The McGill Tribune Vol. 8 Issue 8

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T uesday October 25,1988

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Volume 8 Issue 8

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be supported by their parents, while receiving financial aid.

Differing opinions existed with The General Assembly which was respect to the resolutions but there was called by Students’ Society Council consensus on one issue; the dismal on Thursday October 20 failed to at­ turnout at the General Assembly. Most tract the 200 people needed to form of the audience pointed a finger at by Robert Steiner quorum. As aresult, the meeting served SSMU, blaming the poor turnouton an Crown prosecutors will decide in an advisory role and the SSMU (Stu­ less than two weeks whether or not to dents’ Society of McGill University) charge three suspects with sexual as­ promised to consider the proposals sault stemming from September’s al­ voiced by the approximately 50 stu­ leged rape at Zeta Psi fraternity, Mon­ dents who did attend. treal’s chief sexual assault prosecutor The Assembly was called to decide told the Tribune yesterday. whether ornot the Society should adopt Aprosecutor met withMontreal UrANEEQ’s (Association nationale des ban Community (MUC) police inves­ étudiants et étudiantes du Québec) tigators to discuss the case yesterday, policy for a three day general strike to Louise Villemure said. pressure the government on the issue “The prosecutpr will now study the of loans and bursaries reform. evidence gathered by police and will Mark Cameron, SSMU VP Exter­ probably want to speak to the plaintiff nal Affairs, opened the meeting with a before making a decision on how to discussion about the need for reform. proceed with the case,” she added.

He pointed out that Québec provides “The case is notvery complex so we most aid in the form of loans, and that shouldhave adecision before toolong.” students are required to obtain a spe­ MUCpoliceLt.Det. AlanTrepanier cific amount of money in loans before said police finished interviewing they can be given a grant or bursary. people involved in the case shortly As a result of the Liberal government’s after the sexual assault complaint was policy, student indebtedness is on the filed three weeks ago. rise. Presently, 30% of all students are Strike option rejected at poorly attended assembly.

Photo by Paul Stanley “We have a case, but the crown will on loans and bursaries. have to decide how sound it is,” TreANEEQ, the largest student organi­ to and from both Lafontaine Park and ineffective advertisingcampaign. Mark panier said, explaining that police had zation in theprovince, ofwhich McGill Cameron accepted this criticism and gathered no physical evidence to sup­ is not a member, proposed a three day the picket in front of Liberal headquar­ adding thatlackof sufficientpublicity, port rape charges. ters; and finally, the formation of a general strike to be held October 26, “This isn’t the samekind of case we 27, and 28. The strike would protest mobilization committee of five stu­ mid-term exams and general apathy among students were also to blame. get everyday, there’s the matter that the government’sdelay tactics regard­ dents who will serve as ex-officio members of the External Affairs ing reform in the loans and bursaries program. ANEEQ’s resolution also Committee in order to carry out the SSMU resolution. advocates participation in a province­ The Assembly addressed another wide demonstration in Montréal on SSMU resolution, calling for the gov­ October 28 and an “unlimited general and appliances will be supplied, but

by Shannon Aldinger strike from October 31”, pending cer­ ernment to “immediately adopt sub­ stantial improvements relative to the details such as dishes are still being McGill University recently pur­ tain conditions. status of independence”. As the policy chased a building to be converted into worked out.

The SSMU rejected ANEEQ’s call “I’d like to see the apartments for a general strike, considering it an now stands, it is close to impossible for an off-campus student residence. The students who are not deemed inde­ one acre site is located two-and-a-half completely furnished so that the stu­ ineffective pressure device. The Coun­ miles south-west of the campus on dent only has to bring in him/herself cil formulated its ownresolution which pendent to obtain loans or bursaries. andhis/her personal belongings,” says involves a “campus wide information The SSMU believes Québec must Lionel Groulx Avenue.

“It’s too bad this residence won’tbe Battaglia. campaign ... including a petition and/ broaden its policy and allow a student to be granted independent status when on campus: we don’t want to lose the Battaglia would like to see more or letter writing campaign” on loans thanjustphysical differences between feeling of a McGill community by and bursaries. The SSMU also sup­ he/she “leaves the family home, re­ having students separated,” says Ma­ the residences; she’d also like to make ports joining forces with ANEEQ for gardless of the student’s age, level of the demonstration in Lafontaine Park education, or marital status”. This ria Battaglia, SSMU VP University room for a greater variety of occu­ pants. (scheduled for October 28) andpicket­ revision designed for students who are Affairs. unable to rely on their parents, re­ “I’d like to include room for stu­ “We did look into many other pos­ ing the meeting of the Québec Liberal ceived support at the Assembly. sibilities closer to McGill, but all the dents other thanjust freshman and first Party in Montréal on October 29. buildings in the immediate area were year. I think we should supply some Both resolutions were discussed at However, many pointed out that the already owned and occupied,” she space for married students, graduate the Assembly and a majority voted in proposal contained a loophole: stu­ dents wholive away from home could explains. students and students with children.” favor of the SSMU proposal. Oppo­ Battaglia is confident that the Board Due to government regulations, apartment buildings cannot be con­ of Governors will okay at least some of verted to student residences because her recommendations, but she is con­ the existing tenants have “acquired cerned that her suggestion that stu­ rights” to their apartments. Therefore, the purchased building had to be nonresidential with the potential to be converted.

Last year, Devencore Realties was even come close.

by Paul Michell hired by the executive committee of “I’m only going to get one percent Students who are generally apathetic the Board of Governors (BoG) to about Canadian federal elections may of the vote,” says Longley. conduct a search for an appropriate But the Student Party offers some­ find Blair Longley’s Student Party building. The one purchased is located thing to campaign contributors that no platform attractive. in an industrial sector which will be other federal political party does.

Not because Mr.Longley espouses rezoned by the end of November to Cold cash. any particular views on political is­ allow residential occupancy.

Longley’s scheme is a beautifully sues. He doesn’t.

The site consists of a two building simple one.

In what he calls “Lon­ Not because the Student Party, unit connected by underground serv­ founded at Longley’s alma mater, the gley’s Loophole,” he has developed a ice tunnels. Occupants will share a two University of British Columbia, has a process by which persons who concontinued on page 3 bedroom apartment fullyequipped with chance at winning any seats. It won’t a washroom andkitchenette. Furniture

by Rhonda Yarin and Suzy Costom

nents feared SSMU’s planned action would provide “insufficient clout”.

Suggestions by students to strengthen SSMU ’sresolution were incorporated into the original, and formed three friendly amendments calling for: directclassroom contact for the dissemi­ nation of information; shuttle service

_ _____ ___ _ « L . «->•>! a t / i / I p n r ' P 11 V f* we ihave no physical evidence like a crime site or sperm samples. Those things are by no means conclusive,but they do substantiate verbal evidence, ” said the detective.

“What we have now is a lot of ver­ sions of what happened from a lot of people, but contradicting evidence is normal in a case like this and a group of people saying a rape took place is better than sperm samples anyway.”

Trepanierexplained that only crown prosecutors can lay criminal charges.

"Lots of people think the police lay charges when in fact all we do is build files on a complaint, “ he said

“Charges against the three suspects could range from out-and-out rape to simple assault, to no charge at all, depending on how conclusive the crown thinks our case against themis.”

In an unrelated event, MUC police said yesterday a 21-year old woman, whose name they would not release will appear in municipal court Janu ary13 to face vandalism charges stem ming from an attempted spraypainting of the word “rapists” on the sidewalk in front of Zeta Psi fraternity October 17

New residence finally bought

How to vote and make money

dents with children be given a chance as well may meet with opposition.

The property location is approxi­ mately 30-40 minutes by foot, 15 minutes by metro,25-30 minutes by bus and 10 minutes by car away from the university.

Battaglia predicts that occupancy will cost approximately $300-5350 per student per month. This price does not include a meal plan as do the other oncampus residences.

