The McGill Tribune Vol. 5 Issue 12

THE MCGILL TRIBUNE V o l u m e 5 , N u m b e r 12

P u b lis h e d b y t h e S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie t y o f M c G i l l U n iv e r s it y

C o u n c il P re ssu re s D a ily

A b s e n t e e s A id D iv e s t m e n t

by Sophie Wilson Over the chants of several hundred demonstrators last Monday, the Board of Governors voted overwhelmingly in favour of divestment of the $45 million worth of stocks and holdings McGill has in South Africa-related corporations.

The vote was unanimous for divest­ ment from "financial institutions which have not adopted a policy of making no further loans to the government of South Africa or its agencies," and for a second motion to "dispose in an order­ ly and responsible fashion of the University's holdings in corporations which are controlled directly or in­ directly by South African interests."

The third and fourth motions of the proposal put forward by student Gover­ nor Amy Kaler were passed in votes of 17-4. These called for divestment from "corporations with direct investments in South Africa", and for no future in­ vestment in such corporations and financial institutions until they themselves disinvest from South Africa.

Also passed was a motion to review the question of divestment next Oc­ tober, and every October thereafter ad i n f i n i t u m , "to see what action is ap­ propriate in the light of subsequent events."

Of the twelve governors earlier pin­ pointed by students as having conflicts of interest, only three attended the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting last Monday. They were twenty-one members present of a possible forty-four voting governors.

Governor Gretta Chambers explained in a radio interview that "all governors don't come to all meetings." She speculated that the governors who stayed at home "may be practically against this particular but morally in favour" of sanctions against South Africa.

Seen as crucial to the Board's accep­ tance of the student-initiated call for divestment was the eleventh hour deci­

sion of the Committee to Advise on Mat­ ters of Social Responsiblity to endorse the resolution. The BoG committee is chaired by Don MacSween, a governor who warned Kaler at last month's BoG meeting that she would need to present good "arguments against the arguments against divestment."

On Monday, MacSween himself championed such arguments. Explain­ ing that "students are triggering us to re­ think", he claimed that continuing in­ vestment "is no force for change" in South Africa today. While there are some who say that divestment is not a lasting opposition and "we need to stay on the board in order to have a voice in South Africa” , MacSween noted that all the efforts of the last 10 years of "con­ structive engagement" have not brought about the abolition of apar­ theid.

During the remainder of the long, drawn out meeting, there were several Board members who did argue for the validity of constructive engagement, however. John Hallward related the ad­ vice given to him by Jewish refuseniks in Russia, advice to "go for under the table quiet results,... the o n l y way to get results."

Governor Ballon voiced the well worn cry for equal concern for in­ justices committed all over the world, and pointed out that McGill is not vocal about "Russians shooting up Afghanistan". Said Ballon, "It bothers me that we are as a community far more aggressive is stating our piece to the far right than the far left. In my opinion, • there is no difference between the two."

Hallward later suggested that, instead of divesting from corporations with in­ vestments in South Africa (Kaler's third motion), McGill should instruct its secretary-general to write to those cor­ porations asking their chief executives to "commit their corporations to in-

Crawhall exhorts divestment demonstrators Photo—Ezra Greenberg

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Divestment To Take Year Or Less T r ib u n e N e w s S ta ff

In the dizzy and idealistic aftermath of the startling success of McGill's divest­ ment activists at last week's Board of Governors meeting, one important question remains outstanding. How ex­ actly does the University go about disposing, in an "orderly and responsi­ ble fash io n ," of the roughly $45-million-worth of securities it holds in South Africa-connected companies?

The answer is, of course, to sell the stocks and bonds to less discriminating investors on the open market. But McGill's administration would prefer to sever links with the antinomian capitalists without incurring significant capital losses or diminishing the return on the University's investment protfolio.

The surprising decision, which forced cynical T r i b u n e editors to discard a pre­ written article entitled "Divestment Re­ jected," was also unusual in that, ap­ parently, little consideration has been given to how the divestment process will actually be effected. At other universities, divestment campaigns have presented to administrators detail­ ed programmes for selling South African securities with minimal loss to the university's portfolio.

Bearing in mind the possible pitfalls of the procedure, the Administration has already embarked on divestment, says McGill Treasurer Stuart J. Budden. "The whole process started the next day" after the meeting, he said, when the chairmen of the Board committees on social responsibility and investment were contacted about the decision.

Budden noted that no time limit had been set for total divestment, but sug­ gested the procedure would be com­ plete with a year. He said the Invest­ ment Committee was not scheduled to meet again until next February but speculated it will probably meet before that time.

However, in an interview with CBC radio, Governor Gretta Chambers cited a University of Toronto study which predicted orderly divestment would take four years. Other observers have quoted a figure of two years.

Budden felt the process would not take that long because CAMSR "has a jump" in identifying corporations link­ ed to South Africa, so "it's not like they'll have to go out and write all the companies" that McGill invests in to verify that they invest in South Africa.

The motion adopted by the Board calls for the Investment Committee to dispose of the offending assets on the advice of the Committee to Advise on Matters of Social Responsibility (CAM­ SR). But the procedure will doubtless be complicated by the opinions of the three firms which actually manage the investment portfolio, and of the Univer­ sity administrators concerned about the well-being of McGill's endowment.

Budden said the Investment Commit­ tee would be considering how to' dispose of the securities without taking a capital loss on the deal, "but we may not have that choice." He also express­ ed personal concern that the replace­ ment stocks would not earn as high a rate of return as those McGill presently continued on page 5

T u e s d a y 26 N o v e m b e r , 1985

Alcan, one of the affected donors

Photo—Peter Duval

by Glenn Pierce Issues concerning the M c G ill D a ily dominated the Students' Council meeting last Thursday.

The D a ily , according to its letter of agreement with the Board of Gover­ nors, which was signed when the newspaper became autonomous in 1981, must publish on campus. The D a ily 's lease for office space in the University Centre is up for renewal, and negotiations have not been going as smoothly as the newspaper had hoped.

D a ily editor-in-chief Melinda Wittstock addressed Council on the issue.

According to W ittstock, her predecessor Leela MadhavaRau, last Ju­ ly had negotiated an agreement with StudSoc president James Green. As far as the D a ily is concerned, said Witt­ stock, this agreement was sealed and only needed approval of Council.

Wittstock said that the D a ily had been paying a nominal rent of one dollar per year, which was justified in that the D a i­ ly gives Students' Society preferential ad rate treatment. Wittstock also pointed out that the D a ily is a student organiza­ tion, and "we don't believe in rent for student organizations at all."

According to Wittstock, Green had first asked $32,000 of MadhavaRau in July's negotiations. "These are Place Ville Marie rates which the paper could not pay," said Wittstock. Green and MadhavaRau eventually settled on one dollar per square foot, a total of $1,760.

Council recognized this agreement only as tentative.

The motion that Council passed after a lengthly discussion in confidential ses­ sion mandated the Executive to negotiate with the D a ily for a new lease with the condition that more "accoun­ tability for democratic procedures" be shown in the Daily Publications Society (DPS) constitution.

Council refused to clarify the nebulous terms of this motion until time of further negotiation with the D a ily , which was set for Thursday. The motion could possibly be a result of pressure from various student groups on StudSoc to democratize the DPS constitution.

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D o n a tio n s S ta n d . F ir m s Sa y

M A P D o n o rs U n co n ce rn e d

by Stephen Hum The McGill Board of Governors' (BoG) surprise decision to divest totally from corporations with ties to the apar­ theid régime in South Africa has spark­ ed speculation as to what effects the move will have on the McGill Advance­ ment Program's (MAP) carefully balanc­ ed applecart.

Acheived at a tumultuous meeting of the Board last Monday, this signal vic­ tory for the divestment movement in Canadian universities, càugheboth pro­ ponents and opponents of divesment alike off-guard.

Officials at McGill University must soon begin constructing a timetable for the divestment of McGill holdings from a list of companies with ties to South Africa; meanwhile, many of the affected companies still seem unsure as to how to respond to BoG's Decision.

Some McGill officials have expressed reservations over the Board's newly minted pojicy.

In an interview broadcast on CBC Morning radio, David Bourke, Secretary-General of BoG and a

member of its standing committee on investment warned that there may be repercussions for McGill in its relation­ ship with various corporations which have supported McGill in the past.

"If you've been supported by a longtime friend and you say that friend is doing something wrong, you may begin to lose that friend." remarked Bourke, somewhat cryptically.

If old acquaintances are forgot, then this might have an adverse affect on MAP, McGill's campaign to raise $61 million by 1987. At the halfway point, the program has raised $49 million.

But, MAP Director, John Heney, disagreed with Bourke's comments.

"We don't anticipate any sort of 'retaliation' and we're not going to go looking for it." According to Heney, one company even called him up after the meeting to assure him that their pledged donation stood.

Initial reaction from some of the af­ fected companies was cautious.

The position of Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (whose president David Culver, is a member of BoG) was typical: "We

don't want to tell McGill what to do any more than we want to have some one tell us what to do." said Alcan official Ferand Leclerc. Leclerc stated that BoG's action wouldn't affect future re­ quests by McGill for donations.

Ken Lamb speaking on behalf of Du­ Pont Canada, whose parent company has operations in South Africa, express­ ed sorrow over the move. "I'm sorry that it happened on the basis of some rather minimal holdings we have there," said Lamb.

Lamb refuses to comment on whether this incident would alter DuPont's will­ ingness to support McGill financially.

