The McGill Tribune Vol. 9 Issue 23

I n s id e th is w e e k : S O F T W A R E P IR A T E S

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SinĂŠad O 'C onnor, C owboy Junkies, and m ore STRESS

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H ow to fight it w ithout d rugs March 27- April 2, 1990

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Volume 9 Issue 23

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w h a t ’s o n W H A T ’S ON IS C O U R T E S Y O F T H E IN T E R -G R O U P L IA IS O N N O T IC E S : P la y e r’s T h e a tre presents an Ionesco Double-Bill: T he L esso n and T he B a ld Soprano. Tuesday to Saturday. Player’s Theatre, Union bldg., 3rd floor.

D on’t throw out that out-of-style shirt, those old pants or windbreaker. Save them for the Shelters and M issions in the M on­ treal Clothes Collection. Boxes: Otto Maass, Leacock, Stewart Biology, and Union bldgs. M arch 12th-April2nd. Spon­ sors: M cGill Volunteer Bureau.

M cGill N ightline - is open through exams from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. nightly! So take a study break and call us. 398-6246.

Friendly, sensitive, and oh so cool!

W alkSafe 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, M onday/Thursday, 11 a.m .-l p.m..

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

Exhibition: “New A cquisitions” . Work

by J.P. Riopelle, C.A. Gagnon, C. Kreighoff, P.E. Borduas, J.P. Lem ieux, A. Pellan. Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1480 Sher­ brooke St., W.. Info.: 288-7718. M arch 12th-31st.

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M cG ill C e n tre fo r R esearch on E n d o ­ crine M eehan isms: present Dr. DavidRoy, Director, Centre for Bioethics, Clinical Research Institute of M ontreal, on “Ethics and Biomedical Research’*. J.S.L. Browne Amphitheatre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 3:30 p.m..

M c G ill C e n tr e f o r C o n tin u in g E ducation: Inform ation Session: A ca­ demic advisors for program s in A ccount­ ing, Business Administration, M anage­ m ent, Education, Professional D evelop­ m ent, Languages, and Translation. Redpath Hall, 5:30-7 p.m.. Info.: 398-6200.

S proule L ectu res on E thics an d P u b ­ lic R esponsibility: presents Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological Ethics, Divinity School, Duke University. Lecture 1 on “Naming the Silences: God, M edicine and the Problems of Evil” . Otto Maass Chemistry Bldg., Rm. 112, 6 p.m.. Info.: 398-4121.

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D ep artm en t of A nthropology-S em i­ n a r Series: presents Prof. Gilles Bibeau, University o f M ontreal, on “Cosmology, Physiology, and Semantics: Outline of a Theory o f Symptoms am ong the Angbandi (Zaire)”. Leacock 732, 4:30-6 p.m..

M c G ill F ilm S o c ie ty : Y o u n g A phro d ites. Greece 1964 (118 min.). Dir.: N. Kounduros. Leacock 132, 7:30 p.m..

D ep artm en t of E ng lish -Irish Studies: present Jennifer Johnston, novelist, read­ ing from her work. Arts Council Room 160, 8 p.m..

M cG ill P la y e rs’ T h catresp o rts: Improvisational Comedy. The Alley, 10:00 p.m.. FREE. F R ID A Y , M A R C H 30T H In fo rm a tio n W o rk sh o p : “Uganda: W omen and NGOs” . Preparation for a visit by representatives from Action for Devel­ opm ent (ACFODE). Centre for Develop­ ing Area Studies, 3715 Peel, Rm. 100,1-4 p.m.. Registration: $10, includes inform a­ tion kit and refreshments. Confirm atten­ dance before W ednesday, March 28th at 398-3588.

C a re e r Day in Pharm ocology. D epart­ m ent of Pharm ocology,Room 1345,M cIntyre M edical Bldg., 3655 Drummond, 1:30 p.m.

J . K rish n am u rti an d D r. David B ohm .

Videotape Dialogue. Auditorium Rm. 129, Faculty of Education, 7 :30 p.m.. Every Fri­ day until M arch 30th. Sponsors: Dept, of Religion and Philosophy in Education, McGill; Krishnamurti Information Center of Montreal.

M cG ill F ilm Society: R e d Sorghum .

China 1987 (92 min.). Dir.: H. Gaoliang.

FDA Auditorium , 7:30 p.m..

M cG ill P la y e rs’ T h c a tre sp o rts: More Improvisational Comedy. A fter the Show in Players’ theatre or 10:00 p.m.. Admis­ sion: $1.00.

SA TU RD A Y , M A R C H 3 IS T 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.. “ L a fo n d atio n d e I’Alopecie A reata du Q uebec” . Support group meeting.

M ontreal Children’s Hospital, 2-4 p.m..

M cG ill F ilm Society: M o n ty P y th o n ’s H o ly G rail. UK 1975 (92 min.). Dir.: T. Gilliam. Leacock 132,7:30 p.m..

SUNDAY, A P R IL 1ST St. M a rth a ’s-In-T he-B asem ent: pres­ ents Zefferili’s “Jesus of Nazareth” . Every Sunday in M arch after worship. 3521 University, 10:30 a.m.. Info.: 398-4105.

A nthropology of D evelopm ent W o rk ­ shop Series-"Lands, Resources, and Coop­ eration in Development” : Aditya Dewan on “The Im pact of Overseas Development Assistance on the Indigenous People of Bangladesh”. 3434 M cTavish, Rm. 100,12 p.m..

M c D o n ald -C u rrie L ectu re: presents Adele M arie Barker, Director, Program in Russian and Soviet Studies, University of Arizona, on “Popular Culture in Gor­ bachev’s Russia” . Leacock 232,6:30 p.m..

Info.:398-4216.

A llian cefo r N on-V iolent A ction: pres­ ent “Youth and Resistance to Racism ”.

W ith Jackie Ashini, Innu youth, non-vio­ lent resister to NATO base in Nitassinan (in English); Aziz Fall, anti-apartheid ac­ tivist, m em ber of Groupe de recherche el d ’initiative pour le libération de l ’Afrique (in English and French); Brigitte Marleau, m em ber of Alliance for Non-Violent A c­ tion, first-hand witness to Central Am eri­ can repression (in French). Leacock 26, 7:30 p.m.. Info.: 324-3284; 525-0765.

T U ESD A Y , A P R IL 3RD M cG ill Book F a ir: Book Fair Depot Day. W anted: Books - o f all descriptions.

Redpath Hall, 10 a.m .-2 p.m.. Info.: 3983556.

T h e Y oung A lum ni (M cG ill o f th e last 10 years): present Stuart Robertson, G a ­ zette columnist, on “The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring” - Spring Gardening.

Leacock 26, 7 p.m.. All Welcome. Info.: 398-3557.

A D VAN CE N O T IC E S : T h e Y oung A lum ni (M cG ill o f th e last 10 years): present Prof. Judith Castle, LaSalle College, on “ Business Protocol" role and value o f etiquette in business and professional environments. Leacock 2 6 ,7 p.m.. All W elcome. Info.: 398-3557.

C e n tre fo r C o n tin u in g E du catio n D e p a rtm e n t o f L a n g u a g e s a n d T ran slatio n : Classification Tests for the Sum m er English and French Language Programs. English Classification Test: A pnl 2nd and 12th, 7 p.m.. French Classi­ fication Test: April 4th and 10th, 7 p.m..

Info.: 398-6160.

M o n treal D em ocratic F o ru m -P e r­ spectives in Socialism : presents “Which socialism are we defending?” with Prof.

Presh Chattopadhyay, UQAM . Centre for Developing Area Studies, 3715 Peel, Rm. 100,7:00p.m .. Info.: 931-1262. Thursday, April 5th.

E th ics an d th e A cadem y: presents Gregory Baum, Faculty o f Religious Studies."Closing Lecture”. Leacock 232, 7 p.m.. Thursday, April 5th.

E n v ir o n m e n t W o rk s h o p S e rie s: “Managing the Com m ons”. Unitarian Church, 3415 Simpson, near Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.. Register at 935-1522. Thursday, April 5th.

Yellow D oor Coffee H ouse: presents “ Literature Live” with Pankaj Patel. “Open Stage" follows. 3625 Aylm er (north of Prince Arthur), 8 p.m.. Admission: $2.00.

Coffee, tea, herbal teas, etc.: $.50. Info.: 398-6244. Thursday, April 5th.

D.O. H eb b L ectu re S eries-D ep art­ m en t o f Psychology: Dr. Fernando Nottebohm . Field Research Center fo r Ecology and Ethology, Rockefeller University, on “ Brain Rejuvenation in Birds” . Stewart Biology Bldg., Rm. S l/4 , 1205 D octor Penfield, 2 p.m.. Info.: 398-6105. Friday, April 6th.

L ib eral M cG ill: Annual General M eet­ ing. Election of Executives. Union 107/8, 5 p.m.. Thursday, April 12th.

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

S proule L ectures on E th ics an d P u b ­ lic R esponsibility: presents Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological Ethics, Divinity School, Duke University. Lecture n on “Naming the Silences: God, M edi­ cine and the Problems o f Evil”. Presbyte­ rian College, 3495 University, 12 noon.

Lecture HI on “Nam ing the Silences: God, Medicine and the Problems of Evil”. Otto Maass Chemistry Blc'g., Rm. 112, 6 p.m..

Info.: 398-4121.

L.A .G .E.M . (L esbian a n d G ay E m ­ ployees o f M cG ill) M eeting. Thomson House, 3650 McTavish, Rm. 401, 5:30 p.m.

M cGill E n tre p re n e u rs ’ C lub: present Brahn O a \k m , C E O , F a sh io n Industry. Arts 160, 6 p.m.. All W elcom e. Info.: Union 428; 398-6818.

E nviro n m en t W o rk sh o p Series: “The Urban Challenge” . Unitarian Church, 3415 Simpson, near Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.. R egis­ ter at 935-1522.

M cGill S o u th ern A frica C om m ittee presents AM ANDLA, a weekly news and current affairs program on Southern Af­ rica. CRUT FM 90.3, Radio McGill, W ednesdays, 7-7:30 p.m..

