The McGill Tribune Vol. 30 Issue 3

WORLD, CARIBOU STAYS CANADIAN, PACE 14

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University Volume No. 30 Issue No. 3

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By Tori Crawford

Editor-in-Chief

The men’s and w om en’s soccer teams outscored the Sherbrooke Vert et O r 9-1 in their games Friday night. ( Adam Scotti / The McGill Tribune )

A rt s F ro s h sp e n t m o re m o n e y th a n it b ro u g h t in th is y e a r, d ip ­ p in g in to the re d a fte r the n u m b e r o f fre s h m e n w h o s ig n e d u p fa ile d to m e e t the A rts U n d e rg ra d u a te S o c i­ e t y ’s e x p e cta tio n s .

T h e A U S has n o t y e t re le a se d a n y estim a te s f o r h o w m u c h it lost o n F ro s h this ye a r. A U S V ic e -P re s ­ id e n t F in a n c e M a jd A 1 K h a ld i is set to re le a se a n e x a ct fig u re at A U S C o u n c il o n S e p te m b e r 2 3 . “ T h e n u m b e rs are s w in g in g w ild ly , b u t a n y e stim a te is p re m a ­ tu re ,” A 1 K h a ld i sa id .

T h e sh o rtfa ll w a s n o t c a u s e d b y e x c e s siv e s p e n d in g , sa id A U S P re s i­ d e n t D a v e M a rs h a ll, b u t ra th e r a lo w e r th a n e x p e cte d fre s h m a n tu rn ­ o u t. T h is y e a r’s re g is tra tio n c a p w a s ra is e d f ro m 1 ,4 5 0 students to 1 ,8 0 0 , b u t o n ly 1 ,4 8 2 students a c tu a lly re g ­ iste re d a n d p a id fees. “ W e spent less o n F ro s h th a n w e h a d a c tu a lly p ro je c te d , so in m a n y w a y s th e re w e re n o e xcess e x p e n s ­ e s — w e w e re v e ry g o o d at k e e p in g th ose u n d e r w ra p s ,” M a rs h a ll sa id . “ T h e m o s t s ig n ific a n t so u rce o f that d e fic it w a s th e re g is tra tio n re v e n u e n o t m e e tin g p ro je c tio n s .”

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w a s m a d e b y A U S V P E v e n ts N a m p a n d e L o n d e a n d A rts F ro s h c o -o r d in a to rs in Ju n e w h e n th e y re c e ive d in fo rm a tio n fro m M c G i l l re g a rd in g the n u m b e r o f firs t-y e a r students w h o h a d e n ro lle d . L o n d e , w h o w a s re s p o n s ib le fo r o rg a n iz in g F ro s h , said the n e w re s tric tio n s o n w h o c o u ld re g is te r f o r F ro s h w e re lik e ly the la rg e st cau se o f th is s h o rtfa ll. “ T h e b ig g e s t th in g w a s that w e re s tric te d th e re g is tra tio n so se­ v e re ly ,” she sa id . “ In past ye a rs it’s b e e n im p lie d that it ’s o n ly f o r firstye a rs in the F a c u lty o f A r t s , b u t th is y e a r w e m a d e a v e ry stric t m o v e . N o o n e w a s a llo w e d to re g is te r i f th e y w e re n ’t a firs t-y e a r in the F a c u lty o f A r t s , a n d that h a d a lo t to d o w ith it.”

D e s p ite the s h o rtfa ll, L o n d e in siste d that she w ill n o t re s ig n h e r p o s itio n . M a rs h a ll a c k n o w le d g e d , h o w e v e r, that L o n d e is u ltim a te ly re s p o n s ib le to A U S C o u n c il. I f c o u n c illo rs b ro u g h t fo rw a rd a m o ­ tio n to im p e a c h h e r at th e ir m e e tin g n e x t w e e k , L o n d e c o u ld b e fo rc ib ly re m o v e d .

R e g is tra tio n w a s o n ly o p e n e d to o th e r students o n the fin a l d a y o f o n -c a m p u s re g is tra tio n , w h e n A U S e x e c u tiv e s re a lize d th at th e y w e re fa r sh o rt o f th e ir e x p e cte d n u m b e rs .

See “S H O R T F A L L ” on page 3

Administration proposes major changes for Athletics Board New Terms of Reference could reformat board structure and budget approval process

By Matt Essert____________________

News Editor

T h e M c G i l l A th le tic s B o a rd c o u ld be fa c in g m a jo r c h a n g e s in the u p c o m in g w e e k s . A n e w T e r m s o f R e fe re n c e a g re e m e n t d ra fte d o v e r the s u m m e r p ro p o s e d to tu rn the A th le tic s B o a rd in to an “ a d v is o ry b o a rd ” a n d c o u ld d ra m a tic a lly a lte r th e a c c o u n ta b ility stru ctu re o f the a th le tics b u d g e ta ry a p p ro v a l p ro ­ cess.

T h e A th le tic s B o a rd is re s p o n ­ s ib le fo r a p p ro v in g b u d g e ts , d e ­ te rm in in g c la ss ific a tio n s o f te a m s, a n d se ttin g g e n e ra l p o lic ie s to g u id e te a m s a n d the a th le tics d e p a rtm e n t.

L a s t ye a r, w ith the d e p a rtu re o f C h a n c e llo r R ic h a rd P o u n d , th e A t h ­ le tics B o a rd in f o r m a lly d is s o lv e d a n d n e v e r c o n v e n e d , v io la tin g the ru le in the B o a rd ’s T e r m s o f R e fe r­ e n ce that re q u ire s the b o d y to m ee t at least tw ic e d u rin g e a ch a ca d e m ic ye a r.

Iv a n N e ils o n , last y e a r’s S tu ­ d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty p re s id e n t a n d a m e m ­ b e r o f th e A th le tic s B o a rd , e x p la in e d that the b o a rd still “ e x iste d o n p a p e r, b u t it w a s n e v e r c a lle d to g e th e r in fu ll fo rm a t.” “ T h e a d m in is tra tio n sa w it as a n a n tiq u a te d b o d y w h ic h d id n ’t fit in th e ir v ie w o f the g o v e rn in g stru c ­ tu re ,” N e ils o n sa id . “ S o th e y ju s t d e ­ c id e d n o t to h a v e it [e x is t] beca u se th e y d id n ’t feel that it w a s u s e fu l.”

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is] c h a n g in g [th e B o a r d ’s stru c tu re ] so that it ’s n o lo n g e r w ith in the p u r­ v ie w o f S e n a te , so it’s ju s t b e c o m e an a d v is o ry b o a rd th a t’s n o t e v e n g o in g to be a cco u n ta b le to Senate o r a n y o f the S e n a te c o m m itte e s ,” A b a k i sa id . “ M o s t o f th e p o w e rs that th e o ld A th le tic s B o a rd h a d , th e y n o lo n g e r [h a v e ].”

In the m e m o , A b a k i stated that the c h a n g e s v io la te d b o th the C h a rte r o f S tu d e n ts ’ R ig h ts a n d the A th le tic s See “A BAKI” on page 2

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McGill name no longer to be used by certain clubs Several student clubs will be forced to change name following crack-down by administration

By Kyla Mandel

Contributor

S tu d e n t-ru n c lu b s at the u n i­ v e rs ity w ith the w o r d “ M c G i l l ” in th e ir n a m e s h a v e fa ce d in c re a s in g d iffic u ltie s this a c a d e m ic y e a r a fter fears o f lia b ility issues arose w ith in the a d m in is tra tio n .

W h e n th e M c G i l l n a m e is u se d in a c lu b title , the a d m in is tra tio n has a rg u e d , it im p lie s that the u n iv e rs i­ t y — a n d n o t the^students w h o ru n the c lu b — are p ro v id in g the s e rvic e .

In o rd e r to p re e m p t a n y fu tu re lia b ility issue s, the a d m in is tra tio n has aske d th at stud e n t c lu b s c h a n g e th e ir n a m e s so that it is c le a r that th e ir se rvic e s are p ro v id e d b y the students a n d n o t th e u n iv e rs ity .

In a m e e tin g b e tw e e n D e p u ty P ro v o s t (S tu d e n t L if e & L e a rn in g ) M o rto n M e n d e ls o n a n d the M c G i l l F irs t A i d S e rv ic e ( M F A S ) , M e n d e l­ son asserted that th is n e w p o lic y w a s n o n -n e g o tia b le . “ T h e u n iv e rs ity re a lly has to c o n tro l the use o f its n a m e , [o u r] m a in issue is to en su re th e in te g rity o f the n a m e a n d th e lo g o ,” sa id M e n ­ d e ls o n .

A c c o rd in g to S tu d e n t’s S o c ie ty V ic e -P re s id e n t C lu b s a n d S e rvic e s A n u s h a y K h a n , h o w e v e r, stud e n t c lu b s are a ll u n d e r S S M U ’s u m b re l­ la . I f a lia b ility issue a ro se , she sa id , S S M U , n o t the u n iv e rs ity , w o u ld be h e ld a cc o u n ta b le .

T h e c o n c e rn o v e r the use o f th e M c G i l l n a m e in c lu b titles has b e e n a re c u rrin g issue o n c a m p u s fo r ye a rs . In the p a st, a se le ctio n p ro ­ cess w a s u se d in o rd e r to d e te rm in e w h ic h c lu b s w e re a llo w e d to use the M c G ill nam e. “ O n e o f the th in g s th a t has h a p ­ p e n e d o v e r the ye a rs is that there are

Student clubs such as the McGill First Aid Service may be forced to change their names. Student governance feels that this is a sign that the univsersity does not support clubs. ( Holly Stewart / Th e McGill Tribune )

a n u m b e r o f g ro u p s that h a ve used the M c G i l l n a m e in su c h a w a y that c a n create c o n fu s io n in the p u b lic a b o u t w h e th e r o r n o t it is a student g ro u p o ffe rin g a s e rv ic e , o r th e u n i­ v e rs ity ,” sa id M e n d e ls o n .

A c c o r d in g to S S M U P re sid e n t Z a c h N e w b u r g h , h o w e v e r, the c r i­ te ria b y w h ic h the a d m in is tra tio n ju d g e s w h e th e r o r n o t a c lu b can use th e M c G i l l n a m e has n o t b e e n m a d e p u b lic . “ T h is is o n e o f th e m a n y th in g s th at h u rts the re la tio n s h ip [a n d ] c re ­ ates te n s io n b e tw e e n the a d m in is tra ­ tio n a n d the stud e n ts o f the u n iv e r­ sity ,” N e w b u r g h sa id . “ O fte n the a d m in is tra tio n

m a k e s a d is tin c tio n b e tw e e n the u n iv e rs ity a n d [th e ] stu d e n ts,” K h a n a d d e d . “ B u t a re n ’t th e stud e n ts part o f the u n iv e rs ity ? D o n ’t th e y a ctu a l­ ly m a k e u p the u n iv e rs ity ? B e c a u s e w ith o u t students there w o u ld be n o u n iv e rs ity .”

K h a n b e lie v e s that the sense o f c o m m u n ity that students s h o u ld feel to w a rd s th e ir u n iv e rs ity is b e in g ta k e n a w a y w ith th is n e w p o lic y . “ I u n d e rsta n d [ M c G i l l ’s] c o n ­ c e rn ,” she sa id . “ [B u t ] i f y o u are g o in g to use ‘ s tu d e n t’ a n d ’ lia b ilit y ’ in the sam e se n ten ce , I th in k th a t’s a p ro b le m .”

M e n d e ls o n sa id that the p ro b ­ le m w ill n o t arise in c e rta in cases

lik e the M c G i l l D e b a tin g C lu b , sin ce “ e v e ry o n e k n o w s that it is students fro m the u n iv e rs ity .” B u t it c o u ld cre a te c o n fu s io n in o th e r c lu b s i f it is n o t c le a r that it is s tu d e n t-ru n . “ T h e r e ’s a c e rta in a m o u n t o f c la rity w e are a s k in g fo r,” h e a d d e d .

K h a n c la im e d that so m e o f the se rvic e s p ro v id e d b y c lu b s h a ve b e e n b e n e fic ia l f o r the u n iv e rs ity c o m m u n ity . “ T h e re a s o n w h y S S M U s e rv ic ­ es are so im p o rta n t is b e ca u se w e are fillin g a g a p that stud e n t se rvic e s at M c G i l l d o n o t p ro v id e , lik e a se xual assau lt c e n te r, first a id , W a lk s a fe , a n d D r iv e S a f e ,” sa id K h a n .

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M F A S , w h ic h the a d m in is tra tio n re ­ c e n tly in s tru cte d to c h a n g e its n a m e .

W h e n th e re is a p ro b le m o n c a m p u s , K h a n sa id , M F A S re s p o n d s im m e d i­ a te ly, s o m e tim e s fa ste r th a n M c G i l l S e c u rity . “ M F A S is the la rg e st p ro v id e r o f E n g lis h -la n g u a g e first a id cou rse s in M o n tre a l,” said M F A S d ire c to r N ic o le E d w a rd s . I f M F A S does n o t c o o p e ra te w ith this n e w p o lic y , h o w ­ e v e r, th e y m a y n o t b e a b le to e x p a n d th e ir s e rvic e s. “ It is re a lly fru s tra tin g beca u se w e h a v e b e e n tr y in g to g o c a m p u s ­ w id e , a n d th is is the o n e th in g th a t’s p re v e n tin g u s,” she sa id . “ I f it w o u ld m a k e o u r liv e s e a sie r I w o u ld c h a n g e o u r n a m e a n d m o v e fo rw a rd , but [th is situ a tio n is ] b ig g e r th a n u s .”

A t th e m o m e n t, S S M U is in the p ro ce ss o f re n e g o tia tin g th e ir m e m ­ o ra n d u m o f a g re e m e n t w ith M c G i l l.

U n t il that is fin is h e d , stud e n t c lu b s are at a sta n d still. “ I f w e d id h a v e to c h a n g e o u r n a m e , it w o u ld c o s t a lo t o f m o n e y to c h a n g e o u r u n ifo rm s a n d o u r e q u ip ­ m e n t,” sa id E d w a rd s . “ W e h a v e a c o n tra c t w ith the R e d C ro s s [th a t] w e w o u ld h a ve to c h a n g e because w e te a ch co u rse s fo r th e m .”

M F A S a n d T V M c G i l l are a m o n g th e c lu b s a ffe cte d b y the n e w p o lic y c h a n g e . N e w b u r g h b e lie v e s c lu b s th a t are “ o fte n in the p u b lic e y e ” w ill be m o s t a ffe cte d b y the change. “ T o g e th e r w ith th e students that are g o in g to be im p a c te d b y th is , w e c a n sta n d to g e th e r a n d te ll the a d m in is tra tio n , ‘ N o , th is is n o t a c­ c e p ta b le ’ ” sa id N e w b u r g h . “ T h e stud e n ts are w h a t m a k e th is sc h o o l w h a t it is .”

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B o a r d ’s c o n s titu tio n , w h ic h re q u ire th at the a d m in is tra tio n c o n s u lt stu ­ d e n ts a n d th e B o a rd b e fo re m a k in g m a jo r ch a n g e s.

A m o n g se ve ra l c h a n g e s , o n e o f the b ig g e s t a d ju s tm e n ts f o r the p ro p o s e d A th le tic s A d v is o r y B o a rd w o u ld in v o lv e the b u d g e t a p p ro v a l syste m . “ [T h e fo rm e r b o a rd ] h a d a h u g e say o v e r th e b u d g e t,” A b a k i sa id . “ T h e b u d g e t c o u ld n ’t g o to the B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs b e fo re it w a s a p p ro v e d b y the A th le tic s B o a rd . In the n e w s tru c tu re , sin ce it’s an a d v i­ s o ry b o a rd , the a th le tics d ire c to r can p re tty m u c h d o w h a te v e r he lik e s .”

A b a k i sa id that this c h a n g e is e s p e c ia lly w o rris o m e b e ca u se stu­ d e n ts fu n d a th le tics e n tire ly th ro u g h

a n c illa ry fu n d s . “ S tu d e n ts fu n d a th le tics ser­ v ic e s e n tire ly , a n d fo r students no t to h a v e a sa y in w h e re the m o n e y go e s .. . it’s ju s t n o t rig h t,” he sa id . “ S in c e stud e n ts fu n d these s e rvic e s , th e y s h o u ld h a v e b e e n c o n s u lte d — so it v io la te s , o f c o u rs e , th e C h a rte r o f S tu d e n ts ’ R ig h ts .”

A b a k i a lso e xp re ss e d c o n c e rn o v e r the p o ssib le la c k o f a c c o u n t­ a b ility fo r the a th le tics d ire c to r if the A th le tic s B o a rd does n o t h a ve as m u c h p o w e r as it d id in p re v io u s ye a rs.

D r e w L o v e , M c G i l l ’s e x e c u tiv e d ire c to r o f a th le tics a n d re c re a tio n , sa id he sees the situ a tio n d iffe re n tly . “ I t d o e s n ’t c h a n g e m y a c c o u n t­ a b ility at a ll b e ca u se I c o n tin u e to re p o rt th ro u g h the D e p u ty P ro v o s t,”

L o v e sa id . “ A l l o f the a n n u a l o p e r­ a tin g b u d g e ts that I p re p a re are p re ­ se n ted th ro u g h h is o ffic e a n d o n to the B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs as p a rt o f a ro ll u p o f a ll b u d g e ts . I th in k in the e n d , th e sa m e stud e n t v o ic e w i ll be h e a rd a n d a b a la n c e d re p re se n ta tio n is th e re o n the n e w b o a rd .”

A b a k i sees this m o v e b y the a d m in is tra tio n as a c o n tin u a tio n o f w h a t he d e s c rib e d as the “ a d m in ­ istra tio n ve rs u s g o v e rn a n c e a rg u ­ m e n t.” A b a k i e x p la in e d that the a d m in is tra tio n b e lie v e s it s h o u ld be separate f ro m g o v e rn a n c e so that it w o u ld b e fre e to m a k e b u d g e ta ry d e c is io n s w ith o u t c o n s u ltin g the stu­ d e n t re p re se n ta tive s. “ T h e D e p u ty P ro v o s t b a s ic a lly to ld us that c o n s u lta tio n o n b u d ­ g e ta ry issues is n o t th e d ire c tio n in

w h ic h the a d m in is tra tio n is m o v ­ in g ,” A b a k i sa id . “ B y a n d la rg e th e y d o n o t w a n t to c o n s u lt students w h e n it in v o lv e s m o n e y .”

