The McGill Tribune Vol. 29 Issue 15

Martlets skate their way to record 71st and 72nd wins

AM USE gains accreditation 85 p e r cent vote in fa v o u r o f unionization STEVEN HOFFER N ew s Editor

After a year and a half of campaigning, the Association of McGill University Support Employees, the organization composed of McGill’s 3,000 casual workers, has unionized and affiliated with the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

The campaign, which began in Septem­ ber 2008, started when a group of undergradu­ ate students in the McGill work study program felt they needed a union structure to balance their working conditions with those of the rep­ resented colleagues.

After considering several possible rep­ resentative bodies, AMUSE organizers chose the PSAC, also known in French as the Alli­ ance de la Fonction publique du Canada. Al­ though the exact figure is not public, AMUSE collected signatures from the 35 to 50 per cent of eligible card signing members necessary to move to an official vote. Conducted by mail in ballot beginning October fifth, the poll saw approximately 85 per cent of voters recom­ mend in favour of joining the PSAC. Absten­ tions were treated as votes in negation.

“This new bargaining unit is Huge,” said

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McGill Athlete of the Week Cathy Chartrand celebrates with her team after defeating Ottawa on Saturday. Full story on Page 17.

Eight candidates vie for two spots in SSM U C&S Rep election C hoose Life P resident N atalie F ohl am ong candidates THOMAS QUAIL Editor-in-chief

Two Students’ Society clubs and services representatives vacated their positions last se­ mester, necessitating an election, to be held this Wednesday, to fill the positions.

One representative from each full-status

club, service, or publication can cast a ballot on Wednesday, though anyone can ask ques­ tions or participate in the debate to be held be­ fore the vote. The debate and election will take place in Room 302 of the Shatner Building.

Nathan Goldstgin and Lorna Sampson were the two students who gave up their po­ sitions, paving the way for this Wednesday’s election. Sampson resigned for personal rea­ sons, and Goldstein was forced out due to poor attendance at Council meetings.

“If you fail to show up for two Council meetings without telling us ahead of time, and then do not meet with the SSMU president to explain why you have been absent then you lose your seat,” said Vice-President Clubs and Services Sarah Olle.

Natalie Fohl—president of pro-life club Choose Life, whose club status was suspended

by SSMU Council in November—is running, alongside seven other candidates. Choose Life’s controversial event, Echoes of the Ho­

locaust, held last October, drew considerable public outcry, and led to the suspension of the club’s status.

Olle initially expressed concern that Fohl couldn’t run in the election, because Choose Life’s club status is currently suspended. Only members of full-status Clubs, services, or pub­ lications were eligible to participate in the election.

“However, her participation in other clubs

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Earth & Planetary Sciences Departm ent receives $4.1m donation M oney donated by M cG ill g ra d u a te’s m ining com pany EMMA QUAIL C ontributor

The McGill Earth and Planetary Sciences Department recently received a $4.1 million donation from McGill graduate Robert Wares and his mining company, the Osisko Mining Corporation.

According to geology Professor Antho­ ny Williams-Jones, between 1995 and 2000, McGill was forced to institute a 25 per cent cut in spending due to the national deficit.

“Our department in particular suffered re­ ally badly. We lost a lot of staff. We dropped from 18 professors to 12 professors,” said Williams-Jones. “We certainly needed to re­ juvenate, which we had already done, but we also need to grow back to where we were his­ torically.”

Across Canada, university geology de­ partments have been underfunded and un­ popular.

“Geology, especially in the past 10 or 15 years has not been very popular with the young students, they tend to go into other fields,” said Wares “Part of that is because the departments across the country have been underfunded. It’s a bit of a vicious circle because underfunding leads to less enrolment and the universities see it as a low priority department.”

The money will finance two new profes­ sor positions (faculty scholars) in the area of economic geology, which is the geology ap­ plied to mineral deposits. The donation will also fund scholarships for students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and field trips for students in the department.

“This donation is important for students because a large number of our students go on to work in the mining industry, for example, and now they are going to have far more courses

available to them of an applied nature,” said Williams-Jones.

Wares has a long-standing connection with McGill, having completed undergraduate and graduate work in the university’s depart -

The money will finance two new professor positions (faculty scholars) in the area of economic geology, which is the geology applied to mineral deposits.

ment of earth and planetary sciences. During the period of budget cuts, a campaign was launched by professor Williams-Jones to raise money for the department, however none con­ tributed to the area of economic geology.

“Wares was actually aware of this cam­ paign way back then and certainly is aware of our need in that area,” said Williams-Jones.

Since 2004, the Osisko Mining Corpora­ tion, founded by Wares, has been developing the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in Que­ bec’s Abitibi Gold Belt, just south of the town of Malartic. This deposit is one of the largest gold reserves in Canada and needs geologists to work on development and exploration.

“Part of the problem is that the mining industry has been contributing very little ac­ tually. So w e’re hoping to reverse the trend eventually and get everybody to wake up and realize that w e’re running out of jobs,” said Wares.

According to Williams-Jones, both the university and the mining corporation will benefit from the donation. “[Wares and Osisko] are effectively con­ tributing to their own needs by facilitating the education of more geologists,” he said.

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Montreal Metro stations located near the city’s universities generally have names to reflect this fact: McGill, Guy-Concordia, and Berri-UQAM. However, Six years after being renamed, the Longueuil—Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station remained something of a misnomer—that is, until now.

Last week, the University of Sherbrooke’s Longueuil campus opened its doors to students and faculty members, providing an additional space for the campus’ 10,000 students. The completion of the $ 125-million project marks the first time that students on the Longueuil campus have their own space. The University of Sherbrooke spent 20 years across the street from the new edifice in a cramped office build­ ing. “[The new building] is much more agree­ able,” said Marion Zanussi, a graduate student in her first year at the university, in French.

Zanussi noted that in the previous build­ ing, Sherbrooke students had to share the space with students from other educational institutions.

“This is just for us,” she said of the new space. “We even have our own cafeteria.”

The new 16-story tower boasts an out­ door garden accessible from the second floor along with 41 classrooms, 45 meeting rooms, three study lounges, and four computer labs.

Its open spaces and immense glass and steel structure create a friendly environment, but this result was secondary to more practical ends.

“Three or four years ago we knew the de­ mand for continuing education would grow,”

said Lyne Bouchard, a vice-president at the Longueuil campus. “The primary reasons [for the move] were space and cost. It is much more affordable to be in our own building.”

The University of Sherbrooke focusses mostly on continuing education studies. The Longueuil campus is no exception, and the move represents no major changes in the school’s objectives. According to Bouchard, 80 per cent of the university’s students are mostly on campus at night or on weekends.

“Our programs aren’t changing,” Bouchard said. “What’s changing—what peo­ ple appreciate—is the quality of the environ­ ment. It’s one thing to teach in a hotel room.

It’s another to teach in a classroom.”

The change, although still fresh, appears to be a hit. Because the students have only moved across the street, their commute is the same. It may have even become easier in some respects, suggested Zunassi, because the new building is directly connected to the bus and train station. There has even been tentative talk of building a second tower, in response not only to the growing demand for graduate studies in Montreal, but also to the project’s initial success.

This success, evident in the four-year en­ terprise’s timely completion within budgetary constraints, was due to the careful manage­ ment of the project, led in part by Bouchard.

“We were very careful in managing the project, not only regarding the construction but also regarding the move of the employ­ ees,” said Bouchard. “We worked carefully to start teaching students right away.”

The new building will be open to the pub­ lic for tours on February 13.

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Casual workers M cGill students awarded green project funding $47,000 distributed by join PSAC sustainability conference

Continued from cover KATRINA SIENIUC Véroninque Allard, leading campaign repre­ sentative from the PSAC. “It is really a major change. You already have on campus [McGill University Non-Academic Certified Associa­ tion], but when these people go on sick leave or parental leave, or when a job position be­ comes vacant, it is replaced be a casual work­ er. [This worker] is accomplishing exactly the same tasks, same job title, but these people were not unionized before.”

Allard emphasized that the distinction between student and worker should never be confused.

“Our student status should never be confused with our worker status; it is not the same,” said Allard. “Sometimes, because we are so keen to work on campus and we need to work on campus because we can’t get by with student loans, the work on campus becomes a part of our education. We tend to forget that it is a job and accept working conditions that are unfair.”

Casual workers who will now be union­ ized include campus tour guides, athletic centre employees, food service workers, and temporary secretaries. Because AMUSE is exclusive to non-academic workers, teaching assistants are not included under the organiza­ tion.

“It is an exciting result with the massive amount of support that came out, but we were not expecting much else given the amount of support that we have received up until now,” said Max Silverman, AMUSE student volun­ teer and Tribune columnist.

Despite the inevitable high turnover rate of temporary employees, particularly under­ graduate students, Silverman believes that widespread support across various positions indicates the need for workers to organize.

“The diversity of the field that still all gave positive support ... shows me, at least, that the workers may change year to year but the issues are still there and the issues stay the same,” said Silverman, who previously served as the Students’ Society vice president exter­ nal. “Therefore I have no doubt that even if there has been a lot of turnover, the new peo­ ple who are there are going to see this as just as valuable as [those before].”

Silverman also believes that although a wide variety of positions are covered under the agreement, the common need for repre­ sentation of casual workers creates a shared interest.

Before negotiations over a collective bar­ gaining agreement with McGill commence, AMUSE must still assemble executive and bargaining committees, establish operating bylaws, and agree internally upon demands.

The PSAC now represents roughly 19,000 workers across eight Quebec Universities.

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Two McGill undergraduate students re­ ceived a total o f $8,500 in funding for sus­ tainability projects last week after applying for the funds at a sustainability conference in September.

Amélie Marsolais-Ricard and Jonathan Glencross were among 180 Canadian univer­ sity students who attended Impact!: The Cooperators Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership in Guelph, Ont. last September.

The conference aimed to bring together students who were passionate about the en­ vironment to collaborate with experts in de­ veloping innovative sustainable solutions for their campuses, communities and workplaces.

David Suzuki, the noted Canadian environ­ mentalist, and Peter Schiefke, the national manager o f the Climate Change Project Can­ ada, both participated in the event.

Marsolais-Ricard received a $5,000 grant for a project that involves using sustainable construction to build a green bicycle shelter at College Durocher in Saint-Lambert on the

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South Shore. Glencross was awarded $3,500 for Sustainable McGill, an independent stu­ dent-run organization that proposes and sup­ ports green initiatives.

Glencross’s grant will help fund a com­ munity forum designed to provide students with a venue to discuss ideas for promoting sustainability on campus, which w.ill be held in late January. McGill administrators will also participate in the forum, where the administra­ tion will seek to promote the Sustainability Project Fund, a joint effort by students and ad­ ministrators to fund green projects.

Glencross hopes the forum will help stu­ dents to realize that even small projects can move the university in a more sustainable di­ rection, giving them a chance to converse and interact with each other. The forum will also include workshops, games, and free refresh­ ments.

“We don’t want it just to be a place to go and listen like a traditional lecture,” said Glen­ cross. “We want to encourage students to be creative.”

All the conference participants were eligi­ ble to apply for project funding. Glencross and Marsolais-Ricard were among the 12 students who received a total o f $47,000 in funding.

Leonard Sharman, a coordinator o f the re­

cent conference, said he believes the event was a success. If the projects funded by the event are deemed worthwhile, he said, the Impact! conference may become a recurring event.

G lencross was aw arded $3,500 for Sustainable M cG ill, an independent student-run organization that proposes and supports green initiatives.

“Once [our evaluation is] done, we will make the decision about whether it will be an annual or biannual event or not,” Sharman said.

According to Sharman, the intention of the conference was to help students with pas­ sionate ideas regarding the environment and sustainable leadership, but who may not have the finances and networks to accomplish their initiatives.

“There was a set o f amazing students at the conference,” he said. “I’m pretty sure we will continue it.”

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Election to take place Wednesday M cGill joins Blair foundation Continued from cover [Conservative McGill and the Newman Students’ Society] qualified her,” said Olle.

Council’s motion to suspend Choose Life’s club status mandated Choose Life and the Student Equity Committee to draft a set of rules, outlining what the club can do within the parameters of the SSMU constitution, bylaws, and policies.

Members of Choose Life, the Student Equity Committee, and VP University Affairs Rebecca Dooley are meeting to discuss the rules this Friday.

If elected, Fohl claimed that she would “ensure that clubs at McGill are treated fair­ ly.” In her pensketch, Fohl maintained that her “experience with a variety of clubs” would help her “effectively represent the interests of SSMU’s clubs and services” on campus.