M cG ill Film Society: The K id W ho C o u ld n 't M iss. Canada 1982 (80 min.).

Dir.: P. Cowan. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.. FREE. M cG ill C a n cer C e n tre & D ep artm en t o f Oncology : Public Lecture: “ AIDS: What Has It Taught Us?” W ith Dr. Mark W ainberg, Professor, Dr. Chris Tsoukas, Assistant Professor, and Dr. Norbert Gilmore, Professor, of the Department of Medicine, McGill. Palmer Howard Am­ phitheatre, McIntyre Bldg., 6th Floor, 8:00 p.m..

A ra b S tu d e n ts’ A ssociation-C oncord ia U.: present M aitre Yossi Schwartz, Palestinian Jew, on the long term prospects for peace in the Middle East. Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve, Rm. 1070, 8:30 p.m..

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McGill credit card to fight underfunding with plastic

BY PAUL HORW ITZ_______ A credit card being offered to members of the McGill commu­ nity will give money to improve underfunded university programs and facilities, officials involved in the program say.

Letters advertising the “Affinity MasterCard,” set up by the Bank of Montréal and the Graduates’ Soci­ ety last term, were sent to students, staff, alumni living in Canada, and financial donors to McGill last week. The Bank of Montréal has already received 200 applications,

and estimates it will receive an­ other 300 applications by the end of the month.

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STUDENT PROTESTERS TO INCREASE ACTIONS THIS WEEK Following a week of marches against the tuition fee increase, Québec student group ANEEQ said it would step up its protest actions across the province this week.

ANEEQ Secretaire-Générale Josette Coté said yesterday that stu­ dents would increase pressure on provincial Education Minister Claude Ryan in marches and other direct actions, including a massive demon­ stration this week in front of the National Assembly in Québec City.

Last week, students were arrested when they broke into the Montréal Stock Exchange. Other protests occured at City Hall and at Education Minister Ryan’s Montréal office.

At McGill, Students’ Society Vice President (External) John Fox said members of the student group Coalition Against the Privatization of Education (CAPE) might mount a protest at the McLennan Librarv on Thursday.

SLAIN ARMS MERCHANT TAUGHT AT M CGILL Gerald V. Bull, an engineering professor at McGill who was impli­ cated in the illegal sale of arms to South Africa, Iran, and Iraq, was shot to death in his Brussels apartment on Thursday night, Belgian authori­ ties said.

Bull, who did military research at McGill from 1962 to 1967, was shot twice in the neck as he tried to enter his apartment. Reuters reported that Bull’s killers did not take $20 000 in cash found in his pocket.

After leaving McGill, Bull formed the military research company Space Research Corporation, whose headquarters straddled the QuébecVermont border. While heading the group, he gave military advice to Iran and Iraq. In 1980, a U.S. court sentenced Bull to six months in jail for selling arms to South Africa.

SSMU TO MODERNIZE RIDE BOARD Students’ Society will place a new map and ride board in the Union Building in the next two weeks to make it easier for students to find rides, Vice President (Internal) Ray Satterthwaite said.

Satterthwaite said he will put up a map of Québec, Ontario, New England, and Vermont, along with colour-coded cards for students looking for cars or passengers to fill out. The board, which he has been planning since November, will cost $900.

“This is a really effective system,” said Satterthwaite, adding that the board was modelled after one at the University of Ottawa.

ASUS ELECTIONS THIS WEEK Arts and Science Students are kindly requested to VOTE in their faculty elections this week. Elections are set to be held between today (Tuesday) and Thursday. Most polls open at 11 a.m. today, and at 10 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Voting is set to end each day at4 p.m., except for at polling booths in the Union, Redpath and Bishop Mountain Hall. (See ad in this Tribune for complete polling locations).

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first year of the program will go towards improving studentaid and library conditions, he said.

“It’s a way to make some extra money for the university,” Ross said.

Ross said he approached the bank last year, after hearing about the success of affinity card pro­ grams at other Canadian universi­ ties. McGill is the twenty-fifth uni­ versity in Canada to introduce an affinity card. While some univer­ sities have made as little as $1 000 a year in the program, Ross said he hoped McGill would follow the examples of schools like Queen’s University, which made $106 000 in the first year of the program.

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According to Ross, current pro­ jections say McGill will make about $78 400 from the cards in the first year of its five-year contract with the bank.

While the card itself would not compensate for McGill’s multi­ million dollar deficit, Ryan hopes it would increase awareness of

Bank of Montréal’s Affinity Mar­ keting Group, said he hopes that McGill cardholders will use the card more than other credit cards they own, so the bank can make up the revenue that goes to the Princi­ pal’s Priorities Fund.

“The hope is that the McGill card will become the card of

“It’s a way to make some extra money for the university.”

- Alumni Organizer McGill’s financial troubles among 65,000 alumni living in Canada and encourage them to make dona­ tions.

“W e’re really going to push it,” Ross said.

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Atkinson said the bank’s affin­ ity programs only began offering cards to undergraduates nine months ago. Credit requirements for students are less strict, he said, they are given low spending limits.

S c ie n c e c o u n c illo r s u r g e s t u d e n t s to c o n tin u e la b fe e

BY SHANNON ALDINGER Science student councillors are urging science students to continue paying a $25 per semester fee to improve lab equipment, despite the approach of a tuition fee increase which was to signal the end of the fee.

Students will vote until Thurs­ day on a referendum which ex­ tends the fee until 1993, when another three-year extension would be requested.

The lab fee, which goes to the Undergraduate Laboratory Im­ provement Fund, started in 198889. It was to be collected annually unless a tuition fee increase was instituted, in which case the fee would be dissolved.

But some science councillors feel the proposed provincial tuition fee increase will not give their faculty more money. They say financial responsibility is “just shifting from the government to the students.”

Once the fund is dissolved, it will be hard to re-instate later,” said ASUS Vice President (Sci­ ence) Richard Press.

“We feel this fee is highly bene­ ficial. So rather than wait for prob­ lems to arise without the fee, we thought we’d avoid them now by trying to continue it,” Press ex­ plained.

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useless, but the feedback I’ve been getting is that they are unsatisfac­ tory. The equipment is also rela­ tively old and we’ve been turning students away because the labs can’t hold them. Without this fund, the quality of the lab equipment will fall far below a satisfactory level and McGill students will pay CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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W h a t y o u 'r e m issin g : a stu d e n t str ik e n o te b o o k Once again, McGill is quiet while the rest of Québec revolts.

But take heart, you don’t want to be involved in this one. This semester’s “national protest” remains little more than a series of poorly-organized skirmishes, with all the drama of a difficult snail birth.

Bizarre events last Thursday prove the point.

Two hundred students from CEGEP St. Laurent boarded buses after lunch and headed to the Montréal Chamber of Commerce, across the street from the Roddick Gates. Nearly two hours into their blockade of the building, the students declared victory and stepped back onto the street - now covered by about 70 riot-gear clad constables.

Moments later one student described what had happened inside.

“We came down, all 200 of us, because we wanted the business community to know they also have to pay for education,” he explained.

“So we walked inside the building and sat down in some of the offices. But we wanted to be non-violent so we asked the secretaries to lock up all their papers and staplers and stuff so that it wouldn’t get mixed up with our stuff. We decided that we would leave as soon as the cops asked us too - which we expected to be a bit sooner than one and a half hours - and leave the placards behind so they wouldn’t feel threatened. We came out with our hands on our heads.”

Apparently, though, not everything went as smoothly as all that.

“We couldn’t get everyone on the rented buses, so some people had to take the metro to the blockade,” an organizer said.

The two hundred, joined by another two or three hundred from other campuses then tried to occupy our Music Building, but were apparently turned away by a Barnes Security guard. They knew they would be welcome in only one place - the Central Pavilion at UQ AM. So 400 angry students marched down Sherbrooke to St. Denis, and then down St. Denis to Ste. Catherine, directing traffic around them along the way. Once outside the campus, the400 sat down in the street facing 40 cops in an act of Tianamen-like defiance, until it started to drizzle.

Then everything fell apart. The 400 split up into commando groups of 80 people to roam the halls of UQAM looking for scab students still attending classes... at 6:30 p.m.!

By the time the commandos I was following got lost at the end of the second floor, I was pretty sure they’d call it a day. No way.

“Let’s go to the library!” one protestor yelled out to loud applause.

“No one knows where the library is. Let’s go to Vieux Munich!” someone else replied.

Surprisingly, victory was but minutes - and one floor - away.

Someone found a light on in a little hall in the political science department. The commandos followed him, the TV camera light flashed on, and the meat of this protest began with 80 people chanting and banging on walls in that little hall.

“Sort! Sort! Sort! Solidarité!”

After 10 minutes of that, the lights turned off, the door opened and three students swaggered out of the room. One turned to a protestor and said he’d been taking a nap.

Everyone cheered and headed over to strike central in a basement hall atUQAM. More than 4 hours had elapsed since CEGEP protestors boarded buses to the Chamber of Commerce.

Down in the basement, one of the CEGEP students picked up a copy of the Daily. She scanned the cover picture of two policemen joking about beating students.

Then she turned to me with a wide grin to ask why McGill wasn’t on strike too.

Robert Steiner

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Not that they’re trying to avoid us or anything, but this week we happened to call Claude Ryan’s office just when his press secretary, Luc Rhéaume, was on the road between Montréal and Québec City.

“I don’t have the right to tell you anything about the Minister’s schedule,” Ryan’s Adjuntant, Hélène Paré, explained.

The Minister is a rockin’ free-wheelin’ kind of guy, it seems. Paré said his schedule is never definite (and his tuition fee increases?).

Paré was a little vague about Ryan’s exact schedule, so we have been forced to try and fill in the blanks (in italics).

In case you want to confirm Ryan’s plans, call him at (514) 8734493 or (418) 643-3636. Better yet, fax him at (418) 643-4493. Try not to clog his machines with too many inquiries.

Tuesday, M arch 27: 2.p.m. - 3p.m. Question Period at the National Assembly. 4p.m.-8:30p.m.. Lambada lessons at Chez happy Tony.

