The McGill Tribune Vol. 8 Issue 20

T u e s d a y F e b ru a ry 2 1 , 1989

P u b lis h e d b y th e S t u d e n t's S o c ie t y ot M c G ill U n iv e r s it y

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that first step. Starts February 22nd, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. 2304 Old O r­ chard, Montreal. Info.: 481-0277.

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Info.: 848-9869 (M ike).

M c G ill O uting C lu b: Meeting, Lea­ cock 26, 7:30 p.m. W inter Activities: N O T IC E S : Cross-Country Ski T rip to M t. Trem blant-early March; Telem ark Festival Scarlet K ey A w a rd : Reminder-nomi­ T U E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 21ST in V erm ont-M arch; Iceclim bing, nations for 1989 close Friday, Febru­ W inter camping. Info.: Union 411; ary 24th. Application kits are available P roject Ploughshares: (M c G ill’s 398-6817. at the Students’ Society General O f­ Peace Group) General Meeting, N ew ­ M c G ill C horal Society: Meeting, fice. Info.: 398-3556. man Centre, 3484 Peel. New meeting Strathcona Music Bldg., Rm. C310.

Eben Hopson Fellowship: Applica­ time: 6:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Rehearsals and Nom ina­ tions for two fellowships are invited.

Am nesty In te rn a tio n a l: Letter w rit­ tions Closing. 8:30 p.m.: elections for Preference to Northern Undergradu­ ingmeeting, U nion4 25 /4 26 ,7:00p.m .

1989-90 Executive Positions. ate and Graduate Students in any dis­ M c G ill F olk Society: Every Tuesday In tern atio n al Socialists o f M c G ill: cipline. Sponsored by The North Slope at 8:00 p.m. ‘til late. Y ellow Door, presents Jacques Lejour on Law 101 Borough. Info.: Centre for Northern 3625 Aylmer. N ew members welcome. and 178. The Y ellow Door, 3625 Studies and Research, M c G ill Univer­ A ll types o f Folk Music.

Aylm er (above Prince Arthur), 7:30 sity, Burnside Rm. 720, 805 Sher­ M c G ill Young A lu m n i: present N ick p.m. Info.: 484-8567. brooke St. W .; 398-6052.

Stephens, FR I, C M R , CRB , o f M o n ­ N azarath House B enefit N ig ht: fea­ Q P IR G /G Q R IP -M c G ill announces treal Trust, speaking on “Mortgage turing ‘N IT E T R A G IC ’ P A R T Y the arrival o f its first brainchild: Shopping”. Leacock 232, 8:00 p.m.

B A N D . The A lley, 3480 M cTavish, R E C Y L E /Z Q P IR G /G Q R IP . Recy­ Info.: 398-3557.

8:00 p.m. Suggested donation $3.00. cling bins are in the Union, Education, Promotions George Black Inc.. Info.: and Burnside buildings. Come help re­ 521-0809. cycling at M c G ill grow!

W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 22N D M c G ill C ancer C entre-P ublic Lec­ W alk-S afe N etw o rk: This program ture Series: Dr. C lifford Stanners, D e­ begun during Sexual Assault Aware­ B lack Students’ N etw o rk: presents a partment o f Biochemistry, M c G ill ness W eek is run by and for students B A Z A A R and B O O K Sale. Union Cancer Centre, speaking on “Cancer and is designed to provide an alterna­ B09/10.

Genes”. Palmer Howard Am phithe­ tive to walking home alone at night.

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. atre, M cIntyre Medical Services Build­ M ale and female volunteer walkers N o rth ern Studies Film Series: People ing, 6th Floor, 1200 Pine Ave., W . needed, only 1 hour a week. Info.: 398o f the Sand. Inuit Broadcasting Pro­ 8:00 p.m.

6823. duction o f the Canadian In u it’s visit to M c G ill P ro g ra m m in g N e tw o rk : M c G ill Southern A fric a C om m it­ Famine stricken Ethiopia. Leacock 15, presents Stanton T . Friedman, nuclear tee: announces a film series on South­ 12:00- 1:00 p.m ., physicist, on “Flying Saucers A R E ern Africa to be shown at Cinema Nicaraguan Coffee and other “BridgeReal”. Fieldhouse Auditorium (Lea­ Parallel February 13th to 26th. The head-Oxfam” products. Y ellow Door, cock 132), Stephen Leacock Building, films, previewed at the National Film 3625 A ylm er,l:00-5:00p.m . Inexpen­ 855 Sherbrooke St. W ., 8:00 p.m. A d ­ Board, deal with a variety o f topics sive and socially just. Sponsored by mission: $2.00 M c G ill students with relating to the effect o f apartheid on SC M .

I.D .; $3.00 General Public. Tickets at the peoles and countries in Southern M cG ill-Q u ebec vous invite à la V er­ all Sadie’s locations on campus; at the Africa. The series is co-ordinated by sion Français, de 16h à 18h, au salon door while they last. Info.: 398-6795.

CatTefour International. Info.: 272des étudiants du Pavillon Peterson M c G ill F ilm Society: MyDarling Cle­ 2247.

(3460, rue McTavish). On y discute de mentine. U S A 1946 (97 m in.) D ir.: J. M c G ill F ilm Society: Film produc­ tout. Those who want to practice their Ford. tion program. W eekly workshops, French are welcome too. Café et F D A Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. FREE. Saturdays in the Union bldg.. Contact beignes.

C entre In te rc u ltu re l M onchaninthe Society’s office.

D ep a rtm e n t o f P sychoIogy-D .O .

Juvenile D elinquency in Various V olunteer to visit isolated elderly H ebb Lecture Series: presents M o rt C ultures W orkshop Series: Native living near M c G ill. The Y ellow Door Mishkin, Laboratory o f Neuropsychol­ Indian (M ohaw k) perspective (in Elderly Project. Info: M ik e or Chris ogy, National Institute o f Mental English), 4917 St-Urbain (comer St398-6243.

Health, speaking on “The Anatomy o f Joseph, metro Laurier, bus 51), 7:00M c G ill N ightline: I f you have a prob­ M em ory” . StewartBiological Sciences 10:00 p.m.. lem and you don’t know who to turn Bldg., 2:00-3:00p.m . Info.: 398-6105.

Info.: 288-7229. to, give M c G ill N ightline a call. 398M c G ill G O C lub: Meeting U nion302.

6246, 6 p.m.-3 a.m. every night.

5:00-10:00 p.m. Free Gherkins!

T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 23R D H ead and H ands Inc.: Presents a 12 Q P IR G -G Q R IP -M c G ill: Bi-W eekly week workshop on “M oving Out on Meeting. Union 3 10 ,3 4 8 0 M cTavish, Etude de la Bible Francophone: Their O w n” for young people taking 5:30 p.m. N ew members welcome. lecture et discussions sur un passage

choisi. Union 425, de 12h30 à lh30.

Apportez votre “lunch”. Etudiant(e)s et personnel de M c G ill seulement.

Organisé par le M c G ill Christian Fel­ lowship.

M c G ill W rite rs ’ G u ild : Meeting every Thursday. Student readings, followed by discussion and writing exercise. Arts 3 50,6:00 p.m. Inform a­ tion: 284-4421.

Student C hristian M ovem ent: pres­ ents Sister Maureen Sager speaking on “21st Century-First Female Roman C atholic Ordained: Possible, Probable, Necessary?” United Theological C ol­ lege, 7:00 p.m.

B lack Students’ N etw ork: presents M y m a Lashley, speaking on “Black Sexuality”. Union 310, 7:00 p.m.

A m ateur Instrum entalistsofM cG ill: Stage and JazzBand Rehearsal. FA C E Auditorium, 3449 University, 7:00 p.m. Info.: Prof. A . Grosser, 3986907.

M c G ill Coalition A gainst Sexual Assault: General Meeting, Union 401, 7:30 p.m. Help organize a Sexual Assault Prevention and Support Centre and other projects. A ll welcome.

The Y ello w D oor Coffee House: presents the music o f Chris M cK ool, guitar and vocals, and John Rajsky and Jeff Barret, Folk Jazz and Blues. Open stage where all are encouraged to play follows. C offe and refreshments. 3625 A ylm er (above Prince Arthur), 8:00 p.m.. $2.00. Info.: 398-6244/6243.

M c G ill F ilm Society: The Grey Fox. Canada (91 m in.) Dir.: P. Barsos.

Leacock 132. 8:00 p.m.

M c G ill P lay er’s T h e atre -T h e atresports: Improv Comedy. Every Thurs­ day in The A lley, Union Bldg., 10:00 p.m. FREE.

F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 2 4 T H Post G radu ate Students’ Society: presents the National Graduate Coun­ cil O P E N H O U S E . Representatives from over 20 graduate schools w ill be on hand to answer questions from under­ graduates looking into graduate stud­ ies at universities across Canada. ThomsonHouse, 3650M cTavish, 12:001:00 p.m. Info.: Guy Dunkerly, 3983756.

Am ericans A broad: Go Indian with American Abroad to Restaurant PiqueAssiette. M eet in the Union Lobby at 6:30 p.m. A ll Welcome. Info.: 8489680.

M c G ill F ilm Society: The Wings of Desire. Germany 1987 (130 m in.)

Dir.: W . Wenders. F D A Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.

B lack Students’ N etw o rk : M c G ill and concordia Rap Session on “Black Empowerment”. Union 401 Lounge.

7:00-10:00 p.m.

A D V A N C E N O T IC E S : C anadian Studies-Canadian Society a n d E n v ir o n m e n ta l Q u a lit y Speaker Series: presents Robert Page, Centre for History and Environmental Studies, TrentUniversity, speaking on “Historic Route o f our Environmental Crisis”. Burnside Hall, Rm. 426, 2:30 p.m. February 28th.

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C entre fo r Developing A rea Studies-Perspectives on the M id d le East Series: presents Prof. Rex Brynen, Political Science, M c G ill, speaking on “The In tifa d a h W ithin: The Palestin­ ian Uprising and PLO Decision M a k ­ ing”. 3715 Peel, Rm. 100, 2:00 p.m.

B E N E F IT C O N C E R T : featuring M ontreal’s T H E S W IT C H , M E R E IM A G E , andC H ILD . UnionBallroom, 3484 M cTavish, 8:00 p.m .-1:00 a.m. $ 3.00M c G ill Students w ith I.D .; $4.00 General Admission. Proceeds go to the Y ellow Door to help their social programs for the downtown elderly and the Coffee House, the oldest in Montreal. Sponsored by the M c G ill Volunteer Bureau. Info.: 398-6800.

