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w hat’s on WHAT'S ON IS COURTESY OF THE IN­ TER-GROUP LIAISON NOTICES: McGill Nightline - We’re not psychoana­ lysts, just students talking to students! So if you need: the library hours, a Zimbabwean takeout, non-myopic conversation at 2:47 a.m. or if life’s got you down, call us! 398-6246, 6 p.m.-3 a.m. nightly. (‘Cause us insomniacs have to stick to­ gether!)

WalkSafe Network: Monday to Thursday leaving at 10:45 p.m. from McLennan Library.

Anyone interested involunteeringshouldcontact the Womens’ Union.

McGill Association for International Stu­ dents’ (MAIS’): Winter Clothing Depot for in­ ternational students is open Thursdays, 2-5 p.m., at the Presbyterian College, University and Milton. All international students welcome. Info.: 286-1490.

Caribbean Students’ Society: Office hours, Monday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Union 408, 398-6814. Caribbean Newspaper on sale ($1.75). Cultural Show, March 10th, tickets - $6.00. Info.: 848-9382.

McGill Savoy Society presents its 26th An­ nual Gilbert and Sullivan Show, “The Pirates of Penzance”. February 8th- 10th. Tickets: $5.00 Students; $10.00Adults. WestmountHighSchool, 4350 Ste. Catherine St., W., (5 min. from Metro Atwater), 8:00p.m.. Info.: 398-6820.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH Anger Resolution Workshop. Discoverpro­ ductive ways toresolve anger. Weekly workshop with McGill CounsellingService. 9-10a.m.. Info. : 398-3601.

McGill Canadian Studies Program: pres­ ents the Hot. Flora MacDonald, speaking on “Culture and the Free Trade Negotiations”, Lea­ cock 232, 3:00 p.m..

Amnesty International: Letter Writing Meeting. Union 425,7:00 p.m.. All Welcome.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH Post Graduate Students’ Society: presents ‘The FutureofEducation: Underfunding, Tuition Fees, and Social Justice”, with Eric Darier, V.P.

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External, PGSS. Thomson House, 3650 McTavish, 12 noon.

Faculty of Law-Annie Macdonald LangstafT Workshop presents Mme. le juge Andrée Ruffo, judge at the Tribunal de la jeunesse, who will lead aconference entitled “Parcequeje crois aux enfants: perspectives sur le droit des enfants et sur son application”. New Chancellor Day Hall, Rm., 202,12:00 noon. All Welcome.

McGill Canadian Studies Program-StaffStudent Seminar: presents the Hon. Flora MacDonald, speakingon‘ThoughtsontheMiddle East”, Leacock 424,4:00 p.m.. Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science.

Development and Peace: Meeting, Union 310,5 p.m..

McGill Entrepreneurs’ Club: presents Jac­ ques Hebert, CEOof Mont St. Sauveur, Mont Jay Peak, and Mont Avila. Arts 160,5:00 p.m. Info.: 398-6818, Rm. 428 Union.

McGill Scandinavian Club: Draw for the NorwegianKnittingRaffle. Union 302,5:10 p.m. sharp. Last minute tickets sold half and hour before the draw.

McGill Southern Africa Committee pres­ ents AMANDLA, a weekly news and current affairs program on Southern Africa. CKUT FM 90.3, Radio McGill, everyWednesday,7:00-7:30 p.m..

The Robert S. Litvak Memorial Award presentation to Sister Two Axe Earley, Jeanette CorbièreLaveil, andSandraLovelace Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel, 7:30 p.m..

Registration at the Student Affairs Office of Law Faculty or at 282-9188.

McGill-Save the Children: General Meet­ ing, Union 410,7:30 p.m..

McGill FilmSociety: GamesoftheXXl Olym­ piad. Canada 1976 (117 min.). Dir.: Beaudin, Dufaux. Stewart Biology, 7:30 p.m.. FREE. Faculty of Music-Concert Series: Jazz Im­ provisation Combos with Fred Henke, director.

Pollack Hall, 8:00 p.m..

Faculty ofMusic-Concert Series: LanaBetts, flute; IanWarman, bassoon. Works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, andDoppler. RedpathHall, 8:00 p.m..

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH Conference on Self-Determination and Native Peoples: Searching for Common

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Ground. 9:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (Reception). Pan­ els: 9:30-11:30 a.m.: ‘‘Natives andJustice”, with SamStevens, JudgeRejeanPaul, HarryLaForme, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. 1:00-3:00 p.m.: “Aboriginal Title and Land Claims”, with Bradford Morse, Brian Slattery, and Mary Laronde. 4:00-6:00 p.m.: “Self-Determination in the International Context”, with Sally Weaver, Ken Deer, and Simon Innés. Registration at Stu­ dent Affairs Office, Law Faculty or call 2829188. No charge for registration.

“Career Day”. Native Friendship Centre of Montreal, 3730 Cotes des Neiges, 10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m.. Info.: 937-5338. Company Reps will be availableforinformation onjob opportunities.

McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (MCRTW): presents the 1989-90 Women’s Studies Colloquium entitled “From Here to Here: Gothic Myths of Female Develop­ ment”, with Maggie Kilgour, Department of English, McGilL Birks Building, 3520 Univer­ sity, Senior Common Room, 3-5 p.m..

Department of Anthropology-Seminar Series: presents Prof. Paul Stoller speaking on “After the End of Anthropology”. Leacock 738, 4:30 p.m..

McGill for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Meeting, Union B09, 5:30 p.m.. All Welcome. Info.: 276-0914.

QPIRG-McGill: Housing Project Meeting.

Eaton 504, 6:00 p.m.. New members welcome.

Ethics and the Academy: “Medical Ethics and AIDS, withDr. Benjamin Freedman, McGill Centre for Medicine Ethics, and Law. Leacock 232, 7 p.m.. Presented by P.G.S.S. and QPirgMcGill.

GRIP/Québec/PIRG: presents ‘The Real Ecology Crisis and Green Politics”, with Murray Bookchin. IDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.. $3 non­ students.

McGill Canadian Studies Program-StaffStudent Seminar: presents the Hon. Flora MacDonald, speaking on “Copyright Law and Libraries in Canada”, McLennan Library, MS42, 7:30 p.m.. Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Stu­ dent Association.

McGill Film Society: Stardust Memories.

USA 1980 (89 min.). Dir.: W. Allen. Leacock 132,7:30 p.m..

Faculty of Music-Concert Series: McGill Alumni Series: Beverly Gertsman, piano. Works

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by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, and Eggleston. Pollack Hall, 8:00 p.m..

McGill TheatreSports: the Thursday show, 10:00 p.m. in the ALLEY. Hey, it’s FREE Improv. Theatre!!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH Faculty of Music-Concert Series: Yves Préfontaine, organ. Works by Valente, Muffat, J.S. Bach, and Chaumont. Redpath Hall, 12:15 p.m..

Department Psychology-D.O. Hebb Lec­ ture Series: “Memory and Brain”, with Dr. Larry Squire, Department of Psychology, Veter­ ans Administration Hospital, University of Cali­ fornia, San Diego. Stewart Biology Rm. Sl/4, 1205 Dr. Penfield, 2 p.m.. Info.: 398-6105.

McGill Canadian Studies Program-StaffStudent Seminar: presents the Hon. Flora MacDonald, speaking on “Issues in Canadian Social Policy”, Leacock738,3:00p.m..Co-spon­ sored by the Department of Sociology and the School of Social Work.

McGill Caribbean Students’ Society: Gen­ eral Meeting, Union B09/10,6:30 p.m.. Refresh­ ments afterwards. All welcome. Info.: 848-9382.

McGill Film Society: The Assault. Holland 1986 (148 min.). Dir.: F. Rademakers. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m..

Faculty of Music-Concert Series: McGill Wind Symphony. Robert Gibson, Conductor.

Music by Shostakovich. Pollack Hall, 8:00p.m..

Rock n* Roll Picnic H: with Me, Mom, and Morgentaler, Ripcordz and the Elemental.

UnionBallroom, 3480McTavish, 8:00p.m.. $4.50 McGill Students; $5.00 other. $2Beer. Info.: 9345610. Presented by Big Stick Production Inc..

McGill TheatreSports: The Friday Show.

Improvizational Comedy at 10 p.m. or after the Player’s Theatre Show. Admission: $1.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH McGill Film Society: Cry Freedom. UK 1987 (158 min.). Dir.: Attenborough. Leacock 132,7:30 p.m..

Faculty of Music-Concert Series: Anne Cunningham, flute; HeatherToews, piano; Madelaine Palmer, soprano. Works by Telemann, Mozart, Reinecke, Roussel, etc.. Pollack Hall, 8:00 p.m..

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH Kids, Parents, and Books. Book Fair to in­ clude art, drama, read-aloud activities for chil­ dren. Priscilla Lynch, authorof“UsingBigBooks andPredictableBooks”, will discuss ways tohelp childrenlearnto love readingand ways tosupport language learning athome andat school. Dawson College, 3040 Sherbrooke St., W., (comer of Atwater), 2-4 p.m.. Adults $5; Children and Grandparents $2. For info, and reservations call 620-7680. Sponsored by the Quebec Reading Association.

ADVANCE NOTICES: Faculty of Music-Concert Series: Brandon University Trio: Gordon Macpherson, piano; Francis Chaplin, violin; Ingemar Ohlsson, cello.

Works byBrahms, Hummel, Eckhardt-Gramatté, andanewly commissioned work byKen Nichols.

Pollack Hall, 8:00 p.m.. February 13th.

McGill Canadian Studies Program-StaffStudent Seminar: presents the Hot. Flora MacDonald, speaking on ‘The Politics of Cana­ dian Broadcast Regulation”, 3465 Peel, Room 203,4:00 p.m.. Thursday, February 15th.

