The McGill Tribune Vol. 8 Issue 13

Tuesday, November29,1988

Ttif MCGILL TRIBUNE Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Volume 8, Issue 13

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“WHAT’S ON” IS COURTESY OF THE INTER-GROUP LIAISON NOTICES IMAGINUS PRINT SALE: Sale of Art Reproductions. $3.00-$7.00. All week in Union 107/108,9:00 a_m.-5:00 p.m..

McGill Nightline: Is studyinggettingyou down? Arethingsgoingfrombadtoworse?

Phone McGill Nightline and give theman earful. Theylive forthat kind of stuff. Call 398-6246,6:00p.m.-3:00a.m. everynight.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH Centre for Developing Area Studies: Presents Prof. Luis Garrido, Department ofPolitical Science, UniversidadNational de Mexico, speaking on “Mexico 1988: Social Movement and Political Crisis".

3715 Peel, Rm 100,2:00 p.m.

Faculty of Religious Studies-Speakers Series: Presents Rev. Prof. A.C. Cheyne, D. LitL, formerly Prof, of Ecclesiatical History, University of Edinburgh and for­ mer Principal ofNewCollege, Edinburgh, lecturingon“Some Aspectsof theScottish Reformation”. Birks Building, 3520 Uni­ versity, Rm. 100, 12:00 noon. R.S.V.P. 398-4121.

Symposium on AIDS: With guests includingNurses, Social workers, AIDSEdu­ cators, and AIDS Community Carework­ ers. School of Social Work, 3506 Univer­ sity, Rm. 321,12:50-2:00 p.m.

School ofSocial Work: presents Dr. Lynn Butler-Kisber, Associate DeanofStudents, speaking on “Women’s Return to Educa­ tion”. Wilson Hall, Rm. 110, 1:00-2:00 p.m.Bringyourlunchand shareyourexpe­ riences with us.

“When the Mountains Tremble”: AFilm about Guatemala. The film will be fol­ lowed by an update by members of the CommitteeinSolidaritywiththe People of GuatemalawhorecentlytouredGuatemala.

Union B09/10,4:00-6:00 p.m. Coffee and refreshments. Info: 285-1093.

Joint Management Committee: A Stu­ dents’ Society Finance Meeting. Union 310, 4:30 p.m. Agenda’s available. Info: Kasey Fukada, 398-6802.

GOClub: Meeting, Union302,5:00-12:00 p.m. All welcome, eventhosewhohaven’t read Shibumi.

Tower Companies Arctic Lecture Se­

n ries-Canada in the Circumpolar World -in cooperation with the Centrefor North­ ern Studies and Research at McGill: pres­ ents Dr. J.P. Hart Hansen of the University ofCopenhagen, Denmark, President ofthe International Unionof Circumpolar Health, speaking on “The 500-year-old Mummies of Greenland: A Facinating Window on the Pasf’.Faculty Club, McGill University,3640McTavish, 8:00p.m. Free.Info: 398-6052.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH The Red Herring (Humour Magazine): Meeting, Union B09/10, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

First meeting for issue #2. All welcome.

Come andleant Northwest Manx dancing.

Information: 522-5718.

The Red Herring also presents a “Standup Comedy Fund Raiser”. Six of Mon­ treal’s finest stand-up comedians will per­ form. The Alley, 8:00 p.m., $3.00 at the door.

Project Ploughshares: General Meeting, Newman Centre, 3484 Peel, 5:00 p.m.

Come join the campaign against FAE re­ search.

Amnesty International: Letter writing meeting, Union 410,7:00 p.m.

McGill FolkSociety: Meets this and every Tuesday 8:00 p.m. til late. Yellow Door 3625 Aylmer.

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ADVANCE NOTICES: Go Club: Meeting, Union 107, Monday, December 5th, 5:00-10:00 p.m. Ever read Shibumi?

The Written Word Performed Aloud by Montreal Writers with host Dan Daniels.

Wednesday, December 14th, Hillel House, 3460 Stanley, 8:30 p.m. $2.00. Info: 8420242.

Deja Voodoo Barbecue! CKUT presents The Gruesomes, Ray Condo, Shadowy Men, House of Knives, EJ Brule, 751bs. of Gumbo, Bagg Teamin anextravaganza Friday, December 16th, 8:00p.m. Tickets $4 at Ticketron, $5 at the door. 454 Lau rierE.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH Mile Zero: TheSAGETour: ANFB/DLI co-production chronicaling the SAGE (Students Against Global Extermination) group’s cross Canada tour of Canadian schools, featuring Seth, Alison, Maxime, and Désirée. The Montreal Premiere is at Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonnneuve West, 2:00 p.m. The SAGE members and the filmmakers will be pres­ ent.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD The Tribune Party: All writers,photogra­ phers, production gurus should be in attendence. Call the Office for info, 3986789.

McGill Film Society: Harold and Maude U.S.A. 1972 (90 min.) Dir.: H. Ashby Leacock 132,8:00 p.m.

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McGill Film Society: Hope and Glory UK 1987 (112 min.) Dir.: J. Boorman.

Leacock 132,8:00 p.m.

Andrew Cash, Mere Image, The James MacDonald group and Imperial force: Union Ballroom, 3480 McTavish, 8:00 p.m. Admission: $4.50 McGill Students with I.D. at Sadie’s in advance (all 3 loca­ tions); $4.98 McGill Students with I.D. at the door, $6.98 General Public. Presented bytheMcGill ProgrammingNetwork. Info 398-6795/6778.

McGill Player’sTheatre-Theatresports: Improv Comedy Team Compétitif Player’s Theatre, Union Bldg., 3rd floor, 10:00p.m. EveryFriday. Admission$1:00.

Info: 398-6813.

begins at the south endof Park Lafontaine, across from the library, and ends at Park Viger, where there will be a short presen­ tation with speakers. 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Organizing Committee for the De­ cember 1 Candlelight March. Info: 8487411; 289-9364.

McGill Film Society: THX1138 U.S.A. 1973 (112 min.) Dir.: G. Lucas.

Leacock 132,8:00 p.m.

Scrivener’s-NewMcGill ReadingSeries: presents an Open Reading. Le Bistro Duluth, 121 Duluth E (near Colonial), 8:00 p.m.. Info: 287-9096.

McGill Jazz EnsembleI: TheAlley, Union Bldg., 9:00 p.m. FREE. McGill Player’sTheatre-Theatresports: Improv Comedy. Every Thursday in The lley. U Union— Bldg.,10:00 p.m. FREE Alley, *

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ND National Day of Action for Accessible QualityEducation:InfoTablesandPoster Card Campaign. Watch for booths in the Union, Arts and Leacock buildings. Vol­ unteers needed. Info: 398-6320.

Total Workout “X-Mass” Style: All 4 Gyms, 900 students max. All money do­ nated to the Gazette X-Mass Fund.

CentreforDeveloping AreaStudies-SubSaharan Africa Series: Presents Dr. Mgana, TanzanianrepresentativeonICAO Council, speaking on “The Role of Air THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST Etude de la Bible Francophone: Lecture Transportin Development in Africa". 3715 et discussions sur un passage choisi du Peel, Rm. 100,2:00 p.m.

NouveauTestament, dans une atmosphère Christmas Concert: The McGill Choral très “relaxe". Union 410, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Society, directed by Mary Jane Puiu, will Organisé par le McGill Christian Fellow­ be singing excerpts from Handel’s “Mes­ siah”,Christmascarols, FrenchandMcGill ship.

Department of Political Science: Pres­ songs. Christ ChurchCathedral, Ste. Cath­ ents Prof. Asherian Arian, Director of erine between Union and University. 7:30 Graduate Studies, City University of New Donation: $2.00.

York, speaking on “National Security Departmentof Psychology-D.O. Lecture Policy and the 1988 Israeli Elections”. Series: Presents Michael Studdert-KenArts Council Room, 3:00 p.m. Info: 398- nedy,Psychology, UniversityofConnecti­ cut, Linguistics, Yale University, Haskins 5064.

Department of Anthropology-Anthro­ Laboratory. He will speak on “On Learn­ pology Speakers Series: presents Dr. ing to Speak”. Stewart Bio, 1205 Dr. PenGanath Obeyesekere of Princeton Univer­ field, Rm. Sl/4,8:00p.m. Info: 398-6105.

Transformation of sity speakingon“The Apotheosis ofJames “The Cook: A Psycholiterary Interpretation”. Consciousness”: Last in the series of videotapes of talks by J. Krishnamurti.

Leacock 738,4:30-6:00 p.m.

World AIDS Day-”Light a Flame of Sponsored by the India-Canada Student’s Hope”: Candlelightvigil andmarch. Rally Associationof McGill. Leacock 111, 8:00

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH Centre for Developing Area Studies: Presents Zaheer Khan, Deputy Secretary General of the Pakistan People’s Party in Canada, speakingon“the Recent Pakistani Election: Benezir Bhutto Emerges”. 3715 Peel, Rm. 100,12:30 p.m.

Nicaraguan Coffee and other “Bridgehead-Oxfam” products. Available every Wednesday at the Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer,l:00-5:00 p.m. Inexpensive and sociallyjust. Sponsored by the SCM. McGill Students for Accessible Quality Education: Organizational Meeting for the December2ndNational Dayof Action, Union310,2:00p.m. All welcome, Volun­ teers needed. Information 398-6320.

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, rue

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Development and Peace: LastMeetingof the semester. UnionB10,4:30 p.m. Please return all Anti-Apartheid Action Sheets before the end of the month.

Go Club: Meeting Union 302,5:00-10:00 p.m. Safety goggles and celery provided.

QPIRG-McGill Organizing Club: Gen­ eral Meeting, UnionB09,3480McTavish, 5:30 p.m. All new members welcome.

Information: Mike, 848-9869.

Black Students’ Network: Last Meeting oftheterm. Food andbeverages andmusic.