M c G ill O uting C lu b: Rollerskating. $5.00. M eet at the Union Bldg, at 8:00 p.m.

M c G ill F ilm Society: Ma Nuit Chez Maud. F ra n c e l9 6 8 (1 0 0 m in .)D ir.:E .

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday February 21,1989

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SSM U, A N EEQ s k e p tic a l o f B o u r a s s a BYANDREWGREEN____ Québec premier Robert Bourassahintedlast Mondaythat his government may remove the freeze on Québec university tui­ tionratesafterthenext election.

However,boththeStudents’So­ cietyofMcGillUniversity(SSMU) and L’Association nationale des étudiantset étudiantesduQuébec (ANEEQ) remainskeptical of the provincial government and are waitingformoreinformationabout the implementation of tuition changes.

beingfrozenat$540peryearsince 1968, they wouldnowbe nearly $2000ayear.Therectorsaskedfor anincreaseinuniversityresources by $150 million over two years.

The premier toldLa Presse later that“itishardtofindamorecon­ vincingcause.”

However, neither theSSMUor ANEEQ, in which McGill holds observer but not member status, are convinced. SSMU president NancyCôtétoldtheTribune that the SSMUsticks toits policyon tuitionfees,whichwaspassedina referendumin March 1987. She

GillesCloutier,rectorofL’Univ­ saidthe SSMUpolicy states that ersitédeMontréal, was quotedin before it accepts tuitionchanges, theFebruary14editionofLaPresse the government must solve “the ’Ssayingthat“Mr. Bourassatold underfunding problem,” abolish usthat his intentionwas toadjust the “hidden tuition fees” (course tuitionrates startingin 1990-91”. materialscharges),andrevampthe Bourassa himself toldLa Presse, loans andbursaries systemtoac­ “For the secondmandate, weare comodate those students who readytodiscuss [the tuitionsitu­ wouldhave difficulty witha tui­ ation],butundertheconditionthat tionhike. adjustments aremadesothat stu­ “Mr. Bourassahasalotofwork dents are not unduly affected by todobeforestudentsaccept atui­ tionfeeincrease,”stressedCôté. theincreasethat couldensue.”

“Mypositionisthatoftheparty,” ANEEQhas fought attemptsto he said, referring to a resolution raisetuitionratesbefore, in 1984 passedattheOctober1988provin- and 1986. The effort in October cial Liberal party convention, 1986 culminated in a strike. which says that the government ANEEQ has been “constantly should raise university subsidies mobilized”ever since, according andimprovestudent financial aid to Giguère. He explained to the beforeliftingthefreezeontuition Tribune that his organizationop­ posesanincreasebecauseitwould rates.

“He really hasn’t said much,” affect the accessibility of educa­ saysSSMUPresidentNancyCôté, tionwhilenotsolvinguniversities’ while ANEEQ central council financial problems, despiteassur­ member Francois Giguère says ancesfromtuitionhikesupporters.

Bourassa must provide “more According to Giguère, loan and specific answers”onhowthe in­ bursaryincreases largeenoughto crease will come into effect, be­ counter a tuitionhike of 100 per cause“whatthepremiersaidwasa centwouldcost$40to$50million of the$100 millionthat wouldbe verygeneral comment.”

Mr. Bourassadiduse veryam­ gainedbysuchanincrease, leav­ biguouslanguage,speakingof“$75 inganeffectiveincreaseinuniver­ million per year over two years, sities’ budgetsofonlyabout4per one part of which could eventu­ cent Thiswouldbe“totallyineffi­ ally, inxyears, arisefromagrad­ cient tosolve the problemof un­ derfinancing,” said Giguère. ual increaseintuitionfees”.

At ameetingearlier this month SSMUpresidentCôtéagreedwith betweenBourassaandQuébecuni­ ANEEQthat “this won’t solve it versityrectors, therectorssubmit­ [underfunding].”Incontrast,Con­ tedamemorandumtothepremier cordia University rector Patrick statingthatifuniversitytuitionrates Kenniff was quotedintheFebruhadrisenwithinflationinsteadof continued on page 5...

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the trendies from the ones who actually do things for social change.

A ll w e've noticed so far is, the trendy ones have older clothes but newer jew ellty .”

“C an’t you do anything about them?” I asked. A t this the Doctor leaned closer anti lowered his voice to a whisper. “ W e ’ve already started.

D on’t tell anybody, but we're going down to the mat with the scum: re­ voking their credit cards, and some­ times even shooting them. W e ’ve got to keep some o f them, though; after all, the right’s so damned bor­ ing. “ Keep yourown counsel, but watch out for Marxists m cowboy boots; they may be imposters.

M y old friend the Doctor stopped by the office the Other day and took me* out for lunch. Over crepes Suzette and Pink Ladies -the Doctor is a strange man- he told me about the latest ominous and life-threatening trend.

“They’re all over the place,” he said. “And more are made every day.

One minute they’re Young Conser­ vatives with $400 Roots leather jack­ ets. Then they see someone selling tie-dyes on the street, and maybe they think about Bono, or how much it would bug their parents. N ext thing you know, they know al 1the words to “B ig Yellow T axi”, and they’re cook­ ing with tofu and eggplant. I t ’s eene.

In an unrelated incident: Those o f He was, o f course, talking about us who were loath to pan with our the recent severe epidemic o f Politi­ Woodstock soundtracks and who cally Correct Clones. As the Doctor think that W illiam H urt was really explained, PCCs are like Beatlemania neat in The B ig C hill now have to put - not the real thing, but an incredible up with the apogee o f B M W culture, simulation. They have a deep in­ thirtysomething. I have to admit that grained sympathy for lab animals, the show’s pretty g o a l, except that a but they force their pets to wear cruel recent episode taking itsccntral char­ and passé bandannas. They’re pas­ acters’ business from success to sionate about nuclear arms proli ferabankruptcy was a plot stretch o f tion, but they’re more passionate Dallas-likeproporuons;nonciheless, aboutgettingatable at Annie's. They as we move into the 90s, a few ques­ despise the paternalism o f European tions do present themselves. Does and Western civilization, but their this mean that w e 'll be watching wealthy parents take them to Eng­ fourtysomething one day? W ill land every summer to visit Uncle somebody eyerfigureoul what-swneBertrand. thing is? And, forGod’ssake, doesn’t Certain scientists have theorized A B C have enough left in its budget that they suffer from a virus which for a capital letter? I thought the makes them join the Socialist Inter­ cummings-ization o f our language national and buy Surrealistic Pillow had pretty well died out, with the once they enter the Arts Building or exception o f a certain inimitably silly the A lley, but which mysteriously Supplementistings section. A ll right, disappears once they get into law I know what you’re saying: “B ut school or an M B A program. W hat­ you’ vc already admitted it’s a decent ever the case is, they are a dangerous show. Does it really deserve all this breed.“ They have this strange nos­ flak then?” Yes. They ’re yuppies. talgia for the 60s, but not the least understanding o f anything that hap­ N ext week; The Ayatollah sen­ pened,” fretted the Doctor. “ And tences me for death for calling him a w hat’s worse, it ’s impossible to tell lunatic freak.

“ s o -c a lle d T o th e E d ito r , I c a n ’t c la im to speak fo r A N E E Q , but as so m eo n e w h o h as b een fo llo w in g the sce n e fo r so m e y ears now I w ould lik e to respond to a fe w things presen ted in last w e e k ’s T rib ab o u t th e latter “bunch o f soc a lle d a c tiv is ts .”

M o s t jo u rn a lis ts tak e the tim e to in v e s­ tig a te and acq u ain t th em selv es w ith th eir s u b je c t m atter, so th at th e ir story fills all th e h o le s w ith fa c ts and relev an t opin ion .

W h a t w as Paul M ic h e ll’s “ A N E E Q m a k es la st d itch attem pt to b u m M c G ill” fu ll o f ? N o t m u ch , but I w ou ldn ’t w ant to step in it.

F o r y o u r n e x t round o f A N E E Q b a s h ­ in g , P a u l, in clu d e this as backgroun d: * A N E E Q h as ab o u t 2 0 m em b ers, re p ­ resen tin g abou t 1 2 5 ,0 0 0 C E G E P and u n i­ v e rsity students, ab o u t o n e third (fro m U Q A M , C o n co rd ia and S h e rb ro o k e ) o f th at a re u n iv ersity students. A N E E Q 's tw o b ig g e st d ossiers are tu ition fe e s and lo a n s and b u rsaries. O n ly u n iv ersity stu­ dents pay tu ition fe e s , and th ey a lso re ce iv e th e lio n ’ s share o f fin a n c ia l aid. * A N E E Q h as h eld C o llo q u ia on u n iv er­ sities ev e ry y e a r fo r the past fiv e y e a rs, and th is y e a r is n o e x cep tio n . D eleg ates to the la s t A N E E Q co n g re ss in A pril 1 9 8 8 m ade th e d e cisio n to h o ld th e co n g ress. * F o u r y ears a g o , M c G ill, on th e o th er

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T h re e y ears ag o th ey w ere q u ietly lo b b y ­ ing th e gov ern m en t to le t us p ay $ 2 5 0 0 in tu ition fe e s. * T h e date fo r A N E E Q 's c o llo q u e w as fix e d b y A N E E Q ’s ce n tra l c o u n cil in A u gust, w e ll b e fo re F E E Q was anything m o re than an id ea. T h e firs t co n g re ss o f F E E Q on th e o th er h and, w as o rig in a lly schedu led fo r m id -M a rc h - th e 1 1th in fa c t, but stran g ely it w as m o v ed up. W h y ? W e ll, o rig in a lly M ary se P otv in at th e stu d en ts’ fed eratio n at th e U n iv ersité de M o n tre a l had wanted to h old F E E Q ’ s fir s t co n g re ss a t C o n co rd ia, n e x t d o o r to A N E E Q ’ s c o l­ lo q u e. Y o u fig u re it out. * I n Jan u ary , th e G a z e tte reported that R y a n was go in g to add $ 4 0 m illio n to th e loan s and b u rsaries sy stem , respond ing, b a s ic a lly to ev e ry dem and A N E E Q m ad e as part o f its th ree w eek student strike.

A ll th is in fo rm atio n is read ily a v a ila b le to any en terprisin g jo u rn a lis t, m e re ly a p h o n e c a l] aw ay , y e t M ic h e l! d ilig en tly avoid ed a ll o f it.

