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what’s on W H A T ’S O N IS C O U R T E S Y O F T H E IN T E R -G R O U P LIA ISO N N O T IC E S : D o n ’t th ro w o u t that out-of-style shirt, those old pants or windbreaker. Save them for the Shelters and Missions in the M on­ treal Clothes Collection. Boxes: Otto M aass, Leacock, Stewart Biology, and Union bldgs. M arch 12th-April 2nd. Spon­ sors: M cGill Volunteer Bureau.

A uditions: “Ed Solomon Show” A m a­ teur Night. Call 731-7771.

M cG ill N ightline - is here for you and run by students late at night when the rest o f the world sleeps. If you need answers or just a listening ear, call: Everynight, 6 p.m.-3 a.m.. 398-6246. Anonymous, con­ fidential, and exceptionally hip!

W alkS afe N etw ork: M cLennan Li­ brary at 10:45 p.m ., M onday to Thursday.

Interested volunteers contact the W om ­ ens’ Union.

C a rib b ean S tu d e n ts’ Society: Office hours, Monday/Thursday, 11 a.m .-l p.m..

Info.: 398-6814. Last chance for T-shirts! (still only $10).

E xhibition: “New A cquisitions” . Work

by J.P. Riopelle, C.A. Gagnon, C. Kreighoff, P.E. Borduas, J.P. Lemieux, A. Pellan. Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1480 Sher­ brooke SL, W .. Info.: 288-7718. March 12th-31st.

T U ESD A Y , M A R C H 20T H M cG ill T rav el C lu b : Travel W eek: Education and W ork Tours. Union 107, 11:30 a.m .-5:30 p.m..

B eatty M em orial L ectures-S eries on th e E n v iro n m e n t: “T h e L iste n in g E a rth ” : presents Dr. Francis Bretherton, form er director of the National Center of A tm ospheric R esearch (U .S .A .), on “ Understanding the Earth System ”. FDA Auditorium, 6 p.m..

A m nesty In tern atio n al: Letter W rit­ ing M eeting. Union 425, 7 p.m.. All W el­ come.

E n v ir o n m e n t W o rk s h o p S e rie s:

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“Industry: Producing More with Less” , Unitarian Church, 3415 Sim pson, near Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.. Register at 935-1522.

F aculty o f M edicine-F rom the Bench to th e B edside L ectu re Series: “Cystic Fibrosis: New hope for young sufferers" with Hinda Kopelman, M D, FRCP(C), Assistant professor, Department of Pedia­ trics, M cGill, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, M ontreal Children's Hospital, and Allan Coates, M D, FRCP(C), Associate profes­ sor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill, Pediatric Respirologist, Montreal Chil­ dren’s Hospital. Leacock 2 3 2 ,8 p.m.. Info.: 398-6748.

W ED N ESD A Y , M A R C H 21ST M cG ill T rav el C lu b : Travel W eek: United States and European Travel. Union 107, 11:30 a.m .-5:30 p.m..

L aw yers fo r Social R esponsibility: present M r. Rashad Antonius, President, Centre d ’études arabes pour le développe­ m ent, on his recent trip to the occupied territories and the M iddle East Peace proc­ ess. Faculty of Law, Room 201 (new bldg.), 12 noon.

U h u ru na U faham u-D evelopm ent S tudies G ro u p : M edia Study: Case Study o f the Nicarguan Election. Union 410, 5 p.m.. All Welcome.

L. A .G .E.M . (Lesbian and Gay Em ploy­ ees of McGill): Meeting. Thomson House, Room 401, 3650 McTavish, 5:30 p.m..

Info. : 842-5573; 286-2388 (leave message).

B eatty M em orial L ectures-S eries on th e E n v iro n m e n t: “ T h e L iste n in g E a rth ” : presents Dr. Daniel Boorstin, historian and Librarian Emeritus, on “ America: Discovery, Invention or Crea­ tion. Leacock 132, 6 p.m..

M cG ill S outhern A frica C om m ittee presents AM ANDLA, a weekly news and current affairs program on Southern Af­ rica. CKUT FM 90.3, Radio McGill, W ednesdays, 7-7:30 p.m..

L atin A m erica A w areness G ro u p : present Julio Portillo, head of the National Trade Union Council of El Salvador. In

Spanish. Moot Court, Faculty o f La w, 3644 Peel, 7 p.m..

M cGill F ilm Society : Los Canadienses.

Canada 1975 (58m in.). Dir.: A. Kish. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.. FREE. TH U RSD A Y , M A R C H 22ND M cGill T rav el C lub: Travel W eek: Exotic Tours. 1990-91 Executive Elec­ tions. Union 107, 11:30 a.m .-5:30 p.m..

D ep artm en t o f Epidem iology an d Bio s ta tis tic s-S e m in a r S eries: presents Maurice M cGregor, MD, Président, C on­ seil d ’Evaluation des Technologies, and Jaime Caro, MD, Consultant, Conseil d ’Evaluation des Technologies, on “Low Contrast M edia in Radiology: Estimating the Benefits”. Rm 25, Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave., W ., 1 p.m..

M cGill C e n tre fo r R esearch and T e a c h in g on W o m en (M C R T W )W om en’s S tudies C oloquium 1989-90: presents Ian, Graham, Dept, of Sociology, M cGill, on “Childbirth Activists, M edical Entrepreneurs, and Consumers: Changing Childbirth Practices”. Birks Bldg., Senior Common Room, 3-5 p.m..

F ou n d atio n s o f M edical Science-D is­ tinguished L ectureship S eries: presents Nobel Laureate Bengt Sam uelsson, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm ,Sweden, on “Prostaglandins: From Basic Science to Health Care” . Palmer Howard Am phithe­ atre, M cIntyre Bldg., 4-5 p.m..

D ep artm en t of A nthropology-S em i­ n a r Series: presents Dr. Eric W orby, McGill, on “Cotton and Commoditization: The Transform ation of the Zimbabwean Peasantry”. Leacock 732, 4:30-6 p.m..

M cGill for the E thical T re a tm e n t of A nim als: Meeting. Union B09, 5:30 p.m.

All Welcome. Info.: 276-0914.

E thics an d th e A cadem y: presents Helen Howard, Graduate School o f Li­ brary and Information Studies, on "Ethical Choices in an Age o f New Information Technologies”. Leacock 232, 7 p.m..

P erspectives on G enocide: Rem em ­ bering the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

“Genocide and Denial: The Armenian Case and Its Implications” with Prof. Roger Smith, Dept, of Governm ent, College of William and M ary, Virginia. Leacock 26,

7 p.m..

L ecture: “Nourish Your Mind: How Food Choices Effect Concentration and Energy”, with Nutritionist, Dr. Daniel Crisafi. Leacock 2 3 2 ,7 :3 0 p.m.. All W el­ come. Info.: 276-0914.

C onférence: “ Astrologie et astronomie au Moyen Age: Deux oeurs ennemies?" par M. Alain Segonds. Bibliothèque Osler, M cIntyre Medecine Science Bldg., 3e étage, 19h30. Frais d ’entré: S3 membres de la Société des études médiévales du Québec; $5 non-membres.

M cG ill Film Society: Rear Window.

USA 1954 (112 min.). Dir.: A. Hitchcock.

Leacock 132, 7:30 p.m..

M cG ill P lay ers’ T h c a tre sp o rts: Improvisational Comedy. The Alley, 10:00 p.m.. FREE. F R ID A Y , M A R C H 23RD C e n tre fo r D eveloping A rea StudiesS e m n ar S eries: “The ‘Other Path’ to Developm ent?" with Gerd Schonwalder.

3715 Peel St., Rm. 100. 12:30-1:30 p.m..

M cG ill D ebating Union: Special m eet­ ing: Constitutional amendment. Arts 270, 3 p.m..

C a rib b e a n S tu d e n ts’ Society: G en­ eral Meeting (last of the semester) and Elections. Union B09/10, 6:30 p.m.. R e­ freshm ents.

J . K rish n a m u rti an d D r. David Bohm .

Videotape Dialogue. Auditorium Rm. 129, Faculty of Education, 7:30 p.m.. Every Friday until March 30lh. Sponsors: Dept, of Religion and Philosophy in Education, M cGill; Krishnamurti Information Center o f M ontreal.

M cG ill Film Society: Trois Hommes et un Couffin. France 1985 (103 min.). Dir.: F. Sereau. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m..

M cG ill P la y e rs’ T h catresp o rts: More Improvisalional Comedy. After the Show in Players’ theatre or 10:00 p.m.. Adm is­ sion: $1.00.

SA TU RD A Y , M A R C H 24TH M c G ill P la y e r s ’ T h e a tr e s p o r ts : W eekly Improvisational Workshop. Free.

Union Bldg., 2-4 p.m..

C a rib b ean S tu d e n ts’ Society: Dinner

and Dance. Thomson House (3rd Floor), 6:30p.m .. Tickets: M embers $6; others $9.

Info.: 937-8385;848-9382. (Last activity o f the semester.)

M cG ill Film Society: When Harry Met Sally. USA 1989 (112 min.). Dir.: R. Reiner. Leacock 132, 7:30 p.m..

D ébut: Y oung C o n c e rt A rtists Series Inc.: Valerie Gagne, M ezzo-Soprano, with M ichael M cM ahon, pianist; works by Vivaldi, M ozart, Brahms, Satie. And Lan Qui, pianist; works include “Five Concert Etudes” by Liszt, M aurice D ela’s “H om ­ mage” , and “Pour le Piano” by Debussy.

Recorded by CBC. Pollack Hall, 8 p.m..

Tickets: $10; $6 (students). Info.: 3984547;935-6631.

SUNDAY, M A R C H 25T H St. M a rth a ’s-In-T he-B ascm cnt: p res­ ents Zefferili’s “Jesus of Nazareth” . Every Sunday in March after worship. 3521 University, 10:30 a.m.. Info.: 398-4105.

M O N D A Y , M A R C H 26T H A nthropology o f D evelopm ent W o rk ­ shop Serics-”Lands, Resources, and Coop­ eration in Developm ent” : Gabriela Vargas-Cetina on “Shepherds’ Cooperatives in Sardina” . 3434 McTavish, Rm. 100, 12 p.m..

M cG ill D ebating U nion: Elections.

Union 405-6, 6 p.m.