Wednesday, M arch 28: 3p.m.-4p.m.. Question period at the National Assembly. 6p.m.-Midnight: Opening ceremoniesfo r North Shore Lambada and Whale Watching Academy, Baie Comeau.

Thursday, M arch 29: 10a.m.-l:30 p.m. Golf at St. Bruno with Pierre and Denis Trudeau. 2p.m.-3p.m.: Question period, National Assembly (he might be a bit late).

Friday, M arch 30: On the road again! Paré tells us this is the day Ryan usually heads back to his Lachute riding.

Saturday and Sunday: HOT DOG ROASTS! Ryan eats like a student.

Monday, April 2: Ryan sleeps his hot dog hangover off... like a student.

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Are athletic and academic standards m utually exclusive?

To the Editors: I am, I confess having some trouble with Mr. Stewart’s article “The State of Athletics at McGill: the academic barrier.” [McGill Tribune, March 13-19] He appears to point to the injustice of those high academic standards which supposedly prevent quality athletes from being accepted. It seems both unfair as well as constituting quite another issue to indicate a failure in the CEGEP system to provide quality candidates. Unfair in that McGill patently has a yearly entering class, one presumably containing some CEGEP graduates who were accepted under those standards which deny certain athletes entrance to the university. But these standards Mr Stewart speaks of, precisely for whom are they too high? Obviously for those not accepted. And when are standards too high? Would Mr Stewart accept mouldy bread for breakfast when the bakery tells him they have lowered their fresh bread standards to make room for a frozen yoghurt machine? For he seems to imply both that athletes must have standards lowered to meet them rather than their rising to meet the standards, and that they and good scholars are mutually exclusive.

McGill is here to maintain high standards, not to compromise them in order to increase athletic prestige.

When Mr Stewart says that “athletic success brings greater recognition to McGill and attracts better, more diverse students to

our school,” what does he mean exactly? What does he mean by “better” when he continues that those who are “better” did not have sufficiently high marks to be accepted in the first place? Does he mean “better” in terms of the lowered standards necessary to accept these students, or does he mean that these students will somehow become better during their tenure at McGill? If they are, indeed, “better”, then they will be admitted on, as the lawyers say, their own recognizance.

Does anyone remember James Thurber’s short story about the football player in economics class at the University of Ohio? And more recently, does anyone remember William Hurt’s reply in “Broadcast News” to the question of breaking an ethical boundary, something along the lines of “Well, how can I help it when they keep moving the sucker...”

Is Mr Stewart talking strictly about McGill admission standards so as to raise, somehow, the level of the school, or about a problem he sees with the Admission Committee’s decision-making process, about inadequacies he sees present in the CEGEP system, or about athletes’ seeming inability to be both athletes and scholars?

I believe that many of us are concerned enough about the trend we see of many universities to turn themselves into training schools for the professions, without having to worry about compromising CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Editor - in - Chief Charlie Quinn Assistant Editor Paul Michell News Editors Rob Steiner Paul Horwitz Features Editors Kelly Gallagher Mackay Stephanie Small Entertainm ent Editor Kim Farley Sports Editor Nick Leonardos Photo Editor Neal Herbert

Layout & Production Editor David Gruber Production Assistants Andrea Hitschfeld, Melissa Meyers, Kirsten Myers, Elaine Palmer, Zoe Rolland Cover Photo Neal Herbert Publications M anager Helene Mayer Staff Shannon Aldinger, Magdelena Fahmi, Lara Friedlander, Lisa Harrison, Sam Hayes, Aaron Margolis, Duff McLeod, Linda Miller, Susie Osier, Ben Rovet, Colin Scott, Joel Schwartz, Faraaz Siddiqi, Ian Sirota, James Stewart, Andrzej Szymanski, HelgaTawil, John Watson, Amy Wilson The McGill Tribune is published by the Students' Society of McGill University. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent Students' Society of McGill University opin­ ions or policy. The Tribune edito­ rial office is located inB-01 A of the University Centre, 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X9, Telephone 398-6789, 398-3666.

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Having your CAPE and eating it too I would like to respond to Paul Michell’s so-called editorial in the March 20-26 issue of the Tribune.

I say so-called because it was not in fact an editorial at all, but rather a slanderous attack on the McGill Daily and CAPE within the context of an ongoing campaign waged by the Tribune since the beginning of the semester. I leave it to the members of the Daily to respond as they see fit; it is as a CAPE member that I wish to respond.

CAPE is not aDaily surrugate as Michell suggests. Of a core of 35 members, 4 are also Daily members, others have affiliations to other on-campus groups, and some, like myself, have no other on-campus affiliations. Of the 4 Daily members, only one has ever held a position of responsibility within the group, and that for a temporary campaign that ended weeks ago.

Daily members are, like anyone else on campus, invited and encouraged to participate in the struggle against rising tuition fees, either within or outside CAPE. Nor is CAPE, as Michell suggests, a nebulous organization.

It is an organization or clearly definable individuals with a stated goal of resisting rising tuition fees and struggling to make post­ secondary education affordableand accessible. And if that isn’t in the “best interestss of the community”, I don’t know what is.]

The very fact that Michell can refer to such a vital issue as an extra-curricular activity is doubdess a reflection of the relative class, sex, and social privilege that allows him to stand outside of the debate and smugly observe, while pushing an insidiously destructive personal agenda which has longtem negative implications for the vast majority of Québec’s population in generations to come.

Mike Ryan U2 CAPE The Tribune will print most every letter that we receive on a first come first serve basis. However, we only have a limited space, so be patient. For a complete run down of our letters policy see the editorin-chief in the Tribune office (Union B-01A)

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Business sets the record striaght To the editor: We at Business were referred to in an article of The McGill Tribune of M arch 20-26 in the entertainment section: “Coming soon to the high-fahione stakes is Circus, established by the minds behind B usiness. A reputation of racist homophobic hiring practices precedes its opening. D iscodancers with conscience beware.”

We at Business have nothing to do with a club called Circus. We neither own nor manage it. We are notracist .n are we homophobic.

As a matter of fact, Business probably has one of this city ’s most diverse clienteles and staff. As for homophobic, we have organized more benefit evenings for AIDS and gathered more money for the cause than the McGill Tribune probably ever will. One of the owners of Business is treasurer of the Joel Gregory Foundation, a non­ profit AIDS victims’ help group.

At Business we have and have had whites, blacks, hispanics, orientals, straights, gays, AIDS sufferers, lesbians, english-speaking, french­ speaking people (have we forgotten someone?) and are most respectful

of people’s rights.

To say that we are offended by these frivolous remarks is an understatement. Doesn’t this “reporter,” Mr. Uhrich, before calling people racists and homophobics, check out his sources? In the future, Mr. Uhrich, before questioning other other

people’s standards and ethics, why don’t you start by tending your own garden. Try writing an article on quality journalism.

Richard Holder Paul Holder M aurice Holder Serge Breton

... more on academics or athletics CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 admissions standards. Do we now have to be concerned as well that McGill is not getting the athletic prestige it could if only it adjusted its admissions standards to reflect athletic and not academic ability?

Why can we not simply leave it that those good football players and swimmers who are also good students will be admitted to McGill without the university having to lower its standards, and those without the marks to be admitted will go elsewhere and provide other institutions with the athletic glamour McGill will have so short-

sightedly given up.

The problem as it is set up by Mr Stewart seems as well a bit hypocritical. Why do athletics without admissions requirements wish to come to McGill if it has such inherent athletics department inadequacies, if not that they have somehow succumbed to its academic prestige? If they have not in fact, been influenced by precisely that prestige gained by those standards Mr Stewart wishes to compromise?

Erica Brown MA 1, Political Science

th ir d c r y p tic c r o s s w o r d Across I. Two Poles begin to drink shots. (5) 4. Two pets met on a dark and stormy night. (7) 8. Half a fly at a Cdn. money market. (3) 9. Teetotallers group starts to help ant-eaters. (9) 10. I'm not thankful to be between bars. (7) II. Supernatural Franco-Prussian agreement is spelled out. (5) 13. He worked at the Tower of London (and in the dungeons). (6) 15. Muzzlea short saint confused with life. (6) 18. The last exam. (5) 19. P.R. confusion appears to be behind. (7) 21. Winter has arrived, and he slips on the ice. (5,4) 23. Thesis about the seifs concern with physics. (3) 24. Smooth sailing conditions cause floods. (4,3) 25. Controlling the power company from the farm? (5)

This week’s puzzle Down 1. Watching kids from a chair. (7) 2. Andre the Giant and the tangled garden. (9) 3. Topping for a society woman. (5) 4. Course on the Ottoman Empire is a bird. (6) 5. Remove furniture, or leave apartment. (4,3) 6. Where are hearing aids placed?(3) 7. Seats a woman. (7) 12. The big boom costs us all. (9) 14. Len sits and enrolls in the army. (7) 16. The core of a perfume. (7) 17. Country finished with Canadian train contract. (6) 18. Quintin got his share of the inheritance. (5) 20. Redder and less easily found. (5) 22. Fall behind before the break. (3)

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Students' Society Executive may get pay raise B Y BEN R O V E T

Students’ Society Council plans to discuss giving the SSMU Ex­ ecutive a raise to encourage more graduate students to run for office.

The motion, scheduled for de­ bate tonight, was introduced by Graduate Representative David Wright, and would raise each ex­ ecutive’s salary to about $10 000 a year, though Wright said that fig­ ure is “hardly written in stone.”

Wright said he proposed the pay raise to allow graduate students the choice between running for office or taking jobs as teaching assistants. The new Executive sal­ ary for the school year would be roughly equivalent to the salary of a TA in the Arts Faculty. Execu­ tive members are also paid for work over the summer.

“Currently, graduate students can’t afford to run for executive positions,” Wright said.

“This raise would make [an SSMU executive position] more financially accessible for graduate students.”

Currently, the SSMU President is paid approximately $3 650 in the summer and $5 641 during the year. The Society ’s four Vice Presi­ dents are paid the same amount during the summer, but make just $4 512 during the school year.

Under the pay raise, the President’s salary would go up only slightly,

but Vice Presidents would make an extra $1 300.