M ic h e ll’ s co n sp ira cy th eo ry sh ould b e ex p o sed fo r w hat it is - a ch e a p attem pt to p u ll th e w ool o v e r stu d e n ts’ ey es.

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To the E d ito r, In the past few weeks, there have been a number o f articles in the student papers about the debate between PGSS & S S M U . A veritable deadlock in opinion between PGSS representatives and S S M U representatives has sur­ faced, leaving M c G ill students to contend with each side’s perspectives and rhetoric. It is time that some key facts be interjected into this debate to clear the air about a number o f issues.

PGSS representatives continuously bring up a survey which was done in 1986/87 to determine graduate stu­ dent use o f S S M U services. W hat they never mention is the fact that it proved a distinct lack o f evidence that gradu­ ate students pay too much in SSM U fees. The survey made it clear that graduate students use such services as the Union Building, Sadies’ outlets, the cafeterias, Welcome Week, the Ballroom, etc. Indeed, grads, like stu­ dents who are members o f other Fac­ ulty and School societies, do attend concerts, speakers and other entertain­ ment events and activities programmed by students, both undergraduate and graduate, involved in S S M U . To sug­ gest that “ ...graduates hardly ever use S S M U services in the first place” as Eric Darier, PGSS VP-Administration, does in the Feb. 13/89 D aily, is absurd and entirely misleading.

Further, during the Spring o f 1987, negotiations took place between PGSS & S S M U representatives, with a me­ diator appointed by Principal Johnston presiding. Amendments to the SSM U constitution were agreed upon and sub­ sequently taken to campus-wide refer­ endum in the Fall o f 1987. Surprisingly, PGSS publicly encouraged graduate students to boycott the refer­ endum after having negotiated those very amendments which would im ­ prove graduate studentinput in SSM U! PGSS reps also put forth the argu­ ment that “there is a trend across Canadian universities for the separa­ tion o f undergraduate and graduate societies.”(D aily, Feb.13). This state­ ment is correct but should have no bearing on the situation here at M cG ill.

A tother Canadian universities, gradu­ ate students have not benefited from the two-tiered system o f student gov­ ernment which exists at M c G ill. A t other campuses, they may well have been subsumed within federative sys­ tems, but this is not the case at M cG ill, and therefore, is not an argument to be used for secession from S S M U .

PGSS is a fully autonomous society and exists to serve the distinct and specific interests which graduate stu­ dents have. S S M U membership in no way precludes graduate students’ rep­ resentatives, the PGSS Council, from serving those distinct needs.

S S M U cannot, and does not block PGSS from doing anything.

Lee Iverson, in his letter to the Edi­ tor (Tribune, Feb.14), exclaims, ‘Ts it any wonder that grad students are fed up.” One only has to wonder with whom grad students are fed up? PGSS reps would have graduate students believe that S S M U membership is damaging to their political credibility and that the price o f membership is too high. H ow can a fully autonomous body whose constituency participates in the activities and services o f the Students’ Society deny their members the opportunity to assert their voice

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T h e M c G ill Students’ Society is one o f the most successful in North Am er­ ica. Graduate and undergraduate stu­ dents here possess their own build­ ings, and run their own activities and programs independent from the uni­ versity. But more than that, is the fact that all this has been achieved within a true student democracy. That student democracy needs student unity to fur­ ther its successes. Lee Iverson’s rheto­ ric can only crack the foundations o f our own student self-government.

N ancy Côté P resident, S S M U

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T o the editor, W e should hope that it is possible for am an to write an intelligent article on date rape. A t the very least, a woman editor ought to correct his misconcep­ tions before putting the offensive piece in the centre spread o f her paper. Nicho­ las V asil’s article “But I love you..” attempted to address the relev ant prob­ lem o f date rape. But his approach was irresponsible in the extreme. Vasil writes from a position o f total subjec­ tivity, constructing his version o f date rape without recourse to factual re­ search or sophisticated analysis.

H e proposes to shatter the m yth that rape is a crime o f passion, yet con­ stantly reasserts that myth in this ex­ amples and use o f language. Vasil of­ fers advice to victim and rapist alike based on the misconception that the worst element o f the attack is the “vio­ lation o f trust” it implies. He ignores the physical and psychological vio­ lence o f rape; the victim suffers most only because “her hope[s] for a loving union may be shattered forever.” Worse still than misunderstanding the victim, he removes all responsibility from the rapist, blaming instead impersonal so­ cial pressures. According to Vasil, “It is not the date rapist, but rather this idea {the Right to a W om an’s Body} which he holds that women encounter in rape.” Rape’s abstract nature would be news to women who have been assaulted. W hat Vasil fails to come to terms with, is that rape is not “the utter disregard for [a woman’s] desires” but the deliberate, violent transgression o f her rights.

Instead o f offering new insight into date rape, Vasil recycles old myths.

His cavalier language and treatment o f the subject patronize women and trivi­ alize rape.

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The intent of the article was to not to make light o f the violence o f rape.

Rather, it explored only the emotional dimension of the crime.

- Nicholas Vasil

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BY COLINSCOTT TheUnitedStates AirForcere­ centlyapprovedagrant toMcGill University to do research in the area of artificial intelligence for theirOfficeofScientificResearch.

Thegrant,whichwasgivenfinal acceptance by Dean of Research Gordon Maclachlan, provides McGill with$257052 (U.S.) over athreeyearperiodinwhichtodo theresearch. Eachyear McGill is awardedoneortwocontractsfrom the U.S. military and a total of about seven defense contracts.

Theyrangeinvaluefrom$25 000 a year toinexcess of $200 000 a year.

The principle investigator and professor incharge of research is StevenZucker. Inthiscase,Zucker wenttotheU.S.militaryandsolic­ itedthecontracthimself. Theproj­ ect falls under thetitleof “Curva­ ture Estimation in Orientation Selection”. While the grant does come fromthe Air Force, the re­ searchbeingdoneapparentlydoes not havemilitaryimplications.

LeeIverson,presidentofthePost Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS), is one of the secondary signatories tothegrant, as well as beingoneoftwograduatestudents workingontheproject According to Iverson, the project involves “buildingcomputermodelsof the visual cortex. There aren’t many applications right nowbecauseof the lackof technology. Inthe fu­ ture it couldbe usedinanything fromimproving T.V. pictures to workingwithindustrial robots.”

There has been much contro­ versyinthepast over militaryre­ searchatMcGill. Inparticular, the researchingofFuelAirExplosives (FAE’s) hascausedquiteastiron

the McGill campus. Iversonhim­ self has been in the forefront in pastyearsinprotestingtheaward­ ingofmilitarycontractstoMcGill.

Iversonsaysthathe“hadpersonal problems with going to the Air Force[forthisgrant].I’mturninga veryfineline.”

Iverson’sjustificationliesinthe essential differences between grants andcontracts. Iverson ex­ plainedthat “withagrant youput inanapplicationandtellthemwhat youplantodowiththemoney.We have no obligation to produce

anything. Withacontract, theuni­ versityisguaranteeingthatresearch will bedone. Theuniversitypulls inmoneybutitisgivingupcertain ownershiprights.”

Iversonfeels that because he is not obliged to produce anything, butratherhastodoresearchonly, there will not be any conflict of interest. For hisworkontheproj­ ect hewill receive$13 500 ayear fortwoyearsfromthegrant. Heis content to workonthe project as long as the university maintains control over the project but he

wonders “howmuchcontrol they [the Air Force] are going tohave over this.”

After the fiasco createdby the FAE’s, the$enatepassedaresolu­ tion stating that all military con­ tracts coming to McGill must be given final approval by the Dean of Research. According to Dean Maclachlan, “the Senate made a resolution to ask if there will be anyill effects resultingfrompro­ posed contracts. Professors must signa statement sayingthat there will notbeanyill effects.”This is

tohelpavoidanyproblemsarising from potentially destructive or dangerous research.

Nevertheless, thereisstill room for ambiguity in the approval of contracts. Theprovisionthat con­ tracts must first beapprovedonly applies to military contracts and not toprivate contracts. Still, the universityadministrationhasmade stepstoalleviatethecontroversies surrounding military contracts.

With proper maintenance, no fu­ ture problems are anticipated by McGill researchstaff.

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The building will have four floors, twobelowgroundandtwo Withanyluck, thenewMcGill aboveground.Onthelowestlevel, bookstoreyou’vebeenhearingso space will be alloted for parking. muchabout shouldbe completed Thenext level upwill sell McGill byOctober, 1989.

LastWednesday,ameetingtook placetodiscuss plans for thenew McGill bookstore. Present at the meeting wereNancy Côté, Presi­ dent of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), SSMUVice-President University AffairsMariaBattaglia, SSMUVPforFinanceKaseyFukada, and AssociateVicePrincipalofPhysi­ cal Resources Sam Kingdon.

Construction on the store’s site, next totheBronfmanBuildingon rueMcTavish, hasbeengoingon for several monthsnow. Planners originallyprojecteditscompletion in September, 1989, but delays have pushed it back to October. clothing, stationary andsupplies.

Côtéseemedexcitedaboutthenew Non-classroomtextbooks will be modembookstore, whichwill be soldonthe thirdandfourthfloors, withcertain sections reservedfor madeof limestoneandglass. students with specialized needs, such as architecture and music students. Recreational books will alsobe soldonthese floors.

Asfornow,thecostofconstruc­ m o re re sp o n se s tionofthenewbookstorehasbeen $6.4 million. The student contri­ - ary 14 Montreal Gazette as saying, M arch date to this weekend, in the bution to construction costs are “There really is no other way to en­ hopes that it w ill then be able to form sure an adequate level o f funding.” long-term; 8SMUagreedin 1986 a policy on the issue before any leg­ Giguère argued that “In order to togiveupitspercentageofprofits islation is tabled by Bourassa. Exter­ solve the problem o f underfinancing nal Affairs Coordinator John Fox, fromthebookstorefor 16yearsto in universities, the government has who is M c G ill’s representative to help finance it. Côté’s records to take its own responsibilities,” FEEQ , would not offer any prema­ indicatethat SSMUwillbelosing pointing to a decrease o f 33 per cent ture speculation on what FEEQ ’ s pol­ a profit of about $45,000 a year, in government funding for Québec icy w ill be, but did promise that according to the average of their universities in recent years. Giguère “FEEQ w ill certainly respond”. yearlyprofits in 1981-86.

