The McGill Tribune Vol. 8 Issue 10

Tuesday November 8,1988

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Candidates debate : not so great

by Shannon Aldinger Standard national issues domi­ nated last week’s St. Henri-Westmount candidates’ debate in the Fieldhouse Auditorium. While candidates Ruth Rose (New Demo­ cratic Party), David Berger (Lib­ eral) and Keith MacLellan (Pro­ gressive Conservative) generally supported their respective party leaders and doctrines, all three candidates said little in terms of their personal plans of attack on regional issues.

Panel and floor questions were mainly concerned with the issues of post-secondary funding andFree Trade and its effect on employ­ ment opportunities. Although questions focussed on specific regional matters, answers most often aimed at general national levels.

In questions directed to educa­ tion funding and its effect on McGill, candidates replied on na­ tional and provincial funding rather than on regional. Both Rose and Berger agreed that Canadian uni­ versities were in crisis. Berger outlined a multi-step plan to im­ prove funding to be proposed if the Liberals come to power. Rose was

less specific as to how the NDP would improve the situation, but did promise to increase funds to post-secondary institutions.

MacLellan quoted statistics about past Conservative improvements

_n Rose proposed govern­ qK1(> M a MacLellan rt pllan claim ed t that the able. claimed students.

Conservatives had already moved ment scholarships to help finance students from underdeveloped in this direction. countries that Canada currently Candidates gave very vague an­ aids. In a question concerning stu­ swers concerning Free Trade and dent loans, both Berger and Rose its potential effects on Montréal/ s Québec employment. Speaking IJ5 against Free Trade, Berger and l'a Rose admitted that employment (2 opportunitieswouldbecreatedbut that the negative effects of the Free 2 Trade Agreement would far out0 weigh the positive ones. Rose continued saying that while Mulroney promises employment, he does not specify where. Her pre­ diction for supposed job gains is in the area of natural resources for, she explains, natural resources are

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what the United States want from Canada. Rose feels this will not be a great gain because Americans already own up to 50% of the natural resource companies in Canada which create these jobs and that the end result will be fewer quality positions and more menial “burgerflipping” jobs. MacLellan spoke for Free Trade and prom ised the creation of many job openings.

He used the analogy of Chicken Little (ie“the sky is falling, the sky is falling”) to describe the appar­ ent insecurity of his rival candi­ dates concerning the trade issue.

Audience attendance was good for the two-hour debate, but mass exoduses occured as the discus­ sion dragged on into dinner time.

Redmen kick their way to Vancouver Liberal candidate David Berger... a cinch for best dressed. to education. All candidates agreed agreed that the loans system should that Canada should end any dis- be nationally standardized and that crimination against international more funds should be made avail-

Johnathan Drysdale’s goal in the 20th minute combined with Bert Lee’s solid goal tending and an im­ penetrable Redmen defense deliv­ ered the win for the young squad.

The Redmen Soccer team fin­ ished the regular season 6-3-3 overall (4-2-2 in conference play), and ranked 10th in Canada. Their 1-0 win against Concordia Oct. 30th in the QUSL semi-final put them into the finals against Sher­ brooke.

Every year at this time, we gram, meeting with their student for an hour or so per week. It is the seem to hear about Redmen soccer frequency and regularity of the success. It was only five and six meetings that results in progress in years ago when they won not only fighting illiteracy. Those students one, but two Canadian national who are unable to make a regular championships. Last year, they time committment are welcome to took the QUSL championship for assist the projectas canvassers and the seventh time in eight years. As with previous teams, this team is administrative workers.

For more information on the De­ impressive, however, unlike the velopment andPeace program, call past, their youth and inexperience 398-4308. There will be a general makes this year’s victory particu­ meeting o f the group on Wednes­ larly sweet.

Only four veterans are found on day November 9th, from 16h30 to 17h30 in Union B09-10. All those the team, but labeling them veter­ interested infinding out more about ans may be inaccurate. Sandrin the literacy program and Develop­ explained that most of his third ment and Peace’s work in general and second year players did not continued on page 3 are invited to attend.

by Mike Martin The Redmen soccer team con­ tinued its dominance of the QUSL Sunday, defeating the Sherbrooke VertetOr 1-0 to capture their eighth Championship in nine years.

McGill group to fight illiteracy

by Paul Michell Development and Peace, a McGill group, is embarking upon a program to combat illiteracy in Montréal, and is looking for stu­ dent volunteers to act as tutors and canvassers.

The group, which has tradition­ ally focused on the Third World, has in recent years considered certain issues in Canada as within its realm of endeavour. Specifi­ cally, the plight of Canada’s native people and now, the problem of functional and total illiteracy amongst the general Canadian population have been deemed to require the group’s attention.

Development and Peace Co-or­ dinator Killian Holland explains the group’s philosophy; “It’s development through peace and peace through social justice, basically. We felt that the problem of illiteracy was a particularly pressing one, and also one that we could tackle with the resources that we have, which is not a lot of money but instead a lot of potential student tutors and workers.”

Ther group has proposed a twopart plan, in conjunction with RECLAIM (Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montréal), which seeks to train tutors and to find students. Finding students is one of the most difficult problems facing any group which seeks to fight illiteracy, but with an esti­ mated 21.4% of all Canadians and

28.4% of all Québecers function­ ally illerate, there is a wide pool to draw students from.

“It’s quite tragic - there are liter­ ally thousands of [functionally il­ literate persons] out there. They really have to be coaxed out of the woodwork and encouraged to become students in the program so that they can overcome their illit­ eracy.”

Functional illiteracy is a condi­ tion whereby the afflicted person has great difficulty in reading and writing even basic words, such as ‘cat’ or ‘stop’. Many functionally illiterate people are dropouts from an educational system which does not cater well to special needs or are immigrants to a largely am­ bivalent and even actively hostile society. It’s hard to imagine what life must be like for those who have great difficulty even writing their own names.

“There’s a lot of shame involved when it comes to illiteracy. These people aren’t stupid, it’s just that they haven ’t had a real opportunity to learn the language,” said Hol­ land. Those who can’tread or write often remain stuck at low-paying jobs and become increasingly frus­ trated with their lives.

The Development and Peace/ RECLAIM program uses the Laubach method of language instruc­ tion, which is based on the “each one teach one” philosophy; stu­ dents are taught on a one on one

basis, which helps to overcome much of the nervousness and embarrassment that illiteracy cre­ ates. The system also provides for rather rapid progress on the part of students, and students can begin the program at any level of ability, ranging from total illiteracy to some familiarity with the alphabet to basic reading.

Holland is quick to emphasize the two-pronged thrust of the pro­ gram; “One of RECLAIMS’ ‘prob­ lem s’ is that it has more tutors than students. It’s incredibly difficult to get in contact with those who need our help - how to you get in contact with someone who can’t read? The newspaper? So we need to get tutors and students.”

Development and Peace is hop­ ing to reach illiterate people through cooperation with McGill Radio CKUT (90.3 FM) and through word of mouth. Referral to the program by friends and rela­ tives of illiterate people is also a very important mode of attracting students to the program.

“The outreach part of the pro­ gram is probably the single most important aspect - if we don’t at­ tract illiterate students, then every­ thing else is for nothing, isn’t it?” said Holland.

McGill Students who are inter­ ested in becoming tutors take a twelve-hour course and must make a strong committment to the pro­

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What's On TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH NPD/NDP McGill: presents Louise O ’Neill, Vice-President, NDP candidate for Outremont. Union B09/10, 1:30 p.m.

All Welcome.

Amnesty International: Meeting, Union 302,7:00 p.m. Letter writing.

McGill Student Pugwash: presents “Drugs in Sports: The Whole Story". A panel of experts will lead the discussion.

Stewart Biology Sl/4, 7:00 p.m. Don’t miss it!

Americans Abroad: Election ’88 Party, Gertrude’s Pub, Union Bldg., 8:30 p.m.

Complete returns coverage. All Welcome.

Zev Shafrar speaking on Israel after the election. 7:30 in Lea 26.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH Students’ Society Referendum: Wed­ nesday, Thursday, and Friday. Issues: CKUT Radio, Legal Aid, and S.S.M.U. Constitutional amendments. Watch for Polling Stations in your local campus area Make your voice heard. Come out and vote!

The McGill Society of Montreal-Food for Thought Luncheon Series: presents Mr. Peter Ryan, “Official” Photographer of the 1988 Calgary Olympics, speaking on “A Week in the Life of a Photojoumalist”. United Services Club, 1195 Sher­ brooke Street West. 11:45 am . Cash Bar; 12:15 Lunch. $13.50 per person (including lunch). Information: 398-3556; Ticket Office: 398-3551.

Women’s Union: Pro-Choice Committee Meeting, Union 423,5:00 p.m.

Student Christian Movement (SCM): Planning for next term, including the “Getting Educated About Education” seminar. All welcome, bring munchies.

SCM Office, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 5:00 p.m.

The Red Herring-Humour Magazine: Meeting, Union B09/10, 6:00 p.m.. Last

meeting before the deadline. Bring funny things. Information: 522-5718.

Development and Peace: Meeting, Union B09/10 ,4:30-5:30p.m. Inauguration of an Adult Literacy Programme (Reclaim).'

Speaker: Ms. Grace Saabas; followed by discussion and planning. All interested are welcome.

McGill-Quebec vous invite, étudiant(e)s de McGill, à la Version Français, tous les mercredis, de 16h à 18h, au salon des étudiants du Pavillon Peterson (3460, nie McTavish). On y discute de tout. Cette semaine: ‘Tenvironment.’Those who want to practice their French are welcome too.

Workshop on Haitian Culture: “Haitian family and social structures”. Resource person: YolaineJumelle. Sponsored by the Centre Interculturel Monchanin, 4917 St. Urbain (comer of St. Joseph Blvd.),7:0010:00 p.m. Information: 288-7228.

McGill Outing Club: General Meeting, Leacock 132, 7:30 p.m. Kayak lessons, Icebreaker canoe trip, Nov. 16th slide show of K2 expedition and lots more! Informa­ tion: 398-6817 or Union 411.

Uhuru naUfahamu-Deveiopment Study/ Action Group : Study Series-”Propaganda, Media, and Development”. Centre for Developing AreaStudies, 3715 Peel, 7:309:00 p.ni. All Welcome.

