The McGill Daily Vol. 82 No. 055: January 20, 1993

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by  McGill University, Daily Publications Society,,

Volume 82, Number 55 No Krusty, the world needs laug~ter, since 1911 ·Wednesday, January 20, 1993
Shots fired at U of Ottawa building
Police investigating link with threatening phone call, break-ins
Protection Services morning. taboo to talk about the incident According to Erfle, the caller said,
at the university re Since the shooting, police and when she arrived at Fauteux for an "If there are people that are going to
ported that at about campus protection blocked off ac afternoon class on Monday. die in Iraq, therearealsogoingto be
18h20 on Saturday, cess to the campus. Protection "I had a three-hour class with people dying in Ottawa."
shots were fired at Services stated in a news release that two breaks and no one talked about Erfle would not speculate
FauteuxHall, Ottawa's additional staff has been brought in it," she said. "I thought it would be whether escalating conflict in the
law building, breaking to increase security on campus. buzzing around the faculty but it Gulf could mean more incidents of.
·several windows. No Isabelle Morin, another third wasn't." tl1is nature.
one was in the imme year civil Jaw student, said there Thibault said she felt a little un Thibault, however, said s~e
diate vicinity. was a lot of security on campus easy in the faculty. dQubts there could be a link and is
Isabelle Thibault, a Monday but she felt students were "You always think it happens tired of the incidents being related
third-year civil law stu not well informed about what had somewhere else, it happened twice in the media.
dent, said it was·l ucky happened. inMontreal.Nowithappened here," Police are also investigating a
thatnoonewasinjured "The students weren't told any she said. "When I'm in my classes I series of break and entries at the
since there are often thing," she said. "Nothing was said do think about it." . faculty of law at Fauteux Hall,
smokers standing in to reassure students - there was Ottawa police are investigating a though they do not appear to be
the Fauteux entrance no help in that respect." possible link between the shooting linked to the shooting.
__. ........ , way. · Morin said instead the whole in and a threatening phone call re . Prevention and investigation
Police have since charged 23- cident seemed to be brushed aside. ceived by Protection Services at the chiefHubert Reiter said four offices
BY ROXANNE POULIN
year-old Eric Lamoureux of Hull "I found it a bit quick, to arrive university just after the shots were in the building were broken into
OTIAWA (CUP) - Fortu with mischief over $1000, careless on Monday and be told that every fired, said staff sergeant Karl Erfle. and searched over the weekend.
natelyno one was hurt in a shooting useofaweaponanduseofaweapon thing was fine when it only "It's too coincidental that they Some laser printers were stolen.
incident at the University of Ot in the commission of an offense. He happened on Saturday," she said. would get a threat at the same time," · Reiter said the break-ins were
tawa January 16. appeared in court on Monday Thibeault said it almost seemed said Erfle. noticed at 9h on Saturday.
York space research facility.director resigns
board of ISTS, accepted publish all its research, in keeping ent, copyright or design has been does is research in acquiring knowl
BY SUSAN O'FLI NN MacFarlane's resignation in a pri with the policies of its host univer filed. edge and data, completely
TORONTO (CUP) - One of vate meeting. MacFarlane resigned, sities. "Classified military research does scientific," said McCullough.
Ontario's top space research facili he said, because he felt he had lost It will not, however disclose "key not fit with what our scientists and "Absolutely everything goes into
ties, based at York University, is the board's confidence. aspects" of the research until after researchers or our host universities the publicliterature, and other peo
scrambling to deflect criticism after "George MacFarlane was not appropriatedocumentation for pat- want to do. The research that ISTS ple then apply it," he said.
the sudden resignation ofits execu fired," said McCullough. "He ten
dered his resignation and had not
tive director. Insects overlooked as food
undertaken any activity which was
George MacFarlane, executive
director of the Institute for Space contrary to the openly stated re
and Terrestrial Science, resigned search policies of the institute."
A group called York Commu VICfORIA (CUP) - Most
after a board meeting last month.
nity Concerned About the Future people only cat insects acciden
In a speech he gave last March,
MacFarlane spoke of his dream of ofY ork, wrote a letter to York Presi tally.
dent Susan Mann, calling for an But Dr. Richard rung, a Uni
seeing Canada become a major mili
tary space power. investigation into the institute. As versity of Victoria entomologist,
According to J~an Wick Pelletier, oflast week, the president had not fries up meal worms in garlic and
replied. olive oil in his office. And all his
associate research vice-president at
David NobleandJaniceNewson, students get to try them.
York and an JSTS board member,
the two professors who wrote the Ring says Western society
the board was unaware of
letter, believe MacFarlanewas fired. doesn't see so-called "creepy
MacFarlane's speech until its pub
lication last month, and was very "It was a failed attempt at dam crawlies" as a real source of nu
age control," said Noble, "he made trition because of ignorance.
surprised by his comments.
"His comments are in conflict public what ISTS was about." "We think we're such an en
"This illustrates one of the prob lightened society," he says. "But
with the institution and are an em
lems with having these groups on we have so many prejudices."
barrassment to the institution. They
do not accurately reflect theISTS," campus. It is not an accountable Ring says we're blinded to the
body; through organizations like nutritional potential of insects
Pelletier said.
the York Senate," Newson said. because we think of them as
In his speech, MacFarlane said
the Canadian Forces needs to have The institute is one of seven "hairy, fast, small and elusive."
