g y .

n ot b e u n ju stly fa v o u red o v e r fath ers in ch ild

W h ile it ’s true that all h u m an rig h ts are

c u sto d y p r o c e e d in g s , and in d iv id u a ls o f b o th g en d e r s d o n o t d e se r v e to b e s y s te m ic a lly

sta n d a b ly p erh a p s, n e v e r o c c u p ie d a p r o m i

c h y and g en d er ste r e o ty p e s h a v e o n m e n and

n en t p o s itio n o n th e fe m in is t a g en d a . R e ce n tly ,

c a llin g for c h a n g e , R A D A R c h o o s e s in stea d to

m e n ’s righ ts and that h isto r y is e s s e n tia lly a

h o w e v e r , th e rise o f th e m e n ’s righ ts m o v e m e n t

u n d erm in e the p r e v a le n c e o f rape and d o m e s

m e n ’s righ ts m o v e m e n t, d isc r im in a tio n a g a in st

lim ite d and harm ed b y rig id so c ia l d e fin itio n s

has le d m e n ’s righ ts g ro u p s and fe m in is ts a lik e

tic v io le n c e a g a in st w o m e n . R e ly in g on h yp er

m e n sh o u ld b e a fe m in is t c o n c e r n b e c a u se m a le

o f m a scu lin ity . F e m in ist c o n c er n s and m e n ’s

to c a ll is s u e s s p e c ific to m a le id en tity in to

b o lic c la im s and se n s a tio n a lis m — s u g g e s tin g ,

and fe m a le rig h ts are in e x trica b ly in tertw in ed .

rig h ts are n o t m u tu a lly e x c lu s iv e , and sh o u ld

Slate’s w o m e n -

fo r in sta n ce , that d o m e stic v io le n c e la w s rep

T h o u g h a patriarchal s o c ie ty o p e r a tes fo r m a le

m eet o n th e c o m m o n g ro u n d o f s e e k in g g e n

DoubleX en title d “M e n ’s

resen t “th e la rg est r eg r essio n in c iv il righ ts

b en efit, so c ie ta l stan dards o f m a sc u lin ity are

d er e q u a lity — th e iro n y o f it a ll is that w e ’re

R ig h ts G ro u p s are B e c o m in g F rig h te n in g ly

sin c e th e Jim C ro w era” — R A D A R su c c e e d e d

a lso h arm fu l to m e n in real w a y s w h ic h d e

b o th fig h tin g th e sa m e b attle. A s fe m in ist

in b lo c k in g th e p a s sa g e o f se v e ra l d o m e stic

se r v e to bb a c k n o w le d g e d . R ig id d e fin itio n s o f

G lo ria A n za ld u a s u g g e s ts, “ M en , e v e n m ore

ten d in g b e y o n d th e fe m in is t b lo g o sp h e r e as to

v io le n c e b ills , su ch as the V io le n c e A g a in st

m a sc u lin ity w h ic h n arrow ly ca st m en in to a g

than w o m e n , are fe tte r ed to g e n d e r r o le s . . .

w h eth er fe m in is m sh o u ld e n c o m p a ss is s u e s o f

W o m en act. It is a lso w orth n o tin g that m an y

g r e s s iv e , m a c h ism o , b r e a d -w in n in g r o le s are

W e n e e d a n e w m a sc u lin ity and th e n e w m an

m e n ’s righ ts.

o f th e m o v e m e n t’s lea d ers are th e m s e lv e s a c

d a m a g in g to m e n , and further, th ey are d a m

n e e d s a m o v e m e n t.”

q u estio n . A r ecen t a rticle o n o rien ted w e b z in e

E ffe c tiv e ” h a s spurred c o n te n tio u s d eb a te e x

n ad ian F ed era tio n o f S tu d en ts o n b e h a lf o f th e

a m an k iss in g anoth er m an is so m e sort o f d e s

D a ily . T h o u g h H a le and I are b oth un dergrad s,

perate lo w .

and n o n -m em b er s o f the C F S , sh e atten d ed as

G ro w up. — W illia m M . B urton

L ik e M a tth ew H o d g e tts, I h a v e g ra v e

U 3 L ettres e t T rad u ction F ra n ça ises

c o n c er n s a b ou t th e “graduate stu d en t” d e l

a d e le g a te o f th e M c G ill P o st G rad uate S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty , o v e r o b je c tio n s o f P G S S c o u n c illo r s . It su rp rises m e that a stu d en t n e w s p a

C o m m en ta ry

C o m p en d iu m !

B ren d a n is w ro n g m in d ed .

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w a s a d e le g a te . B e in g a P G S S d e le g a te m ea n s

ed itor,

T h e M c G ill D a ily

p er that p rid es it s e lf in its a u to n o m y w o u ld h a v e a rep orter c o v e r an y e v e n t in w h ic h sh e

In d ig n a tio n !

Re: “Letter to the editor: Can we go too?” by Matthew Hodgetts (24.11.09)

e g a tio n th e P G S S se n t to th e m e etin g o f our na tio n a l stu d e n ts’ u n io n , th e C a n a d ia n F ed era tio n o f S tu d en ts. In d iv id u a ls w h o are n ot M c G ill grad u ate stu d en ts but w e re id en tified

O u trage!

as “ s t a f f ’ w e re th e m a jo rity o f th is d e le g a tio n , ra isin g se v e ra l issu e s . O f th e se is s u e s , the

W e d o n ’t k n o w i f P G S S or th e D a ily p aid

Re: “Letter to the editor: Can we go too? ” by Matthew Hodgetts (24.11.09)

[E ditor’s note: Hale claims to be paying the delegate fe e s herself.] In

A s a current m em b er o f th e P o st G raduate

d o n ’t k n o w i f th e se “ s t a f f ’ are d u ly h ired e m

S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty C o u n c il, I h a v e w itn e ss e d

p lo y e e s o f th e P G S S . E v e n i f th ey are, M c G ill

I w a s g r ee ted w ith “th e T alib an r e g im e is e v il,

th e s e c ir cu m sta n ce s, h o w is a D a ily reporter

first-h and th e im p lic a tio n s o f w h a t M a tth ew

grads d o n ot k n o w nor d o th e y un derstand w h y

and it h a d an a g e n d a to su pp ort th o se w h o

su p p o se d to “ a b id e b y an e th ic o f fa ir n e ss,”

