The McGill Daily Vol. 89 No. 038: January 13, 2000

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by  McGill University, Daily Publications Society,,

cGIL
NEWS- CULTURE-
Private colleges: A fad that's sweeping Pau/ Thomas Anderson's Magnolia
Canada?- pg. 2 brilliant but flawed pg. 7
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McGill Catches Nation-Wide
Private College Fever
Proposals for high-priced schools on the rise across the country
BY jON BRICKER vate programs would be able to offer more the province, but especially at the Toronto introduce a number of similar Faculty Council brought McGill one step
money to tc-Jchers and would have an eas University of British Columbia, where the high-priced programs. closer to its first private degree-granting
knerican-stylc private college educa ier time attracting lucrative corporate con student socie~· has accused Strangway and Al eaked document allegedly tabled in program. The MCI plan, if approved, would
on is already taking hold across tracts. fonner Vice-President External Affairs Peter Ontario.last November by the provinfC's sec 3,000 students pay upwards of $28,000
:mada, with a number of progran1s "Privatization is increasingly spoken of Ufford of working on the project while on education minister called for the introduc in tuition and would feature small classes,
already in place and plans in the works in because of shrinking public funding," the university's payroll, though both hm·e tion of fully privaUved Ontario universities. a focus on :trts and science courses, and an
British Columbia, Ontario, and now right Da\ies said. now stepped down. The project also Though Minister of Training, Colleges, opportunitY for a four-month internship
here at McGill-plans that have sonrc say received a setback last month when and Universities Dianne Cunningham pro grant
ing the students arc seeing the fallout from landowners for the proposed site pulled denied that private universities were a pri The arts faculty will now make plans to
slashed public. support for the deal, citing environmental ority, she authorcd a 1992 document that create a formal committee to look into the
On '1\tesday, faculty and student reps in concerns. Critics have chastized the deal called on legislators to open the door to MCI proposal in the months to come.
Arts voted to establish a committee to look :ovhich includes space for market housing private degree-granting progr.uns. Belle "I do think that the opinion of the
into plans for McGill College International, on land that some say could bring in mil Stcphcnson, a fonncr Conservative educa meeting is that [the MCll is worth think
a private liberal-arts collc)\e with a 11rice lions for the college. tion minister who is part of a group look ing about it, not that any particular con
ta~ to students of almost $30,000 a year. Although those heading the BC c;un ing to set up a private university near clusion should be drawn, but that its worth
The vote saw McGill join a push for private paign could not be reached for comment, Toronto, told The Globe and Mail in thinking about il," s:tid Sociology Professor
post-secondary progr.uns that is already Str.tnb'Wit)' did respond to concerns about November that the ministers had offered and Arts Faculty Council Chair Michael
being SL'Cn in Ontario :L~ well :L~ nritish private universities attr.tcting faculty a\\~t)' the idea "totall)' positive" feedback. Smith aftcr.the meeting.
Columbia, where a pair of former UIIC from public institutions when he spoke to Av ote last month at a McGill Science
administrators are waiting to break ground the Canadian Universi~· Press last year. Faculty Council meeting s:tw students and lflitb files from }cli/1/e Kir:wer
on the province's first private, non-reli "We ha\·e no intention of selectively target faculty reject taking the MCI proposal to Roberls, mu/ A/1(/reu· Suns/rum.
gious university. ing UBC faculty, as we have the world to the next level. But 1\Jesday·s vote b)' Arts
l.ibb)• Oavies is a member of parlia N/JJ> l'oulb and Hduwlion critic dmw on. We will not, of course, exclude
ment for Vancouver E:L~t and NllP's critic Lib~ I' /Ja l'ies UBC faculty who have an interest," he said.
on youth and education issues. She said Whistler University will offer u11 arts Arts Faculty Votes to
that the onslaught of proposals for thL'SC Mark \'eerkamp said he is especially and science degrees to about 800 students
colleges means that longtime fears of pub concerned with a plan that is moving at tuition lei'Cis comparable with that at
lic-funding cuts undermining the public ahead in BC. The $lOO-million private-col liberal-arts colleges in the US, making it
Explore Idea of Private
education system are finall)' being reali1.ed. lege project being led by fonner UllC presi the first institution of its kind in the
"lt's moving forward full-steam now," dent David Strangway is looking to begin province. Presently, BC boasts two Christian
said Davies. She says Canadians \'alue a construction soon in Squamish, near colleges and a host of American degree
quality, publicly fundedl>tlucation system, Whistler. programs that are privately funded. College at McGi_ll
but that cuts are making that ~')'Stem "We're goin~ to Sl'C a two-tier system The province's government has said
impossible to kl-cpup. And by allowing pri develop like the one thL1' h;l\'e in the US," nothing on whether it would afford
vate colleges to compete with public insti said Vecrkamp, the HC chair for the Whistler U status to grant Canadian
tutions, she explains, Canada is inviting a Canadian Federation of Students. "lt's not degrl'CS.
two-tier education system that divides ~oing to be a ~)'Stem that works for middle- . ~·o years ago, ~lbcrta also. int.roduced rently represented. The resolution was that
haves· from have nots .a nd me:uis IICncr ci:L~ Canadians. · · · · legislation to allow private degree-granting the commillee should include people who
quality education for the rich, because pri- The BC proposal has sparkl>d ire across .programs, while IC f)7 saw the University of Last1\Jesda}', the Arts Faculty Council are skeptical. The obligation is on the dean
\'Oted in favour of creating a new to put together a committee that starts out
commillee that will look into the 1\ith more critical view'S than those who
11The person who hasn o enemiesh asn o followers.11 concept of a private college at McGill. brought the motion forth."
An ad hoc committee of faculty deans The decision was controversial and
and professors has already put foi'W'Jrd a won by a margin of 11 votes. "There v.-cre
tentative proposal for the college, called all sorts of \iews," said Smith. "There arc
Don Piatt
McGill College International. The college, people who· think that a private, self
which would offer an An1eric:m-style liber financing entity would be a g<¥J<i thing,
al-arts education to up to 3,000 students, and they voted for the motion. There were
Applications are now available at the SSlVIU Front Desk.