DuPont Canada has contributed . $300,000 to MAP. Some companies seemed still to be fighting past battles. An Imasco Ltd of­ ficial asserted that divestment did not concern them at all. The spokesman denied that Imasco had any ties with South Africa.

In a list published in the M c G ill D a ily , Imasco was listed as a subsidiary of B.A.T. Ltd. (U.K.) which has operations in South Africa.

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W e stm o u n t

by Brian Todd The Montreal riding of Westmount is not likely to be a tightly-fought race in the up-coming provincial elections. The Liberal incumbent, Richard French, has held the seat in the National Assembly since 1971. What is more, the PQ can­ didate is not likely to engender much support in this bastion of upper-middleclass Anglophones. Nevertheless, both the PQ and the NPDQ are waging ag­ gressive campaigns in an effort to unseat French.

The riding of Westmount consists in the main part of the city of Westmount.

It also includes areas north of Westmount and part of Notre-Dame-deCrace.

While the Liberal Party (PLQ) has pro­ mised a tuition fee freeze in its educa­ tion policy statement, French doesn't see tuition fees as a barrier to education and hence cannot see the merit in lowering them further, "In Quebec we have the lowest tuition fees in Canada and yet we don't have the highest ac­ cessibility. Access problems come in other areas. Primarily, access problems come at the high-school and the CEGEP level. Things push students away from university, we have to change that."

French and the PLQ as yet have no clear policy on the direct funding of post-secondary education. "One of the fundamental problems is that we know more money is needed for libraries, for graduate facilities, and for equipment.

But where the money comes from is not entirely clear. We have no absolute commitment dollar for dollar but Claude Ryan, our education critic, has had a lengthly discussion with the rec­ tors, including Principal Johnston of McGill."

The PLQ plans three improvements to the provincial bursaries program. The party wants to increase the deductions available to middie-income parents, making them eligible for larger loans, the party also wants to increase the amount of money available to rural students and broaden the admissions criteria for interest-free loans so as to allow part-time students to apply for them.

French fought the increase in interna­ tional student fees in the National Assembly. Says he, "These high fees for international students especially those from developing countries are com­ pletely unacceptable," French sports an impressive C.V. in­ cluding a doctorate from Oxford and a stint as an associate professor of Management at McGill. He is highly regarded as a constitutional scholar. .

NDG

by Jenny Henderson The NDG riding covers the area from the border of Montreal West to Decarie Blvd. and from the railway tracks in the south to Côte St-Luc the north. The cur­ rent MNA from the riding is Reed Scowen of the Parti Libéral du Québec.

The PQ candidate for NDG, Jean-Guy Mailloux, is enthusiastic about several party proposals which are intended to open doors for the younger generation, especially in the area of business.

Luc Lamère, his assistant, explained two party proposals: The "Youth Invest­ ment Corporation", directed by Power Corporation President Paul Desmarais and other prominent businessmen, "would provide subsidies to those under the age of 30 to help them start their own businesses."

In the area of high technology, a pro­ gramme proposed by Premier PierreMarc Johnson would enable students to receive loans from the provincial government to buy micro-computers.

The Liberals are proposing an expen­ diture of $8,500,000 above normal in­ creases in the area of post-secondary education, which would "change the rules slightly," said NDG candidate Reed Scowen.

First of all, student fees would remain frozen at the present level for two years.

Greta Nemiroff, the director of the New School at Dawson College is the NPDQ (Nouveau Parti Démocratique du Québec) candidate for Westmount.

Nemiroff also recognizes the underfunding problem at universities but of­ fers no radical solutions. "The money given to universities is clearly not enough nor is it used in the best way.

There are real problems with out-dated equipment. The primary danger then is that we'll fall behind and won't attract the best students."

Nemiroff offered many more sugges­ tions for easing the student's financial burden. She hoped that tuition fees could be as close as possible to zero. To effect this the NPDQ has developed POET, a tax that would see the universi­ ty graduate pay for his education over an extended period of time after gradua­ tion rather than merely three years. The three-year plan often leads to a "miserable life” claimed Nemiroff. "Of course this (POET) is predicated on the notion of higher employment."

Nemiroff postulates a two-tier struc­ ture for international student fees. "I think that Americans should pay more realistic fees. In medical studies, they would be paying five or six times as

O u tre m o n t

by Michèle Dupuis Outremont, a Montreal West End riding on the other side of the mountain from McGill, is one of the 122 ridings up for grabs in the upcoming provincial general election.

The boundaries of Outremont are Van Horne and Mount Royal avenues, the Voie Camillien Houde, Remem­ brance and Côte-de-Neiges roads, boulevard Edouard Monpetit, CôteSainte-Catherine road and Victoria avenue. Outremont contains Côte des Neiges Cemetery and the University of Montreal, two Montreal landmarks.

There are approximately 34,000 voters in this electoral district.

Three of the candidates vying for the positon of MNA in Outremont were in­ terviewed by the T r ib u n e . They are René Denis, the candidate for the New Democratic Party (NDPQ), Andrée De Serres, pandidate for the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Pierre Fortier, can­ didate for the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ).

Firstly, each candidate was asked to comment on the current tuition freeze imposed on the seven Quebec univer-

sities. De Serres, a 28 year old lawyer, responded by citing the party platform and then stated that they wouid "stick to the current tuition freeze". Fortier, a 53 year old engineer, explained the PLQ's policy by citing a March 1985 PLQ resolution to keep the tuition freeze in effect for Quebec students on­ ly, should the party win the election.

Tuition fees for students from other pro­ vinces would be subject to negotiation.

Denis, a 39 year old political science teacher at a Montreal -area CEGEP, stated that the "ultimate aim of the NDPQ is a free educational system."

However, currently the NDPQ are look­ ing to scale tuition fees by ability to pay and the amount of time spent there.

Candidates were then asked to com­ ment on the Conseil des Universités report about the alleged lack of par­ ticipation by McGill University in Quebec society.

Fortier, the incumbent since a 1980 byelection, was the only of the can­ didates contacted who had heard of the report. He stressed that he "did not share the opinion of the conseil," and that he believed that Mcgili participated a great-deal in Quebec society.

Each candidate was then asked to comment on any issues unique to Outremont. Fortier cited three major

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Québec Elections '85 As Q uebeckers prepare to go to the poll in th e fast-approaching D e c em b e r 2 provincial election, The McGill Tribune conducted a survey of fo u r area ridings, W estm o u n t, St. Louis, N o tre -D a m e -d e -G ra c e and O u tre m o n t. The Tribune spoke w ith all the m ajor candidates and asked them their views on a variety of issues, notably university education.

These four d o w n to w n ridings w e re chose for the high concentration of M c G ill students in th e ir voting populations. In the 1981 election all four seats w e re w o n by the Liberals w ith substantial m ajorities. This tim e round, the latest Sorecom poll points to a tight race b etw een th e tw o m a­ jo r parties, w ith the Liberals at 50% and the PQ at 4 2 % .

This election marks th e entry into the provincial scene of the N e w D em ocratic Party, a m ajor group at the federal level, and The Tribune has interview ed the four N P D -Q u é b e c candidates as w ell.

The minimum amount that parents could earn so that bursaries would be available to students in the family would be increased. Additional sums would be made available to students by Adeeb Khalid coming from long distances, and the St-Louis is the riding McGill is situated level of fees for foreign students at . in. It extends from Atwater in the West universities in Québec would be match­ to Laval street in the east, and from Mont Royal avenue in the north to Sted to the level in other provinces.

"Youth unemployment, we see as Antoine in the south. part of the total unemployment pro­ The riding is unusual in that the race blem," said Scowen, and it is not solved here includes a major independent can­ by short term job creation plans, but by didate. Harry Blank has been returned creating an economy in which there are from the riding on the Liberal ticket for 25 years but is now running as an in­ jobs."

He sees private investment as the tool dependent. "to make Quebec a more competitive "I was nominated by the riding place," he added that the present tax association for the Liberal ticket but and regulatory structures of the pro­ then the (Liberal) party asked me to vince have to be matched to the rules vacate the seat in favour of a star can­ and regulations of more competitive didate. I thought this was unfair and a provinces." question of democracy, and therefore I Michel Agnaieff, the NDP candidate refused to stand down," he explained. for the NDG riding, emphasized the Blank, a lawyer who was born and need for increased accessibility of post­ has lived all his life in the riding, says, "I secondary education. am still a Liberal at heart and I endorse He explained the concept of P.O.E.T., the PLQ platform except where it con­ a Post Obligatory Education Tax, which flicts with the interests of the St-Louis would "help finance a system in which riding." This includes the PLQ's stand student fees and loans would be replac­ on bilingual signs in English areas, where Blank sees some back-tracking ed by bursaries."

Students would pay back the bur­ on the part of the PLQ. saries by means of a surtax of 2 or 3% Blank is against tuition fee increases. on their taxable income once they have "Also, we should not go overboard in entered the workforce after graduating. charging foreign students because a Each year of study would require three university is not a university without the continued on page 4 exchange of ideas that takes place

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through foreign students," he said.

Blank wouid speak for a liberalization of the bursaries program so that parents' income is not taken into consideration.

Jacques Chagnon, past president of Quebec Catholic School Boards, is run­ ning on the PLQ ticket. He could not be contacted, but his d é l é g u é o f f i c i e l , Bill Mandel, refused to comment on the controversy over the riding in the party "Our opponent is not Mr. Blank, it is the PQ," he said.