Bilingual Public Debate: Canada’s Poli­ cies toward Southern Africa. All three Federal parties will be represented. Mr. Wilby Amutenya, Director of the Cathlic Commissionfor Peace, Justice and Recon­ ciliation in Namibia, will give a presenta­ tion. 1205 de la Visitation, Metro Beaudry, 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Development and Peace.

International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa in collaboration with the African National Congress (Canada) present Reverend Gquiba, head of the ANC’s religious section, apeaking on South Africa. Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., Rm. H-937, 8:00 p.m.

McGill Film Society: TheNavigator USA

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 8,1988 1926 (90 min.) Dir.: B. Keaton.

FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. FREE The Written Word Performed Aloud by Montreal Writers with host Dan Daniels.

Yesim Temar, Fiction; Hugh Hazelton, Poetry; Joan Lafleurand Peter Dubé. Hillel House, 3460 Stanley, 8:30 p.m. Admis­ sion: $2.00. Information: 842-0242.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH Second International Karl Polanyi Con­ ference: Today, Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 13th. Subject: “Market, State and Society and the End of the 20th Century”. Concor­ dia University, 1455 deMaisonneuveBlvd.

West. Organized by the Karl Polanyi Insti­ tute of Political Economy.

Faculty of Religious Studies: Presents Dr. Max Charlesworth, Professor of Phi­ losophy, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, speaking on “Interactions be­ tween Anthropology and Australian Abo­ riginal Belief Systems". Faculty of Relig­ ious Studies, Birks Bldg., 3520 University, Rm. I l l , 12:00 noon.

Centre for Developing Area StudiesSeminar Series: Presents Professor Allen Fenichel, Department of Economics, McGill University and Professor Maimire Mennasemay, Department of Humanities, Dawson College, Montreal, speaking on “The Post-Colonial State in Africa: A Survey of Literature”. 3715 Peel, 12:00 noon Etude de la Bible Francophone: Lecture et discussions sur un passage choisi de la Bible dans une atmosphère très “relaxe", (soit Union 410, soit Newman Centre l’endroit de la réunion sera indiqué sur les affiches.)l:30-3:00 p.m. Organisé par le McGill Christian Fellowship. Pour étudi­ ants et personnel de McGill seulement.

Student Christian Movement (SCM): Staff Meeting. Fundraising, New Events, Office stuff. All welcome, bring munchies.

SCM Office, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 4:30 p.m.

Department of English-Visiting Lecturer Series: Presents Jennifer Wick of Yale University speaking on “What is this Crazy thing called Love?-Freud’s Dora Again”.

Arts Council Rm. 160, 4:00 p.m. Also presenting David Donnell, Toronto poet, who will read from a selection of his works.

Arts Rm. 230,6:00p.m. Information: 3986558.

Lesbian Studies Coalition of Concor­ dia-Lesbian Studies ’88: present A Cross Canadaexchange with representatives from Simon Fraser, York and Queens universi­ ties, Ryerson, and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop St. (Lounge), 6:00 p.m.

McGill Christian Fellowship: Presents Michael Greene of Regents College speak­ ing on “What if Jesusis Right". McConnell Hall Co-ed Residence, Common Room, 7:00 p.m.

Irish Studies of McGill: Presents Profes­ sor James Donnelly, Department of His­ tory, University of Wisconsin. He will speak on “Patterns, Magic Healing, and the Decline of Traditional Popular Religion".

Arts Council Room, 160. 8:00 p.m. Infor­ mation: 398-6558.

McGill Film Society: City Lights USA 1951 (87 min.) Dir.: C. Chaplin.

Leacock 132,, 8:00 p.m.

McGill Player’s Theatre-Theatresports: Improv Comedy. Every Thursday in The AUey, Union Bldg.,10:00 p.m. FREE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH Rent brame Day Activities: Spaghetti dinner and film I f Y ou Love This Planet.

United Theological College, 3521 Univer­ sity, 6:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Student’s Christian Movement and the Presbyterian?

United Church Chaplaincy.

Red Herring-Humour Magazine: Meet­ ing, Union 425/426,6:00-8:00 p.m.

Deadline, Deadline, Deadline! If you can’t make it call 522-5718.

McGill Christian Fellowship: presents

Michael Greene of Regents College speak­ ing on “Halfway to Faith”. Leacock 26, 7:00p.m. Information: 481-9235.

Debating Union-Annual High School Tournament: Friday, 5:30-7:30p.m., 7:308:45 p.m. and Saturday, 9:45 a.m .-ll:00 a.m., 11:30 a. m.-12:45 p.m. Judges needed.

Interested? Call 398-6824 or drop by Un­ ion 430.

Department of Psychol ogy-D.O. Lecture Series: Presents Daniel Dennet, Centre for Cognitive Studies, Tuft University, speak­ ing on “The Evolution of Consciousness".

Stewart Biology Bldg.,1205 Dr. Penfield, Rm. Sl/4, 8:00 p.m. Information: 3986105.

“The Transform ation of Consciousness”: A series of videotapes of talks by J. Krishnamurti. Sponsored by the India-Canada Student’s Association of McGill. Every Friday until December 2nd, Leacock 111,8:00 p.m. Information: 9326362,481-0547.

McGill Film Society-.DownbyLaw USA 1986 (107 min.) Dir.: J. Jarmusch. Lea­ cock 132,8:00 p.m.

McGill Player’s Theatre-Theatresports: Improv Comedy Team Competitions. Player’s Theatre, Union Bldg., 3rd floor, 10:00p.m. Every Friday.

Admission $1:00. Information: 398-6813.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH McGill Film Society: Pink Floyd: The Wall Uk 1981 (95 min.) Dir.: A. Parker.

Leacock 132,8:00 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH Faculty of Religious Studies: Presents Calvin Evans, Area Librarian, humanities and Social Sciences, McGill University, speaking on “Resources for Renaissance Studies in McGill Libraries". Faculty of Religious Studies, Birks Bldg., 3520 University.Rm. 100,12:15-2:00p.m.R.S.V.P. to 398-4121.

Students' Society's Constitutional Amendments Novem ber 9, 10, 11 4 A mendments N eed Your S upport Be it resolved that: 1 The Vice-president, Finance, of the SSMU become a campus-wide elected position in the annual Students' Society elections.

2 .

The Constitution and By-laws of the Society shall be available in both of the official languages of Canada.

3. The title "Program Director of the Society" be replaced by "Program Co­ ordinator of the Society" throughout the Constitution.

4. In Articles 7.2, where election of Council representatives to the commit­ tees of the McGill Students' Council is outlined, that one clause be in­ serted to read: "(c) Representatives to all standing committees of the McGill Stidents' Council, as called for in the By-laws of the Society."

VOTE YES FOR A N IM PR O VED STUDENTS' SOCIETY!

VOTE YES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS N o v e m b e r ^ 10, 11 page 2

SSMU seeks transit break R honda Y arin and Suzy Costom SSMU president Nancy Coté and ncordia coprésident Andrew Madi are to meet with the head of the ard of Directors of the MUCTC to cuss the possibility of reduced tranfares for university students.

Presently, costs are significantly ver for students under 18 years of e, while university students are ced to pay the regular adult fare of .00. Monthly passes at reduced rates st $11.00, compared to a $30.00 arge for adult users. McGill and incordia student associations believe it while university students are still ying for their education, they should entitled to reduced prices as well.

Student leaders from universities in 1er Canadian urban centers, includ; Halifax and Toronto, have initi­ al similar negotiations with their nsit commissions, but to no avail. >té admitted that chances are slim : success in Montréal. Nonetheless, aeeting with the MUCTC is planned r some time in the next few weeks, tere students will present a prosal. As of yet, the details of this oposal have not been worked out.

Coté pointed out that the MUCTC s major financial difficulties. The ovincial govemmentrefuses to give e transit commission more money, erefore rates will inevitably rise in e near future. One possible proposal ider consideration is maintaining esent rates for university students en when adult fares increase. In this ay, the MUCTC will maintain its

present level ol intake from university transit users.

Coté said that at this point “no ex­ pectations should be raised” however, the lines of communication between university students and the MUCTC will be open.

M um’s the word on library changes...

$5,000 for Centraide?...

Executive members of the SSMU met with the Director of Libraries on Wednesday November 2 to discuss future plans for the McLennan and Redpath libraries. A construction consulting firm has been hired to ex­ amine ways to increase study space in Redpath. Initial proposals have been submitted although nothing has been finalized.

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play very much last year. Firstyear player Bert Lee (18 years old) tends net. Mid-fielder Julian Barro (20 years old) and striker Jeremy Prupas (19 years old) joined second-year player JeanPaul Vialard and captain Felice Mastrostefano, on the QUSL allstar team. Mastrostefano, the team’s Molson Cup recipient for October, says he was “scared and worried” at the beginning of the season when the young players showed a lack of aggressiveness.

However, he says things changed against Concordia, “We finally became more aggressive. It al­ ways comes down to who wants it the most, and in the semi-final things changed.” Coach Sandrin agrees that against Concordia

“they came together as a team.”

Going into the final, Mastros­ tefano felt Sherbrooke would be under more pressure since their main striker received three yel­ low cards, and was not able to play. However the Redmen’s J.P. Vialand was out for the same rea­ son, and the Redmen’s tactical superiority and controlled game style could not be used to its great­ est advantage on the dirt field.

Sandrin told his troops to play an aggressive “kick and run” game, and he also worried about the young team’s inconsistency, but he hoped the importance of the game would help them play well.

It did. The Redmen leave for Vancouver on Wednesday for the Canadian Nationals.

No charges Trib News Staff Although Crown Prosecutors de­ cided last ffiday not to press charges in the alleged rape case, McGill has yet to decide whether or not to proceed with its own investigation.

The Dean of Students’ office will make the decision this afternoon.

A spokesperson for the fraternity said that “Zeta Psi would welcome an investigation. We don’t see the crown’s announcement as the end of the inci­

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SSMU President Nancy Coté has sent letters to faculty associations, school societies, clubs, fraternities, sororities and other McGill associa­ tions urging them to organize activi­ ties to raise money for Centraide. The campaign lasts through November 15 and SSMU hopes that McGill will contribute $5,000 to the cause.

Crown decides not to press charges :

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Other issues raised during the meet­ ing included the possibility of pur­ chasing new photocopy machines, and the drop-in security within the librar­ ies. The Director of Libraries cau­ tioned the SSMU from revealing any details of the meeting to the university press, so that SSMU executives were reluctant to provide details.