P erspectives on G enocide: Rem em ­ bering the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

“The Ultimate Repression: The Genocide of the Armenians, 1915-1917” with Dr. Gerard Libraridian, Director of the Zorian Institute fo r Contem porary Arm enian Research and Documentation. Leacock 26, 7 p.m..

T U ESD A Y , M A R C H 27TH M c G ill C e n tr e f o r C o n tin u in g E ducation: Information Session: A ca­ demic advisors for programs in Account­ ing, Business Administration, M anage­ m ent, Education, Professional Develop­ ment, Languages, and Translation. Redpath Hall, 5:30-7 p.m .. Info.: 398-6200.

DO YOU NEED OFFICE SPACE IN THE UNION?

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(S u b m issio n s will b e r e c e iv e d from April 9th until 4:30p.m ., April 27th, 1990

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Any student group on campus may request office space in the University Centre provided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1990. According to Council policy adopted September 13th, 1978, the same groups ineligible to receive Students' Society funds are also not eligible to be given office space in the University Centre.

Please note the following: -Groups with office space in 1989/90 will be given preference.

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BY ROBERT STEINER Corporations can play a “more active role” on Canadian campuses without compromising university objectives in years to come, Can­ ada’s Finance Minister Michael Wilson told \h e T rib u n e in an ex­ clusive interview last Thursday.

“One example of how we can put that policy into effect is the matching funding policy for [fed­ eral government] granting coun­ cils,” Wilson explained, referring to federal programs which, under the 1990 budget, will continue to match corporate donations to re­ search.

“That’s a positive way of doing it because it brings corporations more closely involved with uni­ versity objecvtives, and that will generate more work down the road.

We must be able to convert reasearch into commercial prod­ ucts because it’s those commercial products that generate the reve­ nues for that research.”

Wilson made the comments during a two day visit to Montréal three weeks after tabling his budget for 1990. The budget has come under fire for freezing certain fed­ eral transfer payments to the prov­ inces. Student leaders expect it will almost certainly result in educa­ tion budget cutbacks across Can­ ada. Some leaders on Québec campuses have asked that the pro­

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At a private breakfast with CEGEP leaders Thursday morn­ ing and in a speech to McGill stu­ dents and faculty that afternoon, Wilson asked students to take a “global view” of an economy in which thirty-five cents of every revenue dollar is spent servicing a mammoth debt.

“I think that everyone should have a broad understanding of the reasons why policy decisions are made. Most people will view a decision based on their own per­ sonal perspective,” he told ^ T r i b ­ u n e after the McGill speech.

“The bottom line is that if we do not get the deficit problem under control, students today, who are the taxpayers of tommorrow, will pay either in more taxes or fewer services. The reason why there would be fewer services is that there would be a smaller propor­ tion of the taxpayer’s dollar to spend on services.”

Wilson said his budget does not contradict Brian Mulroney’sclaim, made in August, that he is the “education Prime Minister”.

“The Prime Minister is very committed to improving the qual­ ity of education in Canada,” Wilson explained.

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CKUT FUNDING DRIVE SEEKS MONEY TO GROW ON Responding to an “influx” of listeners and volunteers, the campus radio station CKUT launched its first annual funding drive last week.

The drive began on March 15, and will run until March 25. Funding Drive Coordinator Merriane Couture said her original expectation of $15 000 in pledges has already been exceeded. She now hopes the station will make $40 000.

“It’s going super,” said Couture.

Couture said each announcer has made pleas for funds, and several fundraising events have been held. Events this week include a benefit showing of the movie M y s te r y T ra in at the Rialto tonight, a calypso night at Club Balattou on Wednesday night, and a blues night at Bar G Sharp on Thursday night.

Couture said any money raised would be used to buy new equipment and to renovate the crowded CKUT offices.

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STUDENT LEADERS TO MEET PRINCIPAL The Presidents’ Council will meet with Principal David Johnston to discuss students’ relationship with the administration, Students’ Soci­ ety President Santo Manna said.

Johnston will meet with the Council - made up of the presidents of McGill student societies - for45 minutes on March 29. Manna said four items will be on the agenda, which he drew up after the Principal agreed to attend the meeting: the administration’s responsibilities to student associations; the amount of space student associations should be given on campus; preserving green space on campus; and the role of fraterni­ ties and sororities on campus. This will be the first meeting between the Council and Johnston.

“It will be a really hot meeting,” said Manna.

MEDICINE FROSH BLEED FOR A GOOD CAUSE First year medical students are thanking good organization and a “party atmosphere” for their record-breaking blood drive last week.

Between Tuesday and Friday 1513 people gave blood at the donor clinic set up in the McIntyre Building. Last fall a lower-campus blood drive attracted as many people in a nearly two week period. Last year, medical students oversaw the tapping of 1252 veins.

“Just about every one of the 149 students in our class volunteered for at least two hours during the week,” Blood Drive volunteer Lionel Chow said.

“Lots of people decided to help out when they noticed people were .having fun - that there was a party atmosphere there.”

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Three deaths last week - two in Montréal and one in Baghdad conspired to remind us of the price of ignorance.

Last week two women died at Haarlem Boutique on Laurier Ave. because they were women.

Most people on this campus feel close to their deaths. Their suffering was, in a very real sense, a cut to us all.

On Thursday a British-based journalist - Farzad Bazoft - was executed in Iraq because he was a journalist.

And as journalists we would also like to attach ourselves to the more distant mourning for Bazoft - who was accused o f being a spy after visiting a restricted military area while on assignment.

We take no life-threatening risks to bring you news in the T rib u n e. But Bazoft’s death was not about taking risks. Bazoft died because he refused to ignore the news. In Iraq, governments tell people to ignore the news; here our consciences tell us to lqpk the other way. * We mourn Bazoft because he paid the price for looking at the world around him.

We mourn the two women from Haarlem boutique because they reminded us of the price we all pay for ignoring it.

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c r u s a d e r Many readers understand what “conflict of interest” means.

Conflict of interest occurs when one’s personal agenda conflicts with one’s ability to take action for the best interests of the community. In a world which is becoming increasingly complex and interdependent, cases of conflict of interest are more numerous and insidious than ever before.

But over the past two months, one such example has hit the McGill D a ily . Many members of th e D a ily editorial board and staff have become involved in CAPE, a nebulous organization which has involved itself in various attempts to resist the tuition fee increases. Doubtless, there are members of CAPE who are not affiliated with the D a ily . It is equally obvious, however, that D a ily staffers play an integral leadership role within CAPE. Conflict of interest is antithetical to any just conception of a community, be it a nation or a university. It is a violation of trust. Consequently, it is the responsibility of those in positions of power and influence to avoid such conflicts at all cost: impartiality and critical analysis must be the watchwords of our political structures and media. The Canadian University Press understands this. Its Statement of Principles, to which the D a ily subscribes, explains that “the student press must use its influence as an agent of social change responsibly.”

The M c G ill D a ily has unfortunately violated common standards of ethics in its coverage of student opposition to the Québec Government’s tuition increases. Regardless of one’s stance on the tuition fee increase, one quickly comes to the conclusion that the D a ily has embroiled itself in a classic case of conflict of interest.

There is nothing wrong with involving oneself in extra-curricular activities; itis laudable. Atan apathetic university, such activism isall the more important. The danger comes in mixing one’s responsibilities. The D a ily has spent much of the past two months reporting on the activities of an organization which it created and whose members more often than not are interchangible. In a very real sense, the D a ily has been reporting about the D a ily . There’s the rub.

By involving itself so directly and so incestuously in the tuition fee struggle, the D a ily undermines the credibility of itself and its apparent subsidiary, CAPE. There is a fine line between advocacy journalism and outright propaganda. The D a ily has breached that line.

This is particularly disconcerting given the immense power that the D a ily wields. It is one of the largest and most frequently-published student newspapers in the country. It enjoys a degree of editorial autonomy which many editors can only dream about. It has a strong funding base in terms of mandatory student contributions and healthy advertising revenues. With this influence comes an immense amount of responsibility, and the D a ily has simply not lived up to the requirements for the job.

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WITH PAUL HORWITZ Perhaps the most irritating thing about being Canadian is the constant criticism of Toronto. More than Meech Lake, more than the GST, more even than saying “eh” or hating Mulroney, it is our nation’s neverending litany of insults directed at Toronto that gives us the kind of Canadian cultural identity that can withstand even a good episode o f Cosby.

I’m from Toronto (there, I admitted it), and I’ve heard all the criticisms before, countless times: It’s greedy. It’s domineering. It’s full of Yuppies. People are rude.

There are. all those goddamn Margaret Atwood interviews. So I went back to the city recently, and found that you Canadians got it all wrong about Toronto.

It’s far, far worse than you imagined.

Toronto - remember, the locals don’t pronounce the second‘t’ - is an almost unparralled success story, if you count success in the number of real-estate developers or pasta-making machines. It’s a city that has shed its moderate, Protestant image - to take a giant step back and become zealous, greedy, and Puritan. The city is a living embodiment o f the hopes and dreams o f Benito Mussolini if Mussolini snorted coke and drove a Volvo and was into macrobiotic food.

But don’t take my word for it.

Even a short visit to the city is enough to see the wonders o f a city of three and a half million compulsive-obssessives.

Montrealers taking the Toronto subway from Union Station will hit their first shock almost immediately - the trains run on time. Okay, they’re slow and overcrowded, and the stations are all painted in off-khaki - but they’re p r o m p t.

Drivers get it even worse. In Montréal, if someone is going to cut you off, they at least do you the courtesy of making rude gestures and swearing at you injo u a i. Some are even polite enough to hit you.

In Toronto, you’re lucky if someone even runs a red light - and since everyone’s busy on their car phones, people sometimes forget to actually move the car at all.

More than anything else, though, Toronto is a Yuppie city. Jeeps and mountain bikes are are all over the well-paved city streets, as if their owners are gently pretending they own summer homes. The stock market takes a dive when th ir ty s o m e th in g is pre-empted.

LSAT study guides are at the top of the best-seller list. And to take care of their spiritual goals, there’s a lively amount of crystals and other New Age foolishness. Why, just

I found that you Canadians got it all wrong about Toronto.

It’s far, far worse than you imagined. the other week, the Wiccans started a pick-up softball league.