Vs:l would cost upwards of $28,000 in tuition people who voted for the motion because
zU J They arc due February 7th. per year. .they wante4 to understand what was
I , \\11ile the Arts Council did not vote on implied in the issue a bit better.. .. Therc are
00 " " According to the Scarlet Key Honour Societ~·. a lender is someone who: the proposal itself, they had the chance to people who arc un5)111Jlathetic to the idea
0 Goes beyond the t·all of duty vote on whether or not investigations into of a self-financing enti~·. and there arc
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Is truly conunined to :\h:Gill the idea should continue. people who doubt the pr;tcticality of the
Cr"'l"'' ban in~piration to other~ "Specifically, it was decided that the ideas proposed [in the MCI proposal!."
C" • Demonstrates un~~:llhhnl'~~. pers~:verance and creativity dean will constitute a committee that will "Hull do think that tl1e opinion of the
ro • Is e:<c~:ptiona! among his/ht>r peers then review the idea of the MCI, in all its meeting is tliat [the MCll is worth think
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tru: Has had an impact on student life dimensions, in all its aspects, the feasibili ing about il,· not that any particular con
r-) • Ha~ implemented a new und~:rtaking while at ~leG ill
I Brings passion to his/her projects ~·. its desirability, and so on," explained clusion should be drawn, but that it's
Sociology Professor Michael Smith, who is worth thinking about."
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<t For more information please contact Anne Topolski at chair of the Arts Faculty Council. The decision made by the Arts Faculty
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According to Smith, it was important to continue with research into the MCI
.--..''. [email protected] or check out our web page at for the members of the Arts Council to look comes just over a month after the Science
t.=) www.bam.net/scarlctkcy
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"The range of views in the faculty posal. On December 7, the ad hoc MCI
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1- [must! be inco~lOratcd in the committee commillee brought its proposal to the
and not just those people who were initial- Science Council, which refused to endorse
C\1 1)' involved in creating the MCI as it is cur- any continuaiion of research into the idea.
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Montreal is Number One for Students
City tops Boston as North America's student capital
BI'BEN ERRm when ~'C decided to run the stud)•." not directly benefit McGill, the
The man in charge of the reaction from the public can
Montreal has more students per study was Real Del Dcgen, associ only help.
capita than any other major city ate director of the University "If more students arc coming,
in North America, according to a Planning Office. lie explained more rL'\'Cnu~ will be coming in
study released yesterday by McGill's that the study w:LS done by merg :md wc'IIIX! :U>Ie to do more.''
Unimsity Planning Office. ing existing data from Canadian Students' Society President
Wilh nearly 150,000 students in and American sources. Andrcw Tischler expressed
Montreal in sel'en universities (~JcGill, "We took the census data intcrL'St in using the survey to
ni\·ersite de Montreal, Ecolc de llautcs from the S Census bureau and support the SSM ·s fight
Etudes Conunerciales, Pol}1echniquc, StatsCan, looked at metropolitan against differential tuition for
Concordia, UQA.\1 and ETS), Montreal has areas, added up the populations out-of-province students
nearly4 .4 students per 100 inhabilants. from the cities and suburbs .... "We're already using a
The study \\~IS undertaken to provide Then we matched every unil'crsi study that shows that out-of
ammunition in the administration's fight ty wilh its area and compared province students at McGill
for increased post-secondary educittional university enrolment population alone bringing in over S1 70·
funding. Vice-Principal Academic Luc wilh the general population.'' million to the Mdiilll'COnomy.
\ inet explained that the popularity of Del Degcn had previously This will dcfinilely help us
Montreal's previous bo:Lst about ~ing a done a study on Montreal's eco build our C:L'iC.''
major tudent centre prompted the detailed nomic importance to Quebec and "11 'sa \·er}' good tool to use
study. Canada. That tudy \\~IS used by to show the value of inl'csting
"I wrote in the Tmditioll· fllld university administrators both in in the education centre .... 11
IIIIIOI'IIIio11 ldiscu sion paper!· that promotional material and in lob makes the province that much
Montreal w:LS second onlyt o Boston in stu b)•ing for increased funding. better off."
dent population and we made a number of "We had showed that Monlrwil: Norlb Anu:rietl ~· sludenl baren A spokc~woman for
presentations of that document to·p oliti Montreal w:Ls the research capital Montreal layor Pierre
certainly going to u~ this. This sheds a salt. This is based on the available data,
cians and lc;tdcrs in the business world," of Canada," said Del Dcgen. ''We wanted to llourque said that the mayor would cer
positive light on universities, which is which is from '97. The picture could
Vinct said. portray oursel\·es as the Basion of the alw.t)'S a good thing. have changed a little hit. The important tainly u~ this in his promotion of the city.
·•I t \\~IS always something they were 'orth, so this w.ts the next step." VP Vine! expressed his hope that the part is that we arc nose·to·nose with "I know the mayor says often in his
hooking to. When we made a pre;cn~ttion "One of the things were tf}ing to get media attention would help McGill, but Boston, which is viewed as the greatest speeches that Montreal is important
to IQ uebec Finance Minister! Bcrnard across here is that universities arc strategi· cautioned that Montreal's lead over lloston unimsity city in North America. lt's a becau~ of its universities .... ll's infomJa
l~tndry, he \\~LS reallye xcited about that. lie cally important to economic develop w.LS narrow. great thing to promote." tion he's happy to have," said spokesper
went back to us for more details, and that's ment.... I think Montreal politicians arc son Michacli Cantcro.
"One h:IS to take this wilh a grain of Vinet says that, while this study may
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Quebec Students to Receive Millennium Money
Minister Legault signs highly deal with scholarship fund
a~ticipated
ll\' j,miE 1\iRZNEH-IlOilERTS this agrcctitent. Thanks to what 11·e ha1·c who helped racilitate negotiations. we know more and a lot better than the
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tcr almost two years or hureau done today, Qucl>ee students, like their "Quclx.'C students will receive their share or rederal go\'ernment, what is good ror the
-ratic infighting, the Quebec gov counterparts across Canada, will benefit Millennium Scholarships and get their students in Quebec," said Legault. "We
•rnment h:L~ finally struck a deal rrom the Foundation's awards," said jean chance to obtain a post-secondary educa- don'tlet them It he redcral go\'crnmentl
with the Millennium Scholarship Monty, CEO or llcll Canada ami Chainnan lion wilh less debt," he said. have an intrusion in our jurisdiction.