International Students Lounge, Union401, 6:00 p.m.

McGill Film Society: Nosferatu the Vampire Germany 1922 (80 min.)

Dir.: F. Mumau. FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. FREE. McGill Centre for Continuing Educa­ tion-Languages Department: Classifica­ tionTesting for English today and Decem­ ber 5that 7:00p.m.; for French, tomorrow, November 30th and December 6th at 7:00 p.m. Information: 398-6160.

Classical MusicNight: TheMcGill String Quartet. Hillel House, 3460 Stanley, 8:00 p.m. Admission: $4.00. Information: 8459171; 495-4616.

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by Trib news staff When Mark Cameron resigned from his post of VP External on November 11, he cited “problems with the Stu­ dents’Society structure” toexplain his premature departure. Yet at an execu­ tive council meeting over a week ago, he announced that he had never been registered as a student at McGill.

“It was not the reason I resigned”, said Cameron, “I had special permis­ sion from Dean Petter to register until October 15th... and verbal permission from the people at Dawson Hall to register until die end of October.”

However, according to Associate Dean of Arts Martin Petter, the official university policy is that students are not permitted to register after Septem­ ber 30th. “There are some excep­ tions”, explained Petter, “This year, as far as I know, there was only one case in the Faculty of Arts who was able to register after the deadline. It was due to a mix-up... The student registered, payed her fees late and did not realize that she was not registered.”

“In the odd case that a student is given special permission, he or she has a specific date by which to register”, continued Petter,” It is not a registerwhenever-you-feel-like-policy.”

“I was trying to transfer programs and had trouble with the Departments...

though he was deceiving them be­ cause he “considered himself a stu­ dent.”

Sujit Choudhry, a member of the External Affairs Committee (EAC), said thathe was shocked and surprised when he learned that the former VP had never been registered. “He cer­ tainly wasn’t fulfilling his responsi­ bilities to the students... I have one question: why did Mark wait so long?”

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They [Dawson Hall] gave me special cause I didn’t see any reason to”, permission partly because I was in­ confessed the former VP External. He volved with Students Society”, noted explained that when he met with Edu­ cation Minister Claude Ryan on behalf Cameron.

“I wasn’t going to tell anyone be­ of McGill students, he did not feel as

An agenda for change in art history

by Marcello Ausenda Picture this common scenario if you will. You are flipping through the 19881989 edition of the McGill Arts and Science calender desperately looking for that elusive fifth course. Since this course will be one of your electives, you don’t want anything that’s too mentally taxing. You don’t want a course that will require you to bum the midnight-oil in a cold sweat while you attempt to pump out a semi-intelligible term-paper. You want a course you can feel comfortable with. Acourse that will enable you to feel educated at cocktail-parties. If you were like 1374 other undergraduates this semester you decided that the Department of Art History (DAH),couldprovideyou with such a course.

The fact is that if you are taking an Art History course, there is a good chance that you will find a sizable portion of thosel374 sitting along beside you. This is due to the comple­ mentary fact that this year, the DAH employs only 5 full-time professors.

Yet another victim of the strangling weed of underfunding at McGill, one is inclined to think. But this is not entirely true. Until 4 years ago the DAH was a relatively smooth-func­ tioning body within the university.

Class sizes were managable and there was a respectable staffto studentratio.

Since then the role of art in society has experienced a major resurgence. This ‘renaissance’ has paved the way for the increased accessibility of art. Prints are everywhere, corporations wear their collections on their sleeves, and more and more ‘average’ people are begin­ ning to invest in art by starting their own collections. The result here at McGill has been the exponential growth in the size of classes within the DAH.

Robert Steiner, also a member of the EAC, agreed, “Mark has been com­ pletely irresponsible by abandoning this position halfway through the year, and by never having been registered.”

“I don’t think I am being irrespon­ sible in leaving. There were so many contradictions with the job, and con­ flicts with the staff and executive and I that it would have been pointless for me to stay... something had to crack.”

In light of this expansion the DAH has unwillingly been forced to sacri­ fice a little integrity. In the past few years even the largest lecture-halls have had students sitting in the aisles. To accomadate such large numbers pro­ fessors have been forced to lower the sophistication-level of their lectures.

The rows upon rows of people literally sitting on top of one another has also introduced the problem of cheating to the DAH. All of these factors com­ bined have created the generally-held student perception that Art History is a ‘bird-major’.

These problems were addressed by both staff and students last year during

the DAH’s cyclical review by the Academic Policy and Planning Com­ mittee. Professor John Glenn, the head of the DAH, commented that “it was brought to the department’s attention that perhaps, it was felt by the under­ graduate body that Art History was a bird-course.” Professor Glenn indi­ cated that the review committee felt that the sizes of the individual classes had to be cut in order to provide “ top quality instruction in top quality courses”.

The initial effects of last year’s review can already be seen in this year’s classes. The sizes of the classes continued on page 5

by Robert Steiner Members of McGill’s Sexual As­ sault Coalition plan to examine how well the university’s regulations deal with sexual assault on campus, the Tribune has learned.

In an interview Saturday, Coalition member and Women’s Union Coordi­ nator Lisa Hardin said 15 members of the month-old coalition would “be doing a comprehensive examination of all policies at McGill”during Christ­ mas break.

“We want to do the examination be­ cause sexual assault is a problem that is so persuasive, it’s a problem in the workplace, it’s a problem on campus, it’s a problem on the street,” she ex­ plained.

“There isn’t a great deal of aware­ ness about sexual assault at McGill. In that sense, the university parallels society.”

The “Christmas Action Committee” intends to look at the code of student rights and faculty regulations among other university by-laws, Hardin said.

“We don’t know what we’ll find here. If there^yf”*nrominent policies

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that were accessible to students we would probably know about them.”

Coalition member Cathy Traynor added that the task force would look into the performance of McGill’s Sexual Assault Committee which, she said, had not heard any student com­ plaints during the past three years. A general report by the “Christmas Committee” could be ready as early as January, in time for a four-day Sexual Assault Campaign set to begin on January 30.

Traynor noted that many sororities and fraternities as McGill supported the group’s efforts.

“KRT has offered to help us set up a ghetto patrol,” she said.

But, Hardin added, too few men are involved in the group, whose 100 members she described as “motivated and enthusiastic.”

“We want more men to attend the meetings,” she explained.

“Everyone has to realize that women can’t shoulder the burden of sexual assault alone. Until men help us, this will be a very difficult struggle be­ cause it covers the whole scope of human relations.”

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Those of you who read the Trib last week may recall that we printed our staff predictions for the federal election. Since my pre­ diction was the closest to the actual seat totals, I asked to write a column on how I did it.

I should say first, that I am not a Canadian citizen; in fact, I am an American. As such, it came as quite a surprise to many on the staff that my prediction was so much closer than theirs. Now before you assume I’m going to spew some nonsense about objectivity, forget about it; the truth is that my method was completely arbi­ trary. I split the votes into pro-PC (160) and anti-PC (the rest), and assumed that of the latter, roughly one third were also anti-Liberal.

These numbers were, as I said, totally arbitrary, but by some trick of chance, they were approximately correct. Sheer guesswork?

Absolutely! But in a sense that is what all predictions ammount to, except in hindsight.

What does this show then; what am I trying to get at? What I hope to show is that people are first and foremost, people, regard­ less of whose coat of arms is on their passport. I did not know what was going to happen any more than anyone else did, but the fact that I am not a Canadian had no bearing on that fact That people are people is, I think, a fact that is unfortunately sometimes forgot­ ten in the heat of the moment. This Canadian election, aside from the very valid and important issues, was undoubtedly affected by a current of anti-American sentiment. Obviously I can’t speak for all Americans living here, but for myself, and I believe many others, I felt somehow alienated from my friends, and from this country which I like very much).

Now the election has passed, and in time passions are likely to cool; but I hope too there will be some reflection. Surely hate is more blind than love; and while we Americans may hold citizenship in a country with certain policies and attitudes, we are also people, many of whom would like to be good neighbors, and friends.

David Gruber

Don't we have a right to know?

There seems to be some controversy growing about Mark Cameron’s resignation. I am referring specifically to Eric Lay’s letter to the e liter in yesterday’s Daily, in which he hails Cameron, his friend, as a “principled, sincere person, who took his responsibilities as VP External very seriously.” Mr. Lay complains that the Daily ought not to have made allegations about the former VP’s academic status at McGill, and goes on to say that the fact that Cameron was not registered is a “non-issue”.

The fact that Mark Cameron, as an individual, never registered at McGill this semester is, I agree, a private matter. The fact that Mark Cameron, as VP External of Students’ Society, was not registered while representing students is a public and very important issue.

He is answerable to us, the students, as we elected him to act on our behalf in the external affairs of the society. As such, we have the right to know that he was not ‘one of us’ while speaking on our behalf to other universities or to Minister Ryan. I ask on whose behalf he was speaking...

Further, Mr. Lay berates Nancy Côté for releasing the information about Mark’s status. In doing so, Lay places the blame for Mark’s transgressions in the wrong hands. If Mark had read the Students’ Society Constitution (and it may be I am presuming too much) he would have known that registration is a prerequisite for being an officer of the Society.

Finally, it may very well be that Mark resigned because he was unable to work with the executives and the staff of the Society. The point is that he should have resigned because he was not a student, and as such, he was not fulfilling the role as VP External with which he had been entrusted.

Kate Morisset

by Heather Mitchell Last Wednesday, a discussion on the provincial education policy was held at McGill. Members of the Associa­ tion national des étudiantes et étudi­ ants du Québec (ANEEQ) and McGill students discussed problems of loans and bursaries. The upshot of the meet­ ing was an agreement among the 15 to 20 students in attendance to join other Québec students in what has been termed a “Day of Action” on Decem­ ber 2.

McGill students will be asked to fill in post cards demanding that greater at­ tention be paid to the financial plight of Quebec's post secondary education system. These will then be sent to Premier Robert Bourassa. One won­ ders how many of ANEEQ's demands are shared by McGill students.