Olle acknowledged that, if Fohl is elect­ ed and Choose Life’s club s'tatus is debated, again, this semester, it would be “a unique and rare situation that we really haven’t dealt with before—at all.”

“It’s the combination of so many unique circumstances, so w e’d really have to figure out what would be the just thing to do. But we haven’t come to any conclusions yet,” she said.

Seven other students are running in the election: Bilal Manji, Sarah Rivin, Cathal Rooney-Cespedes. D ’Andre Wilson, Adam

Wheeler, Keane Yarish, and Timothy Abdulla.

Wheeler is a former Queer McGill po­ litical action coordinator—he resigned his position last semester. Olle described him as a competent administrator, adding that “he’s dealt with SSMU extensively.”

Rooney-Cespedes, U2 arts, is a “large contributor” to the International Relations Stu­ dents’ Association of McGill. His pensketch outlines a plan to increase communication be­ tween Council and clubs and services.

“I would not only make an effort to imple­ ment ideas of my own, but also make sure that the voices of all clubs and services are being considered,” Rooney-Cespedes said, accord­ ing to his pensketch.

Wilson, a U3 chemical engineering stu­ dent, was an executive of the Caribbean Stu­ dents’ Society and the National Society of Black Engineers, gaining an “in depth” un­ derstanding of managing clubs. As a represen­ tative to Council, she “would ensure that all clubs continue to get access to the resources they need to keep this campus lively.”

Olle acknowledged that, in the past, SSMU has had a number of acclaimed, or open, political positions. But with eight can­ didates running in a mid-year election, she was “excited that so many people are ready to jump into Council.”

B ecom es fo u rth university to associate w ith initiative CAITLIN CONDIT C ontributor

Last month, McGill University became an official partner of the Tony Blair Faith Foun­ dation and a committed member to the founda­ tion’s Faith and Globalization Initiative.

Founded in 2008 by former British prime minister Tony Blair, the foundation seeks to cultivate respect and cooperation among the world’s major religions, as well as to work with religious groups on development projects and education programs.

The foundation’s Faith and Globalization Initiative focusses on researching the ways in which the boundaries between religions have impeded efforts to combat poverty and other maladies.

McGill is the fourth university to part­ ner with the foundation, joining Yale, Dur­ ham University in England, and the National University of Singapore. Research at McGill under the initiative will focus on faith issues relevant to Canada, such as the faith of indige­ nous peoples and the connection between faith and human rights.

“I’m really quite energized about the ini­ tiative,” said Ellen Aitken, dean of the faculty of religious studies. “I think it’s a very exciting

partnership for McGill that has a lot of excit­ ing possibilities for students, for the research community, and for McGill’s connections to universities and others worldwide.”

According to Aitken. the university is planning a variety of events designed to en­ gage the surrounding community, such as public lectures, research conferences, and campus-wide events.

McGill is also developing a new multi disciplinary program of study, including a new course for undergraduates. The course will be open to approximately 120 students and will explore the links between globalization and the world’s religions.

“There are a lot of students at McGill who really see an understanding of the world’s reli­ gions as crucial to being an effective and inno­ vative member in today’s society, in whatever they choose to do in the future,” Aitken said.

The program delves into the principal is­ sues addressed by the Tony Blair Faith Foun­ dation, as well as establishing connection^ such as internships for undergraduates, with the organization.

“At this point the horizon is wide,” Ait­ ken said. “A lot is possible. The foundation is deeply committed to working with all the ideas we generate from here, and our partner­ ship with other universities, people and com­ munities will just add to the capacity we have here at McGill.”

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Talking to John F. Burns, the globetrotting foreign correspondent THEO MEYER N ew s Editor

On a Saturday evening several weeks ago, John F. Bums and I filed into King’s Col­ lege, Cambridge, for evening services. Bums, the chief foreign correspondent for The New York Times, does not seem at first glance like a particularly religious man. The 65-year-old McGill graduate is a tall man, solidly built, with a mop of curly, light grey hair and a white beard. In the years he has spent report­ ing abroad, Burns has filed stories from some of the world’s most disparate and dangerous locales—everywhere from Afghan mountaintops to armoured Land Rovers in Bosnia. But when you lead such an unpredictable life, he told me, there is something comforting about attending services every so often.

From Britain to McGill Bom in 1944 to a South African father and an English mother, Bums grew up attend­ ing British boarding schools, an experience hes seems to have both valued and detested.

“The headmasters and housemasters at private schools in this country in the 1950s were running dictatorships,” he said during a recent interview in Cambridge, comparing the atmosphere in the repressive societies in which he reported later in life.

Just after his graduation from secondary school, Bums' father, an officer in the Royal Air Force, accepted a posting in Vancouver.

Though he had already secured a place at Pem­ broke College, Cambridge, Bums decided to take a gap year with his parents in Canada.

“Having been through a British boys’ school that had changed little since the time of Dickens, I felt the moment I stepped on shore in Canada like I’d found freedom,” Burns said, adding that he met his first serious girlfriend in Canada that year. “I loved it, absolutely loved it, and nothing was going to bring me back to [Britain].”

Startling his mother, whose family had attended Cambridge for generations, Bums instead decided to enrol at McGill, where he studied political science and economics.

Charles Taylor, the eminent political phi­ losopher and current emeritus professor, was Burns’ chief intellectual influence while he was at McGill, lecturing Bums and other admiring students on Locke, Hobbes, and Milton.

“We loved him. We would have done any­ thing for him,” Burns said. “What I learned in the classroom at McGill from Charles Taylor has informed my entire personal and profes­ sional life.”

An Unlikely Journalist It was in the McGill library that Burns first read The New York Times, which turned him into a voracious newspaper reader. Burns persuaded an editor at the now-defunct Ottawa Journal to give him a week’s trial as a reporter one summer.

“I got involved in interesting stories and I loved it and I thought every single day I spent in the newsroom was more interesting than any day I’d spent in the university library,” he jsaid. “That’s how I got into this business.”

After a stint reporting for the Ottawa Citizen following his graduation from McGill, Burns was recruited by The Globe and Mail,

where he became a parliamentary correspon­ dent covering Pierre Trudeau’s government.

In 1970, Quebec separatists ignited the October Crisis by kidnapping James Cross, the British trade commissioner, and Pierre Laporte, the Quebec government’s minister of labour. On one particularly tense day, Burns became embroiled in a confrontation with Trudeau’s press secretary, Romeo LeBlanc, as he was rushing to ask the prime minister a question.

“He accused me of eavesdropping, and I said, ‘No, I’m not eavesdropping, I’m trying to get the prime minister.’ Trudeau, hearing this, turned around—and he punched me. Knocked me over into an overstuffed armchair.”

In the confusion that followed, security ejected Bums from Parliament and stripped him of his press credentials. Though these were eventually reinstated, The Globe and Mail’s editors chose to reassign Burns to China.

Oddly enough, Bums and Trudeau met again in 1973 when the prime minister made his historic visit to China. Trudeau, remember­ ing the young reporter he had hit three years earlier, asked Bums to ride with him for the duration of his visit. Bums agreed, and the men spent the next two days talking.

With a laugh, Trudeau asked him what had happened after the incident during the October Crisis. “Well,” Bums replied, “you punched me in the nose, and you changed my life.”

On Assignment for The Times After Burns had spent several years in China, A.M. Rosenthal, the Canadian-bom managing editor at The New York Times, took notice of his work. One article in particular, entitled “1,001 Ways to Lie in China,” which described the duplicitous nature of the Chi­ nese bureaucracy, caught Rosenthal’s eye. He offered Bums a job in New York, and in 1975, Bums reluctantly accepted.

Burns was convinced that he wouldn't make it at the Times when he took the job, even staying in a hotel rather than finding an apartment because he did not believe the job would last. One night in 1975, however, he got his break. According to Burns, he was stand­ ing at the elevators at The Times waiting to leave when the city editor told him to get to LaGuardia Airport. “Something’s happened,” the editor said. “Sounds like an explosion.”

Bums raced to LaGuardia through heavy traffic and leapt out of his cab a mile from the airport, scaling a fence and sprinting across the tarmac in the rain toward the terminal. Once inside, he found a payphone and called his editors, describing the chaotic scene. Police were everywhere. Several people were dead, and others were injured. After several hours of chasing through the airport and the local hospi­ tals, an exhausted Bums returned to the Times, convinced he’d botched the assignment.

“When I walked into the newsroom, people on the metro desk applauded,” Bums recalled. “I thought, ‘This is some sort of a joke.’”

It wasn’t. His telephoned reports had been rewritten into a front-page story with a banner headline, which ran under his by-line though Burns hadn’t technically written a word of it. The editors congratulated him on the piece and, according to Bums, his career at the newspaper turned around.

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Sarajevo, Afghanistan, and Beyond Over the next decade and a half, Bums reported for The Times from many far-flung locales. In 1991, he was assigned to Sarajevo to cover the escalating war in the Balkans.

By May 1992, however, the United Na­ tions and the foreign press corps had decided to evacuate Sarajevo, as thousands of artillery shells hammered the city. Burns reluctantly joined the exodus, but stopped when the con­ voy reached the outskirts of the city.

“As soon as we were gone, the Serbs, who were shelling the city, thinking that they’d put out the eyes of the world, redoubled their at­ tacks,” Burns said. “Within 24 hours of our leaving, the city was on fire. And I thought, ‘This can’t be right.’ So I filled my car with food, and I drove back in there.”

Burns couldn’t believe what he saw as he returned: burning cars with dead bodies in them, breadlines hit by artillery shells, soccer stadiums turned into cemeteries. Though he initially intended to stay only an additional weekend, Bums found shelter with a loqal family and decided he had a duty to remain in Sarajevo.

After several more weeks in Sarajevo, Bums lost touch with his editors at The Times, who had ordered him out of the city. “For three months, four months, I was the only journalist

there,” he said. “The whole press corps was gone.”

At the end of the year, however, an edi­ tor at The Times contacted him and asked him to write one final story about what he’d seen that year—usually a sign that a reporter’s work is being considered for the Pulitzer Prize. Ac­ cording to Bums, he filed the story from his ar­ moured Land Rover in the middle o f the night, praying a Serbian soldier wouldn’t fire at the glow from his laptop. In 1993, he won the Pu­ litzer Prize for International Reporting.

In the following years, Bums reported from both Afghanistan, where he won a sec­ ond Pultizer for his coverage of the rise of the Taliban, and Iraq, where he spent five years covering the American invasion and the sec­ tarian fighting that followed. In 2007, Bums fi­ nally returned to Britain after 45 years abroad to take a post as The Times’ London bureau chief.

Though he admits to missing some of the thrills of life abroad—flying low over the mountains of Afghanistan in a military heli­ copter, for instance—Bums appears content to be back in Britain. If nothing else, he can now attend evensong at the King’s College chapel at Cambridge.

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bsteven@mcgilltmKunHcom DEFENDING PROROGATION Contrary to what some of you may be­ lieve, proroguing parliament is not the “demo­ cratic travesty” that many are making it out to be.

Canada is supposedly stirring with “grass­ roots fury,” according to the Toronto Star.

More than 100,000 people have now joined a Facebook group in opposition to Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue Parliament, united by their hatred of our prime minister.

And they really do seem to hate him. The group’s now defunct photos section was filled with wonderful images of Harper wearing a Nazi uniform and doing terrible things to a kit­ ten with a kitchen knife.

The comments section rages with the passion of a people in revolt: “Harper is Bush Junior!”

“What if society prorogued society?!?”

Oh, and my personal favourite: “A good old-fashioned public stoning of Harper may be in order.” Those are all real quotes, too— this group is a hoot.

By now I hope you can detect my disdain.

I wouldn’t call the reaction to the prorogation a “grassroots fury:” this is more like a case of overblown rhetoric from people jumping on a political bandwagon. Facebook has made it easy to be a political “activist.”

This is not the end of the world. Proroga­ tion is a regular and constitutional occurrence, offering the government an opportunity to “re­ calibrate their agenda.”

In a CTV interview, Conservative strat­ egist Tim Powers noted that Parliament has been prorogued more than 105 times in its his­ tory. The move was used four times by Jean Chretien’s Liberal government. As can be seen, it is a common occurrence.

But why prorogue? Most importantly, prorogations need to happen in order to end the business of a particular Parliament along with its budget and legislative agenda. In turn, a new set of priorities is established along with

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a new budget to match those priorities.

In two months the Conservatives will likely table a budget that will continue stimu­ lus spending, but will begin the necessary gov­ ernment cutbacks to restore fiscal stability.