O n the o th e r h a n d , L o v e e x ­ p la in e d that M c G i l l has b e e n s p e n d ­ in g tim e re v ie w in g the te rm s o f re fe re n c e fo r v a rio u s c o m m itte e s to e n su re that th e y w e re re le va n t and w e ll d ra fte d . L o v e sa id th e re w e re c o n c e rn s th at the o rig in a l te rm s o f re fe re n c e o f the A th le tic s B o a rd h a d n o re a l re p o rtin g o r a c c o u n ta b ility s tru c tu re . “ T h e c h a n g e s that w e re d e ­ s ig n e d w e re th e re to in s u re th at stu­ de n ts c o n tin u e d to h a v e a b a la n c e d , re p re se n te d p o s itio n o n the B o a rd , b u t that the te rm s w e re w ritte n u p as th e y c o rre c tly s h o u ld b e : as an a d v i­ s o ry b o a rd , a n d n o t [to ] h a v e th e a p ­

p e a ra n ce o f a sta n d a lo n e c o rp o ra te e n tity , w h ic h it n e v e r h a d , b u t so m e p e o p le m a y h a ve p e rc e iv e d it to b e ,” L o v e sa id . “ In s u m m a ry , w e fin d it tro u ­ b lin g th a t students w e re c o n s u lte d o n ly as an a fte rth o u g h t a n d w e re n o t in v o lv e d in the p ro ce ss o f d ra ftin g th e n e w stru c tu re s,” a d d e d A b a k i in h is m e m o to M e n d e ls o n . "T h e s e are the sa m e students w h o h a ve b e e n in c re d ib ly k in d in u n d e rs ta n d ­ in g th e u n d e rfu n d e d n a tu re o f the u n iv e rs ity , a n d w h o h a v e , o v e r the y e a rs , c o n trib u te d m illio n s to b u ild , m a in ta in , a n d re fu rb is h o u r a th le tics fa cilitie s as w e ll as su p p o rt o u r a th ­ letics te a m s.”

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Cannabis shown to reduce pain New study reveals beneficial effects of controlled drug use a llo w d o cto rs to m a k e n e w d is c o v e r­ ies in m e d ic in e . “ C a n n a b is is a m e d ic in e w ith p h a rm a c e u tic a l p ro p e rtie s a n d side e ffe cts,” G o b b i sa id . “ C a n n a b is sh o u ld be u se d as a m e d ic in e , [a n d ] n o t f o r re c re a tio n a l u se .”

B la ir T . L o n g le y , re g is te re d le a d e r o f the M a riju a n a P a rty o f C a n a d a , w a s h a p p y to k n o w d o cto rs h a v e b e g u n to m a k e strid e s in the fie ld o f m e d ic in a l c a n n a b is , b u t said he w a s n o t su rp ris e d b y th e results o f the stu d y. “ I t ’s s le d g e h a m m e r sc ie n ce , p ro v in g th in g s that h a v e b e e n k n o w n fo r th o u s a n d s o f y e a rs ,” L o n g le y sa id . “ Y o u d o n ’t re a lly n e e d to p ro v e this to a n y b o d y w h o has firsth a n d e x p e rie n c e w ith tre a tin g p a in o r in ­ s o m n ia w ith m a riju a n a .”

W h ile the p o te n tia l o f c a n n a ­ b is as a m e d ic a l tre a tm e n t so u n d s p ro m is in g , re se arch e rs sa id it s h o u ld n o t b e th o u g h t o f as a n e w m ira c le d ru g . “ I t ’s c e rta in ly n o t a d ru g that is g o in g to w o r k f o r e v e ry b o d y ,” W a re sa id . “ I t ’s n o t a cla ss o f c o m p o u n d s that w ill b e e ffe c tiv e w ith e v e ry c o n d itio n . I t ’s n o t a m a g ic d ru g . I t ’s g o in g to h a v e its uses w ith ce rta in p a tie n ts w ith c e rta in c o n d itio n s . T h e c h a lle n g e is to fig u re o u t w h ic h ones those are a n d to p ro v id e e v id e n c e .”

By Nick Frid

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A stu d y c o n d u c te d b y re s e a rch ­ ers at the M c G i l l U n iv e r s it y H e a lth C e n tre has d e te rm in e d that ca n n a b is c a n be an e ffe c tive m e th o d o f p a in re lie f fo r p a tie n ts s u ffe rin g fro m n e u ro p a th ic p a in . T h e s tu d y , re c e n t­ ly p u b lis h e d in the C a n a d ia n M e d i­ c a l A s s o c ia tio n Jo u rn a l, has a d d e d to the he ated d e bate o v e r the use o f c a n n a b is as a m e d ic a l tre a tm e n t.

L e a d b y D r . M a r k W a re , a sso ci­ ate p ro fe s s o r o f a n a e s th e s io lo g y a n d f a m ily m e d ic in e a n d th e d ire c to r o f c lin ic a l re s e a rch at the M U H C ’s A la n E d w a rd s P a in M a n a g e m e n t U n it , the s tu d y re s e a rch e d the e f­ fects o f s u p p ly in g v a ry in g a m o u n ts o f te tra h y d ro c a n n a b in o l ( T H C ) — th e a c tive in g re d ie n t in c a n n a b is — in 2 5 m illig ra m s o f in h a le d c a n n a ­ b is to 2 3 p a tie n ts . T h e tria ls s h o w e d that w h e n patie n ts re c e iv e d the m o s t p o te n t o f th e s a m p le s — 9 .4 p e r ce n t T H C — th e y re p o rte d the m o s t s ig ­ n ific a n t re d u c tio n in p a in as w e ll as an e n h a n c e d a b ility to fa ll a sleep a n d sleep m o re s o u n d ly .

T h r o u g h re se arch a n d a p p ro p ri­ ate a p p lic a tio n , scientists are h o p in g to a lte r the p u b lic ’s p e rc e p tio n o f the use o f c a n n a b is fo r m e d ic a l p u rp o s ­ e s. T h e g o a l is to b e tte r u n d e rsta n d the p o s itiv e e ffects o f th e su b stance

Active ingredient in cannabis has shown to be beneficial in the alleviation o f neuropathic pain. T H C also proved to increase the ability to fall asleep and sleep more soundly. (Trendupdates.com )

in p a tie n ts , a n d h o w to a ccess these be n e fits. “ T h e c h a lle n g e is to fin d w a y s to ha rn ess that sy ste m f o r th e ra p e u ­ tic v a lu e ,” W a re sa id . “ T h is is a v e ry sc ie n tific a n d m e d ic a l a p p ro a c h . A lo t o f p e o p le w o n ’t c o n s id e r use [o f c a n n a b is ] b e ca u se o f its a sso cia tio n w ith re c re a tio n a l u se .”

W h ile re se arch e rs striv e to u n d e rsta n d m o re a b o u t th e use o f c a n n a b is in the w o r ld o f m e d ic in e .

ju a n a o n a d o le sce n ts. T h e stu d y c o n c lu d e d that lo n g -te rm m a riju a n a use c o u ld le a d to a de cre a se in se­ ro to n in tra n s m is s io n a n d an in cre a se in n o re p in e p h rin e tra n s m is s io n , the latte r o f w h ic h c o u ld lea d to m o o d d is o rd e rs a n d g re a te r s u s c e p tib ility to stress.

H o w e v e r , G o b b i su p p o rts the use o f c a n n a b is fo r m e d ic a l p u r­ poses as w e ll as the re se a rch o f c a n n a b in o id -d e riv e d m e d ic in e that w ill

s o m e pa tie n ts a re n ’t w a itin g f o r the re s e a rch to te ll th e m a b o u t its p a in re lie v in g effe cts. “ W e h a v e p u b lis h e d s u rv e y s th at sa y 1 0 -1 5 p e r c e n t o f patie n ts c o m in g to th is c lin ic are a lre a d y u s in g it,” W a re sa id .

G a b rie lla G o b b i, a n a ss o ci­ ate p ro fe s s o r in the d e p a rtm e n t o f p s y c h ia try a n d a re s e a rc h e r at the M U H C , re le a se d a s tu d y in 2 0 0 9 a b o u t th e lo n g -te rm effects o f m a ri­

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S in c e re g is tra tio n fees are the p rim a ry so u rce o f re v e n u e f o r F ro s h , the sh o rtfa ll w a s fin a n c e d th ro u g h A U S fees in g e n e ra l, in to w h ic h a ll A rt s u n d e rg ra d u a te s p a y . S e rv ic e s p ro v id e d b y the A U S , su c h as the o p e ra tio n o f the A U S L o u n g e a n d the A rts S tu d e n t E m p lo y m e n t F u n d , w ill n o t su ffe r b e ca u se o f th is lo s s, M a rs h a ll sa id . “ I th in k it ’s im p o rta n t to no te that tra d itio n a lly it’s an u n s a id th in g th at F ro s h tu rn s a p ro fit,” he a d d e d . “ I th in k it’s v e ry im p o rta n t th at w e o n A U S , a n d e v e ry o n e , re m e m b e r th at w e a re n ’t in the b u sin e ss o f re ­ tu rn in g d iv id e n d s to sh a re h o ld e rs.

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N e w s E d ito r In an a tte m p t to stim u la te the e c o n o m y in the w a k e o f the fin a n c ia l c ris is a n d as p a rt o f an e ffo rt to im ­ p ro v e C a n a d a ’s re se a rch in fra s tru c ­ tu re , the fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t g ra n te d M c G i l l o v e r $ 100 m illio n in Ja n u a ry 2 0 0 8 to b e used in in fra s tru ctu re im ­ p ro v e m e n t. T h e m o n e y is c u rre n tly fu e llin g an e x p lo s io n o f c o n s tru c tio n p ro je cts a cro ss c a m p u s .

T h e M c In t y r e M e d ic a l B u ild ­ in g , M c D o n a ld E n g in e e rin g B u ild ­ in g , a n d O tto M a s s C h e m is try B u ild ­ in g are the three b ig g e s t p ro je c ts .

E a c h re n o v a tio n w i ll co st ro u g h ly $ 3 0 m illio n , w h ic h m u s t b e spent b e fo re M a rc h 3 1 , 2 0 1 1 to m e e t the te rm s o f the g ra n ts. “ W e are tr y in g to d o a ll th is w o r k in these three b u ild in g s w h ile k e e p in g th e b u ild in g s o p e ra tio n a l, so w e ’ v e m o v e d as m a n y p e o p le as h u m a n ly p o s s ib le o u t o f th e w a y to m in im iz e the d is ru p tio n o n te a c h in g a n d re se arch a c tiv itie s ,” sa id A s s o c i­ ate V ic e -P rin c ip a l J im N ic e ll (U n i ­

v e rs ity S e rv ic e s ). “ B u t there is n o q u e s tio n th at it is d is ru p te d .”

A c c o rd in g to N ic e ll, M c G i l l d o e s n o t u s u a lly p ra c tic e fa s t-p a c e d c o n s tru c tio n , b u t in th is case a d e a d lin e h a d to b e m e t. T h e u n iv e r­ s ity g e n e ra lly d o e s n o t in v e s t o v e r $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 p e r m o n th o n a p ro je c t. “ T o d a y , w e are th re e -fo ld a b o ve that le v e l,” he sa id . “ T h e g re a t th in g a b o u t it is w e are re a lly tr y in g to m a k e sure w e are d o in g e v e ry th in g in a re a lly s m a rt w a y . W e are t r y ­ in g to m a k e sure th at w h e n e v e r w e fix s o m e th in g , w e are p u ttin g it in a state that w ill last fo r the n e xt 5 0 to 100 ye a rs , d e p e n d in g o n the stru c ­ tu re .”

N ic e ll e x p la in e d th at it w a s d if ­ fic u lt to c o o rd in a te so m a n y p ro je cts at the sa m e tim e w ith o u t d is ru p tin g e a ch o th e r a n d re g u la r u n iv e rs ity a ctiv itie s . T h e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t’s fu n d w a s a d d e d to a d d itio n a l fu n d s to b rin g the to ta l spent o n in fra s tru c ­ tu re to $ 3 0 0 m illio n .

R o b e rt S ta n le y , M c G i l l ’s d i­ re c to r o f p ro je c t m a n a g e m e n t, e x ­ p la in e d th a t h a v in g to sp e n d the

m o n e y w ith in tw o ye a rs c o n s tra in e d M c G i l l e n o rm o u s ly , e s p e c ia lly sin ce b u ild in g s still n e e d to be o c c u p ie d a n d the fu n c tio n a lity o f the u n iv e r­ s ity has to be m a in ta in e d . “ It w o u ld be d iffe re n t if w e c o u ld e m p ty a b u ild in g a n d th e n ju s t m o v e in , b u t w e c a n ’t. [P ro fe s s o rs ] still h a v e th e ir te a c h in g that has to g o o n ,” N ic e ll sa id . “ A n d o f c o u rs e , w ith the Q u e b e c a n d fe d e ra l g o v e r n ­ m e n ts W a n tin g to s h o w p ro g re s s o n s tim u lu s o f the e c o n o m y , w e w e re stu ck w ith these v e ry firm d e a d ­ lin e s .”

O u t o f the n in e p ro je cts p ro ­ p o s e d to the fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t, f o u r w e re a p p ro v e d . M c G i l l ’s strat­ e g y c e n tre d o n in d iv id u a l b u ild in g s . “ T h e p ra c tic a litie s o f the tim e ­ lin e fo rc e d us to lo o k at c e rta in p ro j­ ects as a p rio rity , so w e d id [it o n ] a b u ild in g -b y -b u ild in g b a sis ,” N ic e ll sa id .

A lt h o u g h it is a fe d e ra l in itia ­ tiv e , the p ro v in c ia l g o v e rn m e n t has c o n trib u te d 5 0 p e r c e n t o f the fu n d s f o r the c o n s tru c tio n p ro je c ts .

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s tru c tio n p ro je c ts , there are a lso a n u m b e r o f d e fe rre d m a in te n a n c e p ro je cts g o in g o n at M c G i l l . A c c o r d ­ in g to S ta n le y , these are “ the re n e w a l o f system s a n d in sta lla tio n s that are w o r n o u t, th at w e re n o t d e a lt w ith in the past b u t n eed to be d e a lt w ith to c o n s o lid a te the u n iv e r s ity ’s in fra ­ stru ctu re fo r the fu tu re .”

T h e s e d e fe rre d m a in te n a n c e p ro je cts in c lu d e the re s to ra tio n o f the A rts B u ild in g fa ca d e , th e ro o fin g o f the R e d p a th M u s e u m , the re c o n ­ s tru c tio n o f the e x te rio r te rra ce at the S te w a rt B io lo g y B u ild in g , a n d so m e less v is ib le p ro je c ts , su ch as the L y m a n D u f f B u ild in g u p g ra d e .

A l l o f these w e re fu n d e d b y Q u e b e c as p a rt o f the C a p ita l G ra n t fo r the u n iv e rs ity fro m the M in is tr y o f E d u c a tio n . “ W e m a d e a case th re e ye a rs a g o a n d b a s ic a lly the g o v e rn m e n t a c k n o w le d g e d that w e h a d a m a jo r d e fe rre d m a in te n a n c e p ro je c t, a n d a lo t o f it is b e ca u se o f th e n a tu re o f o u r b u ild in g s — th e y ’re h is to ric ,” N ic e ll sa id . “ T h e y h a v e a lre a d y g iv e n us tw o in s ta llm e n ts o f $ 2 5 m illio n a y e a r f o r d e fe rre d m a in te n a n c e .”

O th e r p ro je cts in c lu d e the S e r­ v ic e P o in t, w h ic h is in its fin a l stage, the $ 3 6 m illio n b ra in im a g in g centre at the M o n tre a l N e u ro lo g ic a l In s ti­ tu te , th e p ip e re p la c e m e n t a lo n g D r .

P e n fie ld A v e n u e — w h ic h w a s fu n d ­ e d b y th e c ity o f M o n tre a l— a n d the M o ls o n S ta d iu m e x p a n s io n , w h ic h w a s fu n d e d b y Q u e b e c , the C it y o f M o n tre a l, a n d the A lo u e tte s . “ B e h in d th e scenes there are w e ll o v e r 8 0 0 p ro je cts at the u n iv e r­ sity, ra n g in g f ro m a tin y $ 1 ,0 0 0 here arid th e re u p to m u ltim illio n -d o lla r p ro je c ts ,” N ic e ll sa id . “ I t ’s a h u g e n u m b e r that w e are m a n a g in g rig h t n o w .”

T h e c u rre n t c o n s tru c tio n b o o m is the larg e st in d e ca d e s, S ta n le y sa id . “ T h e u n iv e rs ity has n e v e r h a d su c h an in te n se itin e ra ry o f c o n s tru c ­ tio n p ro je cts o n g o in g at the sam e tim e ,” he sa id .

D ia n e L ie g e y , a U 3 p o litic a l scie n ce stu d e n t, sa id she w a s h a p p y w ith the fin is h e d p ro je cts at M c G i l l. “ T h e last c o n s tru c tio n b y the e x -M ilt o n G a te s is g re a t, it lo o k s m u c h n ic e r n o w , th e re ’s m o re space to sit d o w n a n d eat so I a m h a p p y M c G i l l is m a k in g a ll these c h a n g e s ,” said L e ig e y . “ A s lo n g as it d o e s n ’t a ffe ct m y studies I re a lly d o n ’t m in d .

I f th e y w e re c u ttin g b a c k o n space f o r students to s tu d y o r re m o v in g c la s s ro o m space th e n I w o u ld be u p se t a b o u t it , b u t th e y h a v e m a n ­ a g e d to ke e p d is ru p tio n s to a m in i­ m u m .”

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N e w s Editor A f t e r a w e e k -lo n g o u tc ry fro m stud e n ts, th e re ap p ea rs to b e a g lim ­ m e r o f h o p e f o r th e A rc h ite c tu re C a f é , the p o p u la r e a te ry h o u se d in the b a se m e n t o f the M a c d o n a ld H a rrin g to n B u ild in g .

D e p u ty P ro v o s t (S tu d e n t L if e a n d L e a r n in g ) M o rto n M e n d e ls o n s u rp rise d students w h e n classes b e g a n this fa ll b y a n n o u n c in g that th e c a fé , w h ic h clo se s e a ch y e a r fo r the s u m m e r, w o u ld sta y sh utte red fo r the fo re se e a b le fu tu re .

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u n d e r M c G i l l F o o d a n d D in in g S e r­ v ic e s , w h ic h opera te s the café in c o n ju n c tio n w ith a n a d v is o ry g ro u p o f a rc h ite c tu re stud e n ts. T h o s e a r­ c h ite c tu re students d is p u te d th is , s a y in g th a t a lth o u g h the café w a s n o t ra k in g in m o n e y , it w a s s u r v iv in g in the b la c k .

S in c e th e n , students h a v e c o m e o u t in s tro n g n u m b e rs a g a in st the c lo s in g o f the A rc h ite c tu re C a fé .