The city was probably doomed from the start: when you live in a city that is dwarfed by the world’s largest free-standing phallic symbol, you know you’ve got problems. Torontonians are so concerned about whether they live in a ‘world-class’ city that they can barely contain their glee when they hear stories about an increase in drugs or gangs.

But there’s hardly a Toronto conspiracy. It’s hard not to be the biggest and best Canadian city - in Montréal, nobody speaks English and very few speak decent French, while Vancouver proves that even hippies can be complete racists.

For all its greed and ambition, Toronto has only one, genuinely cardinal sin.

There are all those goddamn Margaret Atwood interviews.

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QPIRG p u sh es lo n g term research To the editor:

This letter is to clarify a number of points made in your News Brief, “QPIRG looks for funding proposals” (Tuesday, March 8, 1990), regarding the Québec PIRG project solicitation progress.

Québec PIRG at McGill was established through a campus referendum in the spring of 1988, to cany outresearch, educationand action on issues ofpublic concern. All McGill students contribute $3 per semester to Québec PIRG at McGill, and are thus

members of the organization. Québec PIRG has two distinct procedures for soliciting project ideas fromits student membership.

Every year, Québec PIRG accepts proposals from McGill students for public interest projects that fit into our existing issue areas (currently Waste Management and Housing), or define new priorities for us. This year’s solicitationperiodended Friday, March 9; over twentyproposals werereceived.

The projects to be incorporated into next year’s program will be chosen by

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This is a great week for Québec MinisterofEducationClaudeRyan.You could hear the trembling in Ryan aide Luc Rhéaume’s voice as he gave RyanWatch Claude’s public appearances for the week; the excitement, the need for release, the relief afterwords. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one reaching for a cigarette as I hung up the phone, spent.

Without further ado: Tuesday, March 20: Claude will be at the National Assembly in Québec City today, fidgeting through Question Period (2 pm-3 pm), feverish with anticipation of the next few days’ events.

Wednesday, March 21 or Thursday, March 22: T h is is it! On one of these two days Ryan will introduce to the National Assembly Bill 25, which Rhéaume said is intended to “improve the loans and bursaries system.” High hopes, indeed; though others say the bill will not compensate for new expenses in a provincial tuition fee increase. How will he defend it? It’s all done with mirrors.

Claude will also be at Question Period on these days, at 3 pm on Wednesday and 2 pm on Thursday. This could be tricky...

Friday, March 23: Come fly with Claude! Today, the Minister will be in Halifax fora conspiracy - sorry, I meant a meeting - with other provincial

... m ore o f QPIRG p u sh es lo n g term research the end of this school year, by the Board of Directors. Thoseprojects selected will receive the benefit of the planned allocation of resources, including staff andvolunteer time.

This process reflects the PIRG emphasis on long term work on issues. At the same time, those active in Québec PIRGrecognize the need to respond to student concerns and ideas that emerge during the year.

This year’s Board of Directors set aside funds to support short term cooperative projects with other groups. Selection of these projects is made by the Board as applications are made. It was through this discretionary fund thatprojects such as Disabled Awareness Day were funded, and others like the conference on Native People and the Law and the Self-Defense Action Courses were subsidized. Priority is given toprojects which encourage studcntparticipation inwork which is of significance to the broader community.

A portion of this fund remains available.

Groups interested in such projects should contact the group three weeks (or more) in advance of the event date.

Together these two types of projects allow maximum input from students about the type of work their Public Interest Research Group will carry out over a given year. To find out more about either, or to get involved in executing any of our projects, please call the Quebec PIRG at McGill office at 398-7432.

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education ministers. Photo opportunities galore.

As always, RyanWatch helps those who want to reach out and touch Ryan. He can be reached at 873-4493 in Montréal and at 418-643-3636 in Québec City.

Fax freaks, try 418-643-4493.

Try not to fill his office with a rising tide o f complaints.

rape, the Walk Safe Network and the lack of funding for the Sexual Assault Center for Victims. Reading these, II was glad to see such problems being taken seriously. However, as I flipped to the entertainment section, I was shocked to see an advertisment for a film called, “Bad Influence” starring Rob Lowe and james Spader. The ad shows Spader holding a woman who appears naked. The two men in the photo have strong, outwardly directed looks while the woman is being held in

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INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED GST AND STUDENTS. ■ Under the proposed GST* most students will qualify for the GST Credit and will be better off than they are now under the present Federal Sales Thx.

■ NO GST charged for occupational skill courses such as secretarial schools, trade schools and business colleges.

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■ NO GST charged on fees by publicly-funded colleges and universities if the courses lead to diplomas or degrees.

■ NO GST charged on basic groceries; food services included in residence fees or long-term meal-plans.

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■ NO GST charged on residential rents including university residences and boarding houses.

■ NO GST charged on lab courses and mandatory computer courses leading to a diploma or a degree.

■ NO GST charged on scholarships and bursaries, loans and many other finan­ cial services; health and dental care (including prescription drugs, glasses and contact lenses); and municipal transit fares.

■ NO GST charged on com­ pulsory student-association and athletic program fees. *The GST legislation is currently being considered

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However, it is these oversights which reinforce stereotypes in our society andundermine the importanceof such events as “Sexual Assault Awareness Week.” In the March 6-12 edition of the Tribune, there were a number of well written, informative articles about such important issues as date

the other direction, remaining faceless. Admittedly I have not seen the film but from what I recall, the preview is filled with images of naked women and contained many allusions to violence. Obviously, this adsends amessage quite inconsitent with that which “Sexual Assault Awareness Week” had been trying to project and I was particularily appalled that the Trib would have included it in their layout, particularily in that issue.

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BY HEIDI BERCOVITCH Most o f the Union Building became a no-smoking area last week after SSMU councillors approved the Student’s Society’s first comprehensive policy on smoking.

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“Since this is the student’s build­ ing, people will accept [the new policy],” Robison said.

“People will stillbeable to smoke in Gert’s and The Alley.”

The most affected area will be the second floor cafeteria, where a smoking section had previously existed. The non-smoking resolu­ tion states, “it is thoroughly unap­ petizing and unhealthy to have to eat in a cafeteria in which smoking is permitted.”

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Opposition to limiting smoking in the cafeteria came from Man­ agement Senator Deborah Pentesco, who told councillors she was concerned with ‘smoker-bashing’.

Pentesco was unavailable for comment after the meeting.

But the Union Building’s big­ gest air quality problem - proper

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Québec is still headed towards a province-wide student strike de­ spite a decision by an umbrella student group to stay at school, according to ANEEQ spokesman Stéphane Lemare.

“We hope to have a national meeting sometime during the up­ coming week. Meanwhile, the individual campus strikes and demonstrations are still leading to a national action,” Lemare said at a demonstration against tuition fee hikes Sunday.

“The difference is thatnow there won’t be one single strike vote. A national strike will be the result of a lot of separate actions.”

Sunday’s march through down­ town Montréal to the Palladium was designed to attract support for students from the general public.

But mostof the nearly 1,300 march­ ers came from Montréal-area CEGEPs and universities.

Police on the scene described

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smoking areas of the Union Build­ ing may be fined up to $200.00.

But Arts Rep to Council Charles Robison explained that enforce­ ment of the new policy is “strictly based on the honour system”, adding that illicit smoking may be reported to the Associate Vice Principal of Physical Resources, Sam Kingdon.

The resolution, which council­ lors passed unaninmously on Tuesday, immediately banned smoking throughout the Union Building except rooms and events with liq­ uor licences - such as Gert’s and the Alley.

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the event as “in order” after a week of growing tensions between them and student protestors.

Montréal Urban Community police riot squad officers used billy clubs to abruptly end a sit-down student demonstration near the intersection of S t Catherine Street East, and SL-Laurent Boulevard on Friday. Two students among the crowd of about three hundred were arrested and will be charged with disturbing the peace.

Protesters had gathered at 18h30, chanting “Solidarité!” and “Non­ violence!”. Riot squad officers arrived at about 20h30 and warned students to disperse or face arrest, but the protesters refused to leave until they could read a manifesto.

The riot squad refused to meet the demand, and moved in from be­ hind the students. Swinging their sticks and striking anyone who was in the way, they herded the crowd up St-Laurent Blvd. The remain­ ing demonstrators retreated up St. Laurent Blvd. to the UQAM cam­ pus.

That protest followed one ear­ lier in the day outside local MNA Jacques Changnon’s office, which ended when constables dispersed students who were burning Liberal Party pamphlets.

ventilation - remains unsolved by the new policy.

The no-smoking resolution sug­ gests the SSMU “has responsibil­ ity to look out for the well-being of

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In the hopes of one day being able to “get rid o f dead weight”, executives from the Arts and Science Undergraduate Soci­ ety (ASUS) and the Engineer­ ing Undergraduate Society (EUS) have asked the SSMU Judicial Board to rule on how SSMU councillors can be im­ peached.

The SSMU constitution which is itself being rewritten currently says a councillor can be impeached “by his/her con­ stituency”.

But the question of constitu­ ency becomes confused when it comes to 20 o f the SSMU’s 33 councillors who are chosen in faculty association elections - such as the EUS elections completed two weeks ago and the ASUS elections scheduled for next week.

But councillors admit that be­ cause the Union Building is still owned by the university, ventila­ tion will be left up to university employees to solve.

Specifically, the question put before the Judicial council asks whether councillors are responsible to their faculty associations or the students who elected them.

Because faculty associations already have their own impeachement processes, some coun­ cillors have in the past been threat­ ened with impeachment from their associations while continuing to participate in SSMU meetings.

Explained ASUS President Jen­ nifer Fraser: “A lot of people are resumé builders but never attend their faculty committee meetings.

“We ought to be able to get rid of dead weight.”

The petition also asks the Judi­ cial Board to decide how an im­

peachment process can be ini­ tiated and pursued.

Fraser, who said she helped request the review as an indi­ vidual student rather than as an executive, notes that the SSMU constitution already details how the Executive Director as well as the undergraduate Student Senators and Board of Gover­ nors can be removed from of­ fice.

Although there is no imme­ diate problem o f a council member being threatened with impeachment, Fraser said she wants the issue settled as soon as possible.

“We want to insure that people who elect representa­ tives have a means to get rid of them,” she explained.

The Judicial Board will actu­ ally hear the petition only after a revamped ASUS constitution is ratified by Senate sometime this month or in April.