The resolution would also affect the amount of time executives are expected to work. Executives now work for twelve months, during which they are paid for 40 hours a week during the summer, and re­ ceive a monthly honorarium dur­ ing the school year. Under the pay raise proposal, executives would work for thirteen months, with the thirteenth month being used as a

transition period between the old and new executive. Throughout their tenure, they would be paid for 40 hours per week during the summer and 20 hours a week dur­ ing the school year.

The pay-raise may face stiff opposition from councillors who believe it should first be passed by the Joint Management Commit­ tee, a body which discusses SSMU budgets. Some councillors have also suggested a raise should only be discussed well before or after elections, since some of next year’s Executive could vote to increase their own pay. ButW rightsaidthe incoming executives could avoid conflict of interest by abstaining

Manna: “For the amount of work put in to the SSMU, you should come out with a little money in your pocket.”

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on the vote.

The raise would also bring SSMU executive salaries closer to those of Ontario universities, where student council executives make between fifteen and twenty thou­ sand dollars a year, Wright said.

“It is generally agreed the ex­ ecutive is overworked and under­ paid,” Wright said.

According to SSMU President Santo Manna, executives work 50 to 60 hours a week during the academic year.

“For the amount of work put in to the SSMU, you should come out with a little money in your pocket,” Manna said.

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P a r a n o ia s p r e a d s w ith r u m o u r s o f R C M P r a id s

BY LARA FRIEDLANDER These days, when an RCMP car is seen on campus, one thought that comes immediately to mind is “software raid.”

The problem, McGill Director of Computing and Telecommuni­ cations, Alan Greenberg explains, is the increased attention now being paid to software pirating - the ille­ gal copying of copyrighted pro­

campus computing centres.

A rumour of a raid by the RCMP on the Physiology Department’s computer lab last Tuesday (which turned out to be false) spread quickly by phone and computer, and led some computer users on campus to hide their disks, and remove some illegal programs from their hard disks.

“There was another batch of rumours six or seven months ago,”

news analysis | grams. Articles in the Ga7r • and other papers along with pressure from software manufactureres to crackdown on software piracy have sparked a paranoia among com­ puter users about RCMP raids on

Greenberg told the tribune.

“We have to assume there is a problem [with software piracy], but it’s not as bad at McGill as at some places.”

Vice Principal Planning and Computer Services Francois Tavenas added that, while he has “no evidence of a serious problem” at McGill, software piracy is a pro­ vincial problem that has worsened in recent months.

He cited statistics that indicate a 21 percent increase in software sales across Canada last year, while 1989 software sales in Québec dropped by nine percent over the past ten months. Those numbers could be explained if people in Québec were buying fewer com­ puters, but computer sales in the province rose by three percent in the same period.

Sergeant Gilles Rivest, head of RCMP Copyright Investigation in the Montréal area, also noted a rise in the number of complaints dur­ ing the last two years.

“The more publicity we get, the more complaints we get,” he ex­ plained.

Although Rivest refused to

comment on specific cases, he did say that people convicted of soft­ ware copyright violations have been recently fined anywhere from $1000 to $1500. The highest pen­ alties that could be given for such violations include a $25,000 fine and five years in jail.

Rivest foresees a “definite” ex­ pansion of his eight-member staff in response to an anticipated in­ crease in complaints of software pirating.

But he does not believe McGill would be a target for the RCMP, adding that “we don’t investigate unless we have serious complaints...we would need a search warrant and we have to convince the judge that there are reasonable grounds.”

Francois Tavenas likens any oncampus software piracy problem to illegal parking.

“The Administration is doing everything it can,” said Tavenas.

“I have reminded the Deans of their obligations recently... Appro­ priate signs have been posted.

There is no chief of police. The law is clear.”

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T o te a c h o r n o t to te a c h Teaching assistants' complaints about pay and working conditions fuel rumours of unionization

BY FARAAZ SIDDIQI McGill’s 2,000 teaching as­ sistants are upset with low pay and poor working conditions and may form a union, accord­ ing to an executive of the Post Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS).

Eric Darier, PGSS Vice President (External), said two recent surveys of TAs have shown that they are unhappy with their salaries and general working conditions. These two factors have stirred up rumours of unionization among TAs at McGill, though someTAs have said they would not support union plans to assign jobs ac­ cording to seniority.

The teaching assistants’ main concerns are financial.

Their salaries range from $6,500 a year in the Faculty of Arts to no pay at all in the Music Department.

Darier said money from

"I have spoken to other TAs... only the rumours seem to be for unionization."

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fallen on some angry ears in the department.

According to one teaching assistant, those in support of a union are a small minority in­ terested in granting TAships on the basis of seniority rather than merit.

Saki Hristoulas, another Po­ litical Science TA, adds that the push for unionization is not representative of most teach­ ing assistants.

“I have spoken to fifteen other T. A. ‘s and they are all against it. Only the rumours seem to be for unionization,” Hristoulas said.

Science department pressured the department to lower the number of students per conference - and the average number of students per TA in that department has since dropped from 85 to 65.

But suggestions that Political Science TAs now unionize have

“It is unfair for younger TAs if allocation is based on senior­ ity instead of merit.”

But such talk does not dis­ suade Darier.

“There is discontent among the TAs,” he explains.

“If it takes a union to cause change, it might come to that.”

being a TA is the only source of income for most TAs. He also said some TAs at the University of Toronto, which does have a teach­ ing assistant’s union, make up to $20,000 a year.

In addition to these problems, TAs at McGill are worried about whether their faculties will be able to cover tuition costs after Québec’s

proposed tuition fee increase.

“If they [TAs] lose money in paying parts of their tuition, they might be inclined to work outside McGill where they can make more,” Darier said.

Another complaint of TAs is the loose definition of their working

conditions. Teaching assistants are supposed to work a maximum of twelve hours a week, but some­ times work twice that amount, teaching conferences they say are too big.

A unionization debate might be most heated among Political Sci­ ence TAs. In 1986, the TAs of the Political

MCGILL STUDENTS' SOCIETY STUDENT LEADER REGISTRATION A t t e n t i o n a l l M c G ill S t u d e n t L e a d e r s : T h e 1 9 9 0 / 9 1 P r e s id e n t, E d ito r, C h a ir p e r s o n , C o -O r d in a tio r o r C h ie f O ffic e r o f a n y M cG ill s t u d e n t C lu b , S o c i e t y , P u b lic a t io n , S e r v ic e , C o u n c il, C o m m it t e e o r A s s o c ia t io n m u s t r e g is t e r w ith t h e M cG ill S t u d e n t s S o c i e t y

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Campus groups not registered by April 16th will be considered inactive and will lose all campus privileges until such time as they are reinstated.

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more on science students' lab fees ...

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 because of it.”

If the fee is continued, the facul­ ties of Science and Management have both agreed to at least match student contributions to a lab fund.

According to Press, the faculties are currently more than matching the fund - Students contribute about $120 000 while the faculties do­ nate nearly $200 000 to the lab equipment fund each semester.

Dean of Science Bill Leggett has said the faculties will continue to contribute about the same amount of money to the Fund in the future. But Press pointed out that the Faculty of Science already has a deficit of funds.

“We would need a 4.5 million dollar injection to update the labs yet [the Faculty of] Science con­ tinues to operate with a deficit just to maintain the labs at their current level,” said Press.

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Stupid Smirks and Blasphemous Humour in Nuns on the Run

BY COLIN SCOTT

£1,000,000 from. With one group seeking to kill them, and the other Those Brits are an odd bunch. merely to have them dismembered, Time and time again their humour Idle and Coltrane take refuge in a has eluded us North Americans convent. and left us scratching our heads in Suddenly the plot becomes wonderment. Yet we always praise immensly twisted. Idle and Col­ them for their accute sense of the trane disguise themselves as nuns, strange and zany. with Idle dubbing himself Sister Nuns on the Run, & new film Euphemia of the Five Wounds, starring Eric Idle, a founding and Coltrane masquerading as member of Monty Python, proves Sister Inviolata of the Immaculate once again that the Brits are indeed Conception. Matters are further the royalty of comedy. confused with the arrival on the This work of religious and scene of Idle’s love interest, Hope comedic farce also stars Robbie (Camille Coduri), who can’t see Coltrane, best known for his work past the end of her hand without with Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa. her glasses.

Coltrane has made his mark work­ As it turns out, Idle and Coltrane ing in fringe comedy on such shows are not the only two who are out of as “The Comic Strip.” place in the convent. There are The film’s executive producer naughty nuns who drink and was ex-Beatle George Harrison gamble on the horses, and a pastor who has worked previously with who can’t keep his hands to him­ Python members on Life O f Brian . self. Idle and Coltrane find their Harrison and his business manager hormones taking over when they Denis O’Brien also set up the pro­ are given a group of young female duction company that worked on students to train in the areas of the this film and other British suc­ Holy Trinity and basketball moves cesses suchas Withnailandl,Mona on the court. The result is a hilari­ Lisa and Time Bandits. ous mix of highly risqué humour Idle and Coltrane play a pair of that will leave a stupid smirk on bank robbers looking for some your face for the next week. meaning in their lives. After much Although the plot may seem soul-searching, they decide to give rather cliché after last year’s re­ up the daily grind and go into bank lease of We’re No Angels, starring robber retirement. As their line of Sean Penn and Robert DeNiro, this work really doesn’t carry much in film takes the motif to a higher the way of a retirement plan, they level. Nuns on the Run follows a decide to pull off one last job and Python tradition of satirizing relig­ fly off into the sunset of Rio. ious institutions with their saucy While their plans may all seem brand of humour. Go and watch very noble, their gangleader this film, but be warned: you may (Robert Patterson) does not agree. have to go home afterwards and Neither do the gang of oriental pray for forgiveness for laughing thugs that Idle and Coltrane steal your face off all the way through it!

Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane are Monty Python-esque nuns on the lam.

H a r r i s o n ’s

BY KIM FARLEY

If voices could smirk, Canadian director John Kent Harrison’s would be grinning all over the phone lines. He is describing the first time he met Rip Tom, who plays Walt Whitman in Harrison’s new film Beautiful Dreamers.

People tend to get territorial over their idols.