Ontario CentresofExcellence, each But insects fed on plant mate
personnel capable of reading infra
of them partnerships between one rial are a rich source of protein
red photographs delivered by
or more universities and private and essential fatty acids. And as
remote sensing, in order to improve
companies. for the indigestible exoskeleton,
precision bombing.
Its headquarters are at York, but "modern refined diets like a little
The institute would be pleased
it works with the Universities 'of roughage anyways," Ring says.
to develop a series of short courses
Toronto, Waterloo, Western On Although insects may contain
to teach the Canadian Forces to
tario and with Humber College of some traces of pesticides, large
read these images, he said.
MacFarlane was a member of Applied Arts & Technology. amounts would kill them anyway,
Set up in 1987, it is funded Ringsays. In any case, insects could
the team which organized the bid to
bring the International Space Uni through the Ontario Ministry of begatheredfromorganiclocations.
Industry, Trade and Technology Insect cultivation is a simple
versity to York.
and by commercialization of ISTS procedure involving only the ap
Copies of his speech were leaked
research and development. propriate temperature and of insect producers. ment.
to the media at the beginning of
ISTS has promised not to per foodstuffs, Ring says. There is In fact, the process is so simple, · And, oh yes, mealworms are
December.
Ron McCullough, chair of the form classified research and to -potential for an organic industry they could be grown in a base- high in cholesterol ...
The McGill Daily 2 Wednesday, January 20, 1993
does your GPA really mean?
"The competitive nature of course University in Washington run en Martcll, sympathetic to the Pass/
work destroys the desire to exchange tirely on a Pass/Fail, Narrative Fail arrangement, does not foresee
ideas. People steal from others in Evaluation System. it as a potential reality. He tried to
H.wE stead of sharing." Instead of grades, students re establish some Pass/Fail courses at
vou EVER heard a stu Kccsing agrees. "Rather than ceive written evaluations by faculty York, but was unable to get stu
dent announce "I really don't care fostering creativity or risk-taking members. At Evergreen, students dents to support his proposal.
about grades - my satisfaction or imagination the letter grading also write self-cvaluationsat the end Although in.tcrcsted, students were
comes purely from what I learned system promotes game-playing of each course. too concerned about how the
in class" without scoffing at the ly stratCb')' and the ability to regurgi Keesing, a "founding father" of courses would look on their tran
ing fool? face it, we're all in.it for tate," says Kccsing. UCSC,claimstheunivcrsity'scvalu script.
grades. . Grade-fixation often deters stu ation system works. Established in Some grad schools, it would
No matter how much you learn dents from the risky investigation 1965, ~CSC'sprimarymandatcwas seem, question students' motives
how much you develop that voice of unfamiliar academic territory. to be cxperimcn tal, providing a per behind taking Pass/Fail courses. A
within, a C is still a Con-yo.ur tran Universities should provide stu feet environment for the Pass/Fail 1971 study by Bain, Halcs and Rand
script. No amount of"Bu I r~~ dents with an opportunity for system. in College m1d University found
exP.lored mr. inner person iq thiS ~=~~~53!! exploration and experimentation, "There is not the hope of a snow that 81 per cent of undcrgrads tak
course. IjustdiOn't get on witli the but the possibility of getting a shitty ball in hell of changing the grading ing pass/fail elective courses at Ohio
pror' will pcrsu. de a potential-em- grade keeps students cautious. Too system here," says Kccsing. "The State did so not out of a desire to
player to overlook that fact. often, we stick to what we know arteries are too hardened here, peo explore, but in order to provide
Wc learn early on that the grade best, thereby limiting our scope of ple are too concerned about more study time for important core
is the window to the soul. Upon learning. respectability." courses.
graduating, wcgooutintotheworld Many schools attempted to ad Kcesing says UCSC students of But Martcll says the prejudice
with a number and a sheaf of refer dress the shortcomings of the letter ten continue their studies at against the Pass/Fail system is un
ences as proof of our merit. A friend · grading system by setting up alter prestigious institutions. He believes just. In his opinion, the ideal Pass/
of mine in Vancouver was recently native systems of grading. UCSC students are not discrimi Fail course would set the pass mark
denied a scholarship at UBC be Perhaps the most widespread nated against when applying to grad at 75 per cent, which would actu
cause her Me Gill average is only 82 and well known, the Pass/Fail grad schools, as some might believe, but ally raise the level of standards from
per cent. Eighty four per cent, she ing system experienced its greatest rather that the student's accumu a conventionally graded course.
was told, would have made her eli Grade-fixation success during the late 60s and well la'ted evaluations arc more helpful The key factor in this arrange
gible. into the 70s. · to grad schools in assessing the can ment is cooperation. "Students
Despite the importance of "The hypothesis was that a Pass/ didates than is the conventional would work together to ensure that
grades, few people agree on what, if TnELETIERGRADINGsystemalso Fail system would redirect the at letter grading system. all maintain the high standard of
anything, letter grades measure provides a poor motive for learn tention of both the student and the AccordingtoKcesing, UCSChas the course... A Pass/Fail system
about students. Some question ing, says York University professor teacher away from grading towards established good, informative rela could only work in the context of
whether grades have any validity at Gcorgc Martcll, an editor of the the essence of the work, and learn tionships about their evaluation highly intellectual work," says
all. critical magazine Our Schools, Our ing would be more intrinsically system with other institutions, Mart ell.