Foundation, ensuring that Quebec students or the Millennium Foundation. "The As part or the agreement, Quebec What WC say is that WC replace the
will recei\'c their scholarships alongside drorts that ha1•e been expended on this Education Minister Francois l.egault money that was already spent on schol-
other Canadians. These scholarships, val question 0\"Cr the past nine months ha\'e plcdged to provide debt relief to an addi- arships, then rrom the money that is
ued at approximately 53,000 each, will be finally paid orr." tional60,000 students and inruse upwards saved in doing so, we decide what our
distributed immediately' to more than ~lonty credited the agreement to the or S35million to universities and colleges priorities arc and we spend the money as
2~,000 Queht'C students. efforts or Quel>ee student organizations ror inrrastructure purposes. per the agreement WC had With the SIU·
"The Foundation is delighted to sign and to orficials in the rcderal go\'ernmcnt, Earlier on in the negotiation process, dents and the reprcsentati\'CS or CEGEI's
he expressed concern that the scholar- • and unil'ersities."
Choose a career in natural medicine ship fund rei1resented a rederal The agreement the Millennium
encroachment on provincial jurisdic- Foundation has signed with the Quelx.'C
Millennium Fomulation Cbairman
Doctors of natmopathic medicine arc licensed general practitioners lion, and quibbled with the Foundation government is roughly similar to those .
jean Monty
in natural medicine. Natmopathic students receive over symbolic issues such as the exact signed with other provinces, with on I}' one
more than 4.500 hours of instruction in basic medical sciences, symbols to be used on scholarship major difrerence. Lcgault was insistent on late lJccember, councilors di~USS(.-d the
diagnostic medical sciences and naturopathic therapies the importance or nl'l-d-bascd scholarships, idea or mounting a lawsuit against the
including acupum:ture. botanical (herbal) medicine, and one unique aspect or the Quelx.'C Millennium Scholarship Foumbtion for
duucalnutrition. huntl'upathic medidnl' ami more. Millennium Foundation deal is that hair or not distributing scholarships in a rair man
the monies slated for merit scholarships ner across Canada.
Program requirements: Candidates must have a minimum of will instead go to the general need-based "We were preparl-d to undertake all
three yt·ars uf study ( 1S full-year credits) at an accredited scholarship fund. means necessary, including legal, toe nsure
university. including the li1llowing courses: general biology.
general chemistry. biochemistry. organic chemistry and psychology.
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SSMU \'I' Community and Go1·ernment Quebec students' right to Millennium
~~ld~!~~.o~n!!l~11~!~!r!~~f!~"~!~ Wojtek Baraniak is pleased that Lcgault Scholarships," explained Baraniak. "I am
cheques. He insisted that the deal repre has finally signed a deal with the happyt o sec that no legal challenge will he
sented no compromises on the part or Millennium Foundation. necessary now that all parties have
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the Quebec government. ''This is an acceptable conclusion to agreed," he said.
Instead or using cheques SllOrling a saga that has lasted ror almost two The Millennium Scholarship
Students are covered for Eye Exams and
Canadian nags or Millennium Foundation years," he said. "This agreement allows Foundation was created by the rcderal
get $75 toward Glasses or Contacts insignia, scholarships will be paid out ror the reduction in a student's debt government in 1998 with a S2.Sbillion
with their Health Insurance using direct deposit; which, Lcgault load, guarantees portability or awards endowment. The Foundation is mandat
explainL-d, "eliminates a degree or visibility all across Canada, and avoids duplica ed to distribute this endowment directly
One·Day Acuvue • Acuvue 2 • Acuvue ror the rederal government." tion.'' to students and to educational institu
Bifocal "I think that, regarding education, At the last SSMU Council meeting in tions until 2010.
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00 Special Consideration to Students B\' BIN ERIU.lT Vinet described the Rs core as a way or the uni\'ersity weighting or marks rrom
N0 and Staff Ncv.•1 101icies announced last month at comparing a student's marks to the Ontario students. Previously, all marks
M~ ' !___ ________________________________________________________________________________ ~ Ssteundaetnet sw gilelt sinutbos tManctGiailll!.) ' ch:mge the way stren''gFtrho mor atlhl et hsec hteosotls. that we've been run cfrooumrs esO AwCe,r eG ruasdeed 1t2o , eavnadlu aGter adaep pl1i1
~ Erskine and American United Church The policies were outlined in a ning, this is a better indicator. lt is, ror the cants. Now, McGill has joined Ontario
report rrom the Unimsity Admission anglophonc CEGEPs, certainly a change universities in looking at the top six
~ (Sherbrooke at Crescent)
COmmittee aiming to speed up that has preoccupied them." OAC marks only.
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I McGill's iengthy admissions process as Before this move, no standard system "We will align ourselves with the
A warm welcome to McGill students
well as standardize marks rrom was used to gauge the quality of CEGEP Ontario universities with rcs1>ee1 to Ontario
and faculty CEGEPs across the province. l-ducations. students. The main reason for doing this is
"This is a rairlyb ig ch:mge in admin "There were no rommlas-it was just to he more efficient and more accurate in
Worship: 11 :00 am Sunday istrative matters," said \ice-Principal experience. In this sense, it will make tl1e our assessments.," Vinet said.
Academic l.uc Vi net, the chair or the com whole process more scientific," Vi net said. Vinet also noted that McGill's previ
:UIJ: For information: (5 14) 849-3286 mittee that produced the report. These st:mdards will not, howe\'er, be ous practice of going back to the Grade
1- "We'll be using the Rg rade S}'Stem applied outside or Quebec, as no such sys 11 marks or Ontario students had not
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1ror CEGEI'sl that is used in the rran tem exists. made a difference in the quality or stu
~L---------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ cophone universities." Another important change comes in dents accepted.