“You must consider that the exist­ ing residences cost about $500 with meals, so the amounts will end up approximately the same,” sheexplains.

Sam Kingdon, Associate Vice-Prin­ cipal of Physical Resources at McGill, estimates the total cost of the prefect to be approximately $13 million.

Completion for the project is sched­ uled for September 1990.

Inside this week: Billy Bragging................ page 10 Crumbling the walls of apartheid.......................page 8 Football Redmen Jose again............................page 6)j

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH Project Ploughshares-FAE Committee: Meeting, Newman Centre, 3484 Peel, 5:00 p.m.

RED HERRING (Humour Maga­ zine): General Meeting, Union 310, 6:00-8:00 p.m. It’s not too late tojoin.

Information: 522-5718.

Project Ploughshares/QPIRGMcGill Organizing Club: “Recycling at McGill” Organizing Meeting, Un­ ion Bldg., Women’s Union-Rm. 423, 7:00 p.m.

McGill Folk Society: Meets every Tuesday at the Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 7:00-12:00p.m.

Quebec Public Interest Research Group-McGill Organizing Club: Presents Dr. Josephine Payne-O’Connor, Executive Director, British Co­ lumbia Public Interest Research GroupUniversity of Victoria. She will speak on “PIRGs in Action: Students and Recycling”. Union 310, 8:00 p.m.

Refreshments will be served. All Wel­ come. Information: 848-9869.

The Young Alumni of McGill pres­ ents Dr. Roberta Palmour, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, McGill University. She will speak on “The Future is in our Genes”. Tues­ day, October 25 th, Leacock 232,8:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH Centre for Developing Area Studies-Fellow’s Seminar Series: Guy Thompson on “The Afrikaner Rebel­ lion of 1914”. 3715 Peel, Room 100, 12:00 p.m.

McGill-Quebec vous invite, étudiant(e)s de McGill, à la Version français, tous les mercredis, de 16h à "*1

18h, ausalon des étudiants duPavillon Peterson (3460, rue McTavish). On y discute de tout. Cette semaine: “l’en­ vironment.” Those who want to prac­ tice their French are welcome too.

Development and Peace: Meeting, B09/10, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Video on the deliberate destabilization by South Africa of the Mozambiquan economy.

Hillel Steering Committee Meeting.

3460 Stanley, 4:30 p.m. Information: 845-9171.

Black Students’ Network: General Meeting, Multicultural Society Lounge, Union 401,6:00 p.m.

McGill Entrepreneurs Club: Meet­ ing, Bronfman 426, 6:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Lennie Ryer, C.A., Tax Spe­ cialist with Dunwoody and Co. Mem­ berships available at the door-$6.00.

Refreshments will be served.

Workshop on Haitian Culture:”Perceptions about Haitians and analysis of these perceptions”with Mauclair Fatal. Sponsored by the Centre Interculturel Monchanin, 4917 St. Urbain (comer of St. Joseph Blvd.), 7:00-10:00 p.m. Information: 2887228.

McGill Outing Club: General Meet­ ing, Leacock 132, 7:30 p.m. Kayak­ ing, Hiking, Icebreaker canoeing and more. Hallowe’enParty,October29thCome find out at the meting. Fun and Donuts.

Uhuru na Ufahamu-Development Study/Action Group: Study Session, “Propaganda, Media, and Development-II”. Centre for Developing Area Studies, 3715 Peel, Room 100, 7:309:00 p.m.

“Bands for the Abandoned”-Benefit Concert: Union Ballroom, 3480 McTavish, 8:00p.m. Tickets at Sadie’s.

Suggested donation price $5.00. Pre­

sented by the McGill Chaplaincy, McGill Students ’ Society, andGeorge Black Promotions Inc. Proceeds go to Nazareth House. Information: 3984104,727-7837.

McGill Film Society: The Cabinet o f Dr. Caligari Germany 1929(97min.), Dir.: R. Wiene. FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.

McGill New Age Society: Video on Healing Energies, Parapsychology and Electromagnetic Pollution. Discussion, Kinesiology Demonstration to follow.

Newmembers welcome. Information: 274-1012;848-9765.

Dublin: The Capital of a Kingdom” (illustrated). Arts Bldg, West 215,8:00 p.m. Information: 398-6558.

Yellow Door Coffee House: Luc Murphyet al.;J. Barrett andJonRajsky.

3625 Aylmer,8:00p.m. $2.00 Admis­ sion. OPEN STAGE after the show.

McGill Film Society: Citizen Kane USA 1941 (119 min) Dir.: O. Welles. Leacock 132, 8:00 p.m.

McGill Player’s Theatre Theatrespeak: Improv Comedy. The Alley, Union Bldg.10:00 p.m. Every Thursday, free.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH

Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic: At the Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave., Livingstone Hall Lounge.

9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Cokes, coffee, sandwiches and door prizes. Informa­ tion: 937-6011.

Etude de la Bible Francophone: Discussions et lectures dans une at­ mosphère très “relaxe”. Union 410, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon. Organisé par le McGill Christian Fellowship. Cette étude est pour les étudiants et le per­ sonnel de McGill seulement.

McGill Department of Epidemiol­ ogy and Biostatistics: Presents Dr. Michal Abrahamowicz, Research Associate, McGill Department of Psychology/Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute. He will speakon “Survival Analysis of Splines: Towards Estimating a Density Func­ tion of Arbitrary Shape”. Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave., West, Room 25,1:00 p.m.

Irish Studies of McGill: Presents the “DublinMillenium Lecture”by Kevin B. Nowlan entitled “18th Century r ----------------------------*

Workshop on Southern Africa: Centre St. Pierre, 1212 Panct, 9:00 a.m.4:00 p.m. $7:00, including lunch.

Sponsored by SIDMA. Centre for Developing Area Studies-Sub-Sahara Series: “Empowerment of Women in Con­ temporary Uganda: Real or Symbolic?”

Rosalind Boyd, Fellow, CDAS and Associate Director, Centre for Re­ search andTeaching onWomen. 3175 Peel, Room 100,2:00 p.m.

GALOM(Gays and Lesbians of McGill): BeerBash. Union425,4:008:00p.m. Non-alcoholic beverages also served.

McGill Player’s Theatre: Presents “Beyond Therapy”, a satire by Christopher Durang. Player’s Theatre, Union Bldg., 3rd floor, 8:00 p.m.

Reservations: 398-6813 McGill Film Society: My Life as a Dog Sweden 1985 (101 min.) Dir.: L. Hallstram. FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.

Yellow Door Coffee House: Folk, blues, andclassical music every Thurs­ day. 3625 Aylmer, 8:00 p.m. Admis-

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“The Transformation of Consciousness”: A series of vide­ otapes of talks by J. Krishnamurti.

Sponsored by the India-Canada Stu­ dent’s Association of McGill. Every Friday from October 28th to Decem­ ber 2nd, Leacock 111, 8:00p.m. Infor­ mation: 932-6362, 481-0547 (eve­ nings).

Halloween Pubnite: UnionBallroom, 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Engineer­ ing Undergraduate Society.

Black Student’sNetwork: DEF JAM Party! UnionBldg.B09/B109:00p.m.2:00 a.m. $3 members, $4 non-mem­ bers. Food and Alcohol.

McGill Player’s TheatreTheatresports: ImprovComedyTeam Competitions. Player’s Theatre, Un­ ion Bldg., 3rd floor, 10:00 p.m. Every Friday. Admission $ 1:00. Information: 398-6813.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH Caribbean Student’s Society: Sports Weekend at Carleton University. Sat­ urday and Sunday. Information: 2861479 “Coffee Brigade” to Nicaragua: Organizational meeting at the Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 11:00 a.m.

Pubnite-Rocky Horror Picture Show Party: Union Ballroom, 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by the McGill Film Society.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST Women’s Union: Information Day. Union Bldg. B09/B10,10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Save the Children: Meeting, Royal Victoria College, 7:30 p.m.