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BY SHANNON ALDINGER Director o f Libraries Eric Ormsby was to meet with repre­ sentatives from the Faculties of Nursing and Social Work yester­ day to discuss a proposal to sepa­ rate and relocate the Nursing/Social Work Library currently located in Wilson Hall.

Ormsby’s proposal would trans­ fer nursing library materials to the Health Sciences Library in the MacIntyre Medical Building and social work materials to McLen­ nan Library.

Nurses say the proposed reloca­ tion would not suit their academic needs and that the secrecy sur­ rounding the proposal itself is in­ sulting.

Nursing anger culminated in a heckling and sit-in protest at the MacIntyre Building’s library last Tuesday.

“The protest was mostly in re­ sponse to the lack of communica­ tion (between Ormsby and the faculty), but also to the move it­ self,” explained Suda Kahn, under­ graduate nursing representative to the Nursing/Social Work Library Advisory Committee, adding that Nursing students are not even cer­ tain about when a relocation would occur if the proposal is ratified by the Senate.

“It was supposed to be sched­ uled for this summer but we don’t know. That’s the problem. We have no idea,” said Kahn.

Karen Beckerman, graduate nursing representative to the com­ mittee, says Ormsby’s moves leave her “very suspicious about how it’s being done and why we were­ n’t notified. The biggest impact will be on the students in the fac­

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ulty, yet they aren’t even consult­ ing us or telling us what’s going on.” Ormsby counters that such complaints are unsubstantiated. He admits that there have been several communication problems but that he is not keeping any secrets.

“I sent an official proposal out on February 16 to persons in­ volved,” he said.

Nursing students say the Health Sciences Library is already over­ crowded and could not accomo­ date any more students or books.

They are concerned about having to cover the distance between the MacIntyre Medical Building and lower campus between classes.

One student suggested a more serious problem that could result from the move: “The two faculties share many books, particularly in the areas of the family and aging.

Will they put some [of the books] with social work in McLennan and some with nursing in MacIntyre and force us to travel between the two libraries?”

Ormsby assures that these con­ cerns will be considered, but that the benefits of the move outweigh the costs.

“Both faculties should and will have the opportunity to be heard. I know they’re upset and I admit that the move is inconvenient for them but the fact of the matter is that the money we save from the merger can be put towards im­ proved books and services for their collections,” said Ormsby.

Ormsby stated that the Health Sciences Library will undergo some inexpensive physical reno­ vations to increase study space. He also claimed that materials cur­ rently shared by the two faculties will be duplicated if necessary.

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BY KIM FARLEY The Travel Club, which ran a sold out trip to Venezuela during reading week, will not become a permanent club at McGill, accord­ ing to SSMU Vice President (In­ ternal) Ray Satterthwaite.

Satterthwaite explained the Travel Club “isn’t responsible”,

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adding that he had heard complaints from students who had been robbed during the trip and that, although he endorsed the trip itself, the Travel Club used Union Building space to advertise the trip without SSMU authorization.

“Basically they used bullying tactics”, Satterthwaite said.

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Satterthwaite says he endorsed the trip because “everyone would think we were anyway, since tick­ ets were being sold out o f Gert’s.”

The Travel Club asked for per­ manent club status so it could have a resource centre and lounge simi­ lar to the one run by Concordia’s

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The real problem, Tremblay says, is with SSMU bureaucracy.

“It’s really hard for us to decide who has the authority at SSMU. Nobody seems to be talking to each other,” Tremblay said.

“One minute they are having us put little SSMU stickers all over our flyers and the next minute they’re saying w e don’t exist.We advertised for three months before selling tickets, and they never said anything.”

Tremblay adds his group’s links to former Gert’s and Al­ ley Bar Manager Danny Thi­ bault may be the source of some tension with SSMU executives.

Thibault had helped the Travel Club set up its advertising booths. He was fired in January for, among other things, insub­ ordination.

Travel Club organizers say Satterthwaite’s decision not to give the group club status won’t affect plans for a trip to New Orleans later this year.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 “He has initiated a federalprovincial dialogue to see what we can do to bring the prov­ inces together and encourage the re-thinking of some priori­ ties; to see just how we can make the best possible use of the very large spending we have in education today.”

The Minister added that Can­ ada’s per capita spending on education is “second only to Sweden among the industrial­ ized countries”.

“It ’s not that we ’re not spend­ ing enough, it’s how we are spending it,” he said.

Wilson also rejected sugges­ tions that his budget, along with Meech Lake tensions, would cripple any federal-provincial meeting on education.

“The provinces understand the nature of our fiscal prob­ lem,” he said.

“If we can get our deficit down w e’re going to take pres­ sure off interest rates. Every provincial premier has ex­ pressed an interest in ge ting interest rates down. The prov­ inces have identified the prob­ lem - 1have said to them: be part of the solution.”

The problems Ottawa faces now, he says, are problems of “balance”.

“Everybody has a reason for keeping spending up in their area o f interest,” he explains.

“There are all sorts o f reasons for spending more money.

Governments have to find a bal­ ance.”

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Spring in a darkened hole: a guide to the club scene

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From the downtown discos to the stricter party ethics of the Peel Pubs to the underground bars on St. Laurent, McGill students cer­ tainly have their hangouts. But by this time of year, there is often the sinking feeling that your feet are wearing their own groove into that faithful dancefloor and that every possible mate knows about your reputation. Don’t worry.

Montréal probably has more bars and clubs than any other similarily sized city. The warm nights of spring make it the perfect time to look into the newly-opened, the vaguely off-kilter, the potential new home for your hazy week­ ends.

Close to McGill, the ever-ex­ panding scene on St. Laurent Boulevard seems to chum out a new night-time cavern every couple of weeks. Its selection of bars and clubs, from African and Latin ‘World Beat’ to hypertrendy House danccclubs and smaller sitdown bars, is staggering.

For example, a recent addition to The Main, Bar Blue Dog (3556 St-Laurent), looks like aback alley decorated by that dog-loving Queen Mum. Dog pictures, china dog dolls, dog memorabilia, and bar stools shaped like fire hydrants form the basis of the ambiance here. The electric jello shooters are good.

Further upstreet, Les Bobards substitutes the gas station for the doghouse. But its shiny red 30s gas pump, newstand and local con­ noisseur beers on tap are over­ shadowed by its peanut barrels.

Eat as many nuts as you can and afterwards you are pretty much obligated to throw the shells on the floor and listen to them blow up under your toes and your barmaid’s high heels.

Le Belmont (4483 St. Laurent) tries to offer more sophisticated entertainment: B-movie film loops on the walls, an arty crowd and a small dancefloor. Yuppies flock en masse to Crocodile (4300 St Laurent), the huge art-deco dinerrestaurant-bar-danceclub that opened in the fall. The staff wear tuxedos, and the clientele is con­ spicuously suited up for the singles scene.

Coming soon to the high-fashion stakes is Circus, established by the minds behind Business. A reputation of racist and homopho­ bic hiring practices precedes its opening. Discodancers with a conscience beware.

Closer to “the spirit of The Main” is Balmoral (3691 St. Laurent), a down to earth alternative for those finding Bar St. Laurent too sterile

and freshly vacuumed. Occasional special events like mural painting number among its attractions.

Another choice for lovers of BSL is Latino bandstand La Playa (4459 St. Laurent). Salsa and live shows are here in abandance but blonde women should be prepared for some vigourous suitors. For Afri­ can music, Ballatou (4372 St. Laurent) has a lot of really good W h e r e a s so m a n y

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Kilimanjaro (3699 St. Laurent) is a discotheque emphasising reggae, African beat and other dance movements shaped by Black art­ ists.

The clublife on St. Denis is more distinctively french than on St. Laurent and gets more and more crowed with the heat of spring and summer. Small atmospheric bars swarm together from Ste. Cather­ ine to Mont Royal'. Km/Hr (4171 St. Denis) and Café Centrale (4479 St. Laurent) are good for live shows. Paradis (4670 St. Denis) is a new café bar catering to lesbians with billiards and nourishment.

Saint Sulpice (1682 St. Denis) is set in a nicely renovated building.

There is a trendy crowd here, with a newly installed dancefloor. Pas­ seport (4156 St. Denis) is a popular danceclub, with that same polka dotty fashion set orienting around an active dancefloor to a mix of eclectic alternative music.

But the place where Les Flyés can truly wig out on St. Denis is Bar Lézard (4177 St. Denis). Its deviant fashion slaves range from spotty “New Beatniks” to the finde-siécle sons of Oscar Wilde.

Music takes in anything from Acid House to the waltzes of Strauss to retro hits from 70s am radio.

Fans ofl978 would also be well advised to check out the drag shows at L’Entre-Peau (1115 Ste. Cathererine E.). Sequinned debutantes

The place to go for quality electric jello shooters. of the Parisien demi-monde sing torch songs under a disco ball to a mixed crowd, predominately gay but with some straight couples as well. Shows are 7 nights a week, 11:30 and 1:30 on weekends. For more blonde beehives, Robert Colby (1285 Amherst) offers caba­ ret shows at 4 am, closing at 10 am.

Montréal ’s new “alternative gay bar” Alter Ego (1364 Ste. Cather­ ine E.) departs from the usual gay scene with metallic insides, libera-

The Lambada Dirty Dancing crossed with the mamba, Lambada is the “latest European dance craze” being hyped for 1990. After the electronic “cold wave” dancebeat of recent years, the accordions and ‘Ariba Aribas! ’ of Lambada may come as a much-needed respite. Or maybe this is just another overpackaged trend aimed for unreflective mass consumption. To find out for yourself, take part in the Lambada contest at Salsa Plus (1231 Ste. Catherines W.) on Friday nights at 12:30 or dance the Lambada at Septembres (2015 de la Montagne) or Alexandre (1454 Peel).__________________

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Transformations of a different kind have made former gay trendy capital Maximum Security into Alcatraz altcmathèque (1279 St. Hubert). Whereas so many clubs accidentally come across as dun­ geons, Alcatraz actively aspires to be the home of your bread and water life sentence. Black prison bars, the nasty flesh cuts of Minis­ try and Skinny Puppy on the turn­ table, dancing styles learnt from the hunchback of Notre Dame and an active smoke machine make for an interesting night out.