"Separation is still the number one goal of the PQ programme," he said pointing to the PQ programme, "and it is-our purpose in this campaign to re­ mind the people of St-Louis of this."

Asked to comment on Chagnon's pro­ gramme as it affects students, Mandel referred to the party's platform state­ ment, which promises to maintain tui­ tion fees at the present level, installation of an interest-free loan for part-time students and an iricrease in the number of deductions parents can claim to determine their income for this pur­ pose.

Arden Ryshpan is the NPDcandidate in the riding. A casting director by pro­ fession, she is on the national Board of Directors of ACTRA, the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists.

On the issue of university tuition fees, she said, "The NDP is not in favour of making education any more inaccessi­ ble than it already is. Everything is going to cost more in the future, but there are

problems he saw in his riding: high unemployment, scarce housing, and lack of health services for the elderly.

He pointed to the PLQ party platform of lower taxes and increased foreign in­ vestment to counter high unemploy­ ment rates. Fortier suggested co-ops to solve the housing dilemma and home visits to the elderly to upgrade health care.

De Serres also discussed health as a local issue. Her solution is to create more CLSCs. She also cited the need to help the various cultural communities within the riding to adjust to their new milieu as many of them are recent im­ migrants. De Serres then cited the need to upgrade and enlarge daycare facilities within the riding.

Denis' comments on local issues were restrained due to the fact that he had "not been an Outremont citizen for long" and as such he did not "know ex­ actly the local problems". He cited pro­ blems such as lack of student housing and high unemployment, but then stated that these were universal issues and referred to the NDP party platform for solutions.

The candidates were then asked to comment on youth unemployment.

Fortier referred to a general "malaise" among the youth of Quebec and then looked to the Liberal party platform for specific solutions.

The PQ candidate De Serres also referred to the basic party platform for solutions to the problem of youth unemployment. More specifically, this means job creation through projects such the the Hyundai plant and special programs within the University to en­ courage a system whereby students alternate semesters between clases and work for credit.

Denis, the NDP candidate, stated the NDP's innate "lack of confidence in the private sector." The party's solution to this problem is through a series of onthe-job training programs and job­ sharing programs with the ultimate goal being the reduction of the work week to promote full employment.

The remaining five candidates in the riding of Outremont are: Laurent Duchastel, (Parti Indépendantiste), François (Party for the Commonwealth of Canada), Monique Marcotte (Com­ munist Party of Canada), Gino Messier (Party du socialism Chrétien) and Nancy Van Schouwen (Parti Humaniste du Québec).

other ways to offset the cost than to charge students."

She outlined the Post-Obligatory Education Tax (POET) plan which she claimed had been endorsed by most Montreal universities, POET would make bursaries easier to obtain and these would be paid back in the form of a surtax after the student has joined the workforce.

She sees the upcoming election as a time for change in Quebec. "It is time to shake up their gizzards in Québec Ci­ ty," she said.

Arlindo Vieira, a lawyer by profes­ sion, is the Parti Québécois candidate in the riding. A first generation immigrant, he is proud of his "modest and simple origins." His experience in public ser­ vice includes four years in the office of Cultural Communities Minister Gérard Godin.

"I have been concerned with minori­ ty matters, especially as regards affir­ mative action, particularly in the civil service in Québec," he said.

Vieira opposes tuition fee increases.

"Fees should remain frozen, investment in higher education is important and our society can afford it. Cuts can be made elsewhere."

Vieira sees foreign students as a source of cultural enrichment and would look for "another solution to the problem (of differential fees), partly through bilateral agreements with other continued on page 4

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Special discount prices have been negotiated with the manufacturers and dealers for the various microcomputers

vased on expected volumes. Purchasing information and order forms are available through the MDC. The MDC is staffed by students with considerable experience, who will assist in purchase decisions, advise on configurations, demonstrate the microcomputer hardware and software including communication with the mainframe.

Currently on display in the MDC are the IBM Portable PC, Olivetti M-24, Olivetti M-21 Portable, Data General

One, Macintosh, a few printers and an Amdek plotter. Demonstration software includes PC Paint, MacPaint, PC Write, MacWrite, a variety of games, PCWS and MCWS (programs to communicate with the mainframe).

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C la r if ic a t io n Several editorial changes which were made in the article on the Jewish film festival (T r i b u n e , November 12) might have created some misunderstandings.

1. In adding the term "so-called” to "new left", the editors did mean to imp­ ly sarcasm, but merely felt that this would clarify the specificity of the 1960's general anti-war and left-wing movement.

2. In rererring to.an interview with the director of the Cinémathèque Québécoise, discussing the increased

interaction between Jews and Fran­ cophones which occured through the New Left, the words " Q u ie t Revolution" were substituted twice for the term "1960's."

3.Jn the published article, the meaning of the phrase "dramatic shift in attitudes in Québec society," noted in FrancoJewish relations, might have been clearer if the original, "a definite change in attitudes and interaction bet­ ween sectors of the French and Jewish populations", had been retained.

Educational leave, allowing workers the possibility of returning to school for periods of six, eight, or nine months, on a rotational basis, would create jobs "that are not just temporary. It would be an on-going process," said the NDP candidate.

Three other candidates are running in the NDG riding: Gertrude Retiefs, for the Parti Humanist, Michel Lacroix for the Christian Socialist Party, and Alain Gauldreault of the Commonwealth Prty of Canada.

continued from page 3 countries."

Vieira agreed that youth unemploy­ ment is a serious problem but he saw no "magic solution" in the offing. "Our youth have enough imagination to find solutions for themselves. The state will be there to help and regulate," he said.

The PQ has done a lot to make bur­ saries and loans more accessible, Vieira said, "but a lot more can be done."

Also running for election in St-Louis are Johanne Renaud for the Parti Humanist and Robert Longevain for the Commonwealth Party of Canada.

— a r e y o u s ta y in g i n C a n a d a o v e r C h r is t m a s ? D o y o u h a v e a n y w h e r e to g o o v e r t h e h o lid a y s ?

T h e S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty o f M c G ill in c o n ju n c ti o n w ith t h e G r a d u a t e S o c ie ty a n d t h e M c G ill C h a p la in c y S e rv ic e c o r d ia lly in v ite y o u to a tr a d itio n a l C h ris tm a s d in n e r w ith

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Agnaieff also spoke of the problem of unemployment and the growing situa­ tion of "a dual society of working and jobless."

He outlined a number of objective corrective measures, of both short and long term goals: "the reorientation of public corporations towards regional development,...the elimination of com­ pulsory overtime work, and a reduction of working hours as a consequence of technological progress."

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C o m m u n ic a t io n s B r e a k d o w n ?

by Jacki Danylchuk Students in the Film and Communica­ tions stream of the Department of English have formed a committee to lobby for more professors and more courses. At the moment, there are only five full time Film and Communication professors.

Yanya Vukotic, Third year represen­ tative on the committee called Film and Communications a "part-time" stream, explaining that four of its professors are from the Literature stream and do not have a background in Film and Com­ munications.

Earlier this year, the Instructional Communications Centre (ICC) lost its studio space in the MacDonald Harr­ ington Building to an expansion of the Engineering faculty facilities. The ICC offered the only practical audio-visual course for Film and Communications undergraduates. This class has been cancelled until ICC can relocate into an adequate studio space.

However, Robert Head, president, Department of English Students' Association (DESA), told the T r i b u n e that, contrary to what a recent story in the D a ily said, the new committee "is not a subsidiary, but an integral part" of DESA. "Contrary to what appeared in the Daily, the Committee did not go

through the formal procedure of becoming a student organization. They approached DESA, presented their goals, and the committee was founded by the unanimous vote of the Executive."

Denise Araiche, chairperson of the new organization, confirmed Head's statement by saying, "we are an adhoc committee w i t h i n D E S A ."

In addition, Head clarified that, con­ trary to the D a ily article, the Film and kCommunications committee "will have the opportunity to propose changes to deal with problems and to lobby for reform with DESA's signature.

Events planned by the Film and Com­ munications committee will be funded through the general budget submitted

by DESA to the ASUS. Neither Head nor Araiche foresee any conflict among the different streams of the English depart­ ment. When asked if new resources for the Film and Communications stream might come at the expense of other areas, Head responded, "I believe the entire department would benefit from the expansion of one stream." Araiche stressed htat the different streams are cooperative rather than competitive; "After all, we're all English students," she said.

There are no Film and Communica­

tion majors on the DESA Executive at present. However, Head says that all members of the committee are able to vote at executive meetings. In future, at least one undergraduate representative in the department general assembly will be a Film and Communications student, and "the appointment of a Film and Communications obbudsman is being contemplated."

In addition to DESA's support, the committee has the backing of students and faculty in the English department.

As reported in the first Film and Com­ munications newsletter, the response to a petition circulated in classes was "overwhelmingly in favour of taking positive action." Accordingly, a survey was distributed to determine the students' concerns more specifically.

Vukotic said, "There has been a great response to the survey, and we've had a lot of positive' calls. Some professors have voiced their support in class. Peo­ ple want to be involved."

When asked about the concerns that students raised in the survey, Vokotic said that there seem to be two issues of particular importance to the student body: the shortage of Film and Com­ munications professors, and the inade­ quacy of facilities for practical instruc­ tion.