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NEWS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday October 25,1988

S C O M M s t r i k e s e t tl e d

by Stéphane St-Onge The McGill Physical Plant ‘Trades­ men’s’ strike ended Friday after a contract settlement was finalized.

Members of the Syndicat Canadien des Officiers de Marine Marchande (SCOMM), affiliated with the Fédéra­ tion des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Québec (FTQ), had been striking since last Tuesday to settle a dispute over holiday allocations in their col­ lective agreement.

A communiquéreleased by the Uni­ versity Relations Office announced the ratification of the agreement by mem­ bers of the union and the university ad­ ministration.

The settlement includes two ‘float­ ing days’ taken at the employee’s dis­ cretion during 1988/89 and 1989/90.

The university retained “the preroga­ tive to schedule the Christmas vaca­ tion period for all staff’.

The dispute arose over the trades­ men’s 1989/90 Christmas schedule.

University administration proposed four “floating” paid holidays instead of three. The 1988/89 requires two of the four ‘floating’ days proposed to complete the holiday, the other two at discretion. In 1989/90, three ‘floating’ days are needed to complete thebreak, matching theholiday periodof all other University staff members.

The union, on the other hand, wanted workers to take the third floating day off at their discretion instead of as part of the 1989/90 Christmas break.

This settlement would have resulted in these members working when other university staffwouldbe enjoying days off.

The accepted settlement includes both two discretional days and the scheduling ofChristmas vacation dates by the administration.

Jean-Pierre Morin, University Re­ lations Director, interviewed at the time

of the dispute, emphasized the scope of the bargaining.

“Everything is settled for the 1988/ 1989 Christmas holiday schedule. The problemwas with the 1989/1990 sched­ ule. We have agreed on everything else, including salaries,” Morin men­ tioned.

Morin, at the time of the strike, be­ lieved that most major disagreements between the administration and the union had been settled.

“This issue is a minor point to be resolved, and was never a negotiation issue with the same tradesmen at Macdonald Campus,” Morin com­ mented.

After Friday’s settlement, Morinhad no additional comments.

Keith Habberfield, President of the Physical Plant SCOMM local, is con­

tent with the settlement.

“Both parties seem happy with it.

We’re happy with it,” Habberfield said.

The tradesmen’s contract expired on Dec. 31st, 1986. Two years had elapsed since the last negotiation at­ tempts.

An agreement in principle was reached with the university in June. On October 14th, the university and the union met the provincial conciliator assigned to the negotiations to resolve misunderstandings.

No major incoveniences arose from the strike. Last Thursday, a defective stove hood in the Union building cafe­ teria was not repaired immediately by unionworkers, filling most of the cafe­ teria with smoke. Other inconven­ iences, such as mail delivery delays, were minor.

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continued from page 1 tribute money to his campaign actually make money on the deal. Acontributor gives $100 to the Student Party, and the federal government gives him or her a tax credit for 75% of that (ie. 75 bucks for those of you that are having math problems.)

This is not really news; campaign contributions have always been par­ tially tax deductible. The twist in the plan is that the Student Party pays each of its contributors a $75 ‘salary’, so that contributors actually make close to $150 on a $100 investment.

The plan works because political parties are permitted to “hire” con­ tributors, so the big loser in a deal that sounds “too good to be true” is Reve­ nue Canada. Longley makes $25 on each contribution, which he uses to pay his tuition. Contributors are taxed on the “salary” which they receive from the Student Party, but because most university students are in a low income bracket, they are in a position where they may pay next to nothing in tax.

The catch is that in order to qualify for “official party status,” the Student Party must get 50 candidates together to run for office. Longley has sent signed, blank, candidate-endorsement forms all over the country, and con­ cedes that he couldn’t care less about who joins the party, as long as he gets

A groupof McGill students are plan­ ning a Rape Awareness campaign to be launched early in the new year.

While the project is “still in its organ­ izing stages,” according to organizer LisaHardin, the energetic participants have a whole range of ideas waiting to be realized.

“Right now, we’re in the process of creating an umbrella organization to coordinate the activities which we have planned,” said Hardin in aphone inter­ view with the Tribune.

Amongst the activities will be small discussion groups about the problems of sexual assault in all its variations, an information campaign, and a night patrol.

The small discussion groups will be led by specially-trained volunteers, who will receive instruction at local Rape Crisis Centres.

“The group leaders will be taking an intensive, four-week, four to six hours a week training course at the Centre, so that they will receive the same back­ ground knowledge as the counsellors there,” said organiser Sherry Pielsticker. Approximately ten group lead­ ers will be trained in this manner.

Originally conceived as aWomen’s Union project, the Awareness Cam­ paign is attempting to create a larger organization to deal with the various activities.

“It’s more than just the Women’s Union,” said Hardin, “A number of

his requisite 50 candidates. The dead­ line to get candidature forms in to the Chief Electoral Officer is the 24th of October, so potential Student Party candidates don’t have much time left to decide.

The plan is technically legal, ac­ cording to Revenue Canada, but is on ‘morally shaky ground’, according to spokespersons from the department.

“There is nothing in the Elections Act to direct or restrict a political party in the use of its funds. Parties can do what they want with their money,” said Bud Slattery, director of election financing for Elections Canada.

“The basic idea is to get more people to learn about and to participate in politics,’’says Longley. While heholds some personal political goals, namely the legalization of marijuana and the lowering of the voting age, he claims that the party is open to anyone who wants to join.

“The important part is the money; if 50 officially nommated candidates run for the Student Party, then most stu­ dents in Canada will be able to create bursaries for themselves during De­ cember of 1988, and there will be no constitutional way for the government to stop them.”

The address o f the Student Party office is: #706 2725 Melfa Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1N4 (604-2289824).

I can 't complain but sometimes I still do.

- Joe W alsh Photo by Paul Stanley

R ape aw areness cam paign to be launched

by Paul Michell

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people from several organizations are going to be involved”.

“The important thing is that we are not trying to look at rape as an isolated incident,” said Pielsticker, “It’s a seri­ ous social problem, and it’s crucial thatpeoplebe well-informed about it”.

There are a lot of issues to be dealt with, according toPielsticker. Explain­ ing the legal definitions of sexual as­ sault, dealing with the controversial and sadly-ignored topic of date rape, and exploring methods of women’s self-defence are just some of the areas which will be explored in small dis­ cussion groups. Combined with pos­ sible classes in self-defence, a large public information campaign, and a community night patrol, the group’s plans are certainly ambitious. How­ ever, both Hardin and Pielsticker are quick to emphasize that most events remain at the planning stage, although

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much progress has been made.

“We ’ve been thinking about this for awhile, and have done quite a lot of work, so we hope to get the Campaign going in January,” said Hardin.

“It’s notjust aMcGill thing. Ideally, we would like to get the general com­ munity involved...we’ll just have to wait and see,” said Pielsticker.

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by Mark Cameron The government of Québec is con­ tinuing in its efforts to create the stu­ dent version of the Money Pit: the loans and bursaries system. While claiming that Québec has the most generous loans and bursaries system inNorth America, they ignore the basic fact that while this province does give out quite a bit in terms of gross dollars, most of it is in the form of loans, which increase the burden of student indebt­ edness. Under the current loans and bursaries system, a student must take out the maximum debt before he or she is eligible for bursary support. Other provinces, notably Ontario and Al­ berta, allow students to take a mix of loans andgrants, or grants before loans.

Since the Liberal government came to power in 1985, the ratio of loans to bursaries has gone from and even 50/ 50 to 60/40. The financial aid systemis approaching crisis state. Students all over the province are up in arms on the issue. The government committed it­ self to introducing a reform package in Spring, 1988 in response to pressure from ANEEQ and other student and youth organizations.

It is now October, 1988, and stu­ dents are still waiting. Over the sum­ mer, changes were implemented to the 1988-89 financial aid system which make the debt load even more onerous.