Tom and Harrison stalked each other in the parking lot of a trendy L.A. restaurant.

“I see Walt Whitman as this.”

“Well, I see Walt Whitman as this.”

Luckily, their visions meshed.

They were about ready to try in­ voking the spirit of Walt Whitman right there in the parking lot. Instead, actor and would-be director went inside the restaurant, ate their buffalo cheese...and made a movie.

Beautiful Dreamers is set in prim London, Ontario society circa 1880, into which Walt Whitman breezes like a pot-bellied messiah, his mind open and ready to dip into everything. He has come to help

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BY PAUL HORWITZ If love songs have become a rock music cliché, it is because we have let them. In most love songs, every romance is para­ dise, and every broken heart is the end of the world. We have seen successful love in the puffedup cries of every ephemeral singer passing through the Top 40, and loss in the dejected moans of countless others. Even such an acclaimed singer as Margo Tim­ mins tells her sad stories in a passive tone that invites us to ignore rather than sympathize.

All the while, we have waited for someone with the depth to see love, good or bad, as a source of real emotion instead of brags or whines.

One musician with such depth is Sinéad O’Connor. Her debut album, 1987’s The Lion and the Cobra (released when she was 21 years old), sang about mythical themes in a personal and intimate way. With her new album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got,

she brings the same intimacy to a tale of lost love, investing each song with an emotion you just can’t find elsewhere.

Most of the album’s ten songs concern a love affair gone wrong, one which seems lifted from O ’Con­ nor’s own life. On “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” she asks, “How could I possibly know what I want/When I was only twenty-one?” She paints a picture in which her fame and her lover’s inattention break up an im­ portant relationship. O’Connor is honest enough to admit that her feelings remain; on “Feel So Differ­ ent” she sings, “I should have hatred for you/But I do not have any.” On “Nothing Compares 2 U,” a cover of a song written by Prince, she de­ scribes the failure of her attempts to forget her lover.

The album is about loss, but it is by no means just a complaint.

O’Connor’s honesty about her feel­ ings does not prevent her from a de­ termination to be her own person - “I will sleep with a clear conscience/I will sleep in peace,” she says in “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and

the title track further announces her self-sufficiency.

This combination of loss and selfreliance makes for an almost un­ comfortable - but riveting - inti­ macy. O’Connor is singing for her­ self, and doesn’t cover anything up.

Her emotion is especially strong on “Three Babies,” in which strings and acoustic guitar back O’Connor in a song that is both guilty and de­ votional. Her fears for her children also show in “Black Boys On Mopeds,” about a racially motivated killing in England. Thatcher-bashing songs have become a boring staple for English musicians, but O’Connor is different, giving us the story from a personal perspective.

What makes this album so much stronger than other records dealing with the heart is the sheer power of 0 ’Connor’s voice. Backed by simple music (mostly strings, guitar, and keyboards), O ’Connor draws strength from her grief, letting her voice build from softness to a burst of trills and shouts. Unlike the timid Timmins, O’Connor does not keep her feelings to herself, or accept her

late passively.

“I never said I was tough. ../I really am soft + tender + sweet,” O’Con­ nor sings on “You Cause As Much Sorrow.” That may be so, and I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got may

be defined by the loss of a lover, a seemingly questionable theme in a hopefully feminist society.

B ut Sinéad O ’Connor’s gift is her ability to turn her loss into her greatest strength, and our gain.

New and not necessarily notable trio from Islam: BYDUFF MCLEOD BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. “New Funky Nation” (Island) Perhaps the most interesting part of this debut release is the band’s name: BOO-YAA is apparently the sound of a shotgun blast. T.R.I.B.E. stands for Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire.

The group itself consists of the Devoux brothers, six hefty Samoans from L.A. The music is rap of the funky variety and BOO-YAA’s fa­ vourite themes seem to be them­ selves, the music, and street life in L.A.- in that order. All of this is served with a generous portion of profanity. In other words, they’re bound to be a big success.

Unlike most rap bands, BOOYAA has added a live horn section to several of their numbers. What it

is there for is uncertain, but appreci­ ated nonetheless. The electric flute on “Don’t Mess” seems sampled but it’s the best since “MacArthur Park”.

Among the better tracks are: “Once Upon a Drive By”, a criti­ cism of L.A. gang activity; “Walk the Line”, some sort of statement about the homeless; and “Psyko Funk”, with Little Richard sampled into the beat The title track, “New Funky Na­ tion”, has a definite groove to it which could possibly make it a good dance hit for BOO-Y AA. Same thing for “Riot Pump”.

If rap is your bag, then BOOYAA might be worth a listen.

The Christians “Colour” (Island) “Colour” is the second album by

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Liverpool’s The Christians. And seeing as their first record was Is­ land’s best selling debutreleaseever, very big things are expected of this group.

What sells this band is their vocal talent. And Garry and Russell Chris-

The Christians make a sound pudding of fine smooth voices tian (from whom the band takes its name) along with cohort Henry Priestman do indeed have fine smooth voices, a quality lacking in many bands of this variety.

But perhaps the biggest problem with “Colour” is figuring out just what sort of band the Christians really are. They claim to be influ­

enced by The Temptations but also that they are not a simple soul group because they incorporate soul, pop, country, blues, and contemporary rock.

The result of this mixture is a sound pudding of sorts. Listening to it is a lot like driving a Honda. Noth­ ing is bad, but then nothing is espe­ cially good either.

This isn’t to say that the album has no redeeming features. Some of the ballads such as ‘There You Go Again” are well produced with lush synthesizer and saxophone backings.

“In my Hour of Need” and “One More Baby in Black” have slowly infectious melodies.

The Christians’ poetic message goes down as easy as pudding too.

It’s hard to find fault with comfy lyrics about the need for emotional honesty and caring.

So if you’re willing to take a chance, there’s nothing really wrong with this album. At best, it’s very pleasant listening in a Paul McCart­ ney “Long and Winding Road” sort of way.

M arcia Griffiths “Carousel” (Mangodsland) Marcia Griffiths is best known as a member of the T Threes’, Bob Marley’s backup singers, so it’s no surprise that there’s a strong Jamai­ can flavour to this pop-dance re­ lease. Indeed, “Electric Boogie”, a big hit for Griffiths in 1983 re-mixed for the album, is a Bunny Wailer tune.

The backup on this record is pro­ vided by The Jerks who seem to have something to do with The Miami Sound Machine. The arrange­ ments are tight and impeccable. The

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Plain Jane to skip her way into the Spectrum

BY KIM FARLEY Jane Siberry skips and jumps through her latest album Bound By the Beauty, stopping once in awhile for a quick hockey game and a ride on the bike of this guy named Mike she reeeeealy likes. The album, missing only a little label marked “Play Me,” pushes cute to the limit without oozing too far. What, after all, could be more quietly endearing than relating the world to one’s sloppy canine?

Siberry’s live act, coming to the Spectrum on March 30, should be more of the same. Over the past couple of months Siberry has been towing her little red wagon around Europe, with her new album stuck guilelessly in the back between the dollies, dancing to the beat of the fawning critics. Siberry has some sublime quality that makes review­ ers cough up headlines like “Waft­ ing in from Wonderland” and deco­ rate their reviews with descriptions like “waif-like siren.” (Are mere common words notenough for Lady

ecords harmonica, sounding synthesized on the cover of “Groovin’’, isn’t. Luck­ ily, Griffiths’ relaxed voice saves the album from this MSM love of over­ production.

Where Griffiths really shines is on the second side of “Carousel”. She gets back to early sixties roots cover­ ing American soul hits in Jamaica.

“Sugar Shack” and “The One Who Really Loves You” have a some­ what up to date Motown groove.

One almost expects to find a swell bouffant hair-do on the jacket.

“Electric Boogie” is clearly the showpiece of this effort A revival of itsaccompanying ‘electric-slide’ line dance is surely in the works some­ where. And it’s probably easier than the Lambada.

Otherwise the record is standard fare for the pop dance music with a difference market. A safe buy.

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Culture ;othe streets: D irector M ani Haghighi de:ribed ‘The Bald Soprano’ as a fu n n y a n ti-p la y ” K en 'ameron and Nicole Zylstra rove that though there m ay ot be a plot, there is a fair bit o f ;tion in the play du:ing a review last Friday on the Arts eps. The play is opening toight with The L esso n , both by ugene Ionesco, at Player's heatre.

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BY C .S . FRIEND With so much hype and hoopla surrounding the third album from the Cowboy Junkies, it is almost impossible to approach it with an open mind.

By now anyone with an inkling of musical knowledge knows of the Junkies’ rise from garage jam ses­ sions to CD players worldwide and their subsequent critical acclaim.

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“Shards of godliness flew every­ where,” Roberts wrote.

With Bound by the Beauty it does appear Lady Jane has landed on this earth. It is certainly a more neigh­ bourly album than her introverted last effort, The Walking, which was curtly dismissed by radio stations everywhere. On her most recent album, Siberry writes about trains, dogs, and valleys - good solid Cana­ dian fare. Her reasons for this new direction were, she claims, purely selfish and nothing to do with the appeasement of the media Gods and Goddesses. Siberry explained her rationale to Canadian Musician like this: “This may sound weird, but I felt limited a bit by being Jane Si­ berry. So anything that reminded me of me, I would reject. It still sounds

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Though different in many ways from its two predecessors, The Caution Horses proves to be the next logical step in a recording career steeped with promise.

As on TheTrinitySessions, Margo Timmins’ voice again forms the crux of the Junkies’ sound. However, coupled with brother Michael’s strong lyrics and a tighter unity among all eight band members, thanks to producer Peter Moore,

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The opening track (and first single) of the album, “Sun comes up, it’s Tuesday morning”, tells the listener of the familar tale of lost love and loneliness, territory not unheard of in previous Junkie material. The chatty, conversational style of this song is carried into the second, “ ‘Cause cheap is how I feel.” The album quickly reaches a high point with “Mariner’s song”, with its ref­ erences to ocean voyages and part­ ing lovers that make for some of the most beautiful music on vinyl today.