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Council Pressures Daily c o n tin u e d fr o m p a g e 1

In a letter to StudSoc Executive, PCSS Secretary Steven Fraser wrote that "the PCSS has been extremely concerned with the DPS abolishment of differential fees" for graduate and undergraduate students in a DPS referendum last spr­ ing. Fraser also expressed concern for the "apparent lack of responsibility to their membership" of the DPS. In addressing Council, Wittstock em­ phasized her belief that the rent agree­ ment and the conflict between the D a ily and PCSS are separate issues. She said it was unjustified to use the lease negotia­ tions as leverage for the complaints of PCSS. Wittstock also told the T r i b u n e that

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"Presumably we've got the best possi­ ble return now — that's why we own those stocks," he said. "But it's impossi­ ble to say: we could buy a stock and it might take off. We've heard that the University of Michigan actually made money" on divestment.

Budden accepted that, since the port­ folio consists primarily of stable bluechip stocks, McGill was unlikely to take a bath for its principles.

the DPS constitution is one of the most democratic of all campus organizations, even more so that of StudSoc itself. She was frustrated by the Council's ambigous terminology in the motion pass­ ed on Thursday. "They have not told me what kind of constitutional change they want," she said later.

But according to StudSoc VP Internal Mike Orr, "several campus groups have had their hands tied because the D a ily 's board of directors is highly undemocratic." PCSS secretary Fraser

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remarked that there is "definite room for improvement” in the DPS constitu­ tion.

Council passed a motion to censure the D a ily for its "failure to abide by the referenda regulations as evidenced by the editorial on October 30, 1985" when the D a ily published an editorial concerning the Debt Repayment and Radio McGill referenda.

It is against StudSoc regulations to editorialize in this way on the day of an election, but technically the D a ily , as an

In other business, Council decided to launch a postcard campaign protesting recent Campus Employment Centre cut­ backs by the Federal government. The Council also considered a request from Concordia University for StudSoc finan­ cial support of a TV commercial which stressed the importance of low cost higher- education. Councillors watchec the commercial but chose not to pro­ vide funding for the project.

autonomous organization, is not bound by these regulations.

The same motion also resolved to take steps to change the DPS constitu­ tion so that the D a ily would be required to abide by StudSoc referenda and elec­ tion procedures. In response, Wittstock told Council that the D a ily staff had voted Thursday afternoon to add a pro­ vision in their by-laws requiring themselves to act, in the future, in ac­ cordance with StudSoc regulations in this matter.

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Absentees 1 fluencing South Africa policy."

Kaler voiced "strong, strong opposi­ tion" to Hallward's proposed amend­ ment. "If I had two hours, I could reel off lists of blacks and black groups in South Africa who have asked for divest­ ment," said Kaler. "We don't need more time. We don't need more proof.

What we need is to act now."

MacSween eloquently supported KalePs call for action rather than another round of letter writing.

Acknowledging the journalists inside the room, cameramen in the hall, and students chanting "DIVEST NOW!" from outside the building, MacSween reminded BoG members that the adop­ tion of the divestment motion by McGill would assist Canada in voicing its abhorrence of apartheid.

Said MacSween, "If changes are made, it's because the temperature has risen. The question is how hot we need to make it before it all boils away."

McGill is the first university in Canada to divest from all corporations with links to South Africa.

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GRADUATEREPRESENTATION Nominations are open for one graduate student position on th e A D -H O C C O M M IT T E E ON STUDENT A S S O C IA T IO N C O N ST IT U T IO N S. Submit a completed PG SS Nomination Form (available at Thom son H ouse, 3650 McTavish) to the doorman at Thom son House by 5 pm.

Tuesday Dec. 3, 1985.

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The M c G ill T rib u n e • Tuesday 26 N ove m b e r, 1985

Centreville Alternative

The Good, the Bad and the Inedible by (amine Ackert and Frank Young How often have you said, "Let's have lunch," and not known where to go?

The following reviews will hopefully give you an indication of places to try and places to beware of. * * * * * Excellent, unbeatable, * * * * Very Good, *** Acceptable, ** Poor, * Unacceptable.

-Cafeteria-Grill Side, 3480 McTavish 1:45 Tuesday Price * * * * Food Quality ***1/2 Atmosphere ‘ -‘ ’ ‘ (depending on tim­ ing) Service ***1/2 (the Deli woman always smiles)

El Coyote features six different homemade sauces, two of which top the list, "El Scorcho," a real firebreather, and the latest addition, "Montazuma's Revenge," an incredibly spicy chicken broth with rice — WOW! Four of us enjoyed soft shell tacos, Chimeechangas, and other good stuff.

The best part, however, was the homemade, mind-bending Sangria, red and white! We also enjoyed the finest Lime Marguaritas this city has ever seen.

El Coyote is a little pricey for lunch, but if you're in the mood to splurge, this restaurant is a good choice. *******************************

Cafe 625, 625 Milton at Lome (in the heart of the Ghetto) 2:00 Thursday

Price * * * * * It was a toss up between the Oriental Food quality * * * * Delight and the Baron O'Beef. Frank Atmosphere * * * * opted for the Baron special at $2.95, Service * * * * with carrots, turnips, potatoes, and Your best bet for lunch, hands down! soup (borscht which was disguised as beef 'n barley). Very average tasting Although the 625 has recently expand­ beef, hot though, contrasting with the ed, it still retains its "homey" at­ cold Coke for once. The carrots and tur­ mosphere. For those of you who nips were the stuff nightmares are made haven't yet had the "625 experience," you're really missing something. A basic of (Frank hates vegetables!) (amine had an egg salad sandwich menu, daily specials (such as the ($1.66 by weight) with fresh sprouts and chicken teriyaki), and other dishes are tomatoes. Yum-my! She also had the what make the 625 a McGill landmark.

At Cafe 625, one can find Frank's opportunity to sample one of the worst salads ever! At 75 cents, it's a waste of choice for t h e best club sandwich in money. Fortunately, the egg salad and Montreal. Made with fresh chicken salad, this sandwich wonder is priced cold Coke made up for it.

About the "Other Side,” we feel that $3.25. Jamine dined on the Beef Stew timing is essential. The breakfast special special with roasted potatoes and fresh is a great deal, but don't eat there after green salad. What a meal! And just 3:00 pm. You'll be in for lunch left­ $3.25 to boot! Not to be overlooked are overs. It's also usually packed with the homemade soups, especially the tense people, who are probably ag­ clam chowder.

For breakfast, lunch or dinner, you gravated by the lineups one has to en­ can't go wrong at Cafe 625. dure. ******************************* ******************************* El Coyote, 1202 Bishop (There's a big cactus outside; you can't miss it!)

6:00 Wednesday

Encore II, 1422 McGill College 1:39 Friday A Review in Three Acts and Epilogue D r a m a ti s P e r s o n a e

Price ***1/2 Food quality ****1/2 Atmosphere ****1/2 Service ***1/2 The search for great Mexican food in Montreal ended at El Coyote. After trek­ king through slush and snow, entering this restaurant was like, well, it was an experience you'll never have to go through yourselves. The decor is in­ credible, featuring old mexican relics mingled with your favourite cartoon characters. Above the bar is a huge sombrero which must be seen to be believed.

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T h e s ta g e is s e t a t E n c o r e II a t a b o u t 1 :3 9 p m . T h e , s e t is v e r y c r a m p e d a n d , s p a r s e ­ ly f u r n i s h e d . It's c o l d o u t s i d e , a n d it's c o l d in s id e .

Act I, Scene i (F ra n k a n d J a m i n e a r e s e a t e d in t h e r e s ta u r a n t. E m p l o y e e s a n d t h e i r fr ie n d s p r o v id e t h e b a c k g r o u n d n o is e a c c o m ­ p a n i e d b y a r a d io p l a y i n g c la s s ic a l m u s i c .)

F: Geez, this place is so small, I think I

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just flicked my ashes in that woman's salad!

J: Yea, it was a tight squeeze getting into this seat here in the corner.

Scene ii ( s a m e a s t h e fir s t s c e n e )

F: This soup is great, eh Jamine?

J: Shut up and pass the salt Frank.

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my first boyfriend...

C: You know, I hate roast beef.

W: ( l o o k i n g u p f r o m p a p e r b r ie f ly ) Why? C: 'Cause it's FLESH. ( C u s t o m e r s ta r e s d o w n a t h is r o a s t b e e f s a n d w i c h a n d r o lls h is e y e s ) A c t II, S c e n e i F: ( r u b b i n g h a n d s in g le e )

Boy! Look at all this tuna!

J: Crunch! There's shell in my egg salad!

And the yolks aren't even cooked!

What kind of place is this?!

F: Oh, relax...

Scene ii J: At least one of us enjoyed their meal.

Where's the waitress?

F: Waitress, oh waitress!

Gene loves jezebel

(F iv e m i n u t e s p a s s)

F: Could we please have our bill?

W: Sure.

Scene iif J: Let's skip the coffee her. It'll take days to come anyway. Let's go to the Alley, the Alley.

F: The Alley?! Aaahh!!!!

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Epilogue Price ***1/2 Food quality ** — * * * * (depending on what you order) Atmosphere ** Service ** ******************************* This hopefully is the first in a series of restaurant reviews. If you are interested in reading more of such reviews, talk to our Editor, Brian Todd, and tell him to finance our next expedition.

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by Richard Rosensweig Last Friday night at the Union Ballroom, an audience of McGill students sprinkled heavily with WestIsland CEGEP kids, heard some of the best musical talent performed so far this year. Local Montreal bands "Weather Permitting", "Secret Act" and "Ethnic Drivers" took to the stage in that order.

The groups have been playing exten­ sively around the city in order to pro­ mote their new compilation album "Listen!", out on VOT Records. The bands share the vinyl space with other' local acts such as "This Blue Piano" in giving the Montreal music scene (in­ cluding the McGill scene) a push it sure­ ly needs.

