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w h a t 's o n WHAT’S ONIS COURTESYOFTHEIN TER-GROUPLIAISON NOTICES: McGill Nightline is wideawakeandreadyto rap, 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. nightly! Forinformation, if you’re bored or if you can’t sleep and want to complain. Call us, 398-6246 - anonymous and confidential. WalkSafe Network: Monday to Thursday leaving at 10:45 p.m. fromMcLennan library. Anyoneinterestedinvolunteeringshouldcontact theWomens’ Union. CompeerMontreal/Entre-Amis, abilingual non-profit community organization working in the field of mental health, needs volunteers be tween25and45tohelpprovidefriendlyrelation ships withpersons strugglingwithmental health problems. Training andsupport provided. Info.: 342-0057. Makethatspecial differenceinsome oneelse’s life. Caribbean Students’ Society: 1) Office hours: Monday andThursday, 11 a.m. - 1p.m., Union408, 398-6814. T-Shirts Available ($10). 2) NewCaribbeanNewspaperavailable($1.70). 3) The High Commissions of Barbados andthe Bahamas arecompiling amailinglist of McGill students fromthese countries. If interested, call 848-9382. McGill Association for International Stu dents’ (MAIS’): Winter ClothingDepot forin ternational studentsis openThursdays, 2-5p.m., atthePresbyterianCollege, UniversityandMilton. All international students welcome. Info.: 286-1490. Development Week:All thisweek. Displays, Videos, Films, Speakers, Symposia, Benefits! Union 107/108. CandlelightandPrayerVigils in theChapels of the NewmanCentreandtheFac ultyofReligious Studies. See belowortheador posters for listings. TUESDAY, JANUARY30TH McGill EngineeringSummerEmployment Program(MESEP) will behavingseminars on “Writing Effective Resumes” and “Job Search Techniques”, withMr. Don Haslamof theCan ada Employment Centre. Today, Rm. MD279, 12-1 pm.; Wednesday, Rm. MD284,12-1 p.m.; Thursday, Rm. MC 117, 3_4:30 p.m.. Coffee, donuts, andplentyofhandouts. BringyourC.V.

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foracritique. All welcome, thoughseminars are geared for engineering, architecture, computer science, and urban planning students. Info.: McConnel, Rm. 520, 398-7434. Development Week: 12:15 p.m.: Non-Govemment Organization Series with Canadian University Students Overseas (C.U.S.O.) and LorettaTremain, C.U.S.O. member and McGill student on ‘The Fate of the EarthConference” and “Environmental Aspects of Nicaraguan Development”. Union 107/108. 1:00 p.m.: “HumanRightsWorkersProblemsinGuatemala, El Salvador, andHonduras”withErnieSchibliof theSocialJusticeCommitteeofMontreal. Union 310. 2:00 p.m.: ‘The Contadora Process” with Prof. A. Broadhurst, Political Science, McGill. Union310. “An Eyewitness Report on Current Devel opments in Lebanon”, with Dr. Maan Zinde, Prof, of Philosophy, Lebanese University. MorriceHall, Commonroom, 4:00 p.m.. Amnesty International: Letter Writing Meeting. Union425,7:00p.m.. All Welcome.

5 p.m. McGill Southern Africa Committee pres ents AMANDLA, a weekly news and current affairs programon SouthernAfrica. CKUTFM 90.3, RadioMcGill,everyWednesday,7:00-7:30 p.m.. Students for Global Responsibility: Gen eral Meeting, Union B09A0, 7 p.m.. Info.: 2846397. All welcome. McGill FilmSociety: TheBirthofaNation. USA1915(169min.).Dir.:D.Griffith. ForBlack HistoryWeek.FDAAuditorium,7:30pm..FREE. Nursing Masters Colleagueship presents “WhyFamiliesNow?”.Aneveningofdiscussion of the social, political, clinical, and theoretical changes behindtheresurginginterestinthefam ilyinCanadiansocietytoday.WithDawnWalker, RN, Health andWelfare Canada; ElizabethUrthowski, School ofSocialWork, McGill;Patricia O’Connor, RN, Montreal Children’s Hospital. Leacock 232,7:30 p.m.. FREE. McGill Choral Society: Weneedmen! MCS isagroupofover200membersfromallfaculties. No auditions are necessary. We’re singingRut ter’s Requiem, PhantomoftheOpera, andsome selections fromThe Nylons. Strathcona Music Bldg., RmC310,7:30p.m.. McGill Women’s Union: presents “Women andAnger”. AForumwithElsa Scheider. Lea cock 26,7:30 p.m..

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY31ST Development Week: 12:00: Ecumenical ChapelService, UniversityChapel,3520Univer sity, withGeoffreyJohnston,DirectorofStudies, PresbyterianCollege. 12:45p.m.: “International Debt: Canada’s Responsibility” with Marjorie Ross of theTaskForceonChurches andCorpo rate Responsibility. Senior Common Room, Faculty of Religious Studies, 3520 University. 12:15 p.m.: Non-Government OrganizationSe ries withWorld University Services of Canada (W.U.S.C.) on the “W.U.S.C. Summer 1989 Development SeminarintheCaribbean”. Union 107/108. 1:00 p.m.: “U.S. Intervention in Pan ama”withMarisaPerezofUrgentCommitteefor a Sovereign Panama. Union 310. 2:00 p.m.: “McGill in International Development”. Union 310. Caribbean Students’ Society: Food and CulturalDisplay. FreesamplesofCaribbeanfood. Unionlobby, 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.. McGill Legal Aid Clinic: Annual General Assembly. Union Ballroom, 3480 McTavish, 5 pm.. All welcome. Development and Peace: Meeting, Union 310,5 p.m.. Uhuru na Ufahamu-Development Studies Group:MeetingandVideoonT.V. Media. Union

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY1ST Development Week: 12:00: “Canada'sRede inPeacekeeping inCentral America”, withHa rold Klepak, Prof, of History and Advisor to Parliamentonmilitarystrategy. Union310.12:15 p.m.: Non-Government Organization Series: CanadianCrossroads. Union107/108.5:00p.m.: “Colombia: Civil War or Negotiation Among Various Sectors of Society?” with Marco Polo Valencia, M-19RepresentativeforNorthAmer ica. FDA Auditorium. 7:00 p.m.: Rim: "Mile Zero",abouttheSAGE(StudentsAgainstGlobal Extermination)touracrossCanada. Discussionto follow(TENTATIVE). FDAAuditorium. ConcordiaUniversity^ScienceCollegepres entsDr. MarvinMinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaking on “Machines That Think”. ConcordiaUniversity, 1455de Maison neuveBlvd., W., H-110. Info.: 848-2595. “Animal Rights in the Public Eye”. Rim footage fromnewsreports, debates, demonstra

tions, andspeakerswill bepresented. Discussion tofollow. Leacock219,7:00p.m. Info.: META, 276-0914. McGill FilmSociety: Guess Who’s Coming toDinner. USA 1967 (108min.). Dir.: S. Konmer. ForBlackHistoryWeek. Leacock132,7:30 p.m.. McGill TheatreSports: theThursdayshow, 10:00 p.m. in the ALLEY. Hey, it’s FREE Improv. Theatre!! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY2ND Development Week: 12:00: ‘The Nicara guan Elections Process” with Sergio Lacayo, Nicaraguan Ambassaor to Canada. Panel on Panama withLatinAmerica delegates tofollow (TENTATIVE). Moot Court Room, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel. 12:15 p.m.: Non-Govern ment OrganizationSeries: CanadaWorldYouth, includingarecently returnedCWYworkerfrom Nepal. Union 107/108. 6:00 p.m.: Film: “Re sponses to Southern African Escalation”; and 7:00 p.m.: “Southern Africa in the 1990s” with members of Africa 2000, followedbyWineand Cheese. Centre for Developing Area Studies, 3715Peel.7:00p.m.:Rim"ARustlingofLeaves". Documentaryaboutguerrillas, deathsquads, and the electoral process in the Philippines. Dona tions. Dance Party CaribbeanStyle. All welcome aspartoftheDevelopmentWeekactivities.Union B09/10. $3 members; $4 non-members. Info.: 848-9382. McGill FilmSociety:ASoldier'sStory. USA 1985(105min.). Dir.: N. Jewison. Leacock132, 7:30pm.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY3RD Development Week: Symposium: “Na mibia: Prospects for the Future”. 9 a.m.: Registration. 9:30: Introduction. 9:45: Rim: “NamibiaontheBrink".10:45: Presentationson “Economic Choices”, “HumanResources (Edu cation andHealth)”, The Constitution, Political Factors”, and “Canadian Cooperation with Namibia”. 12:15: Lunch and Optional Film “Namibia:TheReturn”. 1:30: Workshops. 4:00: Plenary. Union Ballroom. 6:00: Dinner Break. 7:30: Speeches by Ronnie Dempers, Namibian National Student Association representative, Petronella Coetzee, Social Worker, and Vero

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AngerResolutionWorkshop. Discoverpro ductivewaystoresolveanger. Weeklyworkshop withMcGillCounsellingService.9-10am..Info.: 398-3601. CommencingFebruary6th. Department of Anthropology Seminar Se ries: “Canada and International Policy in Na-< mibia” with the Honorable Flora MacDonald Leacock738,4:30-6:00 p.m.. February 8th. Ethics and the Academy: “Medical Ethics andAIDS,withDr. BenjaminFreedman, McGill Centrefor Medicine Ethics, and Law. Leacock 232, 7 pm.. Presented by P.G.S.S. and QPirgMcGill. February8th. Department Psychology-D.O. Hebb Lec ture Series: “Memory and Brain”, with Dr. LarrySquire, Departmentof Psychology, Veter ansAdministrationHospital, Universityof Cali fornia, San Diego. Stewart Biology Rm. Sl/4, 1205Dr. Penfield, 2p.m.. Info.: 398-6105. Feb-

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The McGill Tribune, January 30 - February 5,1990

Last call for Gert’s bar manager this week? BY R O B E R T STEIN ER Gerts and Alley beverage man ager Danny Thibault is likely to be fired this week after SSMU lead ers complained he “had a complete disregard for decision making process in the Student’s Society”. SSMU President Santo Manna lodged the complaint to the CVC catering company in a letter dated January 26th. CVC manages McGill cafeterias and runs day-today matters at G ert’s. Thibault is a CVC employee and the final deci sion whether or not to fire him will be made by that company, Manna said. Thibault could not be reached for comment. The SSMU complaints come in the midst of one of Gerts’ most successful years and may reflect changes in the way the Union build ing pub is run.