Any list of bars, tavernes, clubs and discos in Montreal is obvi­ ously not definitive. It’s time to get out those flowers and dancing shoes and celebrate spring in a darkened hole, at night, with blurred vision, but with a happy smile that at last winter is over.

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I'd like to lambaste, maim, and destroy the Academy

BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN The announcement of the Acad­ emy Award nominations in midFebuary is a holy practice that fol­ lows the same strict rituals every year. Countless devout press agents and reporters crowd the Wilshire Boulevard headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at 5:30 in the morn­ ing, anxiously awaiting the judge­ ment of the divinity.

It is a regular Rite of Passage.

Passage to the East Coast, that is.

The ceremony takes place at that ungodly time of day so that the re­ sults can just barely make the East Coast morning news shows, as if the viewers can’t wait until the evening news.

In any case, on Feb. 14th, the world was informed of the Acad­ emy’s selections and it is now a wonder that they expect us to keep the faith. The ceremony has be­ come solely a financial competi­

tion played between studios because an award will inevitably bring more profit for a film, and make some lucky actor’s career along the way.

Consider the case of John Patrick Shanley, who won a well deserved Oscar for his script of Moonstruck.

Since then he has been very much in demand and has used his newfound power to write and direction Versus The Volcano. Without that magic Oscar in their pockets, few screen­ writers move this quickly.

The Academy Awards bear so much weight that it is a shame the exposure is wasted on such Holly­ wood schlock as Field o f Dreams and Dead Poets Society. Field of Dreams has received nominations for Best Picture and for director/ writer Phil Alden Robinson’s screen adaptation of W. P. Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe”. Kinsella’s original is a heart-warming, magical tale of a simple man and his simple desires.

Robinson apparently heard a voice call out to him with regard to filmgoers, “If you commercialize it, they

will come.” Voila: ahyped-up.fancy movie complete with manipulative soundtrack and unshaven sex-sym­ bol Kevin Costner.

Similarly, Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society redefines the words hype and manipulation. Tostart with, the film was marketed as a Robin Williams stand-up comedy venue, a Good Morning Vietnam comes to a preppy boarding school. In fact, Williams has a minor role and wasn’t onscreen nearly enough to warrant the ad campaign. The fact that Peter Weir is nominated for Best Director is absolutely laughable. In the film, Weir earns the dubious honor of directing the most awkward and idiotic suicide scene in cinema his­ tory. To make matters worse, Tom Schulman is also nominated for Best Original Screenplay. This is the man who inserted a rap song in the script for a cheap laugh but evidently for­ got that his story took place in the 1950’s. Don’t you think William Shakespeare deserves it for Henry

V over Schulman? Naturally, if you haven’t already guessed, Dead Poets Society is nominated for Best Pic­ ture as well. No comment Oliver Stone’s Born On The Fourth O f July is another hyped movie which alarmingly managed to gamer eight nominations includ­ ing Best Picture, Best Actor (Tom Cruise) and Best Director. More alarming still, this was no surprise.

Will the Academy give Stone an­ other award after Platoon for such a similar theme? Hopefully not. That way we won’t have to listen to Stone’s acceptance speech again which would probably consist of how great a guy he is to have lived through the Vietnam War and how important his work is for the indus­ try and world awareness.

To top it all off, the Academy claims not to be attracted by huge block-buster films and to merely select by merit. Gilbert Cates, who is producing this year’s Academy Award show, says that a good deal

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When a dance work is described as a “B-movie/spy thriller” critics start cringing in their seats. Sounds like fun- but is it dance?

Performing next weekend at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, the Montanaro Dance Company will prove that, although its piece ‘The Theory of Every­ thing’ makes copious use of ‘everything’ from computer-generated anima­ tion to pyrotechnics, this is dance that holds the work together with sheer technical strength.

“I wanted to create something that was a celebration of life,” says direc­ tor Michael Montanaro in reference to ‘Theory’. For Montanaro, the company’s ‘integrated media’ concept gives it a “theatrical advantage” in achieving such a celebration. But Montanaro is also aware that too much technology can drown even the best dance performance in an orgy of technological wizardry: “(Technical features) are only tools. Technology on its own is a very cold media.”

The troupe Montanaro has a history of this kind of vitality. It is a small Montréal company, consisting of just seven dancers, including its director.

It gave its opening performance in Paris only five years ago as part of the Montréal-Paris ‘Dansechange’ making it a relatively young company.

However, both the director and dancers have brought a wealth of experience with them. Montanaro, himself, for example, had already danced profes­ sionally for ten years with such big names as the Boston Ballet and Les Grands Ballets Canadians before creating the company. Once the group was founded, Montanaro also drew on his background as a theatre technician, actor, musician and composer to create Montanaro’s eclectic spectacle.

The latest work is a carefully-weighed balance of both live and pre­ recorded theatre. The work centres around a briefcase which first appears as a computer-generated image on a screen, then is transferred as a prop held by one of the dancers. During the one and a half hour performance, the briefcase changes hands between the characters through a series of in­ trigues. There is also a constant interplay between live characters and filmed ones which appear on the screen in a film, also produced by Montanaro and using the same dancers who appear on the stage.

“The piece takes a lot of tums...what you least expect to happen often happens,” comments Montanaro.

This is true even in the style of dance as well. At times the style is distinctively modem and physical, with dancers leaping, falling and agressively partnering each other. Yet there are also moments of lyricism, as in one solo, where the dancer gracefully spins and stretches her body, adding in the occasional Astaire flair for effect Indeed, it was his lyricism that upgraded Astaire from being a mere hoofer and that is what Montanaro has pulled out from the Astaire style. Says Montanaro,”1 think part of the charm of the work is that we’re not afraid to vary the style.” He choreographs with a particular effect in mind, choosing styles which are the most suitable for creating that effect ‘The Theory of Everything’ is a carefully constructed work yet it’s no stranger to experimentation. As Montanaro describes it,” I’m at the point where I really know how to make the ‘salad’ of mixed media without tossing anything outside of the bowl.” What results is a lot of good fun instilled with a strong sense of artistic integrity.

of this year’s picks are “films that the smart money did not think would make a big gross. In a strange way, it shows the system works.” Works?

Wake up and smell each of the 5,(XX) voting members of the film acad­ emy, Gil. Then ask them what hap­ pened to sex, lies and videotape and Roger & Me. The latter was com­ pletely and inexplicably snubbed in the documentary category and the former was only nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

The only ones who seem satisfied are the Las Vegas oddsmakers. They are too busy exploiting the event for all it’s worth to wonder about things like talent and fairness. The word on the street: Driving Miss Daisy is a 65 favorite to win Best Picture and Born On The Fourth O f July is at even odds. Pick’em.

The Oscar winners will be an­ nounced on March 26 in a televised show that the organizers predict will reach an international audience of hundreds of millions.

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BY KIM FARLEY Erica Seid, who co-ordinated last week’s There’s Fire In My Eye as her thesis for her women’s studies seminar, at first had trouble getting participants for her project. So she had a potluck.

“All the performers came to this one woman’s house for dinner and by the time we were finished all of her roommates were ready to per­ form too. People started crawling out of the woodwork.”

Seid got the idea for There’s Fire In My Eye from watching a similar show in Atlanta a few years ago, in which women read the poetry of Adrienne Rich and others but no original work. There was one excep­ tion.

“The only original stuff was by the Indigo Girls, before they got big, so I guess it sort of stuck in my mind.”

In Seid’s show all the artists per­ formed original material, a collec­ tion of poetry, songs, video, and monologues. Saturday’s show, forced to live up to the standing ovation which closed Friday’s per­ formance, juxtaposed thefunny (Kim Seary’s Write It Down, Taylor Jane Green’s I’ve Got Three Spirits In­ side of My Car ) with the jubilant (the guitar music and ethereal voice of Gigi Dillon) in an attempt to as­ semble a portrait of Woman.

This was no small task for two hours, but the eclectic content suc­

ceeded. Some of the works were tense and frustrated, some openly celebrated beauty, others looked unflinchingly at sexual exploita­ tion. Christina Antonick’s poem Slut, which she performed in a flat sarcastic voice under a red spot­ light, was particularly good. None of the work was timid about ad­ dressing the role sexuality plays in the shaping of women’s concep­ tions of self. Body imagery flooded throughTaylorJaneGreen’simaginatively tided The Art Versus the Fart of Conversation and Ronit Bezalel’s video Tearing the Veil.

Appropriately, the performance styles varied as much as the women performing. Some women walked out under the lights and read off looseleaf paper, others paced around the stage with the cat-like grace of trained actresses.

In particular, Kim Seary’s piece was a standout. A professional ac­ tress, she was performing her own work for the first time during There’s A Fire In My Eye. In Write It Down she casts herself as a frumpy but indignantly sexual woman who handles her bitterness by cracking jokes. In the program she is placed next to Gigi Dillon, who mixed a rendition of Robbie Bums’ ‘Ca’ the Ewes’ with her own ‘Fools for Hunger’ and ‘Rea­ sons for Anarchy’. By placing Seary alongside Dillon, Seid showed her reason for creating There’s A Fire In My Eye without ever having to say it.

Whenever an important piece of literature is brought to the screen, it inevitably generates a great deal of anticipation. The high calibre of talent involved in the recent adaption of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale - from the director Volker Schlondorff to screenwriter Harold Pinter to stars Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall - generated high hopes for a faithful interpretation of Atwood’s chilling novel. In fact, one might expect TheHandmaid’sTaletobe one of the year’s most disturb­ ing and unforgettable films. It isn’t Forget the cavemous-sized holes in the plot. Forget Schlondorff’s painful lack of subtlety (at one point Dunaway tells her newly acquired Handmaid that “you will be a companion to my husband Fred. Your new name will be Offred. Of—Fred.” Whoa, slow down Volker. You’re losing us). Forget the fact that anyone lacking a prior knowledge of the book to serve as a roadmap may soon find fishing through their empty Goodies bag a pleasant diversion.

Because this isn’t just a bad movie. It is an insulting one, as well.

Atwood’s novel depicts a frightening and all too plausible future Ameri­ can society called Gilead. In Gilead, right-wing Fundamentalists have seized power and subjugated the few remaining fertile women, as yet unaffected by environmental damage, to the degrading role of Handmaids: child-bearing servants to politically important but childless couples.