We all know better than to trust political promises. Still, to any conservative, the idea of trimming the bloated and interventionist Canadian state is something to look forward to.

It’s also important to remember that prorogation doesn’t only affect the House of Commons—there is also the Senate.

The problem with this Senate is that it does not represent the current electoral makeup of the Commons. It is controlled by the Liberals—a party rejected by Canadians in the last election. The Liberal senators of this body have consistently blocked or altered Conservative legislation, particularly “tough on crime” bills that have been a cornerstone of this government. One example: Liberal sena­ tors voted down a requirement that marijuana growers with less than five plants serve a man­ datory six months in prison.

Is it particularly democratic that an op­ position party controls the appointed house of our Parliament? I don’t think so. That seems like more of a democratic “travesty” to me than the prorogation. This is one reason why proroguing is an excellent political move: the Tories can now fill the five vacant Senate seats they need to secure a larger caucus than the Liberals, and thus regain control of their leg­ islation.

Even better, these five new senators promise to be amicable to Senate reform. Sen­ ate reform has been a goal of this government since it came into power, and because of the Liberal Senate it has never gotten anywhere.

The irony here is that the same liberals now screaming about the “dictatorial” proroguing of Parliament made an elected Senate near im­ possible. Senate reform has been an important value of Harper’s conservative base, and to me, stands as the next great challenge for our democracy.

So all you opponents of proroguing out there: please relax. Really. If the opposition parties are that outraged about the whole busi­ ness, they can make a vote of non-confidence when they return. This isn’t suddenly a dicta­ torship. And remember, at the end of the day, it’s only two months.

to such arbitrary labeling and finger pointing this far into my academic career, unless it was about my sexuality (accusations of sluttery and faux lesbianism follow most women in their early twenties, much to the dismay of feminism in all its forms). But, alas, here I am.

I’m sure my newfound hipster status is an af­ front to some—who would find me too sober and too into Taylor Swift—but seems all too obvious to others—thanks to my glasses and affinity for the French New Wave. Either way, it’s not really important, because the word “hipster” as a descriptor has become so over­ used that it’s meaningless. It’s “douche” for a new decade.

When the term was coined in the 1940s, “hipster” connoted music and musicianship, as well as members of the contemporary sub­ culture. Now, thanks to its resurgence in the popular media (supplanting the only slightly less annoying “emo” label), it has become a comfortable crutch for those lazy judges who see a single pair of plastic-framed glasses as an unbridgeable ideological gap. It is wantonly applied to every fashionable twentysomething on St. Catherine Street, every undergraduate

BRING IT ON, 2010 2009 was a wretched year. On a personal level, it was full of injury, emotional roller­ coasters of human interaction, far too much time spent on academics, and the deaths of some very special people to me.

And for the world, 2009 saw the entrench­ ment of superficially humanized global Amer­ ican military domination with the coronation of Emperor Obama. Obama was not only awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while continu­ ing the Bush doctrine of American foreign policy, but also opened new “fronts” in the socalled “War on Terrorism,” whose connection to September 11 is even more nebulous than Bush’s oft-ridiculed “Axis of Evil.”

It was the year of the inevitable collapse of credit-capitalism and the gutting of work­ ing Americans’ pockets and wages to rebuild the tottering slum known as the US economy.

Obama, far from re-working the bailouts to the benefit of average Americans, continued to hand over billions of dollars from US citizens to the wealthiest and most powerful segments of American industry in what has been called the single largest act of class warfare in con­ temporary American history.

Here at home, 2009 saw Canadian policy take a radical swing to the racist right, beyond what any “Tory/Liberal-All-The-Same” nay­ sayers like myself could ever have imagined.

Our government declared all-out war not only on public services and government social programs, but also on Canada’s nebulously “neutral” position in the Huntingtonian selffulfilling prophecy of civilizational clash. Oh yes, and there were the two complete seizures of government power by the executive wing of our government against the one elected por­ tion of our government, the legislature.

Here in Montreal, we. saw the re-election of our profoundly corrupt municipal regime whose win makes Ahmadinejad’s election look

Concordia student, and every person in a compositionally interesting photo on Facebook.

And it’s not just unhip adults and L.L. Beanclad hikers who point and snicker at perceived hipsters. Droopy-hatted, Wavves-loving intel­ lectuals are just as likely to label their hipster brethren. One of the main reasons that the “hipster” label grates my nerves is because it’s so often hipsters themselves doing the name­ calling.

Case in point: I was recently at a student art show with a friend of mine. He looked around and scoffed at “all these stupid little pseudo-artistic hipsters.” Notwithstanding the fact that I had had to explain the pronuncia­ tion of “pseudo” to him four years prior (he was calling things “swee-do-intellectual”), he was making an absolute fool of himself. While he pronounced his judgement, he was sport­ ing a septum piercing, browline glasses, and a shirt featuring (he went out of his way to tell me) an authentic drawing by Robert Crumb (something of an enfant te rrib le in the world of underground comix). Calling someone else a hipster shows an embarrassing lack of selfawareness for a group that is so intensely nar­

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clean and straightforward—though of course we polite North Americans won’t be pouring into the streets to protest. We also lost one of the greatest defenders of the poor, lawyer Natacha Binsse-Masse, to lung cancer at far too young an age. Binsse-Masse spent most of her career fighting police and state abuse of the marginalized and we citizens of Montreal are far worse off without her.

And finally, here at McGill, we saw the administration’s attack on student life and the campus community reach new heights. At the same time, our administration declared its commitment to sustainability while our prin­ cipal was one of a handful of delegates advis­ ing the prime minister during his shameful and tragic performance at the Copenhagen confer­ ence, where Canada outperformed even the United States in the West’s race to the bottom rung of action on climate change.

But there is small sliver of hope for hu­ manity that emerged in 2009. While not im­ mediately impressive, I’ll take whatever I can get at this point.

That sliver was the release of a brilliant year of television shows the likes of which we haven’t experienced since the heyday of Sein­ feld and the Simpsons. Of course, the world of pop culture was brought down by the untimely deaths of Michael Jackson, Brittany Murphy, Patrick Swayze, and Farah Fawcett. And the world is far worse off without the class and elegance of the one and only Bea Arthur.

But my internet TV watching—for bet­ ter or for worse—hit an all-time high in 2009 with the release of groundbreaking shows like The United States of Tara and Modern Family.

Beyond the new series, on-the-rise shows like True Blood and the Canadian-produced Flash­ point hit new levels of genius in 2009. Hell, there was even a new season of Curb Your En­ thusiasm that reversed the downward trend of the past few years.

Now, the release of some great new shows does not make up for the tragic state of the world. It arguably compounds the brutal inequality that underlines global military and economic relations. But, in the spirit of the New Year and to avoid the calls of “cynic!” that follow me in life, I’ll take what I can get.

So bring it on, 2010. With my arsenal of sit­ coms, I’ll take what you can throw at me.

cissistic. Paradox? Yes. Unfixable? No. My solution is to abolish the word “hip­ ster” from our collective vocabulary. In its place I propose these more nuanced epithets:

Esoterophile: denoting someone ob­ sessed with things he or she thinks no one else knows about.

Style monkey: from “monkey see, mon­ key do,” for someone whose dress sense too closely echoes that o f an American Apparel or Urban Outfitters mannequin.

Fauxr-eyes: for those afflicted with vi­ sual handicaps corrected by lenses, and those who wish they were.

Person I semi-irrationally hate and/or fear: because when judging others, what are we doing but seeing the worst in ourselves? [note: insert NBC “The More You Know” music.]

Additionally, I advocate the resurrection of the words poseur, square, and narc on the grounds that they’re fun to say and easy to rhyme with.

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AM USE vote leaves some students in the dark The Association of McGill University Support Employees is now the official union of McGill’s non-academic casual workers, re­ ceiving accreditation from the Quebec Labour Board last month. An October mail-in vote of eligible employees resulted in an overwhelm­ ing 85 per cent of casual workers voting in favour of the union. (There are approximately 3,000 non-academic casual workers at McGill, about 65 per cent of which are students.)

Some of these students may be surprised that they’re now in a union. Casual employ­ ment at McGill is varied, and some student employees—including some members of the Tribune editorial board—were unaware of the accreditation vote. Some accreditation ballots were sent to home addresses in another prov­ ince or country, while some casual employ­ ees—namely, all McGill Athletics intramural

employees that the Tribune spoke with—did not receive ballots at all. Some emails to the a m u se.a ep cem @ g m a il.co m were left unretumed in the fall semester, and the last email to the listserv of casual workers who had signed “application cards” supporting AMUSE was sent almost a year ago. Finally, neither of McGill’s student papers were informed that an accreditation vote was underway in October— the process seemed to take place under a cover of darkness.

None of this is to suggest that AMUSE’s mandate is not legitimate—the landslide vote in favour of AMUSE is a clear indication that most casual employees desire union repre­ sentation. Furthermore, some of the problems listed above—especially the missing ballots— may be the fault of the Labour Board or McGill University. However, AMUSE should make

an effort to reach out to all casual employees who may have been left in the dark during the accreditation process.

Every employee deserves to know that they are now in a union. AMUSE should make an effort to contact all casual employees—es­ pecially those working in the Athletics depart­ ment and first-year student workers—who may feel marginalized, and inform them of how to get involved in shaping the union’s priorities.

Furthermore, AMUSE’s website, which is cur­ rently unhelpful and hard to find, needs to be improved and updated immediately.

There is a wide spectrum of student em­ ployees at McGill, some who will be unhappy to find out that they are now represented by a union. We hope that AMUSE can find a way to get them all on the same page for the sake of better working conditions at McGill.

vide connections between social justice and the work that you're already doing for school. The Community University Research Exchange (CURE) is a database of research projects that have been proposed by community groups and that students can do for credit. Students get to do projects that are actually relevant, and com­ munity groups get access to research that they may not otherwise have the time or resources to conduct themselves. If you’ve already writ­ ten a paper that you think is connected to so­ cial and environmental justice, you can submit it to Study in Action, the annual undergradu­ ate conference at Concordia University. Or, if there’s a topic that you want to focus on academically, and McGill either doesn’t have a class or doesn’t have one worth taking, you can create your own student-run independent study class with the help of the Indyclass col­ lective, a working group of QPIRG-McGill.

Although academics are obviously an es­ sential part of a university education, it’s im­ portant to recognize that you can often learn much more by engaging with issues outside the classroom. For example, I started at McGill majoring in international development studies, but found that my clearest understandings of what development is, and how it works, came through my involvement in QPIRG work­ ing groups such as Students Taking Action in Chiapas and FAO-Montreal, which allowed me to learn from the Zapatista movement, and communities opposing Canadian mining in Mexico.

Although it can be inspiring to learn from struggles in other parts of the world, there is also much to be learned from what is hap­

pening right here in Quebec and Montreal.

The Quebec student movement is one of the strongest and most militant in North America, and radical students at McGill have a history of participating through organizations such as GRASPé. Groups such as TapThirst, Greening McGill, and Demilitarize McGill are focus­ sing on changing McGill itself and the way it contributes to larger problems in the world.

Barrière Lake Solidarity is a Montreal-based working group that works to support Algon­ quin people in northern Quebec by demanding that their agreements with the government be honoured and their self-determination respect­ ed. These are just a few examples of the many groups that are active at McGill or through QPIRG. At the beginning of every school year QPIRG hosts Radical Frosh, for new students who are more interested in getting politically involved than drinking a lot of alcohol. On January 21, the first ever RadFrosh reunion will be held, bringing RadFrosh students back together after their first semester at McGill.

It’s also for those students who weren’t able to attend RadFrosh this year, or for anyone else interested in social and environmental jus­ tice. There are a lot of people at McGill and in Montreal trying to change the world for the better, and if you’re interested in joining them, organizations such as QPIRG are a great place to find out how you can get involved.

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An open le tte r to S tu d en ts’ S o c ie ty ViceP re sid e n t U n iversity A ffairs R eb ecca D o o le y b y fo r m e r stu den t S en ator N ick W olf regardin g his resignation.

Dear Ms. Dooley, I would be less hesitant to bring my res­ ignation to SSMU if I were not afraid of what SSMU would do with my vacant seat. I, as you know, lean conservatively, when viewed with SSMU as the centre. SSMU is in the grip of radical organizations, and as such is highly likely to choose a successor who reflects the views of these organizations. While it may happen that you go through my faculty asso­ ciation to find my replacement, being the third senator from the Arts faculty I was afraid that your organization would handpick a follower

who would more vocally espouse your views.