T h e y h a v e fo rm e d F a c e b o o k g ro u p s , w ritte n lette rs, a n d s ig n e d p e titio n s to re o p e n the p o p u la r fa ir-tra d e c a fé , w h ic h the a d m in is tra tio n a n n o u n c e d it p la n s to tu rn in to s tu d y space fo r students, S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty P re sid e n t

Z a c h N e w b u r g h a n d V ic e -P re s id e n t U n iv e rs it y A ff a irs Jo s h u a A b a k i m e t w ith M e n d e ls o n o n M o n d a y m o r n ­ in g a n d p re se n te d a p e titio n w ith 148 sig n a tu re s f ro m a rc h ite c tu re students a g a inst the c lo s in g o f th e ca fé . “ Jo s h A b a k i a n d I m a d e a v e ry s tro n g case th at w e s h o u ld b e w o r k ­ in g to g e th e r, that the u n iv e rs ity s h o u ld h a v e id e n tifie d th is c h a lle n g ­ es w ith th e students o f th e u n iv e rs ity a n d w e sh o u ld h a v e b e e n w o r k in g to p ro d u c e a s o lu tio n that w a s a m ic a b le to fo r A rc h ite c tu re C a f é , fo r the u n i­ v e rs ity , a n d fo r th e students o f this u n iv e rs ity ,” N e w b u r g h sa id . “ A s a re s u lt o f se e in g ju s t h o w o p p o s e d the a rc h ite c tu re stu­

ly sa id [h e w o u ld ] re c o n s id e r this d e c is io n a n d he th a n k e d u s fo r d o in g the stud e n t c o n s u lta tio n f o r b rin g in g [th e sig n a tu re s ] to h im ,” N e w b u r g h sa id . “ L a te r I c o n firm e d w ith Jo s h to m a k e sure I u n d e rs to o d c o rre c tly o u tsid e o f the m e e tin g b e fo re I sent [this* n e w s ] to the press a n d Jo s h c o n firm e d e x a c tly th a t— th at he w a s re c o n s id e rin g his d e c is io n . “ T h e w o rs t case sc e n a rio is that the A rc h ite c tu re C a fé w ill b e c lo s e d , the b e st sc e n a rio is that th e re w ill b e a stud e n t ru n fo o d s e rvic e o n o u r c a m p u s in the A rc h ite c tu re C a f é ,” added N e w b u rg h .

d e n ts w e re ,” N e w b u r g h c o n tin u e d , “ I th in k the D e p u ty P ro v o s t has d e ­ c id e d to re c o n s id e r h is d e c is io n , and h o p e f u lly in o u r fa v o u r.”

M e n d e ls o n , h o w e v e r, h a d a d if ­ fe rin g v ie w o f th is m e e tin g . “ I th in k [N e w b u rg h is ] o ve rsta t­ in g w h a t I s a id ,” M e n d e ls o n sa id in a su b se q u e n t in te rv ie w . “ I th in k the d e c is io n has b e e n m a d e . R ig h t n o w , I see that the cafe has b e e n c lo se d a n d w e ’re n o t c o n s id e rin g o p e n in g it at the m o m e n t.”

In re s p o n s e , N e w b u r g h asserted that M e n d e ls o n h a d , in fa c t, agre e d to re v ie w the d e c is io n to c lo se the ca fé . “ T h e D e p u ty P ro v o s t a b so lu te ­

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O n T h u rs d a y , T i m o B u s c h , a v is itin g p ro fe s s o r fro m the S w is s F e d e ra l In stitu te o f T e c h n o lo g y in Z u r ic h , used the e x a m p le o f E a s te r Is la n d as a c a u tio n a ry tale in a ta lk at C o n c o rd ia U n iv e rs it y o n the fu tu re o f the g lo b a l e c o n o m y .

In h is ta lk , B u s c h d isc u sse d th e co n s tra in ts o n the s u p p ly o f c a rb o n , the lim ite d s u p p ly o f fo s sil fu e ls , a n d in c re a s in g g re e n h o u se gas e m is ­ sio n s.

B u s c h has c o n d u c te d re se arch o n the effects o f c a rb o n e m is s io n le v e ls o n the e c o n o m y th at sh o w s that c o m p a n ie s w ith lo w e r le v e ls o f e m is s io n s are m o re fin a n c ia lly s u c ­ c e s s fu l. M a n y c o m p a n ie s , h o w e v e r, fa il to in v e s t tim e o r c a p ita l in to e m is s io n re d u c tio n .

B u s c h e xp re ss e d c o n c e rn that m a n a g e rs a n d C E O s w e re n o t w i ll ­ in g to w o r k o n re d u c in g th e ir c a rb o n fo o tp rin ts . H e e x p la in e d th at d u e to th e tra n sie n t n a tu re o f th e ir jo b s , u p p e r-le v e l e m p lo y e e s te n d o n ly to th in k f ro m o n e fin a n c ia l q u a rte r to a n o th e r a n d fa il to see the e c o n o m ic b e n e fits o f a lo n g -te rm p la n f o r c a r­ b o n e m is s io n re d u c tio n s . “ I t ’s an u rg e n t c a ll fo r c o m ­ p a n ie s to c o n s id e r c lim a te c h a n g e a n d e n e rg y iss u e s , e s p e c ia lly g iv e n the o u tc o m e o f C o p e n h a g e n ,” said Busch.

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e d in D e c e m b e r, c a lls fo r in te rn a tio n ­ al a ctio n to lim it the g lo b a l a vera g e te m p e ra tu re in cre a se to 2 C b e tw e e n n o w a n d 2 0 2 0 . B u t at th e c u rre n t e m is s io n s ra te , so m e stud ie s p re d ic t that te m p e ra tu re s w i ll e x c e e d that 2 C lim it. T h is te m p e ra tu re in cre a se , B u s c h sa id , c o u ld le a d to severe d e p le tio n o f fo o d su p p lie s , d a m a g e to e co s ys te m s , a n d in cre a se d lik e li­ h o o d o f m a jo r n a tu ra l d isasters.

Busch su g g e ste d hesita n t m a n a g e rs start w ith “ th e lo w h a n g ­ in g fru it,” su ch as tu rn in g o ff lig h t sw itc h e s o r re d u c in g fu e l u sa g e w h e n p o s s ib le . H e a lso re c o m m e n d e d c a r­ b o n tra d in g — w h e re c o m p a n ie s re ­ d u ce C 0 2 e m is s io n s a n d sell th e ir re d u c tio n s to o th e r c o m p a n ie s in c a ­ p a b le o f re d u c in g th e ir o w n c a rb o n o u tp u t— as a n o th e r u s e fu l m e th o d .

C o m p a n ie s o fte n b e g in e ffo rts to re d u c e c a rb o n e m is s io n s b y c o m ­ p a rin g th e m s e lv e s to th e ir c o m p e ti­ to rs. B u s c h su g g e sted th a t these re l­ a tiv e m e a s u re m e n ts are a g o o d first step, b u t re la tiv e p ro g re s s is n o t the sam e as re a l p ro g re s s. “ F o r s o m e th in g to be g re e n it

has to b e b e tte r f o r th e b io s p h e re , n o t b e tte r th a n th e a lte rn a tiv e ,” said A le x O s te r, M a n a g e r o f S tu d e n t L if e re la tio n s at C o n c o rd ia .

T h e ta lk w a s p a rt o f a le c tu re series h o ste d b y th e D a v id O ’ B rie n C e n tre f o r S u s ta in a b le E n te rp ris e .

T h e c e n tre b rin g s p ro fe sso rs fro m a ro u n d the w o r ld to C o n c o rd ia to sp e a k a n d c o lla b o ra te w ith th e u n i­ v e rs ity .

P a scu a l B e rro n e , a n o th e r v is it­ in g p ro fe s s o r in the se rie s, a tten d e d the le c tu re a n d b e lie v e s B u s c h has the rig h t id e a , b u t is c o n c e rn e d c o m ­ p a n ies m ig h t n o t p u t B u s c h ’s ideas in to p ra c tic e . “ M y d o u b t is w h e th e r o r n o t m a n a g e rs a n d C E O s are re a lly k e e n to m a k e th is b ig in v e s tm e n t o r e n ­ g a g e in h ig h ly ris k y e n d e a v o u rs ,” he sa id .

B u s c h , h o w e v e r, a rg u e d f o r im ­ m e d ia te a ctio n . “ C o m p a n ie s s h o u ld act n o w , d o the rig h t th in g s rig h t n o w , and re d u c e th e u n c e rta in ty o f h a v in g a se rio u s b re a k d o w n .”

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S tra ig h tfo rw a rd a n d re lia b le p ro g ­ ress to w a rd s o lv in g o r ea sin g e n v i­ ro n m e n ta l d e g ra d a tio n w ill re q u ire se rious le g is la tio n , n o t the ha lf-a sse d k in d w h e re a g o v e rn m e n t cuts c a rb o n e m is sio n s b u t c o m p le te ly ig n o re s the h a rm fu l effects o f o th e r p o llu ta n ts.

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e m o tio n s a b o u t the a p tly n a m e d “ Piss C h ris t” p h o to , a n d o u r b e lie fs about the a u th o r’s in te n t, w e re irre le v a n t to the fact that it w a s p ro te cte d b y the F irs t A m e n d m e n t to the U .S . C o n s ti­ tu tio n . B u t is it n o t so m e tim e s m o re im p o rta n t fo r us to ask w h y instead o f m e re ly sc ra tch in g the surface w ith the q u e stio n o f w h a t?

N o t n e ce ssa rily, y o u m ig h t say.

S e rra n o is no t re q u ire d to a n sw e r que stio n s a b o ut in te n t. W h y he se­ lecte d a m o d e o f e xp re ssio n that h a p p e n e d to desecrate C h ris tia n ity ’s h o lie st fig u re is su p e rfluo u s to o u r d iscu ssio n . T h e fa ct is that he c a n , he d id , a n d th a t’s a ll that m atters. B u t is it re a lly ?

It co m e s as n o surprise that F lo rid a p astor T e r ry Jo n e s has been lam b a sted fo r his p la n s to b u m c o p ­ ies o f the Q u r ’an . Jo n e s , the a u th o r o f a m a n u a l fo r p ro sp e c tive m in iste rs w h ic h dictates that students are “ not a llo w e d to v is it fa m ily m e m b e rs o r

Commentary Emily Clare Lynsey Grosfield

Equity and Social Justice on Campus A s the S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty o f M c G i l l U n iv e rs it y ’s E q u it y C o m ­ m is s io n e r, I w ill u n d e rta k e m u ltip le ro le s this y e a r in o rd e r to fu lfill m y m an d a te as a re so u rce p e rs o n fo r students o n th e ir rig h ts a n d re s p o n s i­ b ilitie s u n d e r S S M U ’s e q u ity p o lic y .

T h is d o c u m e n t a im s to “ create a safe, d is c rim in a tio n -fre e e n v iro n m e n t.”

M y p rim a ry ro le w ill be to c h a ir the E q u ity B o a rd , a b o d y c o m p o s e d o f M c G i l l u n d e rg ra d u a te students and S S M U e x e cu tive s. W e w ill w o r k to ­ g e th e r to a c tiv e ly e n g a g e in student o utre a ch a n d to stim u la te d ia lo g u e a n d e q u ity across c a m p u s . O n e o f o u r m a in focuses w ill be e stab lish in g h o w F ro s h a n d e q u ity c a n c o in c id e .

I w ill also serve as an e q u ity o f­ fice r, in v e s tig a tin g c o m p la in ts sh o u ld th e y arise. S o m e o f y o u m a y be a w are o f h o w the E q u it y B o a rd w a s in v o lv e d w ith a c o m p la in t aga inst th e ca m p u s c lu b C h o o s e L if e last ye a r. T h e E q ­ u ity B o a rd w o rk e d c lo s e ly w ith the g ro u p to guarantee that th e ir futu re action s fe ll in lin e w ith S S M U ’s e q ­ u ity p o lic y , w h ile still a llo w in g ro o m fo r d isc u ssio n o n the to p ic .

In m y three ye a rs at M c G i l l, I h a ve lea rn e d h o w d iv e rs ity presents its e lf in b o th subtle a n d o v e rt w a y s .

W h ile it is e n ric h in g to e n g a g e w ith p e o p le fro m v a rie d b a c k g ro u n d s , it is im p o rta n t to a c k n o w le d g e h o w these diffe ren ce s c a n d isa d va n ta g e a n d p riv ile g e certa in g ro u p s . B e in g a student at M c G ill is n ’t o n ly about a ca d e m ics ; it is ju s t as m u c h a b o ut w h a t w e le a m fro m the p e o p le w ith

frie n d s,” represents a tin y fra c tio n o f e v a n g e lic a l fanatics th at m o s t C h ris ­ tians fin d d is g ra c e fu l. T o illu stra te th e ir d isg u st a n d d is a p p ro v a l, fo r e x ­ a m p le , the M a ssa chu se tts B ib le S o ­ c ie ty d e cid e d to g iv e a w a y tw o free co p ie s o f the Q u r ’an fo r e v e ry c o p y that Jo n e s in te n d e d to b u m .

S o fa r, th is is the “ w h a t” q u e s­ tio n : fa n atica l w e ird o , In te rn a tio n a l B ü m -A -Q u r a n -D a y , w o rld w id e c o n ­ d e m n a tio n . B u t d id w e ask w h y he w a n te d to d o th is, o r w h a t he a ctu a lly h o p e d to a ch ie ve ?

F irs t, le t’s ig n o re the sig n ifica n t re a lity that Jo n e s ’s a ctio n s h a ve o f­ fe n de d the m a jo rity o f the w o r ld ’s in ­ h a b ita n ts, fo r that is ju s t an e m o tio n a l a p peal. S o h e re are the facts: Jo n e s w a s w ith o u t a n y m o ra l su p p o rt: m o s t C h ris tia n s a n d m a n y o f h is c o n g re ga n ts tu rn e d a ga inst h im .

Jo n e s h a d n o sp iritu a l e v id e n c e fo r his d e cis io n to b u m th e Q u r ’ ans: scores o f th e o lo g ia n s a n d exegetes h a ve

w h o m w e s o c ia lize . T h is u n iv e rs ity is a u n iq u e m ic ro c o s m o f the w o rld a ro u n d us. S S M U has the a b ility to a c tiv e ly e n su re that its m e m b e rs can espouse th e ir o w n v ie w s a n d e n ga ge in d ia lo g u e w ith o u t fe ar o f d is c rim i­ n a tio n o r ha ra ssm e n t.

T h e re are e x tre m e ly im p o rta n t resources a lre a d y in p la ce at M c G ill fo r students a n d staff m e m b e rs a lik e .

G ro u p s a n d se rvice s such as the S o ­ c ia l E q u it y a n d D iv e rs ity E d u c a tio n O ffic e a n d Q u e b e c P u b lic Interest R e se a rch G g ro u p h a ve a w e ll-e s ta b ­ lis h e d h is to ry o f e n g a g in g students a n d the g re a te r M o n tre a l c o m m u n ity in d ia lo g u e a b o ut d iffe re n ce . I a im to estab lish h e a lth y re la tio n sh ip s w ith these g ro u p s a n d se rvice s. F o r the n e xt c o u p le o f w e e k s , I w ill c o n ­ tin u e m e e tin g w ith d iffe re n t c lu b s a n d se rvice s o n c a m p u s to see h o w m y pred e cesso rs h a ve been in v o lv e d w ith th e m , a n d to ch a rt h o w w e w ill e stablish an im p o rta n t w o rk in g re la ­ tio n s h ip .

L y n s e y G ro s fie ld , this y e a r’s S o ­ cia l Ju s tice D a y s C o -o rd in a to r, w ill b e w o rk in g a lo n g sid e m e . S h e w ill be an in te g ra l part o f o u r o u tre a ch to students. In a d d itio n to h e lp in g host e ven ts th ro u g h o u t the ye a r, she is the p rim a ry o rg a n iz e r fo r M c G i l l S o c ia l Ju s tice D a y s , a w e e k o f e ven ts e a rly in the w in te r sem ester. T h e s e events are c o m m itte d to the d iscu ssio n and d e co n s tru c tio n o f e q u ity issues a n d a lte rn a tive p o litic a l c u ltu re in an a c­ cessib le se ttin g. T h e tentative th e m e is so cia l m e d ia a n d its ro le a n d in flu ­ e nce in social ju s tic e .

U n iv e rs ity is a great le a rn in g e x ­ p e rie n c e , a n d , id e a lly , M c G i l l sh o u ld b e a p la ce that c u ltiva te s a m e n ta l­ ity o f u n d e rsta n d in g and respect th ro u g h o u t o u r tim e here.

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p o in te d o u t th e e xa ct o p p o s ite . Jo n e s c o u ld h a ve h a d n o p o litic a l in ce n tive s f o r h is in fla m m a to ry p la n s: P re sid e n t O b a m a m a d e it c le a r that the “ stunt that he is ta lk in g a b o ut p u llin g c o u ld g re a tly e n d a n g e r o u r y o u n g m e n and w o m e n in u n ifo rm .”

A p p a re n tly , n o n e o f this b o th ­ e re d P a sto r Jo n e s . O n ly w h e n he h e a rd — fa ls e ly — that the Is la m ic C e n te r p la n n e d fo r L o w e r M a n h a tta n w o u ld be m o v e d to a d iffe re n t lo ca ­ tio n d id he c a n c e l. T h e n , n o t o n ly d id he s w iftly suspe n d his p la n n e d c o n ­ trib u tio n to g lo b a l w a rm in g , he e ve n vo lu n te e re d to fly to N e w Y o rk and m e e t w ith M u s lim leaders.

M is s in g a c o n v in c in g m o tiv e , re a s o n , o r p u rp o se fo r h is m is s io n , w e are left w ith the v ie w that Jo n e s is n o th in g b u t a p ro p a g a n d a fe tishist, c h ild is h ly se e k in g a tten tion . H o w e v ­ e r, that is n o t the lesson here.

T h e re is a fine lin e to be d ra w n b e tw e e n a d a n g e ro u s idea and an idea

that causes d a n g e r. W e m u s t p ro te ct e v e ry o n e ’s rig h t to speak fre e ly e ve n if w e d isa g re e w ith th e ir id e a s, o r if th e y a ir o u t o u r d irtie s t la u n d ry . W e m u s t a llo w fo r the p o s s ib ility th at th e y are m o tiva te d b y the sam e fu n d a m e n ­ tal im p u ls e that d riv e s us: im p ro v in g the h u m a n e x p e rie n ce . B u t w e m u st also re m in d o u rse lve s that there are o thers w h o use fre e d o m o f speech as a v e h ic le n ot to tra n sp o rt ideas, b u t to s m u g g le hatred a n d e n m ity . T h e re are so m e w h o w ill sa d is tica lly deface w h a t y o u h o ld m o s t sacred fo r n o o th e r rea son th a n to piss y o u o ff.

T h e m e ta p h o r e xtends furth er.

F re e speech licenses p e o p le lik e Pasto r Jo n e s to say a lm o st a n y th in g th e y w a n t. F o rtu n a te ly , w e also h a ve lice n se to operate the sam e v e h ic le .

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Raising Quebec tuition: the least bad option L a s t w e e k , M c G i l l P rin c ip a l H e a th e r M u n r o e -B lu m tra ve lle d to Q u e b e c C it y to re p o rt to the p ro ­ v in c ia l g o v e rn m e n t o n the ups and d o w n s the u n iv e rs ity has fa ced in the past three ye a rs. In h e r sp eech, M u n r o e -B lu m repeated m a n y o f the standard ta lk in g p o in ts: she tou te d the u n iv e rs ity ’s re se a rch , e m p h a s ize d M c G i l l ’s in te rn a tio n a l stature, and che e re d the u n iv e rs ity ’s in te lle ctu a l c o n trib u tio n s to Q u e b e c .

B u t m o s t im p o rta n tly , M u n ro e B lu m o n ce a g a in lo b b ie d Q u e b e c to a llo w M c G i l l to in cre a se the a m o u n t o f u n d e rg ra d u a te tu itio n it ca n c h a rg e .