Bourassa’s plans may introduce a is worried that Québec could follow Although the original cost of note o f urgency into the ongoing for­ the Ontario and British Columbia precedent o f reducing provincial funding o f universities shortly after a tuition hike.

A N E E Q w ill consider action to fight the lifting o f the freeze at its next congress early next month, but w ill w aitnow and allow more discus­ sion on the subject.

Bourassa’s plans may introduce a note o f urgency into the ongoing for­ mation o f the new student organiza­ tion Fédération des étudiantes et étu­ diants de Québec (FEEQ ), in which M c G ill is involved. The group has moved a founding meeting from a

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mation o f the new student organiza­ tion Fédération des étudiantes et étudiants de Québec (FEEQ ), in w h ichM cG ill is involved. The group has moved a founding meeting from a M arch date to this weekend, in the hopes that it w ill then be able to form a policy on the issue before any leg­ islation is tabled by Bourassa. Exter­ nal Affairs Coordinator John Fox, who is M c G ill’s representative to FEEQ , would not offer any prema­ ture speculation on what F E E Q ’s policy w ill be, but did promise that “ FEEQ w ill certainly respond”.

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students are expected to fund it partially. Côtéhadanironic reply to this: “Only at McGill do stu­ dents finance the construction of theirownbuildings!”

Côtéiseagerforthebookstore’s completion. “It’sgoingtobringa lot of [non-McGill] people onto McTavish, which is great for us too”, she said. Besides bringing increased revenues to the book­ store,Côtéhopesthattheincreased pedestrian circulation will con­ vincethecitytocreateapedestrian mall on McTavish and close the road to cars. “Closing this road willalsomakeabetteraccessroute to Mount Royal fromthe down­ townarea,”saidCôté.

Once the new bookstore is completed,McGill’spresentbook­ store in the Bronfman Building SSMUwill start receivingprofits will beconvertedintomoreclass­ rooms, to deal with the univer­ again.

Technically, McGill University sity’s chronic lack of classroom owns the building; nonetheless, space.

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TheStudents’SocietyofMcGill University (SSMU) is ready to submit a formal proposal to the “Subcommittee on J”, as it is known, concerning a possible amendment totheJ Policy.

Q P IR G

According renrHino Toff to Jeff Symons,SSMUstudent represen­ tative to the Subcommittee on J, SSMU’s “most important and agreedupon”recommendation is that the policy be consistent throughout all faculties.

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BY PAULHORWITZ Bins andfree beer were all the ragelastweek,astheQuébecPublic InterestResearchGroup(QPIRG) begantheMcGill RecyclingProj­ ect, itsfirstmajoroperationonthe McGill campus.

OnFebruary 14, collectionbins were placedinstrategic positions in Burnside Hall, the Education Building, andtheUnionBuilding.

The bins are theretocollect com­ puterpaper, newspapers, andwhat QPIRGcalls “fine paper” - loose papers such as photocopies and notes. Thepaper will becollected fromeach buildingandplacedin larger, centrally located bins by McGill janitorial staff, and then baggedandstoredbyQPIRGvol­ unteers. The papers will then be picked upweekly by RécuperactionMarroniers, arecyclingcom­ pany which pays approximately $60 foreachtonof paper.

According to TomHeintzman, oneof theRecyclingProject’sco­ ordinators, the limitedplacement ofthebinswill act asatrial run. If theproject is successful this term andoverthesummer,thebinsmay beplacedinotherUniversitybuild­ ings inSeptember.

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mends that a stud_. ent ...1 who m:isses anexamandconsequentlyreceives aJ gradecanappeal totheAssoci­ ateDeanofStudentsorarepresen­ tative of the Associate Dean of Students within “an appropiate amount of time”. The Associate Deanorrepresentativewouldthen

QPIRG held a press conference onFebruary 16todiscuss thede­ tails of the program and to an­ nounce theprogram’s initial suc­ cess. Present were Heintzman, AndrewWoodall, Chairpersonof QPIRG’sBoardof Directors, and DerekRemsen, anadministrative liaison.

lectedintheUnionBuilding, and over three times that number at Burnside Hall. Figures for paper collectionat theEducationBuild­ ingwerenot yet available.

The Recycling Project is QPIRG’s first andonlyproject at thecurrenttime. “We’rekeepingit small andeasy, so we can avoid falling into any possible logistic “Anythingthat students, asour traps”, saidWoodall. members, are concerned about, we’ll takecareof’, saidajubilant QPIRGstaffersviewtheProject Woodall. asanimportantfirststep, buthope tobeabletomoveontootherproj­ Remsen, whoworks under As­ ects whichwill concentrate more sociateVice-Principal ofPhysical onresearch andeducation. Woo­ Resources Sam Kingdon, con­ dall toldtheTribune, “Wehopeto firmedthesupport of theUniver­ havethem[theUniversityadmini­ sity administration for the Recy­ stration] integrate recycling into cling Project. The university is their waste management system, payingfor hardcosts suchas the andthenQPIRGwill becentrally bins and desktop holders which for education.” The Recycling each administrative member has ProjectwillbereviewedbyQPIRG been given to keep recyclable andadministrationofficialsaftera papers. At the time of the press year’s time, inFebruary of 1990, conference, theProject hascost a anditsplaceintheUniversitywill total of $6423.55. bedeterminedthen.

AccordingtoQPIRGpamphlets, To celebrate the beginning of McGill uses approximately 700 theRecyclingProject andtoraise metrictonsofpaperayear, neces­ extrafunds forQPIRG, thegroup sitating the destruction of more helda‘TrashBash”onthenightof than13000trees.Within3daysof February 16. The Bash, which the placement of the bins, 270 featuredthetalentsof two gallons of paper had been col­ Continued onpage 7...

jdecid -j e on a case .by case .basis

whethertheJ gradeisindeedjustly deservedor whether it shouldbe removedfromthe student’s tran­ script.

According to this proposal, if the gradeisjustified, theJ would remainonthestudent’s transcript andbothazeroandthemarkearned onthe supplemental examwould becalculatedintothestudent’sfinal grade and GPA. If the J is re­ moved, the student’s supplemen­ tal exammark would appear on his/her transcript along with the correspondinglettergrade.

gives the student credit for com­ pleting the course. It does not improve his/her grade. The J re­ mains onthetranscript evenafter completion of the supplemental examandis worthzerowhencal­ culatingthestudent’sGPA. “At this point, students can appeal theJ grade, but thecurrent systemismuchmorecomplicated [thantheoneproposedbySSMU].

This proposal is basically an at­ tempttostreamlinethesystemand, therefore, make it [appealing the grade] easierforthestudent,”said Symons.

According to Symons, SSMU purposelyleftthewordingoftheir proposal relativelyvague. Phrases such as “within an appropriate amount of time”are tobe left for theSubcommitteeonJ todefine.

SSMUhas officially submitted the proposal to Symons, but Symonshasnotofficiallypresented theproposal totheSubcommittee on J. He will present the recom­ mendationtothecommitteefor a closer look anddiscussionat the

Incontrast,thecurrentpolicyin­ sists that anystudent whomisses an examwithout a valid excuse automatically receives a J letter grade. A ‘valid excuse’ includes onlyamedical reasonor afamily affliction. Missingone’salarm,or othersuchexcuses, arenotconsid­ eredtobelegitimate.

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T h ere are a lot of For the past three weeks, month, though it’s the shortest minorities that needtobe learned you, but hate youwhenyouturn OnthelackofBlackrôlemodels McGill’sBlackStudents’Network month of the year. It’s a time to about, notjust Blacks alone. your back. That’s frequentlyhow inmainstreamculture: (BSN) hasorganizedandhosteda dispelstereotypes,andtoletpeople The Cosby Showcameout, and it is inCanada. number of events in the celebra­ knowabout our cultureandabout ev ery bodysaid, ‘Oh,comeon. He’s O n acad em ic racism : tionof Februaryas BlackHistory thingsthathavehappened.It’salso Therearealwaysthingsthatyou On Jesse Jackson’s recent bid adoctorandshe’salawyer. Don’t Month.Onthisoccasion,theChair­ a time to give exposure to Black don’t hearabout. I knowaperson for theU.S. presidency: be silly, this doesn’t happen.’ person of BSN’s OutreachCom­ authors, Black poets and play­ whowenttoseeanadvisor, andhe I don’t knowhowmanypeople Granted, theshowhasitsunrealis­ mittee, Anne-MarieClarice,talked wrights,andothers. Peopleshould wassittingbackandswearingand believed that Jesse would win. I ticmoments,buteverybody’sused to the Tribune about the BSN, takeadvantageof theseevents. carrying on; then she saw him thinkit was important for himto toseeingGood Times andWhat’s BlackHistoryMonth,andtheprob­ dress another, non-minority run, but I just don’t thinkthat the Happening, andthey tend to be­ lemsthatstillfaceBlacksandother Onthesuccessof studentactiv­ ad stu dent, andhewassaying, ‘Oh, I States -or anywhere, for that mat­ lieve that that’s whereBlacks be­ ist groups: minorities today. feel thatyoushouldtrythisanddo ter, except anAfricancountry- is long. Theydon’t knowwhat their I’dsaythat there’s alot of apa­ readyfor a BlackPrime Minister peoplehaveachieved, theyforget thy. I don’t thinktherearealot of that’ OntheBSN: about peoplelikeMalcolmX and T hings like th is [acad em ic d is­ TheBSNisessentiallyapoliti­ peoplejoininggroups. Therearea crimination] dooccur, but alot of orPresident AngelaDavis. cal group at McGill. We try to lot more people who could, but peoplejust tendtosweepit under Onracismandthepolice: service an interchange of ideas, theyjustdon’twanttogetinvolved. therugbecausetheydon’twantto The police situationis not that differentsolutionstoproblemsthat Theythinkthatthingsthathappen make a scene...but it does occur. good...It’sscary. Thecopsaresup­ Inconclusion: Blacksmightface, andtoincrease arebad, butthatsomeoneelsewill You’dthinkthat youwere witha posedtobetakingcareofus!There It’s important for you to join awarenessofrôlemodels, because takecareof it. particularlyenlightenedbunch,but aresomanyfishythings.Iwouldn’t groups,togetinvolvedwiththings youdon’t learnanythinglike that saythatcopsgooutandsay, ‘Okay, that arehappeningout there...just Doeducators succeedat teach­ it’s not alwaysso. at all at school... let’sgoshoot aniggertoday,’ but tobeopen-minded, andtoleamas We try to bring about pride in ingBlackhistory?