"Weather Permitting" delivered a technically clean hour of likeable, back to basics guitar rock. Their music is heavily "Doors" influenced, with twangy lead guitar reminiscent of the "Byrds". Their sound fits nicely with their low-key and slightly aloof delivery, but unfortunately the four members could not seem to muster the energy in stage dynamics as their sound deserves.

The audience reaction was positive, though lacking in enthusiasm as the band played some excellent original material and a good cover of "Sym­ pathy for the Devil". Their best moment came when they performed "I needed you" from the "Listen!" LP. Although it sounded suspiciously like "Back on the Chain Gang" by the "Pretenders", the spng evoked a lot more subtlety than a garage sound can usually muster.

"Secret Act" on the other hand, tries to avoid subtlety or anything low-key.

by Heather Clancy Feel like relaxing between midterms and finals? Unable to cope with large crowds and blaring music? Then you just might need a dose of The Yellow Door to soothe your nerves.

Founded in 1967, the Yellow Door is nestled on Alymer St. betwen Prince Ar­ thur and Pine. It is a coffee house set-up (no alcohol), interested in creating an intimate atmosphere in which to pro­ mote performers both professional and amateur. It does not book "electric" bands, due to limited space, but will promote virtually any kind of music, just as long as it doesn't overwhelm the establishrqent (in terms of volume).

The Yellow Door is open every other

weekend. The first Sunday of each month is devoted to a "Hoot". Quite simply, anyone who wishes to perform drops their name in a hat early in the evening. The order of performance is picked rom here, and each person gets a chance to display his/her talent. The planning committee picks many open­ ing acts from this pool.

On the lineup for the rest of this semester are Don LaBel (November 29 and 30), and The Yellow Door Taber­ nacle Choir (December 13 and 14).

Don LaBel usually works out of Toronto with a group called "General Jive", Manhattan Transfer sound-a-likes. The last group is a conglomeration of Yellow Door talent directed by Linda Morrison.

L o c a liz e d M u s ic a ll This five piece band is dominated by its lead singer Ralph Dilorio in both sound and stage presence. Dilorio's frentic and powerful delivery had him

Ralph Dilorio of Secret Act

jumping up and down all over the stage like a kangaroo on acid. The Belushi look-alike, who must weigh well over two hundred pounds, had more than a

Photo—Peter Duval

The M c G ill T rib u n e • Tuesday 26 N ove m b e r, 1985

G e n e L o v e s J e z e b e l: B r o t h e r ly L o v e

by Rollin L.T. Milroy Gene loves Jezebel, but the affection these Welsh twins feel for each other is nothing unusual, contrary to what much of the press would have us believe. Mike and Jason, Gene and Jezebel is you must, arrived on the Lon­ don music scene in 1983, and became an instant success.

November 18 Gene Loves Jezebel played their first Canadian show at Club Zinc in Hull. I met them during the sound-check, and found them to be like any group of guys travelling a new country. After casing the joint, J demanded to know where the nearest video game was. Promising to be back in half an hour, he went off.

I watched the five musicians for two hours trying to exorcise all the beasts from their equipment. By the time they finished, Mike asked if I'd mind doing the interview after the show. So, after a great show that was well received by the pathetically small crowd (they play 100 in Hull, 2000 in Salt Lake City), I spoke with the brothers.

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A lt e r n a t iv e :e ranges from six to twenty-two e, singing a c a p e l la .

Yellow Door seems to enjoy the I spontaneity such performers y , although it is a fully organized tion. The doors open at 8:30 and mances start around 9:00. Ever ined in fresh talent, Peter Chalmers, nber of the planning committee, Tatou as the one place he visits the Yellow Door shuts down at more information on The Yellow call 482-9083 or 392-6743. Close npus, and cozy enough for a good it could be a good alternative for

J: He just took an interest in us for some reason, as far as I know. He approached us. Came to a gig of ours in London, the next thing you know we were, you know, everything was all systems go towards making an album with him.

Very fast.

R: Y o u h o l e d u p w i t h h i m fo r a w h i l e , t h r e e d a y s o r s o m e t h i n g , b u t I h e a r it d i d n o t t u r n o u t t o o w e ll.

M: No, it turned out really well. The on­ ly problem was we didn't have enough time really, to finish what we started. At least we didn't think we did. John thought we might, but he was trying to work to whatever time or budget he had, and we didn't think it was finished.

So we said we wouldn't release it unless it was finished. But he did mix something, and as soon as we get back to our tapes we'll put it out on a B-side or something, as it was, to show people how far we got, so they can judge themselves.

R: / was i n t e r e s t e d b e c a u s e it s e e m e d a s tr a n g e c o n n e c t i o n t o m e .

eople worried about the stage's ity to hold up under such ire.

"Act's" repertoire of pop and i'roll tunes is ambitious, but s the band the least ;uishable of the three acts. Their was overly cluttered and noisy, i they did shine for one song; a of "War" by "Frankie Goes To vood" performed with more grit folly Johnson could ever hope to r. t on stage, "Ethnic Drivers" took rt Act's" high energy cue and ened it further. This six member has, by far, the most stage tee and a rather spastic one at he "Drivers" usually sound better )y f than on stage, but this show tessy. The only thing holding the list-punk sound together was an ent tenor sax. Unfortunately, it enough to compensate for the exploited key-board and the vocals by Pia Cseri. The crowd y thinned out during this perfor; by a band whose musicians are than the sum of their parts, e show was a slightly mixed bag, it ill enjoyable and more than worth ice of admission. Duncan Mac, who produces these bands for Records, is doing us all a service ividing an alternative to the wretpop-posers who usually ninate the ballroom (ie. New e). These bands will continue to nd record in the coming months rrtainly deserve more support.

M: Evidently he saw something in us that someone else misses, I don't know.

It's nice because I know a lot of bands who wanted to approach him, and he has turned them down. It's nice for so­ meone like that to come to you. For us it was a risk because we knew his reputa­ tion and stuff. It just didn't come off really.

J: He is a beautiful, classically wonder­ ful intellectual Welsh person. He is real­ ly Charismatic. He is a bit delinquent, which is a youthful thing in him, but for working purposes it is impossible to work in a studio with some that is that erratic.

R: D i d y o u g r o w u p li s t e n i n g t o h i m o r th e V e lv e t U n d e rg r o u n d ?

J: Not at all. I actually heard 'All Tomor­ row's Parties', and that was through other people, as opposed to me buying the record and listening to it.

M: Ya, I heard John Cale, of course. I think he is a wonderful singer, but he limits himself in the field he is in now.

His last album was a bit too rock and roll.

R: A r tific ia l I n t e l l i g e n c e ?

M: No, the one before that.

R: C a r ib b e a n S u n s e t .

M: That was a disappointment. He was trying to cross over or something, which someone like John Cale really should not do. But he is a great talent. He doesn't need Gene Loves Jezebel.

R: What is t h e s o n g y o u w o r k e d o n w i t h h im ?

" W e had so m a n y grand d e s ig n s ..."

R: / t h i n k

'S t e p h e n ' , o n t h e n e w - a l b u m , is a g r e a t s o n g .

M: Ya, J wrote that. Most people's favourite is 'Stephen', He wrote it by himself, so he can relate to it more than me. That's a very good song, ya. Better than usual.

J: All my songs come out of the air usually. There must be something in the back of my mind. I've got a terrible memory, and I think it is protected. I think psychologically my memory goes

to protect myself. When I do music it is therapeutic, and that is why I got into it.

I found, smash your guitar and get rid of a lot of emotion. I found my voice very early in life. When I was twelve I knew I wanted to be a singer.

R: Y o u t w o a r e o b v i o u s l y v e r y c l o s e , y o u

m a y b e j u s t life o r w h a t w a s g o i n g o n a t t h e t i m e . D o y o u f i n d t h a t a n g e r is s u b ­ s id in g n o w t h a t y o u a r e b e c o m i n g m o r e p o p u la r a n d e s ta b lis h e d ?

k n o w e a c h o t h e r w e ll. W h e n y o u p e r ­ f o r m I c a n s e e t h e r e is c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e t w o o f y o u t h a t i s n 't s p o k e n . W h e n th in g s w e r e s c r e w in g u p w ith y o u r e q u ip m e n t to n ig h t, you

M: Most of our anger was due to the fact that we weren't allowed to give vent or do certain things. There were restric­ tions and stuff, you know. Simple things, like not being allowed, for whatever reasons, to play or record or do it how we wanted to do it.

R: So it w a s f r u s tr a tio n w i t h t r y i n g t o g e t

c o v e r e d e a c h o th e r v e r y w e ll. H o w d id

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M: No, we were in. It was frustration with the people we found ourselves sur­ rounded by. We had so many grand designs and whatever else, and we weren't allowed to implement them or explore them. And plus we came from Wales. The real frustration was the culture shock coming from Wales, and ultimately misconceptions with the music industry or the world, or whatever.

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J: (Pause and laugh) I don't know, is that what we do? I can't really comment.

We've been so close all our lives, I can't really say. You've seen more than I. It's natural to us. We're both naturally flam­ boyant, but different in many ways as well.

J: 'I Crumble', one of Mike's songs. Also 'Immigrant', which was then called 'Waves'.

R: Is it g o i n g t o b e r e l e a s e d — w ill I g e t t o h e a r th is ?

J: I've got it on tape, but we would like to release it sometime. Not the next single, but the one after, which will be in about January.