T h a t ’s a p o sitio n the T rib u n e u lti­ m a te ly su p p o rts.

A s id e fro m sp e cific grants fro m th e fe d era l g o v e rn m e n t (s u c h as C a n ­ ada R e se a rc h C h a irs ) a n d p riv a te p h i­ la n th ro p y , M c G i l l is fu n d e d b y tw o m a in sources: tu itio n re ve n u e a n d m o n e y fro m Q u e b e c C ity . U n lik e p ri­ vate u n ive rsitie s in the U n ite d States, o u r u n iv e rs ity ’s e n d o w m e n t p ro v id e s o n ly a tin y p ro p o rtio n o f its o p e ra tin g b u d g e t.

Q u e b e c ’s m o n e ta ry c o n trib u ­

tio n s to u n ive rsitie s, h o w e v e r, h a ve b e e n d e c lin in g fo r ye a rs, le a v in g M c G i l l a n d o th e r sch o o ls in the p ro v ­ in ce u n d e rfu n d e d a n d d e e p ly in debt.

M c G i l l ’s la c k o f m o n e y has ke p t classes la rg e , created a p a u c ity o f stu­ d e n t jo b s o n c a m p u s , a n d re sulte d in a h u g e b a c k lo g o f m a in te n a n ce p ro j­ ects, despite re ce n t stim u lu s c o n trib u ­ tio n s fro m the federal a n d p ro v in c ia l g o ve rn m e n ts .

N o o n e , o f c o u rse , w a n ts to p a y m o re tu itio n . B u t w ith Q u e b e c C it y u n w illin g to increase its fin an cia l c o m m itm e n t to the p ro v in c e ’s u n i­ v e rsitie s , the T rib u n e d o e s n ’t see an­ o th e r p ra c tic a l o p tio n fo r a d d re ssin g M c G i l l ’s fin a n cia l p ro b le m s .

F o rtu n a te ly , Q u e b e c students are better a ble than those o f o th e r p ro v ­ in ce s to a b so rb a m o d e st increase in tu itio n fees, because th e y p a y m u c h less than students in m o s t o f C a n a d a .

T h e ty p ic a l u n d e rg ra d u a te in Q u e ­ b e c , a c c o rd in g to Statistics C a n a d a , p a id ju s t $ 2 ,3 1 6 in tu itio n last year.

In c o m p a ris o n , u n d e rg ra d u a te s in O n ta rio , B ritis h C o lu m b ia , a n d N o v a S c o tia p a y m o re th a n $ 7 ,5 0 0 p e r

ye a r.

M o re o v e r, o n ly Q u e b e c charges in -p ro v in c e students a sig n ifica n tly lo w e r tu itio n rate th a n it cha rge s those fto m the rest o f the c o u n try . A Q u e b e c e r at Q u e e n ’s U n iv e rs ity p a ys the sam e p ric e as a student fro m O n ­ ta rio , w h e re a s an O n ta ria n at M c G i l l p a ys m o re than d o u b le w h a t Q u e b e c ­ ers p a y. C a n a d ia n s at M c G i l l fro m o utsid e Q u e b e c — w h o m a k e u p m o re th a n a q u a rte r o f the u n d e rg ra d u a te student b o d y — p a id a b o u t $ 7 ,1 0 0 in tu itio n a n d a n c illa ry fees last year.

T h e ir fe llo w students fro m Q u e b e c p a id a b o u t $ 3 ,5 0 0 .

F a c e d w ith these n u m b e rs , the T rib u n e is e n d o rs in g a m o d e st in ­ crease in tu itio n fees fo r Q u e b e c students a tte n d in g M c G i l l. B e ca u se Q u e b e c e rs p a y m o re in taxes than the a vera g e C a n a d ia n , tu itio n sh o u ld n o t n e ce ssa rily rise to the a m o u n t students p a y in o th e r p ro v in c e s . T h e g o v e rn m e n t has a d u ty to sh o u ld e r a gre a te r share o f the e d u ca tio n b u r­ d e n th a n , say, N o v a S c o tia does fo r its students. M c G i l l m a y also w a n t to c o n s id e r in cre a sin g tu itio n f o r in te r­

n a tio n a l students, fo r m a n y o f w h o m , e s p e c ia lly A m e ric a n s , the u n iv e rs ity is still a re la tive b a rg a in .

T h e T rib u n e insists that a sig ­ n ific a n t p o rtio n o f the re ve n u e g e n ­ erated b y a n y tu itio n increases m u st be set aside fo r those M c G i l l students fo r w h o m the rise in fees w o u ld be g e n u in e ly u n a ffo rd a b le . F u rth e r­ m o re , su ch a id sh o u ld be p ro v id e d o n an e q u ita b le b a sis, ta k in g care n o t to let students w h o s e fa m ilie s ea rn m id ­ d lin g w a ge s fa ll th ro u g h the c ra ck s.

T h e u n iv e rs ity sh o u ld also d e d ica te a substantial p o rtio n o f the a d d itio n a l in c o m e to e x p a n d in g student e m p lo y ­ m e n t o n c a m p u s , e n a b lin g students to offset the co st o f b o o k s a n d in cre a s­ in g g e n e ra l liv in g expenses.

T h o u g h w e re c o g n ize it is not the m o s t p o p u la r p o sitio n o n c a m p u s , the T rib u n e b e lie ve s that m o d e st in ­ creases c o m b in e d w ith better fin an ­ c ia l a id is the m o s t p ra ctica l so lu tio n to the u n iv e rs ity ’s d iffic u lt fiscal situ­ a tio n .

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A s an O n ta rio stud e n t, I h a ve n o sp ecial lo v e fo r the p re fe re n tia l rates Q u e b e c g iv e s its students. B u t if Q u e ­ b e c g iv e s its students a b a rg a in , m y re se n tm e n t is as m u c h to w a rd s O n ­ ta rio fo r n o t d o in g the sam e fo r m e .

In that lig h t, I ca n n o t su p p o rt a tu itio n h ik e . R a is in g Q u e b e c ra te s— e v e n to p a rity w ith the rest o f th e c o u n tr y — is a b ig m o v e , a n d o n e that seem s fa r to o e asy o f a so lu tio n fo r a p ro b le m tie d to issues fa r b e y o n d u n iv e rs ity e d u ca tio n .

T h e p ro b le m is c e rta in ly g ra ve .

M c G i l l ’s b u d g e t d e fic it is re a l, and the s c h o o l’s efforts to ease it w ith o u t tu itio n increases h a v e le d to larg e r class size s, d e fe rre d m ain ten a n ce p ro c e d u re s , a n d sa la ry freezes fo r staff. T u it io n does n o t p ro v id e e n o u g h m o n e y , a n d s o m e w h e re b e tw e e n fe d ­ e ral a n d p ro v in c ia l g o v e rn m e n t trans­

fers the sh o rtfa ll is n o t b e in g m ad e u p . T h is d issent f u lly g ra sps the g ra v ­ ity o f M c G i l l ’s fin a n cia l situa tio n . It b e lie v e s , th o u g h , that tu itio n rates are o n ly o n e v a ria b le a ffe ctin g it, a n d no t n e ce ssa rily the m o s t im p o rta n t to a d ­ dress.

P art o f this co m e s fro m sk e p ti­ c is m o f a n y th in g to o p o litic a lly e x p e ­ d ie n t. It is true that Q u e b e c g o v e rn ­ m en ts h a ve te n d e d to su p p o rt tu itio n fre e zes. B u t g o ve rn m e n ts a ro u n d N o rth A m e r ic a h a v e s tru g g le d w ith lo w tu itio n o v e r the past c o u p le d e ­ cad e s, a n d n o w fillin g fu n d in g gaps w ith h ig h e r u se r fees appears to be an a ttra ctive o p tio n e v e n in Q u e b e c .

T h o s e fees w ill m a in ly affect the y o u n g e r, p o o re r d e m o g ra p h ic that has little p o litic a l p o w e r a n d n o to ­ rio u s ly lo w le ve ls o f p a rtic ip a tio n .

It seem s u n lik e ly that Je a n C h a re s t

a n d c o m p a n y fe ar d issatisfied u n d e r­ graduates as m u c h as, say, corp ora te p o w e rs that w o u ld v ig o ro u s ly fig h t a ta x in cre a se . T h is does n o t in itse lf m e a n that ra is in g tu itio n is w ro n g . It d o e s, h o w e v e r, m a k e it seem u n lik e ly that the p o litic ia n s in fa v o u r o f tu itio n increases h a ve se rio u s ly co n s id e re d m o re d iffic u lt alte rn a tive s.

A lte rn a tiv e s to tu itio n increases are a b u n d a n t. M o n e y c o u ld b e raised th ro u g h re s h u fflin g g o v e rn m e n t s p e n d in g , ra is in g in c o m e o r c o rp o ­ rate ta xe s, in cre a sin g fe d era l e d u ca ­ tio n c o n trib u tio n s , in v itin g m o re c o r­ p o ra te m o n e y fo r in fra stru ctu re p ro j­ e cts, o r e v e n m o re c re a tive w a y s o f w h ic h it is d iffic u lt fo r a n o n -e x p e rt to c o n c e iv e . I d o n o t m e a n to say that I e n d o rse a n y o r a ll o f these o p tio n s.

B u t o p tio n s are th e re , a n d therefore the p ro b le m is n o t la c k in g the m eans

to fu n d e d u ca tio n , it is fa ilin g to p ri­ o ritiz e it. H ig h sch o o l a n d he a lth care w e re also o n ce th o u g h t to b e to o e x ­ p e n sive to fu n d . S o cieties w h o n o w p riz e these as in d isp e n sa b le p u b lic g o o d s w o u ld b e aghast at su ggestio ns to stop p ro v id in g th e m .

W h a t p ric e to p la ce o n e d u ca ­ tio n , a n d w h e th e r o r n o t it is a rig h t, are issues that te n d to o ffe r m o re q u e stio n s than a n sw e rs. I in te n d to ke e p a sk in g th e m . B u t w ith o u t a th o ro u g h e x p lo ra tio n b y th e g o v e rn ­ m e n t o f a ll p o ssib le so lu tio n s , a n d an e x p la n a tio n o f w h y tu itio n increases are still a b so lu te ly nece ssa ry, w h e n it co m e s to a h ig h e r p ric e fo r e d u ca tio n I ’m n o t so ld ,

p u s debate” , it w a s c e rta in ly lost o n m e — a n d s u re ly m o s t o th e r sm a rt M c G illia n s — w h e n it p lu n g e d in to an u tte rly ju v e n ile la m b a stin g o f th e , so -c a lle d , “ a n t i-M U S c a m p a ig n ” (s ic ).

T h e e d ito ria l u sed a c o n d e s c e n d in g , o u tra g e o u s a n d o ffe n sive to n e , in its c ritic is m o f the “ to n e o f c a m p u s d e ­ ba te ,” a n d , m o re sp e c ific a lly, the tone o f the “ a n t i-M U S c a m p a ig n .”

D id this “ a n t i-M U S c a m p a ig n ” a ctu a lly seek to “ h a m m e r the o p p o ­ sitio n o v e r the head u n til the latter s u b m itte d ] to th e ir o v e rp o w e rin g w ill” o r “ b lu d g e o n others in to c o m ­

p lia n c e ? ” M o re o v e r, I ’d lik e to k n o w h o w the “ tone o f c a m p u s debate” w a s im p ro v e d w h e n the m u d s lin g in g T r i ­ b u n e e d ito rs a ccu se d student a ctivists o f e n g a g in g in a “ u n iv e rs ity -le v e l v e rs io n o f b u lly in g ,” o r w h e n the T r i ­ b u n e e d ito rs d e m e a n e d student e n ­ g a g e m e n t in c a m p u s affa irs b y c a ll­ in g it a “ scre e ch in g te m p e r ta n tru m .”

D o a n y o f the a b o ve q u o te s, p u lle d f ro m last w e e k ’s e d ito ria l, d is p la y a c o m m itm e n t to the “ a tm o sp h e re o f m o ra l a n d in te lle ctu a l e d u ca tio n ” o s­ te n s ib ly s o u g h t a fter b y the T rib u n e e d ito rs? D id the to n e o f the e d ito ria l’s

a rg u m e n t c o m p le te ly u n d e rm in e the v e ry a rg u m e n t it w a s try in g to m a k e ?

I w o u ld lik e the T rib u n e “ to c o n s id e r these qu e stio n s,” to o , b e fo re w ritin g th e ir n e xt e d ito ria l.

A ls o , d o n ’t m isre p re se n t w h a t h a p p e n e d at the C h o o s e L if e p ro ­ tests last ye a r. T h e re w a s n o “ p h y s i­ c a l sort” o f “ b u lly in g ” c o m m itte d ; I sa w the w h o le th in g . T h a t ’s ju s t b a d re p o rtin g a n d I e xp e ct m o re o u t o f the T rib u n e .

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By Alison Bailey

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U n iv e rs it y is a tim e f o r e x ­ p e rim e n ta tio n , a n d d ru g s c a n be the g a te w a y to n e w sen sation s a n d e x p e rie n ce s . S u c h e x p e rim e n ta tio n , h o w e v e r, c o m e s w ith b o th p h y s ic a l a n d so c ia l ris k s . T h is is th e first in a series o f a rticle s o n th e fa cts a n d m y th s o f c e rta in re c re a tio n a l d ru g s .

T h e T rib u n e is in n o w a y a d v o c a t­ in g o r d is s u a d in g y o u f ro m try in g a n y o f these sub sta n ce s, b u t m e re ly lo o k in g to h e lp y o u m a k e in fo rm e d d e cis io n s .

A c c o rd in g to the U n ite d N a ­ tio n s, m a riju a n a is “ the m o s t w id e ly u se d illic it su b sta n ce in the w o r ld .”

A lt h o u g h p o t is ille g a l, it is the m o s t e a s ily a cce ssib le ille g a l d ru g in M o n tre a l.

B a c k g ro u n d C a n n a b is , th e p la n t f ro m w h ic h m a riju a n a stem s, has a lo n g h is to ry o f ritu a l a n d re lig io u s p ra c tic e s d u e to the state o f re la x a tio n it in d u c e s .

It is th o u g h t to h a ve b e e n used as

an in to x ic a n t fo r the first tim e 5 0 0 0 ye a rs a g o in p re s e n t-d a y R o m a n ia f o r ritu a l p u rp o se s. It has also b e e n an in te g ra l p a rt o f H in d u is m in In d ia a n d N e p a l fo r th o u s a n d s o f years.

Im m e d ia te E ffe cts

T h e p h y s ic a l e ffects o f m a r i­ ju a n a o n the h u m a n b o d y in c lu d e : re d d e n in g o f the e ye s, d e cre a se d in tra o c u la r p re s su re , d ry n e s s o f the m o u th , w a rm o r c o ld sensations, in cre a se d heart rate, m u s c le re la x ­ a tio n , a n d lo w e re d b lo o d p re ssu re .

T h e c o g n itiv e e ffects in c lu d e — b u t are n o t lim ite d t o — im p a irm e n ts in s h o rt-te rm m e m o ry , c o o rd in a ­ tio n , a n d c o n c e n tra tio n . B e w a re : n o t a ll trip s are fu n . Y o u m a y fe ar y o u 're b e in g cha se d b y a p la s tic b a g th ro u g h the streets o f D u b lin .

L o n g -te r m effects

W h ile the lo n g -te rm effects o f m a riju a n a are n o t f u lly u n d e rsto o d , the p ro lo n g e d use o f m a riju a n a can cause d a m a g e to the im m u n e sys­ te m , lu n g s , a n d a irw a y s , a n d m a y re s u lt in v a rio u s ca n c e rs . T h e p o te n ­ c y o f these effects d e p e n d s o n h o w the d ru g is ta k en : v a p o riz a tio n w ill

cause less d e trim e n t to the re s p ira ­ to ry sy ste m th a n s m o k in g a jo in t.

S a fety

D e p e n d in g o n h o w y o u a b so rb it, the tim e it takes f o r m a riju a n a to h a v e an e ffe ct o n y o u r b o d y w ill v a ry . W h e n first e x p e rim e n tin g , it m a y take a la rg e d o se f o r the f u ll e f­ fects to b e fe lt. H o w e v e r , th is c o u ld le a d to u n p le a sa n t a n d u n c o n tro lla ­ b le b o d ily e ffects that o n ly g o a w a y w ith tim e . M ix in g th e d ru g w ith o th e r substances su ch as V ic o d in c a n cau se nausea o r m o re intense s h o rt-te rm effe cts, a n d is th u s n o t re c o m m e n d e d .

L e g a l Issu es

T h e re c re a tio n a l use o f m a ri­ ju a n a in C a n a d a is ille g a l, b u t it is re a s o n a b ly s o c ia lly a cce p ta b le a n d c a n b e e a s ily p u rc h a s e d c h e a p ly th ro u g h o u t the c o u n try . A n u m b e r o f o th e r W e s te rn c o u n trie s h a v e s im ila r b a n s, b u t d o n o t to le ra te use o f the d ru g w h a ts o e v e r. S o m e S o u th A s ia n c o u n trie s su ch as M a la y s ia h a v e b e e n k n o w n to e v e n g iv e th e death p e n a lty as p u n is h m e n t.

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By Alison Bailey

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“ H e y w h a ts u p ” I re a d th ose three s im p le w o rd s b e a m in g at m e fro m the scre e n o f m y L G R u m o u r. P u n c tu a tio n -fre e , o f c o u rs e , these are so m e o f th e m o s t u se d w o rd s in the te x tin g w o rld .

S im p le , frie n d ly , a n d in d ire n e e d o f a re sp on se .

Ju s t as I h it “ R e p ly ” at the b o t­ to m le ft o f m y scre e n , I a lso tu rn e d a c o m e r, s tu m b lin g in to a la d y in h e r m id -fo rtie s , p ro v in g m y in c a p a b ility at m u lti-ta s k in g . A s she c u rs e d at m e in F re n c h , I a p o lo g iz e d p a th e tic a lly a n d w e n t to p ic k u p m y p h o n e a n d b ro k e n b a tte ry. L o o k in g d o w n at th is life less p ie ce o f te c h n o lo g y , I th o u g h t b a c k to th e f o u r m o n th s o f s u m m e r I spent w ith o u t a m o b ile .

W e liv e in an age w h e re w e ’d ra th e r c h e c k the W e a th e r N e tw o rk th a n step o u ts id e a n d w e a lw a y s h a v e m u ltip le w in d o w s o p e n o n o u r b ro w s e rs . L u lls in c o n v e rs a tio n are fille d b y e n d le ss ta p p in g o n m o ­ b ile p h o n e s , n e v e r m is s in g a te xt o r e m a il. “ S e n d ” is a task w e d o m u c h to o e a sily. C o m m u n ic a tio n is instant.

B illio n s o f e m a ils are e x c h a n g e d d a ily : p ro fe s s io n a l e m a ils , frie n d ly e m a ils , b re a k u p e m a ils .