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Project will be reviewed Speaking on this point, . . . m o r e o n J p o l i c y . . .

by QPIRG and admini­ Heintzman emphasized stration officials after a thatthisdependedlargely year’s time, in February on theinputof thestudent of 1990, andits place in continuedfrom page 6 body,towhichtheyarere­ the University will be sponsible: “We’ll haveto next meeting, whichis scheduledforearlyMarch. determinedthen. wait until September, and The Subcommittee on J was established through the Academic Tocelebratethebegin­ then we’ll look around.

PolicyandPlanningCommittee(APPC) withthegoal of lookinginto ning of the Recycling T his was our first year, possible revisions for thecurrent J Policy.

Project andtoraiseextra andwewantedtoaddress Thesùbcommittee’sdeadlineforsubmittingitsproposal(s)toAPPC funds for QPIRG, the isMarch31,1989. Theoriginaldeadlinewassubstantiallyearlier, but grouphelda“TrashBash”onthe timated at 400. Aprofit of $200 onlyoneissue, but nextyearwe’ll the subcommittee was forced toask APPCfor anextension. Roger night of February 16. The Bash, wasmade, andthegroupalsocol­ solicit student opinions.”

Rigclhof, AssociateDeanof Scienceandmemberof theSubcommit­ teeonJ, blames SSMU’s late proposal submissionfor therequested extension.

Maria Battaglia, SSMU VP University Affairs, accounting for SSMU’s delay, said, “Becausewelost votingquorumat twoCouncil meetings, welost time.”

AlthoughtheSubcommitteeonJ claims it was kept wailingdueto SSMU’sdelay, Rigclhofsays thatthecommittee“isundernoobliga­ A r e y o u t h i n k i n g o f G r a d u a t e tiontousetheStudent Society’sproposal”. Headdedthat hehimself isformulatingaproposal, butthatheisnot readytodiscussthedetails S c h o o l i n C a n a d a ? ° “Idonot wanttosubmitittothecommitteeuntil wereceivetheStu­ dentSociety’sproposal.ThatwayIcanformulateonewhiletakinginto If s o , t h e P o s t G r a d u a t e S t u d e n t s 1 S o c i e t y o f account what theyask,”hesaid.

M c G ill p r e s e n t s a n : AccordingtoSymons, thesubcommitteeisalsoresearchingthepoli cics of other Canadian andAmerican Universities. “Most have [poli­ Il r\ P 1 1 i i I I ^ II cies] similar toMcGill, butsomehaveanappeal systemsimilartothe oneproposedbySSMU,”hesaid.

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BY MOIRAMACDONALD For over fifty years, Alcoholics Anonymous has been abeacon for recoveringalcoholicsandaleaderin the field of self-help groups. Yet, despiteAA’slongestablishmentfew non-members are aware of the or­ ganization’sphilosophyanditsspin­ off support groups.

AAwas foundedin 1935 bytwo men, one a NewYork stockbroker and the other anOhiosurgeon, both of whom were considered ‘hopeless’ alcoholics. Their aim was to extend support to others who faced similar problems,and then to helprecovered alcoholics maintain their sobriety.

Today the organiza­ tion has one million members in 63 000 groupsin114countries around the world.

Montreal and its sur­ roundingareashas525 chapters alone and, in 1985 was host toAA’s Golden Anniversary International Conven­ tion in which 44 000 members fromaround theworldattended.

Members of AAbe­ lievethatalcoholismisadiseaseand thattheonlywaytotreatandcontrol the disease is to maintain a total abstinencefromalcohol. Moreover, because alcoholismis a disease, it canafflictanyone-regardlessofage, sex, social class or race. Only the persondirectlyconcernedcandeter­ minewhetherheor shehas aprob­ lemwith alcohol; no one else can decide.

Atypical AAmeeting(akeyprin­ ciple is regularattendanceat meet­ ings) might begin with a speaker whois amember of thegroup. The speaker introduces him/herself as, “Hi, my name is Jane and I’man

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unsureiftheyarealcoholicst sim­ plycometoameetingtoseev, tatit islike. Therearenodemandsmade onthemtoreturnbutthey’ll atleast leave withsomenumbers tocall in casetheyfindthemselvesneedinga sympathetic ear. AAconsiders it­ selfa“societyofpeers”soall rela­ tionsareofsupportandunderstand­ ing, not of authority.

Thereareseveral chaptersof Al­ coholics Anonymous andits spin­ offsintheMcGill area. TheYellow Dooristheplaceofmeetingfortwo separateAAgroupsandthereis an AAgroupspecifically for gayand lesbian people which meets at the NewmanChaplaincyCentreonPeel

Quiz: How much do you really know?

True or False?

1. At concentrations above40%, alcohol is absorbedmoreslowlyinto thestomach. Therefore, Russians aresmart.

2. WhenaSt.Bemardapproaches youduringyourFebruaryhiketothe Stewart BiologyBuildingandoffers youbrandyfromhis cutelittle keg, youshouldaccept it inordertowarmup.

3. Drinkingchampagne will affect youmorequicklythandrinkingthe samealcohol equivalent inwine.

4. Whiskeyhasgreater“hangoverpotential”thanginor vodka.

5. Thereis nochemical totreat alcohol abuse.

6. Somealcoholics maystaysober for days, evenweeks at atime.

7. If youhavetoabuseadrug, alcohol isabetter one tochoosethan cigarettes becauseat least it doesn’t causecancer.

8. Hangovers arecausedsolely bydehydration, sodrinkingwater beforecrashingwill keepthecarpenters out of yourhead.

9. Alcohol revives youandgives youthestaminatopartyall night.

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Besides its traditionof anonym­ ity, AAprovidesatwelve-steppro­ gram for recovery and sloganswhichmembers consider tobe thebasic guidelines formaintain­ ing sobriety. Simple phrases such as “ One day at a time” , “Go to meetings”, “Keep com­ ing back”, “Easy does it”,and“Keepitsimple” helptoreduce theprob­ lemof alcoholism to a manageablesize. Rather thanover-burdeningthe memberwiththetaskof neverdrinkingagain,the AAphilosophy of ‘one daya time’ simply sets out the task of sobriety for one day; tomorrow ill take care of itself. a w £ The slogans maysound & cornytosome, butthose who must live by them Q> -s: consider themlifelines.

Thetwelve-stepprogram is moredetailed, butba­ sically makes alcoholics recognize the need for seeking help beyond themselves. Supportcanbefoundin the meetings, in family members, eveninbeliefinsome‘higherpower’ (not necessarilyabelief inaChris­ tian‘God’).

For alcoholics, asking for help involves the swallowing of pride.

GoingtoA.A.meansfirstadmitting that theyare sick, andthat onlyby acceptinghelpcantheybecured.

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Shelookshorrible. Hermascarais There is no such thing as a ‘typical ‘ smudgedintodarkcircles underher encounter with an alcoholic loved eyes, likeaquarterback’s, herhairis one,but thisisoneperson’s attempt inwitchy strings, andher face is a to honestly describe her experi­ redallergic blotch. ence.

Shehasabeerwithherbreakfast, to‘kill thepain’.

Sundaymornings aretheworst.

MostweekdayswhenIcomehome Cindystaggersoutof herroomat fromschoolshe’sthereaheadofme, about 11:00, holding her temples drinking a caesar and staring into and swearing quietly- something spaceor at the T.V. screen. School about little men with hammers was rough today, she says as she poundingviciouslyonherskull. She goes for hersecond. I askmyselfif goes to the sinkandgulps at least it’snormal foratwenty-year-oldto three glasses of water before we have a drink because her day was speak. rough. ThenI remember myfather has at least twobefore dinner, and “So howwas your night where wonderwhat thedifferenceis.

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Weneverjust enjoyedeachother whenhedrank. Ionlycamenearhim whenI wantedsomething, andthen I wouldmakesureI hadtwostrate­ gies ready in my head. On good nightsIcouldgetwhateverIwanted forjust a kiss anda smile. Onbad onesI neededaflawlesslyelaborate argument, onethat I wascapableof reproducing several times because he would forget what I had been saying. WhenI wasfourteenI went throughthisphasewhenall I could dowaspatronizehim,criticizehim, ridiculehim.Iwantedsobadlytoget

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BY KRIS MANN Thereis noquestionthat alcohol playsanimportantroleinuniversity life. It is thedrugof choice among universitystudentsforobviousrea­ sons: it’scheap, legal, readilyavail­ able... andfun,especiallywhenyour parents are safely tucked away in Sakatchawan.

As it is suchaninte­ gral part of university life, students do not construe their behav­ iouras‘alcoholic’, and rarely seek help from AAor similar organi­ zations. The statistics for alcohol consump­ tiononcampus froma McGill HealthService Survey,however,show that consumption is above ‘normal’, even for those riotous uni­ versity years. For ex­ ample: -At McGill, 70-95% of students consider themselves ‘drinkers’, amuchgreaterpercentagethaninthegeneral Canadianpopulationof that agegroup.

-McGill students drinkgreaterquantities with greater frequency than did McGill students25 years ago.

-Alcohol consumption is related to increased vandalism, a greater number of unplanned pregnancies andlowerGPA’s.

Shouldthesefigures worryus, or aretheysimplyapart oftheuniver­ Photo byNeal Herbert /Andrzej Szymanski sitysubculture; apassingphasethat

through. I didn’t, so my hostility mellowed into quiet resentment .1 havegrown ‘patient’.

It was easy to kiss andhug him whenI waslittle, but if I doit nowI can’thelpfeelinglikeI’mexploiting him.WhenI’mhomevisitingI will hughiminthemornings,butatnight Ijust sittherewithastupidsmileon mystupidface. Useless.

wassomeonewiththecouragetotell himwhat weall were thinkingand mumbling behind his back, some­ one like me who loved him and wouldbetheretohelphimdeal with it. Howsimple.

With equal bluntness he replied “no.”

I haveneveraskedhimagain.

What is hardest to accept is his persistentkindness. Heisnotanasty drunk who tries to hurt others as muchashehimselfishurting. Heis never deliberately cruel, does not lashoutunprovoked. After 10:00he simplybecomes asloppychild, but I amjust not readytobehisparent.

I amangrythat hedemandsit.

Counselling services tell you it has to come fromwithin the alco­ holic, that he or she has toask for help before they can be helped. I wonder howpeople ask for helpif they can’t even admit they have a problem. Once during my blunt, tactlessphaseIaskedhimpointblank Itell myselfhiskindnessmakesit if he thought he was an alcoholic, thinkingwasn’tIneattoforcehimto better, that his alcoholismis some­ finally face it. All it took, after all, howdamaginghimlessbecauseitis

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moststudentsgothrough?Isitjusta r,art of ‘thelearningexperience’,or is this where alcohol-relatedprob­ lems begin?