H o d g e tts (“C an w e g o to o ? ” letter) h a s rig h tly

p e o p le fro m o u tsid e th e graduate stu d en t c o m

so u g h t th e d o w n fa ll o f th e W estern w o r ld .” A

as req u ired b y th e D a i l y ’s S ta tem en t o f P rin

c a lle d th e P G S S E x e c u tiv e ’s “d u b io u s a d d i

m u n ity are b e in g h ired a s resea rch ers. W e ’v e

n ic e b la n k et sta tem en t sa n s argu m en t b rou gh t

c ip le s ? D id sh e e v e n try to f o llo w th e se p rin

tio n s ” to its d e le g a tio n to th e C a n a d ia n F e d

heard th e se “ s t a f f ’ w e re req uired to p ay their

forth , g o o d reg u rg ita tio n o f c o n se r v a tio n p ro

c ip le s as an e m b e d d e d jo u rn a list? In stead o f

eration o f S tu d en ts n a tio n a l m e e tin g th is past

o w n w a y , w h ic h is inap p rop riate fo r a n y e m

p a gan d a. N o w , h ere I m u st cla r ify that I am not

w ritin g a b ou t th e o v e r w h e lm in g c h a lle n g e s

w e e k . T h e P G S S E x e c u tiv e d e c id e d to se n d a

p lo y e e , th o u g h it s u g g e s ts n o n e o f th e se in

a su p p orter o f th e T alib an or an y o th er r eg im e

fa c in g C an ad ian stu d en ts lik e c lim b in g tu ition

s e v e n -p e r s o n d e le g a tio n to th e C F S m e e tin g

d iv id u a ls are a c tu a lly P G S S sta ff. A n d i f in

that is “e v il.” T h e real p ro b lem a rises w h e n he

f e e s and th e p riv a tiza tio n o f p o st-se co n d a r y

c o n s is tin g of: three P G S S m e m b er s and fo u r

d iv id u a ls c o u ld p ay th eir o w n w a y to atten d

ed u c a tio n , sh e sp en t h er tim e tw e e tin g that sh e

u n dergradu ate stu d en ts fro m a cro ss th e c o u n

su ch a m e e tin g , w h y w a s n ’t that o p tio n m a d e

tra d e— o n e o f th e m o st tro u b lin g is s u e s fa c in g

had n o frien d s at the c o n fe r e n c e an d fe lt e m o ,

try (E rin H a le o f th e M c G ill D a ily and stu d en ts

a v a ila b le to graduate stu d en ts first?

A fg h a n ista n to d a y .” T rue, the p o p p y trade is a

w h ile at th e sa m e tim e o v e r -m a g n ify in g the

fro m th e u n iv e r sitie s o f V ic to ria , C a rleto n ,

H o w e v e r , th e m o re se r io u s is s u e ra ised

tro u b lin g issu e , b u t it is n o t fu n d in g th e T a li

intern al d issen t and d isc o r d o f a m in o rity o f

and O ttaw a). T h is h ap p en ed w ith o u t c o n s u lt

b y su ch “ sta fP ’-h e a v y d e le g a tio n s is o n e o f

b a n , w h o had that sh it o n lo c k -d o w n in th eir

an gry d e le g a te s (lik e ly th e o n e s sh e w a s e m

in g C o u n c il, and w h en I ra ised an e m e r g e n c y

d em o cra cy . T h e P G S S ’s “e x e c u tiv e te a m ” can

b ed d ed w ith ).

m o tio n to a d d ress th e m atter at th e N o v e m b e r

talk a ll it lik e s a b ou t v o tin g v s. n o n -v o tin g d e l

y ea rs s in c e the u p settin g o f th e T alib an str o n g

N e e d le s s to say, w ith $ 1 0 o f m y f e e s

C o u n c il m e e tin g , tim e h ap p en ed to run o u t

e g a te s, d e m o n stra tin g o n ly that t h e y ’re inter

h o ld and its w e a lth is su p p ortin g in su rg e n c ies

g o in g to th e D a ily e v e r y y ea r I ’m co n c er n e d

ju st as m y m o tio n w a s ab ou t to b e a d d ressed ,

e ste d in o b fu sc a tin g th e d e m o cra tic p o in t. B y

that h a v e n o th in g to d o w ith th e T alib an but

ab ou t th e jo u r n a listic in tegrity o f th e n e w s p a

w h ic h is u n fortu n ate g iv e n that m ore than tw o -

p la c in g

tio n , v o tin g or n o t, th e P G S S “te a m ” is d e m

A fte r rea d in g a letter b y E s te lle H jertaas, I w o n d e re d i f th e n e x t in sta lla tio n o f “R igh t M in d e d ” w o u ld b e m o re fa c tu a lly correct and h a v e a m o re co h e re n t arg u m en t brou gh t forth.

w r ites “T h e y h a v e g r o w n rich o n th e p o p p y

r e g im e . T h e p o p p y trade h a s flo u rish ed in th e

sh e w a s rep resen tin g M c G ill grad u ate stu d en ts at th e m e e tin g , or at le a s t p reten d in g to. h er d e le g a te fe e s .

m o re triv ia l (sa d ly ) in c lu d e th e fo llo w in g : w e

any n o n -P G S S m em b er o n th e d e le g a

per. D id m y f e e s fu n d Erin H a le ’s u n d erco v er

thirds o f c o u n c illo r s th en p resen t a lso w a n ted

M r. S te v e n s, i f y o u w a n t to e d u c a te us

m is s io n , or d id grad u ate stu d en ts fo o t th e b ill?

th e issu e d eb ated . T h is m ea n t that the m ajority

o n stra tin g th e y are u n w illin g to a b id e b y the

a b ou t th e situ a tio n in A fg h a n ista n b y creat

I e n c o u r a g e th e D a ily ’s B oard o f D ir ec to rs to

o f the P G S S d e le g a tio n w a s n o t c o m p o s e d o f

ru les o f d em o cra cy . B e c a u s e th e se “ s t a f f ’ are

in g an u s v s . th em m en tality, y o u are b ou n d

r e v ie w th is m atter and in v e stig a te w h eth er a

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ity. B u t sin c e th en , I h a v e learn ed that m o s h

T h e a im is n ’t to hurt o n e a n o th er — th o u g h to

y o u r s e lf d ra g g ed in to o n e.

and h e ll, th eir c o u sin to o (d o n ’t d e n y it, I ’v e

in g is an art fo r m in itse lf. T h o s e w h o tak e

b e h o n e st, I ’m n o t r ea lly sure w h a t th e aim

T o e a ch h is o w n , I a lw a y s sa y , and

se e n y o u d o it in lec tu r es). T h e r e ’s anoth er

part in it p u t care in to th eir c h o ic e o f m o v e s ,

is. It s e e m s to b e a w a y to r e lie v e stress, and

m a y b e m o sh in g is ju s t th e w a y certa in p e o

p h en o m en o n pop u lar in ou r tim e that s e e m s

and e a c h o f th e se req u ire sk ill to a c h ie v e .

lite ra lly th ro w y o u r s e lf in to th e m u s ic . E sp e

p le p refer to e n jo y th eir m u s ic . T h e n e x t tim e

to h a v e n o rh y m e or reason : m o sh in g .

T h ere are d ifferen t ro u tin es fo r d ifferen t

c ia lly at m eta l c o n c e r ts, w h ere th e m u sic ia n s

y o u ’re at a c o n c er t and w itn e s s a g ro u p that

ty p e s o f m u s ic , and sta g e d iv in g , sp in k ic k

freq u en tly h y p e up the a u d ien ce , and e v e n

y o u th in k are sw ea ty , cra zy , drunk p e o p le

in g , and “w in d m illin g ” (tw irlin g y o u r arm s

m o sh o n sta g e t h e m s e lv e s , it ’s e a s y to se e

th rash in g around , ta k e a m in u te to a p p reci

in a rapid, c h a o tic m an n er) are th e e q u iv a

h o w it ca u g h t on.

ate that there is m u ch m o re g o in g o n un der

M o sh in g c o m e s fro m 7 0 s and 8 0 s sla m d a n cin g , and is o n e e le m e n t o f th o se g o o d o l ’ d a y s that h a s n ’t g o n e th e w a y o f C at S te v e n s and b ig hair. T h e se d a y s, m o sh in g is n ’t lim

len t o f d a n ce m o v e s.