“As far as Gert’s management is concerned, we want CVC to take a back seat to McGill students ex cept for the daily running of the pub,” Manna told the Tribune yesterday. “He didn’t follow the routes of decision-making that he should have and didn’t follow the Stu dent’s Society philosophy that the pub should be available and likable to students. There were instances of his not wanting student groups to use G ert’s.” SSMU Vice President (Internal) Ray Satterthwaite explained that, under the new G ert’s management policy, major decisions about the pub are made by the Pub Advisory Board and the University Centre Committee - both o f which have student representation. G ert’s Beverage managers are responsible to students through those commit-

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news BLA C K H ISTO R Y M O N T H BEGINS ON THURSDAY McGill’s Black Students Network is celebrating Black History Month in February with a series of events and speakers starting on Thursday. An open house that day in the Union Building’s Multicultural Lounge will outline the purpose of Black History Month. From Thursday to Saturday, the BSN and the McGill Film Society will be showing a series of films on Black history and issues, ending with Do the Right Thing on Saturday n ig h t On February 5, the PBS docu mentary “The Africans” will be shown in the McConnell Engineer ing Building common room. The month’s events will also include speakers, discussions, a party, and a heritage display and craft sale. Audrea Golding, the BSN’s Cultural Issues Chairperson, said the group’s focus for Black History Month will be to show the contribu tions Africa has made to civilization and to dispel stereotypes about Canadian and American Africans. ASSAULT PR EV E N T IO N G R O U P T O IN T R O D U C E N EW FUND The Montreal Assault Prevention Centre will announce a new education and self-defence fund on Monday to remember the 14 women killed at Ecole Polytechnique. The fund, which will be announced in a press conference at Ecole Polytechnique, will provide money for women who could not other wise have the means to take self-defence courses at the Centre. Money will also go towards public education and workshops about sexual assault prevention, aimed largely at children. “There’s a link between what happened at Ecole Polytechnique and what w e’re trying to do,” said Centre worker Concepcion Cortacans. “We believe in changing society to stop that kind o f thing from happening again.” The money for the new fund will initially come from the Centre itself, but Cortacans said she hopes it will eventually operate on donations. The fund will be administered by a committee including a journal ist, a student executive from Ecole Polytechnique, a member of the Centre, and others. Cortacans said she is not sure when the fund will begin operating. PIN G -PO N G M A RA TH O N STARTS E M E R G EN C Y FUND F O R STUDENTS Alpha Epsilon P i’s ping-pong marathon last week raised $4000 to establish an emergency relief fund for students. The fund, created with and administered by Montreal group SunYouth, will provide money for students who are left without money or resources by events such as fire or burglary. The AEP students began their ping-pong game on Wednesday morning and played continuously for 48 hours. They raised money by soliciting donations and finding sponsors for each player. “The concept of students hçlping students was a very appropriate one. Students supported us at all hours, day or night,” said chapter president Barry Levitt._____________________________________ j

tees, butrun day-to-day operations on their own. “When Mr. Thibault started in the job in August last year, we knew we were giving pub manag ers more freedom,” Manna added. “But he didn’t follow certain

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McKeown expects the pub’s good business to continue. “The only changes I expect to see at the pub are small operational ones like scheduling,” he said. “W e’ve finished our promotions until the end o f the semester.”

building regulations and alcohol policies of the Student’s Society.” Scott M cKeown, a McGill management student and Gert’s assistant beverage manager, is widely expected to assume Thi bault’s job should he be fired.

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BY PA U L H O R W IT Z ________ The Internal Affairs Committee o f Students’ Society, frustrated by a lack o f students applying for Internal Affairs jobs, is actively recruiting students for leadership positions. SSMU Vice President (Internal) Ray Satterthwaite said he and Inter nal Affairs Commissioner Cathy Longo will solicitnominations this year for positions in 1990-91 through posters, advertising, and direct recruitm ent “W e’re trying to target people who have experience, people who are qualified for the positions,” said Satterthwaite. Satterthwaite said nominations for Internal Affairs positions, which include Chief Returning Of ficer, Student Handbook EditorIn-Chief, and McGill Fiesta Chair person .have been infrequent in the last few years. Students have fre quently won positions by acclama tion, and Satterthwaite said these people often prove inexperienced and unqualified. Satterthwaite opened nomina tions for the Internal Affairs posi tions in November, two. months before they traditionally open. However, he only received 8 nominations in a month. “ [The early nomination period] just sort o f dwindled,” he said. Nominations were reopened last week, and will be open until the second week in February. This time, in addition to advertisements in the Tribune, Satterthwaite will be putting up posters encouraging people to apply for the positions.

At the same time, Commissioner Longo is phoning clubs, faculty organizations, and students listed in the student leader directory to ask them to run for Internal Affairs positions. Satterthwaite said few students apply for the positions because the Internal Affairs Committee has not done a good enough job of publi cizing them. “People just don’t know enough about the positions,” he said. Asked whether the Committee’s recruitment problems reflected

student apathy, Satterthwaite said, “It’s my job to get people informed about these positions, and then see if they care.” Satterthwaite said much o f his time this year has been taken up correcting the mistakes of students acclaimed to their positions. He said he hoped that increased com petition for the Internal Affairs positions would ensure the best possible student for each position. “It’s not for this year that I’m doing this, it’s for next year,” Sat terthwaite said.

Faculty of Dentistry Paid volunteers ($400) are wanted to participate in a 6-month daily supervised, clinical mouthrinse study. Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. February till August. Male or female applicants will be chosen who are between the ages o f 18 and 55, healthy, on no medication an have at least 20 teeth. They must not have orthodontic braces, large cavities nor gum disease. If interested, call the project coordinator Elisabeth Marchai as soon as possible and no later than February 2nd at 398-7215 between 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Banning guns is not the answer Banning guns is not the answer, tighter gun control laws are. Ever since the tragedy last December at the École Polytechnique, various groups across the country have been calling for a ban on all semi-automatic, and “para-military” weapons. W hile the motiva tions for the proposed bans are undeniably good, the idea is wrong. W hat Canada does not need are gun control laws that force people like Marc Lépine to look underground, and buy guns on the black market. W hat we need is a tougher set of laws that will detect the fringe players of society before they are able to do any harm. This is what our current set of laws was designed to do. Unfortu nately these laws no longer work. They have become antiquated, out of touch with reality, and in desperate need of reworking. Thus, what we should do is strengthen the existing laws, not replace them with a restrictive and unfair set of laws. With today’s laws, any person who wants to buy a gun must have a firearms aquisition certificate (FAC), which in most provinces is easier to obtain, and valid longer, than a driver’s licence. To get a FAC, a person must go to the nearest police station, fill out a form swearing that he/she has no history of mental illness or a criminal rec ord, pay ten dollars, and then wait a week. Once he/she gets the FAC, it is good for any number of guns over a five year period (three years longer than a driver’s licence in most provinces). A seemingly quick and easy solution to the problem of criminal use of firearms would be to ban all guns retroactively. This would not only be stupid, but it would miss the point. Not counting the logisti cal nightmare of repossessing all of the guns that are currently owned by law-abiding citizens, this idea does nothing to protect society from psychopaths who would then find their guns on the black market. A more practical approach would be to take the existing laws and make them stronger: strict control and education are better solutions than retroactive legislation. As with attempts to prohibit drug use, moral ity is not a question: banning guns is a logistical impossibility. Here are some proposals to strengthen the existing legislation: • Instead of making one permit (which allows one to buy a gun) valid for five years, have a single permit for each gun that would be valid for two weeks. This would be done by printing the serial number of the gun on the certificate, and forcing the applicant to specify that particular gun before filing the application, rather than than allowing the applicant to go on a shopping spree. • Increase the waiting period from one week to six weeks. This would allow the police enough time to run the security check, and give the applicant enough time to think about whether or not he/she really needs to buy a gun. • After the six week waiting period has passed, have the applicant pass a hunter’s safety course before validating the certificate. If a safety course is mandatory for each gun, it would allow officials to see how the applicant reacts around guns. • Increase the application fee to one hundred dollars, to help pay for the cost of running a security check on everyone who wishes to puchase a gun (a process which is often overlooked). • If after the entire process an application is rejected, allow the applicant to appeal the decision to an appeals board. This would ensure that the entire process is open, fair, and honest While these proposed solutions would not make it impossible for an unbalanced person to get a gun, they would make it considerably more difficult. The general idea is to force people to buy guns through the system, not outside it. If someone wants to get a gun badly enough, he/she will find a way, legal or otherwise. And, if they have to stay inside the system, we have a chance to screen them, and detect potential problems before they happen. If they are forced to go outside the system, we do not stand a chance, and that is when tragedies happen. C harlie Q uinn

Correction The comment, All our tuitions, in the Jan. 16 issue was written by John Fox, VP External for SSMU. The Tribune regrets the error.

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W ITH PAUL H O R W IT Z Journalists are vicious, loath some people. Tell any trade se crets, and the Journalist’s Guild is likely to send a couple of guys named Vinniearound to, say, break your arms. But you’re my readers, and I am sworn to brave physical danger to bring you the deepest secrets of the media. Also, it’s not like I’m being paid; so screw it let ’s take a little bite out of the hand that feeds us, shall we? Today’s word, class, is synergy. You may not have heard this omi nous, New Age-ish word a lot yet, but it’s already turned the media business into a gaping wound of money and power politics. Syn ergy is the policy o f companies and other groups who gain control of the media, in an effort to sell products in a thousand different ways. It is, in short, the tenth circle of hell. RememberÆacÆ to the Future II ? Remember the dozens of brand names - Pepsi, USA Today, Nike, etc. - whose names were a promi nent blot on Michael J. Fox’s fu ture landscape? No, class, it wasn’t a coincidence. The companies paid the producers, the producers paid the prop-makers, and the audience paid everybody lots of cash. Guess who loses. R em em ber T im eL ife? No longer. Now it’s Time Warner, a conglomerate which owns Batman, owns the companies that merchan dise Batman, owns the magazines

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like People which fawn over Bat man, and owns the magazines like Time which never mention any of this. Guess who loses. Holy Com mercialism, Batman! Y es, synergy is all that and more. Who would have guessed it - just invent a fancy new word, and you can drag the arts and news media into a horrible new word of multi level, advertorial, infotaining salesmanship...excuse me, I meant journalism. Luckily, you can get a piece of the pie too. Kind of. Synergy also works remarkably well for groups interested in using the media for political ends. Media entrepreneur and Samantha Fox patron Rupert Murdoch recently bought two papers in the recently democra tized Hungary - Finally, comrade! Now we can express our new free doms by buying British-run news papers with nude women on page

3! And then there’s ourown SSMU C om m unications C om m ittee. Granted, it’s practially stillborn, but imagine the propaganda possi bilities. Newspapers (oh my God! Us !), newsletters, broadsheets, graffiti - all united for the common purpose o f blanketing the campus with SSMU triumphs. It’s that gentle, you will be informed - or else - attitude that really inspires loyalty. Still, count your blessings. The latest U niversity o f W estern Ontario Gazette tells us that their Student Council president, Kimble Sutherland, left his most important meeting of the year to go dancing. And the Queen’s University Jour nal devotes half o f its front page to new and quite accurate accusations of Queen’s sexism and brutality. In other words, these are just not synergistic newspapers. W ell, Ontario always was behind the times... Next: The Bassmasters visit Meech Lake...

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Hydro Québec was surprised to get a call from us yesterday asking how many blackouts there were on the Island, they thought we were in the middle o f one. According to a Hydro spokeswoman “You should be in the middle of it.” Well we weren't, but apparently most of downtown was, either that or Hydro has taken to spreading lies along with all of its propaganda. But at least they are looking at the propaganda in a humourous way. As a friend of mine pointed out they now have postcards that are completely black and say “Montréal at Night.” However, according to some pseudo-reliable sources at Hydro they are planning on printing a version of this card that simply reads “Montréal.” In a completely different spectrum of public union problems, the MUCTC reported that they still “Have no idea,” on the number of buses that will be on the road. They did report that 147 buses remained in the garage on Monday.

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The McGill Tribune Publisher TheStudents’ Society of McGill University E ditor in C hief Charlie Quinn A ssistant E ditor Paul Michell News E ditors Paul Horwitz Rob Steiner F eatures E ditors Kelly Gallagher Mackay Stephanie Small E n tertain m en t E ditor Kim Farley Sports E ditor Nick Leonardos Photo E ditor Neal Herbert A ssistant Photo E ditor Linda Miller Layout/Production G u ru David Gruber Production A ssistants Andrea Hitschfeld, Jenny Lin, Melissa Meyers, Kirsten Myers, Elaine Palmer, Zoe Rolland Cover Photo Neal Herbert SSMU G raphic Andrew Wallace Publications M anager Helene Mayer Staff

Shannon Aldinger, Marc Benoit, Caroline Clark, Jane Desbarats, Marc Druin, Magdalena Fahmi, Aubrey Kassirer, Walter Kemp, Evan Kurt, Aaron Margolis, Jessica McBride, Susie Osier, Deborah Rosenberg, Ken Saltman, Trine Schioldan, Joel Schwartz, Colin Scott, James Stewart, Andrzej Szymanski, Helga Tawil, Carl urich, Eric Wahn, Karim Tiro, Rosalind Ward-Smith, John Watson, Amy Wilson TheMcGillTribune is published by the Students' Society of McGill University. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent SSMU opinions or policy. The Tribune editorial office is located in B-01A of the University Centre, 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X9, Telephone 398-6789, 398-3666. Letters and submissions should be left at the editorial office or in the SSMU General Office. Letters must be kept to two typed pages. Other comments can be addressed to the chairperson of the Tribune Publication Board and left at the Students' Society Office. The Tribune advertising office is located inroomB-22,phone398-6777. Pub lishing is doneby Payette & Simms, St Lambert, P.Q.