L.D. Well er in The Grading Selves. oriented and meaningful," says which contributes to the school's Does Pass/Failactuallywork? For
Nemesis: An Historical Overview and Mart ell rcj ccts the idea that corn Wellcr. success and good reputation. that matter, does letter grading ac
a Current Look at Pass/Fail Grading, petition is necessary for hard work. Although the system declined in This may be the case at UCSC, tually work? The debate continues,
He views competition as unhealthy. popularity during the 80s, many but elsewhere there is a perceived with no definitive answer to either
universities and colleges in North bias against the Pass/Fail system, question. In the mean time, I'm off
events
America still use some type of no says Martell. "Grad schools won't to my next class. The difficulty and
penalty grading. A few, such as give you credit for Pass/ Fail courses. work commitment don't matter,
The Rcddy Memorial Hospital Centre needs volunteers for friendly visiting, mcaltime University of California in Santa These basically then disappear from cuz 1'111 really interested in the ma
assistants and travel cart. All those interested contact Hclcn Bermingham at 939-6644. Cruz (UCSC) and Evergreen State your transcript." terial. I swear.
The Women's Division of State oflsracl Bonds is hosting guest speaker Est her Del isle who
\\ill speak on Anti-Scmitism and Facism in Quebec during the 1930s, tonight at19h30atthe
Beth Israel Beth Aaron Synagogue, 6800 Mackle Rd, C6te St. l.uc.
The Spanish and lat in American Students' Association is holding a bake sale today in the Students propose Pass/Fail option at McGill
Bronfman Lobby from 9h to ISh.
The lastest schedule for the Film Society: Jan. 21 atl9h30 in FDA Aud~ "Sister Ac(, Jan.
22 at19h30 in H) A Aud., "Road Kilr, Jan. 23 at19h30 in FDA Aud., "Singles"
lliUel House is holding P.Z.C.Isracli Nights ~cry Wednesday starting tonight with Hebrew MoNIQUE SuEnnr:ARE, Students' Society vp university affairs, wants to address head-on the restrictions
Tfrohme W18o!1m30m to's 1U9hn3i0o na nids dseaenkciinngg sfruobmm i1sQsiho3n0s tofo r2 0ah 3n0e.w 3 4f6e0m Sitnainstl/ewy oSmt. anist journal. All of the letter grade system at McGill by implement,lngan optional Pass/Fail g~ading arrangement for elective
courses.
original, creative and diverse contnbutions from ALL women welcome. Deadline: Feb. I,
1993. Rm. 423. Ext. 6823. • Shcbbcarc and fellow students Jonathan Fcldman and Brian Good have drafted a proposal for the new
The Rtdpath Museum invites all interested to the opening of an exhibition entitled system. Senate voted in December to form a working group to look into the idea.
"Splendours of the Hive" featuring original prints by Wendy Simon from l6h30 to ISh. 859 "The whole idea behind the proposal is to get students to venture out and take elcctivcs without the fear
Sherbrooke W., 398-4091. of jeopardizing their GPA," saysShebbcare. She hopes a Pass/Fail option might reduce grade anxiety among
The McGill Outing Oub: come escape the urban jungle with us ... meeting at19h30 tonight . students.
in l.cacock 26. If the system is implemented, students would have the choice during Drop/ Add of selecting either letter
grade or Pass/Fail evaluation for elective courses. The professor would not know which students had opted
for Pass/Fail, and would grade all work on the same scale. Students would know their final percentage grade,
· but this number would not appear on official transcripts, nor would it be calculated into the GPA.
To avoid abuse of the option, a 10 per cent rule has been built into the proposal, allowing students only
1 course per year to be evaluated on a Pass/Fail system.
Even if the working group approves the proposal, the chances of it being put into effect before September
1994 arc minimal. ·
If McGill does decide to adopt a Pass/Fail system, will students actually use the system to experiment in
other areas of study? Or will the reality of graduate school override the inclination to approach new subjects?
RESTAURANT SHOWBAR Whatever the answer, at least the option will be there.
1106 do Maisonneuve Quest • 845·9002 Shebbcarc's proposal, although by no ·means radical, does demonstrate the desire to find alternative
LATAVERNE methods of evaluation, and may open the door to change.
1107 Sto-Catherine Quest • 844·6769 - Elisabeth Unna
Wednesday, January 20, 1993 3
The McGill Doily
Gateway
angers Edmonton Jews
Guatemalan
University of Alberta paper attacked as anti-semitic
refugees return OITAWA {CUP)-The·Uni would be called to
WHA1 !f. ..
versityof Alberta' sstudent newspaper appear before the
has refused to apologize for publish student union's
ing a cartoon that Edmonton Jewish press committee
groups call anti-Sernitic. next week.
home after I 0 The cartoon, which appeared on She said if the
the editorial page of the January 5 committee rules
edition of the Gateway, depicts an an apology is in
Israeli soldier pointing a gun at the order and the
Virgin Mary cradling baby Jesus in newspaper
her arms. refuses to print
The caption reads "What if. .. Je one, both editors
sus was born in 1992?" could be fired.
In the cartoon, the soldier says, Ever since the
"First we had to shoot 3 wise guys January 5 edition
trying to cross the River Jordan, and hit newsstands,
now we find you having an unau Unland and her
thorized gathering past curfew!" volunteer staff
Another caption at the bottom of have been over
the panel says, "That ain't very ko whclrned by
sher, is it?" letters and a flood
The cartoon was drawn by U of A of angry phone
student Ahrned Husscin, who has calls from irate
contributed about eight drawings to readers.
the newspaper since September. Gateway graphic which has upset Edmonton Jews "It's very
Six complaints relating to the car stressful," said
toon were filed last week with the cornmunity'sangryreaction, Unland · Unland."Mostphonecallshavebeen
university's student council. stated in this week's editorial the car reasonable, but two or three have
"This is purely anti-Jewish," said toon had only meant to criticize been abusive. It's hard to take."