For an undergraduate university stu­ dent, the maximum annual debt has gone from $1750 to $ 2380, and from $2485 to $3210 for graduate students.

Compounded over a number of years.

the results arc frightening: a student entering CEGEP today and going through to graduate work on financial aid could graduate with a debt of $26, 830. That’s a fairly steep for any stu­ dent, let alone a doctoral candidate in fruit-fly metabolism or French-African literature. The Québec govern­ ment must end the politics of debt, which could lead to a generation of students either forced into lucrative fields that really don’t interest them or to drop out entirely, rather than risk being unable to afford to raise a family or buy a house.

The time for change is fast approach­ ing. The government has announced this week that it will introduce reform proposals this year, and hold hearings next spring of fall. Major changes are not anticipated before 1990-91. In order to force quicker action on student concerns, ANEEQ has called for a three day strike October 26,27,28 and a potential general stride afterwards.

Students ’ Society at Council and at the General Assembly has decided to in­ doors several of ANEEQ’s priority demands, and to join them in a protest at Parc Lafontaine on Friday, October 28, and in a picket line at the Liberal Party of Québec’s General Council on Saturday, October 29 at l’Hotel Méridien. We will have and informa­ tion campaign all this week and will be soliciting people to sign petitions and attend these demonstrations. The message of students will be clear: access to education, without putting a mortgage on the future of today’s stu­ dents.

Armed Forces article under attack...

To the Editor: Concerning the “Welcome to your Armed Forces” piece by Rory Nicholson (Tribune, Tuesday, Octo­ ber 18): I don’t know if the ‘Com­ ment' page heading was anafterthought ornot.butitdoesn’treallymatter. The piece is not a comment. It is a poor attempt at a feature.

I find the piece offensive in its parrotting of the Department of National Defence’s views. I am personally offended by the summary dismissal of the position of the “Canadian Peace movement” — on the authority of a “department official.”

I do not pretend to be a military expert. My understanding of the White Paper on Defence produced by the “formidable” Minister of National Defence, Mr. Beatty, is limited.

However, I am aware of the view that it perpetuates Cold War era myths and places Canada squarely on the side of the U.S. in the ‘confrontation of the superpowers.’ I don’t think that’s where Canada ought to be. The White Paper seems to ignore the trend to reduced military conflict in the world and proposes that we spend billions of dollars on weapons of limited useful­ ness (i.e. the nuclear - powered subma­ rines).

I’ll leave my analysis of the piece’s content there.

Whether this piece was originally

intended to be a comment or not, jour­ nalistic integrity requires that no point of view be accepted uncritically. The Department of National Defence has its own budget forpropaganda. Itdoes

not require the assistance of the McGill Tribune.

Mike Gordon BA U2

Election Campaign not dull To the Tribune: I must take issue with your editorial of October 18. The present election campaign is far from “excruciatingly dull.” Personally, I find great suspense in guessing what mulit-million dollar program the opposition parties will unveil on any given day, and whether or not the figures will remain consis­ tent for the entire week. But perhaps this boredom is not the fault of the poli­ ticians alone; it does seem that when­ ever a genuine issue is raised there is no public reaction. According to a recent poll, for instance, a fair propor­ tion of those opposed to free trade intend to vote for Mulroney anyhow.

Which just goes to show that apathy

can be interesting in its own right. So don’t be too eager to point fingers at our politicians or the media; in a democracy the electorate get what they want.

This is not, however, to discom­ mend your paper’s general editorial policy. I may not always agree with your individual editorials, but they are always provocative. To me, this is because unlike a certain daily puiblication, the tone of your paper is not so far off the mark as to not reflect a large body of campus thoughts andattitudes.

Thanks for giving me cause to think, keep it up.

D. McLeod U2 Arts

Don t just blame the man from Scarborough

To the Tribune:

We may be naive for not recogniz­ ing that drugs are a probelm for a large percentage of Olympic athletes but how can we be so naive as to not see that the power structure which is the most guilty is getting off scot free?

Certainly Ben Johnson had to ab­ sorb the responsibility and the punish­ ment for the abuse of anabolic ster­ oids; but beyond his guilt or inno­ cence, Canada's disgrace or his shame, is amatterfar more reaching that sheds some light on the scope of this entire problem.

The question that has not yet been raised or whispered yet is that the pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment need to look at their independent roles in the develop­ ment of this tragedy.

Today’s ‘instant’ society, whose attitude towards winning goes beyond any sense of moral ethics is also in part responsible. We are all living for the quick fix. Pop a pill for every ache and pain; high and low. So accustomed are we to taking drugs - all of which, even the comon aspirin, have long andshort­ term side effects - that how can we

expect that our young athletes should be able to see clearlly that drags to enhance performance are illegal and ‘killers’ but these same drugs for an­ other purpose are not only legal but ‘lifesavers.’

We certainly can never condone the taking of these drags in sport, but we need to look at our own use of them in society and why our children grow up with a value system that supports the taking of something to make us feel better, pep us up, relieve constipation, put us to sleep, overcome anxiety or depression and the list goes on and on.

Even as we must look within our­ selves to overcome these health prob­ lems and begin to be personally re­ sponsible for our lives, we must look to the medical establishment as it has been instrumental in leading us to this drag dependant mentality andask why.

The use of steroids by Olympic ath­ letes and other athletes will not de­ crease by Ben Johnson’s experience, but the ways of using them without detection will become more wide­ spread.

Just as cigarette smoking decreased when the hammer came down on the

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practice. Individual doctors are already making inroads in this directions as well as a growing number of health professionals. Through a new awak­ ening about the dangers of all drags,

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with time, the Ben Johnsons will run on their own steam.

Trudy Novack BSE (Health & Physical Education)

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by Joel WuesthofF On Friday night, Dr. Tom Regan, noted philosopher and foremost advo­ cate of animal rights in North Amer­ ica, came to Montreal from North Carolina State University.

A diverse and attentive crowd of nearly 200 welcomed Dr. Regan to ConcordiaUniversity to viewthe pres­ entation of his film, “ Voices I have Heard.”

In a short talk before the film, Regan explained his basic philosophies. He has studied human nature extensively in an attempt to conceptualize an ideal state of harmony between humans and animals. In order to lay the ground­ work for a positive relationship with animals, he believes humans must develop tenacity, humour and cour­ age. He argues that if humans study the situation, theiroutrage will grow along with their knowledge and then they will begin to act against it.

Dr. Reg aninformed us that we were the “ambassadors of the animals”. He believes the Animal Rights movement is a “ profoundly good important mis­ sion” dedicated to the total liberation of animals from the exploitation that they have endured. He maintains that animals have a moral right to live and be spared gratuitous suffering.

Dr. Regan emphasized the contri­ butions of one social group in particu­ lar: the elderly. “ Voices I have heard” celebrates the contributions of older Americans in the inspirational foray against animal rights abusers.

The film is intended to capture the emotions and certainly the essence of the drive to ease animal suffering. It is a collection of moving clips of men and women which chronicles the ex­ periences that led to their wholehearted support of the animal movement.

A particularly compelling sequence dealt with one man’s assessment of the abhorrent and unnecessarily slow slaughter of the bulls by matadors. It was the attitude of “conquering” and dominating the bull (who, needless to say, was not equipped to defend itself) that so affected this man’s sensibili­ ties.

Another clip discussed the trials and tribulations of a woman’s attempt to save California seals. She went to great lengths to make her cause known to senators and even endured five days in jail. These and other accounts demon­ strated the quiet determination with which many people fight for animal rights.

The emotion that surrounded this movement was most evident in the audience’s reaction to the film. At one point, a series of photographs flashed onto the screen, pictures of animals caught in steel traps struggling to free themselves, animals in laboratories lying helpless whilebeing relentlessly probed by scientists’ knives. I looked to my right and saw an older women looking down at her hands, unable to watch. I turned back to the film only to find several minutes later that she was crying silently. The film was certainly provocative and unforgettable, but nothing else could have embodied the agony and emotional groundswell of support for the movement more than the sight of that woman crying.