ANEEQ has made 34 demands of the Quebec govemement regarding loans andbursaries.These have subsequently beennarroweddown to four main ones: 1) a redefinition of the “independent status” of a student so that he/she is considered independent when he/she leaves home.

2) abolishment of spousal contribu­ tion rule which states that if a student is married, he/she should be funded by his/her spouse and not the govern­ ment.

3) parental contribution to expenses be reviewed. According to Francois Giguere fromANEEQ, what the governement deems as the average parental contribution is “idealistic and doesn’t contribute to reality”.

4) reimbursemnet of travel expenses for those students who must commute to school. Giguere called it “one of the most democratic demands we have”.

The discussion was then broadened to include the notion of quality and ac­ cessibility of education. ANEEQ feels that the tution fees are already too high and that eventually all education should be free and accessible to all. In Ger­ many,university education is virtually free but there is limited space, thus it is not truly accessible.

If the tuition fee was doubled so that it was brought more in line with that of Ontario schools (the average is 1400$), over 35%of thepresent students would be forced to give up their education or to continue on a part time basis.

The McGill Student Society, repre­ senting McGill students, is in favour of a fee increase contigent upon three demands: that the problem of underfunding be solved, that the loans and bursaries system be revamped and that the hidden course material fee be abolished. According to Giguere, McGill’s tuition fee hasn ’t been raised largely because of the efforts of ANEEQ. Would loans and bursaries smooth over the effects of the 35% drop-out rate ?

“Maybe, says Giguere, but the dis­ courageing effect would remain”.

How can McGill expect to keep stride with the top universities in North America if it’s tuition fees aren’t raised ?

There is an obvious lack of interest

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within the student body in terms of the government’s role in funding our education. This fact was evidenced by the paltry turnout at the discussion despite its being a well publicized event While UQAM students staged a 10 day strike over the tuition freeze, McGill students voted to pay an extra 2$ to the Legal Aid Clinic and 2$ to Radio McGill.

On December 2nd, the Day of Action will seek to move students to protest inadequate government funding ofpost secondary education. The results of this day will show McGill’s interest or lack thereof in this issue. Times will tell.

W a y to g o To Kate and the rest of the gang at the Tribune: Aaron Margolis, in his November 8 column, is far too generous in his as­ sessment of my role in CKUT’s live sports broadcasts. Though I’d love to be able to say I did, I did not “found” the broadcasts.That honourmust right­ fully be given to Ken Muss, who broad­ cast several games when CKUT was still Radio McGill, and not yet on the FM dial. He set the precedent, and we in the CKUT sports department were just fortunate to be following in his footsteps.

Also deserving of credit in getting CKUT’s live sports broadcasts on the air (and keeping us there) is CKUT’s news director, Jo-Anne Pickel. She was instrumental in getting the radio station’s programming committee to give us our chance, and for that we are grateful.

Aaron is also too modest to mention his own important role in the broad­ casts. As the spotter on our football and hockey games, he has taken care of the little things (noting punt returns, keeping track of the shots on goal, etc.) that our on-air announcers are too busy to pick up on. It is a difficult job that does not receive the recognition it deserves.

Yours very sincerely, Ian M. Sirota Director of Live Sports Broadcasts CKUT

“ T ru ly s o rry ” Mr. McAlear: (In response to Mr. McAlear’s letter of the 22nd.)

I am writing to comment on your let­ ter, which appeared in the Tribune on the 22nd. As as American (though not without my own criticisms of my country), I resent your blatant stere­ otyping of the American people. I’m sure thatl speak formany other Ameri­ cans at McGill when I say that I'm truly sorry that your only encounter with Americans has been to have had to put up with “packs of drunken ya­ hoos” on Rue Ste. Catherine. But be­ fore you go criticizing us for being “culture hungry simpletons”, maybe you should afford yourself the oppor­ tunity ofmeeting some Americans here at McGill, Americans who are “ca­ pable of constructing a coherent sen­ tence.”

I hope for the sake of the reputation of theCanadian people that no American as narrow-minded as yourselfhas read your letter.

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by Charlie Quinn By the time that Sunday brunch had been served, the men of Lambda Chi Alpha had ridden a teeter totter (see saw) for fifty four hours, and had raised approximately 2500 dollars for the Missing Children’s Network (formerly known as Child Find Quebec).

The teeter totter marathon, which is believed to be the fust of its kind in Canada, was theresult of hours of hard work by Robert Gervais, the fraternity educator, and Pat Finn, the fraternity’s vice president. “We wanted to do something that the whole fraternity could participate in, and that would benefit a worth-while charity”, ex­ plained Gervais, when asked why the fraternity had decided on the idea of a teeter totter marathon. Tom Zwirz, a past president, added “we also wanted to do something to give fraternities a more positive image on campus, and to

show that we are more than just a beer drinking club.”

Any marathon event for charity is going to have a few ups and downs, but none more inherently so than this, which had roughly 143 thousand of them. Other trials and tribulations included; trying not to fall off during the earthquake on Friday night, eating a piece of pizza or drinking a cup of coffee without spilling it. TTiebiggest problem, however, was the boredom that sets in at three in the morning when your next-door neighbour has called the police three times because you have the radio on too loudly, and thus, you are left to the silence of your imagination. You are also left with a lot of time to calculate such things as just how just how far you and your fraternity brothers have travelled, somewhere around 570 240 feet, or what your average speed was, about 2

... m o r e a r t h i s t o r y continued page 3 this year were restricted to the individ­ ual capacities of the lecture rooms that were assigned. Thus, a ticketing sys­ tem similar to the one used in the language departments was imple­ mented. There is also a collective ef­ fort within the DAH to increase stan­ dards by being more demanding with respect to grading. As a result many students were quite shocked when mid­ terms were handed back and their grades were significantly lower than expected. A new final exam policy is now ineffect within the DAH whereby the final is now written in the formal exam period and accounts for the majority of the students’ grade for the semester. This policy not only serves to upgrade the intellectual level of courses but also, it militates against the thorny problem of cheating.

Professor Glenn realizes that this year’s interim solutions are not per­ fect: “Any of the solutions at the moment are not ideal... somebody is always going to suffer one way or another.”

For the future,revolutionary change is the plan for the DAH. Professor Glenn comments: “For next year we have instituted a number of prerequi­ sites to limit class sizes. We will up­ grade the levels of some 200 and 300level courses... and we will increase required courses for honours and ma­ jor students within the DAH.” Also, next year the Introduction to Art His­ tory course will not be open to students enrolled in the DAH, it will serve as a service course for the university. Pro­ fessor Glenn anticipates, that with these changes, the sizes of classes will come down.” We are trying to streamline it [class size] with the goal of decreasing enrollment.” The DAH will also bene­ fit from anew addition to its academic staff for 1988-1989. The departmentis

currently receiving applications for a full professorship in the History of Architecture.

How do Art History majors feel about the new and proposed changes?

For the most part they are relieved that changes are in the works as they feel they were a long time in coming.

Andrea Fitzpatrick, President of the Art History Students Association (AHSA), indicated that most Art His­ tory students “hated” the large size of classes and felt like they were getting “ripped off’. She is encouraged by the fact that the AHSA’s loud voice in the proceedings of thecyclical review have obviously not gone unnoticed in light of the proposed changes.

But she among others within the DAH believe that there are other is­ sues that need to be addressed. In some classes there is an inconsistency in the process of evaluation due to the lack of communication between professors and teaching-assistants. In courses where there is more than one TA the marking standards of the individuals are often significantly different.

Art History major students also express dissatisfaction due to the fact that it is very difficult for them to get into the smaller seminar classes that are usually restricted to honours stu­ dents only. One student remarked that major students are not getting a com- < plete education in Art History because they are not allowed to participate in advanced intellectual discussion.

But in spite of its limited resources the McGill DAHholds its own in terms of international stature. The success of the Honours programme manifests itself in the significant portion of stu­ dents who gainentry into highly-touted American graduate schools, including NYU, Yale, Princeton, and Harvard.

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The money raised by the fraternity was just a small part of the more than one hundred thousand dollars raised by the Network in various events over the weekend. Perhaps the mostnoticeable of these was the radiothon on CHOM frnwhich raised aroundninetyeight thousand dollars, even though the station did have to delay the start of its long-awaited and much-loved Led Zeppelin special by about half an hour to reach that total. It was certainly worth the wait.

Anyone who has not already do­ nated any money and who still wishes to give can call either the Missing Children's Network at 747-4000, or call Lambda Chi Alpha at 398-0720, with your donation.

s h it housed National Gallery in Ottawais a McGill DAH graduate. All this from a department whose graduate pro­ gramme dates back less than 20 years.

Only time can tell if the proposed changes in the DAH will spread the wealth of quality and reputation, cur­ rently reserved for Honours and gradu­ ate students within the department, to the rest of the student body.

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by Shannon Aldinger SSMU VP University Affairs Maria Battaglia is in the midst of or­ ganizing McGill’s first-ever Students’ Rights and Responsibilities campaign scheduled for the last week of Janu­ ary 1989.

“McGill has never had anything like this. We thought it was time to let students know their rights and the appropriate steps to take if they have any problems. We’re not trying to cause conflict, but instead to resolve it,” says Battaglia.

The campaign will focus on what a student can and cannot do both in an academic and a campus life. It will include issues such as cheating, fail­ ing, vandalism, plagarism, franco­ phone rights, grievance procedures, discipline guidelines, sexual harass­ ment and the roles of security person­ nel, the Ombudsman, the Dean of Students and the Students’ Society.

“Often, students just don’t realize the extent of their rights and if they do, they don’t know what to do if a right is violated. For example, sexual harassment is not just physical har­ assment, it can be verbal too. There are four assessors who deal with this type of complaint. One goal of the campaign is to let students know who these people are and where students can find them.”