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L o c a l b a n k BY SHANNON ALDINGER Royal Bank officials are warn ing students to keep all cheques and bank statements private after imposters stole large sums of

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letters Complete reform of the university revenue sources needed T o the editors: In an editorial in last week’s Tribune, Paul Michell makes sev eral valid points about the Québec student movement. However, he also manages to repeat a number of misconceptions that the Bourassa government and other individuals have used to support the unfreez ing of tuition fees. By 1992, a full time arts student could be paying as much as $1752 a year in tuition fees alone. This price may be comparable to the Canadian average, but does that mean our present tuition is neces sarily too low? Low tuition is a positive force, not an unfair advan tage over our provincial counter parts. This brand of myopia would have this province refuse any new program, progressive or not, for the sake of “being at the Canadian average.” The point of the matter is that low tuitions were implemented for a reason, being that education should be as accessible as pos sible. This notion is no less impor tant today. However, Michell asks whether the intended hikes will actually injure accessibility. An opinion poll of students in 1986 discovered that if tuitions were doubled, 13 per cent would drop out, and 25 per cent would change to part-time studies. Another study published last year concluded 12.5% of pres ently registered full-time students would be obliged to leave their studies as a result of tuitions dou bling. It is often said that an effective loans and bursary system could compensate those who will find it difficult to make ends meet after tuitions are doubled. W hat initially needs to be realized is that the present system, sometimes gener ous, requires fundamental change beginning with the government’s definition of “independent.” How ever, it is more likely the govern ment will merely inject a portion of new tuition revenue into the loans and bursary system and leave students at the mercy of future budget cuts. Only a complete reform of the university revenue sources can end the closed circle of underfunding, tuition fee hikes, and ANEEQ strikes. Students should contribute

to their education, but only if this contribution does not compromise accessibility. The most logical solution seems to be a post-gradu ation tax on salaries above $23,000, which was suggested, ironically enough, by Jean de Grandpré. Corporations whose wealth ob viously depends on the educated should be made to pay more of their share. At the present they donate where-the tax shelters dic tate. A one percent tax on corpo rate profit has been estimated at seven hundred million dollars a year. At the present, only FEEQ

(Féderantion des étudiants/es du Québec) of which the SSMU is a member, is supporting these new ideas. Michell is wrong in saying that vision and progrssive ideas are dead and buried in Québec. They merely have not been properly discussed. If the government doesn’t listen to the parliamentary hearings Febru ary 21st, and student strikes are unsuccessful, Québec students will be forced to swallow the most politically expedient ... and re gressive solution Peter Clibbon U2 Engineering

"Roaches" not a one man production To the editors: In response to Jonathan Bern stein’s article regarding the joint McGill Film Society- QPIRG film “Roaches,” I feel that I must in form students of the work that went into such a production. Alex Chappie undoubtedly deserves much credit for his successful script and his unfaltering energy, yet it was not a one-man production by any means. When the project was originally set up, it was intended to teach interested students about film, but when I as production manager, pressed Mr. Chappie to include the students in the post-production, such as editing and sound, two of the m ost im portant parts of filmmaking and highly creative ones as well, he conveniently for g o t Unfortunately lack of space does not permit me to name those dedicated students who worked so hard to lessen Mr. Chappie’s load. But I credit them with deep grati tude. Pre-production took nine weeks, for some of us that meant work everyday, but for all of us it meant each weekend was given up

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“W e’re not big enough to have large rock bands.” Only the carpet will stay to remind customers o f the way Annie’s used to be. “That’s a good call I think, given the amount of beer I’ve spilled on the floors of the other two Peels,” one customer said. During its one year o f operation, Annie’s tried to package a club atmosphere in pub surroundings with fancy decorations, special lights and a wood-finished look. But with neither the equipment to produce large volumes of food quickly or live music, the club/pub lost business to nearby St. Laurent Blvd. Peel Pub’s takeover of Annie’s is only the latest acquisition for the après-study empire which includes Toronto’s Brunswick House. Yves Roy believes Peel’s re spectability and cheap food has made the chain a success. “A businessman comes in for lunch and gets his food cheaply,” he explains.

Life gets complicated when a pub changes names. W hat used to be Henri Richard’s became Annie’s and is now Peel Pub Park Place. But patrons call it the New New Peel. That means that the pub’s DeMaisonneuve St. outlet is now “old New Peel” and Old Peel - on St. Catherine St. - is now “really old Peel”. But student punters won’t need to know any names when Peel Pub Park Place (PPPP) officially opens its doors with a 100 mystery spe cial Wednesday. Already Peel-aficionados have had a taste of what’s to come there. Since the December takeover, Peel managers have imposed a successful formula of high-volume, high-speed cheap food and drink on the old Annie’s. Manager Yves Roy adds he will rip out its multi level platforms and one of its two bars to make space for more tables. PPPP’s one remaining bar will become a single service counter “He approves o f the place and for waiters and waitresses. lets his daughter go there at n ig h t” Roy said he is also set to replace Security will be especially im the venue’s DJ with live music, a portant at PPPP, given its location feature at “old New Peel” on across the street from an arcade DeMaisonneuve. which local residents say has been “A three part Jazz-Blues en frequented by drug dealers. semble is one possible type of “W e’re constantly on the watch performance that we could have for that kind of thing here,” Roy here,” Roy explained. explained.

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few professors and teaching assis tants (TAs). The petition noted that the number of professors has decreased from sixteen to eleven-and-a-half since 1972, while undergraduate enrollment in philosophy courses has tripled to 3000 students. In all, 600 students - more than 95% o f those enrolled in philoso phy honours and majors programs - signed the petition. But the ma jority o f the signatures were from non-philosophy students taking philosophy courses, something which PSA Vice President Sander Shalinsky says points to a particu lar problem of die department. Most TAs are overwhelmed merely keeping up with their own work, not to mention large intro ductory courses with high out-of

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R e p o rt C a rd Once or twice a year, all of us feel thatspecial frustration: We've worked, sweated to put out good essays and lab reports, we've givensomeTAourvery lives, and what do we get in return? One letter - if we're lucky it comes with a mathmatical sign next to it! This time it's our turnto rate the stu dents who run our campus. We have reduced eight months of SSMU work to abrief comment, and a puny letter grade. Compiled by: Heidi Bercovich, Evan Kert, and Deborah Rosenberg

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KATE MORISSET VP University Affairs March 1989 • On Advising: “Put the advising together and give it to professors who are going to be advising.” • OnClass Size: “Reduce class sizes and try to get more T.A.’s and profes sors.” • On Exams: “Four exams in three days is not considered a conflict....but it kills students.”

RAYSATTERTHWAITE, VP Internal March, 1989 • On CVC Catering Company: “I’m on both sides of this issue - SSMU has aresponsiblity towards CVC, but CVC is doing ahaphazardjob ofrunning our pubs on campus. We should try to get CVC restructured tojust running cafe teria and let pub be student-run” • On Review of Staff: “Staff should be reviewed.” Now • On CVC: Policy remains un changed • On Staff Reviews: “We should review how our whole Society oper ates, and if there is a problem, find the ‘weak link’.”

Accomplishments and Plans Now • Improving food andbeverage serv• Improving communications be tween food service and VP Inter nal • Clubs have had their constitutions reviewed • Would like to make more student awareness posters (about drugs, alco hol, racism, etc.) as a public service. • Improve advertising for SSMU nominations by using telephone calls, posters and newspaper ads. MIDTERM MARK: B

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March, 1989 • PGSS-SSMU: PGSS should re main with SSMU, and can only lose services if it leaves. • Funding through Referenda: “I’d rather have it go through SSMU.” • FEEQ-ANEEQ: all for FEEQ, will not weaken ANEEQ • Review of Employees: “Input should be coming from executive committee.”

Now Now • On PGSS-SSMU: Policy remains • On advising: Gathered researchon unchanged. the problem of advising, and will pres • Funding Through Referenda: Pol ent a proposal to council sometime icy remains unchanged soon • FEEQ-ANEEQ: Policy remains • On Class Size: Organized for unchanged. classes to be held in appropriately• Review of Employees: “Council sized rooms (No studentrep on Budget and executives should get together to Planning Committee has hindered decide what kind of staff they want.” hiring of T.A.’s and professors) • On Exams: Exam schedule to be included in timetable andfour lecturefree days before exams will be imple mented by September 1991. March, 1989 “I felt with students knowing the • Review of Employees: “Every exam schedule in advance, they could person who serves students should be pace themselves.” • On Moyse Hall: Construction has reviewed.” • Funding through Referenda: “The been postponedcontinually by McGill. best way to make sure campus organi “Moyse Hall has been a disaster.” •On Residences: No progress. “We zations get funding is by asking stu were focus mg on other things, such dents whether or not they want to con tinue to pay for a certain service. And as the new residences at St. Henri.” • On Security: Phones linked to se a referendum is the best way to ask curity will soon be installed on campus them.” • Tuition Fees:”I think it’s a good Accomplishments and Plans Now thing that tuition fees be raised.” • Fixed Spring Break from now to Now year 2000 • On Reviews:”We don’t necessar • Forms part of the Task Force On Priorities. The committee establishes ily need a review committee for staff. a mission and priorities for the univer We talk person to person if there is a problem. Staff-executiverelationships sity. • Helps students withgrievance cases are two-way relationships.” • On referenda: “When two parties • Helped plead case for St.-Henri talk, clubs andorganizations don’tneed residences to resort to the referendum.” MIDTERM MARK: B

Accomplishments and Plans Now • Improving cafeteria and pub serv ices, opening bids for new food serv ice, improvements to Gert’s, etc. • Joint Management Committee training session to educate student groups and clubs • Establishment of a loan system for students purchasing computers that is open to i l students • Creation of a President’s Council -.Presidents of IRC, IFC, MacDonald College Campus, McGill Campus, SSMU etc. write unified McGill state ments and model constitutions for de partments and clubs • Faculty ties closer • Wants athletic complex to be built • Wants a student commission to study tuition increase MIDTERM MARK: B+

JEAN CHARLES VIENS, VP Finance • On tuition: Bursaries and loans must be increased. “School should not be a financially elitist place.” Thinks scholarships should be set up for inter national students as well. Accomplishments and Plans Now • Helped organizations and clubs to rework budgets and get more money from Joint Management Committee showed finance officers how financial structure works • Raised petty cash acquisition limit from $50 up to $100 • Reviewed food and beverage op erations • Improved Gert’s through renova tions, more promotions and new man agement • Intending to make finance officer handbook MIDTERM MARK: B+

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Student Council gets a “B+” Student Council, unlike SSMU’s five executives, sets no formal goals for itself at the beginning of an aca demic year. Its successes and its failures, coun cillors say, are the result of efforts by individual representatives.