While my fears may be unjustified, I do not believe that they are unfounded.

With services like Queer McGill approv­ ing election candidates and meetings being conducted at the behest of fringe organiza­ tions, it is difficult for an alternative view­ point to be heard. And it seems to me, and the students I have spoken to about the subject, that the alternative viewpoints—the voices silenced by the majority at SSMU—are con­ servative. Most of those who run for SSMU have an agenda that in the real world would be considered extremist. Some wondered why there were four acclaimed positions in the last election. The answer is simple; nobody wanted to work for SSMU. What happened to battles over policy— where students actually had a stake in the is­ sues? We simply do not need another radical voice screaming for radical changes, lunging at invisible oppressors, and disrespecting the very people we are trying to represent.

Having sat on Senate, and in the meet­ ing rooms and committees, I have seen a good deal. SSMU is inherently disorganized. Its

policies and its goals are scattered, and for­ gotten from week to week. There is almost no foresight, and even less hindsight. Different things anger SSMU each week, yet it never makes a real stand on an issue. Sure, you’ll ask “tough” questions at Senate, but they aren’t ef­ fective. The administration gets tougher ques­ tions from smarter people all the time. Pick a target and fight for it.

If you want people to respect SSMU’s au­ thority, you need to earn that respect, to prove that you are really fighting for what students want. Choose Life was handled poorly. Simply dealing with it internally would have solved a lot of issues. Instead, the executives gave an upstart club with delusions of grandeur the spotlight for weeks. We should be celebrating diversity on campus, not oppressing it. If their events are objectionable, don’t go. Oh, they violated the equity policy? Maybe it is the eq­ uity policy that needs to be reevaluated. Why make an internal matter a street brawl going all the way up to the Senate floor?

The university is laughing, but you can’t see it because you’re too blinded by self-righ­ teousness.

Our enemies at the university are highly intelligent, do not suffer from the yearly at­ trition that we do, have years of experience fighting our predecessors, and have a cohesive plan for every meeting—a real plan, not one stemming from an hour-long caucus where we discuss things and then hug. Where is our year-long plan? What is the final objective?

Oh right, we have neither. If there is one, it should be shared with the Senators. Otherwise, if w e’re encouraged to think for ourselves, let us represent our constituents, not just SSMU. So consider this my official resignation from the organization that once represented students at this university. Consider this a call to change, a 95 Theses nailed to the glass doors of Shatner. Student politics have degen­ erated into ineffectual yelling over stupid is­ sues. Want some advice on how to run a stu­ dent movement? How to protest? How to kick and scream until the opposition breaks? Ask the administration. They did it right when they were in our shoes, and they are kicking our ass now.

—Nick Wolf Former SSMU Senator

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R e: “L e tte r to the ed ito r: C an w e g o to o ? ” b y M atth ew H o d g etts (24.11.09)

Regarding whether the PGSS Executive has a firm foundation upon which to base re­ forms to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), here are a few examples illustrating that the PGSS does, in fact, practice the demo­ cratic basics on our home turf.

Are any of these true of the CFS? 1. ) PGSS Council meetings and General Meetings are open to members of the press.

2. ) PGSS’s governing documents, stand­ ing resolutions, meeting minutes, and audited financial statements are freely available on the PGSS website or upon request.

3. ) PGSS’s Constitution mandates impar­ tial review in several situations important to democracy.

4. ) The PGSS’s policies respond to the will of its membership. I know this because I have seen my own department’s feedback incorporated into our policies. These include: the policies on University/Industry Research Partnerships, and Guaranteed Funding for Graduate Student Researchers.

5. ) The PGSS practices transparency and accountability in its financial management. I know this because at the March 2009 Annual General Meeting, our membership voted to in­ crease student participation and management expertise on our Board of Directors. Also see relevant portions of our Constitution.

The following site indicates a timeline of PGSS Council discussions regarding the CFS: pgss.mcgill.ca/EAC/rep/federal.html Though the Council listserv is primarily a mechanism for advertising events and meet­ ing dates, any councillor may be contacted via McGill email address, independently of our Executive, by consulting the directory on the PGSS website.

I look forward to further dialogue at our next Council meeting, January 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Thomson House.

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IT ’S THE ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES It’s not always hard to be an ethical eater.

I grew up on Long Island where fresh fish is easily found and organic produce comes from local farms on the east end of the island and nearby New Jersey (surprisingly fertile), and winters are relatively mild.

Montreal, however, provides a distinct set of challenges to ethical eaters. While dur­ ing summer nearby Quebec and Ontario farms produce delicious foodstuffs, the harsh winters place limitations on vegetable production. Is it possible to eat fresh vegetables and still be an ethical eater? Yes and no. There are some sea­ sonal vegetables that are available to satisfy fresh-food cravings. But there are some veg­ etables, I’m afraid, that w e’re going to have to forego in their just-picked form if we want to be environmentally responsible and treat our­ selves well.

Winter produce is pretty obvious: dark greens like kale, chard and broccoli; roots like potatoes, carrots, Jerusalem artichokes; and the gourd family. The meals this ingredi­ ent list calls to mind seem heavy—along the lines of thick stews and roasts—and they are.

Salads in the middle of winter don’t make any sense at all. For instance, one of the most dis­

gusting inventions of agriculture is the win­ ter tomato. It might be grown in California, or South America, but after it’s been flown to Montreal, it arrives pale pink, mealy, and a pa­ thetic reminder of what tomatoes are supposed to look and taste like in August. Please stop purchasing these monsters. Chop up a nice pear instead to throw into your salad.

Here’s what I’m really babbling about: eating sub-par produce out of season just isn’t worth it. In the frigid winter, our bodies crave warm meals with a ton of carbs and fat. And I think we should listen. Out-of-season veg­ etables should be purchased in their canned, dried, or frozen forms. I know that w e’ve been taught that every vegetable is better when it’s just been pulled from the vine, but in this case, that’s wrong. Fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, raspberries, and peaches in January, in Mon­ treal, are bizarre.

Last night I cooked a dish that I enjoymore or less year round. I seared a few thick chicken breasts and braised them in white wine and tomatoes. This time, I began the dish with chopped shallots, dried oregano, and a bay leaf. When I had browned both sides of the chicken, I stirred in some wine to deglaze the pan and added half of a can of diced to­ matoes. I served the chicken in its thin sauce over beautiful, thick mashed potatoes blended with some sautéed leeks (keep the tops of your leaks to make vegetable stock). In the summer I would have used fresh tomatoes, perhaps added some baby spinach, and fresh basil in­ stead of dried oregano.

Winter doesn’t look bleak to me at all from my kitchen window. It looks a little bit rich, with some extra tablespoons of butter here and there, but honestly it’s what I believe nature intended.

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Sex, drugs, and exercise E ndorphins m ay be the healthiest w ay to g et high SHANNON KIMBALL Features Editor

Resolutions come every New Year’s, and be it losing weight, the latest diet, or just plain eating healthy,many people hope to look lean­ er by the year’s end. With one third of Canadi­ ans being obese, becoming healthier is an ad­ mirable resolution. Unfortunately, while many plan to skip the freezer section and throw out the take out menus, most of these resolutions will wane with Valentine’s Day chocolate.

Low calorie diets are notoriously hard to stick to, and may be unrealistic in a college environment rampant with booze and pro­ cessed food. The secret to getting a junk food addict off the couch is getting them addicted to something else: exercise.

Endorphins are nature’s incentive to exer­ cise. Evolutionarily, they’re what allowed our ancestors to run from predators and endure the pain of childbirth. They block pain receptors during physical activity so that what should be painful is somehow bearable.

Anyone who has sampled morphine or heroin has been under the influence of opiates, which can block pain signals and even pro­ duce an addictive high. Endorphins are similar to opiates in structure, meaning that they can have similar behavioural effects. Like opiates used for recreational purposes, endorphins block pain signals from fully transmitting to the brain. This means that for some people,

strenuous exercise may induce some of the same—albeit not as intense—feelings as her­ oin or the analgesic effects of morphine.

Many people have heard of the runner’s high—that a sub-four minute miler can feel no pain while racing, or even thereafter. Run­ ning is the typical sport used in reference to endorphins. This is probably because it is ex­ ercises the whole body, including muscles that are usually rather dormant, and usually very intensely. But the endorphins can be released in almost any strenuous activity, particularly those that require endurance, such as swim­ ming, biking, or even cross country skiing.

That “high” varies from person to person, but it isn’t always just an absence of pain, and isn’t just restricted to professional athletes.

People who have experienced an exercise high describe the experience as pain-free and euphoric. In case you needed another reason to don your sneakers this year, endorphins are also released during orgasm.

With endorphins running rampant in the body, it’s curious why so few people hit the gym. While you may not get a high every time you jump on the treadmill, the physical ben­ efits of exercise should keep you going.

Unlike its illegal counterparts, it’s un­ clear if people can become addicted to the endorphins released during exercise. But one thing is certain: getting off the couch this win­ ter may actually feel good in the long run.

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The only Irish coffee you’ll ever need CAROLYN YATES

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Irish coffee combines two of life’s great­ est joys—caffeine and booze—in one conve­ nient glass. The recipe below uses Jameson whiskey both because it’s delicious and tastes slightly sweet, which compliments the coffee very nicely.

There are variations of this drink that include Bailey’s, creme de menthe, spices, decorative coffee beans, and light­ ing things on fire at strategic mo­ ments. But instead of relying on gimmicky green food colouring to add zest to your drink, let de­ licious simplicity speak for itself.

Ingredients • 12 oz hot coffee • 1 oz Jameson Irish whiskey (or to taste) • 1 Tbsp. sugar (or to taste; sugar is necessary, however, for floating cream on top) • 4 Tbsp. heavy cream • Boiling water

1. Fill a mug with boiling water. Set aside (later, the heated mug will keep the cof­ fee hot longer).

2. Whip cream lightly until slightly thick­ ened; it should be light enough to float on coffee, but still liquid enough to pour. It’s best to use eggbeaters or a whisk, but a fork, a small bowl, and sheer will also do the trick. Set aside.

3. Empty the mug of water.

Add sugar to taste, then the coffee, leaving about three centimetres of space from the top of the cup. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

4. Add the Jameson and stir once. Immediately add the pre­ pared cream by pouring it over the back of a spoon held just above the coffee in order to keep the coffee and cream from mix­ ing. Do not stir. Share and enjoy.

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Features: Suicide

Suicide: it's everybody's pr

By Brahna Siegelberg and Carolyn Grégoire On November 18, a revision to the Crim­ inal Code that makes it illegal to “counsel a person to commit suicide” or aid or abet them in doing so, regardless of whether they are successful, was passed unanimously in the House of Commons. The revision, which was proposed by Kitchener-Conestoga Member of Parliament Harold Albrecht, was a response to the March 2008 suicide of Nadia Kajouji, a first-year student at Carleton University who drowned herself in the Rideau River. A police search of her laptop revealed conversations with a 47-year-old male nurse who, according to chat room transcripts, both encouraged her to kill herself and suggested she hang rather than drown herself so that he could watch.

Among Canadian university students, suicide is a leading cause of death, second only to car accidents. And while suicides are nothing new, questions over what drives young adults to end their lives, and what pre­ vention measures universities should employ, are still unresolved.

“Suicide is a human disaster,” says Rory Butler, president of Your Life Counts, an on­ line resource for youth considering suicide or engaging in self-destructive behaviour. “For every death by suicide, there are over 100 at­ tempts. It really is a silent epidemic that affects communities across the country and there is no strata of society that is more susceptible to it than anyone else. It’s everybody’s problem.”

Suicides on university campuses According to Robert Pihl, a McGill psy­ chology professor, surveys of university stu­ dents show that 46 per cent have a diagnosable

disorder. “For the majority of youth it’s alco­ hol and drugs, and that’s an ephemeral prob­ lem. But there are still 10 to 11 per cent who have mood or personality disorders, where it is a concomitant risk for suicide.”

Dr. Robert Franck, clinical director of McGill Mental Health Services, explains that there are many factors involved in the occur­ rence of mental disorders and suicidal acts amongst university students. “Students being away from familial support combined with potential triggers such as financial worries, self-isolation, drug abuse, excessive perfec­ tionism resulting in self-disappointment, re­ lationship problems, questions around sexual identity, etc.,” he says.

According to Franck, late adolescence is also when ailments like major depression and anxiety disorders are often first diagnosed.

Butler adds that certain individuals can find this stage of development, and the changes it entails, particularly trying, which can lead to destructive behaviour.