Education Not Necessarily a Social Program
Br CIIRIS BooNAR levels of government and with individual In November, the provincial finance ate negotiations between the Millennium Other documents show a greater con
citi7.cns to ensure that we create a tradition ministers called on the federal gol'cmment .Scholarship Foundation and the govern cern on behalf of the federal government to
01TAWA (CUP) -jane Stewart, federal of life-long learning in Canada," she said. to increase transfer payments to the ment of Quebec, after the province accused monitor the political commentary from
Minister of Human Resources and But Stewart also maintains there is a provinces for education by $3.7-billion a Ottawa of trying to control education Quebec regarding national unity, rather
Development, says her government recog greater need for corpo through the scholarship program. than working out details on how the
nizes the importance of a strong post-scc rate involvement in Education is designated as a provincial Foundation would allocate money or be
ondaf)' education ~)'Stem in Canada, el'en Canada's education sys jurisdiction in Canada's constitution. structured. ~
though it may not he seen as a social pro tcnl. And while Stewart says her govern Despite early indications that the
gram an)morc. "In the new econo ment has no intention of taking control Millennium Fund would be in addition to
In an exclusi\·c interview with my all jobs are knowl of education awJy from the provinces, existing programs, Ottawa has had to
Canadian University Press, Stcwart out edge-based jobs," said government documents indicate the reconsider these earlier statements.
lined what she vilw.; as her government's Stcwart. "I think that Liberals rccogniurd the provinces' dis lt is now allowing some provincial gov
accomplishments in the realm of higher what we're finding is satisfaction with educational funding. ernments to reduce current student aid
education. that \lo'C need partner In documents obtained from the progr;uns, resulting in substantial savings
But she avoided commenting on ships." Pri\1' Council Office under an ACCl'ss in the areas of education spending.
whether Canadians can count on their "We've set out in the to lnfonnation request, speaking notes The Ontario go\'Cnuncnt estimates sav
education system to get the s;unc attention Speech from the Throne for the Prime Minister warned that ings of up to $')0-million after replacing
as other social programs. the priorities we feel there would be opposition to the part of a loan-forgil'cncs.'i progr;un with
"Education is certainly viewed as an we're in a position to Millennium Scholarship Fund's cre the new federal scholarships.
important piece of a healthyC anada," said undertake," she contin ation. But despite differences between the fed
Stewart in regard to her govcrnmcnt's view ued. "''m glad to sec "Provinces sec thcmsch·es ;Ls key eral ami provincial governments,
of spending on post-secondary education. they include a focus on stakcholders, as education is a provin Stcwart says the Liberals arc committed
The Minister S:t)S Ottawa has shown its our children, and in the cial jurisdiction, and they may S('Ck a to ensuring good relations betwl'Cn alllel'
commitment to education through initia· longer tcnn a focus on role in designing the Fund amVor the cls of government.
tivcs like the use of Registered Education skills and a strategy that scholarships," say the documents from "There are a large number of federal
Sa1•ings Programs, the Millennium includes all partners.'' MP }11ne ~'letmrl Sti)'S /be LiberttiJ~otunmen/ n'COJ~IIizes /be late 1997 and earl)' 1998. "Further, to progr;uns in the area of education ami by
Scholarship Fund, making interest on stu llut despite Stewart's imfJOrlllnce ofpos/-secol/(ktry education. But do /bey? date, both Quclx.'C and Alberta have indi- in large they're wcll-receivL>tl," she said.
dent loans t;Lx deductible, and by extend insistence that the cated that their share of the funds should ''They're strong partnerships between the
in~; loan repa)111Cnt periods. Liberals arc looking towanls "partner year. Transfer pa)mcnts tot he provinces for be transferred to them." government of Cana(h and other leaders
"I think when you look at the numbers ships" with the provinces, the gomnmcnt post-secondar)' education and training The documents indicate the in their particular domains, ami focUS('!(
of students supported by Canada students h;Ls come under repeated attack from some hal'c been cut by $7-billion since the Millennium Fund would scr\'c to "compli- on providing leadership and contribution
loans, I think what we're findin~; is that we provincial gol'cmmcnts for meddling in Liberals took office in 1993. ment" existing provincial programs, not to in areas the government of Canada fl'Cis
do have to ha1·c strong partnerships at all prol'incial affairs. Stcwart herself had to step in to medi- • replace them. arc important."
IIOT CIIOCOIATF. FOR nu: llmlt:LF.SS of the james Administration Building inventing work that w;ts not actually of the invoice compan.rd to the value of the
through tomorrow. -}on Bricl:er required. work that had been done," said Sterling.
Students raiS(rd OI'Cr $1500 in the first Stirling says the dummy comtlanles When confronted with the apparent
two days of their c:unpus campaign to dole CttARGES AGAISST Snm.:r.T l.r..wERS were able to complete the work required by discrepancy, McMastcr admitted to having
out hot chocolate and spark awareness of DROPPED IN Sr..mLE further sub-contracting out to legitimate manipulated the contracts for his own per
the homeless crisis in Montreal. companies. sonal gain.
A tc;un of volunteers arc braving the 1\l.·o senior reprcsentatii'CS of the lt was a $39,000 invoice for the repair The universit)' is currently mounting a
cold until tomorrow in a makeshift swill Canadian Federation of Students who were of the roof of the Sanford Flcming civil suit against him that is ex1x.'Cted to
shack, selling hot chocolate and coffee to arrested during last month's anli-WI'O Building that finally caught the attention reach the courts in February. -julu1 Garro
raise money for the city's Old Brewery protest in Scattlc had their charges of McMastcr's supervisor.
Mission. "it's winter and that means it's dropped, the city's attorney reported. to prosecute 51 protest-related cases, or "His supervisor questioned the :unount
roughly 10 per cent of all charges laid. -
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U OF T AIUII:'\ISTRATOR at'RGEil V.lTII
FR,Uil 0/o
TORONTO (CUP) -A fanner Unil·ersity
of Toronto cmployL'C was arrested last week
after it was discovered that an estimated
$500,000 of universityf unds had been mis
directed s.incc 1993. ·-l
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Kenncth McMastcr, who was removed m
from his position in early December, is
· Grano offers Montreal's most
charged with fraud.
"Of course the gentleman h;ts been
popular desserts- always 2for1 ...
arrested and we arc prosecuting him," said
Uo fT\ ice-Provost Michael Finlayson. "\\c
We also have futons in the back.
l'olunleers serre up bot cboco/111e la support Old Mission Brou·e~)~ have dismiSS(rd him, and we are hoping to
recover some or all of our losses."
cold out and people need help," cxplainlrd CFS National Deputy Chairperson In his capacity as an administrator BEST SANDWICHES AND BEST
Ali Shah, coordinator for the, event. Elizabeth Carlylc and Newfoundland and within the maintenance department, FRIES IN MONTREAL. ....