A t th e o p p o site en d o f th e sp ectru m ,

ited to m eta l c o n c e r ts, but is w id e ly a c ce p te d

U p o n c lo s e r in sp e c tio n , y o u ’ll s e e that

so m e b a n d s su ch as T h e S m a sh in g P u m p

at m a n y p u n k , g ru n g e, a ltern ative, and rock

m o s h in g is n ’t sim p ly b lin d a g g r essio n . T h ere

k in s h a v e tak en a firm sta n ce a g a in st m o sh

th e su rfa ce than th ere ap p ears to be.

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T h e g a m e c o m b in e s free-ru n n in g th rou gh

h a n g in g on a le d g e and th ro w in g y o u r target

o n to p y o u ca n u s u a lly q u ic k ly run b e tw e en

c u t-s c e n e s , and h a v in g to run fro m o n e e n d o f

v a rio u s h ig h ly in tera ctiv e c itie s in R e n a issa n c e

o ff. H o w e v e r , b e in g se e n b y a guard w ill u su

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th e c ity to a n oth er) th e g a m e a v o id s the m ain

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a lly c a u se y o u to b e sw a rm e d b y fo u r or fiv e

c r o w d e d streets. R e a c h in g th e to p o f so m e

p ro b lem w ith th e o r ig in a l

w ith a co m b a t m o d e and h ig h ly d e ta ile d cu t-

m ore o f th em , and y o u 'll h a v e to eith er run and

b u ild in g s r e v e a ls v ie w p o in ts , w h ic h w ill fill

w h ic h is that th ere w e re to o fe w m is s io n ty p es

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are u s u a lly v a ria tio n s th ro w n in to k e e p the

T h e story b e g in s w ith D e sm o n d , th e p ro

sm o k e b o m b s, or a p isto l, d e p e n d in g on h o w

b u ild in g s h a v e m ark ed sp o ts w h ere y o u can

p la y e r in terested . T h at sa id , b u y in g th is g a m e

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th e A n im u s 2 .0 (an u p d ate fro m th e orig in a l

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Assassin’s Creed) w h ic h a llo w s h im a c c e s s

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Assassin’s Creed II lie s

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in its atten tion to d eta il; th e d e v e lo p e r s m u st

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g ig abou t fo u r y ea rs a g o , and h a v e b een sur

“T h e o n e th in g that w e a lw a y s sa y is that p e o p le h a v e to b e ab le to d a n ce to ou r m u s ic ,”

in g at M etr o p o lis th is w e ek . A lth o u g h th e s ix - p ie c e b an d h a s a strong

sa y s A n g u s.

p rised b y th e en th u sia sm o f lo c a l fa n s e v er sin c e . “W e th o u g h t n o o n e w a s g o in g to c o m e ou t, but th en a w h o le b u n ch o f p e o p le sh o w e d

m u sic a l b a ck g ro u n d in j a z z , th eir m u s ic d raw s

T h e attitu d e o f th e a u d ie n c e is o n e th in g,

fro m o th er g e n r es as w e ll. F rom sk a to fu n k , to

but th e m o tiv a tio n b eh in d th e gro u p is ju s t as

up that h ad d r iv en up for th e sh o w and it w a s a

trad ition al fo lk m u s ic to r e g g a e and rap, each

im portant.

r ea lly great n ig h t,” sa y s A n g u s.

o f th eir s o n g s fea tu res a rich array o f so u n d s,

“W e ’v e learnt that m u s ic d o e s n ’t h a v e to

T h e C at E m p ire has b een around fo r a

e m b o d y in g th eir w id e ra n ge o f m ulticu ltu ral

b e h y p e d up , y o u ca n ju s t p la y it, and i f y o u

lo n g tim e, and th ey d o n ’t sh o w a n y sig n s o f

in flu e n c es. B e h in d th eir s u c c e s s is a la is s e z -

ca n p la y a g o o d m e lo d y th en p e o p le w ill sin g

lettin g up so o n .

faire m en ta lity , w h ic h is e m b o d ie d b y H arry

a lo n g ,” sa y s A n g u s .

A n g u s , th e b a n d ’s v o c a lis t and trum pet p la y er. “ It’s n o t lik e a b ig plan , so m e th in g that w e w o rk p a in sta k in g ly o n ,” sa y s A n g u s o f th e

CHRIS HOOPMANN FLICKR

T h e s e C a t s k n o w h o w t o g e t a c r o w d g o in g .

“W e ’re a lw a y s tou rin g. W e ’re w o r k in g o n

Y ou ca n d e fin ite ly e x p e c t a g o o d sh o w

a n e w alb u m as so o n as w e g e t h o m e fro m th is

from T h e C at E m p ire. T h e ban d h as b e e n p la y

tour [of] p la c e s w e h a v e n ’t b e e n to b e fo r e. A n d

in g to g e th er for 10 y ea rs, but e v e r y g ig is per

h o p e fu lly w e ’ll k e e p w ritin g b etter s o n g s .”

The Cat Empire plays Metropolis D ecem ber 3 and 4.

fo rm ed w ith fu ll e n e rg y and a fresh o u tlo o k .

C D REVIEWS PARKAS

Yssssfecsa&Stow**$*<5m ymfe*$fe«<M &m.

T h e A lm o s t : Monster Monster

T h e P a p e r b a c k s : Lit From Within

P a r k a s: You Should Have Killed Us When You Had The Chance

B a se d in W in n ip eg , T h e P ap erb ack s are

It’s a lw a y s b etter to stick to w h a t y o u ’re

N o w m ore than ev er, it ’s tim e w e start

an in d ie ro ck g ro u p w h o b rok e o u t b a ck in

g o o d at, e s p e c ia lly i f y o u ’re a se m i-k n o w n

p u ttin g artists in th e ca teg o r y o f “ so c c e r m o m

T o r o n to ’s Parkas h a v e b een p ro d u cin g

Lit

e m o rock star. T h e A lm o s t is a sid e p ro ject o f

r o ck .” M o n trea l n a tiv e A rthur K a li is at th e

g rea t in d ie r o ck fo r the p a st e ig h t y ea rs, and

from Within, is se t to d eb u t in early January.

A aron G ille s p ie , th e d ru m m er for form er m et-

to p o f th e list, as h is d eb u t

Notes In Neon is

W ith a slig h tly o v e r w h e lm in g tw o -C D c o n

a lco re C h ristian b an d U n d eroath . W h ile th e r e ’s

a stack o f a c o u stic -b a se d so ft ro ck so n g s p e p

You Should Have Killed Us When You Had The Chance is th eir fifth , and sa d ly fin al, re

g lo m er a tio n to ta llin g 3 2 s o n g s , o n e w o u ld e x

n o d e n y in g G ille s p ie ’s d ru m m in g a b ilitie s, h is

p e r ed w ith a f e w g en re b le n d in g track s that a ll

le a s e . I t’s a lw a y s a d o w n e r w h en a g reat band

p e c t the a lb u m to p r o v e that T h e P ap erb ack s

sin g in g in T h e A lm o s t is ju st p lain bad.

h a v e o n e th in g in c o m m o n : y o u r m o m w o u ld

d e c id e s to c a ll it q u its, but rarely d o y o u g e t

still h a v e so m e th in g w o rth sa y in g . U n fo rtu

T h e A lm o s t ’s n e w e st alb u m Monster Monster is n o d ifferen t. A lth o u g h th e d is c ’s

p rob ab ly lo v e th em .

ca tch y m e lo

title track “M o n ste r M o n ster” is so m e w h a t

s o n g s that bear an u n can n y r esem b la n ce to late

“ D o n ’t S a y N o ” is a stro n g o p e n in g track,

d ie s, th in g s le v e l o f f in to a rep etitiv e jo u r n e y

ca tch y , th e alb u m g o e s d o w n h ill from there.