Sid Indig, executive director of the Israel's treatment ofPalestiniansand U of Ap resident Paul Davenport
Jewish Federation of Edmonton. "It had been misinterpreted. slarnrnai'the cartoon at a January 8
perpetrates the Christ-killer myth The editorial said the paper stands board of governors meeting, accord
which has even been repudiated by by the cartoonist and his intent in the ing to the January 9 edition of the
the Catholic Church." creation of the cartoon. Edmonton Journal.
Indig and members of other Jew Unland said the paper received "I find the cartoon to be offensive
ish groups wanted the Gateway's about 20 phone calls and five or six and not appropriate to an institution
editor-in-chief, Karen Unland, to people who showed up to complain which is committ~ to tolerance and
apologize to the Jewish community in person. understanding for people of all back
which would emphasize the con
BY HASAN I<ARRAR in the newspaper's January 13 edi Student union vice-president grounds," said Davenport. The board
cern of the outside world
tion. Jolanda Slagrnolen said Unland and voted to send a letter to the newspa
Nine Canadian volunteers regarding the safety of the refu
While expressing regret at the managing editor Malcolm A1Atnia per condemning the cartoon.
are part of an International coa gees.
lition accompanying Guate The volunteers will remain
malan refugees back to their with the refugees for at least two
war-torn homeland following months and they hope they will York students kicked out of coffee shop for studying
ten years of exile. be able to use their technical skills
A number of Canadian de to aid the refugees in reestablish
velopment and solidarity ing their homes. BY PINA D'AGOSTINO "This is a university, and to ask peo Mall manager Patricia Phili ps said
organizations created Project A, "It is expected the volunteers ple not to study is pretty incongruous all restaurant owners are allowed to
{for accompaniment) after rep will help in fundraising and in TORONfO {CUP) - If you of what a university is about." set policy within their mvn establish
resentatives of the refugees creasing awareness about the want to read a newspaper at Com Verajoseadded that Plum mer had ments.
stated they needed volunteers plight of the refugees," said pany's Coming in York University's a "totalitarian attitude." "Our intentions are not ever to
to accompany them to deter the Kewell. shopping mall, go ahead. "I felt harassed by his actions and limit one to study but to encourage
Guatemalan military from at Kewell said Guatemalan De But if you want to peruse a paper voice," she said. "He {Plurnmcr) was people to sit and rclax and meet their
tacking them. fence Minister Sarnayoa insists back novel at the muffin and coffee shouting, people were looking. He friends," said Phillips.
The scorched earth tactics of that the refugees, two thirds of franchise, forget it, says mvner Glenn seemed as though he would have But some students say Plumrner's
the military, burning of villages, whom are women and children, Plurnrner. used physical force ifl had not left." policy is driving them away.
massacring of civilians and de are mostly guerrilla warriors and Students are told to leave if they Plu~ersaid he's at York to serve "I was a regular. Now I can't even
struction of crops forced the they shall be prosecuted on their violate Plumrner's policy-study the community as a whole, not to bother to see {Piummer's) face," said
refugees to flee from their return. ing is not allowed during "peak serve as a study hall because there's first-year psychology student Ellen
homes over ten years ago. 1besafetyoftheretumingrefu periods." plenty on campus. Mandrapilias who was told to leave
The refugees reached an gee convoys is also in question. Plumrner put up table signs this Another student was upset by the for reading an article.
agreement with the Guatema Kewell cited reports of military month to outline what literature is policy. Sami Yc hia, manager ofa mall fuL1fcl
la'snewciviliangovernmentlast bombing in the highland areas permitted in the shop. Textbooks, "I was livid," said Israel Ellis, a franchise said he doesn't have a policy
October allowing them to re where the refugees are headed. photocopies, paperback books, bind fourth-year political science student posted because he'sncver hadanyprob
turn home. The October agreement gives ers, and course packages are who was kicked out by Plummer for lerns with students.
Despite the new agreement, the refugees the right to return forbidden. studying with a group of friends who He said everyone gets half an hour
Caryn Kewell, Project A coor home accompanied by an inter "The definition of studying is that were all paying customers. during peak periods and if he's really
dinator in Quebec and Ontario, national delegation. ifit'snot a newspaper, it's studying," Ellissaid he felt "terriblyviolated". busyandstudentsarestudyinghekindly
is concerned for the safety of It also allows them to take said Plummer. Plummer said he's He said the company should "re asks them to move to the side counter.
the refugees. possession of their former lands been forced to make his year-old "no read their own signs" stating the new "Problems and confrontationscan
"Although there is now a ci and freedom of movement both studying" policy more stringent due policy because he was there at about be averted if the customer is asked
vilian government in inside and outside Guatemala. to the "unreasonableness and non 10:30 am, a non-peak time. politely to leave. I'm pretty sure 99.9
Guatemala, the situation hasn't The45 000 refugees have been consideration of fellow customers." But Plumrner s.iid he has no true per cent of the customers will under
changed much," said Kewell. living in camps in Southern The new rules have offended some definition of a peak time. stand," said Yehia.