Dr.PierreTellierofMcGillHealth Servicesbelievesthereisaproblem.

He has created the Peer Alcohol Awareness Programme at McGill

Tellierwantsmorenon-alcoholic events to be offered during Wel­ comeWeek, thusreducingthepeer pressurethatplayssuchalargerole inthealcohol consumptionof first year students.

Andjust howmuch do students drink? According to Gert’s management, onanaverageFriday night, there are ap­ proximately 1000 beers sold, with a turnoverofabout400 people. This trans­ lates into approxi­ mately 2.5 beers per person.

SSMU (Students’ Society of McGill University) has im­ plemented a policy that intends to pro­ mote responsible drinking. In the Un­ ionBuilding,allpubs, includingGert’s, the Alley, and studentrun events, must comply with base beerandliquorprices, andmustofferades­ ignated driver proPhoto by Andrzej Szymanski gramin conjunction withanyalcohol spe­ O piate o f the masses. cial. This policy of which aims to “teach students to consistencyisalsodesignedtogive drinkresponsibly, not toencourage all eventsinthebuildinganatmos­ phereof faircompetition. abstinence”.

Onamoregeneral scale, theStu­ The programis run by students whohavebeentrained, andwhouse dentHealthSurveysaysthatathird suchdevicesasskitstodemonstrate ofstudentsdrinklessthanonceper thepeerpressuresinvolvedindrink­ week, anotherthirddrinkonceper week, and the other third drinks ing, andhowtocopewiththem.

HealthServices is intheprocess morethanonceperweek. offormulatingastrategytopromote Universitystudentsaresupposed responsibledrinkinginnewstudents tobe themost intelligent segment when theybeginuniversity, andto of the population. There are crea­ increase awareness in the general tivealternativestogettingtrashed. student population about the prob­ Ifwedevelopthem,wewouldlikely lems associated with alcohol con­ remember more of our university years. not turning himintoan embittered sumption. oldman.

ANSWERS But I know that is bullshit, no ro o f liqu o rs irritate the p y lo ric va lv e that acts as a gate b etw een th e sto m ­ matter how many times I roll it a1ch. T RandU Esm. Hallighinptestin n ta ct w ith fiery drink s, the sen sitiv e v a lv e c lo s e s , k eep in g around my brain so it looks like th e drag out o f th e sme;a llonincotestin e and slow in g the a lc o h o l’ s absorp tion b y the body.

L S E . T h e w arm th produced b y a lco h o l is an illu sio n . A ctu a lly , it lo w ers yo u r body truth.Hisisaslow,gentlefall,buthe 2tem. F pAerature, tib le to fro stb ite and all th o se o th e r w in ter w onders. will still hit bottom. I wonder what T e ll th e S t. Bme rnakainrdg toyoug emt loo res t suandscekpeep bums insidehimthat hemustdrink 3 . T R U E . T h e carb o n d io x id e in ch am p agwn ealking. m a k es the a lco h o l m o re im m e d ia te ly potent. . T R U E . W h isk ey co n ta in s m o re “ co n g e n e rs’ - ch e m ica ls o f v ario u s sorts that are himself into oblivion in order to 4incorp in to a lc o h o lic b ev era g es during th eir m anu factu re. T h e s e ch e m ica ls rem ain escape from it. What could have in th e orated system and ca u se n a u sea th e day after. suchboundlessenergytochasehim 5 . F A L S E . T h e re e x is ts a drug ca lled d isu lfiram (know n co m m ercia lly as A n tab u se) th e u se r b e c o m e v io len tly ill i f s/he tak es a drink. It ca n b e used as a trea t­ sohardandlong?Whycan’theask mw henicht fomrakes a lco h o lism , but is seld om su cce ssfu l b eca u se th e a lc o h o lic u su ally for help? Pride at this point seems aban don s dsevisuerelfiram b e fo re s/he w ill abandon a lco h o l.

6. T R U E . A lc o h o lic s ca n go fo r lo n g periods o f tim e w ithout d rink in g, then w ill b in g e ludicrous.

I phoneinthemorningsnow.It is u7 .nFcoAnLtroS Ella. bAlylc.o h o l can c a u se ca n cer. A h ealth a d v o ca cy group in W a sh in g to n , D .C . has hardtolovehimasmuch, becauseI re ce n tly reported th at th ere w ere v aryin g am ounts o f a ca n cer-ca u sin g co n tam in an t, u re ­ lc o h o lic b ev era g es, p articu larly w in e and bourbon. cannolongerloveblindly. Alcohol th8. anF Ae,LinS Em. aDn yehaydration o f it, but a m a jo r so u rce o f h a n g o v er sym ptom s is plain has become a part of his identity, old fatig u e. S le e p is m o reisepart f fe c tiv e than aspirin. andthereit sitsbetweenus... giving 9 . F A L S E . A lco h o l does n ot giv e you stam ina. T h e reason you can stay up la te r is b e ca u se a lc o h o l b lo ck s y o u r a b ility to perce iv e yo u r ow n fatigue. T h e re fo re you push y o u rse lf past neitherof us love.

I lookatCindyandwonderifshe thdaye p. o in t you w ould n o rm ally drop fro m ex h a u stio n , and then sleep through c la ss th e n e x t 1 0 . F A L S E . P eo p le w h o are fun so b er a re fun drunk. B o rin g p eo p le a re n o le s s borin g realizes. b e c a u s e th ey a re v iv a cio u s. A lthough th e perso n ality b e co m e s m o re expansive^ and

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BY COLINSCOTT Long recognizedas a serious so­ cial problem, alcohol-impaired driving has been a criminal of­ fenceinCanadaformorethanhalf a century. There are new, more serious offences and very stiff penalties nowinforce.

These andother efforts have be­ gun to pay off, but alcohol-im­ paireddriving still remains a fre­ quent causeofdeathandinjuryin Canada. On average, adults con­ sumeabout twelvedrinksofalco­ holeachweek. Fartoooften, these twoactivities - drinkinganddriv­ ing-arecombinedwithnothought of the potentially tragic conse­ quences. Fortytofiftypercent of alldriverskilledonCanadianroads were impairedat thetimeof their deaths.

Theterm“BloodAlcoholConcen­ tration”, or BAC, refers to the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood. Canadianlawspecifiesthat the maximumallowable amount of alcohol inthebloodstreamofa driveris80milligramsin100mil­ FEMALES

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Alcohol affects everyone who drinks. The more alcohol con­ sumed, the greater it’s effects on behaviour. Driving tasks tap al­ most all of our basic skills - per­ ception, attention, judgement, decision-making, physical reac­ tions-andourabilitytocoordinate theseskills. Becausealcoholinflu­ ences each of these skills, it has manyadverseeffects ondriving.

Alcoholaffectsjudgementandcan increasewillingness totakerisks.

So even if the effects of alcohol maynotnoticeablyimpairourbasic abilitytodrive, howwefeel after drinkingcanleadustodrivedan­ gerously.

Nothingcan be worth the risk of killing yourself or someone else.

Anyintelligentdriverwill wantto separate drinking and driving completely. Youcouldn’t makea wiser choice. ed. note- all facts taken from 'Smashed', a magazine on drink­ inganddrivingpublishedbyTransport CanadaJ 987._________

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D r in k in g an d d r iv in g 1. You can sober yourself up by drinking coffee or by taking a cold shower.

2. If you have food in your stomach you will not get drunk.

3. The amount of alcohol in your blood is influenced by the rate at which you drink.

4. The best w ay to tell if someone has had too much to drink is to ask them.

5. Drinking drivers of all ages are more likely to be killed in traffic accidents than sober drivers.

6 . You can't be charged with a drinking­ driving offence if your BAC is less than 80 mg%.

7. You can't be charged with impaired driving if your car is not on public roads.

8 .A mixture of tranquilizers and alcohol is one of the most hazardous combinations known for impairing driving ability.

Answers-Part 1.

1. False. The only w a y to become sober is for the alcohol to pass through your sys­ tem. Coffee and cold showers w ill only give you a w ide awake and sopping wet drunk. Once you are drunk the only rem­ edy is the passage of time.

2 . False. Food eaten either before or while

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3. True. The more drinks you have over a shorter period of time, the faster alcohol w ill accumulate in your blood.

4. False. This is probably the worst w a y to tell. A person's judgem ent is se­ riously affected by alcohol and they usually overestimate their abilities.

5. True. The risk of being killed in an accident becomes greater w ith in­ creases in BAC. 6 . False. Section 237 of the Criminal Code of Canada states that you can be charged with a criminal offence for driving while impaired by alcohol even at levels less than 80 mg%.

7. False. You can be charged even if you are parked. You only need have care or control of the vehicle.

8 . True. Tranquilizers can increase the impairing effects of alcohol as w ell as cause sudden mood changes or emo­ tional outbursts. These and other drugs when combined with alcohol can in­ terfere with your ability to drive safely, compiled from 'Smashed'

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Vladimir stared at the phone for a moment after he hung up. “That is one swell dame,” he whispered to himself. “I love her, always will. Now mother knows, though. The time has come to confront her with my other secret.”

Once again, Vladimir lifted the phone to his well chiselled chin. “Amanda?” he asked eagerly. His hunky shoulders relaxed at the apparent af­ firmative, and he reflected graphic by Massimo Savino

When we left you last, Sylvia Biletnikoff had overheard, on one of her many wiretaps, Zach’s wife Zoe chatting with Vladimir (Sylvia’s own flesh and blood son, or so we believe) about their secluded prairie lovenest.

“Ouch,” Sylvia cried, as, in her angst, she gnashed her teeth straight through the side of her coffee cup. In her tangled emotional state, though, she failed to recall that she was in AB&C Inc’s mobile spy unit. As a consequence ofher locale, her coffee was not served in her standard Wedgewood, but instead, a wonderful foam cup. “Thank God for styrofoam,” mused the truly evil woman. “Saves you from wimpy indifference towards the environment, and allows you to make a strong stand.”

In fact, she was so thrilled with the the non-biodegradable mush in her mouth that she barked at her personal secretary (through sheer force of habit), into the nearest mike, “Dickie, get me a world monopoly on the production of all foam products.”