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She alsocmphasizes that condensed copies of McGill’s Student Charter will be available for students. The charter will also provide important information and phone numbers.

Battaglia promised to organize the Students’ Rights and Responsibili­ ties Campaign in her own election campaign last year as she ran for her present position. The event was origi­ nally scheduled for the fall semester but was re-scheduled for the winter one. The campaign will run from January 23 to 27.

Thecampaign will beheld through­ out the campus and will be extended to MacDonald College which will have a parallel set-up.

The Union ballroom will be the campaign’s central location, but in­ formation will also be displayed and available at the front tables of the Union Building and at booths in vari­ ous faculties.

Battaglià explains that most infor­ mation will be communicated to stu­ dents through the use of displays, vid­ eos, pamphlets and guest speakers but that “every committee coordina­ tor has the final decision on how he/ she wishes to communicate the mes­ sage.”

Battaglia is working with the Senate Board Caucus and the University

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by Suzy Costom and Rhonda Yarin World Jewry is in the midst of a crisis which threatens to undermine the very heart of Jewish unity. The issue is the proposed amendment to the Israeli Law of Return, the 1950 law which grants every Jew in the world the right to immigrate to Israel and receive automatic citizenship there.

The law is based on the belief that Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people, and therefore, that all Jews are entitled to a home there upon return from the Diaspora - a demo­ graphic term adopted by Jews to de­ note “the outside world.” the proposed amendment would fundamentality change the definition of “who is a Jew”, and consequently, has met with great controversy in the international Jewish community.

Until 1970, this law accepted any person stating he or she was a Jew as a Jew, but this was changed by thenPrime Minister Golda Meir to define a Jew as “one who was bom to a Jewess or one who was converted.” The pres­ ent amendment, proposed by ultraOrthodox religious parties in the Is­ raeli Parliament, the Knesset, would limit the definition of a Jew to “one who was bom to a Jewess or one who was converted according toHalacha.."

Halacha consists of the laws written explicitly in the Torah, or Old Testa­ ment Orthodox rabbis convert people to

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other parties. Thus, he has given seri­ ous consideration to the possibility of a coalition with the religious parties who hold 18 seats in the Knesset. In return for theirpolitical support, Shamir would commit himself to passing the “Who is a Jew” amendment to the Law __l r 1 1 v 11 <5 ----------of Return.

The issue has now reached a new ]3EPOf=\E se-TTL-ÊMÉ-M'7" ,/sl intensity and has aroused the emotions of Jews around the world. Although in Doc.uri£N/T/sTiotN J e w is H is e a S practical terms the amendment would sriovMrv t o C u s to m s o f p o ^ u s . P u * S£not directly affect a great many people, it is the symbolic and moral implica­ MOV*. t o T H E . < '£ fr ' r J ^ r °'-J • tions of the change which underlie the controversy.Conservative and Reform Jews fear that the amendment would S delegitimize them as Jews because they 'I are not Orthodox, thus implying that <5 they would be “second-class Jews.”

I The amendment threatens to alienate a ‘w large proportion of Diapora Jewry.

■Jj Leaders of Jewish federations across >, North America have recently endorsed * X>lPVf«vE a resolution reaffirming their support -c for Israel, while at the same time urgg ingall political parties in Israel to “pre• C’TH&RS 00 serve Jewish unity in the spirit of re­ ciprocal respect.” They have ques­ to convert. If the amendment is incor­ of the religious parties have moved tioned whether Shamir “has underestiporated into the Law of Return, per­ onto the centre stage of the Israeli po­ mated the strength of feeling on this sons converted to Judaism by Conser­ litical scene. Prime Minister-designate matter” within world Jewry. In an vative or Reform rabbis will not qual­ Yitzhak Shamir has been called upon editorial inThe Canadian Jewish News, ify for automatic Israeli citizenship to form a government but, as his Likud J.B. Salseberg stressed the need for simply by invoking the Law, and will Party does not hold an outright major­ Jewish unity in light of the escalation have to go through regular immigra­ ity of seats in the Knesset, he can only of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Israel do so if he enters into a coalition with is confronted with enough problems tion procedures. without having to deal with cleavages within the Jewish religion itself.

McGill Political Science Professor Michael Brecher also sees the pro­ posed amendment as a divisive force.

He claims that “the passing of the bill would be a disaster - both internally arid externally.” Only 20% of Israelis, and a mere 10% of Diaspora Jews are orthodox. Therefore, Brecher consid­ M o n t r é a l ’s ers that the change would be “a blun­ der of Himalayans proportions.” Ac­ cording to Brecher, Shamir may again N e w e s t yield to a national unity government with Labour leader Shimon Peres when L e a t h e r he realizes how damaging and insult­ ing this amendment is perceived as by Diaspora Jews.

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Wolfe Kelman, Chairman of the U.S. section of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) speculated that if the amend­ ment passes, there will be a “re-shuffling” of funds provided to Israel. In­ stead of giving money to a general fund to be distributed among various groups in Israel - including Orthodox organizations - the WJC would direct their contributions towards specific organizations. In fact, certain Mon­ tréal Jewish philanthopists have witheld their annual contributions to Israel, pending the decision with re­ spect to the amendment While Conservative and Reform Jews are indignant over the symbolic implications of the proposed reform, Orthodox parties and groups have called the Diaspora protest over the legislation “hysterical.” They argue that the reaction is out of proportion to the number of people who would actu­ ally be affected by the change. A rep­ resentative from Chabad House, an Orthodox organization in Montréal, defended the bill.

“Conservative rabbis take matters into their own hands, they misrepre­ sent the Torah...they don’t really con­ vert people. In this way, it is too easy to be Jewish, and people forget God and the Bible.”

Many Jews see this as a debate be­ tween Orthodox groups and all other Jews, yet there is division within the Orthodox tradition as well. Rabbi Shoham of the Orthodox Beth Zion synagogue conceded that labels in Judaism do not necessarily make one group ‘less Jewish’ than another. He claimed that “there are people dog­ matic in their Conservativismjust like others who are dogmatic in theirOrthodoxy.” While Rabbi Shoham was re­ luctant to give a personal statement on the bill, he stated that if the religious parties were using it as a political tool, it was a “pity.”

Essentially, this is the root of the controversy. With thereligious parties holding the balance of power in the Israeli Knesset, the definition of “Who is a Jew” has been thrust from rabbini­ cal spheres and into the political arena.

This is not a matter to be settled in Par­ liament, rather, it should remain in the hands of the religious authorities who have dealt with the issue throughout history.

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“Right now we’re working on in­ centive programs to get people inter­ ested. We’re also trying to decide on the costs involved, the speakers and videos we want and a catchy slogan,” Battaglia says.

She says that the cost of the cam­ paign is still being decided and that an estimated projection is “hard to say”.

“We’re hoping to borrow much of the equipment we need. Lots of the pamphlets we will use are already printed by the various departments, so we won’t have to pay for them,” she says.

Battaglia hopes to receive some do­ nations from various university or­ ganizations.

“We have asked the Dean of Stu­ dents to help contribute and he had previously agreed. We also hope that some faculties and the administration may help sponsor the event because it is a compaign for all students and eve­ ryone should be able to justify spon­ sorship,” she states.

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Goth, sloth, buzz, was, and tenacity

by Tim Houston I have received an extremely di­ verse collection of cassettes to criti­ cize, from the good people at Poly­ gram Inc. For want of a logical order to proceed, I’ll use alphabetical.

Fields of the Nephilim (an archaic term for “great abundance of cow pies”), have created on their epony­ mous album a music akin to the sub­ tleness of an exploding warehouse of sheet iron, which some individuals en­ joy when doing the ironing. Yet, there is a problem. It is a tad unlistenable.

Usually grouped with the Goth pseudo-movement, 77ieCii/t, The Mis­ sion, et al., these blokes believe that singing (okay.maybenot singing, how about spewing forth) about all manner of magic,mayhem, andmystery, death by unpleasant means, sacrifices, pesti­ lence, disease, and other nasty things, and replicating a facsimile medieval scroll (with authentic-looking callig­ raphy) as their cover art would endear them to a large audience. Perhaps.

Except they are burdened with a lack of talent to play any semblance of melody (Celebrate is at least coherent, but it’s all bass guitar which some­ body’s older brother probably was invited to perform on) and a vocalist who might spread thumbtacks on his melba toast.

I held some preconceived notions about a recording artist calling himself

Momus, and releasing product under the title offender Pervert. Itmight not

It is a lively package of upbeat tunes about love, love, and more love (and one about barbarians in cars). Punchy rhythms. Beautiful female voices in

I had heard of Was (Not Was) but presumed they were two siblings, Don & David, whose raison d’etre was writing eclectic, quirky little electropop songs, humourous and clever in their realistic out­ look on life’s misfortunes.

However, having watched cm the excellent Wiredprogram featuring the duo, I discov­ ered they were in fact not brothers (their actual names are Donald Fagenson and David Weiss) pulling the strings behind a true blue, groovy funk band consisting of half a dozen members, fronted by the soulful vocalt izing of one Sweet Pea At^kinson and another Sir Harry ^Bowens.

The humour and clever­ ly ness remain intact. Their o ’third release, What Up, Dog? 2 isamixedbag,really.Styles _ range from R&B ravers like ^Spy in the House of Love and the Otis Redding-penned I Can't Turn You Loose, sweet, slick, and slow offerings, such asSomewhere

be something you want your mother to find in your room (“Honey, what’s this??”). Nevertheless, it is quite enjoyable.

This Momus (sounds like' a generic term meaning apa­ thetic gerbil) is quite the wordsmith (with the inevi­ table comparison to Morris­ sey). He deals with modem day concerns like sexual mores, infidelity, closet homosexuality, and, indeed, perverts (he reckons God is one). It all comes across as very dry, irascible. Percep­ tive oration in a monotone voice, not actually singing, but reciting his somewhat acute, punctual prose over a minimal/VewOrcferish beat.