"The military is still powerful Mexico for the past decade. The customers. "Peak periods are flexible any day Ellis wants York students to boy
and there continue to be hu first convoy of 2800 refugees is Yvonne VerajoseandJulyCaimie, becauseweunderstand where we are, cott Company's Coming until it
man rights violations." scheduled to leave today. It will both doctoral English students, were in a university campus." publiclydcclaresitspoliciesand writes
Kewell said by accompany take another two years before all told to leave after they sat down with He said students can study at I: 00 a public apology to him and others
ing the refugees, Project Ap lans 45 OOOrefugeeshaverestablished some papers in front of them. on a Friday afternoon if the coffee who've been offended by Plummer's
to ensure a physical presence themselves in Guatemala. "I'm disgusted," said Cairnie, shop isn't busy. "anti-academic" rules.
The McGill Daily
4 Wednesday, January 20, 1993
by
uNTIL RECENTLY THE
·Katie
harasser's name was Prince Charming-the
Knight in Shining Armour who courted you,
Pickles
swept you off your feet, told you that you
belonged to him, organised your life, helped
you to realise your sometimes wicked ways, "I never had as strong feelings as he did for
and demanded that you live happily ever after. me, but I was confused when I went out with
Whether you wanted to or not. lamie.l was going through a hard time and at
But happily this is the nineties. So why are the end I tried to break up with him. I said,
there so many Prince Charmings around still 'Look, this really just isn't working.' He told
treating women as their possessions? Why do me that I was mean. He wanted me to give him
movie plots and song lyrics support the Prince one more week. He said he'd be different."
Charmings and endorse their behaviour? Why Jamie started to call Jessica constantly, only
do they condone the treatment of women as to say nothing. He would call Jessica at home
objects who are not allowed the power to choose or work, leaving messages.
and negotiate relationships that can keep up "I wouldn't call him back, but he just kept
with the changes that have taken place in other calling. I felt awful about what I had done and
areas of their lives? I didn't have the insight to think that it was
These arc three true stories about such him."
would-be Prince Charmings and the terror Colleen has also been the victim of harass
they created in women's lives. Names have ment by an ex-boyfriend. While she was an
been changed to protect people's privacy. undcrgrad at Memorial University in St. John's,
You may recognize these stories. Some Newfoundland, she met Ja son through friends
thing similar may have happened to a friend of and went out with him for a month at the most.
yours. Maybe it's happening to you . . Colleen is now a graduate student at McGill.
After knowing Jason a short time, Colleen
You will not forget about me
began to suspect that he was a very strange
person.
Joan is an undergrad at McGill. Her story "One night after the movies he drove me
takes place in Vancouver, in her last year of home. He was driving at around 160 kilome
high school. She never considered that she was tres an hour. I was saying 'slow down would
having a relationship with Philip, a classmate. you?' I was terrified. He took a corner too
She started to get worried when Philip started sharp and went into a concretewaii.I said, 'Let
isolating her from her other friends, including me out of the car now.l'll walk home."'
her current boyfriend. After that Colleen didn't go out with lason
"I told him I'd never go out with him be anymore. That's when he started following her
cause I didn't like him that way, and he'd get around.
hurt. He was phoning every day. He wanted to "He knew my entire schedule. When I was
know cverything.Ifl wasn't there why wasn't given my locker combination he grabbed the
I there?" piece of paper with the combination on it from standing there. He wouldn't look at me, but floor bedroom window and into her bed. There
Jessica is also an undergradat McGiii.About me. He knew where I studied, where I hung he'd make sure that I knew that he was there." he passed out -drunk.
two years ago in Montreal she went out with out, where I had lunch - everything about lason would also sit near Colleen while she Luckily loan fell asleep in the sauna and
Jamie for four months. me. When I came out of a class Jason would be was studying in the library and just stare. He stayed there until the morning. Philip awoke
put a concrete slab, and later a garbage can lid, to hear loan's mother walking around in the
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE in herlocker. house. He called a friend to come to the front
door and divert loan's mother so that he could
I Will Haunt You
make his escape. The friend arrived, and Philip
jumped out of the window. The housekeeper
loan found dead cockroaches and notes in working in the kitchen saw him fall, and break
herlocker. Philip also tried to know everything his foot.
about her and to monitor her every move. He
said that if he couldn't be around loan, there
would be no point in him living. Philip played I will get violent with you
on loan's guilt of not liking him, and her
knowledge of the history of mental illness in lessica was asleep one night when Jamie
his family. called.
what your feelings are and Philip tried hard to become a major part of "He was very drunk and said that he needed
confident. Appear cold ''~;~t~~~~{fJ loan's life. "He had to be with me all of the time to come over. I'd hang up- he'd call back. He
If they will not accepfii'. and was turning me against everybody. He told had the key to the outer door of my apartment
you.If this harassment me that as we were the only two people who building and he was fucking knocking at my
2. KEEP A RECORD',~f:i~~~~~ didn't do drugs, everybody else was bad. Un door. He was going to bash it down so I let him
fortunately, I respected his opinion at the time. in. He just cried and cried and said that he
He was very manipulative and my life became wanted me back. Then he star~ed his mind
him."
games and said that he was going to throw
When Philip found out that loan was inter himself in front of a car.
ested in another man he went on a violent "And I think that I had taken as much as I
rampage - screaming and crying and de could take and I said 'get the fuck out of here.'
manding to know how loan could do this to He asked me for one hug and grabbed me. I
him. said let go, it's not funny, but he pushed me
"I sat there, totally calm, and he became down onto the couch and started to hold me
very abusive until I broke down. back and I freaked out on him punched him.