"Students often don't get a chance to Labrador Representative jen Anthony were McMaster W'JS authorized to tender bids .w.
donate, and this gil'es them one." Shah :unong several hundred people arrested and award contracts for the construction
said he wets plc-.tscd that the volunteers h;ul while taking part in a peaceful rally in and repair of university property up to a N0
raised $1500 by WLrdncsday, putting them downtown Scattle on December I, 1999. value of $5,000 without requiring any 00
well on their way to their goal of $2,000 b)' Both were charged with failure to disperse, additional approval. I
week's end. a misdcmcanor offence that carries a max Over the past seven years McMastcr is z
:E
Shah said that volunteers are also col imum penalty of one )'l"Jr in prison and a alleged to have granted many small con V'
lecting donations of money, clothes, coats $5,000 fine. tracts to phoney companies, sometimes 840-9000 3647 St.-Laurent
and winter wear. The stand will be in front The Seattle attorney's office still plans-
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Enemy of the ·State
David Hoffman fights to tell the truth about US government practice
11\' TAL Plt>CIII-.\'$~1' available." \Vinifred Richardson, since exposing E and the !ran-Contra scandal." Richardson shop. Af ew days later, as Hoffman was
In April of 1995, a car bomb rippl>d lt is definitely possible that this would Systems' illegal dealings from within, has alleges that when the E-Systems story first walking towards his car to meet with
through the Murrah building in become simply one of many government narrow!)' avoided numerous attempts on broke, Re1·ell was immediately transferred Richardson, he found all four of the tires
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 initiatives to demoralize lloffman and his life. As Richardson wrote to lloffman, to the Fill office in Dallas to keep infonn on his car slashed.
people includin~:: sereral children. attempt to stall his 01111 investigations. This "There was an attempt to blow me up back ants quiet. "I called him ! Richardsonl asking
'l\1'0 years after the 1995 Oklahoma investigation would soon naturally gravi in 87 when I first went to the government. Numerous E-Srstems whistleblowers him if ;myone else he knew had their tires
City hombin~ a county grand jury finally tate towards E-Systems, now known as The Colonel gave our n;um!S to the compa have found themseh·es caught in Hevell's slashed," said lloffman. "lie told me that
began to reinvestigate this horrible !raged)' Ka)1heon Srstems. This group is a major ny as v:ell <L~ the infonnation after promis ''regulatory framework." E-Systems he had heard from two other people he
that completely changed the dynamics of CIA-NSA-DOD-that's Central Intelligence ing to keep it in confidence. lie also stated employee Michelle Cooper had approached knew that had all four of their tires
terrorism in the Uniled States. This is Agencr, National Security Agency, and to me in his most menacing voice that I !luck Rmll's underling, Danny j:unes, at slashed." lloffman has since been brought
Department of Defence for the lit}l>erson was messing with hundreds of millions of
where our story begins.
contractor. E-Systems has been collaborat dollars and w:L~ in more danger than I had
~h:t:r D.mo lloFF.\LV\ ing with S intelligence since 1947 and, :L~ ever hl'Cn in my life. This w;Ls Col. Ma~ning
their press release states, "E-Systems con Crump, at the time commander of Det2 at lt is widely believed that in
tinued to be a leader in reconnaissance, E-Systems.lle later admitted under oath to
David lloffman, author of 'lhe
the past twenty years, greater gov
Oklahoma City llomhin~ and th • Politics surveillance, and intelligence ~ystems, sup going to work for !·>Systems before he
of Terror and publisher of the llaight porting programs that remain critical to retin.->d and w:L~ still based at E-Systems." ernment impropriety has brought
maintaining peace." lloffman was open with The Dail)'
A'ihhury Fn.'C PrL'SS, w:L\ among the first to
inrestigate and scrutinize about the numerous deaths directly related about more drastic means by which
to the regimes of US presidents
the Gl\C. In his houk, he
outlines how the l nilcd Bill Clinton and George Bush. those attempting to expose scandal
"!loth Clinton and !lush ha1·e
States ~ovcrnment had
been and will he remembered for are silenced.
prior knowled~e of this
their massive amount of deaths
homhin~. The book also t~~rul.-ii1!•!
that they arc din.'Ctly responsible
prOCL'Ctletl to show how ter
rorist acts were employed by for. This is represented mostly in the National Security Section of the Fill, into federal court, h)' Herell no less, on a
Kosovo, Iraq, and Pan;una, but who threatened her with retaliatory libel charge.
the US gomnment to
ther, especially !lush, arc respon charges. Soon thereafter, Cooper's son was ·lloffman also told The Daily how
enhance invasive tactics
sible for many deaths both murdered and, shortly after that, she was l!ichanlson had tultl him that Rerell had a
a1:ainst private cilizens :L\
well as a complex weh abroad and domestically." dead. relative working for E-Systems. Ac all to E
This is directly related to and Leo Salis, another E-Srstems employee, Systems by Hoffman reveaiL>d that there
made up of numerous con
nL'Ctions including convict especiallr relevant because of had records on numerous dmg flights and was in fact one Michael A. He1·ell working
President Reagan 's Executive· the redistribution of PROMIS, software at E-S)stems. "Although Michacl Hevell is
ed bombers Timothy
Mc\'ci~h and Terry Nichols, Order 12333 in 1980. This order believed to be stolen by the Department of not Buck's son, it seems fairly likely that he
privatizing covert intelligence justice. Sa lis soon found a bomb in his car is a relative of his," said lloffman.
the American neo-Nazi
states "agencies within the that malfunctioned, but he was eventuallr lloffm:m's cart'er :L'i a writer has not been
mm·cment, and a Middlc
Intelligence Community are killed. l!ich:mlson has shared numerous spared by the Kerellmachine. His book, '!he
E:L\tern terrorist
or~aniza­
authorized to enter into contracts other stories with lloffman of other deaths Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics
tion.
or arrangements for the provi connected with the case. of Terror, suddenly disappeared from the
In the investigation fol
lowin~ the bombing, a si?n of goods or services with pri As lloffman and his attorner hare lx.'Cn Amazon.com \\'Cbsite just a few days ago.
vate companies or institutions in verbally indicting llerell, they too have Amazon had no idea why the page had sud
group of 11 to 11 investiga
the United States and need not encountered the methods b)' which Rerell's denly disappeared. \\11en lloffman sent his
tors interviewed well orer
reveal the sponsorship of such other l'ictims hare been silenced. Soon after proposal for his new book, Munlergate, to a
100 wilnesses during a
contracts or arrangements for their correspondence with Riclwdson publisher, they sent him a reply indicating
periotl of I!; months.