R: M a k e m e w a it.

J: That's all I can do. Are you really into John Cale?

R: / guess I s t a r t e d o u t w i t h B r ia n E n o , w h e n I w a s a b o u t f o u r t e e n , a n d fr o m E n o y o u c a n g o in a m i l l i o n d i f f e r e n t d ir e c tio n s .

J: Very influential guy. To me he is the most influential guy in the last ten years.

Because of Roxy Music, and he worked on that Talking Heads album...

R: T h r e e o f t h e m .

J: Ya, but R e m a i n In L ig h t. It had a massive influence in Britain. And also David Bowie, he made Bowie's best albums, especially L o w . Joy Division and all those bands, they copied L o w .

And the B-side of L o w is really influen­ tial. He is a cross-section of the boring 70's rock stars. He actually thinned down the whole sound to just make it three tracks, a simple drum sound. To me Eno is very important.

R: W h e n y o u fir s t c a m e o u t I g o t t h e f e e l i n g t h e r e was a l o t o f f r u s tr a tio n a n d

" W e 'r e b o th n a tu ra lly fla m b o y a n t..."

M: We started the minute we decided... we didn't actually decide. It's the nor­ mal type of thing where somebody buys a guitar, and you just want to sing and they play. But for us it was different. We started when we were about sixteen or seventeen, with a crummy little tape recorder, and we would sing into it, and we got people with a drum machine around us...

It seems as if these two brothers have put down strong enough roots to give them a chance to grow into a "credible" force on the music scene. It is unfortunate that their Canadian debut in Hull met with such a quiet reception.

This does not daunt Gene and Jezebel, however, who are already planning to travel the college route in March, with Montreal a definite stop.

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by Kevin Davis In this last column of the year, there has been a change in the format. The answers to the following questions are titles of some of the films we a showing next semester. The first three people to come up to Union 423 between 2 and 5 pm. with at least four correct answers will win admission to one of this week's movies: D ia l M fo r M u r d e r , S p in a l T a p , and P o l ic e A c a d e m y II. The answers may be found on our schedule for next semester.

1. What film's villian first appeared in the television series episode entitled "Space Seed?"

2. What film, set in post-nuclear Australia, stars a rock singer?

3. What is the name of the forerunner to the soon-to-be-released j e w e l o f t h e N ile ?

4. What four-hour Egyptian epic stars Elizabeth Taylor?

5. What Truffaut film set in Nazioccupied France was nominated for Best Foreign Film in 1981, a n d what is the name of the Soviet film that won? (each part counts as one answer).

6. In which film is the setting "Rick's Café Américan?"

A n s w e r s t o la s t w e e k ' s q u i z

1. T h e P h i la d e lp h i a S t o r y H ig h S o c i e t y .

was remade as

2. James Stewart won an Academy Award for this movie.

3. Lee Merriweather plays the Catwoman in Batman.

4. The Dynamic Duo fight crime in Gotham City.

5. The opening and closing sounds in T h e V e r d i c t are bells.

6. The Archdiocese of Boston in one of the defendants.

The M c G ill T rib u n e • Tuesday 26 N ove m b e r, 1985

8 irtuhs: A n E n g in e e r o f H u m a n S o u ls

by Quentin Compson In his recently-published novella T h e P r a g u e O r g y , Phillip Roth imagines a country whose best writers are confined to manual labour: Susan Sontag washing floors, Saul Bellow driving a taxi and Isaac Singer delivering bread.

"The state of Czech letters is not so bad." said Josef Skvorecky drily.

Josef Skvorecky doesn't carry himself like C a s a b la n c a 's Victor Lazslo; convey­ ing the glamour and exotica of political dissent isn't his specialty. In fact, plump, white-haired with fragile round glasses, Skvorecky looks a bit like so­ meone's Central European uncle. It is apt to remind one of Adrienne Rich's lines that "Freedom is prosaic...piece by piece."

Yet Skvorecky's bearing belies his stature as one of the preeminent members of a generation of Czech writers-in-exile. The professorial air about him notwithstanding, Skvorecky has lived much of his life the citizen of a country a writer like Roth only imagin­ ed.

Born in Nachod, Czechoslovakia in 1924 (the year Franz Kafka died), Skvorecky grew up under two totalitarian régimes. He lived through Nazi Occupation, and then saw his country siezed in a coup carried out by Clement Gottwald's Communists.

He worked as a teacher, a publisher's editor and the editor of "Svetova Iteratura" (World Literature) in the 1950's until the publication of his first novel T h e C o w a r d s resulted in his being fired by the Ministry of Culture.

T h e C o w a r d s is an autobiographical work dealing with Skvorecky's adolescence under two dictatorships and popular culture (particularly jazz)—themes which Skvorecky returns

to in later novels).

After his dismissal, Skvorecky and his wife the novelist Zdena Salivarovka ek­ ed out a living as labourers and taxi drivers only to reemerge in the "Prague Spring"—two hundred days of liberalisation in 1968—as highly ac­ claimed artists.

The arrival of Soviet troops in August and the decapitation of Alexander Dubchek's "Socialism with a Human Face" experiment presaged a dark future for Skvorecky and his contemporaries if they remained in Czechoslovakia.

Skvorecky left, becoming an exile along with many of his country's most creative spirits including Milan Kundera (The j o k e , T h e B o o k o f L a u g h te r a n d F o r g e ttin g and The U n b e a r a b l e L ig h tn e s s o f B e in g ) and Milos Forman, the director ( O n e F l e w O v e r t h e C u c k o o 's N e s t and A m a d e u s ) .

Many more stayed behind, including Vaclav Havel the playwright and the poet Jaroslav Siebert, the 1984 Nobel laureate.

Living in Toronto and teaching at Erindale College, Skvorecky still concerns hinmself with those still in Czechoslovakia, he and Salivarova are the moving force behind 68 P u b lis h e r s , a small publishing house devoted to preserving Czech manuscripts which would otherwise never see print.

Speaking recently at McGill with the "Literary Imagination" Series, Skvorecky gave major credit for 68's success to his wife, "Zdena has done it all; I'm pretty well on the sidelines com­ pared to her."

Skvorecky told his audience that there were two cultures in his homeland the official governmentinspected intelligentsia and the U n d r o o s h y , the underground.

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Danial Dancocks appears to be so defensive about his choice to write the biography of this ignored figure from Canadian history that he does everything in his power to paint Currie as a military genius and a paragon of everything good. To bolster his case (which Dancocks himself seems to doubt) anything which would make Currie less than a perfect hero is glossed over.

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"We can't afford translators for our authors, but we try to sell the big houses on the finest ones." said Skvorecky. 68 distributes in Canada and Czechoslovakia through their European operations suffered a setback with the recent exile of their distributor, Zdena Salivarova's brother.

"He was a taxi driver since 1968. The régime used to follow his cab from town to town, gathering evidence. Our big­ gest readers are the police." Said Skvorecky with an ironic smile.

Czechoslovakia's government s amongst the most rigid and illiberal n Eastern Europe. One of the govern ments most Kafkaesque measures in past years has been to charge members of the C h a r ta 7 7 movement rent for their prison cells.

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"But, imagine if Samuel Clemens had written not H u c k l e b e r r y F in n which dealt with the evils of slavery, but rather a book about the health hazards involv­ ed with wearing tight corsets." remark­ ed Skvorecky. Said writers' talents are undeniabale, but unfulfilled, he said.

68, which publishes only in Czech and Slovak, also searches for writers liv­ ing in North America. Skvorecky told the T r i b u n e that 68 scored a triumph with the publication of Jan Nowak, one

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what Currie was like as a person.

It is rather like reading a 332-page C.V. Dancocks' description of Canada and of Currie's hometown at the time of his birth reads like a potted N a t i o n a l G e o g r a p h i c article: "The Currie home, like most in the area, was comfortable if not luxurious, a two-storey brick struc­ ture surrounded by tall maple trees and set well back from the road to Strathroy... Being the centre of a flourishing farming area, the Strathroy Spring Fair was one of the highlights of the local social calendar; the Fair's horse show and farm-machinery ex­ hibits attracted large and enthusiastic crowds. All in all, the residents of Strathroy and vicinity led a pleasant, slow-paced life."

Dancocks' account of Currie's for­ mative years is equally revealing. "He blossomed into 'an excellent student,' as acquaintances would recall...

Literature was his favourite subject, and he read a lot."

But the best example of Dancocks' total failure to understand that biography aims to reveal the character of its subject is this howler: "His father's death was a severe blow to young Art. Among other things, it disrupted his career plans." That this is all Dancocks has to say about Currie's relationship with his family and the effect of his father's death upon Currie's sense of himself and the world is nothing short of disgraceful.

His wife is given the same short shrift: "She had only one complaint about the marriage. Currie amusedly noted that 'my wife complains that it is unfortunate to have her birthday and her wedding day only three days apart,' because it meant that she received only one pre­ sent for both occasions." We are also told that Currie's was "a typical Vic­ torian attitude: the husband fulfilled the role of provider and left to his wife the task of raising the children. It was a job Lily happily and successfully perform­ ed." Exit Lily stage right.

Writing such a cursory description of Currie's early life allows Dancocks to gloss over a number of unsavoury episodes. Currie led the militia used to break up tha 1913 United Mine Workers of America strike in British Col­ umbia. Dancocks admits that this was "one of the most bitter strikes in British Columbia's history," but says next to nothing about the strike or Currie's role in its suppression.