T e c h n o lo g y is d o in g m o re a n d m o re fo r us, a n d a lth o u g h o u r e ffi­ c ie n c y is s k y ro c k e tin g , w e are lo s in g

so m e o f o u r m o s t b a sic sk ills . M i ­ c ro s o ft W o r d d o e s n e a rly e v e ry th in g fo r e ssay w rite rs : it inserts a p o s tro ­ phes a n d c a p ita lize s the first w o r d o f e v e ry sentence. B e s t o f a ll, it spells fo r us. I ’ m e m b a rra ss e d to a d m it to th is, b u t it to o k m e ages to lea rn h o w to sp e ll “ d e fin ite ly ” b e ca u se I n e v e r n e e d ed to th in k a b o u t it.

B u t w h e n I d id n ’t h a ve a c e ll p h o n e w h ile w a itin g f o r the b u s, I w a s ju s t w a tc h in g d iffe re n t k in d s o f p e o p le w a lk b y , a n d w a s s u rp rise d at h o w re fre s h in g it fe lt.

R e c e n t studies h a v e s h o w n that the b ra in needs a c e rta in a m o u n t o f tim e e v e ry d a y to s im p ly re s t— to ig ­ n o re s tim u li. N o w a d a y s o u r b ra in s are so b litz k rie g e d b y in fo rm a tio n that th e y s im p ly b e c o m e e xh a u ste d , w h ic h im p a irs le a rn in g in the lo n g ru n .

C a ll m e o ld s c h o o l, b u t I th in k it ’s a b su rd to h a v e tw o p e o p le h a lt c o n v e rs a tio n to send a text m essa ge .

S in c e w h e n is a p e rs o n m ile s a w a y fro m y o u m o re im p o rta n t th a n a p e r­ son rig h t in fro n t o f y o u ?

U ltim a te ly , I ’ m n o t n a ive e n o u g h to th in k the w o r ld w o u ld be b e tter o ff w ith o u t o u r te c h n o lo g ic a l a d v a n c e m e n ts . I lo v e that a su d d e n c u rio s ity f o r w h e re m y ro o m m a te is c a n b e satisfied w ith in se co n d s, b u t th e n a g a in , that in fo rm a tio n is n o t n e ce ssa ry to m y e xiste n ce . T e c h ­ n o lo g y s h o u ld b e u se d to d o g re a t th in g s , n o t to re p la ce so c ia l co n ta ct.

N e e d a n d w a n t are tw o v e ry d iffe r­ e n t th in g s , a n d a lth o u g h m o re o fte n th a n n o t w e n e e d te c h n o lo g y , there are a fe w in stan ce s w h e re p e rh ap s a p h y s ic a l, fa c e -to -fa c e re la tio n s h ip sh o u ld tru m p a c y b e r on e .

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By Ricky Kreitner

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y second night in Den­ ver, I skipped dinner in favour of a smooth $10 cigar. Cross­ ing right leg over left on a bench in the 16th Street Mall— the city's downtown commercial strip— I enjoyed a long smoke and listened to the music swell from one of the many painted pianos on the treelined central median. Lightheaded and content, I watched hundreds of people pass by, often stopping to appreciate the music. I spoke to those people who, one after another, for whatever reason, sat next to me on that bench, peoplé whose lives I wouldn't have even been aware of if I had not ventured across the continent to find them.

This is the story of a two-week train trip across the United States, which I embarked on in August for a number of reasons. First, I had to be in Los Angeles at the end of the month, and I decided there was no better way to get there than by train, my preferred mode of long­ distance travel. Second, I wanted to see my country, to meet its diverse inhabitants, and to participate in the East Coast rite of passage— re­ cently so neglected— of traveling from one end of the country to the other, of projecting one's soul over the immense spaces of the West, and of returning home, somehow more true.

I took a bus from my home­ town in North New Jersey into New York City, where I slept on an airbed in my sister's midtown apartment.

I woke before dawn to watch the sunrise from the roof and to enjoy a last New York diner breakfast be­ fore setting off.

Having been all over this coun­ try by train, in cities large and towns small, I can with some authority declare New York's Penn Station

the ugliest in the land. The ceilings are low, the fluorescent lighting is blinding, and the whole place feels like a cheaply built bunker. Per­ haps its only redeeming quality is the unmistakable stench of stale piss around every turn; after a long stretch in Montreal, it has often told me I'm finally home.

My first train, early on Friday,

then runs through West Virginia coal towns before turning north for Pittsburgh and Cleveland and then west for Chicago.

The Capitol Limited is a dou­ ble-decker train, or a Superliner.

The cars are mammoth things, perhaps 20 feet high, which only run in parts of the country where tunnels were built tall enough to

stretched out my back by lying on the carpeted floor of the observa­ tion car, using my backpack as a pil­ low, letting the gentle sway of the car rock me into a deep and satisfy­ ing sleep. In the morning there was a new state outside the window, and bleary-eyed, I waited for the café to open at 6 a.m. for that allimportant first cup.

Passing by Donner Lake in the High Sierras ( Ricky Kreitner/ McGill Tribune )

August 6, was to Washington, D.C., where I stayed with two high school friends, and spent days at the museums and explored the city on a loaned bike.The patriotic spirit in Washington and the presence of Americans from all over the coun­ try made me giddy to head west.

Sunday afternoon I left Wash­ ington on the Capitol Limited, which dips into Maryland before reaching Harpers Ferry, West Virgin­ ia, where the Potomac and Shenan­ doah Rivers carve into steep canyon walls, and which Thomas Jeffer­ son considered perhaps the most beautiful place on earth. The train

accommodate them. I'd previously thought that these trains ran only west of the Mississippi, so after dropping my flannel on my re­ served seat in coach, I walked excit­ edly to the observation car, trying in vain to suppress a big, stupid smile. I found a good spot under the expansive windows rising over the curve of the car, filling it with natural light, bought a cup of cof­ fee, and watched the country pass slowly by. I hardly left it except to buy more coffee. At night, when Americans from all backgrounds, began to fill the coach car with the diverse tenors of their snores, I

iSSAHCtlsÇ; A pause in northern Nevada. ( Ricky Kreitner / McGill Tribune )

T

he train entered Pennsyl­ vania and the afternoon faded away. I made a reservation for dinner, and went when the 8:30 p.m. guests were called. One quaint joy of train travel is eating in the dining car. The booths seat four, so the service staff combine parties of three or less at a single table. The food is expensive and bad, but hearing the stories of total strangers from around the country is incomparable.

In southwestern Pennsylva­ nia I ate with a mother and son from outside Atlanta en route to Seattle. The woman told me she'd

had a dream in which she was on a train watching wild horses gal­ lop in the fields outside. She said it looked like paradise. Having never been on a train before, she decided it was something she had to do. I saw them a few more times on that train and on the one out of Chi­ cago. Each time, even if only pass­ ing, we exchanged greetings and friendly smiles.

The next morning I was on the California Zephyr train heading west across the beautiful flatness of western Illinois, crossing the mighty Mississippi into Iowa. Named after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the western wind, it is the longest and most celebrated of the four main routes to the west coast. We went through some flooded areas in central Iowa, with water from the Des Moines River threatening to rise and overtake the tracks. Night came suddenly, and I fell asleep somewhere east of Omaha.

I woke to see the sunrise over the plains in southwestern Nebras­ ka, just before approaching Colora­ do and the foothills of the Rockies.

A mother cradled her crying baby at the other end of the car. Purely as a defensive measure, I donned my headphones for the first time on the trip. Sonny Rollins some­ how worked perfectly. When the baby stopped crying I took off my headphones and watched the pas­ sengers filter into the car, patiently waiting for the coffee to brew. En­ tering Colorado, an Amish couple next to me pointed out the win­ dow and spoke in German about the distant mountains. I settled in for an early morning nap.

After a short delay just outside the Denver station (one of the en­ gines slipped a few inches off the track), I set off to explore the city.

My general practice upon arrival in a new city is to find somewhere I want to go and then walk to it, tak-

Bay Area, around Monterey and After Reno everyone once again ing the most indirect route imagin­ view but still shining bright and red western Utah. As the light grew, the incredibly peaceful Big Sur. A crowded into the observation car, more people came into the car. near the top of the canyon walls. able in order to see as much of the in giddy expectation for the sharp final train took me from Salinas to The poet got off at the next Those of us who had been there place as possible. I walked to the rise into the Sierra Nevadas. Pass­ Los Angeles, first through Stein­ were talking about how great the stop, the girl from Ohio went to state capital, napped in the sun on beck farm country then along cliffs ing Donner Lake, I met a woman night before had been.

The Utaheat in the dining car, and I enjoyed some concrete steps, found a small above the Pacific shoreline for hun­ descended from the Donners, who creek to read by, and circled back my last bagged sandwich and a Nevada border was marked by the dreds of miles. Los Angeles took bright lights and paved lot of a pointed to a building in the nearby bottle of wine from Denver. Later, downtown. The next day I went my mind off the trip for a while, but town of Truckee where there was single casino, breaking the other­ one passenger with a guitar and to a famous Beat bar, enjoyed the one with a mandolin played to­ wise unmarked landscape of des­ a family reunion a few years back. afterwards, while touring Sequoia cigar for dinner and left the next National Park with my parents, I ert, mountains, and arching blue The guy next to me jokingly asked morning, again on the Zephyr, de­ gether, while a dozen of us, from was able to think about the places layed six hours after terrible floods I had been, the people I had met, in Iowa forced it to reroute through and the eventful days I had experi­ Kansas. enced. When alone, I would men­ Everyone was trying to save tally run through the trip, day by seats in the observation car be­ day, vividly remembering it all. cause an hour after leaving Den­ t's easy to see the plane I ver, the Zephyr begins the long flew home on as the punch climb into the Rocky Mountains, line to the long joke that was my widely considered the most sce­ two-week trip out West.

Upon land­ nic stretch of track in the country. ing in Chicago I scanned for Mon­ The only other times I've seen this treal among the hundreds of cities collective rush to the observation crowding the departures board, car was later on that train ride in cities all over the world which, for a the Sierra Nevadas, going through price, I could have landed in Within the infamous Donner Pass, and last mere hours. The short plane from summer passing through Glacier L.A. to Chicago covered territory National Park in northwest Mon­ I sat through for more than two tana. I can't think of another mode days, watching the land go by, and of travel capable of so definite and not doing much of anything. so satisfying a climax.

But I'm more inclined to view I found an open seat and talked things conversely: on that absurdly for four hours to a poet from Ithaca inhospitable 757, in my cramped and a girl from Ohio. I was dis­ aisle seat, with a burly neighbour tracted, however, by the stunning The writer’s last train approaching the station in Salinas. ( Ricky Kreitner / McGill Tribune ) next to me, I suspended my entire scenery of the Rockies'foothills, the existence.

With no complimentary if the group remembered to bring sky.

I told someone the mountains view of the open prairie and Den­ 8 to 94 years old, sang along. We blanket, I was warmed only by a had trouble with the lyrics of "Sym­ looked like dogs asleep under a enough food. ver on the horizon, and the sharp tiny cup of awful airline coffee and After the Sacramento station, soft blanket.

He asked if I was high. pathy for the Devil," so one grizzled curves of the tracks weaving along by the thought that somewhere, where many of my new friends It took all morning and early father stepped in to show the the steep cliffs below. The foothills miles below, a westbound Amtrak were leaving the train, I was left afternoon to pass through northern way, the rest of us providing the soon became immense mountains. train was lolling along the tracks, only with Scott, the guy who had Nevada.

A gregarious New Yorker backing "whoo whoos."

A woman With my neck sharply bent I looked over mountains, deep into valleys, played the mandolin the night gave me money to run out of the from Stockton, California, another through the ceiling windows up at past rivers and lakes and villages before.

Amtrak offered us a com­ train in Reno and across the street poet, freestyled some interludes the canyon walls reaching a thou­ and millions of lives, bejow cliffs plimentary beef stew for dinner to a casino lobby to buy whiskey, for "Stand By Me." We improvised sand feet into the sky. The train and around tight bends, filled with as an apology for being six hours but I was dissuaded from doing so a song called "Amtrak Blues," while eventually approached the Colo­ passengers who were still enjoying late.

Scott and I enjoyed it with two by a recorded Amtrak announce­ the train rolled through the Rocky rado River, barely yet a mountain beers each bought from Johnny. the ride.

Mountains, invisible in the dark­ ment explicitly warning passengers stream, and entered a seven-mile Scott told me about his months of not to do so, for people thereby ness surrounding our car. tunnel in which we crossed under travels and how his friends were missed trains all the time.

We were awoke the next morning on the Continental Divide. Everything going to get him very, very drunk stuck buying $6 bourbons from the floor of the observation darkened as we entered the Glenwhen he finally got home.

Johnny in the café car, with whom car and watched while the train wood Canyon— not wide but very I spent the next week in the we were all by now good friends. passed the Bonneville Salt Flats in deep—with the sun gone from our

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th in g ,” he sa ys. “ A n d I also lik e c o l­ la b o ra tin g a n d im p r o v is in g a n d h a v ­ in g it be m o re u n e x p e c te d a n d u n ­ T h is f a ll, C a n a d ia n m u s ic ia n c o n tro lle d w h e n w e ’re p e rf o rm in g .”

D a n S n a ith , a lso k n o w n as C a r i­ In a d d itio n to e x te n s iv e to u rin g b o u , is e m b a rk in g o n a th re e -m o n th a n d fe s tiv a l p e rfo rm a n c e s , S n a ith w o r ld to u r a cro ss N o rt h A m e r ic a , has a lso re c e iv e d c ritic a l a c c la im o f S o u th A m e r ic a , a n d E u ro p e in su p ­ C a r ib o u a lb u m s , m o s t n o ta b ly An­ p o rt o f h is s ix th stu d io a lb u m , Swim. dorra, w in n e r o f the 2 0 0 8 P o la ris T h e to u r, c o m p ris e d o f -1 0 E u r o p e ­ M u s ic P riz e . H is m o s t re c e n t re ­ a n fe s tiv a l dates a n d o v e r 8 0 cities le a se , Swim, has b een sh o rtliste d fo r w o r ld w id e , w ill sh o w c a se C a r ib o u ’s the 2 0 1 0 P o la ris M u s ic P riz e , w h ic h e x p lo s iv e liv e p re s e n c e , as w e ll as w ill b e a w a rd e d la te r th is m o n th . h is talents as a so lo artist.

C a r ib o u ’s success in C a n a d a — S n a ith is f ro m D u n d a s , O n ta rio , a n d S n a ith ’s n a tio n a l p rid e — has b u t c u rre n tly re sid es in E n g la n d . O n re m a in e d stro n g d e sp ite h is re lo c a ­ the ro a d he is jo in e d b y f e llo w m u s i­ tio n to L o n d o n 10 ye a rs a g o . U p c ia n s R y a n S m ith , B ra d W e b e r, and u n til 2 0 0 4 , S n a ith re c o rd e d a n d p e r­ Jo h n S c h m e rs a l, w h o to g e th e r create fo rm e d u n d e r th e n a m e M a n ito b a , a n e w a n d v ib ra n t liv e s h o w that is in u n til a la w s u it fo rc e d h im to a d o p t a co n s ta n t re in v e n tio n . T h e o n g o in g C a r ib o u as h is n e w m o n ik e r. e x p e rim e n ta tio n a n d c o lla b o ra tio n “ I w a n te d a n a m e that h a d the b e tw e e n S n a ith a n d h is b a n d m a te s sam e C a n a d ia n c o n n o ta tio n s [as is im p o rta n t to h is a rtistic p ro c e ss, M a n ito b a ],” says S n a ith . “ C a rib o u a n d the c h a n g e in d y n a m ic b e tw e e n h a d a ll the a sso cia tio n s o f the w o rd re c o rd in g so lo a n d p la y in g liv e w ith ‘M a n ito b a ’ fo r m e .” a b a n d is o fte n w e lc o m e .

B u t d e sp ite h is d e v o tio n to “ W e h a d three d a ys o ff [re c e n t­ C a n a d a , S n a ith has seen h is fa n base l y ] a n d w e sp e n t th e m g o in g b a c k g ro w w o r ld w id e in re ce n t ye a rs. a n d re h e a rs in g a n d c h a n g in g the “ It strikes m e m o re so h o w eas­ set,” S n a ith e x p la in s . “ W e ’re p la y in g ily th at m u s ic translates a n d h o w a b u n c h o f so n g s that w e ’v e n e v e r p e o p le c o m e to o u r sh o w s e v e r y ­ p la y e d b e fo re [a n d ] w e ’re p la y in g w h e re . F iv e h u n d re d p e o p le c o m e to so n g s th at w e h a v e n ’t p la y e d in ' a o u r s h o w in S e o u l, o r 1 ,0 0 0 p e o p le lo n g tim e . W e are p la y in g a lo t o f in M e x ic o C it y , a n d it ’s ju s t as m a n y s tu ff f ro m the n e w re c o rd ,” he c o n ­ p e o p le as the o n e s w h o c o m e to o u r tin u e s , “ [b u t] w e ’v e re w o rk e d a lot s h o w s in a c ity th at I ’v e sp e n t a lo t o f so n g s so d ra s tic a lly th a t th e y ’re o f tim e liv in g in a n d p la y e d m o re c o m p le te ly d iffe re n t.” o fte n . I t ’s in c re d ib le .”

T h is is p a rt o f w h a t m a k e s C a r i­ S in c e its release e a rlie r this b o u a u n iq u e a n d u n p re d ic ta b le liv e y e a r, Swim has b e e n to u te d b y m u s ic act. c ritic s as a su cce ssfu l b u t d a rk e r take “ I lik e the p ro ce ss o f re c o rd in g , o n a p s y c h e d e lic , d re a m -lik e s o u n d , o f h a v in g c o n tro l o v e r e v e ry little c o m b in in g in flu e n ce s fro m ro c k ,

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A n y te le v is io n s h o w film e d in these p la ce s is a u to m a tic a lly c o o l in m y b o o k s . O f c o u rs e I ’m ta lk in g a b o u t Survivor, the best s h o w o n te le v i­ s io n . I u s u a lly g e t the sa m e re a c tio n w h e n I ta lk a b o u t the s h o w ; “ Y o u still w a tc h th a t?” O r e v e ; “ T h a t ’s s till o n ? ” Y e s , Survivor is s till o n a n d I still w a tc h it. I t ’s b e e n 10 y e a rs , 2 0 seasons, a n d Survivor is still ju s t as a w e s o m e as it w a s w h e n it first a ire d .

N o o n e can c o n v in c e m e o th e rw is e .

R e a lity T V is n o w ju s t as c o m ­ m o n p la c e as w e e k n ig h t s itc o m s . B u t Survivor, w h ic h first a ire d in 2 0 0 0 ,

is w h a t sp a rk e d the re a lity T V re v o ­ lu tio n . A n d n o th in g c o m p a re s to it.

T h o u g h the s h o w d o e s n ’t re a lly re ­ q u ire p e o p le to s u rv iv e in th e m o s t lite ra l sense, Survivor liv e s u p to its n a m e . A t its c o re , Survivor is re a lly a so c ia l g a m e that asks the q u e stio n : “ H o w fa r w ill p e o p le g o fo r m o n e y ? ” B e in g stra n d e d o n an is la n d a n d left to fe n d fo r th e m se lv e s re a lly does g e t to the p la y e rs .