Side Two opens with “Where are you tonight?”, which explores the fear of involvement in a no-win rela­ tionship. The third track is by far the biggest deviation from the minimal energy sound previously exuded by the Junkies; with “Rock and Bird” the listener might actually feel like tapping along to its bouncy rhythm, something few would have ever thought possible. The side ends with a stunning cover of Mary Magaret

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like me, but in a fresh direction.”

Ah. It was just a little claustro­ phobia.

Whether or not the album in­ tended to sedate, Bound By the Beauty has had a soothing effect on the critics and the public. Canada has produced Jane worshipers to rival England’s, although they seem to treat Siberry a bit too proprietorally, like a cute pet. Recently, Maclean’s took the liberty of in­ vading her bedroom, then implied that there was something devilishly intentional about her living next to the Queen Street Mental Health Centre in Toronto. Actually, Siberry’s choice of neighbourhood came from a desire to exit the Queen Street scene and enter a real neigh­ bourhood that could provide somcreal inspiration for her songs. She finds normality stimulating, likes to kick cans down the block, use rubber boots for goalposts - that kind of thing.

Let’s hear it for the epiphanies.

Siberry plays the Spectrum Fri­ day March 30.

a ttitu d e s O ’Hara’s “You will be loved again.” a fitting and beautiful tribute to one of Canada’s premiere singers.

Unfortunately, a cover of Neil Young’s “Powderfinger” on Side One doesn’tcomeoff as well, sound­ ing melodramatic on this relatively low-key album. The same holds true for the Margo/Michael song “Witches”, a track that would have definitely benefited from the minimalistic recording technique of The Trinity Sessions, but is not in synch with the studio sound of this album.

Though The Trinity Sessions was composed of many covers and The Caution Horses mostly Junkies’ originals, the themes of lost love, innocence and emotional pain are present on both. However, The Caution Horses handles these neurosis with new found maturity and understanding, something theJunkies no doubt acheived after months of extensive touring in the past year. With their latest release, The Cowboy Junkies have proven that they only get better with time, and this is one critic who is looking forward to the next time of hype and hoopla.

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tory , strung together in the archives of the University of Western On­ tario. He learned that Whitman has visitied London in that time pe­ riod, had known Burke, and had inspired Burke to write a book extolling his virtues. Harrison, who himself found London a “pretty stiff society-I was itching to get out”, recognized that the themes of their interaction could apply easily to modem society.

“There was a certain restrained hysteria at that time, with those ovaries up there on the shelf, that is still around today in different forms. Themes like self esteem,

and his way of seeing through to the heart of things. Dr. Bucke re­ vitalizes the lives of the suppressed loons at the same time as Whitman’s fire melts the inhibi­ tions of everyone he touches. The friendship between the two men is at the centre of the film, although Harrison skirts the issue of Whitman’s sexuality. “There was no evidence to suggest that Burke had a sexual relationship with Whitman,” says the writer/director. “Burke was overwhelmed with Whitman as his spiritual God.” Harrison, a native of London, based the film on threads of his­

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Harrison knew he needed an actor with exactly the right cha­ risma to play the incandescent Whitman, the ultimate free-thinker.

He wanted only Rip Torn.

“Who else was I going to get, Jason Robards?” jokes Harrison.

“I didn ’t want a mincing poet at the centre of the piece- I wanted Whitman ’s voice. That was Tom.” Whether eating asparagus with his fingers, reciting a poem about superficiality to a garden party, or singing in the bathtub, Tom domi­ nates the film. He proves quite a shock for Burke’s prim wife who knocks back about as much of Mrs. Bigelow’s Soothing Tonic as the loons do rum. Clever touches like this carry the film over its some of its bumpier Disney moments - like its-horrible ending - and help sew Beautiful Dreamers into an in­ sightful package. The film is an unashamed homage to Walt Whitman in general and freethinking in particular.

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setting up reward systems for yourself (such as fifteen minutes of break for every hour of study) and exercising a half hour before bedtime.

Dr. Ted Baker, of McGill’s Counselling Service, says that it is

STRESS. Anxiety, tension, worry - call it what you will, it affects everyone at one point or another. With exams rapidly ap­ proaching, almost anything can bring it on: academic pressure, financial worries, romance woes, roommau squabbles...

Luckily, our society has devel­ oped almost as many “cures” for stress as there are causes. Some find salvation in food, others in hot baths or exercise. Some take ref­ uge in sleep, others tune out their stress by turning on the TV. According to a McGill Nightline counsellor, there is generally an increase in the number of stressrelated phone calls in the weeks preceding exams, as even normal tensions “seem six times worse” necessary to look at both long­ when combined with increased term and short-term strategies for scholastic pressure. He says that coping with stress. In the long term, for most of these callers, just talk­ the goal is to make yourself as ing to someone about the source of “immune” to stress as possible by their stress does much to alleviate exercising, getting adequate sleep it. Nightline also recommends and rest, maintaining a healthy diet possible stress-relievers such as and good social networks.

In the long term, the goal is to make yourself as “immune” to stressas possible

When it comes down to the crunch, Dr. Baker recommends several stress-reducing techniques.

One of these, the “Stop” technique, is useful when you find yourself in a panic situation. If you can iden­ tify the source of your stress, this technique may be useful. First, visualize a stop sign. Take a deep breath and, as you exhale, release various muscle groups, especially your shoulders, your jaw, or your forehead, one after the other. While relaxing your body substitute the “panic thought” with a positive thought. Instead of saying “I’m going to fail”, say “I ’m nervous but I’m going to do well.”

If worrying keeps you from get­ ting to sleep at night, Baker recom­ mends the “Clearing” technique.

He suggests sitting down at the end of the day with a piece of paper and writing down everything on your mind. Next to any unresolved matters or issues that haven’t been cleared up, jot down a specific plan as to when and how you’re going to deal with that particular prob­ lem.

“Power napping” is a quick muscle relaxation exercise that can be done sitting at a desk.

McGill’s Counselling Service offers various stress-related work­ shops including “Relaxation Tech­ niques” and “Test Anxiety.” A onesession workshop focuses on “the discovery of personal stressors, the physical and psychological effects of stress and techniques for man­ aging and '■'mtrolling stress.”

Just as stress affects everyone for different reasons and in differ­ ent ways, so everyone must de­ velop his or her own methods for dealing with it. What’s important to realize is that, should you need or desire it, help in finding the best strategies for you is available.

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BY LISA HARRISON_______ Did you know that “stressed” spells “desserts” backwards? Ex­ plains a lot, doesn’t it? And while we’re on the subject of knowing things, did you know that you aren ’t stressed? That’s right. Even if you have four exams in two days, your dog died, and your mother is help­ ing you study, you aren’t stressed.

According to Dr. Ditto, Professor of Psychology, you are “experi­ encing a life challenge.”

On the other hand, if your father casually remarks that he really wishes you wouldn’t make so much noise fooling around on the couch with your “friend” and your re­ sponse is a rapidly beating heart, trouble breathing, sweaty palms and a croaked “How was break­

fast, dad?” - then you’re stressed.

Confused? Let Dr. Ditto set you straight: “The term ‘stress’ seems to be used in three senses: first, it refers to the environment - I am under stress. Second, it is used to indicate a psychological reaction you are experiencing stress. Fi­ nally, the word ‘stress’ describes a physiological response,” he ex­ plains. This last meaning is the correct one, and the least used.

This physiological response is produced when strong emotion activates the peripheral sympa­ thetic nervous system. “When the system is activated some functions, such as breathing and perspiration are enhanced, while others, such as certain functions of the gastro­ intestinal system, are diminished,” says Ditto.

This physical reaction is an evolutionary leftover. It is thought that the response originally existed to prepare the body for physical activity such as running away from danger. However, our present lifes­ tyle doesn’t require a reaction as extreme as running away.

Chronic stress is not necessarily harmful. “The long term effects of stress are probably less than people think,” says Ditto. “There is evi­ dence that chronic stress response is only a problem for certain sus­ ceptible individuals - it may even be hereditary.”

People with a family history of high blood pressure may exhibit increased blood pressure as a stress response. Other conditions brought on by chronic stress, such as ul­ cers, headaches and, most extreme,

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Stress management and the benefits of Yoga

BY K.E. PALMER More and more people are turn­ ing to the ancient practice of yoga to relieve stress as exams come up.

“When my mind won’t stop working overtime, I use breatiling exercises to clear my head,” says yoga student Sarah Baker.

Practising yoga can be an effec­ tive way of controlling stress.

According to yoga instructor Di­ anne Saint Jean, “Yoga itself is a new attitude towards stress. It is taking a different look a stressful situation and changing the way you sec it, in order to change your atti­ tude towards it.”

Stressful situations are “ap­ proached with a positive sense of adventure instead of anger and frustration,” adds Saint Jean.

Instead of becoming upset or stressed by various situations, the practice of yoga encourages one to observe problems analytically and approach them with calm opti­ mism. As an observer, it is pos­ sible to avoid being enthralled and consumed by what goes on around you, thereby avoiding stress.

Yoga incorporates physical work with philosophy and with several different methods of controlling breathing. Different muscles are strengthened and stretched to ex­ ercise the entire body with the practice of “poses.”

The benefits of breathing execises are twofold. By using the deep breathing methods during the poses, the muscles receive more oxygen than they normaljy would, and can then work at their highest capacity with less strain. Secondly, deep breathing methods are used to relax.

One of the main breathing exercises is called the three part breath.

Lungs are filled to their capacity by deep inhalation first into the lower lung by raising the abdo­ men. Inhailing further the chest and then shoulderbones are raised.Airisthen exhaled slowly in the reverse order.

By repeating this several limes, the heatbeat is slowed down.

Both the body and the mind are relaxed by the concentration on the breath. Other thoughts may be temporarily put aside.

By relieving stress during a breathing exercise, people can relax. The object is to return to the world around them in a calm rather than a flustered state.

When students in one yoga class were asked if they prac­ tised the yoga poses as a form of exercise outside of class most said no. But many do make use of the various breathing exer­ cises and find them very useful.