"I think he was having trouble with distin He said he loved me but that's not love to do
guishing reality. He was telling people that he something like that."
was my boyfriend and people believed him. He One rainy night after a dance Colleen's
became more and more obsessive. Every sec sister was driving Colleen and a friend home
ond he wanted to know where I was." when Jason started trailing their car.
Then, on the night of Joan's graduation "He was pulling all of these fancy stunts.
ball, Philip took loan's car keys so that she He'd pass the car, and then cut back really
7. KEEP AWAY FROM could not drive home. loan ended up leaving closely in front of our car and do really stupid
care with your personal safety. Tel.l people .~vhere with a friend and went home to her sauna. things that twice nearly caused us to have a car
cautious. · .. )f .... , ·· · · • While loan was in the sauna, Philip (who has a accident."
black belt in judo) climbed into Joan's second Like Jessica, Colleen had had enough.
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Nothing can stop this thing that we've got,
You've got to know that it's right.
Can't stop this thing we've started,
"The next time that he called I talked for at
least five minutes solid in a low monologue. No way.
And I was speaking very venomously, and I ......
must have sworn like never in my life -
'fucking' this and 'fucking'thatand 'I'll fucking I'm going your way.
kill you.' And I told him what he'd done and
how we could have been killed. Youknowijust How can you do this to me,
freaked out on the phone. All of this must have bikh?
been going on and I had been frightened, but - Bryan Adams.
I hadn't done anything about it really. I was After Jamie broke into Jessica's apartment,
just really pissed off but had ignored it or tried he visited her briefly, only to call her a bitch
to get around it somehow." and act more pitifully than ever. Then at a New
Joan's harassment also reached a violent Year's party she saw him l<?oking really drunk
crescendo. Phili p visited Jo an after being away and depressed.
for a while. She drove him around and told "He told me that he missed me and that we
him that she was seeing someone else. He should get back together again. I left with Epilogue intimidated she felt and how obsessive he was
started screaming and getting very violent in friends and he followed us down the street being.
the car. drunk and without a coat on." Colleen has since been in a similar situation From these stories it is clear that obsessions
"He told me that it was all my fault and how Any warm feelings that Jessica may have with somebody who she only dated twice, but are not romantic, they arc not wanted, and
could I do this to him? I got away. I knew then once had for Jamie had vanished by this point. who proceeded to try and find out everything they are not to be taken lightly. They arc a '
to go into hiding. He went to all of my friends' "How can somebody go after you like that about her. He would call and say nothing again bi;r.arre problem that seems to be growing larger "''
houses looking for me. He was trying to track and call you a bitch? I don't want to be his and again. He began to follow her around the all of the time as distressed, selfish, and often
me down. friend. He's not somebody I want to sit down university. Then he left a note on her locker. violent men try to wield power and play mind
"Early the next morning he went to· my with. Why should I feel guilty? If he hadn't "He was really obsessive. He followed me games with women who have dearly indicated
house. He told my Mom that I was sleeping harassed me I would have thought of being around and wanted to control me or some where a relationship does not exist.
with everyone. He told my parents that I didn't with him again. But because of the way that he thing. It was really creepy." At a time when women arc forming differ
deserve to live and threatened to kill.me. My handled it I just felt that he was pitiful." Colleen felt physically intimidated. ent kinds of relationships on their own terms
Mom took me away. She wanted to get a court Je ssica, who has also had relationships with "He was a big guy. Built like a brick wall, six and initiatives, men are trying to stop their
injunction but I thought that he was going to women,-feels that women handle their obses and a half feet wide, seriously. A huge guy empowerment by employing tactics that try to
kill himself." sions differently. massive.'' make sure that there is no escape. It's time to
Joan then came to Montreal to study. She "Women get together with friends and cry. Colleen told him that she was too busy to realize that women are not possessions. Treat
has recently heard through a friend that Phi lip There is never the same power trip. I just can't see him. She thinks that he honestly had no ing them as such is not acceptable in songs and
still talks as if the drama happened yesterday. see a woman breaking into someone's house.'' idea how much he was frightening her, how movies, let alone in real life.
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Wednesday, January 20, 1993
THE DAILY
M~GILL
comment
Women need not
appl~
Federal immigration minister Bernard Valcourt's Fridayannounce
mentthat Canada has no intention of providing refugee status to people
. facing persecution on the basis of gender is indefensible.
Immigration officials could argue that the U.N. does not include
gender on its definition of refugee status, which describes political
refugees as having a "well founded fear of persecution for reasons of
. race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or
·political opinion." They could also argue that the Geneva convention
does not include gender. ·
But let's face it. Women suffer all over the globe because of their
·gender identity first, before other aspects of their political identity _,;:~~{ -~ ..t :~·;.,.:~~~>.:~~~
·comes into play. Women always pay the highest price in societywhether . ·JI ... ''ti··
in peace or in war.
·~~ .. ;j; ~~f~~~~~~lf~ft~t:~~i!~~:t~:~
We only have to look at what's happening to Bosnian womeQ. Not
·only they are killed and tortured but they are also systematically raped.
·Moreover, they are made into reproduction machines making babies
for Serbia.
If the Geneva convention has not included gender, it is high time.