T h e s h o w d o e s a g re a t jo b o f p ic k in g a d iv e rs e g ro u p o f p e o p le w ith d iffe re n t p e rs o n a litie s , a n d it ’s in te re s tin g to w a tc h h o w e a ch o f the p la y e rs p ro g re sse s th ro u g h o u t the g a m e . C iv iliz a t io n d e co ra te s and m a te ria liz e s p e o p le to th e m a x im u m , b u t th ro w in g c o m p le te stra n g e rs o n a re m o te is la n d is the p e rfe ct w a y

Caribou frontman Dan Snaith takes to the road with his dance-inspired album, Swim ( Nitasha Kapoor)

e x p e rim e n ta l, a n d v a rio u s o th e r g e n re s. T h e a lb u m ’s ly ric s fo c u s o n the in d e c is io n a n d e x p e rim e n ta tio n o f lo v e , ra th e r th a n the e m o tio n a l a n g st o f h is e a rlie r releases.

O n e o f S n a ith ’s m a in in s p ira ­ tio n s w h ile c re a tin g Swim w a s E u ­ ro p e a n d a n ce m u s ic , b u t C a rib o u has n o t tu rn e d in to a d a n ce b a n d . H e still fo cu se s -la rg e ly o n u n iq u e in ­ stru m e n ta tio n , h a rm o n ie s , a n d v o c a l a rra n g e m e n ts , w h ic h he c o m b in e s in to c o h e s iv e (y e t a b stra c t) w o r k . “ T h e re c o rd in g p ro ce ss fo r m e is so s o lita ry . I n e v e r le a ve m y

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T h e tra n s fo rm a tiv e n a tu re o f C a r ib o u ’s re c o rd e d w o r k len d s its e lf to liv e p e rfo rm a n c e in an in te re s tin g w a y , notes S n a ith . “ P la y in g liv e is c o m p ro m is in g w h a t I h a d in m in d , a n d the f o u r o f us w o r k in g o u t w h a t w e c o lle c tiv e ly w a n t it to s o u n d lik e a n d c h a n g in g [th e m u s ic ] as w e p la y . A s th e to u r go e s o n , so n g s c h a n g e .”

A f t e r the to u r w ra p s in D e c e m ­ b e r, C a r ib o u s h o w s n o sig n s o f s lo w ­ in g d o w n . “ W h e n I ’ m n o t o n to u r. I ’ m

at h o m e m a k in g m u s ic a n d liv in g d a y -to -d a y lif e ,” S n a ith s a y s , “ T h e to u rin g p ro ce ss is a lm o s t the p o la r o p p o s ite [o f re c o rd in g ]; I ’m a lw a y s c o lla b o ra tin g w ith the o th e r g u y s in the b a n d a n d a lw a y s tra v e llin g a n d in a d iffe re n t p la c e e v e ry n ig h t.

B u t th e y ’re b o th th in g s that I e n jo y d o in g , a n d m u s ic a lly th e y ’re b o th th in g s I e n jo y d o in g , to o .”

a n d m e d ic s a lw a y s o n site. I f th e y h a v e to g e t s o m e w h e re m ile s a w a y th e y w ill be tra n sp o rte d . B u t a ll a s-

g ro u n d , fin d a n d m a k e th e ir o w n fo o d , c o m p e te in in te n se c h a lle n g e s o n e s s e n tia lly e m p ty s to m a ch s , fo rm a llia n c e s , a n d v o te p e o p le o u t. I t ’s a ll re a l. H o w d o I k n o w th is? I ju s t do, O K ?

A ls o , it ’s b e e n 10 y e a rs , a n d J e f f P ro b s t is still h o t! B u t o f c o u rse th a t’s ju s t a m in o r d e ta il. T h e p o in t is th is: Survivor is a re m a rk a b le p a rt o f o u r g e n e ra tio n ’s c u ltu re , a n d e v e ry ­ o n e s h o u ld re c o g n iz e it. Survivor: Nicaragua p re m ie rs o n S e p te m b e r 1 5 , a n d w ill fe atu re a ba ttle o f the ages (th e te a m s are separated in to o ld a n d y o u n g ). I u rg e y o u to jo in m e a n d w a tc h !

Caribou will be playing at Le National on September 16.

Tickets are $22, and available at latulipe.ca.

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A lo t o f p e o p le hate Survivor fo r d iffe re n t re a so n s. F ir s t, I ’v e h e a rd p e o p le sa y it ’s re p e titiv e . T h e s h o w h a s n ’t c h a n g e d v e ry m u c h sin ce it? in c e p tio n , b u t th is is w h a t m a k e s it so g re a t. It d o e s n ’t try to be s o m e th in g it is n ’t; the s h o w re m a in s a g a m e that is m e a n t to sh o w c a se the co n te sta n ts, w h ic h is e x a c tly w h a t re a lity T V sh o u ld b e a b o u t. E v e r y season o f Survivor g ets a w h o le n e w cast o f p e o p le , a n d th is is w h a t m a k e s e a ch season u n iq u e .

S e c o n d , I ’ v e h e a rd p e o p le say it ’s fa k e . W r o n g . Survivor is re a l. O f c o u rs e w e d o n ’t see e v e ry th in g that go e s o n b e h in d the scenes. A n d ye s , there are p ro d u c e rs , c a m e ra p e o p le ,

Civilization decorates and materializes people to the maximum, but throwing complete strangers on a remote island is the perfect way to reveal our species’ true primitive nature. pe cts o f the s h o w that m a k e it Sur­ vivor are still re a l. T h e y re a lly d o sle e p in h o m e m a d e sh elters o n the

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Oinking out the laughs in Fat Pig Teenage web wonder i6 year old sings her way to success

Production teaches us that flab is fab

By Anna deMello

Contributor

O ff e rin g a re fre s h in g b u t o fte n a ll-to o -re a lis tic p re s e n ta tio n o f h u m a n n a tu re , Fat Pig is a n e w p la y to c o m e f ro m M o n tre a l’s T h r o u g h L in e P ro d u c tio n s a n d T h e a tre S a in te C a th e rin e . W ritte n b y film d ire c ­ to r, p la y w r ig h t, a n d s c re e n w rite r N e il L a B u t e — be st k n o w n fo r In the Company Of Men, a n d Nurse Betty w ith R e n e é Z e llw e g e r — the s c rip t is an u n fo rg iv in g p o rtra y a l o f s o c ie ty ’s v a in o b se ss io n w ith lo o k s a n d b o d y typ e s .

Fat Pig is , u n s u rp ris in g ly , the sto ry o f a n o v e rs iz e d w o m a n n a m e d H e le n w h o faces tre m e n d o u s d iffi­ c u ltie s in h e r life a n d re la tio n sh ip s

b e ca u se o f h e r h e fty fig u re . W h e n she f in a lly m ee ts a g u y she lik e s — T o m , a n o rm a l-s iz e d b u s in e s s m a n — h e r co n s ta n t s e lf-d e p re c a tio n is a so u rce o f te n s io n f o r the w o u ld b e c o u p le . H e le n ’s la c k o f s e lf-c o n fi­ d e n ce is o n ly e x a ce rb a te d b y T o m ’s b u d d ie s , w h o u rg e h im to g e t rid o f h is “ w h a le o f a g irlf rie n d .”

D e s p ite H e le n ’s o fte n fru s ­ tra tin g in s e c u ritie s , she b e c o m e s a lo v a b le c h a ra c te r as w e w itn e s s h e r m o s t in tim a te m o m e n ts firsth a n d .

T h e a u d ie n c e fin d s its e lf ro o tin g fo r the triu m p h o f th is u n lik e ly d u o . T h e p la y , h o w e v e r, go e s e v e n de e p er.

A lt h o u g h H e le n o u tw a r d ly in sists that she is f u lly c o m fo rta b le in h e r o w n s k in , w h e n re a d in g b e tw e e n the lin e s , h e r sense o f h u m o u r — w h ic h

le n d s its e lf to m a n y h ila rio u s a n d e n ­ te rta in in g m o m e n ts — su gge sts she is a d e e p ly tro u b le d w o m a n .

M o s t o f a ll, the p la y a c u te ly re m in d s us o f the w a y w e treat the p e o p le a ro u n d u s. O u r a c tio n s , w o r d s , a n d b la ta n t ju d g m e n ts can be c ru c ia l in d e te rm in in g h o w a p e rs o n c o n c e iv e s o f h is o r h e r o w n s e lf w o rth . Fat Pig e n co u ra g e s us to re th in k o u r o w n b e h a v io u r, w ith o u t b e in g to o trite o r c lic h é d .

F a t P ig will be playing ON Sep­ tember 18 at Theatre Sainte Cath­ erine, 264 Sainte Catherine Street East. For show times and informa­ tion, visit www.theatrestecatherine. com.

The audience receives a few lessons about our superficial culture (Angie Radczenko / Theatre Ste. Catherine)

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Get off with the help o f your friends

By Lauren Pires

Contributor

N o w a d a y s the In te rn e t c a n be u se d fo r e v e ry th in g , in c lu d in g fin d ­ in g u p -a n d -c o m in g stars.

T h is W e d n e s d a y , lo c a l In te r­ n e t se n sation B ritta n y K w a s n ik w ill p e rfo rm a n a co u stic set at L e C a g ib i.

T h e 1 6 -y e a r-o ld s in g e r-s o n g w rite r m a d e h e r o n lin e d e b u t a b o u t tw o ye a rs a g o a n d is n o w s ig n e d to M o n ­ tre a l-b a s e d Ju s tin T im e R e c o rd s , w ith h e r first a lb u m , I Don’t Know Me, set to b e re le a se d in Ja n u a ry .

K w a s n ik ’s success s to ry has h u m b le b e g in n in g s . G iv e n a g u ita r w h e n she w a s ju s t n in e , she ta u g h t h e rs e lf to p la y v ia th e In te rn e t. S h e th e n b e g a n w ritin g m u s ic a n d ly r ­ ic s. “ I w o u ld w rite [m u s ic ] w h e n n o o n e w a s h o m e ,” K w a s n ik sa ys. “ I d id it se c re tly beca u se I th o u g h t I su c k e d . B u t o n e d a y I w a s c a u g h t b y m y frie n d s a n d m o m , a n d th e y start­ ed m a k in g m e sin g fo r th e m . I then started d o in g o p e n m ic n ig h ts .”

A f t e r re c o rd in g a s o n g at a stu­ d io in M o n tre a l, h e r frie n d s g o t a h o ld o f th e M P 3 a n d u p lo a d e d it to Y o u T u b e w ith a p ic tu re o f h e r. A f t e r th re e d a ys it h a d a m a sse d c lo se to 3 7 ,0 0 0 h its.

T h e te e n ’s in d ie s o u n d a n d h e a rtfe lt ly ric s a p p ea l in a w a y that is h a rd to p in p o in t. It seem s to a l­ w a y s c o m e d o w n to h e r “ ra w n e s s .”

T h a t ’s n o t to sa y th at h e r so n g s are u n fin is h e d , b u t th e y a v o id the c lu t­ te r th at m o s t p e o p le associate w ith m o d e m p o p so n g s (re a d : a u to tu n e ., s y n th e s ize d b e a ts, e tc .). H e r so ngs are c a rrie d b y h e r ly ric s a n d h e r v o ic e ’s su b tle m a tu rity .

“ W h e n I ’ m d o in g a n a co u stic s h o w , I can b e v e ry a c o u s tic ,” K w a s ­ n ik sa y s, “ B u t w h e n it ’s p ro d u c e d , I lik e to c a ll it re le va n t p o p . T o m e , that m e a n s the angst a n d h o n e s ty o f in d ie m u s ic w ith the fu n o f p o p and e le c tro p o p . I t ’s a fu s io n b e tw e e n th a t. A lo t o f m y s tu ff is in d ie , b u t w h e n it’s p ro d u c e d it ’s m u c h m o re e le c tro p o p .”

T h o u g h K w a s n ik ’s m u s ic a l in flu e n ce s in c lu d e T e g a n & S a ra , T a y lo r S w if t , a n d C o lb ie C a illa t , h e r p e rs o n a l b a c k g ro u n d is m o re re l­ e v a n t to h e r s o u n d . “ A lo t o f m y m u s ic is b e ca u se o f a fo u n d a tio n I ’v e c re a te d c a lle d N o b o d y K n o w s ,” K w a s n ik sa ys. “ I t ’s to h e lp p e o p le w h o liv e w ith s ib lin g s o r p a re n ts w h o are m e n ta lly ill. W h e n I w a s y o u n g e r I liv e d w ith so m e o n e w ith a m e n ta l illn e s s , and m y m u s ic h e lp s m e e xp re ss a n d deal w ith it. In the fu tu re I w a n t to start a h o u se f o r th ose p e o p le , so m e o n e a n d s o m e w h e re th e y c a n c a ll to ask f o r h e lp o r ju s t ta lk . “ H o w e v e r , th e re is m o re to h e r in s p ira tio n . W h a t m a k e s h e r so ngs so re la ta b le is n ’t ju s t th e ir e m o tio n a l v a lu e — it ’s a lso th e ir c a n d o r. “ I ’ m a lso ju s t a re a lly b ig o b ­ s e rv e r o f o th e r p e o p le ,” she sa ys. “ I can ju s t b e w a lk in g d o w n the street, a n d see o th e r p e o p le , o r m y frie n d w a lk in g d o w n th e street a n d that can be in s p ira tio n as w e ll.”

Brittany Kwasnik is playing a free show at Le Cagibi on Wednes­ day, September 15. Visit www.brittanykwasnik.com for more informa­ tion.

Another movie about a high school student trying to get laid

By Lane Cameron

Contributor

T h e latest m o v ie to ta ck le the a g e -o ld c o n v e n tio n o f n e rd s try in g to lose th e ir v irg in ity is a p tly c a lle d The Virginity Hit. T h e film , w ith its n e w c o m e r cast, w a s p ro d u c e d b y W il l F e r re ll. W it h the s u p p o rt o f su ch a ty p ic a lly h ila rio u s a cto r, o n e m ig h t a ssum e that the m o v ie p ro m is e s to be as fu n n y as so m e o f his o th e r film e x p lo its . W h ile it d o e s h a v e so m e f u n n y m o m e n ts , The Virginity Hit u ltim a e tly d o e s n ’t h o ld a c a n d le to F e r re ll’s past w o rk .

T h e film , w h ic h c h ro n ic le s the m is s io n o f a h ig h sc h o o l n e rd at­ te m p tin g to lose his v irg in ity b e fo re g ra d u a tio n , is u n iq u e in that it uses a d o c u m e n ta ry -s ty le a e sth e tic. C e n ­ te rin g o n the re la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n a d o p tiv e b ro th e rs , M a tt, a p a in ­ f u lly a w k w a rd b o y w ith g la sse s,

a n d Z a c k , a h o m e m o v ie en th usiast w h o sp e n d s m o s t o f h is tim e w ith a c a m e ra a ttached to h is h a n d , the m o v ie ’s u ltim a te g o a l is to see M a tt lose h is v ir g in it y — an e x p lo it w h ic h h a p p e n s to be e n tire ly d o c u m e n te d b y Z a c k . D e s p ite th e fa ct th at M a tt has a lo n g -te rm g irlf rie n d , a n x ie ty , fear, o r p o ssib le h o m o s e x u a lity h a ve left h im the last v ir g in o f the c re w .

H is frie n d s are n o s ta llio n s , e ith e r— Z a c k is a p o rtly g in g e r w h o a im s to se d u ce g irls b y s a y in g h e ’s g o in g to “ fu c k the taste b u d s ” o u t o f th e ir m o u th s .

T h e p lo t f o llo w s M a tt as he trie d to lo se h is v irg in ity to w h o m e v ­ e r p o s s ib le , ra n g in g f ro m a stra n g e r o n the In te rn e t to h is fa v o u rite p o m star, S u n n y L e o n e , a n d e v e n h is o w n a d o p tiv e sister. T h e g a n g hits se ve ra l snags a lo n g the w a y , w h ic h th e y at­ te m p t to w o r k a ro u n d , d e m o n s tra tin g m a le c a m a ra d e rie at its b e st. M a tt’s

frie n d s w i ll d o a lm o s t a n y th in g to g e t h im la id , w h e th e r he w a n ts to at th is p o in t o r n o t. O n ly a fter M a tt is a b le to a c c o m p lis h th is su p p o se d rite o f p assage to m a n h o o d w ill he f in a lly h a v e the p riv ile g e o f ta k in g a c e le b ra to ry h it f ro m a b o n g as h is frie n d s h a v e d o n e b e fo re h i m — the “ V ir g in it y H i t .” ' U ltim a t e ly , the film rests o n the c lic h é d a s s u m p tio n that b o y s w h o fa il to lose th e ir v irg in ity b e fo re g ra d u a tin g h ig h s c h o o l su ffe r u n ­ b e a ra b le h u m ilia tio n a n d e m b a rra s s ­ m e n t. B u t The Virginity Hit dep a rts f ro m past m o v ie s o n this su b je ct in its cast o f u n k n o w n a cto rs a n d its ra w a n d p e rs o n a l c in e m a tic style .

The Virginity Hit is an a p t p o rtra y a l o f th e a w k w a r d — y e t at tim e s a m u s ­ i n g - t r i a l s o f te e n a ge ye a rs.

Kwanik finds her voice in her newest album, / Don’t Know Me” (brittanykwasnik.com )

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T h e e ig h th stu d io a lb u m fro m L u k e D o u c e t, a n d the se c o n d to fea­ tu re T h e W h ite F a lc o n , Steel City Trawler is an u n a b a s h e d p o rtra it o f the m a g ic in the e v e ry d a y . T h e a l­ b u m ’s s tra ig h tfo rw a rd g u ita r riffs a n d u p b e a t m e lo d ie s , c o m b in e d w ith D o u c e t’s earn e st ly ric s , fo rm an e n jo y a b le a n d th o u g h tfu l re c o rd .

F r o m start to fin is h , D o u c e t coasts th ro u g h a jo u r n e y o f o b s e rv a ­ tio n s a b o u t life , lo v e , a n d the w o rld a ro u n d h im , p re s e n tin g h is fin d in g s e a rn e stly a n d s o m e tim e s iro n ic a lly .

T h e title o f the a lb u m p a y s h o m a g e to D o u c e t’s n e w h o m e o f H a m il­ to n , O n ta rio . T h e c it y ’s b lu e -c o lla r ro o ts are re p re se n te d in h is ly ric s , p a rtic u la rly in the so n g “ T h in k in g P e o p le .”

O n o th e r tra ck s lik e “ D u s te d ” a n d “ T h e B a lla d o f Ia n C u r tis ,” D o u c e t ta ckle s h e a v ie r issues: s u i­ c id e , e xiste n tia l c rise s , a n d th e c re ­ a tiv e le g a c y o n e lea ve s b e h in d . B u t the a lb u m is also fu n , a n d D o u c e t’s h u m o u r sh in es th ro u g h o n “ L o v e a n d a S te a d y H a n d ” a n d “ D ir t y D ir t y B lo n d e .” L y r ic a lly , the c o m ­ b in a tio n o f h e a v y a n d lig h t su b je ct m a tte r b a la n ce s the a lb u m , a n d the th e m e s o f in tro s p e c tio n a n d re fle c ­ tio n tie the so n g s to g e th er. I f y o u ’re lo o k in g f o r an u p b e a t b u t g ro u n d e d a lb u m fo r th e o n se t o f c o ld n ig h ts a n d tu rn in g c o lo u rs , th is is the re ­ c o rd f o r y o u .

—Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite

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Please C o m p ris e d o f le a d s in g e r a n d g u ita ris t J e re m y G a u d e t, d ru m m e r A n d r e w W o o d s , Isa a c N e ily o n k e y b o a rd a n d R ic h a rd M a c L e o d o n b a ss , B o x e r the H o rs e is a h o m e ­ g ro w n C a n a d ia n b a n d w ith lo ts o f k ic k . T h e b o y s h a il f ro m C h a rlo tte ­ to w n , w h e re the m u s ic is c ru d e and the coa sta l v ib e is re a l.

A f t e r th e re le a se o f th e ir s e lftitle d d e m o s h o rtly fo llo w e d b y th e ir E P , “The Late Show,” the b a n d g a in e d a s tro n g f o llo w in g in the M a ritim e s . W it h the n a tio n a l re ­ lease o f th e ir first fu ll-le n g th a lb u m , Would You Please, the b a n d is s lo w ­ ly m o v in g w e s t a n d m a k in g w a v e s b e y o n d th e ir is la n d h o m e .

T h e b a n d ’s a b ility to sh oo t stra ig h t a n d m a in ta in a c le a rly d e ­ fin e d so u n d s h o u ld n e v e r be u n ­ d e rra te d . T h e r e is n e v e r to o m u c h g o in g o n at o n e tim e , m a k in g it e a sy to fo c u s o n the d is tin c t c o m p o n e n ts o f e a ch s o n g . L o u d a n d cle a r, th e y m a s te r th e ir o w n s o u n d , a n d g iv e a k in d shou t o u t to M o n tre a l b e tw e e n th e u p -b e a t blasts in “ P o t V a lia n t.”

T h e s e b o y s are fre sh a n d h o ld lo ts o f p o te n tia l. Would You Please is fu n to lis te n to , a n d the b a n d ’s h o n e st so u n d is a fre sh a d d itio n to the in d ie ro c k sce n e . C o n tra r y to the title o f th e ir first tra c k . I ’m fin d in g it h a rd to see a n y “ B a d A p p le s ” in th is b u n c h .

—Bianca Van Bavel

Iron M a id en : Final Frontier

A t first g la n c e , th e n e w Iro n M a id e n a lb u m rea d s lik e an e p ita p h .

B u t the B ritis h h e a v y m e ta l g ia n ts are v e ry m u c h a liv e , k ic k in g , a n d ro c k in g o u t.

W h e n th e ir latest a lb u m , Final Frontier, w a s a n n o u n c e d m a n y b e g a n to w o r r y that th is w o u ld be the last w e ’d h e a r o f Iro n M a id e n .

L y ric s in th e o p e n in g n u m b e r seem to s ig n a l a fa re w e ll: “ I h a v e liv e d m y life to the fu ll / 1 h a v e n o re g re ts / B u t I w is h I c o u ld ta lk to m y fa m ­ ily / T o te ll th e m o n e last g o o d b y e .”

T h a n k f u lly , th e a lb u m is set o n an e x p a n d in g fro n tie r, n o t a te rm i­ n a l o n e . Final Frontier satisfies w ith the u su a l M a id e n b le n d o f d riv in g , la y e re d p e rfo rm a n c e s a n d p o w e r­ f u l ly ric s , a n d s till p u sh e s fo rw a rd as a m o d e m a lb u m . C o n te m p o ra ry to p ic s su c h as c o n s u m e ris m a n d the m e d ia are e x p lo re d in fa n ta stic a l, h is to ric a l, a n d s u p e rn a tu ra l a lle g o ­ rie s . T h e g u ita r riffs a n d so lo s are e d g ie r th a n w e ’re u se d to , a n d the e x p e rim e n t p a y s o ff.

Final Frontier is a s o lid e n try in a n a lre a d y im p re s s iv e M a id e n c a ta lo g u e . I t ’s d e fin ite ly w o r th y o f m u ltip le liste n s a n d h e a d -b a n g in g sessio ns. H ig h lig h ts in c lu d e the e le c trify in g sin g le “ E l D o r a d o ,” the a n th e m ic “ C o m in g H o m e ,” a n d , o f c o u rs e , “ W h e n the W ild W in d B lo w s ” — an in stan t M a id e n c la s s ic,.

T h e m o n u m e n ta l fin a l so n g ru n s 11 m in u te s , b u t in ty p ic a l M a id e n fa s h io n , le a ve s y o u w a n tin g m u c h m o re .

—Emma Hambly

Snoop D ogg :

The West Coast Blue­ print

In c e le b ra tio n o f P rio rity R e ­ c o rd s ’ 2 5 th a n n iv e rs a ry , h ip -h o p le g e n d S n o o p D o g g ru n s th ro u g h his c a ta lo g u e o f W e s t C o a s t fa vo u rite s in The West Coast Blueprint. W it h a fe w w e ll-p la c e d in te rlu d e s , S n o o p g u id e s the a lb u m a lo n g lik e a ra d io D J , p ro v id in g in s ig h t a n d c o m m e n ­ ta ry o n C a lif o r n ia h ip -h o p ’s g o ld e n a g e . Blueprint has tra ck s th at a n y c a su a l h ip -h o p fa n w ill re c o g n iz e a n d a lso in c lu d e s so m e fo rg o tte n g e m s . T ra c k s lik e “ P a y Y a D u e s ” b y L o w P ro file a n d “ P la y a z C lu b ” b y R a p p in ’ 4 -T a y h a ve bass a n d G F u n k v ib e s , b u t th e y fa ile d to earn th e u n iv e rs a l re sp ect th a t “ E a z y D u z -I t ” a n d “ A lw a y z In to S o m e ­ th in ” a c h ie v e d .

I t ’s c le a r that S n o o p D o g g pu t so m e th o u g h t in to se le ctin g these tra ck s , b u t it’s h a rd ly as c o m p re ­ h e n s iv e a trib u te as h e ’d lik e y o u to th in k . S u re , g a n g sta ra p w a s at its p e a k fro m the b irth o f N ! W .A . to the d e a th o f T u p a c , b u t sin ce he ig n o re d th e 2 0 0 0 s , the a lb u m c o m e s o ff as in c o m p le te a n d , to be h o n e st, a little la z y . S n o o p a lso fille d the a lb u m w ith h is o w n m a te ria l. S ix tra ck s o n the a lb u m c re d it h im : three are in ­ te rlu d e s , tw o are his o w n m a te ria l, a n d o n e fe atu re s his h ip -h o p posse T h e D o g g P o u n d . B u t th e n a g a in , w h a t is h ip -h o p w ith o u t b la ta n t se lf­ p ro m o tio n ? T h e rest o f the tra cks are a ll w e ll se le cted . T h e cla ssics are h e re , b u t it’s th e u n k n o w n so ngs that m a k e the a lb u m s h in e . R e g a rd ­ less o f h o w m u c h y o u lik e h ip -h o p , The West Coast Blueprint s h o u ld at least g iv e y o u a tra c k o r tw o to a d d to y o u r iP o d ’s p re -d r in k p la y lis t.

—Nicholas Petrillo

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P ro m o tin g th e ir b ra n d n e w a lb u m , Big Slice, ro c k b a n d Jonas & T h e M a s s iv e A ttra c tio n w ill be p e rfo rm in g at C lu b S o d a . C o m e w a tch Ju n o -n o m in a te d lead sin g e r Jonas and his b andm ates p ro m o te th e ir first re le a se in f o u r ye a rs.

S w in g B all R ia lto T h u rsd a y , S e p te m b e r 16, 8 p .m .

F o llo w in g the success o f the T h u rs d a y S w in g N ig h ts in O ld M o n tre a l (a n d w e ’re ta lk in g the d a n ce v a rie ty ), the S w in g B a ll b rin g s the 1930s to the n e w ly re o p e n e d R ia lto th e atre .

T h e e v e n in g w i ll c o n s is t o f a fre e o n e -h o u r s w in g d a n ce lesso n (c o u rte s y o f the C a t ’s C o m e r d a n ce s c h o o l), a n d fo u r h o u rs o f n o n -s to p liv e m u s ic on the R ia lto ’s h u g e w o o d d a n ce flo o r. L in d y h o p ‘ til y o u d ro p . $ 1 2 o r $ 1 0 w ith a v in ta g e c o s ­ tu m e .

P o la r is M u sic P rize M u c h m u sic .co m M o n d a y , S e p te m b e r 2 0 , 8 p .m .

T u n e in to see w h o c o m e s a w a y w ith th e $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 p riz e a n d title o f best C a n a d ia n a lb u m o f ye a r. T h is y e a r’s e v e n t w ill fe atu re p e rfo rm a n c e s b y a ll 10 sh o rtliste d n o m in e e s , f ro m A c a ­ d ia n ra p (R a d io R a d io ) to C a n a ­ d ia n m u s ic scene staples (T e g a n a n d S a ra , B ro k e n S o c ia l S c e n e ).

I f y o u ’re the b e ttin g ty p e , sm a rt m o n e y w o u ld g o o n S h a d to take th e p riz e , b u t i f past w in n e rs are a n y in d ic a tio n (O w e n P a lle tt, P a tric k W a ts o n , C a r ib o u , F u c k e d U p ) , it’s a n y o n e ’s g a m e .

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Redmen fall in double overtime to Bishop’s, 26-19 Comeback late in regulation not enough to salvage home opener

By Tori Crawford

Editor-in-Chief

In th e ir first g a m e in th e .n e w ­ ly -re n o v a te d M o ls o n S ta d iu m , the R e d m e n fo o tb a ll te a m su ffe re d a 2 6 -1 9 loss in d o u b le o v e rtim e to the fifth -ra n k e d B is h o p ’s G a ite rs o n S a t­ u rd a y , b rin g in g th e ir re g u la r season re c o rd to 0 -2 .

G a ite rs ’ q u a rte rb a c k Jesse A n ­ d re w s c o n n e c te d w ith fre s h m a n ru n ­ n in g b a c k Q u in c y V a n D e C r u iz e o n a 1 0 -y a rd pass in th e se c o n d ro u n d o f o v e rtim e a fte r b o th M c G i l l ’s A u s tin A n d e rs o n a n d B is h o p ’s Jo s h M a v e e ty c o n v e rte d o n fie ld g o a l a tte m p ts. A n d e r s o n ’s 4 8 -y a r d k ic k e a rn e d h im a n e w ca re e r re c o rd .

M c G i l l fa ile d to e v e n the score w h e n Q B R y n e B o n d y , w h o w e n t 21 fo r 4 1 , w a s ta k e n d o w n as he th re w h is th ird a tte m p t, w ith the b a ll g o in g o u t o f b o u n d s a n d e n d in g th e g a m e in B is h o p s ’ fa v o u r. T h e g a m e w a s B o n d y ’s se c o n d f o r the R e d m e n , a fte r a k n e e in ju ry last w e e k p u t sta rtin g q u a rte rb a c k Jo n a th a n C o llin o u t fo r the season. “ W e k n e w th a t h a v in g a n e w q u a rte rb a c k w o u ld p re se n t so m e in ­ te re stin g p ro sp e cts a n d B o n d y p la y e d u p to e x p e cta tio n s a n d a b o v e , so th a t’s s o m e th in g v e ry p o s itiv e g o in g f o r w a r d ,” sa id H e a d C o a c h S o n n y W o lf e , “ R y n e p la y e d re a l w e ll. C e r ­ ta in ly the first tim e y o u ’re in a g a m e in o v e r a y e a r th e re are so m e issues th at h e m a y h a v e b e e n a b le to m a k e a b e tte r d e c is io n o n c e o r tw ic e a n d n o t g iv e u p a sa ck b u t y o u w o u ld p ro b a b ly say that s o m e tim e s a b o u t a th ird o r fo u rth y e a r starter. It w a s a te rrific p e rfo rm a n c e b y R y n e .” • T h e te a m a n n o u n c e d th e fu ll e x te n t o f C o l l in ’s in ju ry last W e d n e s ­ d a y . A n M R I s h o w e d tw o to m lig a ­ m e n ts in his le ft kn e e a n d a stre tche d n e rv e in h is le ft fo o t. H e w ill h a ve

d a y as th e y take o n th e C o n c o rd ia S tin g e rs (1 - 1 ) at M o ls o n S ta d iu m at 7 p .m . T h e g a m e w i ll d o u b le as b o th the S h a u g h n e s s y C u p a n d the F ill th e S ta d iu m e v e n t. “ E v e r y w e e k w e try to p la y to o u r stre n g th s a little b it, a n d a c o u p le o f th in g s w e m a y b e a b le to e x p lo it in te rm s o f h o w th e y p la y o ffe n ce a n d d e fe n c e a n d s p e c ia l te a m s ,” said W o lf e . “ S o w e ’ ll try to c h a n g e th in g s a ro u n d a little b it, n o t to o d ra m a ti­ c a lly . W e e n d e d u p h a v in g so m e is ­ sues w ith su b s titu tio n s , so th e re are a n u m b e r o f th in g s w e w a n t to cle a n u p a n d w e are w o r k in g re a lly h a rd to e n su re th a t h a p p e n s .”

Quick Hit F ill th e S ta d iu m 2 0 1 0 M cGill’s Matthew Quigley tries to break up a pass to Bishop’s RB John Jean Baptiste. The McGill defense kept the game competitive, but couldn’t contain the Gaiters in overtime. ( Adam Scotti / McGill Tribune )

s u rg e ry in the u p c o m in g w e e k s , a n d h o p e s to re tu rn n e x t season.

A f t e r a sco re less first q u a rte r, fre s h m a n m n n in g b a c k S e a n M u r ­ p h y p u t M c G i l l o n th e b o a rd w ith a 1 0 -y a rd ru n in to the e n d zo n e w ith three a n d a h a lf m in u te s o n the c lo c k in th e se c o n d . M u r p h y a lso le d the te a m in ru s h in g , ra c k in g u p 4 4 ya rd s .

W it h 2 3 se co n d s le ft in the fo u rth q u a rte r, a n d B is h o p ’s le a d ­ in g 1 6 -9 , s o p h o m o re T h o m a s F o rtin c o n n e c te d w ith B o n d y ’s e ig h t-y a rd pass in to the left c o m e r o f the end z o n e to b rin g the R e d m e n w ith in one p o in t o f the G a ite rs . A n d e r s o n ’s k ic k p u s h e d the g a m e in to the Q U F L ’s first o v e rtim e m a tc h sin c e 2 0 0 3 , a n d

the G a ite rs ’ first sin ce 1 9 9 8 . “ O u r b ig g e s t stre n g th w a s that w e w e re a b le to c o m p e te f o r 6 0 m in ­ u tes. I t ’s b e e n a w h ile th at w e ’ ve b e e n h a rp in g o n th at as a h u g e c o m ­ p o n e n t to h a v in g a c h a n ce to b e s u c ­ c e s s fu l, a n d w e feel w e n o w h a v e a te a m that d o e s c o m p e te re g a rd le ss o f the c o m p e titio n a n d re g a rd le ss o f the c irc u m s ta n c e s ,” sa id W o lf e , “ B u t w e p la y e d h a rd f o r 6 0 m in u te s a n d that g iv e s u s a c h a n ce to b e su cce ss­ f u l.”

A f t e r b e c o m in g the first p la y e r in C I S h is to ry to re a ch 2 0 0 re c e p ­ tio n s last w e e k , fifth -y e a r C h a rle s A n to in e S in o tte in cre a se d h is ta lly to 2 1 4 w ith e ig h t m o re catch e s o n S a tu rd a y . H o w e v e r , fre s h m a n Ju s t-

ene E d w a rd s w a s a lso a b rig h t spot o n the M c G i l l ro s te r, m a tc h in g S in o tte ’s 8 5 y a rd s in re c e p tio n in o n ly fiv e catch e s.

T h e G a ite rs d e m o n s tra te d the im p re s s iv e ra n g e o f th e ir g ro u n d p la y , p a rtic u la rly m id w a y th ro u g h the th ird q u a rte r w h e n M a tt B u rk e c a u g h t a 1 9 -y a rd pass f ro m O liv ie r M o n g e a u o n a fa ke fie ld g o a l, m a k ­ in g the sco re 9 -7 B is h o p ’s. T h e G a i­ ters e n d e d th e g a m e w ith 193 ya rd s ru s h in g , c o m p a re d to th e R e d m e n ’s 7 6 . M a v e e ty a lso p ro v id e d the G a i­ ters w ith tw o fie ld g o a ls in the fo u rth q u a rte r, w h ile M c G i l l e a rn e d th e ir e x tra tw o p o in ts o n a safety.

T h e R e d m e n w ill lo o k to ea rn th e ir first w in o f the season o n F r i ­

T h is F r id a y ’s h o m e g a m e a g a in s t C o n c o rd ia (2 - 1 ) is M c G i l l A th le tic s ’ F ill the S ta d iu m 2 0 1 0 e v e n t. T h e g a m e starts at 7 p .m ., a n d w ill h a v e a p re -g a m e p a rty sta rtin g at 5 p .m . w ith $ 2 fo o d a n d d rin k s , a b a rb e c u e , a n d liv e m u s ic .

T h is w ill the th ird a n n u a l F ill the S ta d iu m , a n d th e first a fte r M o l ­ so n S ta d iu m ’s re n o v a tio n s .

The e v e n t b e g a n in 2 0 0 8 a fte r th e su c ­ cess o f the C o r e y C u p , a M c G i l l C o n c o rd ia v a rs ity m e n ’s h o c k e y g a m e at the B e ll C e n tre . In p re v io u s y e a rs , th e e v e n t has d ra w n re c o rd c ro w d s . T h is y e a r, the p ro m o te rs are lo o k in g to d ra w 6 ,0 0 0 p e o p le , a n d h a v e re lie d o n fu n d ra is in g e f­ fo rts w ith c a m p u s c lu b s to b o ls te r the ra n k s.

T D IIU ) MAX IX Toronto loudmouth needs to walk the walk D io n P h a n e u f is a lo u d g u y .

Y o u c a n h a v e e n d le ss debates a b o u t h is a b ilitie s , a b o u t h is p a y c h e q u e , o r a b o u t h is g irlfrie n d (n o to rio u s p u c k b u n n y E lis h a C u t h b e rt ), b u t th e re ’s n o d e b a tin g his m o u th . A n d w h ile h is b ra shn e ss m a y h a v e e x c ite d the T o r o n to M a p le L e a fs e n o u g h fo r th e m to n a m e h im c a p ta in , it has a lso g o tte n h im in to a lo t o f tro u b le .

I a m a lm o s t c e rta in th at a sta te m e n t

he m a d e last w e e k in p a rtic u la r w ill c o m e b a c k to h a u n t h im : “ I t ’s d e fi­ n ite ly a p la y o f f te a m . O u r g o a l g o in g in to the start o f th is y e a r is to m a k e the p la y o ffs ,” he sa id . “ A n y th in g sh ort o f that is u n a c c e p ta b le .”