Unfortunately, she had again forgotten where she was and her supposed desk intercom had actually been an open line into the conversation between her son and Zoe. “Mother”gasped young Vlad, sweating profusely, (but still attractively).

“Vladimir, darling, meet me you know where,” breathed Zoe back at him. Then with the polished grace and sensibility of a truly bad director, the two turn resolutely, and in sync, hang up the phone, while without further waning, our screen splits in two:

“Did you hear the boss lady, Dickie?” probed Zoe, a mali­ cious smile playing across her elegant lips, downplaying the stitches and broken nose which were the only reminder of last Saturday’s semi-pro hockey game.

“Sure did, Zoe. Events are continuing according to plan, are the not?” Dickie punctu­ ated this remark by licking the inside of her ear.

“Listen, the plan is that we

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the Oscar winning Rocky) stresses the importance of education, and inspiration.

Clark drums into the kids in the film the importance ofselfrespect, “You are not inferior.

Your grades may be. Your school may have been. Butyou can turn that around”. The

must slowly undermine the earth’s socio-political eco­ nomic structure so that we can reclaim it for our own.

One day, North Saskatchewan will return to its primordial state as a delicious, mushy temperate swamp. The you and I will be able to return to our natural forms, and take up our positions in the frog world in undisputed mastery.”

dicted to crack or as it con­ fronts racism between the The ‘80’s: hip, cool and civi­ Black and Hispanic groups. lized. Right? Then why did a But throughout, the scenes are hyper, fascistic and revolution­ presented in a charming, ten­ ary man have to be appointed der and witty manner. This is as a principal to clean up a a relaxing, entertaining and high-school holding over three highly dynamic movie; a re­ hundred drug addicts, rebels freshing change after all these and assorted malwashed-up contented and lost g Hollywood di“That’s the plan, Zoe,” kids? “Lean On Me” ^ rectors trying agreed Dickie, handily catch­ deals with the true | tomakecome- ing a giant, North Ontario story of a badly de­ ^ backs with blackfly, and passing it to her. teriorated school S sequels, re­ “We’re starting by reinforcing turned into a proper - r u n s or re- the giant multinational cor­ institution for learn­ f' makes. poration’s control overgovern­ ing. If the story line This film is ment planning, until, driven of the film is begin­ not preten­ by hopeless greed, they man­ ning to sound corny tious, itis real, age to finally destroy the ozone to you, as a “oneand though it layer. Then, all the species ex­ man- saves- t heis somewhat cept our own, genetically al­ world” scenario, over drama­ tered in a freak success of ani­ don’t let it deter you. tized, it is of­ mal experimentation and The portrayal of ten extremely cockroaches, who can cope real-life character entertaining, with anything, of which we’ve Joe Clark, the prin­ à la Cosby been training our young to rel­ cipal [Morgan Free­ Show, per­ ish the taste, will disappear man] is the most fas­ haps. One and Sakatchewan will be cinating aspect of thing is sure: known as the not-so secret the film. Nicknamed you won’t lose center of the universe.”

“Crazy Joe” when, your concen­ “Oh Dick, you are so neat contrary to firetration coping when you get world manipu­ safety regulations, with the many lative. I think we both need a he chained every en­ p r o b l e m s break though. Why don’t we trance and exit to Clark and fly away and get back to the the school to try and J o e W h o ? P r in c ip a l C la r k (M o rg a n F r e e m a n ) Eastside High land, metamorphosize for the keep out the legions encounter. weekend and frolic in the p o i n t s t h e f i n g e r a t T h o m a s ( J e r m a i n e H o p k i n s ) . of local drug deal­ Look out for muck.” ers. He goes to all the horrifi­ extremes to restore cally violent “Washington or Ottawa, a sense oforder, disciplineand turnaround is, indeed, re­ scenes at the beginning. This then?” spirit to Eastside High. If his markable and as the film pro­ is not a glitzy film, but consid­ “Let’s really get away. Let’s fierce dedication and compas­ gresses, you begin to feel part ering that the issue of enforc­ take a plane to P.E.I., and sion toward solving the prob­ ofthis community working to­ ing quality education has form part of the backup bull­ lems of his corrupt school is a gether to reconstruct their caught the nation’s attention, frog chorus in the second se­ bit hard to accept at first, you future. you might want, at the least, quel to Anne ofGreen Gables,” will soon come to admire his to find out what is behind the decided Zoe. intense charisma. Remember The film does include many movie.

“I love your way of working this is, after all, a true story. potentially “sob-story”scenes, in Canadian content, Zoe. It’s The director John G. as it depicts intelligent kids Lean on Me is coming soon a date.”

Avildsen (The Karate Kid and from battered homes, or ad­ to Famous Players’ theatres.

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pleasantly as a vision of the bald fire-eater swam before his eyes. “I’m so glad to have gotten in touch with you.

Something happened today, and I think the time has come to tell mother that I know you are my true mother and that she was forced to adopt me to cover up for the incestuous re­ lation shipher father had with her twin sister. She would only do that on the condition her twin sister would disappear into annonymity after they both murdered her father and dumped his body into a North Saskatchewan swamp, since dried up. The two of you built a cabin to hide away in. ...I know, she always was jealous that your father loved you the best, but you can’t hold that against her any more. (There is an emotional outburst of sound on the other end of the line.)

‘You are right. It might kill her to know that I know all this. But Amanda, I hate to say this, but the death of that power hungry fiend of a woman, who let her sister go out, shaven, into the world as a fire-eater, and let the boy she claimed was her son lan­ guish in a string of right wing private boarding schools, might be a good thing on the whole... (another wave of sound from the phone.) Just think, we can revert AB&C into an enviromentally con­ scientious corporation, a model ofits kind. You approve then?... Alright. Where shall we be when I tell her... As far away as possible, don’t you agree?... Listen, I have some­ one to meet in P.E.I. I want her to know the truth about me at the same time as I tell my mother. Why don’t we meet in Avonlea, and everything can be open at last?...”

R e d m e n d o w n th e P a tr io te s in h o c k e y d u e l On Friday night the McGill Redmencappedoff a fine season by defeating the Trois Rivieres Patriotes6-5inovertime.Thegame winnercamewithonly11seconds left in overtime, as Marc Lajeunesse tapped the centering pass behind goalie Denis Desbi­ ens. When that green light went on,thebuildingeruptedasthefans weretreatedtoagameofhockeyat its verybest.

Thisbeingthefinal regularsea­ songame, acontestbetweenNo. 2 rankedUQTRandNo. 6 McGill, onecouldn’thaveexpectedmore.

Aaron's hockey theyareonit.

Friends,thesebefightingwords.

When McGill andConcordia hit theiceforthebestofthreeplayoff seriestomorrownightI shudderto thinkwhat might happen.

Onlytendaysagothetwoteams playedtoa5-5drawat Concordia infront of 800rabidStinger fans.

OnethingConcordiastudentscan doismakenoise, althoughanyone wouldscreamiftheyhadjustbeen stuckwithacattleprod. (GoAaron, Go- ed. note.)

But seriously folks, I thinkthe Redmen have the better talent, a little moredepth, andjust asmid­ gen of lady luck. McGill have brokentheUQTRhexandbyFri­ daynightwillhavemorethanlikely brokentheStingersbacks.

Thesenexttwogamesshouldbe thrillers. The battle lines are set.

McGill has awesome scoring power with De Benedictis and Iannone. Concordia can counter with Laplante and Mahon. To­ gether theyrepresent the topfour scorersintheOUAA. Bothsquads areexperincedonthebluelinewhile theRedmenhavetheedgeingoal.

TheonlynegativeforMcGill will be the absence of captain Jamie Kompon, out fortwomoregames onasuspensionafterhewentspear fishing...

Fear not however, it will bethe Redmen in two and next week a showdownwithUQTR.

BY AARONMARGOLIS Withelevensecondsleftinovertimeofthelastregularseasongame against last years OUAAhockey champs, MarcLajeunesseplanted hisredwoodsizeframeinfrontof the net, twisted back, unleashed his hockey stick in Paul Bunyanesquefashionandinstantaneously sentamessagetoall comersvying for this years glory. AnneBoleyn never hadit sogood.

TheRedmencrackedtheUQTR jinx last Fridaynight andcoming upthisWednesdaywilltanglewith crosstownrivalsConcordiatoopen thefirstroundof theOUAAplay­ offs. This isamatchmadeinhell.

Ahyes Concordia, theUniver­ sitythat thinks likeahighschool.

Theonlythingworsethanbeingin anarenawithabunchof Concor­ dia students is being aConcordia studentinanarenawithabunchof Concordiastudents.

Toputit mildlythesetwoteams hateeachotherwithapassion. On arecent roadtriptoTorontoboth squadsendedupstayingatthesame hotel. The Stingers who arrived firsthadtheaudacitytopresseach floorbuttononthe25storeyhotel.

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infrontofnetminderJamieReeve (36 saves on41 shots) andMarco Lachanceeasilytiedthescore.

UQTRtooktheleadonagoalby PatrickEmondat 12:00ofthethird andthecrowdfell silent, but only forafewseconds. At 12:18,Grech atonedforhismiscueandscoredto tieitforthefinaltimeat5-5.UQTR had outshot the Redmen 41-31, whichshowsjusthowopportunis­ tic the McGill offence was and also howveryhot Reeve was be­ tweenthepipes.

Soforthethirdconsecutivetime, thesetworivalswentintotheextra stanza. The big break came for McGill withonly56 seconds left, whenAlainBissonwascalledfor slashing. TheRedmenpowerplay hasbeenoutstandingall season. It was theperfect waytoendavery fineregular season.

McGillnowenterstheEastplay­ M c G ill's B ren t B annerm an nets one du rin g the game against U .Q .l .R . offs, hosting Concordia on Feb. A Anslrvo » Slvsimnti clri 22, sportingafinal recordof24-7andaconferencerecordof 19-4scored2 minuteslater toknot the sists) andPaul Grech (a goal and 3, 3, goodfor41points,only2shyof an assist) set u p L ajeu nesse at th e 2 scoreafter periodone. first-p lace UQTR. McGill and m in u te m ark of th e th ird to tie it at UQTR scored the lone goal of QTR shouldboth advance past the second, a period marred by 3. Two minutes later, Larkin got U e first roundto face each other cheaphittingandscuffles byboth hissecondgoalofthenight,giving th for theEast Championship, abest th e R ed m en th eir first lead of th e teams. Even the fans got into the act, peltingUQTR players inthe game, 4-3. But less thanaminute of threegemwhichwill beginon penalty box with beer. It wasn’t later, Grechcoughedupthepuck March 1.

ery pretty, but the Winter Sta­ It had hitting, the finest passing manBryanLarkin scoredhisfirst v d mwasrockingandrolling. andplaymaking, great saves and goal of thegameat the 12minute iuM ario DeBenedictis (three as­ m ark .