Co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Communications and the Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries.

Department of Anthropology-Seminar Series: presents Dr. Kathleen Reichs, North Carolina, speaking on ‘The Research and Ap­ pliedApplications of Skeletal Biology to Anthropology”. Leacock 720,4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb­ ruary 15th.

East European “Freedom and Peace Movement”. With Jacek Czaputowicz, Freedom and Peace, Poland; Malgorzata Tarosiewicz, FreedomandPeace, Poland; JanaPetrova, Czech, Independent Peace Association; designers of Citizen Assembly-Parallel Helsinki Accord.

Unitarian Church, Sherbrooke and Simpson, Wednesday, February 21st, 8:00 p.m.. Sponsored

by West Islanders for Nuclear Disarmament, Project Ploughshares, Westmount Iniatives for Peace, and Voice of Women. Info.: 695-2675, 935-1571.

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BY TIM PRYOR The Montréal boutique IXL, which specializes in Doc Marten boots and other clothing, has re­ cently been the object of an anony­ mous boycott which claims the store has had affiliations with neoNazi skinheads.

Aleric Jackson, the store man­ ager of IXL, says there is no foun­ dation for the boycott. Jackson says the boycott’s instigator may also be responsible for recent inci­ dents of spraypainting and minor vandalism of his store.

“It’s not legal and has no basis,” said Jackson.

“I estimate it’s because of rival groups of skinheads and punks.”

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profile operation. Posters advocat­ ing the boycott appeared in McGill’s Union Building and on IXL’s windows, but student and community knowledge of the boycott remains small.

Many of Montréal’s anti-fascist and anti-racist groups - including The Coalition Against Systematic Oppresion (CASO), McGill’s Hillel House, the League anti fas­ ciste mondiale (LAM), and The League of Human Rights B ’Nai Brith - had not heard of the boy­ cott.

Jackson is frustrated by the anonymity of the boycotters. He says that a boycott usually gains its credibility according to the organi­ zation that supports it, but that the boycott of his store appeared to be

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“Nobody ever came and talked to us,” Jackson said.

However, an anti-fascist skin­ head, who asked that his name be withheld due to recent threatening telephone calls, believes there is some justification to theboycottof IXL. He claims that Jackson was the head of a now defunct Nazi skinhead organization called The United Skins of Montréal. The source says a friend of his had attended USOM meetings at IXL.

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Québec’s civil liberties union, the League des droits liberté, made similar accusations late last sum­ mer, in a pamphlet called “Le mouvement skinhead et l’extrême droit.” League worker Henri Para­ dis said the document states that members of USOM frequented that store.

“The implication is that it [IXL] is used as a headquarters,” said Paradis.

Jackson denied that the store is or was affiliated with neo-Nazi

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“They targeted us as a neo-Nazi outfit because we sold footwear,” Jackson said. He says the store discourages any loitering in the store and does not discriminate against any of its customers.

However, Jackson refused to answer any questions regarding his or the store’s owner’s involvement in neo-Nazi activities. When asked about his alleged involvement in USOM Jackson replied, “As far as I know, not now.”

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Poll shows disapproval of fee hike in Québec Fifty-eight percent of Québec citizens oppose the province’s $700 tuition fee increase announced in December, according to a CROP-La Presse poll released yesterday.

The poll results also show that 70% of the students polled are against the increase, as are a majority of people over 35 years of age.

Students’ Society Vice President (External) John Fox said the poll was encouraging on the eve of McGill’s teach-in protest this Wednes­ day.

“McGill students have to remember that we’re in the province of Québec, and tuition fees affect everyone,” Fox said.

McGill helps put Ryan on the rocks The SSMU will contribute $100 - the cost of half a ton of ice - to a group of students who plan to dump 20 tons of ice on the National Assembly in Québec City to protest a tuition fee increase.

The students, who come from Québec City-area CEGEPs, will use some of the ice to build a sculpture of Education Minister Claude Ryan, flanked by dollar signs, on the lawn of the Assembly on February 12.

One SSMU executive said the ice sculpture was a “very creative and imaginative way of protesting the fee hike.

Old McGill 89 reaches printers...finally Old McGill 89, the yearbook whose production was delayed by more than six months, was sent to its printers Friday with a new page apologizing for the delay.

SSMU Business Manager Helene Mayer said the yearbook will be ready in April, six months after the original October release date.

About 800 students will receive yearbooks, out of 1000 copies printed. Although many students might have moved by then, Mayer said she did not foresee any problems distributing the books.

The recently added last page of Old McGill89 reads in part, “We wish to thank you for...in enduring the delay of this publication.”

Social Work students and staff hold AIDS symposium The students and faculty of McGill’s School of Social Work can­ celled a day of classes last week to hold a symposium on AIDS and social work.

About 150 students and staff held a half-day conference in the Pres­ byterian College on Thursday, after school Director Peter Leonard cancelled classes. Events included panels and workshops with AIDS care experts, and a discussion with two People With AIDS. The symposium, sponsored by the Social Work faculty and Stu­ dents’ Association, was organized “to show what social workers should do and know about AIDS-related issues,” said Social Work Student Association President Joshua Lovell.

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BY BEN ROVET The provincial director of the Children’s Wish Foundation says she appreciates the Kraft Dinner Wrestling night held for her char­ ity by the Arts and Science Under­ graduate Association two weeks

“Kraft Dinner... was something new. Mud and Jeilo have been done before.” ago. But she, and some McGill students, say the event may have been wasteful, violent and sexist.

Geraldine Doucet, the Québec Director of the Children’s Wish Foundation, told the Tribune she was grateful for the fundraiser, despite her doubts about the wis­ dom of using food for the event.

“I’d like to thank McGill for thinking of the Children’s Wish Foundation,” Doucet said.

“I thought it was an original idea, although I wish they had used something other then food.”

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b e g u n T his m onth, Canadians and A m ericans are celebrating Black H istory M onth, w hen A frica’s proud culture and history is fin ally given its due. Celebrated on cam puses (the B lack Students N etw ork is running things at M cG ill), in the media (PBS ’sc iv il rights docum entary E y es On the Prize II) and elsew h ere, Black H istory M onth is on e exam ple that society has com e a lo n g way from its racist roots.

B ut how m uch have w e really changed? C ertainly, the past thirty years have seen many dramatic changes in so c ie ty ’s view s; but racism continues, both at hom e and abroad, often subtly and often disguised in the rhetoric o f nationalism and patriotism. A quick glanceatrecentnew s show s that m any still suffer from racial hatred and oppression: ■A Sikh R C M P o ffic e r ’s fight to w ear his turban (a requirement o f his religion) on duty in M anitoba has spaw ned a m ini­ industry o f buttons and calendars s u g g e s tin g that h e is unC an ad ian , d e sp ite C a n a d a ’s p o licy o f m ulticulturalism .

• In Eastern Europe, em erging from the stasis o f totalitarian rule, a resurgence o f ethnic strife has resulted in riots and murders, notably against Bulgarian Turks and against A rm enians liv in g in Azerbaijan.

■In the S o v iet U n ion , a rise in R ussian nationalism has seen the use o f Jew s as scapegoats. The N ew York Times reports that som e n ationalist groups are discussing “the Jew ish question,” and rumours have circulated in popular and o fficia l circles about a pogrom scheduled for early M ay by racist nationalists.

1 T he reaction o f the W estern m edia to South African Prime M inister F.W . D eK lerk ’s recent steps toward reform in his country has evinced an unw illingness to see ju st how serious apartheid is.

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E ven generally reliable journalists such as Ted K oppel have d w elled on D eK lerk ’s actions, w hen it is th e th o u sa n d s o f ap arth eid protestors, w h o have struggled for over 4 2 years to w in the freedom that should be their birthright, w ho are the real heroes. M eanw hile, Mr. D eK lerk m ade a long-aw aited m o v e - but what o f the state o f em ergency, the pass law s, or universal enfranchisem ent?

T hese are only som e o f the more visib le exam p les o f racism . T hey do not include the cou n tless m en and w om en everyw here w h o are stopped by the p o lice, refused job s, beaten up by b u llies or condescended to by p eo p le w ho im agine them selves unprejudiced - all because o f their racial, ethnic or religiou s ties.

The issu e o f racism has hardly disappeared; often, it has sim ply gon e underground. The p eo p le in M anitoba w ho consider the Sikh o fficer un-Canadian, and the S oviets w h o pretend the “Jew ish question” is a nationalist issu e, are both using nationalism to d isg u ise deeper m otives. The rhetoric o f nationalism alm ost alw a y s declares that we are m em bers o f this country, and they are not.

T h e la n g u a g e m a y h a v e changed, but the issu es haven ’t. It is our duty, not ju st to cheer dramatic changes in South A frica or elsew h ere, but to b e on guard against the le ss visib le form s o f prejudice that w e w itn ess or are gulity o f in our daily lives. W e should take pride in our ethnic backgrouds, and share them , just as the B S N is sharing their pride in A frican culture. A nd before a llo w in g o u r se lv e s to ch eer nationalism , w e should bew are o f those w ho w ou ld m ake a nation ex clu siv e. W e m ay b e m aking progress, but w e still have a lon g w ay to go.

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Days since the last O blackout: ■ T he victim s: they’re out there, but hydro w o n ’t say where.

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D o any m em bers o f city council liv e dow ntow n?

D ow n tow n M ontréal is an urban planning disaster. H orrendous high-rises face vacant lots, sunlight (already scarce in winter) has disappeared from certain streets, and thousands o f o ffic e s and apartments are vacant. N ev er fear; o u r w is e c it y c o u n c il h a s recognized the problem and has drafted a n ew master plan.