“When it comes to university, being away from home, there comes into play a whole host of new things that you begin to deal with on a day-to-day basis, in residence or living in rented accommodation, that you haven’t come across before,” says Butler.

McGill is doing its part to help students struggling with mental health issues. Mental Health Services has witnessed an increase in students seeking aid and counselling, which is part of a larger upward trend in universi­ ties across North America. A recent study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh’s National Survey of Counseling Directors found that 94 per cent of college counselling directors reported an increase in students with significant psychological conditions such as depression, drug and alcohol addictions, and

eating disorders.

“There is ongoing debate as to whether the incidence of these illnesses is on the in­ crease, or whether we are better at identify­ ing these conditions which are already there,” says Frank. “De-stigmatizing psychological problems facilitates students seeking help, as does encouragement from floor fellows, faculty advisers, and academic staff. Unfortu­ nately, however, many students still hide their symptoms of depression or anxiety from their family or peers.”

McGill is taking measures to ensure that students in residence are provided with ap­ propriate resources. Floor fellows are trained to help students who may be experiencing depression or anxiety, ranging from every­ day stresses to more destructive behaviours.

“When we have students who are having sui­ cidal thoughts and who approach us, we first make them promise not to take any actions until we can work together to find a way to improve the situation,” says Nida Nizam, a floor fellow at New Residence Hall. “We can set them up with Mental Health and work with the student to find the best solution to their is­ sues.”

Franck also emphasizes the positive role of student-run services in encouraging stu­ dents struggling with mental issues to seek help. Nightline, for instance, is a confidential service allowing students to anonymously con­ nect with student volunteers who are trained to deal with a variety o f questions or concerns, even suicidal thoughts.

“Student-led initiatives are extremely helpful—Nightline, Queer McGill, SAACOMS, Headspace, etc.—in providing peer support,” says Franck.

Jane Everett, dean of students at McGill, explains that student services at McGill have multiplied in the past decade in order to make students’ lives easier. “[Aid from student ser­ vices] is a way to get many of the distractors and the stress out of your life so you can go forward smoothly. Take advantage of this— you’re paying for it, so it’s something you’re entitled to,” says Everett.

In loco p a ren tis Another aspect of university suicides is where to draw the line between a student’s right to privacy and the school’s responsibil­ ity to intervene in the event of a crisis. Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Carleton University failed to notify Kajouji’s parents that she had been receiving counselling and exhibiting suicidal behaviours. Similarly, in the case of Elizabeth Shin—a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who set herself on fire in her dorm room in 2000—her parents claimed that the university made matters worse by not in­ forming them of the suicidal tendencies their daughter displayed in the month before her death.

Assuming that their students are adults with the right to autonomy and privacy, ad­ ministrators at MIT follow a policy of only

involving parents if they provide invaluable assistance to the individual in question. Like MIT, McGill operates under the assumption that they are dealing not with children but adults, and as such no exception is made for students living away from home. The univer­ sity is not responsible for acting in lo co p a r ­ e n tis — Latin for “in the place of parents”— and therefore treats its students as they would staff members, i.e., as consenting adults.

Everett explains that until the individual’s life is directly in danger, provincial legislation prohibits the disclosure of personal informa­ tion without the student’s consent. In the event that a certain “crisis point” has been reached, often health care professionals as opposed to parents will be notified. “[Counsellors and health care profession­ als] are bound by professional codes of ethics ... There are very specific instances in which they can communicate with family members,” says Everett. “From what I understand, the crisis point would be the direct threat. This is a duty that we all have as citizens—if some­ one’s in harm, you tell someone. But you may not necessarily tell family members.”

Under provincial privacy legislation, the university may not release the private information of its students—including any counselling records of a history of mental disorders—to any third party who is not di­ rectly involved, except in the event of an im­ mediate crisis. A revision to Section 59.1 of Bill 180 states that relevant information may be released only “without the consent of the persons concerned, in order to prevent an act of violence, where there is reasonable cause to believe that there is an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.”

“There are cases when one should inform whoever can help prevent,” says Pihl. “It is a temporary problem and if you don’t do some­ thing, then you are being unethical. If a person talks to a professional about suicide, they’ve come to you for help and it’s your job to do what you can to help them.”

McGill Mental Health Services is doing all that they can to provide resources to the students who seek their help, and operates within the confines of Quebec confidentiality law when it comes to releasing information about a patient’s health.

Though the school will not act in the parents’ place, students may choose to main­ tain a higher level of parental participation in his or her university life. “Some students are perfectly happy to sign waivers allowing their parents to have access to information,” says Everett.

Your life counts—whether you think it does or not While Canada does lack a national sui­ cide prevention strategy, smaller groups and organizations outside of the university context such as Your Life Counts are also providing means of prevention.

“We want to be there before a crisis hits,” says Rory Butler, CEO and president of YLC.

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)blem “I’m a suicide survivor myself, and I reached a point in my life when I really believed that my family would be better off without me, so I know what it is like to feel as if life is no longer worth living.”

Through an email response system, YLC aims to provide an anonymous platform in which youth—mostly between the ages of 14 and 24—can vent. In contrast to therapists, hotlines, or even parents and friends, YLC en­ ables youth to speak to trained professionals in a less confrontational manner than one-onone counselling.

“Sometimes reaching out for help is the hardest thing of all,” says Butler. “There are some youth who would rather die than speak to anyone. Someone who is spinning into crisis is not in the right shape to make a phone call.

We’re trying to go straight into their world in an unthreatening way.”

In the last year, the site received over 980 emails from concerned youth, and this year The Institute of Communication Agencies has even adopted YLC as their focus charity in 2010. By offering a safe heaven in which those looking to voice some of their difficul­ ties can do so, YLC hopes to enable youth to recognize that with a little help and support, their problems can be fixed.

YLC’s success is also in large part due to the help of those who have suffered the tragic loss of a family member to suicide. Two such volunteers are Muhammad and Mark Kajouji, father and brother of Nadia, who have become ambassadors on behalf of YLC. “Their concern is to work with the sys­ tem, to help the system, to understand where the pitfalls and dangers lie,” says Butler. “And how we can begin to ensure that the dreadful loss of Nadia doesn’t happen again.”

The criminalization of suicide attests to the desperation on the part of the government to dissuade those contemplating ending their own lives. That is why mental health services on campuses and online organizations like YLC seek to remind youth that their problems can be addressed long before suicide becomes the only alternative. Both Butler and Pihl af­ firm that “suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem”—it is a remedy to an ephemeral state of mind, and one that cannot be taken back.

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A R O U N D TOW N: G R E E N FASION

Going green

Eco-friendly fashion alternatives

M ake environm entalism your N ew Y ear’s resolution

E cocentrik A pparel com bines fa sh io n a n d action

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Features Editor

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1. Conserve water. Leaving the tap running while brushing your teeth uses about five gallons of water, while every toilet flush uses about six and a half. Don’t leave the water running when brushing your teeth, shaving, or washing dishes, and store water in the refrigerator rather than let­ ting the tap run every time you want a cool drink.

2. Kick the plastic bottle habit. Plastic isn’t biodegradable, and recycling one ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space. Instead of plastic, carry water with you in a reusable stainless steel water bot­ tle. They are safe for you and easy on the environment.

3. Run your dishwasher and washing ma­ chine only when full. If you have an air dry button on your dishwasher, use it. Your dishes will dry just as well and you will use 20 per cent less energy.

4. Conserve energy. Wash your clothes in cold water (and wash them only when you have a full load), and turn off lights, elec­ tronics and other appliances when they are not in use. Leaving you computer on constantly can increase your hydro bill by up to $120 yearly; by putting it in standby mode, the amount is reduced to only $15 per year.

5. Use biodegradable, phosphate-free deter­ gents and cleaning products.

6. Save on heat. It’s cold, but try and set your thermostat one to two degrees lower than your usual comfortable temperature.

7. Buy local. Support the local economy and enjoy fresh local produce whenever pos­ sible. The average North American meal travels 2,400 km to get to your plate.

8. Buy your own bags. Keep re-useable shopping bags with you at all times and use them for all your shopping needs. They are also very useful for carrying anything you need to move from A to B.

9. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Try to reduce the amount of packaging you bring into your home and consequently throw out. Buy in bulk to save on packaging, buy fresh pro­ duce and skip the plastic bags.

10. Buy re-usable products instead of dis­ posable products, including food contain­ ers, coffee mugs, water bottles and lunch boxes.

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The green movement has reached make­ up, shampoo, and even kitty litter, and at last, eco-aware designers and companies have ex­ panded into the world of fashion. But rather than the billowy hemp clothing last seen on tree-hugging hippies, the new designs are chic and urban—and also happen to be made from sustainable materials.

Ecocentrik Apparel—a recently estab­ lished Montreal-based online store that oper­ ates under the motto “green is chic”—is one such company. With eco-friendly options in men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing and accessories selected from over 30 independent designers, Ecocentrik Apparel aims to combat climate change while still offering trendy, af­ fordable, and wearable fashions.

Manufacturing organic clothing is first and foremost a matter of altering the particu­ larly harmful conditions in which clothing is

generally produced.

“People don’t realize how much the fash­ ion industry impacts and damages the environ­ ment,” says Patsy Clark, founder and owner of Ecocentrik Apparel. “Regular production is damaging to the environment, to the farmers who grow the cotton because of all the hazard­ ous herbicides and pesticides used, and even to the people who wear the clothes which re­ tain residual chemicals from the dye and the chemicals used to weave the fibre.”

Clark, who is a scientist by trade, has spent much of her life researching sustain­ ability and looking for ways to optimize waste management and energy consumption. Much of the tenets of Green politics are not only about directly helping the environment by finding alternative means of production, but also about curbing the amount of unnecessary waste produced on this planet.

“We can reuse all of the materials that we already have,” says Clark. “We have plenty of materials and old fabrics on this planet already that can be transformed into new and really stylish clothing.”

Producing and providing eco-friendly

clothing is also socially responsible. While most clothing is mass-produced abroad— often under appalling labour conditions—the company’s line is manufactured either in Can­ ada or abroad under fair labour practices. In this way, Ecocentrik Apparel is able to simul­ taneously help the environment and stimulate the local economy—an endeavor that should not be under-valued in these troubled eco­ nomic times. Additionally, two per cent of all the company’s proceeds go toward local chari­ ties.

“Every little bit counts,” adds Clark. “It’s a problem that has gone too far before light has been shed on it.”

While we are facing a situation that ap­ pears daunting, and even irremediable, the truth is that this just isn’t really the case. If everybody made a conscious effort to do their part—avoid the urge to throw plastic in the trash, turn off lights, or walk if it’s not too far—we could make an enormous difference to this planet.

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Curiosity Delivers

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Your January entertainment guide There are only a couple of weeks at the beginning of the semes­ ter with enough free time to watch movies and go to concerts with your friends before the real schoolwork starts. Take advantage of it with our guide to January entertainment in Montreal.

Concerts Hollerado (January 16) December was a busy month for Cana­ dian rockers Hollerado. After winning the $250,000 grand prize in Ottawa’s Live 88.5 “Big Money Shot," the foursome went on tour in China. This month sees them playing the Gala at La Sala Benefit Concert for CMETrust, along with TONSTARTSSB ANDHT, The Pop Winds, and Homosexual Cops. Seemingly non-stop touring has paid off for Hollerado, letting them build a well-deserved reputation as a talented, energetic, up-and-coming band.

If you haven’t seen these boys yet, you’re missing out on what fun rock should be. Plus, proceeds from the show go to Canada-Mathare Education Trust, a charity that funds scholar­ ships for students from the Mathare slum out­ side Nairobi, Kenya. @ La Sala Rossa.

Dinosaur Jr. (January 23) In the beginning—before the word “grun­ ge” meant anything more than what built up in your carburetor and skinny plaid-shirted singers with holes in their jeans roamed the earth—there was the time of the Dinosaur. Of course, any modern-day hipster worth their weight in skinny ties already knows about Di-

nosaur Jr. It’s not difficult, considering they’ve been around since 1984 (originally sans-“Jr.”).

Lead singer/guitarist J Mascis pioneered a gui­ tar sound that can only be described as grimy and filthy, straddling the border between giv­ ing you goosebumps and tinnitus—so why can't we stop listening? 2009’s release, Farm , sounds as if it’s out to prove that the band has stayed as rough and strangely addictive as ever. @ Club Soda.