What they’ve done well: • After years of lobbying, the Exter nal Affairs Committee succeeded in getting Montréal to promise a traffic light on the comer of Pine and Aylmer as soon as the snow has stopped. • Council has also successfully re viewed CVC’s catering operations to SSMU cafeterias. Accountants from Touche Ross went through the com pany’s books during the first semester after years of student complaints about bad food and allegations of financial mismanagement. “The audit allows for a more in formed decision of whether or not to renew CVC’s contract and what to look for when giving out tenders,” said Arts Representative Danny Green. • Some councillors credit a new approach to catering for this year’s business successes atGert’s. One senior

Gert’s employee said in November that the UnionBuilding Pubwas “steal ing business from Annie’s.” How they screwed up: • Tuition fees. Councillors still hope to make McGill students aware of the SSMU policy on Tuition Fee increases. The SSMU supports fee increases if loans andbursaries continue ensure accessi bility topost-secondary education. But Councillor Charles Robison says that Québec City’s slight revamping of the loans and bursaries system has not gone far enough. Robison hopes stu dents will attendaFeb.7 teach-in spon soredby FEEQ, thestudentlobby group which McGill co-founded last year. Another councillor hopes to survey as many as 650 students on their opin ions about SSMU’s fee increase pol icy this semester. The policy itself can only be changed by a majority vote in a General Assembly. • An SSMU Communications Committee once seemed well on the way to informing students of Council debates that had previously been lost in pages of minutes. But, Representa tive Joanna Wedge said, “a lot of the energy from the beginning has dissi

pated.” Rep Danny Green blamed student apathy. The Communications Com mittee did succeed in creating a Arts newsletter to better inform the general student population of the workings of the SSMU. The committee’s goal remains the publicationof anewsletter for each faculty. Yet to do: • Councillors expect to once again ask students to continue paying for an unbuilt athletics complex. Last year’s referendum results in favour of the complex’s funding were overturned by Senate on a technicality. • SSMU consitutionremains “work able but flawed” according to one councillor. A review committee has yet to recommend changes which would make the document genderneutral and available in French. • Arts Councillor Charles Robison hopes councillors will be able to super vise operations executed by hired SSMU staff as “operations officers.” Suchofficers could effectively become a “shadow cabinet” watching the ex ecutive committee’s operations. MIDTERM MARK: B+

March 1989 • On New Athletic Complex: Cer tain that construction will soon begin • On McGill in Montréal commu nity: McGill must be concerned with interests of other groups • On Tuition Hike: “We have to make sure that the money that is raised through tuition fees is going into our education.” Now • On Athletics Complex: ground breaking not expected till Spring 1991 - expected city plans for downtown area, which should include the gym, in August 1989 • On McGill in Montréal commu

nity: helped convince residents of St.Henri to accept new McGill residences • On tuition hike: “We oppose the currenthike because it’s not going into education.” Accomplishments and Plans Now • Helped pressure city to soon install a traffic light at Pine Ave. and Aylmer St. • McGill is working with the FEEQ (Federation des Étudiants et Étudiants du Quebec) and is back into the “main stream of student politics.” • Teach-in on Febuary 7th.”It will give students up-to-date information on what’s happening in education.” MIDTERM MARK: A

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ANNUAL _______________ UNIVERSITY OMBUDSMAN FOR ST1 September 1st, 1988 to August 31, 1989 I am pleased to present the second Annual report of the McGill I University Ombudsman for Students for the reporting periodSepI tember 1, 1988 to August 31, 1989, in accordance with the Terms of the Office as approved by the Senate and the Board of Governors (copy attached) . During this second year of my position, whichhadbeen increased to ahalf-time appointment, I continued my efforts to meet members I of the University Adminstration as well as to make the entire uni versity community more aware of the existence of the Office of the I Ombudsman. I met this year with some important non-academic departments in order to increase our understanding and knowledge I of each other's jobs and thus to facilitate our co-operation. This Iincluded the all important Cashier's Office through which every I McGill student pays his/her fees. I also visited the MacDonald I Campus on the invitation of the Student Senator fromMacDonald. IThis proved to be a useful experience which I hope to repeat in the | coming year. "Die primary purpose of the Ombusman is the impartial investiI gation of complaints made by McGill students who feel that they Ihave suffered an injustice at the hands of some members of the I faculty and /or staff of the Universtiy. It is important that the I Ombudsman be available to the students at the time of their Iperceived crisis and be prepared to undertake these investigations Iwithout, delay. Since the Ombudsman operates in an independent I manner, free of administrative control, yet with complete access to I all necessary university information she is in a unique position to Iconduct these inquiries. I Once the investigation is completed it is the function of the OmJ budsman to make recommendations for change if this is indicated. II have found that most members of the University community have Ibeen co-operative both during the investigation and in making the I required changes if it is felt that an injustice has occurred. Another important role for the Ombudsman is that of providing information about resources, existing rules and regulations and of I directing students to other members of the University who would be better able to help them in that particular situation. I also serve as a sounding board for students who want to check out the alternatives I available to them in resolving their issues of concern. When an issue cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of the student, despite the recommendations and suggestions of the OmI budsman, the grievance proceduremay be the next areaof recourse. It is at this time that I refer the student to McGill Legal Aid.

McGill Student Legal Aid . Throughout the year I have enjoyed an excellent working relaI tionship with the students working at the McGill Legal Aid Office. I We have worked co-operatively on a number of issues and I have I received excellent feedback about their service from the students I | have referred there. Since it is important for the Ombudsman to remain separate from the grievance process it is essential that students have access to an I advocate who will represent them athearings. My work is made imImeasureably easier by the existance of this service provided by IMcGill Legal Aid. I feel the assistance provided by this student group is crucial to I the whole process of ensuring a fair and just experience for all Istudents at McGill and urge its continued support by the entire Uni| versity community.

Discussion of Cases Once again this year the type of cases I have handled fall into three main categories: (1) Requests for information, referral and consultation; (2) Complaints against a member of the University faculty or I staff which can be handled by the student himself/herself after | consultation with the Ombudsman; (3) Complaints which require the personal intervention of the | Ombudsman. Although the largest number of student users of my service con! tinues to be undergraduates, an increasing number of graduate I students came to my office for help this year. I again have chosen I not to discuss individual cases in this annual report but suffice it to I say that the situations handled have covered a wide range of I academic concerns. These range fromproblems withgrades, access I to final examination papers, fairness in methods of grading, the Iperceived unfairness of assigning high of grade to class participaI tion and/or attendance, to graduate students who feel they arebeing I discriminated against by members of their departments. In almost I every case, the feelings of powerlessness on the part of the student I when he/she attempts to have these perceivedwrongs addressed are Ioverwhelming. In the next section of this report I will discuss three I of the areas of difficulty I consider to be of greatest concern this I year.

Discussion of Selected Issues Although the main function of tfe Ombudsman is to resolve inIdividual complaints, it sometimes becomes clear that a systemic I change is required in order to alleviate similar problems in the future. In the three main issues discussed in this report it is important that this type of change occurs. 1. Foreign Students at McGill McGill prides itself on its international reputation and this excelI lent reputation results in a large number of foreign students choosI ing to come to McGill from all over the world to pursue their eduI cation. In particular, many graduate students come to McGill to I undertake studies at both the Masters and Doctoral level. When

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these students come from countries where both the culture and the language are very different from our own, culture shock often ensues. This year, I have dealt with a number of students from countries in Africa, T A B L E A C aseload b v C o n stitu en cv 1988-89 from Pakistan, Iran and China. For several of them, coming to Montreal had become a very stressful situation. C ateg o ry In fo rm atio n a n d Referral C o m p lain t They werehaving difficulty dealing with the realities of Canadian life. They U n d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n ts 18 45 often felt alienated by our customs and G ra d u a te stu d e n ts 10 25 behaviour. For those who had been taught to always be repectful to elders Special & V isiting stu d e n ts 7 2 and those in authority, it was almost im C o n tin u in g E d u catio n stu d e n ts 17 possible to confront professors or de A d m issio n s 3 17 partment chairs even when they per ceived an injustice. When a professor TOTALS rushed past them without acknowledg 38 96 ing them, they felt that the professor must be angry at them. They are almost always short of money and this lack of ^G rad u ate stu d e n ts categ o ry in clu d es Law , M edicine a n d D en tistry financial security contributes to their inability toparticipate in student affairs. They cling to each other, thus inhibiting T A B L E B A ction R equired 1988-89 even further any opportunity to become more comfortable with Canadian life. In several cases, the problems they C ateg o ry N u m b e r of S tu d en ts were having were cleared up very quickly by my intervention as well as by In fo rm atio n , R eferral, A d v ise 38 my understanding support and my en couragement. In others, the problems C o m p la in ts H a n d le d w ith o u t o u tsid e were more difficult to resolve, partly in te rv e n tio n b y th e O m b u d sm a n 54 because these students had become so C o m p lain ts H a n d le d T h ro u g h alienated an dhad made so many mis In terv en tio n b y O m b u d sm a n 42 takes while trying to resolve their prob lems on their own, that the difficulties TOTAL had become hard to clear up. 134 I recommend that the University look very seriously at the issues, both finan It is im p o rta n t to n o te th a t o n e co m p lain t m ay b e reso lv ed w ith o n ly one cial and others relating to foreign stu dents at McGill, in order that we estab contact b u t th a t in m a n y cases n u m e ro u s in terv iew s w ith th e s tu d e n t a s w ell lish better facilities to assist them in a s w ith collateral co n tacts w ere in volved. T hese statistics, therefore, d o n o t their adjustment here. in d icate th e n u m b e r of in terv iew s a n d / o r contacts. The problems facing the Chinese stu dents have been pushed into our consciousness by the events that sité de Montréal. occurred last summer. Many of these students remain very fearful Quebec Ombudsmencontinue to meet regularly to discuss issues because of their involvement in the student protests in Canada. Some of common concern. have received threatening phone calls. Although their studetn visas have been extended many other problems remain. Conclusion 2. Discrimination The second year of my tenure as Ombudsman for Students had During my two years as Ombudsman I have received several com plaints from students relating to issues of discrimination and preju been a year of challenge and of satisfacion. There has been i dice. These have included derogatory comments made in the class continuedexcellent co-operation with the Studetns’Society through room by professors about a particular racial or ethnic group. The the Vice-President (University Affairs) and I was delighted to have students in question were generally too uncomfortable to publicly the opportunity to participate in Student Rights Week in January 1989 at the invitation of the studnets in charge. My work has been confront the professor and in some cases they felt so uncomfortable that they dropped the course. On one occasion I was told by a person made easier by the assistance and encouragement I have received in authority, "Well you know these (ethnic group) students, they are from members of the administration, faculty and staff to whom I all dishonest". Clearly there is no place for prejudice in a university have turned for guidance. Their spirit of co-operation has led to the community. We must all work together to ensure an atmosphere satisfactory resolution of many difficult situations and is helping to which encourages learning and which reflects the multi-cultural make this University a more equitable one. I want to express my sincere thanks to the most important people nature of oour society and our university. of all, the students who have shared their problems and concerns i 3. Intimidation and Harrassment: Perhaps the most difficult situations which I have encountered in andwho entrusted me with theirconfidence. Their feelings of relief my role as Ombudsman have been the cases which involved intimi when problems are solved, their heartfelt thank-yous, provide the dation and harrassment of students by professors. These included fuel which keeps me going and which makes this such an exciting both undergraduate and graduate students in four different depart and challenging job. Hopefully my involvemnet has served as a catlyst for change ments within two faculties. At McGill, we have strict regulations and procedures governing not just for one individual but for the others who follow. Ombudsmanship works in small ways its wonders to perform. sexual harrassment. However, in the cases I dealt with, the harrass ment, although at times with sexual overtones, was more a misuse of Too exalted expectations are a disservice to the institution. The om power an dauthority. Snide and personal comments which created a budsman can be important without always dealing with important climate of extreme discomfort for female students, threats of reprisal matters. An Omnbudsman's accomplishments are likely to be inter which caused more timid students to feel threatened to the point of stitial: he cannot create a solid structure ofpublic administration. tears and statements about sexual interest adn prowess made in He can only do a bit of patching and sewing of minor rents in a general terms, but clearly intended to cause discomfort, and perhaps basically soundfabric." (1) - Professor Walter Glehorn compliance, have no place in the relationship betweenprofessors and Respectfully submitted, students. Annette Werk All these situations were discussed with the appropriate depart Associate Professor ment heads and /or Deans and AssociateDeans. In all cases I was Ombudsman for Students received repectfully and my concerns were takenseriously and dealt 17 October 1989 with by the people in authority. (1) 21st Annual Ombudsman Report to the Province of Alberta The students were all afraid totake action on their own as they feared that they would be penalized through lower marks and poor Legislative Assembly Jan./87- Dec./87, page 13 Ombudsman for Students recommendations. The unequal power differentialbetween students and faculty both allows this unacceptable treatment to occur in the first place and then helps to keep the aggrieved studentsquiet and un Terms of Reference complaining. The role of OMBUDSMAN FOR STUDENTS is to try to solve Association of Canadian College and University Ombudsmen problems that a student might have within the University. The McGill and the Université de Montréal co-hostedthe January 1989 OMBUDSMAN FOR STUDENTS, through informal negotia meeting of eastern Canadian Ombudsmen. This was an excellent tions, will aim to avoid the more formal grievance procedures opportunity to introduce Ombudsmen fromotheicolleges anduniver already existing at the University. sities to McGill while exchanging ideas and sharingproblems with SUGGESTED MODUS OPERANDI our colleagues. The Annual June conference was held in Toronto, and was a very Appointment stimulating and successful meeting. The 1990Conference will be The OMBUDSMAN will be appointed by the Board of held in Quebec City and will be co-hosted by Laval and the Univercontinued on the next page

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N a t i v e a w a re n e ss graphic by Anne Serrano

Racism is an issue discussed in terms of 'another country.' Yet in this land of the multicultural mosaic, C u ltu r a l S u r v iv a l is in doubt for Canada's first peoples.