Especially around exams, by taking a small break from work to concentrate on breathing, stu­ dents can relieve pressure with­ out added distractions. Instead of thinking about something else to do, concentrating on the breath allows you to basically think about nothing. Yet at the same time, it gets your mind off your misery. Unlike thinking about vacations, it is easy to get your mind off inhaling and exhaling, and therefore easier to return to the task at hand.

Not everyone is comfortable with the spiritual aspects of yoga.

But whether it is considered a way of absorbing energy from the universe around or merely a way of breathing deeply, yoga can provide real physical bene­ fits.

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Experts disagree on effects of sleep deprivation

BY CHARLIE QUINN_______ Sixteen assignments, two twenty page papers, and a technical proj­ ect due next week. No problem.

Sleep, who needs it?

Apparently you don’t.

According to John Walsh, of the Royal Victoria Hospital’s Sleep Disorder Clinic, the amount of sleep that is required to function ranges from two to twelve hours, depending on the individual.

“People regularly get five hours of sleep and do not complain about being tired, or of insomnia,” says Walsh.

The key is that these people feel this is all the sleep they need, and that they consistently sleep for only a few hours a night. Because they are sleeping roughly the same amount every night, the body is able to adjust and can perform its necessary reparations.

“There are qualitative changes in the sleep pattern,” explains Walsh. “The distribution of the sleep stages is adjusted to fit the [person’s sleep] pattern.”

Sleep deprivation is dangerous

when someone does not sleep at a regular time, and for a consistent amount of time. This is why most students have a problem in the weeks leading up to exams.

Dr. Baker, of the McGill Coun­ selling Service, says students do not look after their health during exams or when under a lot of stress.

“It is common for students to give it [sleep] up, and to stop looking after themselves.”

The combination of students not looking after themselves and con­ tinually changing their sleep pat­ terns causes most of the problems.

Instead of getting four hours sleep for two or three nights, some stu­ dents pull all-nighters, drink gal­ lons of coffee, and then sleep for twelve hours to recover. When they do this, their bodies are unable to predict what their sleep schedule is going to be. They are left feeling over-tired and run-down. Not only do they feel terrible, but their abil­ ity to learn and to write exams is also affected.

According to Dr. Shapiro, a McGill Psychology Professor, there have been studies which show that the ability to learn is adversely affected by an inconsistent sleep

schedule. However, he stressed that it depends entirely on the individ­ ual.

“Different people need different amounts of sleep,” says Shapiro.

A report released by Cornell University’s Psychology Depart­ ment claims that long-term sleep deprivation damages an individ­

ual’s physical health and mental well-being.

According to the report, people who normally sleep one or two hours less than they should each night during the week are short one whole night by the time the week­ end arrives. Then, over the week­ end, people abuse their bodies even

more by not catching up on their sleep. The report concludes that an accumulated sleep shortage could lead to a shortened life span.

“There’s even evidence that people getting inadequate sleep shorten their life span by eight to ten years,” says James Maas, the author of the report.

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T h e s t a t e o f a t h le t i c s a t M c G i l l : b u i l d i n g a n e w c o m p le x located...somewhere between our building and the [McConnell] arena.”

THIRD IN A SERIES What all of this amounts to is One of the sorest points for McGill Athletics has been the lack that McGill can build its complex of a first-class sports complex. The in exchange for some of its own present complex, the Sir Arthur property for the City of Montréal Currie Gymnasium, was built in project.

“That would be part of the 1939, for a student population of ‘d ea l’...as far as land [is 13,000. Today, there are over 30,000 students at McGill and the concerned]...there may be some other things involved here but that result is a facility that is inadequate has to be discussed in the future as and severely over-crowded. far as the exchange of property,” For years, McGill has been trying concluded Dubeau.

Meanwhile, before any of to get a new facility built adjacent McGill’s engineers get their shov­ to the present building but opposi­ els out to break ground for the new tion on the part of citizen groups and the City of Montréal has al­ complex, the project will be tied up in red tape until at least August. In ways stalled the plan.

April the Bureau du Consultation A recent report released by Montréal Mayor Jean Doré on the de Montréal (BCM) will be hold­ ing public hearings to ask ques­ future plans for Mount Royal has left McGill Administrators more tions regarding the Mayor’s re­ port. In May the public will be optimistic than ever before.

“We’re hoping that the events of asked to make presentations to the the past month and the events of BCM on their feelings toward the the next three months will finally masterplan of the mountain. Mr. be the events that will give us the Dubeau said he was sure the uni­ versity and the Student’s Society green light to go ahead full steam with this project,” said McGill would be depositing a memoir at Athletics Director Bob Dubeau in that time. Between then and Au­ gust the BCM will study the a recent interview.

The reason for the new opti­ memoirs and table a report to the mism is due to the fact the report executive committee of the City mentions the plan for a new athlet­ with recommendations.

“We expect that in September of ics facility on the mountain.

1990 the executive committee will “These facilities include not only make a decision on these recom­ the McGill project,” said Mr. mendations,” said Dubeau. “We’re Dubeau, “which is a fieldhouse hopeful and quite positive that the congruent to our existing facility on the east end of the building, but McGill portion of the overall also the construction of a City of masterplan project will not see too Montréal facility which would be many people against it and that in

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The new athletics complex will be situated here, just east of Currie Gym, if...

September the city executive will approve that portion and possibly other portions of the Mount Royal masterplan. If that scenario fol­ lows its course, McGill will there­ fore have something definite in the month of September.”

Dubeau went on to say construc­ tion could begin in the Spring of 1991 with a completion date of Fall 1992, barring all kinds of de­ lays that prop up during these types of projects. A more realistic date may be the Spring of 1993.

The construction of new athlet­ ics complex has become the focus point for many people regarding the state of athletics at McGill. In the Preliminary Report o f The Task Force on Priorities o f McGill University, the section under athletics read: “A new athletics building

and the renovation to existing ath­ letics facilities will be important steps forward....When complete, this new facility will not only be a boost to our athletics activities, but should allow us to repatriate our convocations: to Molson Stadium when the weather is good; to the new building should rain threaten.”

Dubeau feels “once the new facility is built the attitude [to­ wards athletics] will change.”

Principal Johnston is also “terri­ bly excited.” The principal men­ tioned the growing belief that a healthy body and a healthy mind go hand in hand.

Redmen basketball coach, Ken Schildroth agrees with Principal Johnston’s emphasis on athletics and academics.

“I think think our big selling point is we’re probably the best

combination of academics and athletics in the country. That’s the way we have to market ourselves.

Unfortunately, our facility is hold­ ing us back.”

At present, McGill students will have to continue to make do with inadequate facilities and hope that later this year we can begin build­ ing our much-needed athletic complex.

McGill will have to make strong presentations in May if we are finally to succeed in getting the go ahead for the project.

Alexa Bagnell, the Chairperson of the Student’s Athletic Council and an ardent supporter of the new facility, said “I think this is our best chance and I hope McGill really goes for it.”

Next week: A concluding look at the state of athletics.

C F M B 's S p o r t s O v e r n ig h t : a p a r t y o n th e a ir w a v e s

BY IAN SIROTA Okay, McGill students, the time is 12:30 a.m., you’re tired of study­ ing for that 100% final, and you don’t feel like starting that 800 page paper which is due in less then a week. You’ve also got the craving to talk sports. Who ya gonna call? The answer is easy.

Every morning, Monday through Friday, you can call Dino Sisto.

Who is Dino Sisto, you may ask?

Well, he’s the 29-year old host of CFMB Sports Overnight (1410 on the AM dial), which runs from midnight to two a.m.

The show, which began on Sep­ tember 2, 1989, has become an overnight staple for many sports fans. The host of this early morn­ ing circus is Dino Sisto, a native Montrealer and a sports nut since he was a child. Sisto joined CFMB as a part-time worker in 1980, and gained full-time employment at the station in 1983. It was at this point that Sisto learned the trade of host­ ing a sports talk show under for­ mer Montreal sports guru Ted Tevan. Tevan ran a talk show from 1982 to 1984. When Tevan and CFMB parted company in 1984, Sisto began hosting an alternative

music show. With the introduction of competition on the FM band, ratings for CFMB’s alternative show began to drop and Sisto contemplated reviving a sports talk show on the station.

CFMB Sports Overnight began very inauspiciously, as it was launched with almost no publicity.

Only George Springate of the now defunct Montreal Daily News gave the show any publicity, and the results of this lack of attention were not surprising. There were three callers the first four nights. Now, the show is doing well, despite the fact that knowledge of it is spread­

ing by word of mouth, and Sisto is looking forward to the month of April, which is a peak period in terms of sports activity (Baseball, hockey playoffs, amd basketball).

The atmosphere surrounding the show is almost party-like, some­ thing that Sisto is trying to encour­ age. For that reason, issues such as drugs in sports are de-emphasized on Sports Overnight. If you want to talk about World Cup Soccer, however, or Amateur Sports, or even Professional Wrestling, then Sisto is the man to talk to.

Sisto does not expect to be doing Sports Overnight for much more then two years, though at that point he expects some hard decisions

will have to be made. One of three choices will have to be taken. First, he could leave CFMB to avoid falling into a rut (this is his least favorite choice). The second choice, and the one Sisto favors, is would be to establish a large base in Montreal and then aim for syn­ dication. The final choice would be to accept the midnight to two a.m. slot and stay there indefinitely.

For now, though, Sisto is intent on establishing Sports Overnight on the Montreal airwaves. For all you frustrated sports fans who need to talk sports from midnight to two a.m., You can call Sisto’s show at either 790-0251 or 483-2362.

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BY NICK LEONARDOS Andrea Nugent isn’t your ordi­ nary McGill student. At the Seoul Olympics in 1988, she won a bronze medal in swimming in the 400m medley relay event. After Seoul, she decided to study mod­ em languages, and compete for McGill, a decision which meant an end to nearly seven years of full­ time training. Just two weeks ago at the CIAU Nationals in Sher­ brooke, she won two golds, in the 50m andlOOm freestyle events.

Now she has turned her sights on the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

Q: What were the Seoul Games like, winning a bronze medal and dealing with the Ben Johnson af­ fair?