Switchfoot (January 23) God’s favourite alt-rock band. San Di­ ego’s Switchfoot, is more than a Christian group that have reached the mainstream. In fact, they’re against people describing their music as “Christian rock,” yet they don’t deny their involvement in the scene (and it doesn’t stop my iTunes from filing their album under “Gospel & Religious”). Their music is charac­ terized by high-energy guitar and drums mixed with pop rock vocals, sometimes reminiscent of early 2000s pop-punk (Story of the Year and Yellowcard come to mind). They also have the ability to weave pretty, heartfelt ballads into their albums, which stand out from the major­ ity of their songs. @ Just for Laughs.

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S h erlock H olm es (Now playing)

Spun from the timeless collection of sto­ ries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy Ritchie’s latest big screen phenomenon is a lot more than just smoke and mirrors. From the very first scene Ritchie sets a quick pace with Hol­ mes (Robert Downey Jr.) on the heels of pro­ fessed murderer and sorcerer Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). Blackwood, sentenced to hang for his murderous ways, vows he will rise from the dead to finish what he has started—a threat that becomes more chilling when his tomb is found empty.

At first sight, Downey and Jude Law (playing Holmes’ faithful sidekick Dr. Wat­ son) don’t appear to be Doyle’s iconic crime fighting duo—I, for one, always pictured Watson a little less beautiful and a little less thin. Downey nails the legendary eccentricity of one of the most acclaimed fictional detec­ tives. The cunningly foreshadowed and care­ fully thought out fight sequences became a highlight when the use of slow motion added emphasis to every thundering blow; it’s easy to remember that Ritchie was the mind behind the boastfully violent film Snatch, and cult favourite Lock, Stock, a n d Two Sm oking B a r­ rels.

Just as in Doyle’s original stories, it’s not until the very end and through fantastic deduc­ tion that everything comes together, but it’s well worth the wait. @ Scotiabank Theatre.

Youth in R e v o lt (Now playing)

Hollerado frontman Menno Versteeg on stage at Pop Montreal.

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Theatre C a b a ret (January 14-23)

Looking for your January theatre fix?

AUTS is putting on the Tony-winning musical set in 1930s Berlin, chronicling the dance and romance that took place at the Kit Kat Klub cabaret nightclub during the rise of the Nazi party. The production focusses on American writer Clifford Bradshaw, who arrives in Ger­ many searching for inspiration and falls in love

with cabaret dancer Sally Bowles. At the same time, we see the doomed love affair between boarding house owner Fraulein Schneider and Jewish fmit vendor Herr Schultz. Directed by Julian Silverman and choreographed by Claire Hughes, this is sure to be a great chance to see the artistic talent McGill has to offer. Expect scandalous costumes and great dance scenes. @ Moyse Hall.

C.D. Payne’s cult classic is a set of jour­ nal entries from a teenage misfit dealing with an abusive father, terrible acne, being wanted by the FBI, and a near-perfect rival, all while trying to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams, the brainy and manipulative knock­ out Sheeni Saunders. Michael Cera tries his best to not play Michael Cera as he tackles the roles of protagonist Nick Twisp and his imaginary alter-ego Francois Dillinger. Bring­ ing Dillinger to life is a strange choice, as his largely comedic role in the novel is sparse at best. The film boasts a great cast featuring Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Zack Galifianakis, Fred Willard, and Justin Long, though the fe­ male lead was given to first-time actress Portia Doubleday. The story is there, the cast is there, but the question remains whether or not the film can bring them together well enough to satisfy the novel’s loyal fans. @ AMC Forum 22.

ADAM SCOTTI

A vatar (Now playing)

The first time I saw a preview for James Cameron’s new film A vatar, I was anything but enticed to go see it. I didn’t see what all the fuss was about when it came to a new species of freakishly enlarged smurfs. But no sooner than I grabbed those 3-D glasses and took my seat, was I eating my words.

Set in the future, Cameron’s fictitious world on the moon Pandora is home to a host of entrancing and magical creatures. From the diversity of species found on Pandora to the vital spiritual sensations that have become a way of life, it is at the same time as inconceiv­ able as it is realistic. With the introduction of a newly discovered humanoid race (the Na’vi), the story becomes less about the wonders of the new world and more about the surprisingly human relationships of the tribe. It seems that every action and custom of the tribe has been meticulously thought out and developed.

The relationship between the Na’vi and the rest of the ecosystem is never understated, whether it be the taming of wild nature or the eternalizing of life rooted deep within a tree.

Fortunately for the viewer, Cameron has left no stone unturned in creating an exciting new world. @ Scotiabank Theatre.

The Im aginarium o f D o c to r P arn assu s

(Now playing) There are few times when the term “bi­ zarre” is an understatement. This is one of those times. Best known as the last filmed performance of the late Heath Ledger, the film has undeservingly fallen under the holidaymovie radar. Director Terry Gilliam manages to flawlessly incorporate the talents of Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell into Led­ ger’s scenes. Set in the present day, the film tells the story of Dr. Parnassus, a traveling ma­ gician with the ability to transform the world and bring one’s imagination to life. Ultimately riddled with choices between good and evil, the film flits from strange reality to the even stranger world of unseen imaginations and temptations. Parnassus must try to prove that even in our corrupt world, there is still the good fight to be fought and still the occasion in which it can be won. Strewn with some truly captivating displays of character, the movie takes many odd twists and turns. Simultane­ ously extremely peculiar and entertaining, you won’t know what to think even after it’s over. @ AMC Forum 22.

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Winnipeg’s Grand Analog samples more than just sounds G enre-defying hip-hop group seeks to entrance audience ARIELLE FRANK C ontributor

With a sound as eclectic as the members and inspirations behind it, Grand Analog is a dub/rock/soul/hip-hop group originally from Winnipeg. When describing the band’s style, front man Odario Williams says, “It’s open­ ness, and it’s freedom, and it is our version of hip-hop.” While these are the driving forces behind the band’s unique sound, working out­ side the bounds of traditional hip-hop has chal­ lenged the band and its members at times.

“10 years ago, they’d put a weird name on trying new things: ‘experimental hip-hop' or ‘alternative hip-hop,’ and that scared people away back then. People were afraid of those terms,” says Williams. “[We] decided to not be afraid of that, of going there.”

While Grand Analog has embraced hiphop terms, their music has always transcended the confines of a single musical genre because of its broad mix of musical influences. Wil­ liams attributes this collaboration of genres to his upbringing in Manitoba’s capital.

“Winnipeg was the perfect community for my formative years as an artist because it was big enough to develop a community out of, or to share your music with, but it was small enough that the influences were broad. When you’re just small enough you know the rock guys, you know the bluegrass guys, and you guys will mix eventually,” says Williams.

The band takes a very progressive per­ spective on the idea of sampling, a predomi­ nant aspect of traditional hip-hop. Conven­

tionally, sampling consists of taking a portion of another artist’s sound recording to reuse as an instrumental or added element in one’s own song. However, Grand Analog samples by in­ fusing the feel and mentality of a certain genre with the band’s pre-existing hip-hop tracks.

“Instead of sampling a rock record, we played in a rock sense. There’s a certain ca­ dence that comes out of rock and roll, [or] comes out of reggae. We were experimenting [with] those things because we can,” says Wil­ liams.

Adding to the increased artistic freedom of music today, Williams suggests that some musical genres are a thing of the past. “Hiphop today really has no definition,” he says.

Williams likes to refer to Grand Analog as a “live project” instead of a band, trying to stress the ongoing process of experimentation and excitement that goes into their musical performances. Concertgoers can expect the same energy and experimentation they hear live to translate to the audio recordings. “I find it difficult to go to a live show ... and then buy the CD. It doesn't do it for me. I didn’t want that to happen with us,” says Williams.

Williams’ emphasis on performance stems from personal experience—his father was a prolific DJ in Winnipeg, and Williams and his fellow bandmate and brother, Ofield, grew up watching him. “My brother and I learned [about] the importance of having a good time, providing a good time, and sharing that good time with people, more than the music itself,” says Williams.

Williams sees himself and his music as a device meant to act as a method of escape for the listeners, instead of a soapbox for the band.

This springs from a creative process that oc­

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Grand Analog is playing at Greenroom on Friday, January 15 at 8 p.m. curs separate from Grand Analog’s conscious intentions, and the band allows whatever flows out of them to be recorded and performed.

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This open process has led to a sound that is both organic and unique, and definitely worth a listen.

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NOT PR O -BONO I don’t know what I’m more annoyed with: the fact that Bono’s recent op-ed col­ umn was even considered for publication in the New York Times; the fact that in said column, Bono advocates for a new age of paternalistic Internet service providers; or the fact that U2 hasn’t released a decent album since 1991. Maybe all of the above.

Bono’s January 2 guest column, titled “Ten For the Next Ten,” had all the makings of a piece that, written by someone with any other name, would be simply unpublishable.

A list of 10 things we should look forward to in the future (and not even 10 “top” things), the column begins in an annoyingly selfdeprecating style, while being disjointed and dated at best—no one should still be talking about what you did backstage at a concert in the 90s, not even Bono. The article only goes downhill from there, straying far from enjoyable journalism, into the realm of an obnoxious, unresearched babble.

Not to mention his use of ellipses ... which borders on ... the really annoying.

Nevertheless, as a rock star. Bono has access to things that us mere mortals can only dream of, and inane columns are one of those things (see also his thoughts on Frank

Sinatra, published last January in the New York Times).

The problem is this: writing a song is not like writing an op-ed. I can more than understand the Times publishing the piece as an attempt to attract new readers, but I feel that somebody else would probably do a much better job of presenting a compelling argument for subscription than would a dis­ jointed top 10 list that is not funny, insight­ ful, or useful.

Unfortunately, all of the above is evi­ dent in just the introduction. Once you get to Bono’s actual insights, what was before only annoying suddenly becomes truly dis­ turbing with a tirade about Internet service providers that can only be called paternal­ istic.

“We’re the post office, they tell us; who knows what’s in the brown-paper packages?

But we know from America’s noble effort to stop child pornography, not to mention China’s ignoble effort to suppress online dissent, that it’s perfectly possible to track content,” he writes.

Possible? Yes. A good idea? Certainly not.

Bono himself, of course, creates the type of content that is being so ferocious­ ly stolen by those who service providers

are failing to monitor, and as a result, it’s perfectly acceptable for him to feel a little pissed off. Despite stressing that big rock stars like himself are not the victims com­ pared to those musicians just starting out, he might have some residual hard feelings— the man is, after all, trying to build the 30storey “U2 Tower,” so he’s probably feeling a little tight on cash at the moment.

But that’s still no excuse for paternal­ ism.

Arguing that it’s a good idea to emulate China and monitor what users download is concerning at best—not least because it lim­ its freedoms in a way that can only be called disturbing.

Bono argues, “The only thing protect­ ing the movie and TV industries from the fate that has befallen music and indeed the newspaper business is the size of the files.”

I would argue that another thing both music and newspapers now have in common is Bono’s involvement. It seems that TV will be next, with Bono as the next Dr. House, saving the world from cancer in ways rec­ ommended to him by “my bandmate The Edge.”

But the biggest problem with Bono’s op-ed is that U 2’s last decent album was A chtung B aby, and when it came out, I was

still listening to Fred Penner. And what have they done since then—released a signed iPod? Failed to get Bono some better sun­ glasses? Written music for “Spiderman: The Musical”? (Actually, that last one might be worth looking into.) All of which require no musical talent whatsoever.

The institution of the celebrity op-ed, such as it is, deserves to come to an end.

Bono on Frank Sinatra? Annoying, not to mention exceedingly poorly written, but nevertheless understandable: a musician talking about music. Bono making snarky, more than questionable predictions about technology in the decade ahead? Unneces­ sary.

There is an understandable allure to publishing a guest column by a rock star, and attracting new newspaper readers is an admirable goal. I only wish that journalism, instead of narcissism—if there’s still a dif­ ference—was the way to do that.

There is a reason that U2 is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: they’ve made some good, influential music. But not all skills are transferable, and the ability to count improperly in Spanish is not necessarily an asset when composing something for the New York Times.

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Evening Hymns: Spirit Guides S p irit G u ides, the full length debut from

Jonas Bonnetta under his Evening Hymns moniker, is also the newest release from the Trinity Bellwoods musical community (that features the likes of Timber Timbre and Ohbijou). Fortunately, it’s a good indication of the music coming from West Toronto’s indie music scene. In short, it’s pretty fantastic.

Sonically, S p irit G u ides isn’t too far re­ moved from the sound of most of the Bellwoods bands—not surprising considering Ohbijou’s James Bunton produced the album and many Bellwoods mainstays lent a hand to the recording process. All of the elements are here, from rich orchestration and emotive mel­ odies to a record heavy on atmosphere. But it’s

hardly predictable, with songs often starting simple before erupting into soaring statements of strings and brass.