N a tiv e te a c h e rs a re b e in g p r o v id e d fo r n a tiv e s c h o o ls BY K A R IM TIR O For many years, low achieve ment and high dropout rates from secondary school among native students have exposed the limits of the “white” educational system for Canada’s indigenous population. In 1984,80% of Native students dropped out of high school, com pared to a national dropout rate of 25 %. In the face of such discourag ing statistics, M cGill’s Faculty of

Education created the Native and Northern Education Program in the 1970s in order to certify Native teachers. The program’s guiding principle is that educational needs of the Native population can be most effectively identified and ad dressed by Natives themselves. In order to make the program responsive to the needs of particu lar groups, M cGill’s instructors travel to Native communities, rather than bringing the students to

Montréal. So far, instructors have worked with Native teachers throughout Northern Québec, Baffin Island, and across Canada. The McGill certification pro gram aims to provide Native in structors with the pedagogical skills necessary to take control of their educational system. At present, many of the teachers of Native children are non-Natives. According to Curriculum Consult ant Lynn McAlpine, this creates a

OM BUDSM AN REPORT C O N T IN U E D continued from the previous page Governors on the recommendation of the Principal. The Principal will be advised by a joint Senate/Board commit tee, one-quarter of whose members will be students. The OMBUDSMAN will be appointed initially for a trial period of two years. The OMBUDSMAN will be a member of tfeh McGill Faculty who has obtained the respect of both the staff and the student body. The OMBUDSMAN will be an impartial arbitra tor, as free as possible from conflict of interest situations.

Functions The OMBUDSMAN will investigate, at the re quest of any member of the student body, any grievances that may arise between that student and the University or anyone in the Universiyt exercising authority. The OMBUDSMAN will bring his/her findings and recommendations to the attention of those in authority by the most expeditious means possible. The OMBUDSMAN will investigate any apparent inadequacies in existing University procedures which may jeopardize the rights and liberties of any members of the University community. The OMBUDSMAN will be free to formulate rec ommendations which are not to be constred as formal policy. The OMBUDSMAN shall, if required by both parties, mediate disputes between grieving parties

Confidentiality The OMBUDSMAN will treat all confidential matters with teh utmost care and respect for the individu als concerned. The OMBUDSMAN shall have access to all official files and information as are required to fulfill his/ her functions.

Scope Inquiries made by the OMBUDSMAN to mem bers of the University should receive respectful attention and be treated with reasonable promptness. The OMBUDSMAN will not make University policy or replace proper legal channels; he/she acts solely in an advisory and intermediary role. The OMBUDSMAN will exercise no powers that are beyond the legal scope of the University. He/she can only make recommendations regarding actions or policy within the scope of the Universtiy.

Annual Report The OMBUDSMAN will provide a written re port of the activities and decisions of his /her office annually to the Senate. This annual report will indicate the progress of the OMBUDSMAN'S office an dindicate any recom mendations for improvement.

problem, as“white instructors can’t be role models for the children, and probably don’t live the [in digenous] culture.” The subtlety and profundity of cultural differences between Na tives and other Canadians is only beginning to be understood. McAlpine noted that, “research suggests that, unlike white chil dren, Inuit children learn a lot by watching rather than by being told. They are not actively engaged by

the adult into the learning proc ess.” Furthermore, “they adopt less affect to show affirmation.” Rather than nodding, an Inuit child may blink as a signal that he or she understands. Thus, teachers from the same culture as the student are less prone to misinterpret a child’s reaction as a sign of slow-wit tedness. The teachers-in-training face a CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

S e lf-d e te rm in a tio n : f ir s t n a tio n s w a n t to " c a rry th e m s e lv e s " BY ER IC W HAN AND JESSICA M CBRIDE 1992 will mark the 500th anni versary of the “discovery” of North America. Natives in Canada will not be celebrating. Rather, accord ing to one Native leader, “they will mourn 500 years ofgenocide.” 1992 is also the year that Joe Norton, Grand Chief of the Kahnawake Band Council, aims to achieve selfgovernment on his reserve. Self-government or, as Conrad Sioui of the Assembly of First Nations prefers, self-determina tion, is the heart-felt goal of na tives on reserves today. In the Mo hawk language, self-determination means,“ we carry ourselves. We

take care of ourselves.” Cultural preservation is the goal of self-de termination. , In 1871, the federal government legislated the Indian Act. The In dian Act strips Natives of the con trol of their resources, which they agreed to share with Canada in a series of federal treaties. Part of the problem is that Natives do not believe that land and resources can be owned. Norton explained, “It is not common sense to be able to own air, land, and animals.” Bob Wapachee, the Executive Chief of the Cree Grand Council, said in another conference on Thursday, “My people have never destroyed the land. We have lived CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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K a h n a w a k e re se rv e m a k e s c la im fo r le g is la tiv e a u to n o m y BY GALLAGHER M A C K A Y

T h e reserve is only 15 m in u te s by c a r fr o m th e m etro

The people on the reserve of Kahnawake, just fifteen minutes from the end of the métro, are united in the goal of sovereignty. But not everyone agrees on how to achieve their common goal. Joe Delaronde, a town councillor from Kahnawake explained, “We all want to elimi nate the Indian Act’s being the dominant influence in our lives. It is a constant struggle.” For many natives, self govern ment is not merely an issue of main taining current executive control, but taking legislative power as well. Currently council passes legislation, and sends it to Indian and Northern Affairs according to ministry guide lines. But they treatitas law as soon as it is passed by the band council. According to Delaronde, their claim to legislative authority may have been “shot down, but we take it any way.” The police force, known as the Peacekeepers, “upholds the laws that we come up with,” explains De laronde. Some of their decisions are “not always recognized [by Indian Affairs], but that doesn’t preclude us from acting on i t ” One case of this sort of decision making was in the last set of elec

tions: the council made up a voters list consisting of only those individuals “really and truly considered an In dian.” Delaronde’s definition ex-

“ W e a ll w a n t to e lim in a te th e I n d ia n A c t ’s b e i n g th e d o m in a n t in f lu e n c e in o u r liv e s . It is a c o n sta n t s t r u g g le .” eluded non-Native individuals - male or female - who had merely married into the band. The courts had just broadened the definition of status to include those men who married fe

male Natives. Although Delaronde is an ad' cate of self-determination for i reserves, he is rather hard on c extremely vocal group of citize When the ‘Warrior Society,’ tai about sovereignty, what they ; talking about is “mostly their bin and their cigarettes,” says E laronde. Sitting in a café at noon, an ovi heard conversation centers on i night’s game of bingo. A hu media controversy has ensured tl most people know the broad oi lines of the quarrel. Much of t media coverage focusses on spe tacular protests without going in the background of the story. Sor native leaders reject the rights provincial police to control tl activity. They believe that the p lice should not have a right to in te fere with band decisions. A lesser known fact is that in referendum in December 1988, two-thirds majority of people c the reserve voted against Supe bingo. Delaronde reserves panic lar irony for concerned people fro the city who call up councillors ar announce “People call us, and te me that we should have a right i bingos, but ... they don’t ask i whether we want bingos.”

S c h o o l te a c h e s c u ltu ra l s u rv iv a l BY JANE DESBARATS

... S elf-go vernment continued CO NTINUED FROM PAGE 9 a way of life that sustained the ecol ogy of the land.” Though Norton stressed that “we are adapting to a changing world,” it is clear that cultural survival re quires control of land andresources. Negotiating land claims, therefore is a key factor in achieving selfgovernment. Though some claims havebeen successful, mostare stuck in lengthy court hearings. Natives believe in the right to self-determination of all peoples, as set out by the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. What con fuses the issue is that the govern ment refuses to acknowledge that Native nations constitute “peoples.” It prefers instead the term “aborigi nal population.” The federal gov ernment does acknowledge, how ever, that Natives have a right to limited self-government. That en tails administrative, but not legis lative power. In 1984, the James Bay Cree ne gotiated an agreement with the Québec government that allows page 10

Cree by-laws to supercede Québec provincial law. But the federal gov ernment still controls the Cree’s, and every other First Nation’s, budget A group of Tobique women forced the government to amend section 12-1(b) of the Indian Act, which took away the native status of women who married non-native men. As well, the amendment gave non-Native women status when married to Native men. One of the main Native battles today is to have the aboriginal right of self-government guaranteed in the Canadian Constitution. Gail Stacey Moore, of the Québec Na tive Women’s Association, be lieves “legislated self-government can easily be revoked. [However] Constitutional recognition is diffi cult to achieve and therefore diffi cult to undo.” Bob Wapachee sums up the na tive position. “Self-government... is something we always had.” Now, Natives want government recog nition.

The Survival School in Kahna wake provides an example of an educational system over which na tive people have complete control. This institution runs a curriculum designed for Natives, and boasts a student population comprised en tirely of Native students. Until 1970, there was no legisla tion granting Native people control over their own educational systems. According to John Wolforth, direc tor of Northern and Native Studies at McGill, Native children who at tend mainstream school systems“are turned into white children.” In 1970, Jean Chrétien, then minister of Na tive Affairs, oversaw the publica tion of a White Paper to provide a future for native education. According to Alex McCombre, principal of the Kahnawake Sur vival School, the purpose of the insitution is to provide students with enough knowledge to “perpetuate the Onkwehonwe, the original people, to the seventh generation.” Among theprograms at the school, McCombre claims that the most popular is the one in which the stu dents learn their Native language. From nursery school until grade six, they arze in an Onkwehonwe im mersion program. By grade four, they are introduced to English and

French. Bill 101 gave the Kahnawake community the impetus it needed to create an exclusively native school. According to McCombre “it is the greatest piece of legislation.” A major clause of the Bill states that govern ment permission is required to send your children to a school which teaches anything but French. Instead of continuing with an English cur riculum, the people of Kahnawake

decided to get permission to tea their children in their Native la guage. As well as language instructic the Survival School also offers culturally distinct perspective < traditional subjects. One examp of this is “...European history: v concentrate on who we are as people, who we are as a comm nity, and who we are in relation others.”

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K a h n a w a k e: th e reserve is q u iet on a S a tu rd a y m o rn in g e x ce p t f o r th e scream o f sig n s se llin g cheap cigarettes a n d a f e w kids o u t on bikes

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In n u a n d b e y o n d : b u ild in g a w a re n e ss a n d fo s te rin g a c tio n th ro u g h e d u c a tio n BY M AG DALENA FA H R N I

C O NTIUED FROM PAGE 9 dual task. They must not only educate children who are grow ing up in a milieu rife with such social problems as alcoholism, but play a leading role in preserv ing the Native culture. This be gins with keeping the language alive. For this reason, McAlpine said, “We try to build a language component into each method course. The teachers are being instructed to teach for early child hood, grades K[indergarden] to 3, because this is the most impor tant time for the language devel opment of the child.” In communities which have been substantially assimilated into Canadian society, there is an ad ditional challenge. Because the indigenous language is alive only amongst theolder generation,eld ers have to be “given the sense that they have the skills to be ef fective role models,” according

to McAlpine. “In the less assimilated commu nities, it’s a real tug-of-war [to convince people of the advantages of a formal education]. They real ize that if they succeed, they will have to leave the community.” Many older Natives still recall the days when children were forcibly taken from their families and sent to“white” boarding schools, where they were forbidden to speak their native tongue. McAlpine expressed optimism for the future of formal Native education, as bands take up an increasing amount of control over their children’s schools. As they do So, they will be better able to modify the system to suit their needs. Programs such as M cGill’s “will empower these people and through them their community, so they will feel they can control their own education and their own lives as well.”