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In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, McGill lawyer and law professor Lazar Sama said that the university's investigation “has nowhere near the power of a criminal trial.”

The fraternity must now conduct its own internal investigation.

“We have set up a committee to in­ vestigate. We want to start as soon as possible”, said the spokesperson.

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F e a tu re s

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 8,191

Lights of Rem em brance

By Daniel Green Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it."

-Santayana On November 9, 1938, unprece­ dented, violent riots broke out against the Jewish community in Germany in what many remember as the beginning of the holocaust. This Wednesday, November 9, marks the 50th anniver­ sary of ‘Kristallnacht’, the ‘night of broken glass’ in which 91 people died.

To commemorate the riots, syna­ gogues and churches all over North America will leave the lights of their sanctuaries and exteriors lit from dusk to dawn on November 9-10.

The commemoration event, known as ‘The Lights of Remembrance’, has been planned by B ’nai B ’rith Interna­ tional to bear solemn witness to the events of the past, as well as to symbol­ ize hope for a future free of racism and anti-semitism. In addition, it is hoped that we will remember and leant from history in order to prevent possible genocides in the future.

The ‘night of the broken glass’ in 1938 was a turning point for Nazi Germany in its increasingly intense program of persecuting Jews. The pretext for the riots was the slaying of the third secretary on the German embassy in Paris, Ernst vom Rath, by a 17 year-old German Jewish youth, Herschel Grynszpan, on November 7.

Grynszpan was trying to avenge the

sufferings of his parents during their deportation from Germany to Poland shortly before, and to shock the world into action on behalf of the Jews.

The youth had originally planned to shoot the German ambassador in Paris, Count Johannes von Welczeck, but when he arrived at the embassy he was side-tracked to vom Rath. It was then that the third secretary was shot.

Two days later, there was unprece­ dented rioting, property damage, de­ struction, arson and murder of Jews across Germany. According to propa­ ganda minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels and the press, the outburst of violence was ‘spontaneous’ and showed the people ’s reaction to the murder in Paris.

After the war, however, documents were found which revealed that Goebbels had given instructions that “spontaneous demonstrations” were to be “organized and executed” during the night of November 9-10. It was to Reinhard Heydrich, who ran the secu­ rity service (the S.D.) and the Gestapo, that the organization of the riots fell.

In Germany that night, terror reigned. Synagogues, Jewish homes and shops were burned. All across the country, wherever there were Jewish neighborhoods, Jewish men, women and children were beaten or shot to death by SS men and Storm Troopers.

In one evening, they murdered 91 Jews .burned 119 synagogues and destroyed 76 others. During the chaos

7500 Jewish shops and hundreds of homes were robbed, vandalized and burned, Jewish cemeteries desecrated, volumes of history books, prayer books and Torah scrolls tossed into bonfires.

shattered glass was strewn all over the streets of Germany, hence the term ‘Kristallnacht’.

Commenting on the events, Rabbi Israel Houseman, Chaplain for McGill

churches, as well as several Lnther; ones. “Many Christians died in tl holocaust too. Although some Chri tians were silent about the holocau! not all were.”, said Clare, refering

Over 20 000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps .mostly to Buchenwald. By the end of the night,

and Concordia Hillel, said that, in 1938,’’the hand writing was on the wall” for the Jews. He pointed out that after the night of November 9-10, many Jews tried to leave Germany. How­ ever, there was nowhere for them to immigrate, as the doors to other coun­ tries were tightly closed. The 50th anniversary commemoration, he said, is an educational campaign to show what the Jews of Germany went through. “It is a means of keeping the memory of the holocaust alive.”

Churches in the Montreal area will also be participating in the commemo­ rative event. Roberta Clare, Presbyte­ rian and United Church Chaplain for McGill, has sent notices to about 60 United Churches and 40 Presbyterian

those who risked their lives to he] save Jews from the Nazis.

Clare also believes the memory c that night and the entire holocau cannot be allowed to fade away. “ must be acknowledged as histor There is a dark side of humanity in a of us and we must make a consciei tious effort to say ‘N o’ to that side.” B keeping the memory vivid, we ar making that conscientious effort.

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Features

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 8,1988

When it’s too Dave and the Dancers loud to sleep...

by M ark Freem an

>y Charlie Quinn At one time or another most people lave let the fear of looking stupid top them from asking questions in dass.In some classes the fear has xpanded into bingophobia, the fear if getting bingoed by your classnates if you ask excessively irritatng, idiotic, or just plain irrelevent juestions.

Being bingoed is bad. Itmeans that omeone else has won the latest game if Keener bingo at your expense. It vill cause you to be laughed at and idiculed to the point where you will vant to go to the Yukon and regroup.

Keener bingo is a fairly simple ;ame that is experiencing a rapid rise n popularity here at McGill. The way hat it works is a few people select the ive or six most “keen” people in the :lass, and assign general descriptions o these people. For example, if the >uy with the beard in the back of the ;lass continually asks questions that mnoy the prof and the class there is a ood chance he will be selected as a teener. The selectors will then come ip with a suitable description for im, something like “the guy in the iack with the beard”, or “the guy vith the beard and the ugly jackets”.

Once all of the keeners have been bund out their descriptions are icrambled about on the game card, he game card is exactly the same as tn ordinary bingo card with the decriptions in the place of the num>ers. The game cards are thendistribted to the rest of the class so that they :an enjoy a lecture for a change.

Now the game begins. The rules or Keener bingo are fairly simple, fust like in normal bingo, in order to vin you must block out an entire row, tolurrm, or diagonal, and yelT'Bingo” t the moment of victory. The only

major difference is that with Keener bingo is that the professor will not “call" the game for the class. Mean­ ing that the prof will not stop in the middle of a sentence and say “the guy in the back with the beard - B ”, or “the girl with brown hair and leather mini skirts - C”. In order to be able to black out a square, the person whose de­ scription appears on the square must ask a question. For example, if the girl with the mini skirts asks a ques­ tion everyone who has her on their card will mark off one square with her description. (Note, a person can have more than one square, the number of squares assigned pier pierson are propiortional to the number of questions that are usually asked dur­ ing any one class.)If there was a pierson who “bingoed” on the mini skirt girl’s question he/she would then yell “Bingo” loud enough for the rest of the class to hear. That way when the entire class will know that the game is over, and who the victim is, so that they will be able to banish him or her to Edmonton until the next game starts.

A single game usually lasts for part of one class, but can continue any­ where from fifteen minutes to a week.

Also it is a good idea to keep the keeners from finding out that there is a game going on and that their name is on the cards (probably in more than one space). It is also not a good idea toplay every class as professors have been known to get violent. However keep in mind that you do want to play often enough to make sure everyone keeps experiencing the fear, and that only the brave (or stupid), will ask repeated questions.

It was oneof the funnierphone calls I ’ve had in awhile. This past Thursday evening I spoke with D.C.Tessier, the dancing dentist of French-Irish descent who heads the McGill Scottish Coun­ try Dance Club. I asked him if he could help me out with an articlel was trying to write about his club. His attitude was more than obliging, it was down­ right generous.

He gave me an enthusiastic descrip­ tion of Scottish country dancing, start­ ing with a small history lesson. Firstof all, noted D.C., Scottish dancing is not square dancing, nor is like the dancing at the Highland games, although in some way s it’s similar to both. Couples move in lines to a strict tempio, kilts and sashes swirling madly, using five basic steps which vary depending on the music.

There are three typies of music in Scottish country dancing: reels, jigs and strathspieys. D.C. played them over the phone to me. The strathspieys were the most beautiful of the three— they are waltzes unique to Scotland.

The music has a very regal quality to it, which is not surprising because the dances originated in the French courts during the Renaissance, and were brought over to Scotland by Mary, Queen of Scots. Today there is a world­ wide organization of Scottish country dancers with some odd 18,000 mem­ bers.

O.K., so do you have to be Scottish?

Absolutely not, insisted D.C. All you need is relative fitness, a pair of softsoled shoes,... and lessons.

“This isn’t like modem dance, which I call epileptic seizure dancing. It’s not a really trendy crowd of people that come out, but it’s not granola.” No pxmy-tails, no suede.

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Deli Days... a Montreal tradition

by Kim “dear” Farley and Linda “honey” Miller.

Smokedmeat.lt' sa Montreal tradi­ tion, part o f this city's cultural heri­ tage. Everbody knows about Ben s and Dunn’s, thetwodowntowndeliswhere you can go to gorge yourself cheaply or just get somefriendly affection when you're feeling a little depressed!In B en's case, bear hugsfrom the waiters would not be out o f the ordinary.)

Recently, we decided to visit these two institutions to try to figure out what exactly it is that keeps these delis as packed in 1988 as they were thirty years ago. So...let’s hit the diner.

Y ou’re strolling down Metcalfe after MacLennan has spit you out onto the cold streets at 10:45. In a statistics daze, you stumble along helplessly, disoriented and numb. Who cares if you’re hungry, Ben’s deli is suddenly glowing in front of you like a gigantic square lightbulbandyou wantin. (They don’t leave the curtains off the win­ dows for nothing- they want to tempt you into their oversized romper room out of sheer jealousy of those already munching away inside.)

You shove open the doors and are instantly blinded by their colour scheme. That’s okay, it’s all part of the charm. Them aitreD ’ will either smile at you if he’s in a good mood or frown at you if he’s not, but either way you get a table and you get it fast. If the waiters recognize you they’ll all stop in the middle of taking orders and say hello. If not, they’ll probably remem­

ber you the next time you come, so don’t worry.

You sit down on your yellow or orange or green coloured chair and fold your hands on top of the pastel yellow linoleum table and open your plastic mustard coloured menu. Ben’s has alotof food to choose from. You’re lost. Steve, your waiter, is calmly decisive.

“Have the smoked meat Special”, he says authoritatively, taking your menu away. In his immaculate white uniform he is the only thing in the room that doesn’t blind you. You in­ stinctively trust him.

“What do I want to drink?” you ask.

“Have a Coke. You like Coke? H ave a Coke.”

You have a Coke.

Steve takes two steps away from the table and yells to the guy behind the counter across the room, “Hey ! Gimme a Coke!”

You could have done that yourself, but it ’s nice to have someone take care of you.

When Steve lumbers back to the table with your food, he stops to chat for awhile. He tells you about serving Richard Chamberlain, Liberace, Nana Mouskouri, and endless ranks of hockey players. Oh yeah, and Mila.