Bonnetta really excels as a storyteller and S p irit G u ides is about dealing with loss.

There’s obvious pathos in these songs, but the album doesn’t try to make you sad. Bonnetta may sing that he lies like a dead deer on the floor, but you know by the end he’s picked himself up. In fact, opener “Lanterns” is a plea for perseverance and a promise that every­ thing will be okay. It’s a reminder that there is always a light, a reappearing lyrical theme weaved throughout the album.

S p irit G u ides works best as an album .

That’s not to say these songs don’t stand out from one another—they do—but they work even better in tandem. Case in point: “No­ vember 1 2008, Lakefield, Ontario,” an am­ bient five-minute recording of a rain storm.

Normally such a track would rightfully be de­ clared wholly pretentious, but flowing seam­ lessly from the end of “Cedars,” this non-song makes complete sense taken in context, fitting in perfectly and helping to soldify the overall tone of the record. Plus, when was the last time you really sat and listened to rain?

An incredibly strong debut, S p irit G u ides is an impressive addition to the already im­ pressive Bellwoods canon.

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album from renowned Toronto multi-instru­ mentalist Final Fantasy. Well, not exactly. The band, or rather project, primarily consisting of Owen Pallet (though percussionist Leon Taheny has received credit as well) is retiring its current name—which is conspicuously shared by a videogame franchise—and opting instead for the moniker “Owen Pallet” from now on.

That said, H ea rtla n d serves as both an epi­ logue and a prologue: a testament to the art­ ist’s Polaris Music Prize-winning past, as well as a taste of what’s to come in the future.

Listening to H e a rtla n d from start to finish for the first time can be disorienting. A blend of Sufjan Stevens and The Postal Service

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Though you can hear bits of Pallet’s ear­ lier albums throughout, H e a rtla n d is definitely a departure; the use of electronic effects on songs like “The Great Elsewhere” and “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” adds new layers to his repertoire, which in the past had sounded more stripped down.

Standout tracks include “Lewis Takes Action” which combines a basic beat accom­ panied by chaotic trills and one of the best vocal displays on the album, and “E for Es­ tranged,” a beautiful song notably featuring a piano waltz, but where the string section truly remains king.

There’s no question that H ea rtla n d is challenging, but that doesn’t mean it’s not en­ joyable. It’s frenzied, but skillfully conceived.

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Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring (January 26)

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The increasingly prolific Campesinos! release their third album in two years, incor­ porating brass, added strings, drum machines, and electronics for the first time. Singer/lyricist Gareth Campesinos! seems to be his usual hyper-literate, gut-spilling self with song titles like, “I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know.” It’s shaping up to be their most ambi­ tious album to date.

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Quickly glancing at the hundreds of yearend “best o f ’ lists, it would appear 2009 was the year of the animal in independent music: The Antlers, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, Animal Collective, and Dirty Projectors’ B itte O rca to name a few. But it would be careless to ne­ glect the equally fantastic (though less hyped) non-animal albums of the past year as well, like St. Vincent’s A c to r or O u tside L ove by Pink Mountaintops to name even fewer. As the bookend of a decade that was plagued by the rise of auto-tune and metalcore, 2009 still did a very admirable job.

But it’s out with the old and in with the new. Twelve days in, 2010 is already shaping up to be another good year for independent music, and more than half of the upcoming re­ leases haven’t even been announced yet. The following is just a sampling of 2010’s many albums worthy of a listen from both up-andcomers and established acts.

Broken Social Scene - Title and release date TBA A lot of people are probably wondering if the third album from this indie-rock institution will be worth the wait. After all, though the band has by no means been unproductive dur­ ing this time, fans have patiently waited five years for a proper follow-up to their self-titled sophomore release. Granted, it’s probably dif­ ficult to get everyone in the same room with over 15 official members. Possibly in an effort to make up for lost time, the band has report­ edly recorded 40 songs with new producer John McEntire and there have been rumours of releasing it as a double or even triple album.

No release date has been set, but the band tours Europe in mid-May, making April a definite possibility.

Delta Spirit - History From Below (May)

Los Campesinosl’s Romance is Boring, out January 26.

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California’s Delta Spirit released a great album —2008’s O de to Sunshine — that flew a little too low on people’s radar. However, having toured for the better part of two years with notable acts like The Shins, the upcoming album could be the breakthrough they deserve.

If the new disc is anything like the first, expect

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Here We Go Magic - Title and release date TBA Their self-titled debut last year was a quirky collection of lo-fi, Afro-influenced songs, recorded almost entirely in bedrooms on a four-track. However, it was good enough to score Luke Temple and band the opening spot on Grizzly Bear’s summer tour. Round two should feature more of the same.

Say Us will be released by Zeus on Feb. 23.

Radiohead - Title and release date TBA Guitarist Ed O’Brien has already said the new album will be a big leap for the band, and this is from a band that has made a career out of making big leaps. The band is known for coming off of their critically acclaimed albums with new releases that exaggerate their desire not to be pigeonholed. The result? Always a surprise.

The Ruby Suns - Fight Softly (March 2)

Finally, something else worth mentioning when discussing New Zealand besides Lord o f R ings and “Flight of the Conchords.” This band makes spacey, synth-laden pop songs with enough global influences to make Paul Simon proud.

Sufjan Stevens - Title and release date unknown

aren’t symphonic odes to American highways, but the fact that he debuted a fair number of new songs during his intimate mini-tour this past fall is a good indication that the wheels are oiled, if not fully in motion.

Zeus - Say Us (February 23) With great harmonies and a strong retro aesthetic, Toronto’s Zeus take everything good about 60’s and 70’s pop and rock and make it feel brand new. Playing double duty for a few years as Jason Collett’s backing band, the group is ready to stand on its own, and songs like “How Does It Feel” and “Marching Through Your Head” shouldn’t make standing too difficult.

The first chapter of a new decade and 2010 is already setting a pretty high bar for the years that follow. The above is only the begin­ ning of what is sure to be, if nothing else, an interesting year, and hopefully, an interesting decade.

There’s been no “official” word on wheth­ er 2010 will see Stevens return to albums that

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M ARTLET H O C K E Y - M C G ILL 4, OTTAW A U 2

M artlets come alive late to dispatch Gee-Gees, keep streak alive H ill shines as M cG ill avoids upset fo r 71st win JOHN HUI Contributor

Midway through the third period of women’s hockey action at McConnell Arena on Friday night, the McGill Martlets found themselves having to tune out the chants com­ ing from the seats directly above the Ottawa University bench. With the game tied at two apiece and the momentum seemingly on the visitors’ side, McGill’s monumental win­ ning streak seemed on the verge of collapse.

A lucky break and two slap shots later, the Martlets were able to let out a collective sigh of relief, as they walked away with their 71st straight win against CIS competition.

Rearguard Caroline Hill rifled in a hard slap shot from the point for the game-winner with a little less than two minutes left in regu­ lation, and defensive stalwart Cathy Chatrand rounded off the scoring with another longrange bomb as the Martlets hung on to beat Ottawa, 4-2.

“It was a really tight game,” said firstyear McGill Head Coach Amey Doyle. “Ot­ tawa played us really hard and I thought that they battled really hard. They skated for 60 minutes and our girls had to match their effort.

[But] we stuck to our game plan, got the puck deep and got it on net.”

With less than 10 minutes to go, however, all signs pointed towards an Ottawa upset.

While McGill was able to control the overall tempo of the game, a series of mental lapses and a tendency for over-aggression nearly doomed the home squad. A bad giveaway on the offensive blueline allowed Ottawa forward Erika Pouliot to score off a breakaway with 10 minutes left, knotting the game and electrify­ ing the Gee-Gee fans in attendance.

Two minutes later, the Ottawa defence managed to spark yet another breakaway, and a stunned silence fell over the arena before the referees blew off what appeared to be another

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Jordanna Peroff and the Martlets continued their dominance of CIS competition with a pair of wins over the weekend.

Gee-Gee goal. “[Ottawa] was just jamming really hard at Taylor [Salisbury’s] pads,” said Chatrand.

“The puck came loose, but it never went in and the refs blew off the play.”

Ottawa looked visibly deflated after the referees had made their decisions, and were unable to generate any offensive momentum when it mattered the most. McGill put their championship poise on display as they domi­ nated the Gee-Gees in the closing moments of the game.

“Every time you score off a shot from the blueline, it’s a surprise because goaltenders are so good [these days],” said Chatrand. “We were very fortunate to have been on the right side of the scoreboard.”

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Although the Martlets walked away with the win, Friday night’s game made clear the fact that Doyle’s squad still has a lot of work to do if they wish to challenge for yet another championship banner. The team was able to work out some of the kinks from the Ottawa game on Saturday afternoon when they took on crossrtown rival Concordia, winning easily by a score of 3-0.

“I think the girls definitely learned some­ thing [from last night’s game],” said Doyle.

“They showed a lot more grit and positionally, they were better. That’s why we were able to control most of the play.”

Doyle’s attention to detail and the team’s constant desire to improve have played im­ portant roles in McGill’s success so far. When

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asked about the streak, Doyle was hard-pressed to come up with the exact number of wins.

“We definitely have some kind of a men­ tal record in our head, but we don’t think too much about it,” she said. “We focus on the game at hand, and I concentrate on my job to get the right person at the right time to win the game. If we win a game, it’s great, and if we lose a game, we will learn something from it.”

McGill looks to extend their record­ setting win-streak on January 17, when they travel to Ottawa to face the Gee-Gees on their home turf. The Martlets arrive back in Mon­ treal on January 22 to take on the Montreal Carabins at 7 p.m.

n GABE PULVER

ROOTING FOR REX In the world of professional sports, it’s easy to find athletes whose behaviour is unpredictable, bizarre, or downright ob­ noxious. In the NBA, MLB, and NFL, it is commonplace to witness multimillionaire athletes doing and saying outrageous things.

It’s a little more challenging to find that same type of individual in the professional coaching ranks. But when these people do crop up, they deserve to be applauded rather than condemned. Rex Ryan, rookie coach of the New York Jets, has broken the NFL coaching mould this year, becoming the antithesis of the stoic, hard-nosed, and im­ penetrable coaches that typify pro football.

Most people hate him, but I love him.

Football fans: here is your everyman.

Coaching in arguably the toughest city in

America, Ryan has imposed his personality over his players, the media, and other teams.

It’s great to see a coach who is willing to show his true colours so boldly, for better or for worse. Ryan is loud, brash, and honest, and while his audacity may bother a lot of people, I find it refreshing. The league is too stuffy and secretive, and it’s about time the game has been given a coach who’s actually willing to show emotion. Without further ado, here are some reasons to love Rex. Swagger: At the beginning of the year, Ryan left phone messages for every single season ticket holder, telling them that he didn’t come to New York “to kiss Bill Belichick’s rings.” He wasted no time in making his presence felt. Ryan was quick to claim at the start of the AFC playoffs that the bottom-seeded Jets should be favoured to win the Superbowl. Before the playoffs even started, he handed out playoff itinerar­

ies to his team that detailed every practice until the Superbowl, ending with plans for the victory parade. He has confidence in spades, and that has rubbed off on his team and brought them together.

He trusts his players: Ryan has let his young players learn from their mistakes, which is exactly what a young offence needs in order to grow. Rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez showed' signs of brilliance and in­ competence, but clearly has absorbed Ry­ an’s intense, win-at-all-costs attitude. Also, victories don’t lie: the Jets’ unlikely 5-1 finish to the season, coupled with key wins over playoff teams like the Patriots, Colts, and Bengals show that Ryan is doing some­ thing right.

A sense of humor: After a tough loss in Jacksonville this year, Ryan broke down in front of his team and the media, openly weeping about the team’s future. He later

made fun of his blubbering by bringing a box of Kleenex to a press conference after the following game. Bill Belichick would never, ever have done that.

The Jets’ defence is unreal: Ryan came over from Baltimore looking to bring a defensive intensity to New York and rep­ licate the Ravens’ legendary defensive unit.

The Jets gave up the fewest total yards and fewest total points all season. Ryan is the only rookie head coach in the history of the NFL to achieve this feat.

Playoff football is about emotion and momentum, and Ryan has given his team both with plenty to spare. With Saturday’s victory over Cincinnati, New York is two wins away from the Superbowl, and the fu­ ture is bright in Jets land. Up to this point, it seems as if the only thing Ryan hasn’t been able to do is teach Braylon Edwards how to catch a football.