· Bosnian women are suffering because of their ethnic identity, but they
·are paying a much higher price because they are women. When men hyde park
individually and collectively torture, persecute, rape, harass and kill
.w omen, it is not a matter of coincidence or exception. McGill on a number of occasions.
Sri Peace Delta dedicated
It's time to include persecution based on gender in the official Chinmo~ In 1970 and 1984 he gave talks on
definition of refugees. A movement to widen the definition to include. spiritual themes at McGill, and in
gender would make women's persecution an internationally recog- Opinion submitted by Jeffrey Chance. 1989 offered a free Peace Concert in
. nized problem. At the same time, it would give less legitimacy for any the Lea cock Building. All occasions
.country to violate women's rights. Site of the fiercest bombing and for humanity. That is why we ap were filled to capacity.
Accepting victims of sex bias as refugees will expose gender discrimi the most severe casualities of the preciate your work and we greet With the beginning of the New
nation and cruelty against women not only in accused countries, but it Vietnam War, the Mekong Delta you warmly." Year, Sri Chinmoy's traditional
.w ill also put more pressure on the supposedly "host" countries to has now been dedicated tow orld Highlighting the fact that the message this year (offered at a pub
.c onfront such issues. peace as a Sri Chinmoy Peace Delta . Mekong Delta serves not only as a lic Peace Concert last December in
The men who drafted the Geneva convention (or Valcourt for that The official ceremony took place painful reminder of war, but also as New York City's Lincoln Centre)
matter) could not see the dangers and fears women face, because they onDecember28 in Tanan, Long An a living monument to new life, Sri offers newness and hope:
province, gateway to the Mekong Chinmoy composed a song per
·themselves would not be raped or beaten by their wives, or have to
·comply to a curfew because of their sex. Recognition of the physical Delta. formed at the ceremony: "Mother God is dreaming,
cruelty women face on the basis of their gender is not a just matter of Regional Vietnamese leaders Nature's moon-breath strangled Newness singing,
social empowerment. For many women it would be the difference Chairman Dr. Nguyen Trung Tin, and killed by death. Beauty's new Oneness blossoming,
·between life and death. Chairman Nguyen Van Thanh and born life and heart give Mekong the Fullness dancing.
Foreign Relations Chief Do Hu'u God-Start."
By rejecting victims of sex bias, countries like Canada are perpetu
ating violence and discrimination against women. Lam welcomed international peace The Mekong Delta now joins Hope no more gropes.
ambassador Sri Chinmoy and 100 over 500 "Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blos Life withollt slopes.
·Afrn Jalabi members of the Sri Chinmoy Peace soms" in more than 30 nations that Splendid depths and heights
Centres from all parts of the globe. have been dedicated to the goals of Transform bondage-nights.
Two permanent plaques mark world friendship and peace, includ
letters
the dedication of the 2.4 million ing Niagara Falls, the Matterhorn erratum
acre agricultural heartland as a Sri in Switzerland, Lake Baikal in Rus
Please
harbours frighteningly similar elements Chinmoy Peace Delta. "Everybody sia, the cities of Ottawa, Canada
To the Daily: At ypoin the January 13 Hyde
that accompanied the success of the knows that the fiercest battles were and Philedelphia, USA, and the
re: English Lit 101 Park, submitted by Marko Kokic,
Nazi party in pre-war Germany. on our soil," stated Chairman Svinesund Bridge between Norway
Please cancel our subscriptions. suggested that the U.S. rather
Sincerely, chaTuvhicnBisJtsP awnhdoth cclSaihmiv Sthcanta iatr eisH hinigdhut Thanh. "We fought bravely, but at and Sweden. They offer daily re than the U.N. was finally react
Alex Usher, Special Student timcthatlndiadoawaywiththcMuslim the same time we were longing for minders to millions worldwide of ing to theCroatian "cry for help".
Chris Alom, U3 Arts peace. Sri Chinmoy has contrib our common quest for peace.
minority. Their love for the Muslims is Sorry, Marko.
uted greatly to the cause of peace Sri Chinmoy has also visited
comparable to the Nazi's fondness for
Petition against
the Jews.
fundamentalist violence letters
They preach hatred for Muslims in
To the Daily: the North and for Christians in the
I am appealing to the students, staff South, both of whom arc seen as have been 'banned'). Should elections to conservative estimates, killed 3000 If the man was circumcised (i.e. a
and faculty at McGill to sign a petition invaders. The Nazis grass roots efforts be called tomorrow, there is little doubt Hindus, Muslims and Christians in the Muslim) he was subsequently castrated
demanding the Indian government to were propelled by the 'brown shirts' that they could secure at least 170 seats, last two weeks alone (approximately and then stabbed.
enforce the ban against the BJP and the who went around painting racist signs enough to from a minority government. 200 deaths a day). The petition will be circula\ed this
Shiv Scna, the two religious and stabbing Jews. This BJP-fuclled fanaticism has The BBC reported that in Bombay's Friday at the Union Building.
fundamentalist parties responsible for The Rashitrya Scvak Sangh is not so translated into increased and prolonged recent communal violence, men were Pervez Siddiqui
much of the sectarian violence that has different. The Nazis came to power sectarian violence which has, according being stopped on streets and stripped. BCommU2
characterized Northern !ndia for the througlt democratic means. 'llte BJP
last twelve months. and Shiv Scna, and the VHP all have All readers ?re welcome to su?mitletters under 30~ ~ords. Add yoor nom~, program, year and telephone number. Anonymity con
. 'lltcriscofthc BJP andtheShivScna seats in parliament (even though they be provrded; talk to on edrtor beforehand. Oprmons con be expressed mt he form of a Hyde Park, no more than 500 words .