After the film, Regan responded to questions from the audience. One person asked why the killing of ani-

mere things, that they have inherent value”.

In looking to the future, Tom Regan realizes the enormous challenge it will be to raise consciousness. “The first step is knowledge, with truth as the best weapon against a formidable foe”.

“The more I leant about the exploi­ tation of animals in our society, the more I’m convinced that something must be done. My culture is sick, and I’d like to make it well.”

Dr. Regan's books include “Struggle for Animal Rights." "The Case for Animal Rights," and "All That Dwell Therein". The event was sponsored by Concordia Animal Rights Association and CUSA.

mais by humans is wrong when ani­ mals kill each other. Regan replied that it was a question of the realization of rights. “There is no reason that a lion should be held accountable for killing an antelope inthe same way as a human because a lion cannot understand the concept of rights”.

Regan finds the killing of animals morally reprehensible, even if humans (the Inuit were brought up as an ex­ ample) are killing for food. He realizes that there is not much he can do to stop this. “I can’t exactly go in with tanks”.

He also strongly opposes the use of animals in scientific research. He ar­ gues that those who stand by and do nothing to stop it are “failing to mean it when they say that animals are not

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with Aaron Margolis Ladies and Gentlemen, I direct your attention to the big top, where at this very moment the funniest show on earth is now playing. No,its not Sasha and her dancing geese. No, its not a videotape of Dan Quayle’s last press conference.

It’s...get ready for it....the McGill Redmen offensive eleven, and boy are they offensive.

As you might be able to deduce from the opening piece of hyperbole, the McGill Redmen football club, only one month ago thought to be a contender for the Vanier Cup have lost again. This time by a score of 27-21 at the hands of the Bishops Gaiters. For the fourth time in the last five weeks the Redmen have gone down to defeat and each time it seems to be getting worse. On Saturday McGill took its show on the road to Lennoxville. The Redmen, knowing they had secured a berth in the play-offs proceeded to play a lacklustre game.

The big difference in this game was turnovers. Quarterback Bryan Fuller, who is fast becoming best buddies with

the Bishops secondary, tossed five in­ terceptions. In their last meeting at Molson Stadium on October 7, Fuller gave up four other gifts. Gerry Kill handledpitchouts from Fuller as if sticks of dynamite were being tossed his way.

Thankfully the Redmen recovered both his fumbles. The offensive line ,as you might have guessed, had an awful game.

On at least three occasions McGill could not convert third down and short yard­ age situations.

The defense played well considering the field position the offense made them work with. The secondary had a very strong game, particularly Comerback RobinBelanger and Safety Danny Wong of Ottawa. Unfortunately, when your offense and special teams combine to turn the ball over on eleven occasions, the chances of winning decrease greatly, probably exponentially.

The very surprising thing was that McGill did have a chance to win it.

Down 13-7 with little time remaining in the second quarter Wong picked off a

Silvio Martel pass and returned it to the Bishops 20 yard line. The offense sput­ tered, however, on a third down gamble at the seven yard line and McGill came away with nothing.

To open the secondhalfBishops came out quick, thanks to a 75 yard intercep­ tion return for a touchdown by comerback A1 Matheson. The Redmen, to their credit, came back with two touch­ downs in the next four minutes. The first came on a 14 yard pass from Fuller to Mike Soles that capped an 80 yard drive. The second major resulted aftei the Redmenhadblocked aBishops punt.

Mike Soles scored once again as he fought his way in from the one yard line.

Thus the Redmen actually had a 21-20 lead going into the third quarter. Alas, after that it was all Bishops as the Redmen offense played EL Foldo and Fuller began playing catch with the Bishops secondary. All the Gaiters needed in the last quarter and a half were seven points from kicker Simon Restall and they were never in any seri­ ous danger.

Comparing where the Redmen stand today and where stood a year ago is an exercise in contrast. Last year at this time McGill were peaking. Mike Soles was churning up the yardage (on Satur­ day he gained 100 yards to Finish the season with 610), Bryan Fuller was providing very steadying leadership and the whole team was coming together.

This year the only holes Mike Soles seems to find are the WHOLEopposing defensive line who in the last four weeks have really been administering a beat­ ing. Fuller meanwhile, can’t find his receivers with a road map and the team seems to be playing out the string.

It doesn’t get any better next week as the Redmen return to Lennoxville for yet another game with the Gaiters. This time it’s a play-off encounter and if Coach Charlie Baillie can’t find the right magic the term ‘defending’ Vanier Cup champions will be no more.

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by Kim Farley The turf of Molson stadium glows under the flourescent night lights like green Slime. The twenty-one women sprinting up and down the field appear not to notice this strange similarity; they are concentrating on endless stickhan­ dling and ball manuevering drills inorder to get itjust right. The energy with which the women’s Field Hockey team prac­ tises is payingoff: the Martlets areranked nationally for the first time in McGill history.

Goalie Sue Neuber attributes this in­ tensity in part to the trouncing McGill received at the Martlett invitational at the beginning of the year. McGill didn’t even score a goal. Since then, Neuber claims, “We look at things from a differ­ ent perspective. We realized we can’t just show up and play and expect to win.” The Martletts didn’t lose agame in their next two tournaments. Ranked seventh nationally, they are at the top of their division (over Queens, Carleton, Trent, and Laurentian).

Team members call coaches Jennifer Kinnear and Laura Dobbs “fantastic” and credit them with being a driving force behind the success. Coach Dobbs is a firm believer in hard work. “My standards are high, so the girls put pres­ sure on themselves to meet them.”

But the team doesn’t take the game so seriously that they don’t enjoy playing.

There is more laughter than groans coming out of Molson Stadium and the camraderie of the players off the field seems to help their playing perform­ ance. Team physiotherapist Eliana Pappas calls them a ‘family”. “If there were personal problems, they would show up on the field. They haven’t.”

Although the Martlett’s obviously enjoy winning, they measure their suc­ cesses on a different scale. For ex ample, in anexhibition game against University

of Toronto, to whom they lost last yej conference final 17-0, the final sc was 3-0. “Holding them off in the f half was like a victory,” says co-capl Lianne Wallace.

Wallace is happy to be winning al last year’s season, during which were the laughingstock of the wh gym.”

Last year’s team had a very sir turnout. “For one game in Sudbury had only eight players”.

This year the team has twenty-< players. Although there are none fr the national team.Neuber was a Mas chusetts All-Star in high school i Wallace has been through Olym Developmental camps. Co-capt Maggie Burnett played extensivel)

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Leonard’s last fight was against the undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler in which Leonard quickly dispelled rumors that he had become soft.

Canada’s “Golden Boy”, who captured the WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over rugged ring vet­ eran MUSTAFA HAMSHO in May, 1987, secured the vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Crown by eliminating American Eddie Davis on a secondround knockout last November.

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The players are very positive about the success of the team, but negative about their underfunding, which they feel may begin to hurt that success. “We don’t even have proper transport to Ot­ tawa this weekend. Fifteen of us are crammed in a minibus for six hours and we play as soon as we get thcre,”says Wallace.

Says Coach Dobbs, “If the school wants the team to perform, they could at least give them a decent bus.”

McGill will be hosting the C.I.A.U. National tournament November 4 and 5.

Rajeev Malik age: 21 faculty : Arts

Emile Carrington age: 21 faculty: Arts

Yung Liu age: 19 Psychology

“In comparison to other Universities I findMcGill athletic facilities quite poor.

The gyms and lockers need to be up­ dated. In addition, I feel that the pool should be rebuilt or replaced; there’s so many chemicals in that water, I'm afraid to swim in it”.

“I find the weight room over-crowded; there’s never any machines available.

Free gym time is also tough to find; the time slots always seem to be filled.”