9 0 s p o p p u n k . A fte r th e o p e n in g track “ Y o u n g

so u n d in g lik e a c o m b in a tio n o f T h e W eaker-

th ro u g h o v e r -e m p h a s iz e d sto r y lin e s and a w k

G ille s p ie

14-year-

A n d A liv e ,” h e m o v e s to “G ro w U p ,” an o d e

th an s and B la c k L ip s. T h e a lb u m p ic k s up

w ard situ a tio n s that sp an to o w id e a variety

o ld girl, and th e f e w s o n g s that featu re him

to im m atu rity w h ic h so u n d s lik e an a c o u stic

w h en “Is o la tio n P a y ” k ic k s in w ith trashy

o f so u n d s and s ty le s fo r an y o n e p e r so n to re

sc r ea m in g are e v e n m ore a p p ea lin g to th e ears

c o v e r o f a S im p le P lan so n g (th ree g u e s s e s

c y m b a ls lea d in g a q u ick d ru m b eat un der a

late to. F ro m “ R eg retta b le T a tto o s” to “It W ill

than th e o n e s in w h ic h h e sin g s . N o n e th e le s s ,

as to w h ic h o n e ). A n o th e r n o ta b le lo w lig h t is

fr e n z ie d m ish m a sh o f gu ita r and v o c a ls . It’s

Lit from Within

a c o u p le o f th e s o n g s are w orth m e n tio n in g .

“ S u n sh in e G ir l,” w h ic h r e s e m b le s an R C C o la

e a sy to hear a r a w n e ss that se ts th e alb u m

fa ils to e v o k e e m o tio n . W e ’v e all heard w h in y

“H a n d s” can b e ca tch y , w ith s o m e cla p p in g

v e r s io n o f Jack J o h n so n ’s C o k e.

apart fro m th eir ea rlier w ork.

lea d sin g e r s d e c la r in g th eir lo v e fo r th e lo st

and a c u te s in g -a -lo n g ch oru s. “ H and G re

g irl, and here M cL e a n sh a res n o n e w in sig h t

2 0 0 1 , and their third fu ll-le n g th r e le a s e ,

n ately, it se e m s lik e th ey d o n ’t. A fte r in tro d u cin g a fe w

T ake C o u ra g e, M y L o v e ,”

so u n d s

lik e

n a sa lly

to en jo y o n e m o re alb u m w h en th ey break the

K a il h a s a stran ge a b ility to w rite a c o u stic

n e w s.

Notes in Neon is c o n flic ted : K ali

“W a x w in g ,” rep resen ts th e alb u m at its

n ad e” is a m e llo w a c o u stic tu n e w ith a b it o f a

ca n sin g and th e r e ’s n o d e n y in g it, but the

m o st c o m p le x and e n e rg e tic state, and c o n s e

or v o c a l a b ilitie s w h en c h im in g in. Starting

co u n try fe e l. “ S o u ls o n T en ” in tro d u ces so m e

s o n g s h e c h o o s e s to d isp la y h is ta len t o n are

q u en tly is the a lb u m ’s b e st so n g . T h in g s c o o l

e v er y so n g w ith a se n te n c e -lo n g title that is

k ey b o a rd , w h ic h w o u ld b e n ic e e x c e p t that it

sa p p ier than a fo r est o f ev er g re en s. W h e n the

o f f a b it w ith “ B a d C o m e d ia n ” a v o c a l-b a se d

rep ea ted n u m ero u s tim e s th rou gh ou t the c h o

e n d s up so u n d in g o u t o f p la ce. T h e final track,

alb u m d o e s n ’t so u n d lik e th e A ll-A m e r ic a n

so n g w ith an o d d , ja z z y fe e l, and “L ie To M e ,”

rus d o e s n ’t a m o u n t to a m u sic a l m a sterp iece.

“ M o n ster,” is o n e o f the b etter s o n g s o n th e

R e je c ts d o in g a c o u stic ex p e rim en ta tio n , i t ’s

w h ic h is a d isto rted and sta tick y transition.

T a k in g y o u b a ck to th e d a y s o f D a sh b oard

alb u m , an d n o t ju s t b e c a u se it e n d s it. D e s p ite

slo w , p reach y, and to o cle a n -c u t. In short,

H o w e v e r , th in g s are q u ick to p ic k up a gain

C o n fe s sio n a l and Y e llo w ca r d , but w ith far le s s

the a n n o y in g v o c a ls , i t ’s an e a s y and e n jo y

Notes In Neon p r o v e s v o c a l ta len t a lo n e is n ot

w ith “B lo o d B ro th ers,” w h ic h sp ea rh ea d s a

v ig o u r and n o ta b ly m o re m e la n ch o ly , there is

a b le listen .

e n o u g h to p r o d u ce a d e c e n t alb u m .

stro n g e n d to th e alb u m .

rea lly n o “r o ck ” and n o rhythm in the m id st

B u t a sid e from th o s e fe w b a rely n otab le

o f so m e rather h o rrify in g h a rm o n ies that g iv e

track s, th e rest o f th e a lb u m so u n d s m o re or

A t b est,

W h ile y o u m a y n o t b e a b le to se e th em

—Kyle Carpenter

liv e a g a in , w ith their n e w alb u m Parkas h a v e g iv e n fa n s so m e th in g to lo o k fo rw a rd t o —

g o o s e b u m p s fo r all th e w r o n g rea so n s. I ’d

le s s the sa m e, w ith a m ix o f the sa m e drum

lik e to g iv e T h e P a p erb a ck s a c h a n c e , but after

b e a ts, gu itar ch o r d s, and G ille s p ie ’s su b par

w h ic h is m o re than y o u can a sk o f so m e bands

o n e c lic h é to o m a n y I r ea lize d that th is is a

sin g in g a b ou t te e n a g e angst.

that are still togeth er.

so u n d that h as b e e n d o n e b e fo r e and is c o m

—Alex Knoll

p le te ly lo s t o n m e.

—Bianca Van Bavel

—Kyle Carpenter

Sports

20 • Tuesday, December 1,2009

mcgilltribune.com

R E D M E N V O L L E Y B A L L - M C G I L L 3, S H E R B R O O K E 1

McGill slams Sherbrooke, ends losing streak with 3-1 win Team effort gives Redmen first win o f season KAILAN LEUNG ______________________ Sports Editor______________________

A slu g g is h start, a ro u sin g c o m e b a c k , a n a il-b itin g fin ish , but u ltim a tely , anoth er d e fea t. A fte r d ro p p in g a h ard -fo u g h t first se t to S h erb ro o k e, 2 8 - 3 0 , ano th er lo s s s e e m e d a l m o st in e v ita b le fo r th e M c G ill m e n ’s v o lle y b all tea m . B u t o n F rid ay n ig h t at L o v e C o m p e titio n H a ll, th e R e d m e n refu sed to ro ll o v er and d ie . N e w c o m e r Y a n n ick P irali le d th e w a y w ith 18 k ills , a pair o f s o lo b lo c k s, and 3 4 d ig s a s th e r ee n e r g iz e d R e d m e n d o w n e d th e v is it in g Vert et Or, 3 -1 . T h e v icto r y w a s a h u g e r e lie f fo r th e R e d m e n , w h o h a d d ro p p ed th eir p r e v io u s e ig h t m a tch es

c o n fe r e n c e

play.