Something to think about.

(Classic line: “Hell hath no fury like an insecure Eng­ lishman”.)

Now, Voice ofthe Beehive The Action A confident local band. (“Bzzzzzzzzzz. Shit, I wonder if my perfect harmony. They sound similar entrails will always pull out when I to Bangles to a degree, except there are sting something.”) are going places. some guys in the band and the guitar is Apply Let it Bee on a turntable at any turned up to 11, constituting the prin­ party of premature lifelessness and ciple melody of each song to such a watch the people do their thing (jump­ jaunty and vigorous extent. A breath ing up and down, air guitar, drumming of fresh air (particularly after exiting with pencils, whatever). from a fish market).

in America There’s a Street Named After My Dad, doggone (oh, pun) hysterical musings like Earth to Doris

and the title track (professing a love and need for pit bull terriers when paying the bills), and downright weird

A n d re w C ash h e a d lin e s

by Danielle Balfe Canadian Andrew Cash is rapidly becoming a major figure in the inter­ national music scene as his album, Time and Place, is attracting attention in the U.S as well as the U.K. Cash was the propelling force behind the suc­ cessful Toronto group, L’Etranger, before beginning his individual proj­ ect. After years of experimentation and hard work Cash has created an album which the Toronto Star referred to as “.. .a stunning world-class effort loaded with intelligent, accessible and perceptive lyrics.”

His music is a combination of folk, pop and country as he experiments with the fiddle, accordian, guitar, bass and drums to achieve his unique sound.

The music is lively, energetic and danceable while some of his songs possess a haunting, compelling ele­

ment. Cash’s expertise with the elec­ tric guitar pervades the album and is in particular evidence on the tracks Flower and Places. His music is acous­ tically inspired and he attributes Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and The Clash as his primary influences.

Perhaps it is Andrew Cash’s lyrics which distinguish him from the typical pop figure, for he extends beyondpop’s fixation with romance. He remains firmly grounded and steers clear of any pop star associations. Cash com­ mented, “I’m not interested in becom­ ing any big, sappy pop star. I’m play­ ing music for a lot of reasons and none of them are that” His lyrics are poetic, reflective and powerful. He examines the human condition and believes that people exist in the alienated confine­ ment of their own little world.

Trail of Tears looks into the apathy

of society and condemns administra­ tive power.”The so-called little people gonna help the big man understand love.” As his songs unwind, the emo­ tion of his powerful voice expresses the urgency of his message. The Nug­ get Reporter commented that Cash “...paints images with the hand of a poet and puts them forth with the heart of a balladeer.”

The tracks Smile Me Down and Time and Place seem to be enjoying the most air-time, but the whole album is worthy of attention. Andrew Cash can not be dismissed as simply another pop figure, because he has combined

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Finally, I had received a three-song cassette and invitation to see a very tenacious band called The Action (it’s a good attribute to be tenacious, I guess). The brief bio states that these three guys, P.F. Levasseur (vocals/ guitar), Moe Dubeau (bass/used toplay drums), and Danny-Boy Schwartz (drums now) have played gigs around London, Ont. and Montreal since the dawn of time as the Vee Gates. Decid­ ing to maybe update their sound, they recruited a Dan Hartel (another vocal­ ist and guitarist), and changed their name to said moniker (even with a symbol of a man desperate for the location of the urinals).

Their songs are relatively well done, albeit poorly recorded. Conventional drum beat, interesting guitar bits, thoughtful heartfelt lyrics (I think), all the hallmarks of a confident local band.

I was disappointed that there were no pan pipes accompanying the cut Tierra del Fuego, giving it that real Argentinian flavour (at least to com­ pose it to a tango beat).

Live, it was unusual. They are their own opening act, that is the Vee Gates open for The Action, so Dan can have a lie down, I suppose. There was no distinction between the songs of each individual incarnation of the band, except the obvious di fferences in voice styles (P.F. is a little hell bent and wrathful, while Dan sounds more like John Lydon on lithium).

The performance was enjoyable (the Vee Gates moved about more often, especially during the inspired The Bol­ sheviks), all members adequate in their respective roles (although Danny-Boy was almost unobtrusive as a personal­ ity). A feeling persisted during TheAc­ tion's set of new recruit Dan being slightly uncomfortable in his position as frontman, which the audience felt and reflected back, the majority acting as supporters of the Vee Gates' earlier songs.

But, any group able to conceive and perform their own songs with confi­ dence deserves support, and with a single remixed by Trevor Horn, a video shot in an East European capital city, as Mr. Jones (um, Howard) says, “Things can only get better”.

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In spite of its for­ p p g midable title, the musical play Eleemosynary is neither intimidat­ ing nor longwinded. It is, rather, the thoughtfully en­ tertaining and hu­ mourous story of a family of three L L gifted but troub­ | led women and the struggles they encounter '%■■■■■ througout their lives and in their Farrell (left), Morehouse, Campbell-Brown: relationships.

Portraying three gifted but troubled women.

Dorothea, the wonderfully eccentric grandmother nounces her aspiration to do a great playedbyBarbaraCampbell-Brown, deal of research when she is dead. (I feels trapped by an early marriage have the same ambition at this time and by her husbands’ prevention of of year.) In spite of her eccentrici­ hercollegeeducation. She dedicates ties, Campbell-Brown portrays a her life to such pursuits as levitation both lovable and aggravating

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Early in life, Dorothea’sdaughter Artiedevelops an awareness of her mother’s bizarre nature and issubsequendy embarassedenough for both of them. She grows irrevoca­ bly insecure and ^ tries to escape g from her prob^ lems: an over.§ bearing mother and a brilliant ^daughter. Artie runs,butshecan’t S'hide from the memories and 8 shame which __ make her life a “long apology.”

Gerry Farrell conveys great timidity in the pres­ ence of her mother and inconsis­ tency in her relationship to her daughterEcho, whomsheloves very much, but feels incapable and un­ worthy of helping in any way.

In her role as Echo, the national spelling champion, Jennifer More­ house demonstrates amazing versa­ tility as scenes from her infancy and early youth are re-enacted. She equally meets the challenge of demonstrating self-assurance and tolerance in her relationship with her mother and her grandmother. As the youngest of the Wesbrook women, Echo rises above the others as their great hope. The audience feels assured that she will combat adversity with spunk and determi­ nation. Don’tmissMorehouse’stremendous performance: on her account, Eleemosynary is a mustsee.

The play evolves around Echo’s memories, but because of the clever staging, the flashbacks are not con­ fusing. Never dull, the script is brought to life by three talented actresses, who held my attention without faltering.

Eleemosynary is a subtle lesson in the difficulties of a mother-daugh­ terrelationship. It shows the tragedy of a mother’s determination for her daughter and its often total opposi­ tion to the daughter’s perception of what her goals ought to be. In Elee­ mosynary, each woman tries to be what the next one needs, often with­ out even coming close to that real­ ity. It is a play about trying to come together, but sometimes coming apart, about remembering, but trying to forget It is refreshing to see that the problems and aspirations of human relationships can success­ fully be portrayed without the usual indulgence in despair.

Eleemosynary isplaying at Elysée Theatre, 35 Milton, corner o f St. Laurent, until Dec. 18, except Mondays.

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by David Kennedy It’s cold out. The leaves are long gone fromthe trees. The street musi­ cians have long since disappeared, leaving only the occasional bequest of some large, well fed dog to adorn the sidewalks.

There could be no better time to stroll up to the Bar G-Sharp, at 4062 St-Laurent, where you can bask in theBlues, music capable ofreaching out and giving youa shoulder tolean on, ora shot in the arm if you need it.

Each night, an eclectic gathering of folk with “the blues” gather within the club’s emerald green walls.

For about a year now, the Bar GSharp has been a labour of love for its namesake owner, Gary Sharp, a local promoter who got fed up with the hassles of sending good blues

acts elsewhere. The G-Sharp is noi big place, it has perhaps sixty seal consisting of antique wicker chah bar stools, rocking chairs and abo thirty theatre seats lining the wall Gary mops the floor, cleans tl toilets, and posts the advertisii around the city. His wife works tl bar, and serves the six tables sa tered around the room. Bottled be is the official liquid of the Bar ( Sharp, (if you want a glass with thi you’ll have toask). The livingroot like intimacy creates an immedia feeling of cozyness.

The blues you will hear at the B G-Sharp comes mainly from loc mainstays and personal friends Gary, such as Jimmy James, a blu guitarist who plays his instrume

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by Gallagher Mackay Woody Allen’s movies do not fall into anything that even re­ sembles a clearly defined type, so there is always a moment of sus­ pense, going in, as to what sort of movie one is about to see. In this case, Another Woman was of the sort that there was doubt at the end, as well, as to what had just passed on the screen. Certainly, there is no clear answer to the question: is it a good movie?

This movie is both complex, and rather simple; the sort of movie where extra years of experience would add to the film, but there is material for younger people: a sort of nerve wracking, tantalizing image of oneself, looking back­ wards at some moment in the fu­ ture, with a few more questions resolved. This movie was greatly

concerned with the idea of ‘“Wh if...”

The movie is populated almo exclusively with people passir through or past middle age, passir through marriages, and dwelling brownstones, teaching, and pra ticing professions, and writing, ar according to the implicit analysi not looking at very much beyond tl smoothly running surface of the lives.

Marion, a philosophy professe is a woman who ‘has it all’ but h; accomplished that through systen atically repressing any hint of em< tion or real communication. Hi rented writingroomhas a flukeofa ducts which allow her access to tl private conversation occurring in psychiatrist’s office. In particula she becomes involved in the life of desperately unhappy, pregnai

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larp the way it should be played. Backed by his trio and a harmonica player, James quickly had the crowd to himselfon Saturday night. Students, day workers,and the occasional coffee-and-valium businessman all bobbed and swayed in Blues com­ munion under the influence of their music. By 11:00, the room was packed and collectively grooving with Jimmy’s trio, as they played some traditional “My baby’s done me wrong” blues, a bit of James Brown, and a generous dose of Jimi Hendrix.