A : The Johnson thing was pretty unbelievable because a lot of the Canadian track athletes were fin­ ished competing. They told the swimmers, so we knew about it before it was actually announced, but nobody really believed it. We had strict orders to try and avoid wearing Canadian contingent col­ ors downtown because you’d be stopped and get bombarded by the press. Itwas actually quite depress­ ing. Other than that, there were a lot of good memories for me at Seoul.

four times a week with my parents.

It worked out that I made Nation­ als just off the four times training per week, and the next year I boarded with a family. From there on, I swam full time.

Q: When did you begin to real­ ize that international competition was a possibility?

A: I used to do club swimming eight years ago, which meant that you train two months of the year, in the summer, and it’s fun outdoor swimming. I did really well with that, and a lot of the coaches sug­ gested that I do year-round train­ ing, because I was doing times with two months of training that swimmers who were training yearround were doing. I tried it out for a year, I comm uted to Calgary from Nanton, which is an hour south,

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Q: Are the 1992 Games a possi­ bility?

A: It wasn’t until the Common­ wealth Games I decided that I was going to commit myself to ’92. It wasn’t my original plan. I thought I would be finished once I came to McGill. I thought I wouldn’t go, and I wasn’t even sure about Commonwealths, and then I de­ cided that I could actually swim a length.

Q: What are your impressions o f going to school at McGill?

A: Most of my professors are great, but a few are kind of sticky on letting me pass things in late. I guess McGill’s not used to having full-time athletes attendclasses full time as well. It’s a hard school.

Q: And o f the athletics here?

A: I don’t think there’s any­

Q: Do you feel any pressure from your coaches and teammates to perform well fo r McGill?

A: I don’t find pressure from team membersoranythinglikethat, it’s all from myself, if there’s pres­ sure, it’s from me.

Q: Many students have enough

trouble getting through school without the extra burden o f athlet­ ics. How are you dealing with it?

A: Last minute learning, last minute cramming. It’s hard, I must admit that my marks aren’t very good. Coming from high school, where you’re used to getting good marks, you have to not let it bother you that you’re actually not doing as well as you used to. I just hope for passing. I guess I’m on a fiveyear program, but I think it’s going to be six, especially if I pick up [training] for ’92.

Q: There is no doubt that you have been able to realize the goals you set fo r yourself What goals have you set fo r the future?

A: Definitely ’92, other than that, to pass. Seriously, there’s student games next summer, and there’s the Pan Am or Pan Pax depending on which one you make. So basi­ cally, every summer you take a tour. After ’9 2 ,1 think that’s it for swimming, and possibly pick up another sport, kayaking or rowing.

I also want to finish school.

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Q: Is steroid use a problem in swimming?

A: It’s obvious that people are on them. Until it’s proven you really can’t say they’re on them, but to me it’s obvious. Some big girls, hairy girls.

Q: What stance should the In­ ternational Olympic Committee take on the issue?

A: I’m not really the right per­ son to ask just because if someone wants to win that bad, go for it, if it’s that important for you, and you’re willing to ruin your life after, do it. I think banning for life is a bit harsh. To single out some­ one is unfair because, especially in track and field, apparently, there were a lot of athletes at Seoul who were on steroids and it was just a matter of who got caught and when.

But he [Johnson] was a good ex­ ample, probably the best example to actually start the whole thing off.

where near enough support from the athletic administration for underdog sports like swimming, which in turn isn’t attracting other people to come to McGill. At Cal­ gary, they get a lot of support from the administration. I think now we’re just beginning to see some support here. I know when [Ath­ letic Director] Bob Dubeau came to a competition this year, it was the first swim meet he’d been to.

The program itself is fairly new, [Coach] Frank [Laurin] is an inex­ perienced coach at the national team level, but he has a good sprint program, obviously producing results. And it’s good team unity, the team really supports each other.

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My little brother is a Larry Bird disciple. He worships the Celtic star like a cult follower. He’s al­ ready made a pilgrimage to Bird’s hometown. And I’ve no doubt that if Larry ever asked for money to start a missionary basketball clinic in Cameroon, my brother would hunt up his Celtics piggy bank and go for broke. It’s that bad.

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athlete. Chances are, if you’re a sports fan, your hero is male.

Oh no! Not another article about female inequality! You’re on to me, I admit it. And yet most of us can name a few women tennis stars or gymnasts or skaters, but we can rattle off a comparitively massive list of male athletes whom we admire.

The obvious reason for this is the existence of professional men’s

This is not, however, an article about my little brother. Nor is it an article about Larry Bird per se. It’s about being a fan.

Most of us have an athlete we admire, follow and (rather feebly in my case), try to emulate. I want to be another Isaiah Thomas. Right.

Anyway, the point is that my hero is male. And my brother’s hero is male. Not too many of us would list Cheryl Miller as our favorite

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sports which are a national pas­ time. We only see the men, playing hockey (ugh), football, baseball, basketball or soccer. But women play some of these sports too, and no one ever sees them.

Take the Martlets Basketball Team. A team with high caliber athletes and exciting play. Also, a McGill sporting event that draws minimal crowds. There are a lot of university games that attract small

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How come? It’s not because they’re poor athletes or that their games are boring. On the contrary, there was never a dull moment in the Martlet’s season. And yet very few fans came out to watch.

This may just be a reflection of pathetic McGill support of athlet­ ics in general. But I couldn’t help notice the surge in the number of fans at a Redmen game right after a paltry turnout for the Martlets, and I wondered why that is.

After intense deliberation and a row of Oreos, I think I have an explanation. If you’re thinking it’s because different sexes don’t play the same sport, you’re wrong.

Physically, (and no one needs a lecture on biology here), men and women are different. O.K., so natu­ rally the game will be played dif­ ferently. But it’s the same sport.

It’s just as exciting and impressive to watch Tina Fasone swish a 3pointer from the corner as it is to watch someone slam dunk.

You disagree? Fair enough, but have you ever actually watched Fasone hit a basket from God? It’s great ball from a great athlete.

I suspect that tradition dictates that men’s sports are expected to display more action and prowess than women’s. Bull. It may be a different style of game, but it’s the same sport they share. And it’s just as exciting to watch. t So what’s the point? Should women have professional options to make huge amounts of money playing a game they excel at? They should, but they won’t because nobody watches them. It’s not a profitable venture. Should women play on men’s teams in the NHL or the NBA? No, that defeats the whole purpose of men’s and women’s sports. Should women draw the same kind of supportive crowds that men get? Yes, they should.

Oh, please. McGill crowds are notoriously sparse to begin with, and expecting equal support is just not realistic. So who needs real­ ism?

What McGill needs is fan sup­ port from students of both sexes.

So if you can get out to any varsity game at all, great. If you come early to watch the Martlets game or stick around until the men’s game is over, even better. And if you can turn me into another Isaiah Thomas, that would be just primo.

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BY AARON MARGOLIS As March draws to a close and the exams of April get set to rear their ugly heads, a young sports fan’s thoughts turn to the lighter side of life, namely, awards shows.

You may have heard about, watched, or gagged on last night’s marathon salute to Hollywood’s schmaltziest, the Oscars, but less has been written about today’s second annual Sports Pit Achieve­ ment Awards, the Pitties.

These are honours bestowed on the lesser lights in the McGill sports scene, those whose yeomen sized work often goes unnoticed by the average sports fan.

So today I present, the Pitties (in no particular order).

The “Turn your back, take ten steps and come out firing” award

goes to Sean (Quick Draw) Sher­ year is Wayne (Floorsweep) man. Sherman is a goal judge at Honsberger who scrubs, mops, Redmen hockey games. He pur­ buffs, shines, and manicures the ports to having the fastest index Currie Gym basketball court at fingers this side of the Forum. So Redmen and Martlet games. gaga over goal judging is Sherman The “Say three Hail Marys and that he watches NHL highlights always wear your yarmulka” just to see how fast the red light plaque is presented to Richard comes on.

(Duffy) Rubin who is the spiritual The recipient of the “I’ve been guide and official hockey stick to hell and back and guess who I blesser for the McGill men’s saw” trophy is McGill Sports In­ hockey team. In a scoring slump? formation’s Marianne (Moose) Go see Duffy.

Moore. Moore has put up with Rubin is the only person ta. be a eight months of the vicious Sports double Pittie award winner.

Info rumour mill as well as the As colour commentator for King of Crustiness, Earl ZukerCKUT Redmen hockey, Rubin man. wins the “Its either Howie Meeker The “I was buried beside Jimmy or someone just skinned a live cat” Hoffa, that’s why you can’t find award for his shriekingly hilarious me” award has been won by Rauri descriptions of McGill goals. My (Rory) Nicholson. Last year’s Trib­ favorite is “well...sure put the bis­ une Sports editor hasn’t been seen cuit in the basket on that play.” but is rumoured to be lying in state The “Mark Spitz couldn’t carry somewhere along the Decarie my swimming cap” trophy has been expressway. [That’s not where I won by McGill swimmer Rocket buried him- ed.]

Robin Ruggiero who placed in an The “Dangle your favorite astounding seven events for the sportswriter” award goes to McGill CIAU nationals. football player Norm (Honky Tonk The “I’m in with the in crowd” Man) Beaudry. If you may recall I award goes to man about McGill branded Beaudry with a very un­ Mark Brender. Brender sets the deserving nickname during foot­ trends when it comes to attending ball season. A few weeks ago he McGill sporting events. If Mark came close to introducing his big Brender shows up at a game you right fist to my big mouth. know you’ve also made a wise The 1990 “Concierge” of the choice.

m e l used to love New Kids on the Block until I found Brace McElroy” award has been won by the girls who comprise the “Brace groupies” section of McGill Redmen basketball games.

The “OK, so what if I’m a glut­ ton for punishment” award is pre­ sented to Craig Bernes. Not only does Bernes plod through inane statistics for CKUT sports, but he is an English major and a Vancou-

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And finally, the “Six Blondes and a schmuck “ award goes to the the seven people who work at the scorers table at McGill basketball games. The six blondes are Wendy Carson, Dria McPhee, Stephanie Staples, Sue Ann Whelan, and the Spraat sisters. The schm uck, well. .. me. So there you have it. We ran out of time for the finale with Snow White and Rob Lowe.

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