H ea d

C o a ch ADAM SCOTTI

S im o n B erleu r w a s e la te d to fin a lly s e e h is sq uad p la y th ro u g h a d v ersity and c o m e ou t

Sophomore libero Jeff Porter led the way on defence, while Matt Mosseler and Mark Hodge helped contribute on the offensive end.

w ith a w in . “I th in k w e ’re g e ttin g b etter,” h e said.

o ffe n s iv e d o m in a n ce . T h e 6 -fo o t - 6 p o w e r -h it

w ith 10 k ills , tied P irali w ith 3 4 d ig s and p ro

B erleu r e c h o e d P o rter’s c o m m e n ts , and

“W e h a v e to sh o w so m e character. I ’m ju s t re

te r — o n e x c h a n g e fro m B e lg iu m — w a s sim p ly

v id e d great o n -co u rt lea d ersh ip . Ju n ior setter

b e lie v e s that th e w in g iv e s th e R e d m e n a

a lly g la d , b e c a u se w e w e re le a d in g [the first]

u n sto p p a b le as th e g a m e w o r e o n , c o n tin u a lly

M a tth ew D e L o s S a n to s reg iste re d a g a m e -

m u c h -n e e d e d p s y c h o lo g ic a l b o o st.

se t b y fo u r p o in ts and e v e n tu a lly w e lo st by

fin d in g se a m s in th e Vert e t O r b lo c k and p o w

h ig h 3 8 a ss is ts, and b ack u p hitter M a rc-A n d re

“ I th in k th is is a tu rn in g p o in t,” h e said.

t w o — th en w e c a m e b a ck at th e en d , an d w h en

erin g th e b a ll d o w n th e lin e.

B o iv in -M o u s s e a u h e lp e d se a l th e v icto r y w ith

“It w a s a d ifficu lt start fo r u s, w e e x p e c te d to

“I think th e w in w a s g o o d [for our c o n

c o n s e c u tiv e k ills in th e fourth set. D e fe n s iv e ly ,

b ea t M e m o r ia l la st w e e k [in A U S in terlo ck

M c G ill str u g g le d d e fe n s iv e ly in th e first

fid e n c e ],” h e said . “W e ’v e lo s t e v e r y th in g up

th o u g h , th e star o f th e m a tch w a s so p h o m o r e

p la y ]. B u t if that lo s s can b rin g u s m o re w in s,

set, c o n tin u a lly g iv in g up th e lin e to S h er

u n til n o w , s o it ’s g o o d to w in ou r first g a m e .

lib ero J e ff Porter, w h o fin ish ed w ith 31 d ig s

and [tea ch ] th e se g u y s so m e le s s o n s , th en it ’s

b r o o k e ’s o u ts id e hitters. H o w e v e r , th e R e d

W h a t w a s r ea lly g o o d a b ou t to d a y [w a s that]

and e n e r g iz e d th e R e d m e n w ith an a sso rtm en t

all fo r th e b e st.”

m en tig h te n e d up th eir b lo c k la te in th e set,

w e m ad e a lo t o f c h a n g e s [w ith ] p la y e rs, and

o f im p r e s siv e sa v e s and h u stle p la y s.

fo r c in g th e Vert e t O r in to a se r ie s o f errors.

e v e r y tim e, th e g u y s that c a m e in d id s o m e

M c G ill a lso b e n e fited fro m 17 m is s e d se r v es

th in g g o o d .”

y o u sh o w character, th a t’s w h a t h a p p e n s.”

A lth o u g h M c G ill w a s u n a b le to rid e the

“W e had great p erfo rm a n ces fro m a b u n ch

m o m en tu m fro m F rid a y ’s w in to a v icto r y

o f in d iv id u a ls, and w e rea lly c a m e to g e th er as

a g a in st M o n trea l o n S u n d ay, th e fu tu re lo o k s

b y th e o p p o sin g sid e , w h ic h a llo w e d th e h o m e

M c G ill cer ta in ly n e e d e d a team e ffo r t to

a te a m ,” sa id Porter. “A ll in a ll, it turned ou t

in fin ite ly b righ ter fo r th e R e d m e n n o w that

tea m to g e t b a ck in to th e g a m e. In th e se c o n d

put th e v isito rs aw a y , as th e m ajority o f the

great. E v e r y b o d y c a m e o u t to play. [In term s

th e y h a v e a ta lly in th e w in c o lu m n . T h e tea m

set, m id d le -b lo c k e r s P ierre-Y v es B ren n an and

R ed m en roster sa w a ctio n o n F riday n igh t.

o f c o n fid e n c e ], th is is a b s o lu te ly u n b e lie v a b le .

ta k es a m o n th o f f b e fo r e r eg ro u p in g o n Janu

B e n ja m in L eh r h e lp e d sh u t d o w n th e S h er

S e n io r p o w e r hitter M att M o sse le r , w h o w a s

It p u ts u s in to co n te n tio n for the p la y o ffs. T h is

ary 15 to take o n c o n fe r e n c e ch a m p io n s L aval

b r o o k e a ttack , se ttin g the sta g e for P ira li’s

th e o n ly o th er M c G ill p la y er in d o u b le figu res

is ju st th e first s te p .”

in Q u e b e c City.

h ir d

—

JON RUBENSTEIN

2 0 0 4 w ith th e in fa m o u s M a lic e at th e P a l

H an k A a r o n ’s record , f o llo w e d b y A - R o d ’s

im p e n d in g sh o w d o w n b e tw e e n th e m u c h

a c e b raw l, and s u c c e s s fu lly r ein v e n tin g its

a d m issio n o f tak in g p e r fo rm a n c e -en h a n c in g

lo v e d M a n n y P a cq u ia o and th e m u ch -h a ted

im a g e th an k s to th e arrival o f g o o d -g u y su

drugs. T h ere w ere d e fin ite ly so m e p o s itiv e

F lo y d M a y w ea th er Jr., th e sp ort s e e m s to b e

W ith th e e n d o f the 2 0 0 0 s in sig h t, l e t ’s

perstars su ch as D w ig h t H ow ard , D w a y n e

m o m en ts: the B o sto n R ed S o x w o n th eir first

r e g a in in g its ap p ea l. In so ccer, B r a zil w o n

ta k e a lo o k at th e g o o d , the bad , and the u g ly

W ad e, and C h ris P au l. T h e T im D o n a g h y

W orld S e r ie s sin c e 1 9 1 8 an d A lb ert P u jo ls

th e 2 0 0 2 W orld C u p w h ile Italy to o k h o m e

in th e w o rld o f sp o rts fro m th e p a st d eca d e.