“I find the squash and racketball facili­ ties very good. In addition to being a great way to meet people the Sports complex is well organized andthe facili­ ties are excellent.”

Jim Nasium age: 24 Wow ‘I didn’t realize we had facilities >ports. Oh, we do? Great Scott!”

Says Wallace,"For the first time, we deserve to be there."

T h e M o n t r e a l T h is tle C u r lin g C lu b

by Rory Nicholson Curling is a sport which is recieving a considerable amount of attention lately as it takes in a great influx of partici­ pants. As anOlympicdemonstrationsport in Calgary this wirter it’s popularity was realized by capacity crowds and large scale media coverage. Dean Gemmell, a participant in the 1988 Brier and a third year student at McGill commented that “Curling is a sport which is going to grow in the 1990’s, as more and more people become involved in their local clubs”.

One of these clubs, which perhaps best symbolizes Curling in Montreal is the Thistle Curling club. “Since there are no curling facilities at McGill, many stu­ dents go toThistle”, saidGemmell. “They arc great supporters of our involvement’’.

The Thistle Club was first activated in 1843 when Curling in Canada was in it’s youth. On December 24th, 1870the first clubhouse was built on St. Monique street between Dorchester and Ste. Catherine.

In 1913, continued growth of the mem­ bership led to the construction of the new clubhouse on Fort street where it stands today. SayspastpresidentHughes“Bob” Dumont; “We are the second oldest club in Canada. I believe the oldest is in Deep River.”

Members of the Thistle executive, recognizing the social aspect of Curling, keep members entertained through a multitude of social functions such as fashion shows andCasino nights .’There are two ways to look at the sport of Curling”says last year’s president, Ross Sykes, “one is social and the other is competitive.” Sykes said that while the competition is intense at times Curlers always shake hands before and after their games maintaining Curling’s im­ age as a “gentlemen’s sport.”

The Thistle Club welcomes McGill Curlers to join their ranks. “Oh, yes, we caterto McGill students. saysMr.Sykes.

‘They used to rent our three sheets (of ice) until we extended membership to them. Now wehave over 200members, McGill students making upquite a con­ siderable proportion of that number.

Some of the Highlights in the history of Thistle include the 1865 winning of the Govenor General trophy presented by the Earl of Dufferin to the club, the 1982 to 1984 winning of three consecu­ tive provincial mixed championships and Adams team going to the national finals last year. “It’s a club of great tradition,” says Gemmell, “and does well to represent the sport of Curling.”

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Donald Woods: Trying to counter South Africa’s rubbish

by Mike Crawley

The medium of film is the strongest tool for enlarging acharacter togreaterthan-life proportions. The mass of fic­ tional heroes with which movie goers are bombarded create a locus in the brain for “movie types". Each one of them seems as unreal as the actors and actresses who portray them or as the images of light flickering on the screen.

Then one of these unbelievable char­ acters wanders down the aisle of your local university auditorium. This par­ ticular one, a man named Donald Woods, is shrunkdown from the Kevin Kline-under-makeup dimensions shown on the big screen, to simply a man with a family, ajob, and a story to tell. He even goes to the bathroom, or as he says, the toilet.

Donald Woods is the rea/joumalist friend of Steve Biko depicted in the critically acclaimed Attenborough film Cry Freedom. Woods ’ beginnings were innocent enough: bom in 1933 in the remote, almost colonial Transkei Ter­ ritory, the boy grew up as the son of a trader, a playmate of blacks, and an unquestioning acceptor of racial seg­ regation. Law school and a Fleet Street journalism apprenticeship followed, leading to his post as editor of the Daily Dispatch in East London, South Africa, starting in 1965. Liberalism was still further down the road, and radicalism was only sparked by his personal experiences with Biko.

Woods is a thickset, white-haired man who speaks articulately and at a

moderately slow pace. His strong, dense hands gradually and unpreten­ tiously gesture, subtly underlining the phrases which he wishes to empha­ size. His voice is neither transfixing nor powerful, but the intelligence of his words, obviously a result of finely honed writing skills, drawone forward and bring one closer to the man. These revelations of his personality serve to bring the man further down to the human level, the level of a student squashed in the middle of Leacock 132.

“Generally I go around trying to ex­ plain why the South African govern­ ment is trying to push.. .apartheid off your front pages and off your televi­ sion screens,” offered Woods in his opening statement. He later added, “It is the job of people like me to go around trying to counter this rubbish [government propaganda] with the truth and to argue it down and to get it as wide a forum as possible”. Woods’ purpose seems to be to firmly establish in the minds of those who are already against apartheid that there is hope.

But, he adds, one must be firm and unbending in action.

He was able to give a perspective not often available to the opponents of racism outside the racist society: the views of one who has lived in the country, dealt with the bureaucratic structures of power in the society and knows what concrete actions can bring themcrumbling violently to their brittle foundations.

Massive economic sanctions are

vital in Woods’ mind. He firmly de­ nounced opposing views, arguing, “The reason they [government offi­ cials] fear sanctions there is that this vital supplyof money is going tobe cut off, so they spendhuge amounts trying to prevent all this”.

Woods explained the attempts by South Africa’s businesspeople to con­

vince the Westthat sanctions are ‘bad’: “Don’t have sanctions because it’ll hurt the blacks...is usually said by white (South African) businessmen.. .or by American or Canadian businessmen...who have never been noted before for their con­ cern for black South Africans.” Woods

instead claims, “The real facts are that they will hit the whites of South Af­ rica”.

Asking the rhetorical question of how he knew what the majority of blacks want, Woods offered his ‘Lech Walesa test’: “If a regime will not let its people vote, properly, democrati­ cally, we are entitled to assume that the

people representing the majority are the most imprisoned, the most har­ assed, the most persecuted”. He went on to say “All the authentic black leaders...asked for sanctions and they’re the victims, so they know bet­ ter than the non-victims what will help them”.

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However, a sanction is something you and I as students do not have at our direct disposal beyond the requisite boycotting of South African products.

But Woods told the eager audience that help is literally at our fingertips in the form of a pen. He explained, “There’s something everyone can do.

Every single person can have an ef­ fect,” and called for “a letter to your government saying we must do more”.

But what is the exact nature of the bitter reality faced by activists in this gigantic structure called apartheid?

Woods counts 317 laws based on the pigmentation of skin. Five of these have been repealed and the govern­ ment and some western media have had the audacity tocall these “reforms”.

Apartheid is a structure which has become so ingrained in South Africa’s society that very few whites question its legitimacy. Woods does not claim this is the result of some preposterous in-bred genetic traitforextremeprejudice, but is the function of generations of racial segregation and racist educa­ tion. Its maintenance is presently in the hands of the power structures of big business. No votes and poor condi­ tions for blacks mean cheap labour for the multi-nationals, sweat shops in a ‘developed’ and ‘western’ nation.

Structurally, apartheid is about money and power, so the struggle is of mam­ moth proportions.

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Sounds like the perfect way to get the public actively involved? Itcouldhave been.

Special interest groups in Mon­ treal and members of the public could have voiced their concerns about wa­ ter quantity and quality in and around the St. Lawrence ,but not a voice was heard. In all, only 28 people attended the forum in Montreal. “It was what we expected, but I am disappointed,” stated Anne Copeland, coordinator of the Montreal Forum. The poor atten­ dance in Montreal could be blamed on two things: the fact that the invitations and notices were sent in English, and plain old apathy.

Attendance at other sites was much better. In Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario/ Michigan (population 120 000) over 60 people participated. “We are all directly affected by water quality and levels. The low water level this year resulted in much more pollution and many people were directly affected.

But we as individuals must voice our concerns. We all sweep the responsi­ bility underthe government’s rug when we are capable of not only building such a strong voice. Here we have the chance to express our concerns. I just hope they listen,” commented one participant from Sault Ste. Marie dur­ ing a telephone interview.