According to Steve, the PM ’s wife comes in dressed very casually and goes unrecognized. You get the im­ pression that if anybody tried to stop Mila from enjoying her smoked meat and dill pickles in peace, they would

have Steve to deal with. “Mila always asks for my section,” he says. “She’s my best friend.”

While y ou 're eating your dinner and looking around the room for more famous people, youmay notice a white haired elderly man sitting on a stool near the exit, thanking people as they leave. That’s Mr. Kravitz, the third generation of Kravitzs to own and operate Ben’s. He comes in 7 days a week, not to supervise -just because he likes it there. He does, however, want to make sure things don’t change.

That’s the secret of Ben’s: the earth is (literally) developing around it, but this restaurant is frozen in the innocent 50’s and intends to remain there per­ manently. Mr. Kravitz thinks our gen­ eration rushes around a bit too much.

We should all go to a diner and hang out for awhile. As long as it’s not during the lunch rush, Ben’s would love to accomodate us.

The “other” downtown deli, Dunn’s, is a little cosier and gives you that same feeling of being loved. Dunn’s is determined not to get lost in the St. Catherines restaurant zoo, so it has constructed an enormous neon flash­ ing sign and displayed everything on its menu in the front window. Vege­ tarians cringe as they pass that window display, but building massive, impene­ Ben's has been attracting hungry Montrealers for about a century. trable walls of food is typical of Euro­ city” (they both claim to be the best but “Red.” Like the upstairs dining room, pean Deli style. At Dunn's, you can get will never admit to eating at the com­ the downstairs had red carpet all over fantastic chicken soup with matzo- petition.) Like Ben’s, many of the staff the walls and massive chandeliers baseballs in it, smoked meat which have been working there over 25 years “that you were afraid to walk under.” “our customers tell us is the best in the and are diehard loyalists. Asked why Now the walls are a more sedate hue, only women serve at Dunn’s, Luba, a but the space between the counter and thirty year veteran, says respectfully, the table area is still too narrow to “Mr. Dunn prefers it.” (some men work admit you and three waitresses to stand at nights when the crowd is “rougher”) side by side. (If you try to be polite and Steve’s response to why Ben’s staff is let the people clear the aisle before you all male is sim ilar It’s always been go down it you will be standing at the that way, so why change? It’s not entrance all night. Pretend it’s an sexism, it’s tradtion. Besides, “If a airplane and assert yourself.) woman walked in here for a job, are Dunn’s and Ben’s are not Mon­ you kidding? She would walk out. The treal’s classic dining experiences for guys here, they’re animals.” nothing. B oth places leave you feeling The decore in Dunn’s is also dis­ like you are exactly what the sign over tinctive, though more so before it was the Ben’s exit says you are: one of the modernized inrenovations threeyears nicest people in the world. A thousand ago. According to Luba, the old inte­ of Macdonald’s smiles won’t make rior could be summed up in one word: you feel this appreciated.

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Donna Lee Marsh of The Darned...calling it quits to pursue motherhood. photos by Paul Stanley

Through the din... a review

by D.K. Chapman

Dust hovers like ground fog over the plains, swirling in the path of beasts endlessly stomping the dry earth.

Through the din rides a cowgirl, the tense rhythm of her horse's hoofs slip­ ping into the distance. No, it is not Mitsou. It is Donna Lee Marsh, lead singer of The Darned, riding into the sunset of the Montreal music scene.

Last Friday at Club Soda three bands filled a bill to raise money for Mon­ treal’s New Music Festival. Unfortu­ nately, they did not fill the club, but those who attended had a taste of some fine guitar-rock.

The Darned, led by the vocals of Marsh and guitar ace Steve Burliuk, began the evening with apost-farewell show (the real party was at Station 10 on Oct. 21) that ended a tradition of crowded, foot-stomping bars. Simply

Playing well and loving it...Steve Burliuk of The Darned wailing with some slide guitar.

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Weather Permitting’s Andrew Steinmetz playing the waiting game with record put, they were great. The endearing manufacturers. blend of country and rock that has carved out such a following for them in Montreal could have held the audience all night. Never say never, though. The band members may appear again in a different guise.

Enter The Griffins, led by guitarist and vocalist Pat Kemp. A young band still trying to bang out some sort of identity and create a following. The Griffins were in a tough spot. Sand­ wiched between two veteran bands, they were musically together, but could not generate enough interest to de­ mand an encore. The Darned were a tough act to follow.

Weather Permitting ended the night.

With an L.P.(Into The Ground) under their belt, and one on the wav. Weather

t'ermitting have a confident stage act and a drive to improve. Limiting their use of old, familiar songs, the brothers Steinmetz (Andrew and Peter), who both add guitar and vocals, explored new material. The audience’s reaction was mixed, some feeling a bit lost in the unfamiliar territory. Weather Per­ mitting obliged with an encore as people laced up their boogie shoes to their classic Code o f Life and a rousing cover of Sympathy fo r the Devil that filled the dance floor.

Keep an eye out for future dates with The Griffins and Weather Permit­ ting this and next month, they’re both worth the trip.

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Shocked deserves more

by Mike Crawley Michelle Shocked has big ears. She carries a big guitar. She should have her name in big letters on concert posters.

The woman from EastTexas has aknack for catchy songs, accéntuated by her husky twang and a picking ability to put anyone else in the Lone Star state to shame. Her performance as the number two gig at the B illy B ragg concert firmly established her in the minds and ears of the 700 in attendance as a number one folkie to watch.

The story of Shocked is a classic: she was ‘discovered’byBritPete Lawrence of the Cooking Vinyl label at the Renville Folk Festival. He recorded some of Shocked’s material on a walkman, made it into an album called The Texas Camp­

fire Tapes, and it promptly reached the top spot on the British Indie charts.

Why? She brings herself close to the listener with an intimacy not often seen nor heard. Her lyrics roll out in a heavy drone, as if she were telling a slow ghost story. The words themselves tell stories.

She sings of friendship across themiles, hometown, and the home state. None of these private tunes are clichéd, specifically because they are so per­ sonal. They are not shallow recollec­ tions of the good oT days, but sincere, plaintive melodies of real life. On M emories o f East Texas, one of the most stimulating songs on her album Short Sharp Shocked, Michelle explains...

Looking back and asking myself, “What the hell'd y a let 'em break

Soft Flying Colours

by Trine Schioldan Chris de Burgh has fully established himself as a musician of the eighties with his latest album release Flying Colours. This album re-inforces the neatly packaged musical and lyrical style de Burgh developed in his previous smashing success Into the Light. As with The Lady in Red and Fatal Hesita­ tion, de Burgh is delivering to an audi­ ence which wants soft escapist stuff. If one must succumb to escapism, I ’m not Scared Anymore and Missing You are two of the tracks which warrant atten­ tion on this new album. For those who enjoyed Chris’ lullaby for his daughter Rosanna, you will be pleased to hear that the birth of his son has inspired an equally touching song called Just A Word Away.

For those of us; however, who wish de Burgh’s musical style had never evolved beyond the great days of Span­ ish Train, his new album is a disap­ pointment in several ways. What has become of the minstrel and balladeer?

What has become of the storyteller who sang about simple people and simple values? Even the truest of the bluest de Burgh fans of old are going to have trouble accepting some of the material on this album.

Has de Burgh sacrificed his unique­ ness for wider appeal and commercial success? This trend developed with The Getaway, but it was de Burgh’s next album, the very electronically enhanced M an on the Line, which convinced me Chris had sold out to big-time and big money. Fortunately, Flying Colours is

not quite so mechanical.

In fact, there are a few songs which seem to be written especially for the fans who remember his earlier days with nostalgia. The Risen Lord, for example, is reminscent of de Burgh’s magical story-telling ability, but he does not pursue the storyline or the theme and one is left to wonder whether or not there is any hope for the future of the artist weknew as a sort of visionary who projected both an element of hope and of faith in humanity. It is difficult to recognize that same artist in Flying Colours.

Perhaps because of concern for commercial appeal, de Burgh’s appli­ cation of Christian values has lost its place in his lyrics. Instead he tackles most often the subject of love and rela­ tionships , mostly from the perspective of a helpless romantic. This theme pre­ vails in most of the songs on his new album, but is at its worst in A Night on the River and Suddenly Love. These songs are disappointing to those who remember de Burgh’s role as a wan­ dering minstrel, but for those of you who are living in the eighties, Flying Colours should deliver what you want.

Do the trends in de Burgh’s music end the chapters of his career that his oldest fans love to remember? I think not. Where Flying Colours fails, let’s hope the next album succeeds: aresurrection of the traditions of his better years.

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Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all They couldn't make a place fo r a girl who'd seen the ocean.

Last week, the crowd loved her. The cheers demanded an encore and showed the audience’s appreciation of Shocked’s heartwarming yet intense performance.

She stood alone on stage in black with her c&w guitar and literally mesmer­ ized her listeners with lyrics ranging from angry (GraffittiLimbo) to contemplative (Anchorage) to funky {If Love Was a Train).

Michelle Shocked deserves a listen on vinyl as well. Short Sharp Shocked features intricate arrangements of in­ struments as varied as a harmonica and a mandolin to an ex tent unexpected from herminimal live show. “Affordable and portable” is her own description. With a live performance as hot as the one she provided McGill on Hallowe’en, one can hardly afford not to add her to the collection.

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U2’s skeletons

by Mike Crawley One o f the first names concocted by the foursome of Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen fortheirband wasTheHype. Hownicely ironic. T he boys should have saved it and utilised it as the title for their film Rattle and H um, the latest and largest step in the pretty Christmas-wrap packaging of a tremendous band, one which merely a few short years ago rattled the founda­ tions of eighties ’ rock with an album titled, simply, War. In a whimsical mo­ ment captured on film, drummer M ul­ len facetiously calls the movie “a musical journey.” The cliché is funny, the cinema­ tographic ones are not. The “journey” across America, the land o f obsession for the band, is captured primarily on grainy black and white film.

The technique is ef­ fective for the first few concert se­ quences: the stageshow looks like it should be monochromatic. After a while, the filmmaking tires, and the b&w re­ sembles an endless string of With or Without You videos. A pilgrimage into colour livens up the film, and the subtle switch back to black and white for the final sequence fits the angry mood of the penultimate scene.