g a m b lin g sca n d a l w a s a n oth er test fo r th e

e m er g ed as th e m o st d o m in a n t n o n -ste ro id s

th e w o r ld ’s m o st c eleb ra ted c h a m p io n sh ip

T o d d B e rtu zz i su ck er p u n c h in g S te v e

N B A , b u t o n e that w a s d ea lt w ith q u ic k ly

u ser (w e h o p e) in b a seb a ll. N e v e r th e le s s, the

in 2 0 0 6 a fter Z in e d in e Z id a n e ’s im m ortal

M o o r e in 2 0 0 4 w ill g o d o w n as o n e o f the

and app rop riately. I f th e r e ’s o n e th in g b a s

sp ort w ill lo o k to fo rg et ab ou t th is d e c a d e

headb utt. T ig er W o o d s c o n tin u e s to c em e n t

m o s t g r u e so m e and u n sp o rtsm a n lik e in c i

k etb a ll fa n s can b e th an k fu l fo r th is p ast d e

and h ea d in to 2 0 1 0 w ith a c le a n slate.

h is le g a c y as th e b e st g o lfe r e v e r a s h e a p

d en ts in h o c k e y history. L e a g u e e x p a n s io n

c a d e , it’s th e arrival o f a y o u n g m an from

in to

lik e A tlan ta,

TH E D ECAD E IN R E V IE W

w ill

p r o a c h e s Jack N ic k la u s ’ reco rd o f 18 career

A k ro n , O h io . L e B ro n Ja m es h a s r ev ita l

a lso b e rem em b ered b y o n e n a m e w h en w e

m ajor v ic to r ie s. R o g er F ed erer, lik e w is e ,

N a s h v ille , C o lu m b u s and M in n e so ta p ro v ed

iz e d interest in th e g a m e o f b a sk e tb a ll, and

think a b ou t th e 2 0 0 0 s — th e N e w E n g la n d

u sed th e 2 0 0 0 s to m a k e h is c a s e a s th e g rea t

d isa stro u s and d ilu te d th e g a m e . T h e se p oor

h e lp e d e x ten d th e sp o rt’s reach arou n d the

P atriots. T h e P ats e sta b lish e d th e m s e lv e s as

e s t te n n is p la y e r th e w o r ld h as e v e r seen .

d e c is io n s c u lm in a ted w ith a lo c k o u t in 2 0 0 4 -

g lo b e . W ith a p leth ora o f y o u n g stars and

th e d e c a d e ’s o n ly true d y n a sty , w ith S u p er

2 0 0 5 , b u t th e L e a g u e reb o u n d ed n ic ely , and

o ld riv alries r en ew e d (L a k e r s-C e ltic s, for

B o w l w in s in 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 3 , and 2 0 0 4 . W hat

w ill

th e g a m e h as lo o k e d e x c e p tio n a lly stron g

e x a m p le ), the g a m e o f b a sk etb a ll h as n e v e r

w e m a y r em em b er m o re, h o w e v e r , is their

lea rn ed fr o m ou r m ista k e s and ca n a v o id th e

e v e r sin c e . T h e crea tio n o f th e W in ter C la s

lo o k e d stron ger as it h e a d s in to argu ab ly the

u n d e fea te d 2 0 0 7 se a so n . A fte r fin ish in g a

c o n tr o v e r sie s that ch a ra cterized th e la st 10

sic w a s an in g e n io u s id ea , and th e tan ta lizin g

m o st a n ticip ated o ffs e a s o n ever.

p e r fec t 1 6 -0 in th e regu lar se a so n , th e P ats

y ea rs. I f o n e th in g ’s fo r su re, th o u g h , i t ’s that

n o n -r e c e p tiv e

m ark ets

The

N a tio n a l

F o o tb a ll

L eague

N o o n e can t e ll w h a t th e n e x t d e c a d e b rin g

sp orts.

H o p e fu lly ,

w e ’v e

rivalry b e tw e e n su perstars S id n e y C rosb y

U n fo rtu n a te ly for M ajor L e a g u e B a s e

w ere su p p lan ted by the N e w Y ork G ia n ts in

the sp o rts w o rld is in g o o d h a n d s, w ith the

and A le x O v e c h k in all but e n su re s that th e

b a ll, the 2 0 0 0 s w ill b e r em em b ered b y o n e

o n e o f th e grea test S u p er B o w l u p se ts in h is

e m e r g e n c e o f so m a n y o th e r w o rld ly a th letes

N H L w ill b e sa fe fo r th e n e x t d eca d e.

w o r d — stero id s. T h ere w e re th e C o n g r e s

tory.

in s o m a n y d ifferen t d isc ip lin e s . H e r e ’s to a

T h e N a tio n a l B a sk etb a ll A s so c ia tio n

sio n a l h ea rin g s in w h ic h M ark M cG w ire

T h e d e c a d e a lso m ark ed th e rise o f the

m e m o ra b le past 10 y ea rs, and a fair, en ter

f o llo w e d a sim ila r path to th e N H L o v e r

“d id n ’t w an t to talk ab ou t th e p a st.” T h ere

U F C , and c o n se q u e n tly , th e fa ll o f th e sport

ta in in g , and a w e -in sp ir in g d e c a d e to c o m e .

th e d e c a d e , o v e r c o m in g a dark m o m e n t in

w a s B arry B o n d s ’ ste ro id -in fu se d p u rsu it o f

o f b o x in g early in the 2 0 0 0 s . B u t w ith the

I ’ll c h e c k b a ck w ith y o u in 2 0 2 0 .

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M A R T L E T V O L L E Y B A L L - M C G I L L 3, S H E R B R O O K E 0

Martlets toy with Vert et Or in straight-set victory Irwin paces McGill with impressive performance K A IL A N L E U N G Sports Editor

C o m in g

o f f an

im p r e s siv e

fo u r-g a m e

sw e e p o f th e M a ritim e s c h o o ls , it w o u ld h a v e b e e n e a sy fo r th e M c G ill w o m e n ’s v o lle y b a ll team to sh o w so m e sig n s o f fa tig u e u p on re turning h o m e . P la y in g in front o f a lo u d h o m e c ro w d o n F riday n ig h t, th o u g h , th e M artlets d id n ’t app ear to h a v e a n y sh o rta g es o f en er g y , d isp a tch in g th e S h erb ro o k e Vert et O r in straight sets. M c G ill lo o k e d s lu g g is h to start th e m atch , a llo w in g th e sm a ller S h erb ro o k e sid e to stay w ith in tw o p o in ts fo r m u ch o f th e first g am e. H o w e v er , the M artlets tig h te n e d up th eir d e

EVELYNE BÉDARD AND ADAM SCOTTI

T h e M a r t le t s p r o v e d t h e ir t o p - t e n w o r t h w ith a d o m in a n t d is p la y o f t a le n t a n d c h a r a c t e r a g a in s t S h e r b r o o k e o n F r id a y e v e n in g .

fe n c e and turned o n their o ffe n c e la te in th e w h o fin ish ed th e m atch w ith 14 k ills and tw o

d ea l [to g e t th e w in ], S h erb ro o k e lo s t a g a m e

se n io r J en n ifer T h o m p so n , w h o fin ish ed w ith

D e sp er a te fo r an o ffe n s iv e spark, S h er

s o lo b lo c k s , w a s relu ctan t to attribute the

in th e M a ritim es, and w e k n e w w e c o u ld take

s ix k ills , o n e a c e, and 2 5 d ig s. H ea d C o a ch

b ro o k e b e n c h -b o ss N orm an B ou ch a rd m ad e

te a m ’s su bp ar fin ish to eith er a la ck o f fo c u s

a d v a n ta g e o f th eir w e a k n e s s e s righ t n o w .”