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R E D M E N B A S K E T B A L L - M C G ILL 61, B ISH O PS 62

Slow start dooms Redmen as Gaiters grind out hard-fought win M cG ill fa ils to convert a t the last second, drop to 2-4 A D A M S A D IN S K Y C ontributor

Whatever high spirits surrounded the McGill men’s basketball team as they took the court for their first conference game of the new year evaporated with the sound of the final horn on Wednesday night, as the Redmen dropped a heartbreaking 62-61 decision to the visiting Bishop’s Gaiters. After two consecu­ tive home wins against conference opponents in December, and an impressive comeback victory against Brock University at the UQAM Holiday Hoops Classic, a match-up with lastplaced Bishop’s gave McGill an excellent op­ portunity to keep on rolling. But a bad start and a questionable call at the end of the game ultimately sunk the Redmen, who fell to 2-4 in conference play.

“We lost the game in the first half and we paid a heavy price,” said Head Coach Craig Norman. “We’re a better basketball team than [Bishop’s] and we did not play well in the first half.”

In the last meeting between the two teams, the outcome of the game was never in doubt, as the Redmen cruised to a 102-88 vic­ tory. However, McGill’s lackluster start to the game foreshadowed a very different result on Wednesday night.

Bishop’s jumped out to an 8-0 lead be­ fore the fans packed into Love Competition Hall even had chance to get comfortable. A combination of missed shots, turnovers, and all-around sloppy play by McGill allowed the Gaiters to run their lead up to 23-13 at the end of the first quarter. McGill clawed back in the subsequent stanzas—thanks in large part to the play of senior guard Matthew Thornhill— but the team’s efforts were ultimately in vain.

Down 62-61, the Redmen had a good oppor­ tunity to steal the win the closing moments of the game, but freshman point guard Olivier Bouchard was called for a carry with 1.9 sec­ onds left.

“I thought it was a tough call down the stretch,” said Norman. “I think it would have been nice if the kids had been allowed to de­ cide that game.”

Despite his frustrations with the last-sec­ ond officiating, though, Norman was quick to recognize that responsibility for the loss could not be placed solely on the shoulders of the referees.

“We put ourselves in that position,” he said. “I don’t think we should have ever been in that position.”

Bishop’s towering interior defence forced McGill into a wholly perimeter-oriented game, and the Redmen were unable to capitalize from long range, shooting a horrid 27.3 per cent for the match. Thornhill, who finished with 18 points while wearing a protective face mask, hit the majority of his shots from downtown, but was frustrated with the team’s inability to attack the basket.

“We’ve been shooting the ball pretty well, but we didn’t shoot well in this game and

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The Redmen couldn’t overcome poor perimeter shooting in a loss to Bishop’s. that kind of hurt us,” he said. “We should have taken the ball inside a bit more.”

McGill stormed back from their early deficit to capture an eight point lead towards the end of the third quarter, with back-to-back threes from Thornhill and senior guard Pawel Herra capping a 15-2 run by the Redmen to set up an exciting fourth quarter of play. Norman received strong contributions from his young players, as Bouchard and fellow freshman for­ ward Nic Langley chipped in with 10 and eight points, respectively.

Langley hit a huge three to put the Red­ men up 61 -60 late, before poor rebounding and transition defense allowed Bishops to score the eventual game-winner. After the game, Lang­ ley stressed the importance of rebounding in order for McGill to have success.

“They beat us on the glass the whole night,” he said. “They out-rebounded us. Oth­ erwise we would have had that game. We need to toughen up. We needed this win.”

Bishop’s fared only marginally better than McGill from the field, connecting on just 36.1 per cent of their shots. However, the visitors registered the final blow with just less than two minutes left in the game on an elbow jumper from senior forward Hermon Tesfaghebriel.

The win was Bishop’s first away from Lennoxville this season.

At 2-4 the Redmen are now tied with Bishop’s and Concordia for last place in the QSSF, and a home-and-home with first-placed and undefeated Laval looms large. The Red­ men take on the Rouge-et-Or on January 15 at 8 p.m.

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Redmen return to M cConnell Arena, roll over Ottawa M cG ill still undefeated at hom e SEAN WOOD Contributor

For the better part of an hour on Satur­ day night, it looked as if the McGill men’s hockey team’s vaunted offensive play had failed to carry over into the new decade. But the Redmen reminded everyone in attendance why they are ranked fifth in the nation as they turned on the jets late in the game, scoring twice in the final three minutes to stun the vis­ iting Ottawa Gee-Gees, 3-1.

Saturday’s game was McGill’s first at home since late November, and the team’s first game back in Eastern Canada since December 5. With the win against Ottawa, the Redmen improved their season record to 13-2-0, and rebounded from a rough non-conference tour of western Canadian schools. McGill dropped three of four games on the road trip, each loss coming by way of a game winner in the final two minutes of play. The Redmen refused to

let the Gee-Gees continue the heartbreaking trend, and improved their home record to an impressive 8-0. “[It’s] very good to be home,” said McGill Head Coach Jim Webster. “The trip was good and exciting [and we] saw some good things, but by the last game we were definitely ready to come home.”

Ottawa goaltender and CIS saves leader Riley Whitlock stopped 33 of McGill’s 36 shots, keeping the game tight until the last three minutes of play.

“I thought their goalie played very well,” said Webster. “But I thought we stuck to a disciplined hard-checking game and we kept going, kept going, and kept going until they broke.”

McGill defenceman Marc-André Dorion opened the scoring late in the first period with a slap shot from the blue line, but the Redmen could only hold on to their lead for less than a minute. Ottawa’s Simren Sandhu scored 15 seconds into the second period, tying the game while spectators were still in line at the

concession stands.

After the initial burst of offence, how­ ever, both teams went dry. Though the Red­ men managed to create opportunities on two power plays, Whitlock foiled the home squad with a number of impressive saves. McGill goalie Hubert Morin also had success, stop­ ping a dangerous breakaway by Ottawa for­ ward Ryne Gove.

The Redmen finally started to build up steam in the third period, outshooting the visi­ tors 15-4. McGill’s relentlessness eventually paid off, as right-winger Francis VerreaultPaul one-timed the puck past Whitlock with just over three minutes to play. The goal was Verreault-Paul’s 16th of the season, putting him in a tie for the CIS lead. Less than a minute later, Redmen center Simon Marcotte-Legaré sealed the victory with a nifty backhander.

“Between the [second] and the third pe­ riod, in the [locker] room we put ourselves together,” said Marcotte-Legaré. “[We] were ready to win in that third period.”

The game featured several small fights,

culminating in a three-penalty, multi-player altercation at the end of the second period.

The visitors were undoubtedly still sting­ ing from a 15-4 massacre at the hands of the Redmen on November 24, and came into the game with an impressive fighting spirit. “[The Gee-Gees] were highly motivated to work hard, and it was a hard game after last time,” said Webster.

Although the Redmen came away with the victory on Saturday night, Webster real­ izes that his team must continue to improve if they intend to challenge for a spot at Na­ tionals.

“We have aspirations to go to the Nation­ als,” he said. “But this is a good reminder that we have to take one step at a time.”

The Redmen escaped with a 3-2 victory over RMC in Kingston on Saturday to inch closer to division leaders UQTR. McGill hosts the annual Winter Carnival Game on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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Martlet Miracle: Gabrielle Smith rebounds from traumatic accident M artlet goaltender w orking hard to get back on the ice MATT CHESSER O pinion Editor

“A lm o st everyo n e w ho g e ts run o v e r by an 1 8 -w h eel truck is e ith er d e a d o r se v e re ly in ju red a n d n ot a b le to w alk f o r a long tim e.

E very d o c to r a n d nurse I sa w w a s flo o re d b y the f a c t th a t I ’m doin g a s w e ll a s / am . ”

Gabrielle Smith waited four years for the chance to be the starting goaltender for the McGill Martlets women’s hockey team.

After serving patiently as a third string goaltender and then as the backup to Charline Labonté—arguably the best female netminder in the world—this season was Smith’s chance to prove herself as a starting goaltender while Labonté took a leave of absence to train with the Canadian Olympic team. And all went well for the first four games of the regular season: four wins, two shutouts, and a .946 save per­ centage.

Then, while riding her bike to McConnell Arena on November 14, Smith was hit by a truck.

“It happened so fast,” said Smith. “I re­ member my bike going under the truck, and not a lot else.”

At the comer of'Avenue des Pins and St. Laurent, an 18-wheel semi-trailer truck made an illegal right turn on a straight-green arrow.

The driver didn’t notice Smith, who was cy­ cling straight through the intersection on the tmck’s right-hand side.

Smith’s bike was sucked under the mid­ dle set of the truck’s wheels and completely destroyed. The last set of the truck’s wheels (a grouping of four on the back-right side) ran over Smith’s legs—with her right leg from the quadriceps muscle downwards bearing the full bmnt of the tmck’s weight. Smith’s quick reflexes—pushing the bike forward and throw­

ing herself off—saved her from being pulled under the middle set of wheels, and put the upper half of her body out of harm’s way.

Incredibly, Smith suffered no broken bones or severe muscle damage from the ac­ cident.

“The doctors were floored by the fact that my legs weren’t broken,” said Smith. “They think it’s probably because I’m a goaltender.”

Smith’s left leg suffered only bruises and contusions from the accident. Her right leg was degloved—an injury where an extensive section of the skin is completely tom off the underlying tissue—from the hip to just below the knee.

“Basically the skin got peeled off, from my knee to my hip on the inside of my thigh,” said Smith. “It pulled open all the way to the right. You could see my muscles and my knee­ cap—it was all exposed.”

Because of the strength in Smith’s thigh, though, the muscle did not rip, as it usually would.

Doctors performed two surgeries on Smith during her two-week stay in the hos­ pital: a cleaning and exploratory surgery that revealed no severe muscle damage, and a sur­ gery to tighten and salvage the surrounding skin. She returned to the hospital for one ad­ ditional procedure in early December—a graft to replace the skin tom from her right thigh.

Smith’s subsequent recovery has been ex­ tremely quick. Through two hours per day of intensive physiotherapy she has regained use of her right leg. She is now able to walk, climb stairs, and ride a stationary bicycle.

But Smith has a much more challenging goal in mind. She hopes to get back on the ice and play at least -one more game for the Mar­ tlets before her CIS eligibility expires at the end of this year.

“If I play another game this season it will be a huge achievement; ‘mind-blowing’ ac­ cording to my doctor,” said Smith. “The first thing I asked the doctors after the accident was

ADAM SCOTTI

Smith’s stellar start to the hockey season was derailed by a freak accident in November.

‘Am I going to play hockey again?’ so my goal has been pretty clear from the start.”

However, Smith’s optimism is tempered by some daunting challenges. Scar tissue from the accident has solidified over her muscle— creating damage that must be intensively re­ habilitated before Smith can return to playing hockey. The physiotherapy is exhausting, and Smith is still having trouble getting enough sleep due to discomfort in the leg. Her doctors are also concerned that she may have damaged ligaments in her left ankle and right knee, and have scheduled an MRI for next week. If she has tom any ligaments. Smith will have to undergo more surgery and her season will be over.

“It’s frustrating. I’ve been waiting for four years for a chance to play. I finally get to play with [Labonté] away and then I get ran over by a truck,” said Smith. “And if I’ve tom any lig­ aments then the surgery will prevent me from graduating this year, and will stop me from working in the summer as a tree planter—so I’ll be pretty hard-pressed for money.”

Part o f Smith’s frustration also stems from what she views as a lack of respect from drivers and police officers towards cyclists—a mistaken belief that bikers are ‘pests’ who ig­

nore the rules of the road.

“The cop [investigating my accident] wasn’t very supportive,” said Smith. “He came to the hospital about two hours after I got hit and his attitude was that ‘this happens a lot, bikers in the city never follow the rules.’”

Since there were no witnesses to the crash, the truck driver wasn’t charged by the police. The driver has not contacted Smith to apologize.

“There are so many bikers in this city, and I really think that drivers need to have a bet­ ter attitude towards them,” said Smith. “I did absolutely nothing wrong, I was following the traffic signals, and yet nothing is going to hap­ pen to the truck driver.”

According to family and friends, Smith has remained upbeat and relentlessly posi­ tive throughout the ordeal. She credits the perseverance and work ethic she learned dur­ ing three years as the Martlets’ third-string goaltender—attending every practice but not dressing for games—with helping her through the accident.

“I feel like hockey has helped me deal with this accident a lot,” said Smith. “At the end of the day, I just have to be happy to be alive.”

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