Musically, Rattle and Hum has sev­ eral hot moments. The performance of Bad is absolutely electrifying as Bono, he of the usually prancing and dancing stage show, is riveted with fury to one spot and delivers a vocal peppered with

emotion and boiling with intensity. The song makes you shiver.

Exit, the most intricate and deadly provocative song on The Joshua Tree features a brutal solo by Edge, a driving

:H into a blistering, heartfelt, anthem-like performance of Sunday Bloody Sunday.

The four angry men perform as if the thousands in the stands do not exist, yet they make music for the entire world to

U2 in a scene from Rattle and H u m : a musical journey without a direction beat from the rhythm section, and a neat twist as Bono segues into Gloria, the GL-O-R-I-A Van Morrison version, yet reminiscent of the band’s own October tune.

The ultimate concert performance is saved for last. The band comments oh their feelings on stage the day of the IRA terrorist attack at Enniskillen, last Re­ membrance Day, (“I don’t think anyone can understandhow we felt”), then Bono discusses the incident on stage. The sheep in the audience cheer at inappropriate moments which they believe to be cor­ rect. The band ignores them, and bursts

hear. Bono berates the killing in their homeland, mocks the glory of dying, and cries, “Fuck the revolution.” Death sucks.

The band follows with an equally vigorous rendi don oiPride. For the faith­ ful, it is invigorating to learn that be­ neath the pomp and circumstance of worldwide acclaim, U2 has not lost its emotional commitment to justice. That undercurrent of activism still exists beneath the facade of record label pro­ motion.

However, these three excellent per­ formances are not captured on the double

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A human being on guitar

by Mike Crawley I don't want to change the world...

The word ‘musician’ invokes stere­ otypes of someone with an elaborately carved ego, a wardrobe of excess, and a personal demeanor which ranges from ‘angry at everything’ to ‘pretentious beyond comprehension’. Then one has the opportunity to meet a musician who is merely alittle boy, with pale blue eyes which open up his soul even more than his revealing music. He is an honest, open, straightforward bloke. He looks you in the eye when he answers your questions. His name is Billy Bragg.

I ’m the milkman o f human kindness, I will leave an extra p in t...

Little B illy came to McGill last week and put on a show. His two-hour experi­ ence was virulent. Intense. Inspirational.

Passionate. Bragg sings and plays with all the tension of a high-voltage cable.

His high forehead furrows deeply, the pale blue eyes crinkle and grow dark, his childlike, beaming face clouds with a concoction of rage and hope.

Just because / dress like this doesn’t mean I'm a communist...

The show at the Union Ballroom was Billy Bragg carried on the big fight.

um of the same name. And the only •om the first three albums was the entioned Sunday Bloody Sunday. loes this say of the musical directhe band for the future? Will the _________ band reach back further into the roots of blues and country, or will they regain that dark wonder of B o y l The band gives no hints in the film.

They wanted a snapshot in time, like Under a Blood Red Sky, to capture the band at this phase of their career.

Explains The Edge, “I hope it captures what w e ’re about, w hat w e ’re doing musically and what hap­ pened to us on the road.” Per haps this signi­ fies the end of a musical era for the band, as the ous live album and feature video led the termination of the angstn, anger-filled stage of Boy, Octoand War, and the entrance to an 'al of melodic questioning and cal exploration. t the film is somehow a disappoint.Ithardly rivals Jonathan Demme’s ic Talking Heads concert film, Stop ing Sense as the ultimate in groove, rocumentary, it is not: Spinal Tap ided more insight. U2 is a blend of politics, punk, and personality. e and Hum is merely a film.

2: Rattle and Hum is at Famous ers' ImperialTheatre, 1430Bleury.

Thursday’s Mozambique benefit in the Alley (see below) was not thç only socially just and hip entertainment event of last week. Friday night’s Pearefes , sponsored by Project Ploughshares, took over the Union Ballroom and spread the requisite message of peace, love and all that jazz.

“Tons of people”

by Heather Mitchell Last Thursday,McGill students gath­ ered in the Alley for a benefit concert in support of Mozambique. The concert, which was organized by the Southern Africa Committee, featured Salah who played steel drums, M erelmage, poetry

by Taylor Jane Greene, the group/)unya, a traditional Indian dance and Plan 8.

Over VtOO in donations was collected.

This will be sent to the Umbelizi Secon­ dary Technical Training School in Mozambique.

Mozambique is currently suffering in

a war of destabilization with the South Afficanregime. Armed bandits, that have been funded by South Africa have wreaked havoc on the country. The Umbelizi School narrowly escaped de­ struction at the hands of these rebels.

J amie Miller, of the SAC pronounced the evening a great success. “Tons of people came and really importantly, everyone was really into the reason we were doing it.”

The SAC next plans a February 11th concert in the Union Ballroom featuring Kali and Dub as well as the Hodads.

a liberal mix, pun intended, of old stuff, new tunes, and lots of chit-chat agit­ prop. For fans of the Bragg of younger days, he and his guitar took centre stage on old standards like A New England, The Saturday Boy, and Lovers Town Revisited. These performances still possess the verve demonstrated in the studio recordings which becamehis first two albums.

I ’m more impressionable when my cement is w et...

The truth and honesty one senses when meeting the man face-to-face come through on stage and project to the crowded room. He jokes with his audience in an informal manner. This man is no rock star. That even takes away some of the sting out of meeting him in person. There is no aura of fame, nor of fakery. He is a human being, and one who just happens to put on a won­ derful show in concert.

I fea r this night will drown m e...

A conquering film

by Kelly Gallagher-Mackay Pelle the Conqueror is a truly beauti­ ful film. It is beautiful in the manner of a painting by Wyeth or Colville; beauti­ ful like the music of Sebalius orBartok, or perhaps some really good blues. The blues analogy can be carried further: the film has that strange mixture of tragedy, spirit or poignancy that is often associ­ ated with that music.

There seems to be a move on to sell the film as a “charming” companion piece to the rightfully popular My Life as a Dog. They are both Scandinavian, and they both have beautiful, talented little boys as protagonists, but there the re­ semblance ends. Pelle the Conqueror is the most bleak movie I have seen this year, but it is very rewarding.

The plot is simple. After the death of his wife, an aging man, Lasse, and his son Pelle emigrate from Sweden to Den­ mark in search of a new world and a bright future. The vast majority of the film takes place in this new world, among the community within a traditional farm at the turn of the century. Life on the farm as captured by the film is akaleidoscope of seasons, people and tragedies, against the backdrop of which Pelle grows toward manhood and his own dreams.

Within that structure, a great deal oc­ curs. If I were to list the events, the accounting would seem a little absurd, rather like a ten o ’clock drama on TV any night of the week. There was a love, a pregnancy, infanticide, arrest, a res­ cue, a death, a number of beatings, an attack, a dance, a castration...

W hat the list does not convey is the incredible care taken with every scene.

This care started before the casting, and was carried through onto beautifully realised performances, lovingly filmed.

The list says little about the characters who experience these events.

Pelle Hvengaard as the title character

and chief observer in the film gives an am azing performance. His character has relatively few lines, though he is in almost every scene, but one feels in no way subject to cute mugging or any of the other unpleasant habits of a stan­ dard child actor. The portrayal rang as true as the character.

The legendary Max Van Sydow, as his father Lasse, is also excellent. Espe­ cially physically, he is superb as the in­ creasingly aged widower, try ing to raise his young son to the best of his ability.

The roles of the matriarch of the farm, and of Erich, the initially rebellious, dramatically-turned idiot, farmhand were two highlights of abasically flaw­ less supporting cast. The cinematogra­ phy was exquisite, and Bille August’s direction was deft and miraculously consistent throughout the movie.

One might be tempted to label the film an epic, but it would be an epic through a microscope; the detail is the thing. For the nit-picking, this was not a cheerful movie, though the ending might be construed as optimistic. The film was extremely long, two hours and 40 minutes, and could perhaps have been less comprehensive to an end of greater efficency. I enjoyed the majes­ tic careful sojourn to the turn of the century. If one is not feeling impatient going in, I do not think the time will drag.

I don’t like to write rave reviews: to do this, one must choose the key ele­ ment which makes a movie very good.

It is very difficult to discuss the unity of a movie in terms of components. This movie was a symphonic whole. Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d ’Or at Cannes, the most prestigious prize at one of the greatest film festivals. It is entirely possible that it deserved the honour.

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by Maria Battaglia Many of youhave seen the University Affairs’ Ad, “Worried About The Qual­ ity O f Your Education? Here’s Your Opportunity To Contribute And Make A Difference!!!”

Yes! We really do make a difference. Results are evident by the number of issues which student representatives bring to our attention before or while policies are being discussed. This allows students to review and study the issues •and to outline students’ concerns and views at the meetings.

Over the past year we have increased student representation on many Senate Committees. We presently have student representatives on all Senate Commit­ tees and on almost all the sub-committees. Furthermore, more students than ever before are interested in these positions.

The response to the University Affairs’ ads has increased by such numbers that even though we are now appointing more than twice the number of students to University Committees, the interest is greater!

Student Senators are also actively involved in representing student views on Senate and other committees.

Som e University A ffairs highlights: Libraries ♦Students and Library Administrators have reviewed a preliminary proposal to increase study space in the library. ♦The Students ’ Society has undertaken to prepare a proposal on hiring student patrols in the Libraries. This will increase the number of part-time jobs available to students in the libraries.

Transcript Policy “the J” ♦A review of the present “J” policy will be taking place at the Academic Planning and Policy Committee meeting this week. This will be an occasion for us to discuss a policy fair to all students to be adopted by the Senate.

Students’ Rights Campaign ♦A students’ right and responsibility campaign will be held in early January.

A meeting will be held in the near future for all students and staff members who are interested in volunteering and/or coordinating this event.

Housing ♦The University recently purchased a building located near the Lionel Groulx Metro Station, to serve as student housing. We are working to ensure that this facility will be accessible to, among others, married students and students with children. The all-equipped rooms are scheduled to be available to students in September, 1990 at an approximate cost of $300-350 per month.

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emments must provide for the defense of their citizens against aggression. It cannot be postponed or put off, as has irresponsibly been done in Canada’s recent past. It should be noted that a great deal of the present surge in mili­ tary spending can be attributed to the replacement of equipment long past obsolescence, to the purchase of the means to meet commitments which we had made but had shamefully not possessed the capacity to undertake , and most of all, surveillance of areas we previously had no capacity to monitor. Certainly, it would be safer to have Canadian nuclear powered sub­ marines patrolling and exerting sover­ eignty over our waters, rather than letting ballistic missile armed U.S. and U.S.S.R. submarines playing an ex­ tremely deadly form of hide and seek.