authorized intelligence pur- began, johnston's office II'<LS broken Into that something horribly awry had gone on
Among those interviewed
1:'-~:l'slems C/:'0 Daniel Bumbam. poses.'' twice. The first of these break-ins inmh·l>d with his proposal. The reply stated, "We
w:L\ lJavid lloffman. Durin~
his inquiry, investi~ators replacing the lock on his file storage locker received your most recent m~age concern
found prior gomnment knowlcd~c of the ~IR. BuCK Rum with a different and far more complicated ing your manuscript. We clicked on attach
bumhin~ :l'i well as experttL':itimony sayin~ TnE WmsnEBLO\HR lock. After the second break in, johnston ment 'Proposal One,' got a warning message.
lloffman 's primary target in his most found a tape left behind on which a com·er We pressed cancel thinking to send the mes
that the huildin~ could not hare heen
Not long ago, lloffman and his attor recent investigations, to he outlined in his sation had been recorded between two sage to another address and open it from
destroyed by a fertilizer homh left in a
~ parked car, :L\ originally reported. After ney, Mike johnston, bc~an talking to upcoming IX>Ok entitbl Munlergate, is a unidentified men with johnston's voice another computer. 1101\'CI'Cr, at that point, it
~ observin~ an enormous amount of evi \Vinifrcd Kichanl'iOn, a fanner !·>Systems man by the name of Oli1-cr ''Buck" i!CI'CII. dubbed in, implicating him in an illegally c:ttl'icd our email bro\\~r to go double, i.e.
ct dencc and discussin~ the case wilh numer- employL'C claiming he had government As lloffman puts it, "!luck Hevcll is b:L~ical­ recorded phone com·ersation. two versions of it/its menus appeared on the
documents outlining how government ly the man responsible for covering up the The very day that lloffman began talk screen, and both were tot:tlly locked. We then
1 otJS key witnesses, one indictment was
8 im'l'Stigators found ahout SIOO million in illegal actions of the United States govern ing to Richardson, his computer crashed so prcs.'icd end t<L'ik, e1·er}1hing closed, and
h:uuled down.
~ Followin~ this inrestigation, llavid illegal ripoffs at 25 per cent to 30 per cent ment and is directly related to Oliver North violently that he was forced to take it into a when 11-c reopened, your mcs.'iage II~IS gone.
cv) lloffm:m w:L'i the only individual indicted, of all E-System contracts. Pooling all the Nccdl~ to say, it W:IS startling and some-
ripoffs from all E-System contracts results 1\ilat unnerving."
rl citl\l :L'i inllucncin~ jurors through his book.
in a total of aho11t S.)-hillion a year. lloffman documents the plight of his
~ \\'hile lloffm:m w:1s accuSL~I of t:unpcrin~
~ with the jury by alleg ~lly send in~ them Hichard~on ·s correspondence with mission, saying ''lluck Rerell is saying and
lloffman and johnston also claimed,_" I trying to prove that I am an irresponsible
~ copil':i of his h()()k. his real crime appears to
also hare court testimony where the wriler with an anti-government agenda.
1 he rufllin~ tiH' feathers of local gorcnHncnt.
1'\ortheast Tex:L'i llrug Interdiction ltsk The truth is that I hare ei'Cr)1hing to lose.
~ In :111 intervi w with The \lcCiill Daily,
CS lloffm:m rercaiL\Ithat while fortunate to Force admilll~l knowing about dru~ smug My career and the lires of those around me
j h:1r' his sentence downgraded to commu gling through !·>Systems Gon~rnment air hare heen threatened.''
G nitv: ·rvice, he w:L'i formlto perform such craft on contracts let hy Air Force Special Davit~ lloffman is still in the eye of the
u . Operations Conunantl." stonn. The better part of these events have
:E: degradin~ work as shoreling elephant
~ m:uwre in the hot and humid local zoo. Simply prolifcr:ttin~ slanderous ide;L' transpired within the p;t'it semalmonths.
implic:lling gorcrnment in illegal acts on Documenting his present situation,
I- "In most COilllllllllity service, on· h:1s :1
private citizens is nothing new in the fahric lloffman said ··I feel like a character in
·hoice of ahollt ·Ill different johs," said
<.0 lloffm:1n. "In myG L'ie, I w:L'i only offm\l :1 of American historr It is widely bclicred, that film Enemy of the State." As he has
choice hetlll\'11 two de~rading johs. This howCI'Cr, that in the p:L~t 20 years, ~rcater already completed over 500 pages for his
being when anyone who kno11: the system government impropriety has hrou~ht next book, one, only hopes that David
ahout more dr:L\tic means hy which those lloffman will not be silenced like those
is aware that there are nHmcnJus options
allempting to expose scandal arc silenced. /Jarid 1!o.Dinm1 before him.
Magnolia Wilts Amid Hype
Cruise takes pay cut to appear in Andersori's latest
U\' GABE FLORES introduces us to both a hapless police offi
cer and a young inner-city kid who func
W'th his third full-length feature tions, briefly, as a kind of oracle. We're then
film, Paul Thomas Andcrson has quickly spun through a cast that includes a
quickly risen to head the new chss crusty old man who's d)•ing of cancer
of llollywood directors. llis critically Uason Robards), his male nurse (Philip
acclaimed Boogie Nigbls not only received Scymour Smith), and ditzil)' distraught
recognition from the lloll~wood establish wife (julianne Moorc); a child prodigy and
ment, but lives on as a cull ch~sic. his exploitive, manipulative father; a
With Magnolia, Anderson recruited rnisogynistic guru who tutors men on how
some of the stars from /Joogie Nl~bls, to take advantage of women (lbm Cruise);
includingJuliannc Moore, l'hilip Scymour an aged host of a kiddic television show and
Smith, Williamll. Macy and John C. Rilcy. his estranged, druggic daughter (~lclora
Written and directed by Anderson, Waiters); and a washed up TV whiz-kid
Jllagnolia runs several parallel storylincs, who's broke and lonely (Willi:unll. Macy).