R a ch el B e liv e a u h as c o n tin u a lly str esse d the

so m e p e r so n n el c h a n g e s to b e g in th e third set,

or fa tig u e.

im p o rta n ce o f p rep arin g fo r e v e r y m a tch the

and w a s rew ard ed w ith stron g p la y fro m h is

“ H o n e stly , I think th ey ju st p la y e d a lot

a to ta l te a m e ffo rt a g a in st th e Vert e t Or, as

sa m e w ay.

r eser v es. M c G ill str u g g le d to m a tch th e r ee n

b etter in th e third se t,” sh e said . “ B u t w e w a n t

M a n su re ra ck ed up 3 7 a ss is ts to g o a lo n g w ith

e r g iz e d Vert et Or, and c lu n g to a slim lead for

e d th e w in and w e k n e w the w h o le tim e w e

11 d ig s , and se n io r hitter A m y G rah am fin

m o st o f the g am e.

w e re g o in g to g e t it.”

ish e d w ith e ig h t k ills and 15 d ig s. T h e sa m e

set, b eh in d the stella r p la y o f A ll-C a n a d ia n

“ W e [a lw a y s] h a v e to p rep are,” sh e said. “F ro m p ast e x p e r ie n c e s , th e Q u e b e c le a g u e is

se c o n d se t w ith a c o n v in c in g 2 5 - 1 4 sco re.

The

D e s p ite fa c in g a d e ficit late in th e third,

M artlets certa in ly

b e n e fited from

so stro n g that w e ca n n e v e r [g e t c o m p la ce n t].

“ [B ou ch ard ] c h a n g e d h is lin eu p and put

W e h a v e to b e read y all th e tim e. W e r esp e ct

in p la y e rs that w e h a v e n ’t se e n a lo t th is year,”

th e M artlets s h o w e d

w h y th e y h a v e b een

M a rtlets d ro p p ed a c lo s e c o n te st to th e se c o n d -

a ll th e tea m s in o u r c o n fe r e n c e , and th e r e ’s no

said B e liv e a u . “ S o w e had to adjust. It w a s a

ranked in th e C IS t o p - 10 all s e a so n lo n g .

ranked M o n trea l C arab in s in three straight

[team ] that ca n n o t b ea t us o n a g o o d d ay.”

little d ifferen t but it d id n ’t take lo n g for u s to

M c G ill’s p a s sin g w a s ex em p la r y th ro u g h o u t

se ts. D e s p ite th e lo s s , th e M artlets rem ain in

g e t a se n s e [ o f w h at th ey w ere d o in g ].”

th e m a tch , an d a llo w e d th e M a rtlets to q u ite

c o n tro l o f s e c o n d p la c e in th e u ltra -co m p eti tiv e Q u e b e c c o n fe r e n c e , and w ill h a v e o v e r a

T h e M a rtlets app eared to find th eir c o m

tea m effo r t w a s n o t app arent o n Su n d ay, a s th e

fort z o n e in th e se c o n d se t, ra cin g o u t to a 14-7

Just w h en it lo o k e d as i f S h erb ro o k e w a s

lite ra lly d ig th e m s e lv e s o u t o f a h o le . Irw in

lea d , th an k s in large part to the fo rm id a b le

p o is e d fo r an u p set, M c G ill’s v etera n s to o k

c ite d th e te a m ’s d e fe n c e and th e c o n siste n t

m o n th to m a k e th e n e c e ssa r y a d ju stm en ts fo r a

ta n d em o f se n io r s C h e lse a M azu r and K e lse y

over. Irw in r eg istered th ree c o n s e c u tiv e k ills

p la y o f so p h o m o r e setter M a rc ela M a n su re as

d e e p p la y o f f run. M c G ill b reak s fo r D e c e m b e r

Irw in in th e m id d le. T h e tw o six -fo o te r s d o m i

to b rin g th e M artlets b a c k from a la te-g a m e

th e k e y s to F rid ay n ig h t’s w in .

e x a m s an d w ill n o t p la y a g a in u n til January

n ated d e fe n s iv e ly , h e lp in g to lim it th e e f f e c

d e fic it, and th e v isito r s w e r e u n a b le to return

tiv e n e s s

S h erb rook e ju n io r

a se r v e b y so p h o m o r e setter M a rc ela M an su re,

“M a rc ela had an a m a z in g g a m e , s o [the g a m e

R e n e e -C la u d e C h ev a rie. T h e M artlets to o k th e

g iv in g M c G ill its fifth straigh t victory. Irw in ,

c h a n g in g k ills ] w e re pretty ea sy . It w a s a b ig

o f h ard -h ittin g

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REPORT CARDS McGill Lacrosse

B+

After a second-place finish at Nationals in 2008, the Redmen looked to reach the top of the podium this year. Unfortunately, McGill came up short once again, losing 1 3 -4 in the national semifinals to perennial powerhouse frock University. Nevertheless, it was a strong season for the Redmen, who finished w ith a 7-3 record and the number-two seed in the Eastern Conference of the Canadian Uni versity Field Lacrosse Association. McGill took care of business against the conference bottom-feeders, finish ing a combined 6-0 against Queens, Toronto and Carleton. McGill had its best result of the season knocking out archrival fishop's in the national quarterfinals at Forbes Field. Senior Jake W inn played a crucial role in the face-off circle this season, controlling the possession and contributing to a Redmen offense that

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boasted nine players w ith 10 points or more. Senior co-captain Lucas LaCava tallied 18 goals and six assists and provided strong leadership. Rookies Alex Kruse and Ryan fesse had outstanding seasons as well, and the Redmen will likely remain one of the top teams in the CUFLA next year and battle for the top spot in the East. W ith the departure of some important veterans, though, head coach Tim Murdoch will have to find a new group of leaders if the Redmen wish to contend for the faggataway Cup in 2010.

MVP: Lucas LaCava Player to Watch: Ryan fesse___________________________________________________________________ _____________

Redmen Football___________ B+

Redmen Baseball___________ B-

w ith a 3-5 record and, more im

Respite flashes of brilliance throughout the season, the Redmen were unable to put together a sig

portantly, a return to respectabil ity. Running back Andrew Hamilton proved to be the team's undisputed

nificant winning streak or playoff run in 2009. McGill fielded a young team, struggling to find power in their

M V P averaging 122.5 yards per game and an astounding 73 yards per carry. Hamilton finished with 8 5 4 rushing yards and 161 receiv ing yards while finding the end zone four times, revitalizing the Redmen rushing attack and helping to break

lineup and depth in their pitching ro tation. These issues plagued the team throughout the year: as they finished third in the ClfA Northern division w ith a mediocre 9-7 record. The Red men were never able to reach the upper echelons of the division, finish

McGill's 17-game losing streak. Honourable mention goes to freshman quarterback Jonathan Col lin, who finished the year w ith 1,529 passing yards and eight touchdowns. Collin J0HN KELSEY also amassed 2 0 6 rushing yards en route to seven touchdowns, a Redmen quarterback record. The rookie pivot showed poise in his

ing a combined 2-6 against division

The Redmen football team fin ished a successful 2 0 0 9 campaign

first year under centre and will look to build upon a successful season heading into the 2 0 1 0 campaign. Collin will be missing his favourite target next year as Charles-Antoine Sinotte ends his McGill career as the all-time CIS leader in receptions w ith 199. Sinotte finished the 2 0 0 9 campaign w ith 4 9 receptions and 491 receiving yards, along w ith five touch downs. Junior fen Thompson anchored an improved Redmen defence, leading the team w ith 44.5 tackles and 4.5 sacks. Greg Landry, completing his final year of eligibility, stead ied the secondary and finished w ith three interceptions. Senior captain Anthony Lucka was once again all over the field, compiling 29 tackles and tw o sacks. Sophomore Austin Anderson continues to give the Redmen a formidable kicking threat, as he managed to complete 12-14 field goals, including one from 4 3 yards out. W ith many returning defensive starters and a promising young quarterback at the helm, the Redmen look ahead to the 2 0 1 0 season and hope to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