But it is the overall situation of defense stagnation which is the greatest mis­ take. Perhaps a suitable comparison would be with environmental abuse.

While it is convenient and cheap to ignore the problem now, future costs will be overwhelming, if the damage done by that time is not irreversable.

Mr. Yee Yip strays will further from reality when he shrugs off the U.N. as a useless organization, citing the loca­ tion as adequate reason to dismiss the whole organization as futile. Where would he be happy with it? On the moon? New York land was provided for the U.N., by the United States, its largest financial contributor, and the

S ports E d itor Rauri “with an R" Nicholson

To The Tribune: the brink to support for the revolution­ Photo E d itor I must commend the Tribune on its ary cause”. Also, he finds that “Woods Neal Herbert fine coverage of the address Donald broke no novel or radical ground”.

Woods made on October 21st. It was a I find this point of view extreme in good a summary of what Mr. Woods P roduction Managers its naivety. Mike Crawley has com­ said, and provided an accurate picture David Gruber pletely missed the fact that Woods was of his speaking style to those who were Charlie Quinn preaching largely to the converted. The unfortunate enough to miss his speach. entertaining “passionate attack” that Its failure to do justice to the humour­ he wanted to see wasn’t necessary, nor P u blica tion s Manager ous side of Donald Woods (especially should it have been expected. Perhaps Isabelle Pepin with his anecdote of “the plumbing to a generation reared on rock per­ mentality” of apartheid) is easily over­ formers who repeatedly deliver the looked, especially when in compari­ P ro du ction A ssista n ts same old songs with Springsteen-like son with the less-intelligent and lessJosie Duan intensity, it is difficult to appreciate focused article offered by the Daily.

Andréa Hitschfeld the subtleties that a man like Woods However, there is one point w hichl has assumed over the years he has Melissa Klein found objectionable. Mike Crawley spoken against apartheid. He spoke Kirsten Myers dismissed the “entire programme” as methodically and humourously, and Massimo Savino “only moderately enlightening”. He his speech was well-paced and inspir­ criticizes Woods ’ “unemotional deliv­ ing. He did not need to leap around his Staff ery” and his lack of “the drive and zeal podium like a half-crazed evangelist Shannon Aldinger, Danielle Balte, to vibrantly convert those teetering on for the simple clarity of his message to Alicia Batten, Zaphod Beeblebrox, be thrilling and heartening.

Annabel Busby, D. K. Chapman, I don't believe that anyone who André Costopougos, Suzy Cosgave up four dollars and a Friday night tom, Chris Forbes, Steve Fraser, to listen to him was “teetering on the Kelly G allagher-M ackay, B. brink” of whether ornot to support the Hapi.Susannah Hough,Tim Hous­ legal workings are such that the site i a n ti-a p a rth e id m o vem ent. T he ton, Sarah Johnson, Melanie officially neutral. Surely he has eamei “pointless...questioning” was oriented, Little, Moira MacDonald, Ed himself a gold medal for hipocris; or so it seemed to this non-reporter, to MacKinley, Aaron Margolis, Mike when he simultaneously condemns th the desirability and effectiveness of Martin, Linda Miller, Heather armed forces and the U.N. How doe sanctions in trade with South Africa.

Mitchell, Simon Nellis, Susie he expect to achieve a world withou Woods did a fine job of calmly and Osler, Julie-Anne Perry, Matt armies if means such as the U.N. ar intelligently refuting the so-called Price, Gary Rush, Trine Schioldan, not employed? Lester Pearson organ “conservative” views on the South Colin Scott, Robert Steiner, ized the first U.N. peacekeeping force African situation, without so much as Stéphane St-Onge, Helga Tawil, and Canadians have been a large pai raising his voice. The “drive and zeal” Larry Ullman, Nicholas Vasil, Joh n of every peacekeeping effort since of cheap, pulpit-pounding theatrics (an Watson, Rhorda Yarin.

Only reduce world tensions. How cæ episode of which was provided by the Mr. Yee Yip assert that Canadian The McGill Tribune is published “Coalition Leader”, whoever he was have a poor international image ii by the Students Society of McGill the one who had run away to Boston) spite of this tradition of peacekeeping University. Opinions expressed do was indeed lacking - and those of us But, ignoring the facts for a mo not necessarily represent Stu­ who were there to hear and intelligent ment, let’s take Mr. Yip’s advice. Oi dent’s Society of McGill Univerman speak were glad of it.

Rememberance Day w e’ll pace th sityopinionsorpolicy.The Tribune One more footnote I would like to halls, wringing our hands, and cursin; editorial office is located is lo­ add is the disappointment I felt with our foolishness for having spentmone; cated in B-01A of the University the questioning. Most people focused, on defense. And when we see crippla Centre, 3480 McTavish Street, as did the Tribune article, on what Montréal, Québec, H3A 1X9, veterans on the street selling poppies Woods was saying about apartheid, in Telephone 398-6789. Letters and we will walk away after remindin; submissions should be directed which case he could have been any­ them that they are “examples of ai be left at the editorial office or in one. His life in South Africa was seen o b sc en e cultura the Tribune mailbox at the Stu­ as not much more than the credentials perversion... [participants in] avioleni dents Society General Office. to speak on the situation. What about institutionalized macho culture.” On The Tribune has a policy of non­ the great resource of his experience, the other hand, fascist warmonger sexist language. having been so close to a figure like will thank them for comforting ou This is your paper. Comments, Biko (and being somewhat of a “fig­ “paranoid and xenophobic anxieties. com plaints, or com plim ents ure” himself)? His reserve of anec­ should be addressed to the edito­ Does Ken really expect us to fee dotes, memories, and firsthand experi­ rial staff of the McGill Tribune, or shame and revulsion towards the mei to the Chairperson of the Tribune ences remained untapped by anyone and women of our armed forces? Sorry Publication Board, and left at the (except for the few times he asked Blind patriot that I am.Ihighlyrespec Students' Society General Office questions of himself), and I regret that them. Maybe I can get some therapy in the University Centre. The Trib­ he never saw my hand up in the air. une advertising office is located in Chris Bimey B -2 2 o fth e University Centre. Its Stephen Butler Management U1 telephone local is 398-6777.

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Not a question of "guns or butter" To the Editor: Please allow another letter on the subject of Canada’s armed forces to counter-respond Ken Yee Yip, Tues­ day,November 1,1988. First,ahearty thank you, Mr. Yip. Thank you for showing that not only are there blind followers of right-wing military doc­ trine, but, by providing yourself as an example, showing that there are also ignorant cynics like you who pass judgement on subjects for which they clearly have absolutely no understand­ ing.

It is not Canada’s membership in al­ liances such as NATO and NORAD which makes our armed forces ex­ pensive to maintain. On the contrary, these agreements reduce our military expenditures significantly. One need only look to Sweden or Switzerland, both of whom spend a far higher pro­ portion of their GNP on defence, and have mandatory enlistment, to see the cost of neutrality.

O f course, Mr. Yip resorts to the age-old “guns or butter” argument, saying that defense expenditures use money that could otherwise be allo­ cated to social programs. Perhaps he could name a time in any nation’s history at which the government was so rich that money was left over for defense after every conceivable social program had been paid for. Countries rich and poor need means with which to defend themselves; it is an unpleas­ ant aspect of the world today that gov-

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“myopic left-wing prejudices ual freedom and human rights and our value of sovereign nationhood. De­ fence and Collective security thus is achieved by maintaining a sufficient armed presence within our boundaries to guard the political rights and free­ doms which we have historically main­ tained over the territory known as Canada and by contributing to collec­ tive security arrangements such as NATO and NORAD which serve to protect the interest of those of our global neighbours which share these values and which are likewise willing to defend them. Mr. Yip would lead us to believe that the high esteem in which our NATO allies hold us is an indica­ tion of our support for the cause of militarism. Far from it! Our support and participation in collective agree­ ments such as NATO are rather a sign of our strong belief in fundamental freedoms and our willingness to de­ fend those freedoms here and abroad.

Defence and Collective Security will and must be a fundament of Canadian Defence Policy as long as there exist nations which do not share our values and the values of other soveriegn and freedom-loving nations and indeed, as long as the philosophies of other na­ tions call for the forced imposition of contrary values.

Our Defence policy does not stop here, however. It is a well-known fact that in our desire for a safe and peace­ ful world Canada has been, is, and forever will be committed to two other paramount concerns, namely Arms Control and Disarmament and the Peaceful Resolution of Disputes. In concert with her allies and indeed, with some of her ideological foes, Canada has maintained that a peace­ ful world rests in the control and re­ duction of nuclear weapons. As much as our Defence Department respects the need for sufficient conventional

forces to maintain its security and the security of its allies,italsohas been the strongest proponent of agreements designed to provide a balance of power and which ensure that the levels and stocks of arms are verifiable. It may shock Mr. Yip to realize that even the soldiers which he seems to disdain are as loath of nuclear w ar as the rest of us and are working as hard or harder than any interst group to see an end to the threat it poses.

As for the role which Canada has played in attempting to see peaceful resolutions to international conflict, Mr. Yip is quite right in his disappoint­ ment in the continuing conflicts in Cyprus and Lebanon. However, to say that since these conflicts still exist and hence peace-keeping roles should be called off is to not see the essence of what they are all about. It is essential to note that though conflicts are main­ tained in certain crisis points in the world, Canadian servicepeople are playing a role everyday in keeping casualties and the renewed hatreds which they promote to aminimum. By donning the blue beret of the United Natios, they form a non-partisan, peaceful barrier between otherwise warring factions and though the proc­ ess may take many years, they con­ tinue the hope that someday fighting in those areas will be replaced by rea­

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The Canadian Forces do play a vital role and a role in which all Canadians can take due pride. They neither pro­ voke not advocate war and in fact are the product of aGovemment and people committed to the abolition of war and the protection of basic freedoms here and abroad. Our Armed forces are at all times subject to the wishes of our elected representatives. Any assump­ tion that they necessarily detract from other government priorities is easily refuted in the light of the sorry state to which previous governments have allowed them to deteriorate.