F o r a te a m that ra n k e d 2 9 th o u t o f 3 0 N H L te a m s last se a so n , that w o u ld b e q u ite an a c c o m p lis h m e n t.

W h ile the L e a f s ’ p a y r o ll a lo n g the b lu e lin e re s e m b le s th at o f a p la y o f f e n te n te , there w e re m a n y n a g g in g q u e stio n s as the L e a fs e n te re d in to c a m p last w e e k . W h o w ill the s c o r­ ers b e , aside fro m P h il K e s s e l? W ill the b lu e lin e h o ld u p o r c ru m b le ?

A n d d o e s J .S G ig u e re still h a v e w h a t it takes to b e a sta rtin g g o a lte n d e r?

U n le s s th e re ’s so m e so rt o f m ira c le , P h a n e u f w i ll h a v e to a cc e p t the u n ­ a cce p ta b le at th e e n d o f th e ye a r.

B u t P h a n e u f w a s n ’t th in k ­ in g o f a m ira c le w h e n h e m a d e his sta te m e n t; he w a s ju s t b e in g h im ­ se lf. A n d th a t’s h is p ro b le m . H e is to o a b ra s iv e a n d to o re ck le ss to be a c a p ta in . E v e n M a r k M e s s ie r, the m a n w h o m a d e the fa m o u s g u a ra n ­ tee in th e ‘ 9 4 F in a ls , c o u ld n ’t fo llo w th ro u g h o n h is p ro m is e to le a d the 2 0 0 0 R a n g e rs to the p la y o ffs . .

A s a c a p ta in , P h a n e u f has to be a cc o u n ta b le to b o th h is te a m m a te s a n d the le g io n s o f L e a f fans w h o are h a n g in g o n his e v e ry w o rd . B u t these c o m m e n ts h a v e b een m a d e a n d

he has to m o v e o n . H e n e eds to fo c u s o n p la y in g lik e th e s e v e n -m illio n d o lla r d e fe n c e m a n that he is. T h a t m e a n s a v o id in g 2 5 -g a m e g o a lle ss d ro u g h ts w h e n h is o ffe n s iv e g a m e is su p p o se d to b e a m o n g th e N H L ’s e lite . It a lso m e a n s re s tra in in g h im ­ s e lf fro m that b ig h it i f it w ill p u t h im o u t o f p o s itio n .

W h ile I m a y n o t a g re e w ith his c a p ta in c y , I c a n a p p re cia te w h a t a su p e rsta r p re se n ce o n su ch a y o u n g te a m m e a n s . M a y b e th e k id s lis te n e d a n d w ill c o n tin u e to liste n to h im b e ­ cause o f h is N o rr is n o m in a tio n , b e ­ cause o f h is e x p e rie n c e , o r because th e y ju s t fo u n d h im a g re e a b le (w h ic h I d o u b t). W h a te v e r th e re a s o n , D io n

has to u n d e rsta n d that th is is his te a m . N o m a tte r h o w h a rd th in g s g e t fro m n o w o n , he has to s u c k it u p , b e the b ig g u y , a n d stop b e in g the lo c k e r -ro o m c a n c e r h e w a s ru ­ m o u re d to b e in C a lg a ry . A P h a n e u f w h o c h e ris h e s h is status is v a lu a b le to h is te a m ; o n e w h o d o e s n ’t is ju s t a n o th e r o v e rp a id , o v e rra te d L e a fs superstar.

W h ic h b rin g s m e b a c k to m y p o in t: D io n P h a n e u f is a lo u d g u y .

W h e th e r that w ill b e D io n th e g a m e b re a k e r o r D io n the c h e a p ta lk e r, is u p to h im .

—John Hui

Curiosity Delivers, mcgilltribune.com

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SOCCER

Redmen shut out Sherbrooke in season opener

By Haruki Nakagawa

Contributor

T h e M c G i l l R e d m e n in tro d u c e d th e ir fa n s to the n e w -lo o k M o ls o n S ta d iu m in style w ith a c o m fo rta b le 4 -0 w in o v e r the S h e rb ro o k e V e rt et O r F r id a y n ig h t. T h e R e d m e n p ro d u c e d a s o lid , if u n sp e cta cu la r, d is p la y to o v e rc o m e a n e rv o u s o p e n ­ in g a n d e a rn the w in , ta k in g three p o in ts .

B o th sides s tru g g le d to g e t in to a p a ssin g rh y th m in the first h a lf, b u t the R e d m e n w e re b e tter a b le to c a p i­ ta lize o n th e ir o p p o rtu n itie s . G o a ls in the 19th a n d 3 0 th m in u te — b o th assisted b y m a n o f th e m a tc h , Y o h a n n C a p o lu n g o — e ffe c tiv e ly e n d e d the co n te st. S h e rb ro o k e s h o w e d little a m b itio n o r a b ility to c o m p e te w ith the R e d m e n as the g a m e w e n t fo rw a rd . M c G i l l , m e a n w h ile , lo o k e d in c re a s in g ly c o m fo rta b le , a n d b a r­ rin g o n e o r tw o lapses in c o n c e n tra ­ tio n sent th e fans h o m e h a p p y . T h e y p o lis h e d o ff the n ig h t w ith tw o in ­ su ra n ce g o a ls in the 8 3 rd a n d 8 9 th m in u te s .

T h e e a rly e x c h a n g e s o f the m a tc h w e re fu ll o f ta c k lin g , as b o th te a m s s tru g g le d to g a in a fo o th o ld in the m id fie ld . S h e rb ro o k e m a y h a v e

( Adam Scotti / M cGill Tribune )

ju s t sh a d ed fo r th e o p e n in g 15 m in ­ u te s, b u t th e y w e re a lm o s t c o m p le te ­ ly re lia n t o n th e h o p e fu l lo n g b a ll.

M c G i l l , o n th e o th e r h a n d , lo o k e d to b u ild w ith s h o rt, q u ic k p a ssin g .

T h e R e d m e n started to lo o k lik e the b e tte r te a m in the 19th m in u te .

S e iz in g a lo o se b a ll ju s t o u tsid e o f the a re a , Y o h a n n C a p o lu n g o u n ­ lea she d a fierce 2 0 -y a r d d riv e . S h e r­ b ro o k e k e e p e r B e n ja m in M a rq u is c o u ld o n ly p a rry it stra ig h t to the o n ru s h in g C o r y M a r c o n , w h o c o o lly p u n c h e d in the c h a n c e .

A lt h o u g h d o w n 1 -0 , S h e r­ b ro o k e a lm o s t sc o re d an e q u a liz e r

m in u te s later. M c G i l l k e e p e r Je a n L o u G o s s e lin , a sp e cta to r to that p o in t, fla p p e d at a cro ss a n d w a s re ­ lie v e d to see the b a ll fly o ff o f the cro ssb a r.

A flu rry o f a c tiv ity sta rtin g in the 2 6 th m in u te e n d e d w ith M c G i l l d o u b lin g th e ir le a d . C a p o lu n g o h it the b a r w ith a n o th e r lo n g -ra n g e e f­ fo rt a fte r a w e ll p la y e d c o m e r. A fe w m in u te s la te r, a lap se in d e fe n s ive c o n c e n tra tio n g a v e S h e rb ro o k e a n ­ o th e r o p p o rtu n ity to sc o re . A h o p e fu l p o k e fo rw a rd f ro m th e S h e rb ro o k e m id fie ld fo u n d its w a y to o e a s ily th ro u g h the M c G i l l b a c k lin e , le a d -

in g to a p a rtia l b re a k . T h e V e rt et O r , h o w e v e r, c o u ld o n ly m u s te r a w e a k sh ot that G o s s e lin e a s ily c a p tu re d .

S tu n g o u t o f c o m p la c e n c y , M c G i l l s tru c k tw o m in u te s la te r w ith the m a tc h ’s be st m o v e . T h e im p o s ­ in g Je re m y H u r d le w o n th e b a ll at m id fie ld a n d w a s te d n o tim e in p la y ­ in g it in to C a p o lu n g o ’s p a th b e h in d th e S h e rb ro o k e d e fen se . C a p o lu n g o o u tp a c e d the fu llb a c k b e fo re d rillin g th e b a ll a cro ss the g o a l f o r fre s h m a n s trik e r S e b a stia n M u n r o , w h o ta p p e d it in .

M c G i l l e n d e d the first h a lf o n a h ig h n o te , a n d c o n tin u e d to p e rfo rm

in th e se c o n d . F a c in g a n o p p o n e n t c o n te n t to sit in th e ir o w n h a lf and h o ist lo n g b a lls fo rw a rd , M c G i l l w a s n e v e r th re a te n e d . T h e b a c k lin e , w h ic h w a s e x c e lle n t th ro u g h o u t, eas­ ily d e a lt w ith S h e rb ro o k e ’s b a rra g e o f h ig h b a lls , its o n ly f o rm o f attack.

T h e last tw o g o a ls , b o th in v o lv in g th e im p re s s iv e W illia m H o y le , w e re ic in g o n the ca k e .

E v e n th o u g h the m a tc h w a s ro u tin e , the R e d m e n w ill n e e d to be in b e tter shape fo r th e ir u p c o m in g m a tc h e s , in c lu d in g o n e w ith N o . l ra n k e d L a v a l n e x t w e e k . “ I ’m h a p p y w ith the re s u lt,” sa id H e a d C o a c h D a v id S im o n , “ [b u t jl w o u ld n ’t sa y I ’m h a p p y w ith the p e rfo rm a n c e . T h is te a m has a lo t o f p o te n tia l a n d c a n d o fa r b e t­ te r th a n th e y d id , m o s tly in te rm s o f b e in g co n s iste n t. A g a in s t L a v a l, if w e ’re n o t co n s iste n t f o r 9 0 m in u te s , w e ’re g o in g to h a v e p ro b le m s .”

M a tc h star Y o h a n n C a p o lu n g o e ch o e d h is se n tim e n ts . “ It w a s n o t th e be st g a m e , the w a y o f p la y in g , b u t it ’s g o in g to get b e tte r a n d better. I t ’s a g o o d start.”

SOCCER

Morin-Boucher nets hat trick Martlets dominant in 5-1 victory over Sherbrooke

By Mari Mesri

Contributor

C o m in g o ff an im p re s s iv e p re ­ season (6 - 1 - 1 ), th e M c G i l l M a rtle ts ’ 5 -1 v ic to r y F r id a y o v e r th e S h e r­ b ro o k e V e rt et O r s h o w e d n o th in g b u t p ro m is e .

T h e first g o a l o f the m a tch c a m e f ro m v e te ra n s trik e r A le x a n d ra M o r in -B o u c h e r in the 10th m in u te o f p la y . A s s is te d b y a lo n g d riv e fro m fre s h m a n fo rw a rd S te p h a n ie A v e r y , she sh o t a lo w strik e a cro ss to the le ft c o m e r o f th e n e t. T e n m in ­ utes la te r, she stru c k a g a in w ith a pass f ro m ro o k ie m id fie ld e r H a n n a h R iv k in .

In th e 2 3 rd m in u te , S h e rb ro o k e w a s a w a rd e d a p e n a lty k ic k o n a d is ­ p u te d s h irt-p u llin g c a ll. V e rt et O r ve te ra n s trik e r A d ré a n n e G a g n e , p u t the b a ll ju s t o u t o f the ro o k ie g o a l­ k e e p e r V a le rie L a b b é ’s re a c h , p u t­ tin g th e sco re to 2 -1 .

M c G i l l c o n tro lle d S h e rb ro o k e fo r m u c h o f the first h a lf, b u t a fter so m e h a lftim e lin e u p a lte ra tio n s the V e rt et O r ’s d e fe n s ive lin e s o lid ifie d .

T h e im p ro v e m e n ts , h o w e v e r, w e re n o t e n o u g h to stop M o r in -B o u c h e r

f ro m c o m p le tin g h e r h a t tric k in the 5 8 th m in u te .

T h e M a rtle ts ’s g o a l streak c o n ­ tin u e d as ro o k ie m id fie ld e r M e g h a n B o u rq u e b u rie d a sh o t b e h in d S h e r­ b ro o k e k e e p e r M a r ie -M ic h e lle C o u lo m b e .

In the fin al m in u te o f th e sec­ o n d h a lf p rio r to in ju ry tim e , ro o k ie s trik e r B ia n c a C o rd ile o n e sc o re d the M a rtle ts ’s fifth g o a l a fte r h e r s u b ­ stitu tio n f o r M o r in -B o u c h e r . S e v e n fre s h m a n p la y e rs g o t p la y in g tim e , a n d th e y s h o w e d p le n ty o f p o te n tia l. “ I k n o w w h a t to e x p e ct fro m th e m ,” sa id H e a d C o a c h M a rc M o u n ic o t, “ I k n o w th e ir q u a litie s , th e y w e re re c ru ite d beca u se o f those q u a litie s . I th in k th e y d id p re tty w e ll .. . a n d I ’m q u ite p o s itiv e a b o u t the fu tu re .”

A lt h o u g h the g a m e w a s c o n ­ tro lle d b y th e M a rtle ts ’ o ffe n c e , the w in w o u ld n o t h a v e b e e n p o ssib le w ith o u t the im p e rm e a b le d e fen ce lin e . L e d b y te a m c a p ta in a n d star K a th e rin e G re e n , there w a s n o t m u c h the V e rt et O r c o u ld d o to b re a k th ro u g h .

T h e d a u n tle ss a n d q u ic k -th in k ­ in g fre s h m a n k e e p e r L a b b é e n d e d

the g a m e w ith f o u r p h e n o m e n a l sa ve s, o n ly fa lte rin g o n the p e n a lty k ic k in the first h a lf. D e s p ite h e r la c k o f e x p e rie n c e , L a b b é s h o u ld be a v a lu a b le p illa r f o r th e te a m .

G re e n , w h o has b e e n e n d u rin g a re c u rrin g k n e e in ju ry , w a s c a r­ rie d o ff th e fie ld a fte r a c o llis io n in M c G i l l ’s p e n a lty b o x . T h e p la n is f o r G re e n to rest f o r th e re m a in d e r o f the w e e k e n d to re c o ve r. “ W e are g o in g to h a v e to h a v e so m e o f th e y o u n g e r g irls step u p a n d c o m m a n d th e p la y f ro m the b a c k ,” sa id G re e n . “ A s w e ll [a s ] the n e w ke e p e r, V a l. [S h e ] is a g re a t k e e p e r, [a n d ] is g o in g to h a v e to lea d th e te a m a n d see th e fie ld a n d see the p la y .”

T h e M a rtle ts c o n c lu d e d th e ir 2 0 0 9 season as the se c o n d o v e ra ll te a m in the Q S S F , n a rr o w ly b e a tin g o u t the th ird -p la c e V e rt et O r b y o n e p o in t. T h is se a so n , w ith the a d d itio n o f 12 n e w re c ru its a n d the re tu rn o f seaso ned v e te ra n s , the M a rtle ts w ill set o u t to o u td o the V e rt et O r fo r the to p sp o t in the Q u e b e c le a g u e .

Th e Martlets controlled the ball for much o f Friday night’s win. ( Adam Scotti and Miranda W ist / McGill Tribune )

I\iesday, September 14, 2010

Sports in brief U n d e fe a te d R e d m e n l a ­ c r o s s e te a m p o u n d T o r o n to

T h e v a r s it y la c ro s s e R e d m e n d e liv e r e d a w a llo p in g 1 2 -3 v i c ­ t o r y o v e r th e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o r o n ­ t o ’s V a r s it y B lu e s at F o r b e s F ie ld Sunday.

T h e B lu e s s ta rte d th in g s o f f q u ic k ly , ta k in g e a r ly le a d s . B u t o n c e th e g a m e s e ttle d d o w n a n d th e re fs e a se d u p o n th e ir w h is t le s , M c G i l l w a s a b le to c o n t ro l p o s s e s ­ s io n a n d th e g a m e . T h e R e d m e n s c o re d f o u r u n a n s w e r e d g o a ls f o r a 7 -3 h a lf t im e le a d , a n d c e m e n te d th e w in b y o u t s c o rin g T o r o n t o 5 -0 in th e s e c o n d h a lf .

A lo t o f c r e d it f o r th e lo p ­ s id e d s c o re g o e s to M c G i l l g o a lie G u y F o x , w h o m a d e s o m e t im e ly a n d s p e c ta c u la r s a v e s .

L ik e h is g o a lie , H e a d C o a c h T i m M u r d o c h is d e te r m in e d to k e e p e x p e c ta tio n s u n d e r c o n t ro l a n d ta k e th e g a m e s as th e y c o m e . “ R ig h t n o w w e ’ re 2 -0 a n d o n to p o f th e E a s t a lo n g w it h B i s h o p ’s a n d C a r le t o n . W e ta lk e d a b o u t c h a m p io n s h ip s la s t y e a r a lo t; th is y e a r w e ’ re ju s t g o in g to ta lk a b o u t b e a tin g B is h o p ’s in L e n n o x v ille [t o ] k n o c k th e m o f f a n d g o 3 -0 a n d w e ’ ll lo o k a h e a d f r o m th e re .”

It is p ro b a b ly to o e a rly to

te ll w h a t th e fu tu re h o ld s f o r th is te a m ; it h a s m a n y n e w p a rts a n d su c c e s s w i ll d e p e n d o n h o w th e y g e l. B u t M u r d o c h is o p t im is t ic , v o ic in g “ r e a lly , r e a lly h ig h h o p e s f o r th e re s t o f th e s e a s o n .”

T h e g a m e a g a in s t T o r o n t o g a v e h im re a s o n to h o p e , n o t le a s t in th e o ff e n s iv e p o w e r o f s e n io r N o a h M i l l e r ’s f o u r g o a ls . W h e n a sk e d a b o u t h is to p g o a l-s c o r e r , c o a c h M u r d o c h p ra is e d h im e f­ f u s iv e ly . “ [N o a h M i l l e r ] is a g o o d e x a m p le o f a n e x c e lle n t a th le te , a s tro n g s tu d e n t a n d s o m e o n e th a t b r in g s a lo t to th e ta b le o n th e f ie ld a n d in th e c la s s r o o m ,” he s a id . “ H e ’s a le a d e r, a n d u n f o r ­ tu n a te ly h e ’s a s e n io r so w e o n ly h a v e h im f o r th is s e a s o n .”

A b le n d o f y o u th a n d e x p e r i­ e n c e s h o u ld m a k e th is a n e x c it in g y e a r, b u t th e p la y e rs a n d c o a c h e s a re n o t c a u g h t u p in it. T h e o n ly th in g o n a n y o f th e ir m in d s is p la y in g B is h o p ’s n e x t w e e k at L e n n o x v ille a n d g e ttin g th e w in . “ W e ’ v e g o t to c a r r y [th is m o ­ m e n t u m ] in to n e x t w e e k . W e ’ v e g o t to ta k e it d a y -b y -d a y a n d o u r n e x t c h a lle n g e is B is h o p ’s o n T h u r s d a y ,” s a id F o x .

--Sam Hunter

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When Jam es Allison was a young man, his mother died of cancer. He also lost two uncles to cancer and witnessed how chemotherapy's nausea, pain, and fatigue afflicted them before they passed. He became a biologist in part because he believed there "must be a better way" to treat cancer patients.

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