This docum ent calls for a thirtynine storey lim it on tow ers, and the expansion o f dow ntow n, am oung other things. In cities such as N ew York, H on g K ong, T ok yo, and S in gap ore, sk yscrap ers are a necessary ev il. L arge populations (ten m illions or m ore) com bined with geographical lim itations result in high density building.

In M ontréal the c a se for high density building is feeb le. There is no need to concentrate so many o ffices and h ousing units in such tall buildings. In this city , there are two m illion p eop le on a large island (instead o f ten m illion on a sm all one.) There is space available to expand the urban core. In M ontréal, height lim its o f ten or tw elve stories w ould su ffice.

D e v elo p ers argue for large projects because they result in large profits, w h ile our politician s, w ho seem to inhabit the p ock ets o f the cham ber o f com m erce, fe e l go o d about issuing perm its for large buildings. T hey feel that prominent o n g o in g con stru ctio n in sp ires

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confidence in the health o f business in the city. N on eth eless, cities like B oston and W ashington maintain very strictplanning codes. M edium density planning results in cities that are very livable. T hese cities, adm ittedly, have problem s o f their o w n - notably ghettoes - but the slum s are not a result o f restricted developm ent.

The effect o f a c ity ’s ‘built environm ent’ on outsiders cannot be the determ ining factor affecting city planning. Transportation is a major problem here. B ecause m ost dow ntow n workers liv e in the suburbs, a lon g term solution w ill require m ore than just im proving the existin g system . “Industrial parks” in the suburbs reflect b u s i n e s s ’ r e s p o n s e to th e transportation dilem m a, and to in c r e a s in g a w aren ess of e n v ir o n m e n ta l an d en ergy concerns. A master plan w ould account for business clusters, rather than trying to m ake dow ntow n any m ore inhuman than it already is.

M cG ill students make up a sign ificant block o f dow ntow n residents. T he currency o f elections is votes, not the m oney o f the cham ber o f com m erce. The M CM w as elected as grassroots party in M ontréal. A s such, if they are not to be hypocrites, they must listen to the concerns o f dow n tow n ’s residents and not only its business users.

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Assistant Editor Paul M ichell

News Editors Paul H orwitz R ob Steiner

Features Editors K elly G allagher M ackay Stephanie Sm all

Entertainment Editor Kim Farley

Sports Editor N ick Leonardos

Photo Editor N eal Herbert

Assistant Photo Editor Linda M iller

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To the editors: Paul Michell’s editorial “Falling into Bourassa’s tuition trap” was an illtimed, uninformed attack on a student movement.

Why would the Tribune choose this time to attack student activists when for the first time the various factions o f the Québec student movement are trying to work together, including at McGill?

Michell may be aware there is a problem with accessibility in Québec, but he is blind to the efforts and ad­ vances students are making.

He calls the efforts o f the student movement thus far, “idiotic raving and foaming at the mouth.” He writes, “Whatneeds to be examined is whether such an increase adversely affects accessibility to university education.”

Michell believes students should be struggling for a more comprehensive loans and bursaries system instead of against tuition fee hikes.

In fact, ANÉÉQ and other student unions have been examining the ques­ tion of accessibility since the Péquistes first suggested unfreezing tuition in 1984. And the efforts of ANÉÉQ, FÉÉQ, PGSS and SSMU to reform provincial loans and bursaries go as far back as the spring ofl986, when the government slashed more than $80 million from student aid.

Next month, ANÉÉQ, as well as FÉÉQ and PGSS, will be represented at the Parliamentary Commission on Loans and Bursaries. But after count­

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less demonstrations, strikes, negotia­ tion s, breakfast m eetin gs and letter-writing campaigns,the govern­ ment has made it clear that the neces­ sary changes to the loans and bursaries system will not be made.

Perhaps our student leaders didn’t rave and foam enough? Perhaps Mich­ ell could suggest the next move, he who sadly asks, “Where are the new ideas? Where is the vision?”

Indeed, there have been alternative funding proposals suggested by the StudentMovement. Michell duly noted the proposal for a one per cent sur­ charge on private companies. Ifhedid his own research instead of lifting it from the.Daily, he could have informed his readers that this tax would bring in around $700 million, not $7 million (the latter figure is the figment o f a Daily typo — an erratum was later run). You can go pretty far with that kind o f money.

Michell ’sow n proposal differs little from the schemes dreamed up by McGill chancellor Jean DeGrandpré.

Varying fees, by faculties, according to the costs of the program and the earning potential of graduates, will restrict enrollment in those faculties to students with higher incomes.

It is naive to think that any student aid program which is not universally accessible and which does not consist entirely o f bursaries can be compre­ hensive. $10,000 debts are a financial punishment as unacceptable as procontinued on page 5

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BY LARA FRIEDLANDER The formation of a new Black student group, and the increasing activity of an old one, are two recent developments which have accompanied a growing awareness and activism among Montréal’s Black youth.

The new student group AKAX (Also Known As X), which formed last October, intends to act as a network of Black students in Montréal. The group is not based at a particular school, although its ninety members usually meet at Concordia University.

Group Co-founder Anne-Marie Clarke, a McGill student, said AKAX could be a voice for Black

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p r id e “Older communities are holding us back. They think we’re too radical. They move out to the sub­ urbs and buy cars; they don’t have to meet up with a racist bus driver or cop,” Taylor said.

Taylor hopes AKAX will act as a positive influence in the Black community.

“We want to create a feeling of pride. We encourage groups in schools. We offer them support, resoures, tutoring and legal aid.

We want to be an avenue for change,” he said.

youth throughout Québec. The group has members or connec­ tions at Concordia, Dawson Col­ lege, Vanier College, and Cham­ plain College. It also tutors at some Montréal high schools.

Clarke says a major focus of the group will be educational pro­ grams.

“We want to teach black stu­ dents about our history and our­ selves. It’s not like it is in the textbooks,” she said.

Co-founder Garvin Taylor also talked about the need for more representation of youth in the Black community. For example, he pointed out that the Black Com­ munity Council of Québec has no youth representation.

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op /ed le t te r s •'/r P r in c ip a l To the editor: Greetings. I am writing this letter to clarify the errors and misinterpreta­ tions that appeared in the January 30 Feb. 5 issue of the Tribune with re­ gards to the article “School Teaches Cultural Survival.” While yourreporter may have attended the education ses­ sion of Native Awareness Week, she obviously did not understand my pres­ entation and subsequently wro te an inaccurate article.

First, the word Onkwehonwe does mean “The original people;” however the proper word to use in reference to education at Kahnawake is Kanienkehaka or “People o f the Flint” or Mohawk. I explained this in my presentation because I was speaking sp e c ific a lly about M ohaw k (Kanienkehaka) education. I am not in a position to speak on the education on the education of all Onkwehonwe people.

Second, the Kahnawake Survival School is an alternative high school where Kanienkehaka students are able to take a variety of academic, voca­ tional, culture and arts courses, among them our M ohaw k language (Kanienkeha) and Iroquois/Mohawk history.

Third, there are two elementary schools at Kahnawake, one o f which has a Kanienkeha immersion program where students from nursary through grade 6 receive their education in Kanienkeha.

Fourth, the Survival School teaches history from the perspective o f the Kanienkehaka. Students learn North American history through the experi­ ence of our people, our community and other Onkwehonwe. World his­ tory is taught by comparing other cul­ tures, places, governments and socie­ ties with our own.

Fifth and most important, the Kanienkehakanever asked permission of any foreign government to educate our children in Kanienkeha, English, or French! I did not say that we “de­ cided to get permission to teach their children in their Native language.” In September 1978, Kanienkehaka par­ ents asked the officals of Billings High

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School to accept Kahnawake students without the required provincial eligi­ bility certificate. When the officials refused, the Kanienkehaka walked out of Billings and te next day established the Kahnawake Survival School for our children.

The proper explanation for my opin­ ion that Bill “101 was a great piece of legislation” is that this language law started a process in Kahnawake whereby we Kanienkehaka took con­ trol o f our children’s education, which includes pre-school, Kanienkeha and English language elementary schools, secondary schools, and post-secondary education. The Kahnawake Education system operates under the parents of Kahnawake through the CombinedSchools Committee.

I explained all these points at the Friday session. I stressed the degree of independence and determination the ... m

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o r e o f G e t t in g continued from page 4 hibitive fees. Until this is remedied, the system will be inadequate to com­ pensate even for the “low” tuition pres­ ently demanded in Québec.

On the other hand, if Michell be­ lieves that it is naive to look towards free education in other countries as proof that accessibility is possible, it is by his own logic inane to compare fee levels in Québec to Ontario or the U .S. and proclaim that students could be paying more. The fact that other prov­ inces and countries bleed students through tuition is no justification for doing it to ourselves.

Instead of judging Québec’s educa­ tion system against education outside o f the province, we must judge it ac­ cording to the criteria which we be­ lieve are entailed in a just, accessible, and quality education. Québec com­ mitted itself to these criteria in the edu­ cational reform that led to the tuition fee freeze.

Government funding of Québec universities has decreased 30 percent (in constant dollars) since 1980. We must focus our efforts on getting them to recognize this abandonment o f prin­ ciples, not on reformist, tinkering so-

" C Kanienkehaka have when it comes to the education of our children. One final observation: The article implies the Onkwehonwe began to assume control of education as aresult of Chre­ tien’s White Paper. The White Paper called for Onkwehonwe education to be turned over to the provinces which resulted in the National Indian Broth­ erhood researching and writing a re­ sponse ectitled “Indian Control of Indian Education.” This document called for Onkwehonwe communities to take control of education before the foreign governments educated our peoples out o f existance. Y our reporter portrayed an inaccurate picture of education at Kahnawake; I trust this clarifies matters.

In peace and friendship, Alex M . M cComber Principal, Kahnawake Survival School o u t lutions.