Most of the participants in Sault Ste. Marie and other locations, were there representing small groups and

by Kathy Foster

As part of the International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes - St. Law­ rence River Fluctuating Levels Study, a televised public forum was held Saturday to inform andseek input from concerned citizens. Unfortunately, the turnout in Montreal was surprisingly low and those private citizens who did attend were all but ignored.

The seven hour forum was initi­ ated by the Joint Commission which was formed in 1986, underthe Bound­ ary Waters Treaty of 1909, to investi­ gate and develop methods of alleviat­ ing the adverse consequences of fluc­ tuating water levels in the Great Lakes.

The concept of the Forum was ideal. Ten sites in Canada and The U.S. were selected to ensure at least one site per lake and connecting chan­ nel, as well as a balance between the two countries. The sites were linkedby television to the centre group in De­ troit, Michigan, and comments made by selected animators fromeach group were broadcast to all locations.

The format included aninitial tele­ vised broadcast which focussed on presentations by the members of the Project Management Team in Detroit and questions put forth by their in­ vitees. The television screens were then turnedoff and the themes emphasized in the broadcast were discussed over lunch. Preparations were then made For input from all sites, including the Montreal group at Tele université a

IQPIRG, who was there with two other QPIRG members.

“The Montreal community was terribly underrepresented,” she con­ tinued. Seckinger attended the forum toexpandQPIRG’sknowledgeofbasic environmental concerns in Montreal and was dismayed with the vague answers to the questions posed.

This was the First attempt by the

individual concerns. The majority of the 28 participants in Montreal was composed of companyrepresentatives, government organizations and farm group members. A single private citi­ zen and 8 students were also present, but all were completely ignored dur­ ing discussions. " None of the students were inter­ viewed," stated Sarah Seckinger of

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continued from page 8 is not a problem, Woods explained.

The concept of ‘tribalism’ has been invoked by the Botha regime to serve its own purpose. “If the South African government believes its own propa­ ganda, they wouldprove it to the world by giving the blacks the vote tomor­ row so they would show the world how divided they are,” he commented cynically.

Apartheid calls for educational segregation “to inculcate in blacks a lower set of expectations than in whites”. Thus education, not unification,is the goal for which to­ day’s Steve Bikos must strive. Woods quoted Biko, showing a tinge of per­ sonal emotion that was absent through­ out much of his emphatic speech: “‘Get rid of all feelings of inferiority within ourselves engendered by 300 years of oppression. There is nothing wrong

with being what we are”.

The question period following Woods ’ prepared speech coveredmore widespread topics, yet pointlessness pervaded much of the questioning.

Participants eitheroffered uptheirown often unenlightened opinions, giving Woods the chance to debate them, or else asked questions which he hadpre­ viously answered. Woods’ most envigorated moment occured when a questioner argued some blacks have protested thecalls for sanctions.Woods was unwavering and brutally firm: “Sanctions don’t work unless people want them to. We can’t claim success or failure unless we’ve tried total eco­ nomic sanction.” He later added, “Every leader I can think of has been consistent on this.”

But overall, the entire programme was only moderately enlightening.

Though somewhat informative on a

JointCommission to coordinate such a forum. The concept, using television to facilitate international communi­ cation, should have enabled the pub­ lic to get involved in the future of the Great Lakes. Unfortunately, the fo­ rum failed to extend the pole of com­ munication to those who are person­ ally affected, and thus failed to bring public concerns to the political ear.

few matters of contention. Woods broke no novel or radical ground. He was somewhat cautious, primarily re­ vealing the views espoused in the film andhis books. Perhaps it was his some­ what unemotional delivery, but the passionate attack on apartheid which many in the audience expected and eagerly anticipated was lacking.

This is not to undermine Woods’ ability as a journalist nor his accom­ plishments so far. He is a tremendous ambassador for the anti-apartheid movement, but as a speaker to a large group of open-eared and open-minded university students, he may have lacked the drive and zeal to vibrantly convert those teetering on the brink to support for the revolutionary cause.

But he certainly furnished a quote to remember: "I don't knowhowanyone can be both young and conservative.

The two are mutually exclusive."

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-B . Bragg

by Mike Crawley Unite, tendercomrades, theboy from Barking, Essex has released his new album and comes to town next week.

Billy Bragg will be bringing his onlyslightly-more-than-minimalistshow to McGill (Halloween, but that one sold out in five hours) and Montreal (at Club Soda Nov.l, buy tickets now if you want to be ultimately hip) And contrary to present-day folklore, you don’t have to be a socialist to love his times, but it sure does add a neat di­ mension.

The new Bragg album, Workers Playtime, features his most political cover and his most sentimental con­ tent to date. Such is the seeming incon­ gruity of this ‘pop star’. Irony is the de­ finitive word for the songwriter who

has penned lyrics such as, “You’re the kind of girl who would open up a bottle of pop too early in the journey. Our love went flat, just like that.” Bragg is more than a mere politico. He has a perceptive and piercing, albeit cyni­ cal, eye into the world of human rela­ tionships, so while Playtime is not his most pungent album, it is honest, straight-laced and bare-faced.

The minimalism of Bragg’s stage show andhis three earlier LPs {Life'sA Riot With Spy vs. Spy, Brewing Up withBillyBragg, and the slightly more instrumented Talking With the Taxman About Poetry) is part of the Bragg quasi-mystique. One man, one guitar, pouring out his heart and mind to the audience. No hiding behind glossy lyrics or empty production tricks. The only differences on Workers Playtime are a piano and backing vocals sup­ plied by Cara Tilvey and drums (drums?) on the first British single, the catchy and witty Waitingfor the Great Leap Forwards.

Bragg mixes a variety of musical styles from country twang legal-sys­

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tem satire in Rotting on Remand to motownbacking vocals onMust I Paint You as Picture to Jazz Butcher-style. funk on Life with the Lions. But the solid heart of Bragg’s musical talents lay in his sparsely arranged ballads.

The directness of this approach brings love down to earth from the clouds of seventh heaven. “I try to instill a little reality into it [romance], which is why a lot of the songs may seem negative.

I don’t think they’re sad as much as real,” he explains.

This then is the key ingredient to three of the strongest little songs on the album. The Only One features acoustic guitar and cello augmenting Bragg’s haunted vocals; Tender Comrade is a surprisingly strong a capella about emotional bonds between straight men and the irony that they only occur during war; The Short Answer makes the listener’s lips smile, while the eyes retain a tinge of sadness.

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titled Rattle And Hum, may perceive the Still Haven't Found What T m Looking F or album to be the ultimate exercise in vanity that is backed up by the resonatingly pow­ orchestrated by Bono and the boys as they erful and crisp vocals of the group New interpret classic rock legends the likes of Voices Of Freedom.

Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles.

Silver and G old is a live version of the But before you can alliterate, “U2 how song Bono originally wrote for the Sun dare you?”, it would be prudent to listen to City anti-apartheid album. Part-way this album and discover that the actual through Bono exhorts: “O.K. Edge, play purposeof thecompilationisto simultane­ the blues”, and Edge replies with a guitar ously explore and celebrate - through their lick that puts to rest any lingering doubts music - the foundations of rock ‘n roll. about his musical competence.

Following the critical and commercial Side three of the album best personi­ success of The Joshu a Tree and their 1987 fies the band members’ incorporation of North American tour, the members of U2 R&B into the patented U2 style. This Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry amalgamation of sound makes for enjoy­ Mullen Jr. - were left in the unenviable able listening, on tracks like Angel o f H ar­ position of having to: duplicate the success lem, an uplifting jazzy tune with skillfull of their most renowned album, live up to accompaniment by the Memphis Homs. the expectations of fans and music critics Love Rescue Me was co-written by alike, all the while maintaining their belief Bono and Bob Dylan, and it shows U2’s that rock music has moral imperatives and versatility as they create an interesting and social responsibilities. With Rattle and Hum original country-rock fusion.