As Remembrance Day approaches, Mr. Yip and those like him would do well to remember the fact that the last person in any country who wishes for war is the soldier as it is the soldier

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To the Editor: It was unfortunate to see that Mr. Yip, in his recent letter to The Tribune allowed false assumptions and my­ opic left-wing prejudices to distort the reality behind Canadian defence pol­ icy and in general, to discredit the efforts that the many Canadian men and women serving in our Armed Forces are presently making to ensure that the national interests behind this policy are being served.

I should guess before I begin that this letter will undoubtedly be received by a great many McGill students as being the product of a Capitalist doglackey and to those who, despite my efforts will remain of this presump­ tion, take comfort in the fact that I am not writing this letter for your benefit.

Rather, I hope to reach those who, when faced with reason, will feel free to make up their minds on their own volition, unhindered by the burden of reckless ideology.

In his letter, Mr. Yip contends that the Armed Forces “have only a poten­ tial role to play but in reality do next to nothing worthy of the extravagant costs necessary to house and feed and train them” and “that the primary purpose of the military is purely psychologi­ cal.” In the days of Napoleon this may well have been true but we are living in the late 20th Century and the exigen­ cies which this creates makes an armed force such as the one we promote more than necessary and more than justi­ fied. The security policy which the Canadian Government has developed over the past three decades has, I ar­ gue, provided a logical and rational program which deals with these exi­ gencies and a program fully in sympa­ thy with the values of most Canadians.

This policy rests on three foundations: Defence and Collective Security, Arms Control and Disarmament, and the Peaceful Resolution of International Conflict through peace-keeping agen­ cies such as the United Nations.

Defence and Collective Security pro­ poses that Canada should never succomb to the two extremes which his­ tory have proven lead a sovereign nation to war; the extreme of weakness and the extreme of provocation. This interest is best served by co-operating with those nations which have proved in the past to share out value of individ­

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Experiencing the great outdoors

by R u ari (for S.G.) Nicholson “Let’s go camping !” my mother used to shriek every time my family w as ex­ periencing a period of disunity. The “nature bonding” which ensued was, for a kid missing Spiderman on Satur­ days, sometimes about as much fun as the Bataan death march, however, it did tend to bring the family closer. In fact, we began to develop a serious ap­ preciation of nature and the many ways to enjoy it.

The Outing Club is the key to which McGill students, serious outdoors people or not, can experience the great outdoors and indeed the unity this experience can bring.

The Club is one of the largest at McGill with over 400 members at present, says Club Vice president, Joe McDcrmid .“W ehavesom any people involved in a wide variety of activities; any thing from rock climbing to horse­ back riding.”

The proclaimed heart and soul of the McGill Outing Club (MOC) is “the House.” No, not a horror show but a50 year old two-storey structure, com­ plete with a fully equipped kitchen, fireplace, four bedrooms with bunk beds (bring your own sleeping bag advises the Club newsletter) two bath­ rooms and a dining room which feeds up to seventy people. McDermid, in addition to his vice presidential duties, is the “House’s" manager and says that “ it’s great for us to have such a facility, we try to take advantage of it as often

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as possible.” The house is situated in Shawbridge in the foothills of the Laurentian mountains only 45 minutes by car from the downtown area.

McDermid is particularly enthusiastic about the extensive cross-country ski trails which are a short distance from the house. “There’s over 100 kilome­ ters of trails, several of them cut by Jack ‘Rabbit’ Johanson.” The house is also situated in a prime location for easy access to the Laurentian alpine ski areas. The use of this facility is open to all members of the club at any time.

The club participates in a wide vari­ ety of outdoor events including their most popular hiking. Last year MOC climbed, among other hills, Mt. Mans­

field in Vermont and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. David Bobaljik is in charge of MOC hiking and asserts in their newsletter; “Experienced or not, hiking is the sport for anyone and everyone, and all you need to get started are two feet and a desire to get out of Montreal for a day.”

One of the great pluses of the club is it’s rental of equipment. Items are rented for a flat rate per weekend and you must pay for the rent and deposit when you rent the item. The proper equipment is essential to enjoyable experiences in the bush.

Anyone interested in the Outing club is asked to contact Lysanne at the MOC office(485-3660) or simply drop by. (In the Union building.)

Way out there with the Club

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Aaron’s Sport Pit with Aaron Margolis

Call him Marv Albert, call him Bob Costas, but for gods sake don’t call him Brent Musberger (if you know whats good for you). The focal point of all Redmen sportscasts is ex-McGill student Glenn Cunningham. Fast be­ coming synonomous as “the voice of the Redmen”, Cunningham is the es­ sence of modesty. A self proclaimed sports fanatic Cunningham deflects all praise of his work by focusing on the team concept of the broadcast crew. In typical fashion he praises producer Sirota for finding superb colourmen like ex-Redmen football star Wayne McRae and ex McGill hockey star M ark R eade.

Says Cunningham,”working with those two guys makes the product that much better, they are fantastic individuals.”

It must also be mentioned that live sports on CKUT would be a pipedream had not pioneers Ken Muss and Earl Z u k erm an been on hand.

Muss,especially, put years of service into making a name for the CKUT sports department.

So what better way to support McGill athletics than by voting yes to the CKUT fee referendum. Without the increase in funds a very viable and professional operation could be se­ verely hindered.

PITSTOPS: the next broadcast is this Friday from the Currie Gym where the Tip Off basketball tournament is being played.

What was the old adage postmen used to bandy around back when postal delivery was a prideful community service? A hyes.neitherrainnorsnow nor sleet will keep the postman from his attended rounds. Well, times have changed for the boys in blue and now this motto is the rally cry of the infant CKUT Radio McGill sports broadcast team.

If you haven ’t already tuned in (and you should start) there is a renaissance taking place in the downstairs McGill Union centre, home of Montreal’s newest FM radio station.

Founded in earnest this year by mas­ ters history student, Ian Sirota, live sportscasts of Redmen football, hockey, and basketball can be heard once a week on Radio McGill (90.3 FM, 91.7 cable). Sirota has managed to find himself a first class team of volunteers, a crew that is a blend of purposeful and conscientious techni­ cians andhelpers. McGill students like Shaun Richards, Lana Sherman, An­ drew Benn, and alumnus Seth Siroka all strive to output a product that rivals any professional radio operation. What do they earn for it? Well, its slightly less than Howard Cosells salary but a tad more than Dumbo the elephant’s wage.

As with any production, the broad­ cast is not without its star commodity.

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Molson Tournament a success for Martlet Field Hockey

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by Ruari Barr Nicholson McGill Women’s field hockey ma­ tured greatly this weekend with their hosting of thel988 Field Hockey Championships at Molson Stadium.

While they were defeated in games ag ainst T oronto and UB C the M artlets received new respect in the rapidly growing sport of Field Hockey. The Martlets finished first in the OWIAA F.ast division with an undefeated 6-0-

advance over UBC by a score o f 1-0.

This victory gave Toronto it’s third national title in four years and seventh since the creation of the CIAU cham­ pionship tournament. The rivalry be­ tween these two teams is particularly close when you consider the relation­ ship between the coaches, Gayle Wilson of UB C and Liz Hoffman from university of Toronto. “We played togeather back in the early 70’s when ■

ning goal forToronto. Casy is aMono Mills, Ontario native who was named player of the game for Toronto. “This is a big thrill,” Casy told the Gazette, “We weren’t going to let anyone take this from us.”

The game was close with both sides pressing the other’s weaknesses. Al­ though Toronto scored early, UBC fought back near the end of the game, coming close to tying. The Toronto

defense succeeded, however, in closely marking UBC and the T-birds failed to get a shot away.

The Martlets, although dis appointed by their losses are optimistic for their program’s future. “We have such a strong basis for the coming years. This tournament has been benefical to all our pi ayers,” s aid McGill’s head coach Kinnear. Two of the Martlets who have played a large part in the year’s suc­

cess are Margaret Burnett of Beaconsfield and Sandra Chang from Mon­ treal.

The Tournament took a great deal of logistics and organization. Said Ken Muss, director of information for the tournament,”It’s a sport which hasn’t received that much coverage in the past, therefore we needed to put to­ gether an impressive tournament as possible.”

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In hot pursuit...an unidentified Martlet sprints for the ball 2 record in conference play. Said Jen­ nifer Kinnear, head coach for the Martlets, “this tournament has been a great opportunity for McGill Field Hockey. The record turnouts are really psyching the girls up for the program.”

With their two losses, McGill failed to advance to the finals of the tourna­ ment which saw University of Toronto

we were in undergradate programs at the U of T.” said Wilson. The UBC coach complained,"It was difficult trav­ elling across the country physically. I broughtmy young women in two days early. This was also to help them get over the ‘Montreal thing’- they’re always so in awe of this city."

Bernadette Casey scored the win-

by Mike Martin The Redmen B asketball team again won two out of three games this week­ end ... Friday, they fell to Toronto 8474. David Steiner scored 20, Ariel Franco 18. However Saturday, they rebounded by pummelling Queen’s 91 71 to grab Third Place in the Old Four Tounament. Top scorer was again Steinerwith23. Jamie Simon contrib­ uted 18 points and 12 rebounds, and was chosen as aTounament All-Star...

Sunday, in a league game, they won at York 85-79... This coming weekend, McGill hosts the annual eight-team Redmen invitational B asketball Tournament. The Redmen play in the night­ cap Friday at 8 p.m.

tlets beat Brock Friday 85-83 with Leah Hayman’s 26 points, and Tina Fasone’s 18. Saturday, they fell to Calgary 72-57, despite Fasone’s 21 point effo rt... Sunday, however, they beat Bishop’s 58-57 to finish in 3rd place. Hayman scored 15, and Julie Rousseau chipped in 14.

At theToronto Invitational, the Mar­

In McGill Swimming, Friday, the

Redmen hockey destroyed McMaster and Laurentian here this weekend. David Boucher’s 4 goals and 1 assist, and 3 goals and 2 assists from DeBenedictis helped the Redmen kill McMaster 12-2. Saturday, Tim Iannone’s 4 goals and 2 assists gave McGill a 10-2 victory over Lauren­ tian.

women and men teamed up in a dual meet against Sherbrooke to win 251101. The women won all eight of their races, and the men won six of their eight. M cGill’s Tracey Darling was chosen as the best individual performer.

She won the 100m butterfly and the 200m individual medly. Saturday, against both Carelton and Sherbrooke, the women again won every race, and the men took four of their eight. To­ gether, they won with 195 points, as compared with Carelton’s 118, and 76 for Sherbrooke. This week, the Mar­ tlets travel West, and the men will take on #2 ranked Toronto.