Michell recognizes that government underfunding is the root cause o f the problems facing our education sys­ tem. But he fails to realize the students cannot afford to compensate for the government’s irresponsibility.

To suggest, as Michell has, that a progressive education system could be achieved through any combination o f fee hikes and loans, demonstrates a confusion that cannot be afforded at this point in the history of Québec education. M ichell’s declaration’s are barely intelligible from the depths of the “tuition trap” he has so conviently fallen into.

M icheal Temelin CAPE (The Coalition Against the Priva­ tization o f Education)

Ruth Abbey could you please bring a typed copy of your let­ ter to the Tribune’s office, or call the office at 398-6789

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CHAIRPERSON - ACTIVITIES NIGHT COMMITTEE The student holding this position will assemble a committee to organize Activities Night. The Students' Society annual "Meet the Clubs" function will be held in September 1990. Communication with club presidents must be made during the summer months.

CHAIRPERSON - DAYTIME PROGRAMMING This committee will organize activities such as day-time entertainment, con­ tests, games, comedy, improv theatre, and tournaments. Emphasis will be placed on participatory, day-time forms of entertainment.

CHAIRPERSON - NIGHT-TIME PROGRAMMING This Committee will organize concerts, dances, lectures, dance performances(ballet, modern, Jazz) and the theatre. The Chairperson of the Concerts Committee should be prepared to attend the entertainment confer­ ence sponsored by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities in June 1990.

CHAIRPERSON - WELCOME WEEK The Chairperson of Welcome Week will chair a large committee of events coordinators. He or she will ensure that all activities planned for Welcome Week are properly organized and encourage maximum participation by McGill stu­ dents, especially those students at McGill for the first time. Welcome Week will take place during the last week of August and first week of September 1990. The Chairperson should be prepared to attend the COCA entertainment conference in June 1990.

CHAIRPERSON - WINTER CARNIVAL The student holding this position will be in charge of the week-long Carnival festivities in January 1991. As with Welcome Week, the Carnival Chairperson will direct a large committee of event coordinators and volunteers. The Chair­ person should be prepared to attend the COCA entertainment conference in June 1990.

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR The Administrative Coordinator of the Network shall act as secretary at Network meetings and shall provide the proper adminstrative back up to the committee chairpersons. He or she shall ensure that committee chairpersons are aware of and follow Students' Society, University and government regulations concern­ ing room bookings, liquor licences, audio-visual equipment, room capacity maximums, etc... The Adminstrative Coordinator shall also be responsible for the ordering of office, promotion and other supplies.

NETWORK - VICE-CHAIRPERSON, PUBLICITY The Vice-Chairperson, Publicity will offer advice concerning promotion of events to the committee chairpersons and if so requested by committee chairpersons, will take charge of promotion for particular events. The ViceChairperson, Publicity will assemble a small group of volunteers to assist with the design of poster and newspaper ads as well as the issuing of press releases.

NOTE: All of the above positions are considered voluntary and are responsible to Students' Council. Except as noted above, joint applications will be accepted from not more than two (2) students for any one (1) position.

All applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by the Students' Society Nominating Committee. The best qualified candi­ dates will likely be interviewed by the Committee.

HOW TO APPLY: "General Application" forms are available in the Students' Society General Office, University Centre, Room 105,3480 McTavish Street and at Sadie's II in the Engineering Building and at Sadie's III in Chancellor Day Hall. All applicants may expect to have a written response to their application by the end of March Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students' Society General Office, University Centre, Room 105, NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1990.

Ray Satterthwaite Chairperson Nominating Committee

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BY NEAL H ERBERT T he Faculty o f E ngineering is responding to its students’ environm ental concerns with an on goin g attempt to address these issu es in the classroom .

S in ce 1985, the faculty has required E ngineering students to take 11 to 15 credits from a list o f courses, taught in vari­ ou s faculties, w hich introduce them to the human and e c o ­ nom ic aspects o f their careers.

T he requirem ent includes 3 credits o f “Impact cou rses,” w hich study the effect o f tech­ nology on the environm ent.

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Som e students called the A S U S even t inappropriate, sayin g it w asted food, used sex ist advertis­ ing, and encouraged violen ce.

“Y ou can raise m oney w ithout sexism , v io len ce and à w aste o f food. T he m eans d on ’t ju stify the end,” said student activist Freya Kodar.

D ou cet said the A SU S show ed a lack o f good judgem ent in using Kraft D inner, but added that she

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“The environm ental m ovem ent is lik e any other new field that d o esn ’t fit neatly into an estab­ lish ed discip lin e. A variety o f professors are n eeded to teach it,” C ooper said.

A pproxim ately one-third o f the students in C oop er’s class are from ou tsid e the E ngineering depart­ ment. C ooper says the diversity o f students in his popular course in­ creases cla ss participation. “ It’s an unusual class to teach.

There are tim es w hen I lo se control o f it as they d iscu ss am ong them­ se lv e s,” C ooper said.

P rofessor R onald R ice, an Ur­ ban Planning professor w ho also

teaches in Environm ental A spects o f T ech n ology, says students have b eco m e increasingly interested in environm ental issu es in the last ten years.

“W hat used to be local concern has in the past ten years turned into a m uch m ore global aw areness o f the problem s,” R ice said.

But Professor P. Tsantrizos, who tea ch es T ech n o lo g ica l Im pact A ssessm en t (3 0 2 -4 3 0 B ), says the changes o f the last decade have the faculty struggling to keep up with the interests o f the students. H e says environm ental issu es m ust be fu lly integrated into the engineer­ ing curriculum. Tsantrizos sug­

gested that a course w hich teaches a technology should also discuss its environmental impact.

“Three credits are not su ffi­ cien t.,” Tsantrizos said.

Still, students taking the Im ­ pact courses are supportive o f the new courses. T he students say they w ill bring their lesson s into the workplace. “ [The professors] d o n ’t try to influence you in any w ay or pro­ vide any answ ers. T hey ju st tell the facts, and encourage you to think about and discuss them to­ gether,” said second year E lec­ trical E ngineering student A n ­ drew Sim on.

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“T he reason w e used Kraft D in ­ ner w as that it w as som ething new .

M ud and Jello have been done b efore.”

injuries at the event.

Kodar also said she w as angered by sex ism in the advertising for the event. O ne advertisem ent depicted a large w om an accom panied by the caption “Fat Girls B ew are.”

“The advertisng w as m ade in fun, not as an attack on anyone,” countered M urphy. H e a lso argued

that the even t w as not sex ist since it in volved both m en and w om en.

Mrs. D ou cet suggested that the A S U S could com pensate for the w aste o f food by g ivin g a voucher for the am ount spent on the food to M ontréal charity Sun Y outh, and donating the balance to the C hil­ dren’s W ish Foundation.

still appreciated that the charity ev en t had been held.

“Fundraising is really hard to do, and I’m not condem ning the students at a ll,” D ou cet said.

P.J. M urphy, the A S U S V ice President (Internal), said he was upset that students had com plained about the event.

“This is supposed to b e a fun event. It w as never m eant to b e sex ist, violen t or o ffen siv e to an y­ one. I think it w as taken as such by m ost o f the general public excep t for a few radical dissenters,” M urphy said.

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Nominations are now being called for the Scarlet Key Award which distinguishes those studetns who deserve recognition for their contributions to McGill aside from academic achievement. Excellence in leadership, effort, and ability to motivate and involve others will be especially considered. Any student exhibiting such qualities while maintaining academic commitments may be nominated for the receipt of this honour.

Students or persons wishing to nominate a student may pick up application kits at the Students' Society General Office, 3480 McTavish Street, Room 105.

Upon completion, application forms may be returned to the Scarlet Key Committee through Internal Mail at the Students' Society information desk. If you require addidonal information, please enquire at the Students' Society information desk or call 398-3556 or 398-4534 (The Graduates' Society).

The Selection Committee will review applications on a regular basis and will announce award recipients or invite applicants for an interview as appropriate.

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A ssociate D ean o f Engineering Jim Proven said h is facu lty’s pro­ gram w as organized in response to the Canadian Engineering A ccredi­ tation Board’s recom m endations in the early 1980s that environ­ m ental courses b e added to the engineering curriculum.

Environmental A spects o f Techn o lo g y ( 3 0 2 - 2 3 0 B ) , g e n e r a lly taught betw een four professors, is o n e o f the program ’s Im pact courses. Professor D avid C ooper, a chem ical engineer with a back­ ground in m icrobiology, said the environm ental field is so new it requires more than on e professor to teach a full course.

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T he n ew approach o f A K A X is paralleled by the increased activity o f M c G ill’s B lack Students’ N et­ work (B S N ). T he B S N has existed sin ce 1983, but Cultural Issues Chairperson Audrea G olding says

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“W e w ant both B lacks and W hites to know w hat B lack culture has given to civilization ,” G olding said.

G olding says the new strength o f B S N and A K A X is largely a result o f recent events in B lack com m unities.

“A lot o f people are concerned over the ca ses o f Anthony Griffin in M o n tréa l, M ic h a e l W a d e L aw son in Toronto, and Y o u sef H aw kins in N ew Y ork,” G olding said.

N either G oldling nor T aylor are very hopeful about the state o f racism in Montréal. A ccording to Taylor, “R acism is constant; tech­ n ology just m akes it quicker and better.”

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countries as the producers of your film?

Watching "Wait U ntil Spring Bandini " is like looking at the paintings o f Dutch artists, all ele­ gance and muted colours. Set in 1928, the film explores the life of Italian immigrants who want to integrate themselves into Amer­ ica without losing their roots.

The protagonists are intriguing, notably Faye Dunaway as the glamorous widow!seductress whom Bandini (Joe Mantiegna) falls fo r briefly. OrnellaMuti gives a striking performance as the typi­ cally Italian wife, who is deter­ mined to keep her husband at home at any cost.