all of which mysteriously tic together by As their separate talcs unwind, so do
the end of the 3-hour epic. The film is an their links to one another. What Amlerson
:unbitious brew ofc omedy, drama, ami ele really does, though, is take the sad, bitter
ments of the surreal. llookemled by th~ ~w~t notes that they all sound in their
separate freak accidents reminiscent of an individual lives and orchestrate them into
episode of Jl/r. Jllagoo, the film gets off to a moving commentary on the nature of
an entertaining, if not unexpected start. human interaction and how much casual
According to Anderson, who also wrote brutality and violence is folded into cvcry
the scn.'Cnplay, the movie is a meditation da)' existence. lie does this without senti
on "chance" ami its impact on our daily mentality or cheap tugs at the tear-ducts.
lires. From there, we're dropped into the lbther, the movie is a deft mixture of julitmne Moow tls a slrung-oullrofti~J' ll'ije lo}ason Robartls, an actor tlxtl bas {!ft(J'I!tl t(l'ing men for/be fJfls/ tknule
mid~t of a humorous police search that humor and unninching characteri7~1tions. of their marria~e cheatin~ on him, only busting Claudia for a noise violation. supportin~ role in this movie, hut then
Everything goes
now realizes her tnte love for him. Game Captivated, he haltingly asks her out, a~ain, as his character's depth is tesll~l in
down o\'Cr the course
show hostJimmyG ator (Phi lip Haker llall) unaware that she's bccn on a cocaine bin~e. the latter half of the 1110\'ie, Cruise's limita
of a day in the San
is similarly aJ-nicted with cancer. lie spends E:LSily the most dyn:unic person on the tions in the more sensitive scenes leave
Fcrnando Valley, the
the mornings trying to make peace with his scrl'Cn is the wonderfully n:uncd Frank T.j. somethin~ to be desired. Nonetheless,
setting of many pomo
coke-snorting, fra~ile daughter, Claudia, Mackcy, a television moti\'ational speaker Cruise waircd his usualmuhhnillion dol
flicks. Strutting, loath
and his L'\'Cnings struggling through a tap with a most peculiar calling. Cock·y, with a lar fee in order to work with t\ndcrson.
some self-help guru
ing of the in:mc quiz program lr,lxtl Do magnetic line of gab, Mackey is the ulti The real trouble is the profusion of
Frank "T.j." Mackey
Kids Knou? Quiz Kid Donnie Smith mate male chauvinist with a phone num expository scenes that drag on, establishing
gives a "Seduce and
(Willimnll. Macy) did time on the show in ber that says it all: 1-877-'li\ME IIER. what's obvious to the audience. The "book
Destroy" seminar, the 60s. Now, in the movie's most fragment Preaching and teaching a profanity-lacl'<l ends," in which an omniscient narrator
empowering unlucky
ed section, he's an unsuccessful stereo philosophy of penile supremacy he calls doles out jocular platitudes ahout the
"nice" guys with j~r­ salesman, claiming to have ~n struck ''Seduce and Destroy," Mac key g'ivcs Cruise bi7~1rreness of cvcryda)' life, arc tonally dis
ing anti-woman slo
"stupid" by a freak lightning bolt. the chance to cut loose by doing mnusing ruptive ami superfluous, probably tacked
gans. !lis estranged
Little Stanlcy Spector (Jcrcmy riffs on his charismatic superstar image. on afterwards so audiences would "get it"
father (jason
Hlackman) is the star of the show now, lt's great fun, expertly written and per - :L~ if the thrl'C hours of wacky coinci
Robards) is dying of
exploited like a trained monkey by his formed, and all the more enjo)•able dences and freak accidents weren't self
cancer and his hyster
pushy stage dad (Michacl llowcn). While lx.'Cause the self-parody'elcment is unex explanatory. The bookends amuse, but
ical trophy wife who
An intense Cruise delirers a comfi{ex, grill)' fterformance has spent the majority Stanlcy cr:um in the library, earnest IJ\PO pected. The early bU7z is that Cruise Ill:!)' they're not organically a part of the work.
Officer Jim Kurning {John C. Reilly) is e\·en receive an Oscar nomination for his
AS ide-Project That Wo.rks
Barenaked Ladies' bassist keeps it in the family
BY MmiiE\1' ~lKLEOD Trunl•s is nuid. The album is d~ply jagged piano linL'S slice through "Kitchen musical relationshi(l," explained Jim in~ for k~ps. Barcnakcd Ladies, they ~
rooted in the fact that both brothers hare Dancing," countered by the subtle Cr~ggan, Andy's elder brother. "It's full of report, is settling into a work regime that 3m :
The Brothers Crccggan. ll could be the travcled over the world experiencing and polyrh}1hms of "There's AM elody." lots of music but not one specific type of will include rc~ular breaks, which in turn t;
name of a trapeze troupe, or a magic absorl>ing rh}1hms with instruments of "llrothers Cr~ggan is Andy and me music. There's not one major route, there will allow more time for the Brothers :=
show, or maybe even a Vaudeville ac·t. other cultllrcs.l'epperc~ with the sound~ of an~ sort of the expression of our sort of arc lots of routes." Andy added, "lt's been Crceggan tof ollow their particular crcati\·e 0r -
BrotIhne rsre aClirteyc,g iat'ns aar cb itJ imof aCllr ctchgrg~a.n Tthhee btaremkcbtco,u rdinoenso,, wthearte wkaiy(l <s;,i nrceea lwlye. path'T. he other ~uys in Haren:tk •d l~1tlics !.).:.><...
1
longstanding bassist of Barenaked !~!dies stomps, and People should have ki(l~ anti want to spend a lot of time c...,
fame, his brother and former member of dohro their know that with them," Jim explains, "whcre;L~ I have O:::JJ
the IINI., Andy, and Ia n Mcl.auchlan. music repre- B r o t h e r s this llrothcrs Cn.'Cggan thing that I want to c0.1:
'li'ltnl•s is the third album released by scnts an irrever- Crccggan hare sort of incubate." ..;;::
......
the Hrothcrs Cr~ggan and features Jim ent desire to hecn doing this w
Cr~ggan on upright bass, guitar, piano, mess with the since time zero- 71Jc: /Jrolbe1:' (.'rc~'.~~l/11 ll'ilb julie Doimn 'N
:uul viola. The their credit, the two pre\'ious rules of music. well, time one for & tbc: ll'bodc11 .Vtm·t,ft~l' in Montreal a/ 8
albums, entitled "The Brothers Crccgg:m" O\·cr its eleven Jim and time zero !be Cabmtl (2111 .\1. !JIIII'I!II/) Suntlt(l', 0
and ''The Brothers Crecggan 11" ha,·c sold tracks, 'li·unh for me, and it's janut/1:1' !G1 11 9/1111.· C'lJc:d• tbeir trebsile nI
nearly 15,000 copies through word of has melody, been a natural u·uu•.brolbe1~·cnvg~an.com for fur/ber- §
mouth, mail order, ami concert sales. The Bacharach-style progression ever information. ~
pop, and the since." m
Brothers make music not with sleight of
hand, hut with slyw it a! HI a sense of high latin-tingcd Trunl~ is the
"John's In The .__ _________________________ , sound of the
wire darin~::.