Officially, Native Awareness Week at McGill is over. Still, aware ness of Native concerns is far from what it shouldbe. According to Paula Braitstein, a founding member of Friends of First Nations McGill, the majority of students on campus are “fairly unaware” of issues confront ing Natives in Canada. This is some times true to the extent that “they don’tevenknow what the term ‘First Nations’ means.” Friends of First Nations is working to change that. Formed in September of this year, Friends of First Nations’ first term was primarily spent campaigning in support of Labrador’s Innu, whose current way of life is being threat ened by the proposed expansion of theNATObasein theirregion. Their most spectacular action this fall was their participation in the November 14th blockade of Ottawa’s Depart

ment of National Defence. The block As a new organization at McGill, ade was to protest the projected Friends of First Nations is working NATO expansion. Ftalf of McGill’s hard to achieve recognition. During protesters were arrested. the next few months, its members The group has grown over past hope to increase their participation months and now consists of thirty- in Montréal’s Native community. two active members. Membership is Many members of the commu expected to increase considerably nity are naturally somewhat leery after Native Awareness Week. The of“non-Native, do-gooder groups,” week featured guest speakers, films however, all of the Native speakers and a benefit concert for the Mon at McGill during Awareness Week tréal Native Women’s Shelter. were “warm andreceptive.” Friends Their primary goal, says member of First Nations hopes to build on Graham McCord, is education. this relationship by expanding their “Educating ourselves and being al work with, among others, the lowed to educate others.” They in Montréal Native Friendship Centre sist, however, that their role is not and the Montréal Native Women’s that of “a do-gooder group”. Shelter, as well as by continuing The group operates on a consensus their fight for the Innu. According basis. There is no president or group to Sewell, the group is a “vehicle to leader: members take turns acting as educate people on Native issues, facilitators of the meetings and the but with as much Native input as use of “go-arounds” ensures that all possible. We don’t want to speak have an equal opportunity to speak for them. We want to speak with them.” their minds.

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"The Seventies, theDecade that Taste F o r g o t This was a maga zine headline too tempting to pass up. So, with a woman on the cover who looked like a Sly and the Family Stone reject and a bemused grin on my face, I entered the per petually interesting world of Brit ish magazines. If one is looking for a change from the Rolling Stone format of musical press, British endeavours such as The Face, Blitz, and Sky offer a refreshing alternative. The British approach is more of a fu sion between the fashion and music formats, creating a look somewhere

between Elle and Spin. In the U.K., visual presentation has not supplanted literary profi ciency, so magazines do not shy away from dense blocks of news print. People who have seen that big juicy picture of Daniel DayLewis and Isabella Rosselini on the cover of a magazine and opened it to find a measly one paragraph interview need no longer be angry. Since this kind of approach gives the reader credit for a bit more intelligence, articles anticipate that the reader already has a certain amount of social and global aware ness. Nevertheless, articles don’t have a forceful or crusading tone, just an articulate one.

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R om ero BY TR IN E SCHIOLDAN “/ have often been threatened with death. I f they kill me, I shall arise in the Salvadoranpeople. Let my blood be a seed offreedom and a sign that hope will soon be a re ality.” - Archbishop Oscar Romero It is a true story. Maybe that is why Romero is so compelling. The film recounts the life and death of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Amulfo Romero, who was bru tally assassinated almost ten years ago. Australian director John Duigan manages toavoid focussing on the political and sheerly violent aspects of this story, choosing instead to make a film about the man himself. Extensive research was undertaken by writer John Sacret Young and producer E.E. Kieser in El Salvador; the film was seven years in gestation. Puerto-Rican bom Raul Julia, who gained popular acclaim in Kiss of the Spider Woman and Tequila Sunrise, is extraordinary in the title role. He portrays Romero not as a superhuman, but as a very real man with fears and doubts. Julia allows us inside Romero’s humanity. When the film opens, Romero is a quiet, unassuming priest who dwells comfortably in a bookish world. He is the most surprised of all when he is named Archbishop, but we learn he was selected

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because of his disinterest in politi cal affairs, and deep-rooted tradi tional attitudes. No one expected that such a man could transform his solely intellectual view of po litical and economic realities and begin to share totally in the suffer ing of the common people. Julia realistically portrays Romero’s movement outside of his aristo cratic circle in response to the cries of the people in what can only be called heroic fashion. Perhaps the fact that Raul Julia himself is a Catholic and considers Romero a saint accounts for the persuasive ness of his passion in this, his crowning role. Also notable (though occasion ally overacting) is Richard Jordan as Father Rutilio Grande, Rom ero’sclose friend who enthusiasti cally struggles for peace, and is assassinated as a result. Ana Al icia, seasoned television actress on Falcon Crest, gives a strong per formance as the daughter of an aristocratic family who renounces Julia once he begins to speak on behalf of the poor. Romero struggles along with the other priests who want to liberate their people. As he continues to witness the torture and murder of his fellow priests, he can no longer deny the role of service in which God has cast him. If he wasn’t working to better the world, what would he be doing? Who would strengthen the suffering people with the courage of God’s love?

D e v o u t C atholic R a u l J u lia p la ys A rc h b ish o p O scar R o m ero His first dramatic scene occurs in a church that has been converted to military barracks. He enters to re trieve the Eucharist only to wit ness a soldier machine-gunning the altar. Twice he is forced out, but returns a third time with the people behind him. Victoriously, they reclaim the church. It is tempting to draw compari sonsbetweenRomero and 77ieMis sion, which centers around the victims of an older struggle be-

tween Church and State. Romero cludes not as a meaningless night is more realistic. It is a story of mare of terror, but as a poignant faith amidst violent persecution in message of hope through the cour our own times. On March 24,1980, age of an ordinary man to rise Archbishop Oscar Romero was above hatred in the struggle for murdered by military police as he human rights and social justice. was celebrating Mass in the cathe Special screening this Sunday at dral of San Salvador. Since then 2pm, cost $4.00 for students, or 60,000 Salvadorans, including six ganized by McGill Development Jesuit priests last November, have & Peace also died in the continuing struggle for freedom. Romero is playing at the Egyp In spite of this, Romero contien

A d F e s t: in n o v a tiv e w a y s to h a w k b e e r a n d c h e e s e BY C ARO LINE CLARK Popular culture theorists love to speculate about why people pay money to sit through 90 minutes of commercials, those irritating in trusions into our television view ing that are even invading movie cinemas these days. Les Lions 89, however, are the best of the brainchildren of creative advertis ing agencies from around the world. Some arehilarious, others are visu ally stunning, but the bottom line is that all are just plain entertaining. Last June, the jury of the 26th edition at the Cannes International Advertising Film Festival awarded top honours to 117 television commercials from 17 different countries. These “great moments in advertising” have been spliced into one feature film length pack age. The fact that advertisers can make themselves memorable within such a short time span (spots range from 15 to 100 seconds) is impressive in itself, but their abil ity to do this with such wit and style is really amazing. Though most of the award winners are European, Canada is represented by the ad featuring the bronze medal-winning flying Air Canada office, a creation of Quebec’s Cossette Communication-Market-

ing. European commercials have traditionally been a lot sexier than the North American variety. Upon entering the “nervous nineties,” however, this trend is on the down swing. Animals have taken centrestage as advertisers hawk their wares using lots of cute, cuddly doggies, kittens, and even piglets. One Spanish ad uses a dog to point out that a child in the Third World has a shorter life expectancy than the average household pet in the developed world, suggesting that creative public service commer cials are perhaps the best method of raising the social consciousness of a population deeply entrenched in the television culture. Although several of the ads fea-

tured are sobering, most of them are just plain funny. My personal favourites include two entries from a Japanese electronics company entitled “You’re On Camera,” and “The Day It Came,” featuring a Japanese family marvelling at the wonder of portable video cameras and telephone answering machines. Another gold medal-winning ad, for a West German photocopy machine, features an unfaithful wife whose husband is finally made aware of her infidelity by the pho tocopier “that copies everything.” Spain is particularly well-repre sented this year and even managed to capture the grand prize with a great ad which .ironically, warns parents of the dangers of exposing children to too much television.

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The Mighty Lemon Drops are a band that is going places. Around the world, for instance. Again. The British quartet was in Mon tréal last Sunday evening at Club Soda, promoting their new album, Laughter. The album, which was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio in Bath, features an ad mixture of flowing harmonies, smooth melodies and a steady beat that keeps you moving. In concert, the Mighty Lemon Drops have the same strong fluid sound, though their opening acts left a little to be desired. Warm-up singer John Wesley Harding walking out into the dimly lit room and quipped, “People often ask me what it feels like to be the next big thing.” There isn’t any danger of that happening to Harding in the near future. Still, Harding was amusing and after all, he was only the warmup.Harding was followed by the second opening act, The Ocean Blue. This U.S. band is not widely known here in Montreal but they have potential and were well re

ceived by the crowd. In fact, the room had just started to hop after they played their pseudo-hit, “Between Something and Noth ing” when their synthesizer bugged out and they had to cut their set short. After the excrutiating wait of another set change, The Mighty Lemon Drops appeared through the haze and really began to rock the house. Their set consisted of songs from their three albums, but emphasized their latest mate rial. This show was hot. Even the sound crew was hopping around and tapping their feet. The pound ing dnims and bass could be felt through one’s entire body as the crowd continued to dance to the music, right until the last words had been uttered. The Mighty Lemon Drops have been on the music scene for a number of years now but it seems that they haven ’t received the rec ognition they deserve. However, with the growing popularity of the new album and their energetic performances, they soon may find themselves vaulted into your household and record collection.

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N e w m u s ic fo r a n e w d e c a d e BY PAUL H O R W ITZ In the next ten years, tens of thousands of albums w ill be re leased, by bands both old and new. Somewhere out of this heap of vinyl - or CDs, or DATs, or what ever we’ll all be using by then will rise a musician or a band that will represent the 90s like Prince or U2 or Public Enemy represented the 80s. Though it’sfar too early to say who these musicians w ill be, recent albums by three bands have shown that the race is already on. Last year’seponymous debut by Britain’s Stone Roses found its way onto a number of top album lists last year, and for good reason. This band has somehow managed to take the psychedelic clichés of the 60’s and fashion them into music that is fresh and original. On songs like “She Bangs the Drums” and “This Is the One,” tape loops and interweaving instruments en velope lyrics that are both melodi ous and threatening. Singer Ian Brown’s husky voice is interesting without ever being precious. After hearing “I Wanna Be Adored” build to its pounding climax, few w ill be

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unconvinced that the band carries a promising torch for our paisley past. California band Faith No More, on the other hand, are leaping into the future. The music on their re cent album The Real Thing mixes the last decade’stwo angriest forms of music - rap and metal - into an incredible new form of its own. While drummer Mike Bordin and singer Michael Patton keep things percussive and aggressive, classi cally trained keyboardist Roddy Bottum contributes delicate touches that appeal to more deli cate tastes. It all adds up to a powerful mix on songs like “Epic,” “Falling to Pieces,” and the title track. This is a band that is funky, angry, nasty, and still very musi cal. They M ight Be Giants turns out to be a couple of guys named John (Linnell andFlansburgh) who have been making music in New Y ork for several years. With Flood, their third album and first major label release, the boys bring an unabashed weirdness to the wider audience they deserve. The duo usesgrating, often silly instruments (nice touch with thebullwhip, guys) and singing to give their own pecu liar take on kitschy pop melodies.

Their lyrics are like little puzzles, perfectly sensible and completely absurd. Choice songs on this al bum include “Y our RacistFriend,” “Birdhouse In Your Soul,” and “Letterbox.” This is not normal music, but after a few listens you’ 11 discover that this strangeness complements what is, in essence, some very nice music and very enjoyable songs. Hey, take a chance. In almost no time at all, these bands have served notice that they will not make music for the herd. Each has developed a unique style; and unless we make the pitiable mistakeof trying to resuscitate 70’s music, as the 80’s did with the 60’s, these bands may be the kind of innovators the 90 ’ swill demand.