I met with director Dominique Derrudere, who was backed.by seven countries and Francis Ford Coppola as his producers, fo r Bandini. Mr. Derrudere is himself a character very much in the spirit o f his movie. He laughs alot and seems unconcerned whether his film is a commercial success or not. As he informed me with a slight twinkle in his eye, “drinking a lot relaxes me”.

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Tribune: Did the producers, due to their number, hinder your directing in any way?

Derrudere: Oh no, on the co n ­ trary, i f on e didn’t lik e an idea o f m ine, another w ould. It w as very useful. I don ’ten joy shooting film s, I have to b e h o n e st T he stress is very heavy.

Tribune: How did you start your film career?

Derrudere: I started out on S u ­ per 8 film , at age 10, ju st film ing what I saw . T hen I realized this w as boring, so I m ade up a little narra­ tive. F inally I w en t to film sch ool w here I g ot kicked o u t because they w ere too theoretically oriented and I w as on ly interested in direct­ ing and shooting. I w ent to another CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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BY JOSHUA FELLMAN A night at the opera is a p lea sa n t i f ex p en sive w ay to spend the evening. For exam ple, outTribune seats w ere towards the back and at the extrem e right o f the first bal­ con y, and w ere worth $ 4 7 each.

For m ost students this falls into the category o f special o cca sio n s or parental visits - hardly the stu ff o f first dates.

W ith this caveat, I recom m end The Abduction from the Seraglio.

T he plot o f f he Abduction , from the Seraglio (D ie Entfiihrung aus dem Serail), is not the m ost w eighty or fam ous o f M ozart’s operas, but it is has all the standard operatic com plications.

It is the tale o f the Spaniard B elm onte, w ho com es to rescue his b eloved K onstanze, her E ng­ lish servan t B lo n d c h e n , and B elm o n te’s ow n servant Padrillo, all o f w hom have been captured by pirates and sold into slavery at the court o f the Pasha Selim in Turkey.

B elm onte succeeds in h is m ission w ithout serious dam age to anyone in volved , despite the opposition o f the nefarious O sm in. The frothy, convoluted and rather silly plot is m oved along quite quickly by the long passages o f spoken dialogue allow ed in the singspiel form . The

moral elem ent o f the story co n ­ dem ns reven ge and g lorifies ro­ mantic lo v e and forgiven ess.

The perform ances are strong, particulary Patrick P ow er as the com p letely noble B elm on te and Costanza Cuccaro as the loyal K onstanze. A s Pedrillo, Bernard Fitch is a co m ic delight. E rie M ills is charm ing, funny and properly cocquettish as the servant B lonchen, esp ecially w hen instructing O sm in on h ow to approach Euro­ pean w om en. B ass Ara Berberian w as in go o d v o ic e and show ed great stage presence as the heavy O sm in. H is bluster w as ex cellen t, although he w as not as m enacing as he m ight have been. S tan G am er is strong in the speaking role o f the Pasha S elim , even though he is silen t w h ile others sing.

Though h is costum es are sum p­ tuous, Set d esign er’s C laude G i­ rard’s set is som ething o f a disap­ pointm ent, r either realistically Turkish, nor a paticularly garish or im pressive fantasy. T he surtitles, in both E nglish and French (the opera is sung in German) also have a disturbing tendency to cut out on occasion for unclear reasons.

The Abduction plays February 8,10,14 and 17 at 8 p.m. in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier o f Place des Arts

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Academic Policy and Planning Committee 5 (Including 1 from MacDonald College and 1 graduate student) APPC Sub-committee on New and Revised Course 1 and Programs (NRCP) 1 APPC Sub-committee on Review of Existing Programs (REP) 2 APPC Sub-committee on Planning and Priorities (P&P) (1 undergraduate and 1 graduate) APPC Sub-committee on University Teaching and Learning 2 (CUTL) (1 undergraduate and 1 graduate) 5 University Admissions and Scholarships Committee (UASC) 1 UASC Sub-committee on Admissions 1 UASC Sub-committee on Scholarships 5 Committee on Timetabling and Student Records (CTSR) (including 1 from Continuing Education) 1 CTSR Sub-committee on Timetabling 1 CTSR Sub-committee on Sessional Dates 1 CTSR Student Records Working Groups (CSR W G ) 3 Senate Committee on Libraries (SCL) (1 graduate student) SC C E Sub-committee on Courses and Programs (from continuing Education) 2 Committee of Physical Development 3 Committee on Student Discipline 4 Committee on Student Grievances (2 alternates) 4 Appeals Committee for Student Discipline and Grievances (2 alternates) 3 Committee on Timetabling and Student Records 2 Committee on Women 2 Advisory Council on the Charter of Student Rights 2 Space Allocation committee

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FACULTY O F AG RICULTURE Department of Entomology Department of Plant Science Department of Renewable Resources FACULTY O F ARTS Department of Classics Department of Economics Department of English Department of French Language and Literature Department of Hispanic Studies C E N TR E FOR C O N TIN U IN G EDUCATION Department of Chartered Accountancy Department of Languages and Translation Department of Management - Graduate Department of Management - Undergraduate FACULTY O F D E N TISTR Y FACULTY O F EN G IN E ER IN G School of Computer Science FACULTY OF G RADUATE STU D IES AND RESEARCH School of Social Work FACULTY O F M ED IC IN E Centre for Immunobiology and Transplantation Department of Diagnostic Radiology Department of Otolaryngology Department of Pediatrics Department of Physiology School of Physical and Occupational Therapy FACULTY O F SC IE N C E Dpartment of Geography Department of Geological Sciences Department of Mathematics adn Statistics Department of Meteorology R.S.V.P.: Application forms are available in Completed applications must be submitted to: the Students' Society General Office Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary Union 105, 3480 McTavish Street. All appliStudents' Society General Office cants will receive written responses.

University Centre, Room 105 NO LA TER TH AN 4:30 P.M., FR ID AY, FE B R U A R Y 16TH, 1990.

Further information on the University Affairs Committees may be obtained by contacting Kate Morisset, Vice-President (University Affairs) 398-6797.

N O TE: The above positions may be subject to Kate Morisset, Chairperson change pending official Senate announcement Uni versify A ffairs Committee of student positions. page 7

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BY JASON ARBUCKLE Terrifically coloured costum es and sets, a punchy score and an energetic chorus are standard fare o f a Gilbert and Sullivan m usical - and usually provide for a g o o d bit o f fun. In the Pirates o f Penzance, stage director A lison A ylw ard pulls together the w h ole package with an exuberant, zany flair that m akes the 26th annual offering o f the S avoy Society a great success.

T he Pirates o f Penzance is o n e o f the m ost popular o f the Gilbert and Sullivan m usicals, in no sm all part because o f its am using, quirky sto ­ ryline and songs (w ell-orchestrated

by Jerem y G reenhouse). A s a little b oy, our innocent hero Frederic had been apprenticed to a band o f pirates instead o f to a pilot; his nurse Ruth had scram bled the order. P ilot, p i­ rate; it could happen to anyone.

A s the curtain lifts, Frederic has reached his tw enty-first birthday and is therefore freed from his ob lig a ­ tion to the pirates. H e now inform s them it is his duty to devote h im self to their exterm ination. The band is suitably unim pressed, but are able to force Ruth (w ho has cramped their sw ashbuckling style) upon Frederic

P ira tes ca st ca u g h t in a fle e tin g m om en t o f s e l f con trol. before h e leaves. U pon shore, 4 7 year-old Ruth tries to co n v in ce the n aive Frederic that she w ould be a perfect w ife for h im . N o sooner d oes he o b lig e her, w hen a “b evy o f beau­ tiful w om en ”, burst m errily onto the scen e, sun um brellas in hand.

T h ese you n g ladies are wards o f M ajor General Stanley, w h o se m ost fearsom e w eapon is probably his butterfly n e t It is no tim e before chorus com es crashing into chorus

as the pirates d iscover the wards, with Frederic and h is new -found lo v e M abel som ew h ere in the m iddle. Later, toss in a bum bling bunch o f p olicem en to reach the optim um lev el o f pandem onium .

Choreographer M arla Orenstein has coordinated the chorus with extraordinary fin esse. T he bands o f pirates flo w about the pirate kin g like an am oeba, and are about as harm less, w h ile the figh t scen es are carefully coordinated chaos. The m ost appealing chorus is that o f the

p olicem en w h ose dance-patrol b e­ co m es a splendid m ockery o f au­ thority.

The fin e cast is able to bring out the charm o f their characters. M ost notable is M ichael Schrey w ho m akes for a w onderful Frederic, gaw k y and innocent like a young pup but bound by a furious sen se o f duty. N ick C aipen ter creates in Major K General Stanley a m usical Mad Hatter w ho, in a pinch, is quite cac 1pable o f becom ing a dancing breeze § - as he does in one hilarious scene.

Jennifer B asch zok ’s splendid voice o is perfect for her role as the flirtatious and fearless M abel. A lthough ^ Duncan C a ss-B eg g s’ singing v o ice d o esn ’t match the strength o f his sp eech, he turns the Pirate K ing into an archtype swashbuckler.

T he cast and chorus understand the cam py humour that is central to the appeal o f their characters and seem to have a w onderfully good tim e with it on stage. A ll o f w hich helps transform the Pirates o f Pen­ zance itse lf into a rip-roaring good tim e in the grandest G ilbert and Sullivan tradition.

T he Pirates o f Penzance is playing at W estm ount H igh S ch ool {4350 S te Catherine W ) until Feb. 10.

T ickets are $5 for students.

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Tribune'. The mixture of poverty and glamour in the film is a sharp contrast. Why did you decide to use Faye Dunaway for this effect?