There isn’t much else to say, re­ ally, except the usual club review stuff; the cover is cheap, the beer is reasonable, the crowd is ... well... assorted. The place itself is defi­ nitely worth a visit.

Les Noëls de la Place des Arts: This is a multi-faceted presentation with ongoing events througout the holidays. For example... Les Noëls du Monde: a multi-cultural celebra­ tion of Christmas traditions on ten stages at PDA and Complexe Desjardins. Various dance, music andcostume thingies. December 18, 12:00 - 5:00, Free.

The Nutcracker. A new presenta­ tion of the timeless ballet Dec. 21 30, matinees and evenings. Student prices from $5 - $16.

Bingo - Le grand spectacle de M. Bing. Juggling, and nothing else,

except colour, speed, magic, and a plot Haven’t you always wanted to see a totally juggled show?

Theatre: Centaur’s The Gigli Concert continues till Dec. 18.

Player’s Theatre puts on a brave show right in the middle of the aca­ demic crunch entided The Woods, written by David Mamet, featuring playwright Vittorio Rossi. (Starts Dec. 6: call 398-6813 for all the info.) Over at Morrice Hall, from Dec. 8-11, check out a play commemmorating the death of Anthony Griffin entitled Isolated Inci­

for tickets; $6) Popcorn time: Itisthat“Let’srelease our film just before the dead­ line for Oscar nominations” time of year. Some that won’t be on the Academy Award list include ...

Scrooged: Bill Murray in a modem day Christmas Carol. Oh, please.

Tequila Sunrise: Mel Gibson as a bad guy? Please, oh. Best title of the century: My Stepmother is an Alien.

That ranks (pun intended) right up therewith Attackofthe Killer Toma­ toes (except that was hip). Kim Basinger as an alien? Oh, please, oh...

Apotential success includes Talk Radio, OliverStone’s thirdnewfilm in the last two years. Then again, things have gone downhill for Ollie since Salvador.

Tunes:The Dr. Limbo and his Fabulous Off-Whites record launch is tonite at Poodles (Early Xmas celebration). The fourth annual Deja Voodoo BBQlineupconsists of: The dent.(4^-9994

Gruesomes, Ray Condo & his Hardrock Goners, E J. Brule, Shad­ owy Men on a Shadowy Planet, The Supreme Bagg Team, House of Knives, and of course, the BBQ title

band itself. Friday, Dec. 16, 454 Laurier East Tickets a measly 4 bucks at Ticketron.

There must be more: McGill’s Choral Society puts on a keen show every year, and this year’s presenta­ tion should provide a fitting begin­ ning to the night of the last day of classes, before one goes out andgets sloshola. Speaking of which, the annual Tribune Religiously Neutral Holiday Partyoccurs Saturday, Dec. 2. Every Tribble (i.e. those who contribute to this lovely little piece ofnewsprint) isinvited: call theoffice

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by Zaphod B. Yes, ’tis the season. If you want to entertain yourself in order to forget that the Oppressive Conservatives are in power, here is your numéro uno guide to the scene. The events presented inthis little guidecanserve as 1)adiversion fromstudying when you should be banging the books; 2) a reason to sneak out of the house when every relative you’ve ever known arrives for holiday merry­ making; 3) a chance for me toget my name in print one more time.

Russell (left), Pfeiffer, Gibson: Ho ho ho hum.

or your editor to get the deets. Why is this in the entertainment section?

Don’t you think it will be entertain­ ing to see Buffy get thrashed, Paul do his DanQuayle impressions, Kim dance around the room, Kathster

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young woman, named Hope, who is woman (whatever her name is...) perhaps, but it was also very evoca­ seeking toresolve her wretchedness. who played her step daughter. A tive, and for the two people I can Marion begins to use her as a double, 1ittledisappointing was Ian Holm,as account for, at least, very satisfying. and sees in Hope someof thealterna­ herchilly cardiologist-husband, and The theme was not one that nec­ tives she had rejected. She vicari­ Gene Hackman as her passionate essarily could be conveyed well to ously takes theother’s therapy as her would-be memory. the medium of film, for an inner own, and one step at a time, starts to All of themwere labouring under change is scarcely the stuffof which change her own life. the weight of a rather heavy-handed Die Hard is made. The introspec­ Gena Rowlands’ was not an ex­ script. The cinematography is as tive nature of the process was the ceptional performance, but she was beautiful as one must expect of Sven handicap against which the filmhad hobbled by the script that required Nykvist, IngemarBergman’smighty to play. The idea of creating for her to not only play out the aloof master of the camera, but absolutely Marion an alter ego was an interest­ Marion, but narrateherownchanges. nothing seems to pick up the pace of ing and effective strategy that could The trick of narration is one which this movie. have been richer with a slightly less has served Woody Allen well over Ifyou interpret this as all but unin­ ciichédHope, butprovidedthecrutch the past, but it has also generally terrupted criticism, then you have that helped this filmbe the fulfilling featured the inimitable Allen him­ the wrong impression of the movie. flick it was. self, and has also had the perk of hu­ The movie was extraordinarily true P.S. This was not a funny Woody mour. The cast was, as is only to be to life, if you can accept that the life Allen movie. expected in a film with Woody in it represents is limited to the intelli­ control, stellar and coherent. Some gentsia. Very few scenes in the Another Woman is at Cineplex highlights were John Houseman, as movie, though, seemed tobe a waste Odeon Egyptien, inLesCours MontMarion’s aged father, and the young of film. The movie was ponderous, Royal.

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As in his earlier collection of detective stories, The Mournful

Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka, Skvoresky does not let the genre take itself too seriously. The hotels and private dicks, wealthy homes and beautiful blondes, locked rooms and dumb cops are mixed with numerous bottles of scotch to form a marvelously humorous self parody. But in Sins For Father Knox the undercurrent of social

satire is not directed exclusively at the Eastern Block- only the first and last stories are set in Prague.

Consequently, Lieutenant Bo­ ruvka, who has never had an overabundance of energy, gets a bit of a rest.

T he lead is taken by Eve Adam,anot-soyoung-as-sheused-to-be-butstill-has-whati t - t a k e s sin g er.

The wryly romantic M iss Adam does gigs in seedy clubs throughout Eu­ rope and Amer­ ica, earning foreign currency for Czechoslo­ vakia and set­ ting the stage for a series of deadly (funny) myster­ ies. The setting is just right and the bodies drop all around her. Some of the men who drop are still very much alive and urging Eve to drop

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This manic show was attended by numerous students who donated an estimated 100$ as well as some canned products. A few members of the audience also donated their talent by appearing in the show which was comprised of com­ pletely improvised skits.

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paragraph of his introduction Skorecky makes it quite clear that his collection is intended as an entertaining diversion from such

from the traditional, male domi­ nated detective genre.

The d ark them es of Skovoresky’s more serious writ­ ing are not found here. In the first

thoughts. And if this is not clear enough from the blurbs on the cover, the cover itself should pro­ vide the tongue in cheek clue- it is made of pulp.

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For anyone who has been itch­ ing to puzzle over a good detective story, this book is an answered prayer. For anyone who has been frustrated by disappointing turns in plots, the genre is here redeemed.

Father Knox does not appear as a character in any of Skovrecky’s stories -rather, he is the inspiration behind them. A Catholic priest bom a century ago, he wrote detective stories and, together with friends G.K. Chesterton and Anthony Cox, founded the Detection Club. This literary society developed a set of “Ten Commandments” for detec­ tive story writing- ten things which absolutely must not be done if one wants to produce good detective fiction. In each of the stories in this collection, Skvoresky commits a ‘sin’ against one of Father Knox’s commandments and it is up to us,

the readers, not only to solve the standard conundrums of the who­ dunit but also to determine how Skvorecky has transgressed.

The solutions to a few of the stories are unfortunately too obvi­ ous, but most demand concentra­ tion and careful reading- and Skvorecky is sometimes devious in his sinning. One of the more involved stories, Why So Many Shamuses?, will make your head reel with the number of corpses, sus­ pects, and theories. By the time I was halfway through the book I was making notes as I went along, determined to meet Skvorecky’s challenges.

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ued straight through to 11 pm Fri­ day night Actor Chris Marshall was ab­ sent for a while on Friday to attend two classes, both of which he fell asleep in, and to take a test - the prognosis was not good. Though he was extremely active in the skits, Marshall said that he still felt the effects of lack of sleep. “Every time I stop moving, I fall asleep.”

Mark Nantel, a Masters student pronounced the evening “a blast, though 4 am to 7 am was a little slow.”

The troupe expected to perform over 2400 skits by 11pm Friday,

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thus averaging 100 scenes per hour.

A scene ended when an actor on the sidelines called “Freeze !” and took the place of one of the per­ formers in order to change the storyline. The audience could express their dislike of a skit by throwing a sponge brick on the stage.

Theatresports usually performs in the Alley on Thursday nights and at the Player’s Theatre on Fri­ day Nights.

Congratulations to Carl, Steve, Mark, Kim, Rachel, Ken, Craig and Chris for keeping us laughing for 24 hours straight.

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by Gallagher Mackay If you happen to be in the neigh­ bourhood of Duluth and St. Laurent, and happen to see a flourescent pink cat, do not let it get your hackles up: it's totally non-toxic vegetable dye, as are most of the brighter colours used by Robert Pieter, colourist at La Coupe Bizzare. For example, the lavender

bought it when she left, and there it stands today, absolutely in no way resembling my image of the shining, intimidating glamour palace from the song Beauty School Drop Out in”Grease”. Despite, or perhaps be­ cause of that, they still have a clientele that exceeds what they can handle in ordinary business hours, so the unoffi­ cial policy seems to be that the doors close when thepeople leave.