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SPRAYPAI N T I N G
The Toronto Transit Commission hates it, washroom professor at U ofT, said washroom graffiti is a way of condemning
walls are covered with it, and women at the University of individuals without due process.
"In any form of speech, including graffiti, the issue of harm is a
Western Ontario may be arrested for it.
relevant one," he said. "Anyone can use graffiti-not just the good
Some people say it's offensive, others are intrigued by it. folks."
• It can be stupid or artistic, hateful or thought provoking. ' Clearly, when graffiti involves remarks or slogans which could
But for most of us it's just something interesting to look incite hatred against particular groups, the effects can be quite dam
aging. This year at U of T, a feminist engineering professor and
at when we're walking home from school or riding the
numerous minority groups were the targets of graffiti attacks.
subway. Rayside said the notion that graffiti is a constructive form of
political discourse is a myth.
"In theory, yes, but in practice bullshit," he said. "Over 99 per cent
ITS GRAFFITI AND ITS EVERYWHERE.
of the graffiti on this campus has nothing to do with communication.
It has to do with stereotypes, hate or mindlessness." ·
SCRUBBING IT OFF
l:ough graffiti is considered vandalism and is illegal under
the Criminal Code of Canada, many people do not consider
painting or spraying graffiti a crime. A medium easily accessible to 0
J \ the majority of the population, graffiti can be a means of commu
nicating outside the usual, accepted channels. ffensive or not, the writing on the wall can function as an
"There's no place on campus for complete free speech," said informal forum for expressing opinions. Which doesn't make it either
Angelina Vaz, a Western student currently embroiled in a dispute legitimate or effective.
with the university administration over her graffiti painting. Io Toronto, the 1TC has a strict policy about graffiti -it gets
"There's no real forum for oppressed groups, so they have to cleaned up as fast as possible.
use other ones," she said. "It is part of an ongoing cleaning procedure. Either it looks bad or
Vaz, a fourth-year English and philosophy student, painted an the wording is offensive," says Marilyn Bolton, TIC spokesperson.
Audre Lorde quote on a piece of plywood three weeks ago. The Eric, who asked to have his last name withheld, said that he has
quote read:" And I rem in~ myself all the time that ifl were to have graffitied TTC property but does not mind the 1TC wiping off the
graffiti that he \vritcs.
been born mute, and had maintained an oath of silence my whole
life for safety, I would still have suffered and I would still die." "If they didn't keep scrubbing it off, I couldn't keep writing it," he
Vaz said there was nothing wrong with writing on the ply said.
wood, but now she believes the police may press charges. "I ''OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE
thought we had permission but there's been a misunderstand
ing," says Vaz. GRAFFITI ON THIS CAMPUS HAS
After having her words sprayed over, Vaz refuses to have NOTHING TO DO WITH
her voice silenced. Af ew days after the original incident Vaz
and other students sprayed new slogans and images. COMMUNICATION. IT HAS TO
Vaz said it is not important whether or not she gets
DO WITH STEREOTYPES, HATE OR
charged for the incident. She is far more concerned with
having a place on campus where she and other students MINDLESSNESS.''
can have an open, uncensored forum to express their
views.
Eric and a friend are responsible for writing the word "Moist"
around the city. He got his inspiration from the man who has been
NOT JUST THE GOOD FOLKS
writing "Fix Signs" all over Toronto.
"Not only is Moist a great word, but it is also a band," he said. Not
S surprisingly, Eric is in the band.
"We decided to write it everywhere. It's cheap advertising and
usan Addario, a "'fety officer at the Uni pretty funny."
versity of Toronto, said washroom graffiti - Jason Ziedenberg, a member of the Ontario Public Interest Re
specifically the kind that singles out specific m~n search Group (OPIRG) said graffiti can be more than a way to
as being rapists - can have an empowering advertise your band cheaply.
function. "Graffiti shocks you and pulls you in," says Ziedenberg. "I think its
"For women who are denied an effective way function as art is not as important as using it to flash a political
of responding to sexual violence through the message."
system, it is a way to express anger," said Helen Chomolok, coordinator of an anti-graffiti program in th~
Addario. city of Vancouver, disagreed.
"It is a real and symbolic reminder of how "There's very little politically-motivated graffiti in Canada," she
we fail women in our formal and informal said. '"Fuck the system' is not a political message." ·
systems." Vancouver began focusing on graffiti about four years ago. Ac
But Addario also said that the university's cording to Chomolok, if there is discrimina~ory graffiti on a public
/ : procedure is to remove the graffiti even if it building, it gets top priority in being cleaned up. There even exists an
refers to a possible sexual assault. anti-graffiti hotline. Chomolok said that every day there is a city
"The university is in a position that it employee cleaning up graffiti somewhere in Vancouver.
must respond by removing it because it U ofT has a similar standing procedure with regard to graffiti. If it
targets an individual for a form of retalia is racist or homophobic it is removed as soon as it is reported.
tion for behaviour that he may not be "If it is political it is not a priority," said David Nee lands, assistant
aware of that he is being accused of," she vice-president of student affairs. Neclands also said that although the
said. university is slower to clean up non-offensive graffiti, it still consti
David Rayside, a political science tutes vandalism.
BY ANNE BAINS
U OFTVARSITY (CUP)