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Food Supplementation in Athletics

by Ian Dorion Is your athletic training missing something? Are you not getting the gains you want? Well,let me tell you about something that will help to en­ hance your performance and increase your progress. W hatl’m talking about is food supplementation. But let’s get specific. Why do bodybuilders, other athletes and fitness buffs supplement their diets?

Here’s a number of reasons: 1. To enhance the metabolic proc­ esses of muscular growth.

2. To raise strength levels.

3. To improve aerobic(long-term) endurance.

4. To reduce bodyfat levels to ideal proportions.

5. To recuperate faster and more completely between training sessions.

6. To hasten complete recovery from trauma or injury.

7. To maintain optimum health lev­ els.

8. To reduce pain.

9. To increase concentration.

The first aspect of supplementation I would like to deal with is protein and amino acids. Protein is important to all living creatures. It is the main source of building materials for your organs, heart, cells, tissues and muscles. It is also needed for the formation of hormones, including testosterone, enzymes, substances necessary for basic life functions, and for antibodies which help resist foreign substances in the body. During digestion, protein is

broken down into simpler units called amino acids. They are the units from which proteins are originally made and are the end products of protein di­ gestion. Once broken down they’re stored in an amino acid “pool” where they're stored with other amino acids from previous meals. When the body needs new protein for growth or repair, it will draw on this “pool”.

There has been a considerable amount of confusion about protein and amino acid requirements for optimum gains in muscle and strength. The two claims being made are at extremes, which help create this confusion. At one extreme, there is the RDA (Rec­ ommended Daily Allowance) of 0.8g of 1st class protein per kilo of bodyweightperday; however,there is no additional RDA of amino acids, and no additional protein specified for athletes, no matter how intense their training.

At the other extreme, there are some wild supplement hustlers who make outrageous claims about their product like: “Add a few handfuls of these ‘ wonder’ amino pills or this ‘ultimate’ protein powder to your diet and you will grow bigger than God!” These two factions continue to be at war with each other while the poor athlete is stuck in the middle not know­ ing who to believe. The athlete tries the RDA route coupled with intense training but makes little or no prog­ ress. He or she then tries the super supplement route and gains a bit bet­

ter, but still nowhere near the claims made. He orshe then realizes that both of these ways are wrong.

To help clear up this mess, T m going to lay down the bottom line on what types of protein and how much, and what amino acids you need and when to take them, in order to achieve the best results.

Most medical assessments of pro­ tein requirements are inadequate on three counts: 1. They do not take into considera­ tion genetic individuality.

2. They have no measures for opti­ mum, only so-called ‘normal’.

3. They have no concept of how exercise affects nutrient needs.

Everybody is different and requires differing amounts of protein depend­ ing on his/her lifestyle. It is therefore false to state that two people need the same amount of protein.

Without a detailed assessment, it is not easy to determine individual nutri­ ent needs, so most athletes are guess­ ing wildly when they supplement.

Taking too much of particular amino acids or protein is as bad as taking too little.

There is acertain type of amino acid called branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) i.e., leucine and valine. About 33% of muscle is composed of this particular type of aminos, so adequate levels of these every single day are crucial for optimal gains of muscle and strength. Knowing the best amino acid formula is only part of it; you still have

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to know the difference between socalled ‘normal’ requirements recom­ mended by the RDA and actual opti­ mal requirements.

Exercise may double protein needs.

Why is this the case? Exercise uses up protein like crazy. When you exercise, the muscles release amino acids, espe­ cially alanine, in large quantities.

Alanine is only 10-11% of muscle amino acids, so a lot of the alanine released is made during the exercise from BCAAs, especially leucine.

Recent studies at Tufts University by Dr. William Evans have shown that one two hour ride on a stationary cycle at an easy pace of 55% of max. uses 90% of the RDA estimate of daily leucine requirements. So, unless there are considerable extra BCAAs in your daily intake, you just can’t make new muscle. In fact, you may lose muscle.

Intense exercise will simply cannibal­ ize your muscle tissue. Now you can

see why even though some people workout like crazy, they still make no gains. Animal studies indicate that up to 30% of muscle energy is derived from proteins, mostly leucine, and if you are a trained athlete you may use even more BCAAs. Exactly how much protein a person in intense training needs to consume for optimal muscle and strength gains has yet to be determined. However, it is known that the figure is between approx. 1.5g/kg/day and 2.0g/kg/ day .problem of bodyfat. Bodybuilders and other athletes are always striving to keep bodyfat to a minimum.

If you have any questions about this article or if you have any questions about about food supplementation in general feel free to call me at 4860945.

This article will continue in next week's Tribune.

McGill Martlet Squash

by Alison Aldou The Martlet squash team had their first tournament of the season on Octo­ ber 31 at Queen’s University. Although McGill placed fourth after Waterloo, Western and Queen’s, the players were pleased with their overall preformance.

A bright moment of the day came when Jennifer Beck, M cGill’s top player aced Westem’s # l rankedplayer to beat her 3-0. The second star of the day was Stephanie Dobro. In a sensa­ tional comeback, Dobro beat her Waterloo counterpart in the fifth game of the match.

Accompaning the team to Kingston was coach Tim Bacon, a PhD student at the Université de Montreal. Due to minor difficulties at the beginning of the season, Bacon has only been coach­

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The Squash team consists of 15 girls, 6 of whom are choosen to represent McGill in varsity tournaments. They are ranked and pi ay in weekly matches with private squash clubs in Montreal.

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Slowly stroking their way to victory y Marcello Ausenda On a sunny Saturday, October 29th, te McGill Rowing Team travelled to t. Catharines, Ontario, to participate l the Q.U.A.A. Rowing championhips. Unfortunately, 1988 was not to e M cGill’s year as mixed results yplified the team’s topsy-turvy sean.

The most anticipated race of the day /as the impending duel between the IcGill and the successful Western ?arsity M en’s Heavyweight 8 ’s. This nticipation was grounded on the basis if very similar results the individual oats had posted earlier in the season t regattas in Peterborough and Bos­ on. The rowers lived up to their repuation and the event lived up to it’s ype. As a result of confusion at the tart of the race, the Western crew legan with an unfair advantage of 1 eat and a canvas (3 metres). They luilt on this momentum and lead at the 000 metre-mark by a boat-length. At his point the stubborn McGill crew lug in and gained on the Western boat ight to the rapport of the gun. Unforunately this was not enough as the Vestem’s margin of victory matched heir head-start. Immediately after the ace McGill stroke Grant Gush filed a >rotest which was quickly dismissed, n spite of the disappointing 2nd place Irtish Gush was satisfied with the >oat’s performance.” I thought, in eneral, it was a fantastic race. We vanted to race just like we did in iractice and we did so.” Gush also ndicated that the fact that the prevailng current changed direction hurt his xtat, as he felt the relatively light crew lerformed better in a tail-wind than in head-wind.

The top McGill women’s crew, the Varsity Heavyweight Women, were ilso involved in a tight race, but like he men, they too fell short of the mark, n this race the women could not maké up the distance they had relinquished

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as a result of a typically slow start. At the half-way point they started to make a race of it, but in the end they had to settle for 3rd place, 2 seats back of 1st place Western and half a deck behind U. of T. Signe Gotfredsen, the stroke of the Women’s Varsity 8 and presi­ dent of the McGill Rowing Club, felt that all in all her crew had a very good season.” I was very happy that we beat Western at the Head of the Trent and Head of the Thames regattas for the first time ever.” Gotfredsen was also undoubtedly bouyed by her crew’s other fine performances at the Head of the Welland and Head of the Charles regattas.

The calibre of competition at the Q.U.A.A.’s this year seemed to be a notch above years previous. This fact can be attested to by members of the McGill Varsity Lightweight 8 crew.

The lightweight crews boated by Western and Queen’s were among the strongest ever entered in this category.

Under the leadership of demanding coach Tony Tremain the crew paddled to a very respectable 4th place finish.

The results from the McGill Junior Varsity crews seem to indicate that next year’s Varsity programme will be very strong. The JV M en’s crew real­ ized theirpotential with a hard-fought 3rd place finish behind formidable entries from Queen’s and Western.

Although the JV Women finished a disappointing 5th at the Q.U.A.A.’s, their impressive finishes at the Head of the Rideau and Brock Incitational regattas proved that there is much tal­ ent on which to built.

By far, the most disheartening news from the Q.U.A.A.’s, was the con­ spicuous absence at the McGill novice crews from the finals. To be fair it must be noted that both men and women’s crews experienced their fair share of bad luck. The number 1 men’s Novice heaveyweight 8, stroked by JohnBalte drew a difficult heat including the

eventual 2nd and third place finishes, Queen’s and Western. Balte lamented that their third seat loss was especially bitter due to the fact that the crew had only managed to row “an averagerace.”

the end of the first team for ne wly hired McGill Rowing team head coach, Mike Lizee. Under his guidance the McGill team has boated twice the number of oarsmen as last season. This expan­ sion has come principally atthenovice level as this year there were five first year crews as opposed to last year’s two. In response to criticism that the team grew too fast this year. Lizee indicates that in order to fufill the mandate given him by the executive he had to “build a solid base of rowers with the future in mind. We went to twice as many regattas as we did last year because rowers need the race experience to leam what rowing is all about.” Even though Lizee is concerned that none of his novice crews qualified for finals at the Q.U.A.A.’s he does feel that the year was very good one for fledling rowing programmes such as McGill’s.

The Novice women ran into equip­ ment failure as one of their riggers broke on the way up the course, and as a result they were unable to compete.

The end of the 1988 season marks

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Rugger Ramblings

by Tribune Sports staff The end of the season is nigh. The McGill University Rugby season came to a dramatic close on Saturday as the Harvard Rugby squad succeeded in holding on to a 9-7 lead to take the Covo cup and win the 115 year old match. This breaks the winning streak that McGill held for 7 years. Fine play was seen by Brendan on wing, as he quickly put McGill on the board with an brilliantly executed try. Unfortu­ nately the team’s drive failed them

The ‘B ’ team was next up and came looking for American blood. The re­ sult: 44-0 for McGill. The day be­ longed to George Thio, who played fullback for McGill, as he kicked per­ fectly on 5 of 6 attempts slamming field goal after field goal through the pipes. This, added to his intense run­ ning style, made George the player of

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