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Tall Tales and True, self-de scribed as “edgy rock V roll with a blues-based tinge,” are being billed as the brightest new stars of Australian rock. Their appearance in Montréal has been accompanied by a flurry of press releases and interviews, a live date at Foufounes Electriques (last Saturday), and the nationwide release this week of a debut album entitled Shiver. Yet, if you are in any sense of the word average, you probably have never heard of these hopeful contenders in that cannibalistic wrestling ring of global pop. These three boys from Sydney, Matthew de la Hunty (singer), Paul Miskin (bass), and Dave Rashleigh (drums), as well as the occasional Simon Alcorn on violin are out to change this mass indifference. They have made the rather extreme decision of moving themselves, their wives, and their children to Toronto for the winter. From here they will continue to plug away at Ontario and Québec, and then onto America and Europe. Despite this fairly homy court ship of the Northern Hemisphere, TT and T are very much the Aus tralian band. A native of Perth, de la Hunty formed the band in Syd ney, and led them on as they be came the darlings of the thriving Australian independent scene. Their sound crosses strong shades of Hoodoo Gurus (de la Hunty’s voice) with moodier moments of other Aussies, The Triffids, and Nick Cave (blackness soothed by bing bong vibes) to form an even tual ragged whole. The album Shiver was co-pro ducedby noted Australian producer Nick Mansbridge (The Triffids, Dogs In Space), and the horn ar rangements are attributed to the duo best known for their work with Midnight Oil. Finally, de la Hunty describes Shiver, in a rather Alice Springs-tainted metaphor, as “a horizon dotted with sign posts”: a personal tableau stretched apart by disparate states of feeling. One of the album’s principal strengths lies in its ability to switch comfortably from “severe distur bance [to] beauty, tearing people from one end of the spectrum to the other,” sometimes pushing incom patibles together in one song. “Think of Yourself,” one of the album’s more notable tracks, is a pushmepullyou between grating static-distorted vocals and an ambivalent chorus. The album’s songs range from merely capable anthemic blues rock to enthralling mood swings like “Hold On,” “April,” and “Stranger on the Stair.” Though their live performance does not convey their vinyl versa tility, TT and T none the less showed themselves to be a promis ing live act on Saturday. The vio linist adds his screeching fiddle notes to further liven things up. If these buckaroos are in this part of town again soon, you may well want to see what these four Austra lians can do.

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T o ro n to 's P at B arry ta kes o ffe n c e to som e rem a rks m ade by w ell-in ten tio n ed R e d m e n fa n s in F rid a y's gam e. R e d m e n won 5-4. IY W A LTER KEM P On Friday night the McGill ledmen offence came out firing in all cylinders. The all-star line of 3atrice Tremblay, Martin Ray mond and the now healthy Tim Iannone were particularly exciting to watch as they deftly skated and passed their way through and around the University of Toronto Blues’ defence, leading McGill to a 5-4 win. At 4:24 of the first period Ray mond scored on the power-play and altough Toronto tied the game at 9:45, goals by Taro Kaibara at 12:46 and Eric Aubertin at 13:10 seemedto putMcGill in thedriver’s seat. But Toronto goals at 19:21 of

the first and 4:28 of the second tied the game at three and it became apparent that the Redmen were no longer in the driver’s seat of the steamroller which has seen them win four in a row, but rather behind the wheel of an old Chevy whose wheels were in danger of falling off. The problem was momentum. McGill couldn’t get into a flow. They were at times dazzling, at others very lack-lustre. A brawl at 7:09 of the second period and the ensuing shorthanded and power-play situations did little to get McGill back on track, especially as the altercation left many of M cGill’sbest players in the penalty box.

Alain Cusson put the Redmen ahead 4-3 at 7:59 of the second, but M cGill’s play, particularly on defence, continued to be ragged and somewhat disorganized. This trend continued into the third, when Toronto tied the game at 6:34. Fortunately for the Redmen Patrice Tremblay was flying high. He capped a well played game by taking a pass from Martin Ray mond and depositing it into the U ofT netat 18:17. McGill had pulled another game out of the fire. On Sunday night against York they were not so lucky. The game started out well enough for McGill. At6:06 Kaibara muscled in abackhand to make it 1-0. York tied the game at 10:08 only to see the

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team could beat Reeve early “the team would get a lift and maybe catch McGill trying to protect its lead.” York was out for a win after losing 5-3 to Concordia on Satur day and was intent on leaving Québec with a victory while McGill seemed complacent and content to rest on their laurels. York wanted the win more and it showed in the third period. The Yeomen scored at 0:48 and then at 4:06 to tie the game. Buoyed by its comeback, York kept up the pres sure and scored the go-ahead goal at 15:48, for a 4-3 win. McGill had blown a third period 3-1 lead to lose to the York Yeo men and with it their hold on sec ond place in the OUAA East Divi sion. What happened? According to left winger Paul Grech it was sim ply a lack of intensity. “This team ’ s success is based on hard work and when we don’t have intensity and a solid work ethic we don’t win, because you can’t win on momen tum alone.” But don’t worry. That intensity level w ill be back for tomorrow night’sgame againstthe UQTR Patriotes, for as Grech says, “we have no problem getting psy ched up for those guys.”

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BY AARON M ARGOLIS First there were the sirens warn ing London folk of impending doom in World War Two. Then came the Sound-o-meter at World Series games in the Metrodome. Now there is Dylan Marantz, alias, the Human Bullhorn. If you have ever attended a McGill Redmen hockey game you have undoubtably been privy to the loudest voice that kills. Perched precariously behind the opposition team bench, lineup card in one hand, ale (not Eyal) in the other, Dylan Marantz religiously carries out the duty of loud mouth talk jock to any and all people not connected with McGill. Marantz, a fourth year Anatomy student .will use any and all verbal means to disrupt opposition play ers and coaches during the games; intermissions and post game in cluded.

of goals it is the voice of Dylan Marantz that attempts to bring the crowd back into the game. Standing on the stairs he will whip the crowd into a frenzy with his passionate pro-McGill chants. Marantz, a transplanted Win nipeger who now lives in Long Island, puts it into perspective. “We are all here for four years. We are here to learn but also to have a great time and cheer for our school. I understand how some people are a little squeamish about yelling in public but I like to let loose.” Last Friday night at the RedmenUniversity of Toronto game Marantz was in rare form. With the coach of Toronto un fortunate enough to have the last name Titanic, Marantz could not resist. Standing at his seat he had the crowd yell and spell the word SINK. To which Marantz himself provided the final kicker, in megaphonic style, SINK THE T I TANIC, McGILL!! Through it all, one wonders how Marantz gets along with the secu rity staff: in fact, surprisingly well. “I know just about every secu rity guard there and obviously they know who I am. Over the years we’ve become friends. What you have to watch for are the new ones who want to make a name for them selves. Honestly though, they [Security] do a great job.” On Wednesday night the Redmen play host to their bitter

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“My guidelines are, you can talk and yell anything at all but there is one rule. Do not throw anything on the ice at any time because that will just get you tossed out” says Marantz. For Marantz and his cronies, the quips come often and they come fast. Each one is either a stinging satirization of a player’s name or a general cut-up designed to goad the entire visiting team. This often results in hilarious but sometimes dangerous confron tations. “Every game, one of the players will turn around and start yapping back. At the end of a period we’ll crowd around the opposition tun nel and invariably someone w ill squirt some water up at us or point his stick. It’s become part of the routine.” Where Marantz must tread care fully is when one of the players or coaches takes the abuse to heart. His most memorable (if you can call it that) moment came when he stood toe to toe with an opposing coach at the end of a game. “We were face to face and I was thinking, there, is no way I am going to start a fight. All the while, this coach was telling me not to get personal. It ended with him at tempting to kick me in the groin.” For all the verbal abuse and seaminess Marantz gets away with, there is another side to the Human PA System. When the play becomes ragged or the Redmen aredown by a couple

Dylan Marantz: A visiting tea m 's worst nightm are. division rivals, the UQTR Patrio tes. This rivalry always attracts big crowds and features exciting hockey. Marantz, ever the promoter, has a message. “Each year there are busloads of fans that make the trip from Trois Rivières. It’s always noisy. I ’m not saying come out and be crazed,

but it would be ideal if we could pack the place and give the Redmen a good boost.” Dylan Marantz is a true McGill Redmen fan. Although his choice of words would make Sam Kinneson blush andopposition team members rage, the driving motive behind his driv ing voice is success for McGill.

M a rtle ts ta k e S tin g e rs a n d G a ite rs BY A M Y W ILSON It was hot in the Currie Gym Tuesday night. I mean damn hot. Cooking. In an ironic twist of no menclature, the Stingers got stung to death, and were served up welldone. It was the most sensational match the Martlets have played to date. Only five minutes into the first quarter, McGill was already up 10-

1. Their defense was relentless. The full court press was quick and ef fective. And offensively, the Mar tlets weren’t too shabby either. Debby Morse hit a baseline jumper. Little Beth Armstrong stole a rebound, set up a two on one, and dished to Keva Glynn for a 3-point play. Tracey Hayman, back in great form after a knee injury, was fed an inside pass by Tina Fasone for two,

then stole an inbound ball, went solo against two Stingers, scored, then decided she didn’t want the ball in her end of the court, reject ing a Concordia shot. McGill 19-8. Are you getting sorry you missed it? Back to the offense. Glynn cut cross-court, passed back to Morse, andMorse hit a double pumper. Corrie Stepanplayed some tough defence and got the ball headed back once again. Fasone hit a swish from the elbow on the swing play, and Glynn faked out Concordia at the baseline and net ted a perfect 10. The Stingers were starting to toast at the edges, down 27-18. They gained enough momentum fora3-pointplay and some outside shots to pull within six. That was as close as they ever got. Morse reheated the Stingers with a ringer from the elbow and a JOSTENS UNIVERSITY RINGS custom made featuring University cresting, degree-date sides, faceted

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breakaway pair. Still not enough for you? Okay, then she ran an other break and drilled a bullet underneath to Armstrong. Arm strong made the basket Morse added a couple of foul shots for insurance, and McGill closed the half leaving a slightly charred Concordia 14 behind. McGill needed no prayers. They went right back to work in the second half. Stepan started things off with a fadeaway jumper and Jane Ross hit a crosscourt hook. McGill flaming away 42-24. Concordia nabbed 2 points, only to squint through the smoke as continued on page 18

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The words ‘they never gave up’ are often offered as consolation, after a team has fought hard, per haps very hard, but not quite hard enough. Last Friday afternoon, the McGill Martlets hockey team lost a tough one to Concordia, 5-0 at McConnell Winter Stadium. Those words, however shallow, apply as testimony to the effort put forth by the Martlets. With a little less than a minute remaining, Coach Peter Bayliss decided to pull goalie Lucie Bournival and the next minute proved as an exhibition of unflinching resolve. Centre and Captain Kathy Morrison, logging double shifts, moved the puck in front of the net, swiping at it, and ended up in a pile of players in the crease. Alyson Fournier, Adrienne Lawlor, and Darlene Bogusz each had scoring chances late in the game, but Sue Proser was equal to the task in the Concordia net. The team failed to score, but they showed the greatest charac teristics of a team, determination and spirit. The last time these two teams met, at Concordia on No vember 7, the Stingers, who are in a class by themselves, walloped McGill 10-0.

Stephanie Oullette opened the scoring at the 3:58 mark of the first Three minutes later, Debbie Woods Turner deflected Laura Leslie’s shot from the point past a sprawled Lucie Boumival to put Concordia up 2-0 after one. Kathy Morrison had what turned out to be M cGill’s best chance to score early in the second, sending a shotjust high from 10 feet out in front of an open net. Concordia came storming back, but the floodgates were stopped up, at least temporarily, by some fine netminding by Boumival. Concordia’sMariaPia Chevier and Stephanie. Oullette caught the Martlet defence off stride, and went in on a two on zero breakaway. Suffice to say, Boumival pulled a rabbit out of her hat, twice. At 5:53 of the second, Concor dia’s Laura Leslie scored on a beautiful individual effort. She collected the puck in the center ice zone, and wound up in her own end. She then flew past all defend ers, deking right, left, and every which way imaginable before put ting the Martlets out of their mis ery by flipping a backhander over Boumival, 3-0. Patty Arnold and Maria Gaston, who scored in the third period, closed out the scoring.