Derrudere: S v ev o , the father, w ants to escape his roots. S o he tries to chase the A m erican dream, and

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suit and tie is filled by the puffy ch eek ed K iefer Sutherland, w ho m eans w ell but cannot act. But, as the press release from Toronto w orks in as frequently as p o s­ sib le, h e ’s Canadian, m eaning w e should g o out and support his m o v ie, dammit.

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o f his cheek. In the predictably cam py role he had to get around to sooner or later, Hopper plays a phased-out hippy with a great cackle. H e has som e funny lin es, but m ost o f the m o v ie is one soupy clich é b illin g itself as a satire.

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BY ANDREW M CKENDY L ost in the throes o f our p olitically rem edial w orld, consider for a m om ent the tribulations o f an aver­ age man estranged from a dissident nose.

T ake into account not the m erely insurmountable odds againstregaining custody, but the social in con ven ­ ien ces as w ell; the tedious, petty evasion s, the abuse o f non-com m ittally clever circum locations (“ M y nose? W e ’re just friends”), and consider ab ove all the out-and-out hum iliation o f having to flatter your ow n n ose towards a facial recon cili­ ation.

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glamorous lady w as a sym bol o f :rica’s richness but at the sam e she is p lastic, puppet-like. I also an o b session with F aye D uny as a H ollyw ood icon, but I sin ce realized, like S v ev o , that s ju st an illusion.

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Derrudere: H e is a very sim ple writer, and m ovin g in a sim p le w ay.

T he story is alm ost a banality. B ut you see the characters through all the detailed descriptions o f their sm all behaviour. T hese are p eop le w h o are trying to com m unicate, but they lie all the tim e, they put on sh o w s for each other and never reach the p o in t In this w ay Fante gets through to the truth. W e all play these gam es.

Tribune: How did you avoid fall­ ing into the standard Hollywood pseudo-moralistic approach to film-making?

Derrudere: I’m a sim ple person. I lik e to drink. F ilm is for entertain­ m ent. B esid es, Fante never takes sid es o f a judgem ent, he just show s the “ly in g truth.”

P o litic s spare upstage com er band supports the 10-person cast through athletic choreography, perform ed to a pas­ tiche o f soul, r&b, 50s and vaude­ v ille sounds (plus, as B eck puts it, a “straight away rip-off o f every Blood, Sw eat, and Tears song y o u ’ve ever heard”.)

T he cast itself, w ith the exception o f Polton and his disaffected nose, has b een forced by space constraints to double up as part o f the chorus. So exp ect a prem editatedly congested stage as w e ll as an eclectic m usical score to round o ff your visual and acoustic stim ulation fix.

“W e started o f f with not-too-m uch intensity, but it really becam e an o b session after a w h ile,” B eck con ­ fesses with a sen se o f urgency that in clin es you to b eliev e him.

T he am bivalendy liberal Polton W orth- and I’m leaving it to the fan o f sem antics to explore the sym b ol­ ism o f that nam e- is, I can only assum e, horrified to learn that his n ose has not on ly been bodily seperated but has reversed its political tendencies. Som ething o f a crisis o f con scien ce fo llo w s.

B u t the absurdist em ancipation o f his mercenary n ose is not a sym ptom o f moral abandon in the near (at the

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later lo v e interest to Jen y’s rich, absentfatherSteven D allas(Stephen C ollins). T he m o v ie also stars John G oodm an as S tella ’s a lcoh olic best friend.

Stella w as directed by John Erman and is based on the O liv e H iggen s Prouty n ovel “Stella D alla s”.

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the other in 1937 with Barbara Stanw yk. T he character o f S tella is m ore contem porary, and more selfsacrificin g in this n ew adaption.

M idler m anages w e ll as an unedu­ cated, poor, sm all-tow n w om an w h o w ants the b est for her daugh­ ter, acharacter w hich is a departure from her previous rich bitch roles.

tim e the play w as written, when B eck w as 17) nineties. It’s a cathar­ tic stand against the fruitlessness o f id eological extrem ism in an age in­ creasingly receptive to a political m eeting o f m inds. Everything-butm usical director B uggeln is accord­ ingly co o l w hen he con ced es that “w e ’re not serving up a beautiful solution on a silver platter.” G iven the nasal fetishism , its hard not to see w hy. B oth “bleeding-heart” liberal and “b u y-low , sell-h igh ” currents o f popular ca p ita list thought are given som ething o f a dispassionate exhibition in a m usi­ cal as m uch concerned with the re­ unification o f Polton and his nose as that o f W est and East Germany.

It m ight seem , then, if y o u ’re at all given to sentim entality, that the underdogged Polton is the unsung hero o f a com prom ising age. But wary as the m usical is o f political favouritism , this inclination is not w h o lly encouraged: in B e c k ’s w ords, “there are no cut-and-dried heroes here.”

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BLOO D DR IVE - C H A IR PE R S O N The annual McGill Blood Drive, sponsored by the Students’ Society, will be held for five days in either September or October 1990, in the University Centre Ballroom. The Chairperson must choose a committee to oversee publicity, entertainment, door prizes, clinic volunteers, etc...The Chairperson is responsible for organizing and supervising the McGill Blood Drive in cooperation with the Canadian Red Cross. Applicants must be available to plan Blood Drive '90 during the summer.

CHIEF RETURNING OFFICER The Chief Returning Officer(CRO) of the Students' Society elections, byelections and referenda during the 1990/91 school year. He or she will appoint a Deputy CRO through the normal application process as well as district returning officers (DRO's) to supervise each poll. The CRO will be paid basic minimum wage plus 2 5 % only on election days for campus-wide elections.

Only individual applications will be accepted.

TRIBUNE PUBLICATIONS BOARD - 2 Students-at-Large The Tribune Publications Board is responsible for managing and controlling the finances and legal affairs of the McGill Tribune and for guaranteeing that the objectives of the Tribune are met.

McGILL FIESTA - CHAIRPERSON Each year the international and multi-cultural student groups at McGill celebrate their cultures and heritages during McGill Fiesta Exhibitions, cultural shows, an international buffet and a closing dance are all part of the festivities. We need a well-organized individual who can work with a variety of student groups to help McGill's international students share their culture with other McGill students.

SE C O N D HA ND TE X TB O O K SA LE - C O O R D IN A TO R The Students' Society will sponsor a second hand textbook sale in September 1990 and possibly january 1991. The Coordinator must organize all aspects of the sale which include publicity and finding student staff. (The Students'Society encourages applications fromindividuals representing particular campus groups which could have group members act as volunteers.) The Coordinator must be in the Montreal area for at least a part of the summer to organize this event. Any proceeds realized by the sale will go to a charity ag reed upon by the Coordinator and Students' Society.

NO TE: All the above positions are considered voluntary and are responsible to Sudents' Council. In the past, some of the positions have received honoraria. However, the exact amounts must first be approved by Student's Council. Except as noted above, joint applications will be accepted from not more than two (2) students for any one (1) position.

All applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by the Students' Society Nominating Committee.

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RED HERRING - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Red Herring is McGill's only intentionally humourous magazine. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the immediate editorial staff, dealings with the Students' Society, making sure deadlines are kept, checking the mail, readings of the constitution, and organizing weekly Yahtzee matches.

S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K - ED ITO R -IN -C H IEF The Student Handbook will be given to every student at McGill during registration in September 1990. This book will include introductory material about McGill, Montréal, the Students' Society and other campus groups with particular attention paid to helping new students orient themselves to McGill and Montréal. The Editor must be in the Montréal area over the summer.

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UNIVERSITY CENTER COMMITTEE - 1 Student-at-Large The University Center Committee is responsible for establishing long term plans forthe upkeep, renovation and improvement of the University Center.

FOOD & BEVERAGE COMMITTEE - 2 Students-at-Large The Food & Beverage Committee is responsible for reviewing policy and for recommending and/or acting on suggestions and/or complaints made regarding the service provided to students.

JUDICIAL BOARD - 5 Members The Judicial Board of the Students'Society acts as the final authority on the interpretation of the Constitution and By-Laws as well as acts of Students' Council and any group recognized by Council. These five positions are open to law students who, during the 1990/91 academic year, will be in third or fourth year or pursuing a graduate degree in law. Only individual applications will be accepted for each position.

SOUTHERN AFRICA COMMITTEE - COORDINATOR The Southern African Committee was established by Students’ Council to provide members of the Students' Society and the University community with information pertaining to the situation in Southern Africa. The Coordinator shall be responsible for overseeing the acitivties of the committee and shall act as the official spokesperson of the committee.

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U n d e r fu n d in g d e m a n d s s o lu tio n s :

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The student movement in Québec is united in op­ position to the Bourassa government's plan to raise tuition fees. The hike does not appear to be an an­ swer to the underfunding crisis. Furthermore, the government has yet to demonstrate that the in­ creased fees will not limit access to higher education.

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BY GALLAGHER M ACKAY A N D S T E P H A N IE S M A L L T he tuition fee freeze w as put in place to repair som e o f the prob­ lem s o f disproportionate access to education in Q uébec. Currently, ho w ever, that burden has shifted to the loans and bursaries programme.

If student efforts do not succeed in stopping the tuition hike, the only

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w ay to ensure accessib ility w ill be creative thought in develop in g alternative m eans to fund educa­ tion.

T he largest student association in Q uébec, l ’A ssociation nation­ ale des étudiantes et étudiants du Q uébec (A N E E Q ), has endorsed a radical option. T hey propose a on e percent tax on corporate profit as a solution to all Q uébec funding

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E ven arch-conservative M ilton F reid m an has argued that “an im perfect market [has] led to an underinvestm ent in human capi­ tal.” H ow ever, Cam eron Y oung, spokesperson for the Fédération des étudiantes et étudiants du Q uébec (FEEQ ) con ceed s that the idea o f a corporate tax “under­ m ines the Canadian fiscal p h iloso­ phy o f private enterprise.” The current governm ent m ight w ell find it p olitically inexpedient to intro­ duce such a tax. “ A ll groups in society that b ene­ fit should contribute to education: the in d ivid u al, society at large, and private corporations,” explains Y oung. H e added that “ you should m ake them [students] pay when they are able to.”