The historians Robert Brown and Des­ mond Morton have called Currie's ac­ tions, which included searching private homes and businesses with his troops, "one of the most controversial ex­ amples of 'strike duty' in the history of the militia," but Dancocks dismisses the whole issue with the comment, "but this was pre-Great War Canada," thus absolving Currie of any criticism.

Dancocks is similarly silent on the question of Currie's misappropriation of funds from his militia regiment to avoid personal bankruptcy — a black mark on Currie's career which is washed away as "a regrettable misuse Of regimental

funds" but nothing that would seriously detract from Currie's status as a hero worth writing about.

Currie's life before the war, thirtynine years, occupies only twenty-four pages in the book, while his ex­ periences during the First World War occupy almost two hundred pages, the lion's share of the book. That this is so reveals another basic flaw in Dancocks' approach. It is hard to find a paragraph in the book which is not composed of a series of quotes from various sources tied together with a few banal com­ ments from Dancocks. Quotable sources about Currie before the war are hard to find (and Dancocks obviously didn't look very far), but war produces a plethora of reports and forms, and Cur­ rie himself wrote a number of papers about his activities in the war, so Dan­ cocks' lazy method of composition allows him to patch together more material on the war years than any other period in Currie's life. Unfor­ tunately, little of this is of much interest or importance now, and the book really bogs down at this point.

What is of interest, the controversy about whether or not Currie's personal ambition led him to undertake unnec­ essary battles at the end of the war and to needlessly sacrifice Canadian lives, is glossed over so hurriedly that even later, when Dancocks quotes page after page of the libel trial Currie launched against a journalist who made these allegations, it is impossible for the reader to reach an unbiased judgement on the truth of the matter from the paltry information Dancocks provides.

Dancocks' description of Currie's tenure as McGill's principal is no better We are told what building he had erected, and there are copious quotes from press releases and newspaper ar tides about this or that function, but no real picture of Currie emerges. And, as always, his negative side — ignoring stu dent protests about tightened admission standards or increasing tuition fees, die tating editorial content to the M c G ill D a ily — is excused without any analysis or prettified as amusing anecdotes.

The worst example of this is the way Dancocks presents Currie's comment on his 1931 trip to India: " 'I tried to learn as much as I could about the In dian situation,' he later wrote, 'and came home with the opinion that it was time that someone spoke a word in our country on Britain's behalf...'

He was convinced that, in view of the widespread riots and hunger strikes, 'In dia is not yet ready for complete self government,' an observation that would prove to be most astute. Currie dismiss ed the Hindu leader, Mahatma Gandhi as 'A fanatical hypocritical megalomaniac." That this last appears without any comment from Dancocks is outrageous.

This is the real tragedy of this book Sir Arthur Currie, even in the pages of this failure, is an interesting, albeit minor, figure, and probably would be a fitting subject of an adequately-written biography. Dancocks' useless hagiography is as much a disservice to Currie as it is to his readers.

The M c G ill T rib u n e • Tuesday 26 N o ve m b e r, 1985

ifIT U iS 9

M ishim a

A K a m ik a z e o f B e a u ty

by Melville Atwater P u r ity is p o e t r y w r i t t e n w i t h a l i n e o f

— Yukio Mishima.

November 25 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Yukio Mishima, among the most highly regarded Japanese writers of this cen­ tury, by his own hand.

Mishima committed s e p p u k u (ritual suicide) in one of the most astounding events to„have taken place in post-war Japan: with four young followers, Mishima invaded a military base, took a general of the Japanese Self-Defense Force hostage, and delivered a lengthy harangue against western influence and Japan's weakened military state to an assembly of jeering soldiers.

At the conclusion of the speech the author-militarist committed s e p p u k u in the general's office.

The 'Mishima Incident' brought to public notice a current ultranationalist and martial, in Japanese life thought long consumed in the flames of Hiroshima. The fifteenth anniversary, while virtually ignored in Japan where Mishima's widow carefully guards his literary estate, coincides with the release of Paul Schrader's film biography, M is h im a : A L ife in F o u r

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But as a cultural artifact, Mishima is something akin to the crucifixes of the K a s h u r e Christians of Japan, a cryptochristian sect whose adherents pray to Christian symbols buried beneath a pile of rags.

The man and his cause of "heroic purity" worship lie at the hidden heart of the current debate in Japan over its potential rearming under the Nakasone government.

Two years before his death Mishima founded the T a t e n o k i or "Shield Socie­ ty," a private para-military organization dedicated to the expulsion of the "bar­ barians" and the revival of Japan's an­ cient martial ethic.

In "Lost Samurai: The Withered Soul of Postwar Japan," H a r p e r 's saw- the evolution of Japan's leading literary light into a fanatic militarist as analogous to say Norman Mailer an­ nouncing his conversion to neo-Fascism and his intention to form a private army.

But, Mishima and the "Shield Society" were hardly isolated sparks of madness. No aberration would have received official sanction to train and carry out manouevres on Japanese army bases as Mishima and his band were.

The T a t e n o k a i received succor from the right-wing military and political establishment.

Among his major supporters was Yashihure Nakasone, now Prime Minister of Japan being encouraged by the Reagan administration to consider rearming its comparatively token defense forces.

Schrader's M i s h i m a doesn't shed much light on this. No one can deny that the film is well made. The film is divided into four chapters: "Art", "Beauty", "Action" and "The Har­ mony of Pen and Sword". (The title of chapter four is taken from the B u s h i d o , the code which defined the essence of the Samurai).

The core of the film is a re-enactment of the events of November 25, 1970.

Woven around it are dramatisations of scenes from Mishima's novels, and flashbacks narrated by American actor Roy Schneider, all held together by an electrifying score by Phillip Glass. An elegant piece of cinematic origami.

But Schrader seems intent on dealing with Mishima not in any social context but rather as some sort of Romantic Hero — portrait of an artist on the "Brink", a "Kamikaze of Beauty".

M is h im a is often stimulating, but ultimately too abstract to be a gripping or i m p o r t a n t film.

The central difficulty is Schrader's preoccupation with using art to explain, the particulars of Mishima's life, rather than the other way around. M i s h i m a doesn't seem interested in the social reality it is grounded in, merely roman­ ticising it.

Thus, a series of dream-like vignettes which simply portray Mishima's ideology in properly artful episodes without analysing it. At its worst, M is h im a : A L ife in F o u r C h a p t e r s casts a romantic haze around Mishima and the resurgent militarism he proclaimed, making both seem not merely heroic but almost a thing of beauty.

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Only in the wake of his self-inflicted "attendat" was he disavowed by his right-wing sponsors. Mishima's ties to Nakasone and others in the political establishment has been virtually ig­ nored in the Japanese media.

Writing in the New Y o r k R e v i e w , Ian Buruma argues that it is difficult to take seriously a man like Mishima, who so easily mixed politics with private theatrics and confused action with dan­ dyism.

Buruma quotes Mishima himself: "I come out on the stage determined to make the audience weep and instead they burst out laughing." That Mishima might have been an elaborate hoaxter is not out of the question, but whatever else he might have been, with all the ac­ companying theatrics and extremities, Mishima was something of an early flyer for trends now beginning to take hold in Japan.

Who could have guessed on November 25, 1970 that Japan would even debate rearmament as it does now? Or that crowds in Beijing would demonstrate because the latest edition of a Japanese school text was underplaying the nature of Japanese atrocities during the Second World War as they did recently?

The phenomenon has its roots in the spiritual upheaval experienced by post­ war Japan. Unconditional surrender to an alien culture was followed by the grafting of a pseudo-American way of life to the Japanese. Although Japan's material success has been outstanding, many Japanese have felt the price paid to be exorbitant.

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W e s tm o u n t continued from page 3 much in the United States. They pay low rates at the expense of students from Quebec." However, Nemiroff thinks that other international students should pay less than they currently do.

"If we want to attract students from the Third World, we have to have attractive fee structures."

The NPDQ would like to see some radical changes at universities. "We strongly support the notion of having the co-management of institutions. See­ ing the students as workers would result in a democratization of the place."

The Parti Québécois candidate for the riding is Maud Pierre-Pierre. She foresees a static situation for the univer­ sities. The cuts that were introduced by the present government have stopped

by Pierre-Pierre has little hope of extra money entering the system other than a promise of $36 million for the bursaries program.

Pierre-Pierre suggested that the bulk of the cuts in university funding had stopped. "Although funding is not go­ ing to increase, the budget cuts planned for 1985-86 were cancelled."

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The additional funding for bursaries will allow 20,000 more applicants to be approved. "This will increase ac­ cessibility to the system. Students from middle-income homes will have a bur­ sary of about $700 depending on what level they are studying at."

While Pierre-Pierre stated that inter­ national student fees would not decrease, she indicated that the party platform did not suggest that they would increase the fees. Nor did the platform discuss the equalization of fees for all foreign students. (Currently, some francophone nations have accords with the province allowing their students to attend university here at domestic prices).

Pierre-Pierre promised that the government's Clic employment pro­ gram would continue at the same levels, although the funding would be re-evaluated. "Currently the system is not even fully used," she said.

Pierre-Pierre is a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital where she is a nursing team leader. She has worked extensively both in a Haitian Nurse's Association and a feminist association of Haitian women.