- a double album whose nine new songs The best track on this side is When and six live recordings will all be featured Love Com es To Town. The band seems to in the upcoming tour movie, U2 Rattle and be sparked by the presence of blues legend Hum, due for release Nov. 4 -the band B.B. King who is featured on vocals and delivers on all three counts. guitar.

H eller Skelter is an appropriate opener U2 waits until Side four to unleash to side one as it hints to the dizzying array RattleandH um ’sbestnew song, G odP art of musical variety that’s soon to follow.

II. Bono dedicates this track to John Len­ The remainder of this side features three non and uses the opportunity to express his new tracks including D esire and Van D i­ feelings about the quality of the latest em en's Land.

Lennon biography: D esire is the first single to be released /don’t believe in Goldman his type is from the new album, and if you’ve been like a curse listening to radio at all this month, you’ll Instant Karm a’s gonna get him i f I probably recognize the high-energy rock don't get him first. mixed-in with some of Bono’s best har­ Bono then tears loose on the album’s monica work. Van D iemen's Land is an last concert track, Bullet the Blue Sky, alive abrupt change of pace. Written and per­ version of one of the standout songs from formed by the Edge, it’s a Dylanesque The Joshua Tree that describes his first­ tune about the predicament of die poor. hand experience of the war in El Salvador.

If you haven’t seen U2 in concert yet, side two of the album will demonsrale Darlings of the rock ‘n’ roll industry what you’ve been missing, as it features all and audience alike, U2 has once again live material from the 1987 tour. It begins managed to placate these disparate fac­ with a live version of Bob Dylan’s classic tions by offering an album with excellent All Along the W atchtower and heats up commercial potential without compromis­ with a gospel version of their mega-hit I ing their musical ingenuity and originality.

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“A good song is one that touches the listener, strikes a common chord,” according to Bragg. “For most people relationships are pretty traumatic.”

Trauma is the key element to the an­ guished plea of Valentine's Day is Over, when Bragg takes on the role of a woman trying to deal with abuse: Thankyoufor the things you bought me thank youfo r the card Thankyoufo r the things you taught me when you hit me hard.

So within his sentimentality, he re­ tains his socially just outlook on the world. Socialist realism on an electric guitar? Hardly. “My albums have been largely personal,” he states, “and the singles more political.” Such is the case with.. .Great Leap Forwards. It is contagiously lovable, yet anthem-like in its intensity. It is ‘nice’ to see Billy drop a little anger and toss a little optimism and hope for the future our way.

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MacLaine’s astonishing change of character

by Tim Houston

Players’ Beyond Therapy: Colin Scott (left) and Veronika Schmidt

The essential meaning of therapy

by Sarah Johnson

Beyond Therapy, the latest produc­

tion by M cG ill Players’ Theatre, is a mordant satire o f eighties’ angst.

Written by Obie award-winner, Chris­ topher Durang, it focuses on Prudence and Bruce, both turning thirty, both seeing therapists and both undergoing the requisite crisis about the need for a real relationship.

Prudence, an uptight journalist who lives with her cats, resorts to the per­ sonal ads to meet Bruce. Bruce is apparently the perfect modem man: sensitive (he weeps on cue) and open minded (he left his wife for the gas man). Despite their idiosyncrasies, Prudence and Bruce are normal com ­ pared with their therapists, both o f whom should be certified.

Prudence’s therapist, Stuart, has every macho neurosis in the book. A g­ gressive, hostile and short, his therapy consists o f screaming obscenities at Prudence for refusing to sleep with him. B ruce’s therapist Charlotte is equally loopy. She is so absent-minded that she is practically senile and barks maniacally at her patients to demon­ strate her approval.

W ith this kind o f guidance, it is hardly surprising that both Prudence and Bruce are confused, and their lone­ liness somehow connects them. How­ ever, while Prudence is strongly at­ tracted to Bruce, she is not quite as enthusiastic about his lover B ob, and B ob is definitely not enamoured of her.

Given its subject matter, Beyond Therapy should be a lot funnier than it is. It is not awful by any means, but for some reason this production does not manage to live up to the potential o f the script. There are some inspired lines, such as Charlotte’s interpretation o f sex positions, “People who use the missionary position want to be anthro-

pologists,” but the play is somehow static. One reason for this is that Monica Freedm an and Ken Dobell as Prudence and Bruce have no chemistry between them, which, given their differences, makes their mutual attraction some­ what questionable. M onica Freedman in particular is a bit weak. She does not come across as a woman o f thirty, neither in appearancenor conduct, and this undermines the play ’ s entire prem­ ise. She takes her role too seriously, when she should be having fun with it, which makes her character rather unappealing.

However, to be fair, the play gets much better as it goes on and the other actors are often very funny. Duncan Appleton plays Prudence’s therapist Stuart with choleric figure and his stocky build is absolutely suited to the part. Bruce’s therapist Charlotte is beautifully played by V eronika Schmidt, who displays a real talent for strange facial contortions, and Colin Scott deserves honourable mention for his portrayal o f Bruce’spetulantlover, Bob. Christopher Durang’s scathing ob­ servations are dead on, yet he never loses compassion for his characters’ plights. At times he treads a fine line between irreverence and offensiveness, especially in his treatment o f gays, but all his characters are stereotypes and relate to each other in that light. It is only when they go beyond their pre­ conceptions o f normality that they begin to find happiness. As Charlotte says, “Youknow that song, ‘Someday My Prince W ill Com e’? W ell it's all shit. Everybody is crazy.” That state­ ment is the play’s essential meaning.

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Madame Sousatzka is a pleasant, well-crafted film with some o f the most celebrated piano compositions ever written. It would be a decent choice to see with anyone easily offended by violence, (except when Manek kicks over a garbage pail), sex, profanity, and other factors usually needed for a fulfilling experience at a modem cin­ ema.

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This gifted child, however, is just a typical schoolboy with aspirations of becoming a rich and famous concert pianist (in order to pay his mother’s various debts), a way o f life o f which Madame disapproves, as it is against her principles. Music prowess and virtuosity ought not to be akin to a cocktail act, exposed to the public as a cheap carnival attraction. They should be nurtured and improved to perfec­ tion for one’s own gratification.

M anek’s inner conflict ensues. To whom should he remain devoted?

Where should his loyalty lie? Where should his true passion lead him? W ill he succumb to pressure and just give up? No, he proceeds with the perform­ ance, interpreting Schumann’s piano concerto in A minor with the London

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A piano’s depth o f character is quite wide ranging. It can be pushed down a flight o f steps or pushed out o f a tenthstorey window to incapacitate an un­ fortunate antagonist. Or it can have a delicate nature, an instrument through which the most beautiful pieces of music have been composed.

Madame Sousatzka is a purveyor of this harmonic and cultural doctrine, in music and in life. In an astonishing change of character, Shirley MacLaine portrays the Madame as an eccentric, opinionated, whimsical, cranky, and at times, highly temperamental piano instructor.

She shares her life with the inhabi­ tants o f a Victorian home in Chelsea.

Lady Emily (Dame Peggy Ashcroft) is the aged and contented owner o f the building who is faced with the di­ lemma o f selling o ff her birthplace to a couple o f pompous estate agents (who reckon it could use a bit o f touch­ ing up, i.e. complete renovation); and Jenny, an aspiring pop singer, per­ formed with gusto by sixties British fashion icon, Twiggy.

The Film opens with a recital by a fifteen year-old musical genius of Indian descent, Manek Sen (Navin Chowdhry who actually cannot play the piano). Soon, his mother (the beau­ tiful Shabana Azmi) enrolls him as a pupil o f Madame Sousatzka. Manek practices and plays his heart out, but Madame is not satisfied with mere aptitude. She expects total dedication to the piano at all times and severely curtails any activity which may harm his fingers. She teaches him how to be a proper gentleman, with customary graceful manners and appearance; she doesn’tjustteach thepiano, she teaches

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