MVP: Andrew Hamilton Player to Watch: Jonathan Collin

champions Concordia University and runners-up University of Ottawa. The Redmen looked poised to make a sur prise run in the divisional semis, when they beat Ottawa 3-1 in extra innings, fu t the Redmen squandered the opportunity and crumbled under pressure, losing to the Gee-Gees in the next tw o games. McGill's inconsistency was largely due to a weak pitching staff. Sophomore Pavid Haberman was the team's best pitcher finishing 2-2 w ith a 3.61 ERA— -the only Redmen starter w ith an ERA below 4.00. On offence, McGill's biggest problem was their inability to find power in the lineup, as the team only managed three home runs and 16 doubles the entire year Respite a disappointing season, McGill's future looks bright. Head Coach Ernie Ralessandro will lose only five players to graduation, and McGill's top two hitters— Junior Ted Ravis (.378,5R, 13Rfl) and freshman Chan Arndt (.367,11R, 14Rfl)— will return next season. If the Redmen can improve on their weaknesses from this season, the team could join the division elite and make a deep run in the playoffs.

Co-MVPs: Ted Ravis and Chan Arndt Player to Watch: Ravid Haberman

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McGill Cross Country

B-

Redmen Ruabv_____________ A The Redmen capped a perfect season tw o weeks ago, defeating perennial powerhouse Palhousie

In 2006, the M artle ts placed second at the CIS Cross Country Championships. Since then, the team has been plagued by injuries, illness, and constant turnover exemplified by the high proportion of rookies on the 2 0 0 8 and 2 0 0 9 teams. This year the M artle ts placed third out of four

in the Eastern Canadian Champi onship in a thrilling come-frombehind victory. The w in— -played in the muck, wind, and r a i n avenged last year's heartbreaking loss to Palhousie at Molson Stadi um and cemented McGill as one of Canada's top rugby programs. The Redmen played picture-

teams at the QSSF Championships, where they had previously placed first for tw enty consecutive seasons until 2008. At the CIS Championships, the M artle ts did not fare much better

perfect rugby all season. They ran, tackled, and rucked strongly,

losing their second runner to illness, finishing 16th out of 19 teams. The M artle ts possessed extraordinary runners, w ith potential CIS track medalists Charlene Puel and Melanie

securing a perfect record in league play. The forwards produced clean ball, and played tough defence, while the backs were strong, quick, and creative. McGill's John Lee was the team's standout forward. His blazing speed and ferocious tackling earned him a spot on the QSSF all-star team alongside five of his teammates. Fullback Alastair Crow, winger M ike Pavis, and winger Kyle Buckley led McGill's backline. Crow, who returned from in

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M yrand headlining the squad. W ith strong leadership from its older members and fewer injuries, this team could thrive in the coming years. Size worked against the Redmen this year w ith only nine runners suiting up for a seven person team. Graydon Snider a PhP candidate in chemistry, brought a wealth of experience to the team as a strong marathoner and half marathoner His endurance skills have translated well to the 1 OK course, w ith a 96th place finish at the CIS Championships. The Redmen will not see any athletes graduate this year so a run at the QSSF banner in 2 0 1 0 is possible, provided this year's rookie class continues to improve.

MVP: Graydon Snider Melanie M yrand Players to Watch For: Paniel Kramer Charlène Puel, Sarah

Redmen Soccer

jury this season, was tactically dominant, while Pavis and Buckley were explosive thor oughbreds. The Redmen pummeled their QSSF rivals, scoring almost 2 0 0 more points than any other team. Unfortunately, the Redmen will lose eight players— including Pavis— to graduation next year Nevertheless, McGill's bench is deep. Watch out for Sam Skulsky, a strong second-year centre, as his pace and positional acumen are top-notch. Expect nothing less than an undefeated season as the dominant Redmen pursue their second straight Eastern Canadian Championship.

MVP: M ike Pavis Players to Watch For: Sam Skulsky

McCuaig

M a rtle t Soccer W ith a roster composed of 19 first and sec

W ith the loss of head coach Philippe Eullafroy and All-Canadian Jamie Schoefield from a year ago, the 2 0 0 9 season was supposed to be one of rebuilding for the McGill men's soc

ond-year players, and only one fourth-year the McGill M artle ts women's soccer team appeared to be building for a promising future, it turns out, however that the future is a lot closer than anyone

cer team. It was anything but that,

could have imagined, as the M artle ts fell only one

though, as the Redmen put together one of the most memorable postsea son runs in school history, eventually settling for silver against a veteran

goal short of a Quebec championship after a tre mendous season. In most cases, the young M artle ts' 10-9-1 regular season record would give them a top-10 na

Laval squad in the CIS national cham

tional ranking, and their decisive victory in league semifinals play would have earned them a spot at

pionship game. First-year

Head

Coach

Pavid

Simon did a sensational job maxi mizing the talent on his roster and deserves a huge amount of credit for getting his team to the highest level possible. U Q A M transfer Jean-Lou Gosse-

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lin was tremendous in goal all season long, and the Redmen bench proved to be one of the strongest in the country. It is rare for a soccer team to possess a single player who can put fans in their seats and w in games as well, but McGill certainly has that player in sophomore Yohann Capolungo. The dynamic midfielder from France sparked a potent Redmen offence and was crucial to the team's late-season success. Seniors Eugene Graske and Gareth Pugh both had memorable seasons at the forward spots as well, and will be sorely missed next year W ith an incredibly talented young core, though, look for the Redmen to start next season the way they finished it. Playing host to Nationals in 2011, the Redmen will attempt to progress ahead of schedule and take home gold next year

MVP: Yohann Capolungo Players to Watch For: Jeremy Hurdle

A-

JOHN KELSEY

Nationals. But not this year W ith only one Nation als berth available for a Quebec team this season, the M artle ts had the misfortune of playing in the same province as the powerhouse M ontreal Carabins. The M a rtle ts lost a close-fought 2-1 QUSL Final to the Carabins, after defeating Sherbrooke 9-1 in a semifinal two days earlier M ontreal went on to place second at Nationals, losing to Trinity Western on penalty kicks. Pespite expressing disappointment over the loss to Montreal, Head Coach M arc Mounicot w as encouraged by the performance of his team this season, and claims that the M a rtle ts are a squad built to peak in two years when McGill will host Nationals. Fore most among the young talent this year was defender Katherine Green, who was named a QUSL first-team all sta r and a second-team All Canadian, and first-year midfielder Julie Bahen, who won the conference Rookie of the Year award. Mounicot was also rewarded for the M a rtle ts' success, winning the CIS Coach of the Year Award. The M a rtle ts will lose goalkeeper Anne-Catherine Huot, captain Elizabeth Williams, and striker Cristina Pi Caprio to graduation, but have an abundance of talent that will likely allow them to challenge for a national championship next year

MVP: Catherine Green Players to Watch For: Julie Bahen

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