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Nominations are now open for the position of Graduate Senator (profes­ sional). Nominees must return a completed nomination form to Thomson House (with 50 names and student numbers of graduate students registered in a professional program.)

by Frank Young Before I get to this week's column — an incredible trivia quiz — I would like to apologize to Yankee fans everywhere for an item that appeared in this space a few weeks ago. As you may recall, I reported that my roommate had been the target of several late night phone calls that were intended to rub the noses of Blue Jay fans in the dirt. At the time, I wrote that only a Yankee fan would stoop to such levels, but I was wrong. The culprit was an Expo fan named Jay Gotteiner.'lgnoring for a mo­ ment the fact that Expo fans have no right at all to criticize a good baseball team, try to imagine what kind of "man" would pull such a stunt. Gotteiner is a Montreal native and a die­ hard Expo fan. He is also in big trouble.

Start running Jay. And once more, let me say that I apologize for saying that Yankee fans are the only people low enough to pull such a stunt.

Now, on to the trivia quiz. Prizes will be as follows: 1st place — 3 beers; 2nd place — 2 beers; and 3rd place — 1 beer.

Section 3.

1. Who is older, Harold Ballard or Ronald Reagan?

1(b). Who is dumber? — points for originality only.

2. How many gold medals did Nancy Greene win in the 1968 Olympics?

3. Where do the Kansas City Chiefs play their home game?

4. Which of the following countries has not qualified for the 1986 World Cup? Canada, Israel, Mexico, France.

5. What was Babe Ruth's hometown?

Section 4.

1. Which of the following NFL teams is still playing in its original hometown? a) Los Angeles Rams; b) St. Louis Car­ dinals; c) Atlanta Falcons; d) In­ dianapolis Colts.

2. What is the only team that McGill beat in football this year?

3. Which stadium is the biggest? Olym­ pic. (Montreal), Silverdome, Kingdome, or the Orange Bowl.

4. Who led the Blue Jays in wins this year?

5. Who is taller, Kareem Abdul Jabbar or Akeem Olijawan (excuse the spell­ ing)?

Section 5.

1. Who held the NCAA career rushing title before Tony Dorsett?

2. What is the only publicly owned NFL team?

4. How many Heavyweight boxing champions are there?

5. What state is Carl Yasztrzemski from?

Bonus questions.

1. 1/2 point._What brewery owns the Nordiques?

2. 1 point. What country is golfer Cary Player from?

3. 1 1/2 points. What is the last team that Vince Lombardi coached?

4. 2 points. Who led the major leagues in losses this season?

O.K. that's the quiz. It will be marked out of 24, and any perfect scores will be rewarded heavily. Bring all entries to room B-15 in the Union Building base­ ment by Friday noon, and address them to Harry Guy Assistant Sports Editor, Good Luck In a way of closing, keep your eyes open for a Knob Hockey tournament Details to follow.

Section 1.

1. What team did Vince Lombardi coach to two Super Bowl titles?

2. What was Wayne Gretzky's Junior team?

3. What University did O.J. Simpson at­ tend?

4. Which is bigger, the football used in the NFL, or the one used in the CFL? 5. Where is the Cotton Bowl played?

The city, not the stadium.

Easy so far eh? Wei) lets move on to...

Section 2.

1. How many times have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made the playoffs?

2. What city do the Clippers play in?

3. Richard Nixon once gave a football coach a play to run in the Super Bowl.

Name the team; 4. Who is the only major leaguer to win 20 games for the last two seasons?

5. How many people attended the Mon­ tréal Concordes' home playoff game this year? — Within 3,000.

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Redmen Cling To Third

by François Lejeune The McGill Redmen hockey team played three games last week, and although they lost two of them, they managed to cling to third place. The first match took place Wednesday at McGill as the first-place Ottawa Gee Gees came, saw and conquered the Redmen 7-2. McGill was never in the game, as time and time again, Red defensive miscues led to Ottawa breakaways. Even though Coach Tyler switched goalies after the first period, he could not stop the onslaught.

Two nights later, McGill gained revenge by pummelling the Gee Gees in Ottawa 9-5. Leading the attack for the Redmen were Mark Reade and Daniel Lamirande with a hat trick apiece.

Benoit Lafleur added two goals as Ot­ tawa lost for only the second time in 8 games. Going into the game, the Gee Gees had allowed an average of only 3.14 goals per game, so Lamirande, Reade and Lafleur were scoring against the best.

Then came the infamous and much

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by Harry Guy Basketball: The

Redmen spent the weekend playing basketball in Toronto, which is just about the only fun that one can have in that city. Friday night's game was definitely not fun for Coach Schildroth and the boys, as York University trounced them for the se­ cond time this year. This time, the score was 91-61. Fortunately, the next day saw McGill playing the Ryerson Rams, who are a good team, but definitely are not of the same calibre as York. The Redmen salvaged the weekend by win­ ning 76-63.

In regular season play, McGill's record now stands at 1-1, with the loss coming one week ago at Concordia.

The Reds play one more regular season game at UQTR before the holidays.

The Martlets had a successful couple of delays at the Concordia Classic Tour­ nament in NDG. The Martlets, ranked N°7 in Canada opened the Tournament with a win over the University of Manitoba. The next game was against Canada's N°5 team the Laval Rouge et Or. In what was a tight match the whole way, Laval triumphed 47-45. There can be little doubt that McGill and Laval will be the teams to beat in the QUAA this year, with Bishop's posing their usual strong challenge.

In the final game of the tournament, Laurentian University from Sludgebury, Ontario destroyed Laval 61-26 to take their second consecutive tournament.

McGill grabbed third place by edging Carleton 65-27. In four tournaments this season, the Martlets have finished first once, second twice and third this weekend. In 16 exhibition games so far, McGill's record stands at 11-5.

Swimming: The McGill swim team hosted a large Invitational Tournament this weekend and finished 4th out of 10 teams. Leading the team once again was the incredible Manon Venne who won three events and has now qualified for 9 events at the national finals.

Soccer: In Romania, Steaua Bucharest continued their winning ways with a 6-0 thrashing of F.C. Brasov, while in East Germany it was Karl-Marx 3 and RotWeiss 2.

Grey Cup: I missed the game due to the NFL. Congratulations are extended to all Vancouverites.

Junior Varsity Hockey: For the first time in a few years, Quebec has a J.V. league of note. The league is called the Ligue Universitaire de Montréal, and it consists of 4 Montréal area clubs.

McGill is currently in first place with a record of 7 wins, 1 tie and 1 loss. The Université de Montréal is in second with a 5-4-0 record while the Université du Québec à Montréal and Dawson College are way back.

It is a good sign for future Redmen teams, as JV leagues are, traditionally, farm teams of the Varsity clubs. It is also

encouraging to see the french language schools in Montréal competing in hockey once again.

NFL: The Chicago Bears continued their winning ways with a 36-0 demoli­ tion of the hapless Atlanta Falcons.

William "Refrigerator" Perry scored another touchdown on a "dive" from the 1 yard line. The officials are still looking for survivors. In other key NFC matchups, the Dallas Cowboys re­ bounded from last week's humiliations at the hands of the Bears to beat Philadelphia 34-17 and effectively end

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the Eagle's playoff hopes. In Minnesota, New Orleans beat the Vikings 30-23 on the strength of Earl Campbell (remember him?) and his 160 rushing.

In the AFC, the mighty Cleveland Browns trounced the slimy Cincinnati Bengals 24-6 in front of 74,000 fans in Cleveland. The Browns were powered by the rushing of Kevin Mack and Ernest Byner — the best tandem in the game.

Next victim for Cleveland are the Giants of New Jersey. In other important games, the Jets edged the Patriots to take over first place in the East division.

T r ib S c o r e b o a r d Basketball:

despised drive to Chicoutimi. It has been suggested that the reason for Chicoutimi's success in the QUAA lies in the nightmarish 7 hour drive to that beautiful and exciting town. While Les Inuks are a good team, they are certain­ ly much more difficult to face at home.

Anyway, McGill's players had to endure this affront to human decency on Sun­ day, and the result was a 7-3 loss.

McGill was in this game for most of the way, trailing by only 4-3 at the mid­ point of the game before Paul Gagné scored his second and third goals of the game to bury the Redmen. Once again, Coach Tyler switched goaltenders but again this move had little effect. Scoring for McGill on Sunday was Mark Reade with two-giving him 5 for the weekend and Alain Robichaud.

McGill's next game is this Saturday at McConnell Winter Stadium against the bruisers from Trois Rivières. A McGill win will put them into a second place tie with UQTR, so this is a big game.

Opeing face off is at 4:00.

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McGill 55 Laval 49 3rd Place Game: McGill 65 Standings: 1. Laurentian 2. Laval 3. McGill

Manitoba 52 McGill 47 Carleton 27

Swimming: M c G i l l I n v i t a t i o n a l , N o v 2 2 - 2 3 r d McGill finished 4th out of 10 teams.

Manon Venne won 3 events (200 yd l.m., 200 yd Backstoke & 100 yd freestyle). She has now qualified for 9 events in the Nationals.

Football:

Christmas at K ettle Creek What could be more natural?

Carleton 14 34 Mount Allison 3 Calgary and Western will meet in next week's Vanier Cup to deter­ mine the National Champion.

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QUAA Standings (as of Nov. 19) GP W L T 8 6 2 0 1. Ottawa 2 0 4 2. UQTR 6 3 4 0 t 3. McGill 4 0 2 4. Chicoutimi 6 1 4 0 5. Concordia -5 M a r tle t R e s u lts N ovem ber 20

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Field Hockey: Christ Chang and Sandra Dial of the Martlets have been named to the OWIAA (East) All-Star team. Chang and dial helped the Martlets to a second place finish in the OWIAA (East).

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