The film’s unimaginative depiction of this Orwellian vision, however, fails to deliver. After all, bad guys in black ties with black shades scooting around in black Chryslers with tinted windows is not exactly groundbreak­ ing stuff. Even more distressing is Schlondorff’s willingness to relegate this menacing world to backdrop status, as he focuses his attention on the romantic liaison between Kate (Atwood’s hero, played sensitively by Richardson) and the steely-eyed Nick (Aidan Quinn), chaffeur to Com­ mander Fred (Duvall). In doing so, Schlondorff deftly manages to under­ mine the film’s essential themes of female freedom and self-reliance, which is no mean feat, considering the strength of the original text.

The tale unfolds as, following her husband’s murder during their ill-fated escape attempt, Kate is whisked away to the Handmaid training centre.

There, she and her new companion, Moira (Elizabeth McGovern) are inexplicably able to avoid the brainwashing techniques of the droning Aunt Lydia (played by Flowers o f the Attic star and perpetual mannequin Victoria Tennant). After Kate had been assigned her “placement” with the Commander, the audience cringes uncomfortably as she is forced to submit to him in a frightening form of institutionalized rape. It is during these moments that the film packs its power. But later, when Nick, with whom she has only exchanged a few furtive glances, grabs her by the shirt and kisses her roughly, she submissively melts into his embrace.

Do the true horrors of Gilead lie in women’s role as second-class servants and baby machines, or in the fact that they are forced to have sex with ugly men, while the hunky ones are forbidden to them? One is left to wonder, as The Handmaid’s Tale degenerates from a potentially challenging story of misogyny gone wild to a stereotypical romantic fantasy in the tradition of Danielle Steele and those noted progressives at Harlequin.

What Schlondorff presents is a diluted dosage of Atwood for easy digestion. The truly powerful moments are far too few and infrequent.

Perhaps some day a director will bring The Handmaid's Tale to the screen with the unwavering boldness and clarity it deserves. Until then, your seven dollars would be better invested at the local bookstore, in picking up a copy of the paperback.

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McGill students hit the runway in fashion show

BY JASON ARBUCKLE Since September, a small, dedicated group of students has been preparing what might be McGill’s most extravagant an­ nual activity - the management fashion show.

This year’s eleventh annual show promises to be one of the

most exciting, despite being put on in the Union ballroom. Past shows were held at big dancebars, such as Metropolis last year, and Esprit the year before. Yet the exorbitant prices of renting such places did not permita profit to the faculty fund-raiser; Me­ tropolis cost $2500 for one eve­ ning, while the ballroom charges

only $250. Vanessa Crinall, the coordinator of the show, ex­ pects this year to raise about $1000 for the management graduate committee.

Organizers are also hoping that the ballroom will make the event more accessible to stu­ dents. Beer will be sold, and tickets are slightly cheaper. “It’s

much less expensive than going to Metropolis or Esprit,” said Cri­ nall, “Students can’t afford $15 evenings all the time.”

But Crinall emphasizes that regardless of its location, the show will be as polished as in previous years. “I don’t know how many events go on at McGill where they spend eights months organizing it.

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This is really a professional show - that’s why we got the people [designers] we did.”

Designers to be featured include JeanClaude Poitras and Woolmark Awardwinner Marie St. Pierre. “Everything is pretty much in Elle Québec,” said Ann Kong, another of the organizers and a model in the show.

Poitras and St. Pierre reflect an empha­ sis upon Québec designers. “The thing that is interesting is that it is mostly Québec designers, it’s not big European design­ ers,” said Crinall before observing, “There is a lot of Québec talent here that we don ’t know about. McGill is so English-ori­ ented.”

Lastfall,asorganizcrssoughtoutclothcs for the show, they discovered a strong sense of community in the Québec design scene. “The ones I contacted gave me names of other designers. These are really their competitors. [But] they’re all help­ ing themselves out,” explained Crinall.

Although the wares of these designers are all available in Montréal, the choice bou­ tiques along St. Laurent and St. Denis that carry them charge a hefty price. “One three-piece outfit could hit over a thou­ sand dollars,” said Kong. Added Crinall, “The show has to be extravagant.”

The twenty-two McGill students mod­ elling in the show, selected from over fifty people who auditioned, have been prac­ tising their scenes for the last month.

Some are just enjoying the experience, while others have professional aspirations.

More than one McGill student has been picked up by an agency after exposure in the show, and in some instances carried on to the runways of Paris.

The organizers are hoping for an audi­ ence of 250 people, but realize that their goal of 150 is more realistic. Crinall admits that the show is “hard to sell in manage­ ment and anywhere else for that matter, even Arts. We’ve always tried to sell in the Union and we’ve never sold any tick­ ets there.” This is particularly frustrating for the organizers, since the management fashion show at Université de Montréal is that school’s biggest annual success.

Whatever the turnout, organizers Cri­ nall, Kong, Marie-France Cyr, Angela Gavrielatos and Mara Barrett are confi­ dent it will be one of the most memorable shows at McGill. Promised Kong, “It’s a lot of work, and it’s going to show.”

The fashion show will take place at 8:30 on Thursday, March 22nd in the Union Ballroom Admission is $6 for stu­ dents, tickets are available at the door or advance sales in Bronfman lobby.

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S tu d e n t p ro te s t Tuition fee hikes have led to a surge in student protest in Québec. In the wake of recent demonstrations, sit-ins and arrests, the Tribune takes a look at the student movement - past and present.

Organizers of this year’s protests look back with envy to the enthusiasm and radicalism of the late ’60s and early ’70s.

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BY AUBREY KASSIRER AND ROSALIND WARD-SMITH “Administration will have to become a servant of the academic community, in which students shape their education,” suggested Doug Ward, President of the Ca­ nadian Union of Students, in 1967.

In the past twenty years, atti­ tudes toward education have changed dramatically at McGill.

Today, most students take their role in their own education for granted.

One McGill professor, who wished to remain anonymous, knocked “the acceptance by stu­ dents of the institutional ethos. The students want to be quickly chan­ nelled into a degree that will lead directly to some tangible future.

When I go off on tangents in the classroom, students complain ‘this isn’t what I paid for.’”

In 1967, many McGill students wanted to change the educational system. According to a report pre­ pared by then VP (External) Mark Wilson, “education lies fundamen­

M c G ill: a p e r s p e c tiv e tally not in passive receiving, but in practice.” He objected to the perceived goal of administration of “granting a certain number of degrees and handing down various mental sets which they think re­ cipients of the educational experi­ ence should acquire.”

At the time, the politics of the Vietnam War influenced students on campuses across North Amer­ ica. Students began to question authority and uprisings became more frequent.

Between 1967 and 1969, there were several issues that dominated studentpoliticsatMcGill. Themost prominent confrontation involved a struggle for student representa­ tion on decision-making bodies of the university.

In September of 1967, Council passed a motion demanding de­ mocratization of the university.

They wanted student representa­ tion on Senate and university committees. Wilson insisted, “the present university structure is pa­ ternalistic and anti-democratic.”

Wilson and one other member

of the executive later resigned to protest the “oppressive” attitude of the administration. Wilson also felt “the present Students’ Council won’ttakeeffectiveactionon these matters and in fact will not influ­ ence the course of events at all.”

Wilson wanted to expand the council executive from three to five, pay Council to work over the summer, and elect a non-presidential speaker-of-the-house for coun­ cil meetings.

In November 1967, Nancy Sul­ livan of the Daily reported that “the university principals were dismayed at the outspokenness of students in their demands for in­ creased participation.” Later that month, Principal Robertson granted Students’ Council eight representatives to Senate.

Despite this concession, Coun­ cil refused to elect anyone until the Principal agreed to hold open Senate meetings. Council wanted to eliminate the confidentiality that came with closed sessions.

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At the time, the power of the Senate to affect the lives of stu­ dents was limited. Students rallied for increased representation within their respective departments.

The recently formed Political Science Association (PSA) organ­ ized an occupation of the fourth floor of the Leacock Building.

Regular classes were boycotted and replaced by student seminars. One student reflected that, in contrast to the traditional classroom lec­ ture, “seminars were a far more real learning experience than stu­ dents normally have a chance to experience at university.”

Stan Gray, a political science lecturer, said the sit-in was viewed by the department as a “sinister Marxist plot to seize the depart­ ment and the university.” Conse­ quently, it felt compelled to crush the movement before events spi­ ralled out of control.

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sentation on departmental commit­ tees. The ten day occupation was over, and soon after other depart­ ments adopted similar policies.

Sociology students had other concerns as well. Dissatisfied with the teaching of a class of 900 by closed circuit TV lectures, they devised an alternative program of small discussion groups. The third year student who led these talks claimed, “In the beginning, the discussion groups had difficulty getting off the ground because students were accustomed to being led in discussion and therefore were unable to express their own point of view without prodding.”

Amidst the national desire for change, McGill students vied for many major reforms in the univer­ sity infrastructure. At the time, a voter turn-out of 45% of the stu­ dent population was considered disappointing. Then CUS Presi­ dent Ward commented that “no one wants the university to be a crude and demagogic political democracy, but a community of intellectual opportunity.” page 13

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BY STEPHANIE SMALL Since its beginnings in the 1960s, division within the student move­ ment has made it difficult for stu­ dents in Québec to present a united voice to government. But the for­ mation of the Rassemblement du Movement Étudiant (RNME) may signal improved cooperation be­ tween student groups.

“RNME was devised to attack the negative effects of splits in the student movement,” says VP (External) John Fox. In the past, “the government was not always getting the same message from students.”

In particular, the RNME has been able to express clearly that “no student association (in Québec) is in favour of the tuition hike,” says Fox. Traditionally, McGill has been unwilling to work with other stu­ dent associations for any extended period of time. Back in the 1960s, students began to realize that a united lobby could be an effective way of pressuring the government.

But McGill did not join UGEQ, the first student coalition in Québec.

When l’Association Nationale des Étudiants et Étudiantes du Québec (ANEEQ) was formed in 1975, McGill students attended conferences as observers, but have neverjoined officially. McGill, like a number of other universities, objects to the way votes are allo­ cated evenly to all CEGEPs and universities in the province.