T he Australian governm ent al ready has in p lace a program w hich g iv e s students the option o f paying for their education either before, or after they graduate. Students can pay 13% le ss tuition if they do so beforehand. Paym ent afterwards is dependent on incom e: no one pays anything if their incom e is le ss than $ 2 3 000. A b o v e that m inim um incom e, graduates pay a set percentage o f their earnings over a period o f time.

O pponents o f such a schem e point to high adm inistrative and start-up co sts, as the governm ent m ust w ait for the first batch of students to graduate before paying

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for their education. H ow ever, ac­ cording to John F ox, SS M U V P (External), the Australian govern­ m ent “actually has m ore m oney for education” under the new pro­ gram.

A more m oderate reform o f the system w ould set fees according to the cost o f running the program in w hich a student is enrolled. The faculties that are m ost exp en sive to run (eg. dentistry, engineering, m ed icin e) are also those w hich, on average, lead to higher paying professions. W hile graduates o f these programs m ight be better able to pay o f f student loans, studies su ggest a differentiated fee system restricts a ccess o f poorer students to financially rewarding program s.

T he C oalition A gainst the Privitization o f Education (C APE) is attem pting to organize M cG ill students in support o f the A N E E Q position. T hey b eliev e that educa­ tion is a right and, accordingly,

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should b e com pletely free. They do not feel that moderate reform is the answer. “T he present loans and bursaries system is com pletely out o f date,” according to spokesper­ son D ave M cC ullough. ‘T h ere has been no major overhaul in about 30 or 4 0 years.”

U nfortunately the governm ent disagrees. Luc R héaum e, an aide to E ducation M inister C laude R yan, says, “W e d on ’t w ant to change the principles o f our sy s­ tem. W e just want to im prove som e m easures.”

F ox acknow ledges the difficulty in producing a major shift in g o v ­ ernment p olicy. N on eth eless, he rem ains convinced o f the persua­ siv e p ossib ilities o f student action com bined w ith education through such events as the teach-in on February 7. H e maintains, “our job is to con vin ce them that it is worth­ w h ile.”

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P r o b le m s o f u n d e r f u n d i n g : t h e g o v e r n m e n t ’ s 'c a t c h - u p ' p r o v id e s n o c e r t a in s o lu t io n s

BY MAGDALENA FAHRNI A lm ost tw enty years ago, in an effort to “enlarge and dem ocra­ tize” access to higher education in Q uébec, the provincial government im posed a freeze on university tuition fees. A s tuition fees at other C anadian u n iv er sitie s soared, Q uébec students w ere prom ised that their tuition fees w ould be gradually reduced and eventually abolished altogether.

A ccording to Luc Rhéaum e, aide to E ducation M inister C laude R yan, that w as “another situation, another reality. W e had to im prove a ccess.” 1990, he says, is a differ­ ent story.

E nrolm ent in Q u éb ec’s post­ secondary institutions has in­ creased, but these institutions are n ow faced w ith huge financial problem s caused by perennial u nderfunding. T he p ro v in cia l governm ent b eliev es it is n eces­ sary to increase tuition fees in order to reduce these debts, and im prove the quality o f education.

A ccording to R héaum e, “Other provinces have higher tuition fees and a better rate o f access. W hen you consider the gap betw een tui­ tion fees in Q uébec and those in other provinces, you can se e that there is a catching-up that has to take place. T o im prove the quality o f educationt you have to m ove.”

“M ove,” translates to an increase in tuition fees o f 145% over the next tw o years. B y 1993, the aver­ age student at M cG ill w ill be pay­ ing over $1 7 5 0 . A t the sam e time, there are no guarantees that the provincial governm ent w ill m ain­ tain its current lev e l o f funding.

W ithout such a guarantee, it is w id ely b elieved that the provincial

governm ent w ill continue to raise tuition fees, as they search for w ays to reduce their contribution to higher education in order to d evote governm ent spending to other pri­ orities.

E ven though one-fifth o f the Q uébec increase w ill b e allocated to loans and bursaries, it’s been demonstrated that a ccess to edu­ cation w ill b e adversely affected.

A ccording to a study conducted at U Q A M in the spring o f 1989, 12.5% o f the student body w ould be forced to drop out should tuition fees be doubled as planned. The governm ent, how ever, anticipates a “ marginal” percentage o f stu­ dents w ill be forced to drop out.

Their estim ates range betw een 2% and 5%.

The C oalition A gainst the Pri­ vatization o f Education (C A PE ) is also concerned about access, and quality o f education. T h ey warn tuition hikes “w o n ’t even begin to scratch the surface o f M cG ill’s operating and cum ulative deficits [w hich total $ 6 9 .6 m illion] and w ill have no im pact w hatsoever on the quality o f your education.”

The financial problem s o f the provin ce’s universities are not the so le responsibility o f the provin­ cial government; the federal g o v ­ ernment is partially to blam e.

D uring Brian M ulroney ’s first year as Prim e M inister, he b illed him ­ se lf as the “Education Prim e M in ­ ister.” A s such, he p led ged to double Canada’s spending on re­ search and developm ent. S in ce then, federal transfer paym ents for education have been cut b y alm ost seven billion dollars a year, and Canada’s spendingon research and d evelopm ent has also dropped.

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Although M cG ill received $ 2 6 .4 m illion in private donations during th e l9 8 8 -8 9 fund raising period , this m oney is com p letely over and above the university’s operating budget. M uch o f this m on ey is

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Som e faculties have taken mat­ ters into their ow n hands. The trend started tw o years ago w hen the Arts and S cien ce U nder­ graduate S ociety sponsored a referendum asking for $ 5 0 a year from each scien ce student to be specifically earmarked for lab equipm ent. T h e referendum passed because, though students w ould have preferred not to pay the m oney, they w ere at least able to see tangible results from their investm ent.

The faculties o f Engineering and M anagem ent have follow ed suit this year, and a voluntary increase is being considered by the Law faculty as w ell. T hese efforts are not com pensated for in loans or bursaries. T hey are also a problem because they thrust the onus o f im proving the quality o f education into the hands o f students alone.

cated for teaching costs per stu­ dent has decreased by more than 24% in real dollars, w hich in turn leads to higher student-teacher ratios.

R ach elle B eaudin, Student’s S o ciety R epresentative from the F aculty o f M usic, bem oans underfunding. There is a lack o f space, particularly for practice room s in the Faculty. T he U niversity does supply instruments, but these are in terrible condition. S tuden ts must pay extra fees for their upkeep and m aintenance.

U nderfunding is not a problem unique to undergraduates. The Departm ent o f Library Scien ces in the Faculty o f Graduate Studies has difficulties too. Their computer lab is still using first generation com puters w hich are unable to function on the new , m ore com ­ p lex software. It has not been uncom m on for professors to ask for volunteer T A s. T he teacher student ratio for graduate work

Students liv e with chronic un­ derfunding. T he m ost ob viou s form s are overcrow ded cla sses and tutorials, high T A -student ratios, and antiquated laboratory equipm ent. T h ese are sym ptom s o f serious budgetary problem s at M cG ill.

The planned tuition fee in ­ crease w ill do nothing to a lle v i­ ate this problem . A ccording to Arts C ouncillor, Joanna W ed ge, “peop le b e lie v e it w ill raise the standard o f education, but in­ stead it w ill only g o to pay for interest on our debt.”

Last year, M c G ill’s debt made up alm ost half o f the debt load carried by the p rovin ce’s univer­ sitie s. M c G ill’s proposed budget for this year w ill add another $ 15 m illion to its accum ulated debt o f nearly $54 m illion , further in ­ creasing interest paym ents.

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BY IAN SIROTA____________ T he M cG ill R edm en, led by a th ree-assist perform ance from A lain C usson, notched a 6 -4 v ic ­ tory over the injury-riddled U Q T R Patriotes last W ednesday night at the W inter Stadium. T he w in gave the T ribe a three-point ed ge in the race for second place in the tough O U A A East D iv isio n , but thirdplace U Q T R does hold three gam es in hand. T he w in enabled the R edm en to end their hom e season on a w inning note, as they play their final four conference gam es on the road.

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T he second period w as far more exciting if you lik e to se e lots o f goals. The scoring b in ge began just 13 seconds into theperiod when Tim Iannone notched his first goal sin ce returning from a shoulder injury. The tw o team s then traded goals, with U Q T R taking a 3-2 lead at the 14:21 mark w hen Frederic V erm ette scored his se c ­ ond goal o f the year. T he Tribe bounced right back with tw o goals in sixty seconds. First, it w as Martin O livier with his seventeenth o f the year, and then Patrice Tremblay with number 24 in w hat is turning out to b e a spectacular rookie cam paign. D espite the flurry o f goals, both U Q T R and M cG ill

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BY CRAIG BERNES_________ T he basketball R edm en, red hot for m ost o f the season, ran into a brick w all last w eekend. T he R edm en dropped tw o gam es, first to Q u een ’s and then to B ish o p ’s.

On Sunday, M cG ill played at hom e against the B ish o p ’s U niver­ sity Gaiters, a team that w as ready for the R edm en. T he feelin g w as not mutual.

H alfw ay through the first p e­ riod, M cG ill w as up 2 5 -2 2 and looked ready to pour it on. Sim on, B rousseau, Steiner, and Franco w ere w orking in sync, and M cG ill had put together a run o f big plays to take the lead. Then it happened.

B ish o p ’s coach E ddie Pom ykala called a timeout.