This is the only salon I’ve ever been in where if you speak a new language, you get to sign the floor in spray paint. You also get space on the floor if you are getting ready to depart for an extended jour­ ney. Here too, your favourite postcard of a wildhairdomay

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The cast of The Coup : Jimi Imij and Robert. and green stripes on Jimi Imij’s plati­ num head don’t affect the environ­ ment in any negative way.

La Coupe Bizarre is owned by the twosome, who started out working at another salon with the word Bizarre in the title, in Edmonton, until thewoman who ran that establishment came east, and started this place. Jimi and Rob

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public display that it undoubtedly deserves, for the walls arelittered with the things. The decor of the place has evolved alot over the past two years, and the floor space has been increased by the handy vanishing of the middle wall of the establishment. The old, distortion mirrors are gone, too, but there are still two very comfortable

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Jimi and Peter, and I gather, the other stylist, Farin, are as friendly a crowd as one could hope to meet any­ where. I wandered in just before nine o’clock on a Friday night, revealed my identity and was given a chair with an

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fact that she stayed around for an extra half hour, they are just as pleasant during the rush.

Most of the customers are regulars.

They get alot of McGill students, par­ ticularly from the unlikely fields of political science and Law. Their cus­ tomers tend to be enthusiasts, and at

Rob and I had an interesting conversa­ tion about the relative musicality of the Danish and Swedish languages, andhow that might affect filmmaking.

These are the type of hairdressers that might give rise to the cliche of “hair­ dresser as confidante”.

If I were you and you were wanting

At The Coupe Bizarre, lucky customers get to sign the floor. apology for my having arrived “after the denouement” of the evening - the main activity at that time was watch­ ing them see how long they could pro­ crastinate cleaning up, and thengrace­ fully giveup totally. The photographer for this story arrived “closer to the apex’ of the day, and to judge by the

least one sends allof her friends there with only one admonition, “don’t be afraid”.

It would be difficult to be afraid of these two: apart from the unintimi­ dating decor, Jimi has this really neat way of fluttering his eyelashes that would put Scarlett O’Hara to shame.

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“Theyare victims of society, it’s not their fault”, said Robert Guandango, a McGill psychology stu­ dent, when he spoke tothe Tribune about the poor and homeless in Montreal. Because of this, Guandango believes that it is therespon­ sibility of society to lend a helping hand to those who are less fortu­ nate.

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The fooddepots will be set upall overtheuniversity campus, includ­ ing the Student Union, Bronfman and McIntyre buildings. Guan­ dango and Nguyen will be accept­ Although Guandango and ingany non perishable food items, Nguyen already have about ten including canned goods. volunteers working for the food It’stime tocleanout yourkitchen bank, they can still use help. Stu­ cupboards. If your cupboards are dents who are interested in volunbare, then pick up a can of some­ Building. thing that you would eat for dinner Setting up a food bank is not a and donate it.

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Taking a shot at the out of doors

by Kelly McGillis actually,uh, Gal­ lagher mackay, but well, close, and i like the actress...

After a short flight to Thunder bay, and a long drive north from there, and after 2 hours of getting equipment, a brigade of 10 strangers are set free into a white land, facing cross-country skis with trepidation. Noting that the sky is tending toward night, and there is a bay to be crossed before even starting to set up a campsite, the group move quickly and without too many bumps, the camp is pitched, the portable woodstove is stoked and grounded, the fire is lit and wonderously dinner is being prepared. A strange, already foreign thought that the last thing we ate were donuts from Tim Hortons way back in Thunder Bay. Outward Bound is the epitome of the craft of the possible. At no time are the lessons that we would need rushed but there was no doubt forme that I had learned something new as I slept warm through the mild night, fifteen below zero. And the lessons held through the night that the temperature dropped to minus fifty. There was notmuchrooom left to doubt that we knew the funda­ mentals of a rescue for someone who had fallen through the ice: one unlucky instructor got tojump through the hole which she had just hacked into the ice, so that we could test our skills and ourselves. As the human hot water bottle for that experiment, I know how her gain in warmth.

“Sleepring warm” was a major theme in the course. There is no truth at all to the idea that to sleep naked is warmest.

Instead getting into bed (using the term loosely) was a 45 minutes perform­ ance. (depending if you were good at it or not) First, you must go for a short run, or a longer brisk walk, to raise your body temperature, then fill your water bottle with the contents of the

last two pets on the fire. That bottle gets chucked into your sleeping bad, which sits on a small plastic tarp and two insulites. Still moving as fast as you can, you whip off your layer of water proof outer pants, your down parka, and your anorak. The pants and parka get stuffed down to the end of the bag, while the parka lies in wait (usu­ ally conveniently clenched between shaking knees, offcome the outer layer of the mukluks, and those get tucked under the bag. The inner lining of the mukluks comes off too, and as they are generally damp, get wrapped around the nearest available clothes drier, your belly. The alternate pair of linings go in the bag too. Standing pxrised on one wool clad tip toe on a comer of the now damp tarp. Feeling rather vulnerable in merely three layers of clothing, you must wrapyour parka around your feet and then feet bound, slide into the bag.

With any luck, your inner sleeping bag is properly fitted into your outer bag, and this slide into the bag can be excecuted in one quick, easy (for those more co-ordinated than, say, me) move.

The hot water bottle usually migrates from around your stomack in the initail stages where it attempts to stop ones body from feeling like our recent earthquake is occuring inside you, to around the toes when the shaking calms. With mittened fingers, all one has to do is to draw tight the two draw strings until there is one tiny hole in the entire contraption, through which ide­ ally, your nose should be pjoking (I always used to twist around too much and wind up with a tuft of hair where my nose was to have been and said nose jammed into a patch of frozen condensation at the back of the bag.)

No words I have yet discovered can describe my emotions on discovering in the middle of the night that I really

did have to p>ec. In this area, the gentlemen had a real advantage-they can take a spare bottle to bed. My female instruetor used to harbour pi ans of switching bottles on her co-instruc­ tor in hopres of revenge for our whole gender.

We sp>ent the next day learning how to ski. Whether or not you were profi­ cient at it beforehand there was a whole new element to this spxnt: a forty pxsund pack. It took me a week to learn how to stand up by myself after falling. The snow up there is very deep and heavy so that one is not skidding briskly along a well travelled track, but rather plodding for another hour. It is a silent spxnt- we travelled in a sort of caravan taking turns going first to break the trail. Instead of the ordinary cross­ country boot we were trying out a new binding designed to allow the user to wear army issue mukluks at the same time. Apjoortrailbreaker leaves marks of their ankles’ weakness all along the track and it takes two more skiiers to tidy it back into a usable parallel path.

The most dramatic spxnt was dog

managed to, while wearing shis, on the break and force them to a stop. In the ten minutes that it took us to catch up with them,my nose got frost bitten and I didn’t notice this in my concern. If they had gotten away and into the woods, they would almost inevitably have hung themselves on their own hamessess. Dealing with dogs is a different spxnt than most- the most impxntant asprect is not you, though it is demanding to stay up, but in being respxmsible for these wild animals.

The Outward Bound winter course is the one that focusses primarily on endurance. The single greatest chal­ lenge of the ten day course was to stay warm.andifthatwasimpxjssiblenotto hate being cold. On New Year’s Eve, after having sprent most of the day building my own igloo, I clambered into the main tent and toasted the year a spxxsn of teaspxxm of warm Nutella, amid a circle of friends. The toast was accompanied by a great feeling of triumph: I had survived so far and what else was there to worry about in this cold world.

sledding. To sled is a fantastic experi­ ence and furthermore the dogs carried all of our food and the tent in which most nights we ate dinner.

The dogs require continuous care; theirneeds come well before your own because, I suspect, we can rationalize the pxjstpxmement. The dogs are friendly but they are not tame: they must always be attacked to something or else they will flee, and quite px>ssibly be irrecoverably lost. They have to be kept apart because they will fight to the death if provoked and not stopipjed.

They have to eat at certain hours (din­ ner consists of hamburger soup over kibble) or they will suffer. These were the first dogs in several years that I have actually liked.

We had a very scary moment when we tried to flip the sled and were noton the brake. The dogs ran off, and any person with the idea that it is possible to keep up with half a dozen huskeys is wrong. Fortunately those who were skiiing that day were ahead about one half mile and one of our instructors

This is the End Tribune Sports staff This is it, Spxnts fans, the end of an­ other spxntingyearfor the McGill Trib­ une. The Spxnts staff of the Trib hop>es that you’ve enjoyed such novelties as the Pit (pitstopjpjers, ect.) and the reap­ pearance of UQTR as a basketball p>ower.

Thanks to writers Aaron Margolis, Matt Price, Mike Martin, Heather Mitchell and Deaner Gemmell for their skills and their tolerence of an insane editor.

As a challenge to our readers and to check if you’ve been “bad or good” readers the staff has come up with a quiz. Hope you enjoy.

3. Name one spxnting event Kate Morisset has attended (give away)

6. Who is Rory’s Irish cousin Ruari?

4. What is a begeegee?

7. Name twelve offensive linesmen who wish to kill Aaron Margolis.

5 Who or what is Rory Ruck?

Happy holidays from all the Spxnts staff.

1. Who is Ian Dorion and where can you buy his latest book “Steroids-the Dorion story”?

2. What is a spxnt pit?

Is this Rory or his Irish cousin?

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by Ruari Nicholson WriterSandyJenkins describes him­ self as a member of the “Henderson generation”, referring to those who watched that 1972 goal which was supposedly indicativeof better days in the NHL. This was a time when “law­ yers and agents and hamheaded own­ ers” weren't running the game.

In his recently self published book Yellow Sunday Jenkins attempts to analyze where the NHLwent so wrong and effectively illustrates the down­ ward spiral of discipline within that

organization. By focusing on the Schoenfeld-Koharski incident of May 6, 1988 and the ensuing referee fiasco during the Boston-New Jersey series final of the Patrick division, Jenkins exposes the ineffectiveness oftheNHL management and the greed of of own­ ers and managers in by-passing the basic laws of the league.