Since there are many more CEGEPs than Universities in the province, “it’s difficult for [the universities] to get anything done because the CEGEPs can outvote us,” says Fox. “It irks some university students that some CEGEP with 200 mem­ bers can kill a motion from a uni­ versity with 40 000 members,” adds Fox. In 1976, universities within the CEGEP-dominated ANEEQ formed the Regroupement des Association Étudiantes Universi­ taires (RAEU) to promote the views of university students. By 1979 RAEU had completely broken away from ANEEQ. McGill joined RAEU in 1980 in an attempt to become more in­ volved in the student movement in Québec. But perceptions that

RAEU was not providing adequate services, and its association with the separatist movement, led to McGill’s withdrawal from the organization three years later.

In order to maintain contact with the student movement, McGill entered ANEEQ in 1983,but pulled out after only a year due to the heavy influence of CEGEPs. A meeting of all Québec univer­ sities with Education Minister Claude Ryan in the fall of 1988 provided the impetus for the for­ mation of the Fédération des Étu­ diants et Étudiantes du Québec (FEEQ). Ryan was able to pick apart all of the universities’ posi­ tions regarding loans and bursar­ ies.

“None of the universities knew what the others thought of educa­ tion,” says Fox. “It was clear that that students had to find a way of communicating and cooperating amongst themselves.”

A few months later, McGill hosted the conference where FEEQ was founded. Originally consist­ ing of five university student asso­ ciations,FEEQ has recently grown to seven.

“It’s gaining momentum... it’s really quite exciting,” says FEEQ spokesperson Cameron Young.

The Bourassa government’s planned tuition hike has led to increased efforts to united the stu­ dent movement in Québec. Just over a month ago, 65 student asso­ ciations from across the province met together at the RNME to voice their opposition to increased stu­ dent fees.

“Given the political context, we had no choice - we had to get together or we wouldn’t be able to do anything,” says ANEEQ exter­ nal affairs officer Jeff Begley.

“We are stronger together than apart. RNME is a good source of unity,” says Young.

Student associations have been able to come together under RNME by concentrating on simply find­ ing common ground instead of trying to decide priorities and par­ ticular tactics. But declining atten­ dance at RNME’s past two meet­ ings, indicates that the divisions that exist between the student groups remain deep, and that a true unification of the student move­ ment is not going to come about easily.

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In addition to marches and strikes, some student groups are thinking of more innovative ways to protest.

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BY GALLAGHER MACKAY Picture this: in November, a crowd of students invaded the meeting of the Board of Governors at Simon Fraser University. They paraded through the room, rattling boxes of Kraft dinner. The inex­ pensive food is a staple for many students, and has become the trade­ mark of several groups within the student movement. The student governors then stood on the table and dumped water over the heads of their colleagues who were more advanced in years.

Picture this: after several months of intense research on the part of students, their professors and sev­ eral practising lawyers, several students from McGill and Univer­ sité de Montréal are preparing to challenge the legality of the Québec tuition fee hikes, on the basis of Canadian acceptance of the UNESCO charter which guaran­ tees education as a basic right.

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first response to the increase in fees of many student leaders was to call a strike to protest the hikes.

But “traditionally university stu­ dents have been restricted to tradi­ tional protests,” according to Cameron Young, spokesperson for the Fédération des Étudiantes et Étudiants de Québec (FEEQ).

Instead of strikes and marches, FEEQ has concentrated its efforts on “the wide array of means avail­ able to students to get their mes­ sage across,” said Young. One of the more innovative of these ideas is the proposed law suit.

FEEQ was one of a number of student associations, including the Students’ Society of McGill Uni­ versity and the Association Na­ tionale des Étudiantes et Étudiants de Québec (ANEEQ), to present a brief to the parliamentary commis­ sion on loans and bursaries.

The ablility to mobilize people is a strength of ANEEQ. The group is large: it has 100,000 members, each of whom contributes SI.25 a year to the upkeep of the organiza­ tion. McGill students are not

members.

Jeff Begley, external affairs of­ ficer for ANEEQ, admits that they are “known for high profile action...that’s what’s visible.”

Their ability to mobilize people, and their “reputation,” according to Begley, “that [their] demands are unreasonable,” often over­ shadow other aspects of the or­ ganization.

ANEEQ researchs the positions of cultural minorities and women, and other issues affecting students, like employment, loans and bur­ saries. They also host forums for discussion of issues.

Though Begley explains that ANEEQ’s “basic reason for exist­ ing is defending student rights to an education and to live decently while getting one,” their extreme positions alienated many people, and created the movement from which FEEQ sprung.

This April, FEEQ will be having a major meeting to re-evaluate its mandate and structure. Presently, they rely entirely on volunteers and voluntary contributions from

the member student associations.

Operating without an office, staff or even telephones has not stalled the fledgeling group. But the in­ stallation of these resources is an important priority for the future.

McGill’s support for FEEQ is about $5000 this year, which SSMU Vice President (External) John Fox describes as “the best investment ever made on behalf of the student body.”

The contributions have remained voluntary for a reason. “The rea­

son we had such a loose coalition was to unify the voices of the stu­ dent associations,” explained Young of FEEQ. The emphasis on unity has occa­ sionally compromised the organi­ zation’s ability to centralize deci­ sion making, action and resources.

As a result, despite their co-spon­ sorship of the Valentine’s Day march, most of its work has fo­ cused upon alternative forms of protest. Their formula appears to be successful, as the coalition now includes seven universities.

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L a c k o f fin a n c ia l a u to n o m y lim its s tu d e n t a c tio n tion on education. It seemed that the AAUS delegates’ main con­ cerns were not the quality of edu­ cation, but rather which suit to wear to breakfast. Students’ Soci­ ety of McGill University (SSMU) VP-External John Fox remarked, “learning to tie a double Windsor knot at eight in the morning should not be a prerequisite for member­ ship in student organizations”.

In the United States, AAUS mirrors the conservative side of American politics. One of their invited speakers, US Secretary of

BY CHARLES ROBISON McGill student observers were not impressed. Three weeks ago they attended the American Asso­ ciation of University Students’ (AAUS) national Conference in Washington. Although the AAUS sees education as vital to the future of the USA, it does not lobby governments due to the lack of financial and political autonomy of its member associations.

During the conference the group never sat down to discuss a posi­

Education Lauro Cavazos got a standing ovation. It is hard to imagine a gathering of Québec student leaders responding in a similar way to Education Minister Claude Ryan. Shell Oil, a com­ pany boycotted by McGill for its parent company’s support of the Apartheid regime, was the major sponsor of the conference.

The staid nature of AAUS can be attributed to its weak member organizations. Many AAUS member student societies have little financial or political autonomy from their schools’ administration, a fact that is taken for granted in Québec. As a result “they are re­ duced by law and culture to simple social syndicates and are unable to defend the rights of their students even if they wanted to,” said Fox. Most Canadian student organi­ zations collect money directly from students. At McGill SSMU is able

to represent students due to its financial independence.

“The lesson Québec students should take from their American counterparts is that student auton­ omy cannot be taken for granted and we should be actively defend­ ing it,” said Fox. American public universities’ student organizations are given money from the government, with strings attached. The students must also solicitthegovemment directly in order to get representation or greater financial and political au­ tonomy. For some AAUS member organizations in the conservative states this means they are not al­ lowed to lobby. As a result, these student organizations become accountable to their administra­ tions and the government - not to the students and their rights.

The situation is worse at private

universities. Their organizations constitute the nucleus of the AAUS. For example, Boston University Students’ Society is not permitted to apply pressure on their admini­ stration for fear of having their funds instantly frozen. Students enter these schools on the condi­ tion that they adhere to the admini­ stration’s rules.

As a result, AAUS members from both public and private insti­ tutions are afraid of standing up for the rights and beliefs of their stu­ dents.

The AAUS is not the only na­ tional student organization in the United States. The United States Student Association advocates free education and are very active lob­ byists, to the extent of hosting weekends dealing with critical questions of apathy and mobiliza­ tion against broader issues.

Financial independence from administration enables student associations to get more involved in student protest.

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The state of athletics at McGill: where is the money?

BY JAMES STEWART SECOND IN A SERIES It’s no secret around campus that McGill is suffering from a severe lack of funds. The Athletics De­ partment is no exception. Year in, year out, there are plenty of stories about McGill teams just getting by on their shoestring budgets and about their hard work at raising their own funds. Many teams are faced with two duties; to compete “ W e ju s t h a v e to fin d

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The distractions created by that situation are obvious.

So where does the money come from that keeps McGill’s 29 inter­ collegiate teams afloat?

The Athletic Department’s budget for the 1990-91 year has for the first time topped the three mil­ lion dollar mark. Less than half of that comes from two areas: a Stu­ dent Services grant provided by the Québec government, and Stu­ dent Service Fees paid by all full­ time students. The rest is gener­ ated by the Department itself through gym memberships, rental fees, instructionals and gate re­ ceipts. This set-up is quite differ­ ent from most other schools who receive money from general uni­ versity funds. The problem at McGill is that there are no general university funds to spare. The school suffers under a fifty million dollar debt.

Consequently, the Athletics Department is going to have to find new and innovative ways to generate more money to feed its teams if it wants to go beyond the level of just being competitive.

“We probably need between $200,000 to $400,000 additional dollars per year to bring us up to where we want to be, insofar as being able to finance teams in the way that we feel they should be financed to be competitive with other teams that we compete against,” said McGill Athletic Director Bob Dubeau.

“That’s a starting figure,” he added. “I think if we could bring in $200,000 to $400,000 additional a year we could make major changes in our intercollegiate programme and be more successful in certain areas than we currently are. And

I’m not saying we’re not success­ ful right now.”

One avenue that is currently being pursued is that of corporate sponsorship. In fact, Petro-Canada and McGill have reached a lucra­ tive agreement that will see the petroleum company pay for McGill football to buy 60 new helmets and game pants. The deal, which was finalized last week, is worth ap­ proximately $15,000 to the pro­ gramme.

There has been a lot of talk re­ cently about making serious moves towards actively seeking these types of deals. McGill already receives some sponsorship from Molson and Coca-Cola.

“There’s no question that we have to get involved in much more of this type of activity,” said Dubeau. “We just have to find the magic formula to go out into the corporate sector and get more cor­ porate sponsorships of this nature.”

Hopefully, this idea is not just a lot of talk. Dubeau has indicated that a plan exists to hire someone to pursue corporate and alumni support.