W hatever he said kicked his team out o f its slumber. D avid King cam e out to spark the Gaiters with som e aerial wizardry and they scored 9 points in a row . They w ould outscore the R edm en 26-4 in the next seven minutes to all but put the gam e aw ay. A capacity crow d w atched in d isbelief. Ariel Franco helped m ount a surge at the end o f the h alf to clo se within 9 points o f theG aiters, but they never cam e any closer.

W ith B ish o p ’s leading 14-9, the R edm en cam e storm ing back. Paul B rousseau stationed h im self under the basket and put in six straight points for M cG ill. T he tw o teams kept pace to about the halfway point o f the first half, when B ish o p ’s blew the gam e open.

If the R edm en w eren’t having fun in the first half, at least the referees w ere. The rough M cG ill R edm en racked up fiv e personal fou ls in the gam e’s opening m in­ utes, and the B ish o p ’s sharpshoot­ ers converted nearly all their free throws. W hile M cG ill w ent 2-for6 from the line, the Gaiters hit 11 o f 15. A 9-point difference — the B ish o p ’s lead at the half. Hmmm.

T he second h alf w as more o f the sam e. M cG ill never found a rhythm, and w ent on to lo se 94 -7 1 .

The R edm en kept their intensity, but it’s not easy to play w hen you alw ays seem to be dow n by 10 points. W ith ten m inutes to play, the frustration began to sh ow as Steiner and Jam es S im on received technical fou ls for questioning the referees. T hey exited the gam e.

B ish o p ’s kept the pressure on and w as able to k eep putting the ball in w hen M cG ill cou ld only score in spurts. T im ely steals and near perfect shot selection allow ed B ish o p ’s to control the flo w o f the gam e, and the R edm en w ere never even c lo se to their gam e plan after the first ten minutes.

stayed aw ay from the chippy pen ­ alties w hich plague so m any o f their gam es. T he R edm en played the last few m inutes o f the second period and the entire third w ithout Iannone, w h o suffered a stretched knee ligam ent.

M cG ill tried to sit on its lead for the third period and w ere su ccess­ ful until Francois Loranger tied the gam e up with under fiv e m inutes remaining. T he tie did not last long, as Martin R aym ond’s seventeenth goal o f the year put the R edm en back up by a 5-4 score w ith ju st 3:27 rem aining in the gam e. From that point on, Jam ie R eev e stood the Patriotes on their co llective ears.

First, it w as V erm ette on a breaka­ w ay, and then Patrick E m ond w as foiled at the lip o f the crease after U Q TR had pulled its goalie. Brent Bannerman then iced the gam e with an em pty-net goal at the 19:41 mark.

T his gam e w as remarkable in that it w as so unlike your usual U Q T R -M cG ill gam e. A t tim es, it seem ed as if both team s w ere more interested in p laying b etw een the

photo by Andrzej Szymanski Patrice Tremblay (far right) scores his 24th goal o f the season tw o blue lines than scoring goals.

In the end the R edm en w anted the w in ju st a little b it m ore then the lethargic Patriotes. Y ou can be certain that U Q T R coach C lém ent Jodoin w ill have his team more

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Bishop’s now has a 7-1 record, and McGill is 4-3, after two gutwrenching losses in one week.

At Concordia on Friday, the Hoop God was smiling upon the Stingers. They managed to beat the Martlets 58-57, ending a five year, 47 game losing streak in the process. For you trivia buffs, Concordia last win was against Bishop’s 61-51, on Feb. 15,1985.

The Stingers held Tina Fasone, an All-Canadian selection last year, to only 6 points. But the real key was the fact that McGill missed on four one-and-ones in the final two minutes.

WhenTinaFasone’s forced pass went untouched out of bounds, the game was over. The first-place Bishop’s Lady Gaiters had with­ stood the final McGill rush, there­ fore earning one very important victory at Currie Gym on Sunday.

The final score was 58-56, the closest of close shave victories.

Bishop’s now has a veritable stranglehold on first place in the four team Québec University League, and the Martlets must now wait until the playoffs for a chance to eliminate the Lady Gaiters.

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The loss to Concordia set the Martlets in a live or die game ver­ sus Bishop’s on Sunday. A win meant a good shot at first place, a loss an almost definite second.

Six-three forward Tracey Hayman had one great game for the Martlets. She scored inside, out­ side, and in traffic. She led the way with 15 points on sixty percent shooting from the floor, and a perfect 3 for 3 from the foul line.

It was Hayman’s jumper from the low post and the foul which

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continued from page 13 “Bishop’s played great defence against us, and it was difficult to get any kind of flow,” said Redmen coach Ken Schildroth after the game. No kidding. The Redmen will probably be tortured in prac­ tice this week. Anything to get them back to their early season form before the last, and toughest part of their schedule.

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Paul Brousseau had 18 points and 7 rebounds, and Steiner had 12 points, not even a day’s work for him. Bruce Bird looked good for the Redmen when he came in to put down 8 points in garbage time.

Their record is 9 wins and 5 losses, third place in the OUAA East. If they don’t suck it up right quick, the year will be over damn soon.

OUAA Mens Basketball at Queen’s 93 McGill 85 Scoring: Brousseau 37, Franco 13 Rebounds: Simon 9

McGill 5 at Ryerson 1 Goals: Tremblay (25), Lajeunesse (13), Iannone (18), Olivier (17), Aubertin (9)

W omens Hockey at Bishop’s 4 McGill 1 Goal: Adrienne Lawlor at Laval 5 McGill 0

Bishop’s 94 at McGill 71 Scoring: Brousseau 18, Simon 10 Rebounds: Brousseau 7, Simon 6

OUAA M ens Hockey at McGill 6 UQTR 4 Goals: Raymond (17), Larkin (5), Tremblay (24), Iannone (17), Bannerman (7) Note: Jamie Reeve made 31 saves, recording his 59 career victory, break­ ing the McGill all-time record of 58 held by Maurice Powers, in 1934.

Québec W omens University Basketball at Concordia 58 McGill 57 Bishop’s 58 at McGill 56 Scoring: Hayman 15, Fasone 10 Rebounds: Glynn 12, Hayman 6

McGill 5 at Queen’s 2 Goals: Tremblay (26,27,28), Ray­ mond (18, 19) Québec Federation for Student Sport Athletes of the Week Male: Jamie Reeve, McGillhockey Female: Isabelle Tertreault, Con­ cordia basketball

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BY AARON MARGOLIS T he face o f the M cG ill R edm en basketball team has changed dra­ m atically in the space o f on ly tw o w eek s.

T he calm and collected style that characterized M cG ill’s play four­ teen days ago has given w ay to uncertain and uneven play on the court and questionable coaching d ecisio n s o ff it.

It all cam e to a head Sunday as the R edm en w ere b low n o ff the court b y d ivision rival B ish o p ’s U niversity. The loss marks the third gam e in a row the R edm en have found them selves at the wrong end o f the scoreboard.

S u n day’s loss unbearably e x ­ posed the problem s M cG ill had been able to cover up earlier in the season.

W h en veteran guard A riel Franco returned to the lineup m any (m y se lf included) felt this m ight b e the final link M cG ill needed to p lace them selves in cham pionship contention.

Franco can be devastating from three point territory, and at tim es sin ce his return, has been just that.

Through no fault o f his ow n , F ranco’s presence on the court has drastically altered the R edm en o ffe n siv e attack.

W hat has resulted is that all star guard D avid Steiner takes few er shots and has becom e less o f a factor on the floor.

A s w e ll, w ith an increase in three point attempts, Paul B rousseau’s o ffe n siv e rebounding gam e has suffered. Potential rebounds now land further aw ay from the basket.

E ven if Brousseau m anages to hang on to the rebound he is too far from the h oop for easy layups.

Paul B rousseau’s w h o le gam e is centred on a radius o f fiv e feet from the basket.

W ith fe w e r r e b o u n d s, B rou sseau’s shot total is dow n, as are his scoring totals.

In their past six gam es M cG ill have only w on tw ice.

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A t the centre o f the situation is R edm en coach Ken Schildroth.

A lthough an astute and k n o w l­ ed geab le basketball man, S ch il­ droth ’ s substitution sk ills are q ues­ tionable.

M ichael Soussan, a very natural point guard with breakaway speed and good ball handling ability is being stifled. On Sunday, Soussan played on ly 17 m inutes and d idn’t se e the court in the final 15 m in­ utes. L ik ew ise for D avid Steiner and A riel Franco.

Granted, Steiner took a n eed less technical foul and lost his co m p o ­ sure. S till, w ith 12 m inutes left in a

big d ivisional gam e, M cG ill trail­ ing by 16 points, and p la y o ff im ­ plications hanging in the balance, Steiner, S o u ssa n , and Franco should b e leading die charge from the floor, not the bench.

Franco d idn’t play at all in the final 17 m inutes o f the gam e d e­ spite scoring 10 points, including tw o three-pointers.

The R edm en have hit the hom e stretch o f their season. Four gam es remain until p la y o ff tim e. M cG ill plays B ish op s o n ce m ore, hosts Carleton, and g o es up against the powerful Concordia Stingers tw ice.

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tim es to the Stingers. M cG ill m ust regroup quickly.

T he addition o f Ariel Franco has m ade them m ore exp losive. If Ken Schildroth continues to u se Franco as the sixth man, then M cG ill should ex p lo it the situation and b eco m e m ore o f a running team.

T his w o u ld serve to highlight M ichael S ou ssan ’s effectiven ess.

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A s w ell, veterans like D avid Steiner should b e more com p osed on the court.

B y no m eans are the R edm en dead. The seniors m ust take con ­ trol and be more intense. N ex t w eekend against B ish o p ’s and C oncordia w ill go a long w ay toward determ ining M cG ill’s fu­ ture this season.

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