M o re o n B a s k e tb a ll continued from page 17 Morse passed a breakaway ball out of the comer of her eye to Fasone for an easy 2. Fasone got more flashy with a neat 3-pointer from thecomer, then stuffed aConcordia shooter over the back.

McGill defence got momentar ily screened, and the the Stingers got a basket. So Glynn stole the ball back and Hayman swished a long bomb. The Martlets were now ahead 52-31. Things cooled off slightly as

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Morse, Hayman and Rossjust kept laying it in. Fasone swished an other 3-pointer from the extremi ties, and the Martlets never looked back. Even freshman Allison Kom added to the hoopla with a foul shot that broke the thirty point barrier, 85-57. Martlets vs. Bishop's On Sunday at Currie Gym, the Martlets basketball team contin ued their roll, erasing a 33-29 half deficit, and defeated the Bishop’s Lady Gaiters, 62-56. The win served as revenge for the Martlets, whose only league loss came at Lennoxville on Janu ary 14, 72-54. The Martlets now have a 4-1 league record. After a sloppy first half, the Martlets opened the second with a 15-5 run, taking the lead for good at 44-38. The Martlets were led by guard Tina Fasone, who had 16 points, 11 of those coming in the second half, forward Debby Morse with 15, and point guard Beth Armstrong who had 10. Fasone said the team concen trated more on making their shots and playing tough defence in the second half, after a horrible first half in which the Martlets shotjust 29% from the field. Six foot three inch forward Tracey Hayman, playing in only her third game after returning from a knee injury, contributed seven points. On the team’s chances for the league title, Hayman remarked, “we definitely have a chance, if we play the kind of tough defence we played today, we’re going to win." It was that tough Martlet defence which cost Bishop’s the game, as they shot only 29% in the second half and 38% for the game.

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G re a t, u n k n o w n p la c e s to s k i in th e L a u r e n tia n s BY M ARC BENOIT Well, it looks pretty dreadful as I look out my window. There are brown spots showing through the snow all over the place, and the effect is that of a white sheet which has been sprayed with gravy. I guess I ’ll stay in Montréal on this beautiful sunny weekend and go jogging in my shiny new running shoes: no salt left on the roads or sidewalks to get them encrusted. But wait! Although all of the above may be true, and it looks as if winter has taken a seriously early departure, there is still a normal winter happening less than an hour away from Montréal, in the Lau rentians, one of the most denselypopulated areas in terms of ski resorts in Canada! This winter is actually one of the best winters ever for skiing; conditions are about as good as in other years-two feet of snow rest on the ground plus whatever snowmaking may have heaped on, and the crowds, fright ened away by the sight of a green and mostly brown Montréal, have stayed away from skiing. The re sult is that the informed skier faces thin crowds while getting some excellent skiing opportunities. There are about two dozen ski areas in the Laurentians, a moun tain chain located to the north west of Montréal. The tallest skiresort mountain is MontTremblant, with a vertical drop (distance measured perpendicular to the ground from the top of the moun tain to its base) of one thousand metres. It has a great assortment of runs ranging from beginner-type bunny hills up to mogul-covered expertruns. The rest of theLaurentian mountains are all roughly the same size, from one half to threequarters the height of Mont Trem blant The big-name places like Mont St. Sauveur and Habitant, although shorter than Mont Trem blant, have its vices of big prices and lineups. As a student skier, I found the idea of skiing a tempting one but for the price and the huge lineups which I have experienced. W ell, with a bit of research, I have been able to come up with an improbable list: Great Places to Ski in the Laurentians Which Are Cheap And That No One Has Ever Heard Of. These places are all within a one-and-a half hour ride, and are serviced by bus lines. A VILA : The most proximate hill in the southern Laurentians, located right off the highway about an hour and fifteen minutes from downtown. Since it was bought by the very successful Mont St. Sauveur, facilities have been im proved greatly. With a southern exposure, it can be warmer than other hills, and it has good night skiing. On weekends Avila be comes expensive (lift prices in the high twenties),butduringthe week a two-for-one deal is in effect, making it awesomely affordable

BELLE-NEIGE: This is a small hill, although it has well-crafted runs. It doesn’t attract many Mon trealers, as it does not shine next to its neighbours Habitant and St.Sauveur, but it would be a great place to teach a friend how to ski and avoid the neon hordes. Wednesday isLadies’ Day: women get to ski for free. BELLEVUE: This is another beginner hill: no crowds, friendly ski runs, and a lot of quality for a low lift price. CHAMPS-ECLAIRS: A long hill, comparable in size to St. Sauveur (which I am referring to so much because it is well-recog nized, I hope), and it has a deal on Mondays. It can be found north of St. Adele. GRAY ROCKS: This is actu ally a pretty well-known place, and an exceptional one. It has consis tently been able to claim the long est ski season of all of the ski places around Montréal, usually starting in late October and con tinuing until late April. Its runs are of average length for the Lauren tians, but they still offer a chal lenge, with the expert runs being steep and stuffed with ugly icy moguls. Conditions at Gray Rocks are almost always excellent Due to its success as aresort, ithas been able to escape inflation, keeping the lift price at twenty dollars for many years now. M O N T AVALANCHE: An other place with good skiing, which is out of the way and therefore a little awkward to reach. This awk wardness is compensated for by

good skiing and a low price (plus what in my opinion is the coolest name for a ski place). M O N T BLANC: The secondbiggest mountain in the Lauren tians, this hill is great: many expert runs with steep pitches and no rests as the descent down the mountain is made, i.e. no plateaus on the

runs. It is less crowded than Trem blant, making it possible to make many runs in one day without having to endure long waits at the bottom. M O N T C H R ISTIE: This is a beginner hill which is taller than either Bellevue or Belle-Neige, and it comes with the same recommen

dations as the other two, except that there are no deals that I know of at Mont Christie. SKI M O R IN HEIGHTS: This is a rapidly-rising resort which is ten years old. It is about one-half the height of Mont Tremblant It has a two-for-one deal on Mon days and on Thursdays for women.

T R IB U N E S C O R E B O A R D OUAA Womens Basketball January 23 at McGill 85 Concordia 57 Scoring: Fasone 25, Morse 18 January 26 McGill 68 at Laval 58 Scoring: Fasone 23, Morse 10, Hayman 10 January 28 at McGill 62 Bishop’s 56 Scoring: Fasone 16, Morse 15 OUAA Mens Basketball January 26 McGill 98 at Ryerson 77 Scoring: Brousseau 24, Simon 19 January 27 McGill 89 at York 70 Scoring: Simon 21, Brousseau 17 January 28

at Toronto 79 McGill 69 Scoring: Steiner 19, Simon 14 OUAA Womens Hockey January 26 Concordia 5 at McGill 0 OUAA Mens Hockey January 26 at McGill 5 Toronto 4 Goals: Tremblay (23), Cusson (5), Raymond (15), Aubertin (8), Kaibara (4) January 27 York 4 at McGill 3 Goals: Raymond (16), Huck (4), Kaibara (5) Dual Swimming Meet at Univ. of Maine January 28 Overall Scores Men Maine 105 McGill 98 Women

Maine 150 McGill 119 O W IA A Synchro-Swimming at Kingston January 26-27 Final Standings 1. Toronto 2. McGill 3. Queen’s 4. Yoric 5. Western 6 . Trent 7. McMaster 8 . Waterloo Québec Federation for Stu dent Sports Athletes of the Week Male: Richard Laplante, Con cordia Hockey Female: Tina Fasone, McGill Basketball CIAU Athletes of the Week: Male: Joey Vickery, Brandon Basketball Female: Irma Grant, Windsor Track.

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THmm S OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

N on-G overnm ent O rg a n iza tio n Series: C anadian U n iversity S tu d en ts O verseas, C.U.S.O. and “T h e F a te o f th e E arth C onferen ce” a n d “E n viron m en tal A sp ects o f N icaraguan D evelopm ent". U n io n l0 7 /1 0 8 . 12:152:00 p.m.

“C anada’s R ole in P ea c ek ee p in g in C en tral America". Union 310. 12:00-1:00 p.m..

Sym posium : “N am ibia: P ro sp ec ts for th e Future/La N am ibie: P er sp e ctiv e s d’a v en ir”. In English and French. Union Ballroom, 9:00-5:00 p.m.

N on-G overnm ent O rgan ization S eries: C an ad ian C rossroad s. Union 1 0 7 /1 0 8 . 12:15-2:00 p.m..

Film :

“Colom bia: C ivil War o r N eg o tia tio n A m on g V a rio u s S ecto rs o f S ociety?” FDA Auditorium. 5:00-6:00 p.m.. Film : "Mile Zero". Canada 1989 (45 min.) Dir.: B. Sherr Klein. About SAGE (Students Against Global Extermina tion) tour across Canada. FDA Auditorium. 7:00- 9:30 p.m..

"Namibia on the Brink': 9:45 a.m.

P resen ta tio n s on: "Economic Choices", "Human Re sources (Education, Health)”, 'The Constitution, Political Factors", "Canadian Cooperation with Namibia". 12:15 p.m. L unch. O ptional film : "Namibia: The Return!'

“H um an R igh ts W orkers' P rob lem s in G uatem ala, El Salvador, an d H on du ras”. Union 310. 1:00-2:00 p.m..

W orkshops. 1:30 p.m. Union Building. P lenary. 4:00 p.m .. Union Ballroom.

“T he C ontadora P r o c e ss”. Union 310. 2:00-3:00 p.m..

S p eech es by Ronnie Dempers, representative of NANSO (Namibian National Student Association), Petronella Coetzee, Social Worker, and Vero Mbhuura, Legal Depart ment, Namibia Council of Churches. 7:30 p.m. Leacock 232.

V/E DM E:S D A § : J A M U A P V 3 1 ST E cum en ical C hapel S erv ice . 12:00-12:30 p.m.. “In te rn a tion al Debt: C anada’s R esp o n sib ility ”. Senior Common Room; Faculty of Religious Studies, 3 5 2 0 University. 12:45 p.m. N on-G overnm ent O rga n iza tio n S eries: World U n iv er sity S ervices o f Canada: "W.U.S.C. Sum m er 1989 D ev e l opm ent Sem inar in th e Caribbean": Union 1 0 7 /1 0 8 . 12:15-2:00 p.m..

“T h e N ica ra g u a n E lec tio n s P ro c ess”, with Sergio Lacayo, Nicaraguan Ambassador to Canada. Moot Court Room, Chancellor Day Hall, 3 6 4 4 Peel St.. 12:00 noon. N on-G overnm ent O rgan ization S eries: C anad a W orld Y outh.. Union 1 0 7 /1 0 8 . 12:15-2:00 p.m.. Film : “Responses to Southern African Escalation". 6:00-7:00 p.m .. And “Southern Africa in the 1990s", with Joh n Copland, Senior Director for Southern Africa, C.I.D.A. Centre for Developing Area Studies, 3 7 1 5 Peel St., Rm 100. 7:00 p.m..

“U.S. In terv en tio n in Panam a". Union 310. 1:00-2:00 p.m..

Film : “A Rustling of Leaves". Canada 1989 (110 min.). Documentary about guerrillas, death squads, and the electoral process in the Philippines. Donations. FDA Auditorium. 7:00-10:00 p.m..

“M cGill in In tern a tio n a l D ev elo p m en t”. Union 310. 2:00-3:30 p.m.. TENTATIVE.

D a n ce P arty w ith C arib b ean m u sic. Union B 0 9 / 10. $4. 9:00 p .m .-1:00 a.m..

B en efit C oncert w ith "Sainagua", Percussion Band, The Alley, 3480 McTavish. 9:30 p.m. Sup per and Film : “Growing up in the South” Canada (30 min.); “The Flying Farmer” Canada (30 min.). $3 Newman Center, 3 4 8 4 Peel. 6:00 p.m..

E cu m en ical W orship S ervice. St. Martha's-In-TheBasemant, United Theological College, 3521 University. Guest: Father Francis Xavier. 10:30 a.m.. S p ecia l S creen in g for S tu d e n ts o f th e F ilm “Romero". At the Egyptian Theatre. S4 Students (l.D. m ust be shown). TENTATIVE. 2:00 p.m..