“It’s certainly been more than discussed,” he said in an interview from his Currie Gym office. “It’s on paper and I’m hopeful and I’m optimistic that come the beginning of the summer that we’ll be in the position to go out and hire some­ body on a full-time basis in this particular area.”

Football Head Coach, Charlie Baillie, who has a firm grasp of the changing nature of intercollegiate sports, especially with regards to their growing importance and commercial popularity, added that “there is money out there if some­ body with some skills and experi­ ence knows how to handle it. In a big city like Montréal...there’s definitely money available.”

McGill’s men’s basketball coach, Ken Schildroth, does not necessarily agree with his cohorts’ sentiments.

“The seeking of corporate sponsors...I don’t know if that’s the answer because everybody’s doing that.”

“The idea of corporate sponsors is a good one but then again we have to have a good product. Right M cG ill team s are d ivid ed into three categories f o r fu n d in g . L evel O ne team s receive the now we don’t. We have a bunch of m o st m oney b a sed on a com plex fo rm u la that addresses the team 's needs like travel costs, good people, good athletes..but are popularity,schedules,equipm ent, etc. L evel Tw o team s receive pa rtia l fu n d in g and L evel they at a level that somebody’s Three, or 'club team s', receive only the bare m inim um o f fu n d s. going to put a lot of money into them?”

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BY AARON MARGOLIS As the Canadian University athletic scene winds down for another year once again the major McGill varsity teams are incon­ spicuous by their absence.

It’s been three weeks since the feeble demise of the men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as the men’s hockey team.

None of the teams made it out of their division, not one got through the semi-final round, and only the Martlets appeared to put up much of a struggle in defeat.

This, even though all three squads are laden with league all­ stars and MVP’s.

In men’s hockey, goaltender Jamie Reeve won the OUAA most valuable player award. Bryan Larkin (All-Canadian), Tim Iannone, Patrice Tremblay, and Mar­ tin Raymond were named all-stars.

In men’s basketball, forward Paul Brousseau shared the league MVP while David Steiner was a first team all-star.

For women’s basketball, guard Debby Morse won CIAU rookie of the year honours. Morse, Tina Fasone, and Jane Ross were league all-stars.

With all the awards and acco­ lades one would think at least one team would have produced at least one victory in post season play.

Not so this year.

Much has been written and said lately about the high academic standards precluding McGill’s varsity teams from signing the most outstanding athletic talent.

In last week’s Tribune, both athletic director Bob Dubeau and football coach Charlie Baillie voiced such an opinion.

In the wake of all the individual awards being bestowed on McGill athletes this year, the theory doesn ’t appear to hold much water.

It might be said many of the best

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Is it any wonder McGill failed at playoff time?

It’s these types of confusing at­ titudes, second-class treatment, and a seeming lack of a long-term vi­ sion by the athletics administra­ tion that filters down to the play­ ers.

Last season, in the wake of McGill ’s hiring of Redmen hockey coach A1 Grazys, the hockey team’s alumni staged a revolt, protesting the manner in which he was se­ lected.

The result is very little commu­ nication between the administra­ tion and the alumni.

With the lack of alumni-supported fund raising and network­ ing, it becomes very difficult to recruit effectively.

The McGill hockey team you’ve been watching the past two years is basically the team former coach Ken Tyler built.

It will be interesting to see the direction Redmen hockey takes as cornerstone players such as Tim Iannone and Jamie Reeve gradu­ ate.

One of the biggest farces is the treatment received by the women’s basketball team.

A team that is definitely on the verge of producing great things, they don’t even have a dressing room of their own. As well, the players are forced to wash their own uniforms.

The Martlets host their own tournament but have no money to play tournaments outside Montréal.

The Redmen can’t even support their own invitational due to the high expense they would incur by bringing top calibre competition to Montréal.

The hockey team’s tournament schedule is no better. Aside from the pre- season tournament in Trois Rivières, the Redmen played in an under-18 tournament versus Euro­ pean teams in Camrose, Alberta at Christmas.

Though such road trips may bring teams closer together it does absolutely nothing to gauge McGill’s level of play against other university competition at a time when the rigors of school are at a

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There is just no team concept The 1987 Vanier Cup football victory seems to be an incredible, unbelievable aberration. The ex­ ception that proves the rule.

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BY IAN SIROTA It’s not everyday that one runs into a true student-athlete in the purest sense of the words. Such a person is Corrie Stepan, Law stu­ dent, Athletic Council member, Men’s and Women’s Intercolle­ giate Sports Council member, and, lest we forget, Mardet basketball player.

Stepan is a 22 year old forward from Regina, Saskatchewan. Seek­ ing to experience a different cul­ ture and way of life she decided to attend McGill. Stepan was also attracted by the excellent academic and athletic reputation of McGill.

She applied for and received the Greville Smith Scholarship, given every year to first-year students with excellent academic back­ grounds.

The adjustment however, was not an easy one. “When I came to Montréal, I did not know anyone.

It’s hard to adjust to living on your own and to the the differences between high school and univer­ sity.”

After some initial indecision about which programme to follow (she spent one year in sciences then another in general arts), Ste­ pan opted for Law school. One person who influenced this deci­ sion was Stepan’s first-year bas­ ketball coach, Hubert LaCroix.

“Basketball was not the only thing he did with his life. It was some­ thing he did for fun.”

The combination of Law and varsity athletics is not a common

A renewed sense of commitment to winning, and long term goal planning is needed if we are ever to see a major McGill varsity team win another Canadian champion­ ship.

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one, and Stepan ad­ mitted that at times she got a bit frazzled, but on the whole the match has been success­ ful. “I really enjoy it. Hike the life of a student. It has been difficult at times, though. Som e­ times I wonder what I’m doing.”

Despite this commitment, she is a bit disappointed in the attention, or lack of it, that women’s athletics receives. “They don’t get the atten­ tion they deserve, or the respecL” This year was a difficult year for both Stepan and the Martlets. This year Stepan averaged 5.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, de­ spite a nagging ankle injury which forced her to miss the final six regular season games.

After easy wins over Ryerson and Guelph early in the season, expectations were high. Reality then hit, as the Martlets met up with both tougher competition and injuries. “It was crazy. All the start­ ers were injured [during the course of the season]. We always had an excuse for losing. We’d just lose by one point...I think we panicked.

We could never beat a team by a lot. For some reason when we were ahead, we got a little bit scared.”

That was exactly the case as the Martlets finished the conference schedule with six wins and seven losses (including the playoff loss to Laval). Four of the losses were by a single point.

After the disappointing end to the season, she was asked if she would consider returning for a fifth season. “I haven’t decided y et” Her Coach Chris Hunter knows how he feels “We’d love to have her back.”

Through all this Stepan never lost the drive which has pushed her this far. Heading into her third year in Law, she is confident of her ability to successfully overcome any obstacles that may lie in her way, and, if nothing else, she will have fun doing it.

Badminton knocking on the door

BY NICK LEONARDOS Success in sports is measured the same way as in all other pur­ suits. You set goals, and if you exceed them, be it through luck or hard work or a combination of both, the end result is a most satisfying feeling. Such satisfaction is, in no small way, being gladly received by the McGill Badminton Team.

For Coach Frank McCarthy, it is a sweet feeling, and his team de­ serves it, because it came their way through hard work.

This year’s team finished fourth overall in Québec, behind Laval, Montréal, Trois Rivières, and ahead of Sherbrookeand Chicoutimi. Last

year they finished dead last.

The team’s successes rose with each successive tournament this season. In the first tournament at Montréal, they finished fifth out of the six team field. In the next, at Trois Rivières, they finished fourth.

And in the final tournament, at Laval, they rose to third.

This year’s team, the same team that finished in last place in 198889, has moved up due to increased training and practices over the summer.

Most of the credit for this year’s success goes to three women’s players, including the doubles team of Kim Barnes and Xia-Wen Fei, and singles player Melissa Chaun.

Barnes and Fei made it to the finals two weeks ago at Laval, and ended their season seeded second in Québec in their category. It was their hard work which accounted for much of the year’s improve­ ment.

Count Melissa Chaun in that category also. In two tournaments she reached the singles final, reach­ ing the semis in the other. She ends her season ranked third in the prov­ ince.

But what of the men? As Mc­ Carthy explained, “our women are 90 percent responsible for our increased point total this year. Last year we accumulated thirty points continued on page 19

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Sports Notes Chess Tourney concludes Last Saturday evening, four floors above the ruckus of Gert’s, the McGill Chess Club held its Annual Invitational Tournament. Thirty-year old PhD student Slaven Suba, of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, held off the challenge posed by Greg Rushea to take his fifth consecutive game, thus winning the tournament. Suba, playing black, was able to pressure Rushea very early in the match. Rushea, faced with the loss of his queen, -conceded the match on the twentieth move. For Suba, it was a nice introduction to Canada. He arrived in Montréal only two months ago.

The president of the club, John Kitching, encourages chess players of all levels to come and play. Informal games arc held every Monday and Wednesday from 16h00 to 19h00, at the Union, rm. 412.

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Congrats, Stingers On Sunday at Halifax, our crosstown rivals, the Concordia Stingers mens basketball team made history. They demolished the Guelph Gry­ phons, 80-62, and became the very first Quebec team to win a CIAU national basketball championship. To first-year coach Jean Dore, MVP Nick Arvanitis, and the rest of the champions, a real big tip of the McG ill hat. We may hate you, but we’re glad you won.

Athletics Banquet approaches Another athletics season will formally come to a conclusion on Friday, April 6. The McGill Athletics Department will be celebrating with their 13th Annual Awards Banquet at the Bonavcnturc Hilton. Cocktails will begin at 6:00, and dinner at 7:00. Tickets are $25 for athletes and $35 for the rest of us, and are available at Currie Gym, rm. G20.

...Badminton improving continued from page 18 per tournament as a team. This year we doubled that number.”

Like many fringe sports at McGill, money and time to prac­ tice at Currie Gym are in rare sup­ ply. “We had to sell popcorn and clean up at football games to earn some money, said McCarthy. “The featherbirds we use cost three dol­ lars a shot, one bad hit and it’s

three dollars lost. We must go through 150 of those a year.”

As for practice time, Currie was available to the team three early evening sessions per week, but the team got lucky on a few occasions as the Montréal Raquet Club gra­ ciously offered the team some ex tra time. “That helped usa great deal”, said McCarthy. At practices the

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