C en tre B rent B an n erm an great goals.

UQTRopenedthescoringearly; itwas2-0bythe9:40markofthe first period. McGill had hardly managedascoringchancebythat time. Captain and star defencemanJamieKomponoftheRedmen wasforcedtositonthebench, this being the first game of a three gamesuspensionheisservingfor spearing in last week’s 9-3 win over Ottawa.

So it looked as though the McGill defence was hurting, es­ peciallywhenUQTRhit thepost onthreeseparateoccasions inthe first period. But rookie defence-

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BY DEANGEMMELL The McGill Martlet basketball teamendureda rather frustrating weekend, suffering two losses, droppingtheirrecordto6-5.

The first defeat came Friday night at thehandsof theBishop’s LadyGaiters,astheRedandWhite lostbyascoreof75-67. Agameon SundayagainstLaval resultedina 71-65 loss, with Leah Hayman

leading the McGill side with 18 points,whileJulieRosseauchipped inwith 12points and5 rebounds.

The Martlets’ 6-5 record leaves theminthirdplaceinthedivision, as this young teamendures some difficult learning experiences. In Men’sbasketball,theMcGill-ConcordiagamethisTuesdaynight at theLoyolacampuswill determine thefirstplacefinisherintheOUAA East division. The game is a sell­

out, takingplace at 8:00 withthe winner not only finishing in first placebut alsogaininghomecourt advantagefor theplay-offs.

TheMcGill SwimTeamcontin­ ued its successful season with a strong showing in the Provincial Championship meet this past weekend at the University of Montreal. McGill won both the Women’sandtheCombinedcham­ pionships, as a result of the Mar­ tlets’ firstplacefinishandthesec­ ondplaceresultoftheMen’s’team.

On Saturday, the McGill Mar­ tlet volleyball team hosted the £ QFSSWomen’sleaguev-balltour|-gnament which brought competi^ tors from Concordia, Laval and ^Sherbroke. Unfortunately, the Martlet team,despiteglimmersof jj^hopc, came out last place in the S tourni, losing 15-0, 15-4 to the l§ verysolidLaval intheir thirdand Ie- last game.

The only game that was close wasMcGill against therival Con­ cordiawhobeattheMartlets 15-8,

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freestyle,swimmingatimeof29.95 seconds, thefourthfastest timein theworldthisyear. Shealsoswam theanchorlegofthe4x100medley relay, helping this team to set another school record. Cosgrove alsoestablishedthreenewschool records while collecting 2 golds and2 silvers at this meet. McGill nowsends 13womenand4mento the CIAUNational meet in Van­ couver, where our highly ranked teamhopes to assert its national dominance.

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i A rm strong moves on her opponent.

On the Women’s’ side, Karen WardofLaval Universityfinished infirstplacewith23points, while McGill’sAndreaNugentandTracy Darlingfinishedinsecondandthird place, with 17 and 12 points re­ spectively.

On the Men’s’ side, Yves GuillmetofLavalwasfirstwith23 points, McGill’s Rick Cosgrove was second with 21 points and FrancoisVionneofLavalwasthird with 11 points. Nugent broke her ownMcGillrecordinthe50metre

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15-12. Sherbrooke blew McGill awaywitha 15-2, 15-3 victory.

ElaineWai, captainoftheteam, explainedtotheTribune that “the teamwas very inconsistent,” and she saw “a lack of motivation amongtheplayers.”Wai, a nine­ teen year old from Vancouver, playsassetterandiscoachAbbas Elgazzar’s choice as number one player. “She’s a great part of the team,” he said. “Elaine is very committedandkeen.”

CoachElgazzar is a fairlynew addition to the Martlet squad, a varsityteamwhichhas hadsome difficultieswiththecoachingstaff.

“The first coach,” saidElgazzar, “AntsToke, leftafterthreemonths withtheteam.”Thenewcoachisa McGillstudentfinishinghisphysi­ cal educationdegree. The former McGill volleyball player affirms that the coaching change hadan effect ontheteam.“Certainly, it’s hardtomakeachangelikethatand be 100%.”

Concerning volleyball in gen­ eral atMcGill,Elgazzarclaimsthe better funding which his teamis receivingisallowingthemoppor­ tunities for more challenges.

“We’vebeenabletotravel out of provincemoreoftenthisyearand getawiderscopeofplay.”Infact, coachingchanges aside, theMar­ tlet squadhas fairedwell inopen competition both provincial and

other.

AttheGuelphandPlatsburgstate tournaments. McGill placed 3rd and1strespectively. Inboththese competitions,McGillsoundlybeat Concordia but failed todo so on Saturday. Askedaboutthis,Elaine Wai commented, “We beat Con­ cordiadownthere, butdidn’thave thedrivetodoit today; it’sunfor­ tunatebecausethat’swhatwewe’re reallyaimingfor.”

AssistedbyAprilRukus, Elgaz­ zar claims that theoretically he could“finishthirdor maybe sec­ ond, dependingonhowthe other teamsstackup.” BarbaraGombos ofSaskatchewan,istherecentarri­ val on the team. The coach feels that shewill beagreatasset tothe team in years to come. Tracy Armitage, RosanneRayandJody Pattenden were also singled out for thecoaches accolades. “I feel we’re looking forward to a great next year”, says thecoach. “Were beginningtorecruitandfindloads of talent’.’

The outstanding team for the day were the 4th ranked Laval RougeetOr,whoexcelledinevery aspect of play. “Yeah, theyreally have some power hitting,” com­ mented the envious Elagazzar.

Therewillnotbeanymoretourna­ ments held at McGill this year, however, the teamplans totravel toothercompetitions.

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BY ANDREWMORGAN continued from last week

The footbagcircle is where the newcomer is initiatedto the four basickicksofthegame; theinside kick, outside kick, toe kick and back kick. The contact surfaces for the first three kicks are the instep, the outer edge of the foot and the base of the toes, respec­ tively. Thebackkickusesthesame surface as the outside kick, but withthelegextendedasfaraspos­ sible behind the body. Luckily, thesekicksarebetterdemonstrated thandescribed. Aftersomemonths of practice, when the player has masteredall kicks withbothfeet, he or she is ready for the next challenge; footbagnet.

Pictureabadmintonmatchwith­ out rackets. Imagine pushing the bird35 feet over a five-foot-high net using the instepof your foot.

Nowincorporatetheset-and-smash strategy of volleyball andsubsti­ tute a leather ball barely larger thanagolfball. Voila! Welcometo thenetgame. Itisplayedonabad­ minton court using the doubles boundarylinesforbothsinglesand doubles play. In singles, players have a maximumot twokicks to complete a volley over the net.

Generally, the first kick is defen­ sive(a‘set’), andthesecondoffen­ sive(asmash), sothat theoverall rhythmof thegame moreclosely resemblesvolleyballthananyother sport. Indoubles, partners are al­ lowed up to three kicks, though consecutivekicksbyanyoneplayer are not allowed. Anindicationof thenewnessofthegameisthatthe rulebook,derivedfrombadminton andvolleyball, isintransition.For­ merly, singles players were per­

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thereforefeltuncomfortableteach­ ing it”, says Archambault. This Catch-22 situation represents yet another obstacle tobe clearedby those enthusiasts who wouldlike to see the ranks of newplayers swell.

Onamoreupbeatnote, Ibelieve that the game can benefit im­ mensely fromthe legitimate ap­ pearance of the footbag court. A net and boundary lines, of pre­ scribed height and size, coupled withacomprehensive set of rules andregulations, will helptocon­ vince the public as well as the sporting establishment that foot­ bagisworthyof membershipinto theinternational sportingcommu­ nity. Who knows? Perhaps at the 2012 Olympics, to be held in Montreal as a gesture of interna­ tional sympathy at the 2007 col­ lapseof the Big Oroof under 3.5 inchesofacidsnow,asmall venue (sayanelementaryschool gymon thePlateau)couldbefoundtostage For footbag players the world A n odd kin d o f fun. 21st century athletics. thepremièreofthedemonstration over, MeccacomprisesColorado, sport of thegames of theXXIX Oregon andCalifornia, with the Olympiad, pétanque..., I mean WorldChampionships heldevery intotheestablishedsportingworld, less thancooperative. Theydidn’t footbag . p lay v ery w ell th em selv es an d p articip atio n levels m u st in crease June in Golden, Colorado. In Canada, Montrealprobablyboasts morehigh-caliberplayersthanany other city, though even here the McGill Development Week Student Committee numbers reach barely into the and McGill International are pleased to announce that double-digits. Suchalevel ofpar­ ticipationmakesforaratherinces­ tuous footbag community that is four parts loyal toonepart grow­ L e w is P e r in b a m ing. Francine Beaudry, aresident of thePlateau, is thecurrent titleVice-President, Special Programs Branch holderinthewomensconsecutive of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) kickscategory(astaggering15,548 will speak on kicks, set last summer in Colo­ rado). Another Montrealer, Yves Archambault, emergedsecondin mens singles net at arecent com­ petition inNewJersey andranks

mitteduptothreekicksanddoubles amongtheworld’stop25netplay­ dramatically,“Wetriedafewyeais playersuptotwoconsecutivekicks. ers. Botharekeenlyawarethatfor backtointroduceitintotheschools Imagineone daystriking-outon thegametomake serious inroads but foundmanyphys-edteachers twopitches, or losingtheright to volleyintennis. Butthisissimply thenatureofasport that isevolv­ ingasweplay. Itisthefine-tuning that other sports have undergone andbenefitedfrom.

If I implied that footbag in a circlewasdifficult, I’llhavetosay that, whenplayedonacourt, it is extremelyso. Keepingtothebad­ minton analogy as a means of comparison, the player in that gameenjoysakindofphysiologi­ cal divisionof labor betweenthe arms andthe legs. The legs pro­ videtransportation,whilethearms supplythe firepower. Infootbag, however, thelegsassumefulldic­ tatorial control overthebody; the arms functioning merely to bal­ ance, breakthefall orpickupthe bag.

Correction In the last edition of the Tribune it was reported in the sports section that Tim Iannone had tied Russ McConnell’s record with his 116th goal, when in fact he had surpassed it with 117 goals. Congratulations, Tim!

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