The incident, as most hockey fans will recall, began when coach Scohenfeldof theNewJerseyDevils, a former Sabre player with a penchant for vio­ lent intimidation, was ruffled by the

McGill student/author Jenkins.

Martlet b-lrcill: Fasone once* again

by Mike Martin Tina Fasone scored 62 points in three games at the Concordia Classic Nov. 18-20 to earn QFSS “Female Athlete of the Week”honors. The third year Physiology student has led the Martlets with 268 points in 14 games (19.1 average) and has been the top scorer in nine of fourteen games. In three games this past weekend, Fasone continued her high scoring with 20 points against Regina, 17 against Brooklyn, and 13 against Western.

The Martlets recently suffered the ,c loss of two of its key frontcourt players. Starter Corrie Stepan is out for 4- -a* 6 weeks with a brokenbone in her foot, 2 and Friday, top rebounder and high- .§ scoring forward Julie Rousseau is out ^ for an extended period with a dislo­ McGill's Jane Ross goes high. cated shoulder. The loss of both Ste­ pan and Rousseau was felt in Satur­ Martlets rebounded with a 72-65 vic­ day’s loss against Western when the tory over Brooklyn College. Leah Martlets faltered in the final six min­ Hayman, who ranks sixth of the Mar­ utes, losing 60-53. tlet all-time scoring list, led the way TheMartlets rigorous schedule con­ with 18points and 7rebounds. Fasone tinued with three more games in three contributed 17points. Saturday though. days, Nov. 24-26. Against Regina Thursday, they fell 75-66 despite Fasone’s20points, Julie Rousseau’s17 points and 6 rebounds, and Keva Glynn’s 7 rebounds. But Friday, the 8 fu * M

without Stepan and Rousseau, the Martlets succumbed to a relentless Western attack although Beth “Spud” Armstrong turned in one of her very bestgames. Shehad scorednine against rooklyn, and against Western she scored 14 points and collected 4 re­ bounds. She also came up with some fabulous defensive plays early in the second half when the Martlets led.

After a 34-33 halftime lead, Nathalie Sinclair’s two hoops pushed the Mar­ tlet lead to 41-37 early in the second half. Leah Hayman's three points and KevaGlynn's bucket held the lead, but the Martlet’s could not recover from a Western surge with sevenminutes left.

Their overall record stands at 9-9, while almost every game has been decided by less than ten points. This year, despite losing seven of last years twelve (including All-Canadian He­ lene Cowan) who went to the Nation­ als, Coach Chris Hunter and the Mar­ tlets are a formidable opponent for every team theyplay. Next game home game is Saturday Dec. 30.

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After nearly 60 pages of play by play analysis of the incident Jenkins opens up into the larger picture of a history of the game and the NHL. By itself it reads like a brochure on the sport butjuxtaposed to the specifics of the “weekend” of Yellow Sunday it seems a little general. The most pow­ erful section of his book is the author’s analysis of discipline within the game ofhockey. The author documents well the misdeeds of hockey players and gives an historical background illus­ trating how the NHL has always dealt severely with off-ice infractions and have been very lenient with those that take place on ice.

While Jenkins has many legitimate complaints which are important in maintaining the theme of wrong-doing in the NHL, his solution fits into one paragraph at the end of his essay and comes offas sort ofshallow. One thinks that perhaps he shouldn’t have offered one at all, rather allowed fans and readers to make their own assessment.

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Having lost 6-1 to Boston in the third game of the series, Schoenfeld was upset and soon unleashed his anger at Koharski bothverbally andphysically.

After what Jenkins intimates was a slipshod investigation, the abusive coach was suspended indefinitely by the NHL hierarchy. Manager Lou Lamoriello of the Devils then lobbied and utilized the power of the law, the end result was that Schoenfeld was able to coach the fourth game of the series. The referees subsequently re­ fused to coachjust minutes before this game. In what Jenkins describes as both a “tragedy and a comedy”, the NHL director of officiating in the se­ ries quickly corralled three substitute referees of limited experience. The “yellow” in Yellow Sunday refers to the color of shirts two of these aging refs had to wear, seeing as they didn’t have theirown equipment 9right down to their skates). Jenkins thus completes perhaps one of the most exhaustive studies of this specific incident. Un­ fortunately, Jenkins, an ardent fan fighting for the sport he loves, loses some of his effectiveness and punch when he involves too many characters and tangents in his description of the

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by Tribune Sports Staff

The offensive coach for the McGill Redmen, Pat Sheahan, has been se­ lected to be among the candidates in line for the head coaching position at the University ofConcordia. Sheahan, a former player from Con. U., in his sixth season as McGill ’s offensive co­ ordinator looks at this matter-of-factly.

“Coaching is a constantly shifting career, I’m happy to be a candidate.”

Sheahan is quick to point out thathe maintains a great relationship with the McGill football administration al­ though he feels that the 1988 season prospects were “unrealistic” on the part of both fans and coaching staff.

“As offensive co-ordinator, I had to look at an offensive line that had been plagued by injuries and greatly af­ fected by the many graduating stu­ dents.” Concerning criticism about the offensive game plan, particularly in the last two games against Bishops, he commented, “I’ve heard the com­ plaints - people have to realize that the running game was utilized in the game against Bishops; Gerry Ifill had a great game.” When asked about Soles and

Redmen Hockey fight it out with UQTR

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his few running attempts Sheahan responded.’’Soles is a slow starter, he gets better as the game progresses. We found ourselves down at the half by more than 20 points; it would be silly to chance it on the running game so we went for the short pass.” Sheahan agrees, however, that this plan would, perhaps, have been changed in retro­ spect.

When asked about the Fuller game plan, Sheahan responded, “I think this Fuller thing is a media illusion; Bryan doesn’t go out there and draw game plans in the sand. Sure, he came out with a game plan but it was our job to work it out on the sidelines.”

Sheahan feels compelled to com­ pare the championship 1987 season with that of 1988. “Knowing what it took, I felt the offensive line, in par­ ticular, was not up to that of 88.”

The offensive coach feels that the Redmen will have a stronger year next year, learning from several crucial lessons this year. We wish coach Sheahan good luck in his endeavors to become head coach at Concordia, a huge step in his career.

The Redmen hockey team also de­ feated Ottawa this weekend, 7-4, as Martin Raymond had 2 goals and an assist. But in the big game of the weekend, Friday, the Redmen tied UQTR 3-3 in a battle for first place.

The game started off with no scoring in the first period and things really only got moving in late second and third.

Tim Iannone scored 2 goals, Larkin added one, and Raymond threw in three assists. The Redmen had trailed 2-0, but came back to lead 3-2 before yielding UQTR’s final goal in the closing minutes. The Redmen trail firstplaceTroisRivieresbyonepoinL The team leaves December 27th for Cal­ gary where they will be playing the University of Calgary and the Univer­ sity of Sakatchewan in a Christmas tournament.

In other sports news, the Redmen basketball team pummelled the Ot­ tawa Gee Gees, 93-57 this weekend, continuing to average a torrid 93 point output in their league games. They are in first place in the OUAA East with a 5-1 record, despite injuries to Paul Brouseau and Ilya Gudin. Against Ottawa, David Steiner continued his high scoring with 22 points. Jamie Simon added 14points and 7 rebounds.

Friday, the Redmen host Laurentian.

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Ken Muss will handle the play-byplay and Jamie Alden the color com­ mentary. Gametime is 7 p.m.

Twelve men and six women of the McGill swim team competed in the Canada Cup qualifying round at Eto­ bicoke, Ontario this past weekend where four McGill swimmers quali­ fied for the World Cup meet there Dec. 15-17. They are: Tracey Darling in the 100 meter butterfly and 200 meter butterfly, Jennifer Lailey in the 50 meter backstroke, Greg Moeck in the 50 meter freestyle, an Chris Lambert in the 200 meter butterfly.

The Martlet volleyball team finished 3rd at the Guelph Invitational Tourna­ ment where they beat Ryerson Friday,

the Bronze Sunday against Sir Wilfred Laurier. Elain Wai was named the top digger in the Tournament. Their next matchis at Queen’s Jan. 6-7. TheMen’s volleyball teamdefeated Bishop’s here Sunday and will play at the University of Montreal next on January 28th.

The 76th Grey Cup was played in Ottawa on Sunday with an exciting win by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the B.C. Lions in front of a sellout crowd of 50,604 fans. This is the first time in 76 years that two Western teams have played in the cup. Ottawa opened it’s bars until 3 a.m. in an amazing move for a conservative city.

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COURSE Ice Climbing Cross Country Skiing Cross Country Ski Weekend Downhill Ski Weekend Ballet Jazz Social Aikido Shorinjiryu Karate Shotokan Karate Judo Tai Chi Tae Kwon Do Women's Self Defense Aquacises Diving (Springboard) Stroke Clinic Swim Fit Synchro Swim Yellow/Orange (Beginners) Red/Maroon/Blue Green/Gray/White Bronze Cross Bronze Medallion Red Cross Level II Instructor SCUBA

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CATEGORY Basketball M,W Ball Hockey M Broomball M,W,Co-Rec. Innertube Waterpolo Co-Rec. Soccer (Indoor) M.Co-Rec. Squash M,W Table Tennis M,W Volleyball M,W,Co-Rec.

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C O S T R E G IS T R A T IO N $50.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9 $60.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9 $80.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9 $60.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9 $50.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9 $5.00 (I) Jan.3 - Jan.23 $5.00 (I) Jan.3 - Jan.27 $50.00 (T) Jan.3 - Jan.9

*M=Men; W=Women; Co-Rec.=Co-Recreational T=Team Entry Fee; l=lndividual Entry Fee *ln m any sports space is lim ited - Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

‘Please note that registration deadlines are strictly adhered to in all instances.

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