Fridge.'' Skewed, Says.fim (left) la ,J/I{(J' {rigbl): ''loul!nou 1110111 a!trt(J'S /il!ed no•b est." Crceg~ans play-
Private ·McGill Threatens Canadian ism
Volume LXXXIX Number JB Canada has an international reputa As tudy commissioned by the Toronto pause to consider their funding priorities in welfare, so that Canadians do not have to
tion as a country that strives to bal Board of Education in 1997 showed a sta upcoming budgets (no doubt one of the subsidize foreigners seeking a bargain on
editorial offices: ance social democracy -the right to tistical link between the family income and uni\'er.;ity's intentions) and pause to consid quality post-secondary education. Such a
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equal societally provided welfare -with the achievement of students from public er the meaning of equality of opportunity. move would certainly undermine the qual
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phone: [phone], lax: 514.398.8318 liberal rights of its citizens. Indeed, our schools. This poses a serious threat to the Responsibility does not rest solely ity and diversity of McGill's international
crnail: [email protected] · Charter of Rights and Freedoms Jlrovides principle that all Canadians should enjoy with government. McGill too, as a non· student [lOJlulation, but it would not threat
that "every individual... has the right to equal opportunity, since the children of profit institution with a mandate to en the cosinopolitanism and diversity
business and advertising office:
}180 McTa1·ish SI., Rm. 11-07, Mont re;~ QC the equal protection and equal benefit of rich parents would statistically have high advance learning, must observe the fun awareness of McGill's C.1nadian students,
ll.lA IX? the law without discrimination." The UN er university admission rates, and, ulti damental right of its students to an equal given the multiculturalism of Canada and
phone: 514J98.67W, fa.x: 5J.I.398.8jl8 lluman Development Index has recog mately, higher incomes. To paraphrase education, regardless of their financial Montreal. An international college must
nized this by rating Canada highest for the Plato, in such a situation a rich horse will resources. In this regard, Dean of Arts remain just.t hat, however - for interna
co-ordinating editor: past six years. almost always breed a rich horse. Carman Miller's pronouncement that tional students only. nle right of tax-pay
j\"1~ Our~· These equality guarantees demonstrate For better or worse, our governments "public sector education should be first· ing Canadians to top-notch post-secondary
an important principle of Canadian can do little to remedy the situation. As class" is encouraging. education must not be jeopardi7.cd.
co·ordinating ne1n editor: democracy, namcl)' t!1at all Canadians said, Canada has adopted a balance Therefore, the proposed international If McGill can meet these conditions
1!1~~ EHHm should have equal opportunity to legally between social democracy and liberal college and its students must never receive and still auract sufficient enrolment in the
news editors: pursue that which brin1:5 them happiness. rights, and though this balance allows for preferential access to university resources, MCI, then so be it. If not, the Quebec gm•·
jll\ I!HII);I'H,j\1111: 1\IHZ\I'H·RIIIII:IOS Uut what we must recognize is that equali· progressive taxation, it bars outright cxpro· professors, residence spaces, and services. ernment h<\5 three possible courses of
ty of opportunity cannot be had without priation. Since they cannot equalize the An MC l should not have a distinct faculty, action to safe-keep equal public post-sec·
culture editor:
some guaranll>c of equality of condition. conditions external to education, what our nor should its classes be exclusive to MCI ondary education at the university: first, it
<ilm:ft.IIHI)
Hegardlcss of individual exceptions, two ~ovcrnments can do is guarantl'C the students. Also, admissions-to the univer can refuse to recognize a McGill degree;
features editor: people cannot equally enjoy thci~ Charter· equality of.t he education itself. sity as a whole and to individual programs second, it can revoke part or all of McGill's
T.ll. I'I\1:111\~KY ~uarantet>d ri~ht to li(e if one is ~)'Stcmi· This is where McGill's foray into creat· and classes- must remain "MCI-blind." funding; third, it could seck grounds to
production and design editors: cally denied equal medical care. Similarly, ing a fully private liberal arts college comes lt could be argued that McGill should revoke McGill's non-profit status. In short,
SIIJY \\'.IH\I'H, j.\111. \\t• they cannot he said .to have an equal into play. A potential McGill College charge a significant premium to interna if McGill can'not guarantee that one of this
chance at getting the s;une job if one was International must ~ive the governments of tional sludents, who h;l\'c never paid t;txes country's foremost principles will be
cup)' editor: syslemicall)' denil>d equal education. Quclx.'C and C;mada signific;mt pause - in Canada or contributed 10 our collective upheld, then the MCimust die.
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Cil.l\1: 111'1\lll'f't.I:H, I'II'HHI'·r~,ll\ i'AHIII\11
office manager:
l.cners from the Globe and Mail on Tuesday and yesterday, following a report on
Mlk~ E111t'
Monday stating that McGilllaw grads gave their alma mater a Ui n Canadian L1wycr
cuntrihutors: magazine.
Am A11n·r.l'.u 11\t: 11~1\t:.J•~''I.mLill, ~llrr
~lldl'IHI,jnr ll1H~·m, f.11111 R•~t:\llt:wt:, Hmn Grading 1\'lcGill.
\\'.11:-t:l.~'
co1·er design: He Canadian Law Schools (Social Studies
lk\ EHHI:IT, SIIH' lt'AH\I'H Your forum. for all the latest campus scoops - Jan. 10): I was glad to sec that McGill
got a B from its alumni, since everyone
bra.u monkC):
Sorry kids, but despite the best efforts of that the lack of a street number makes it knows that a B at McGill is an A anywhere
Tlllr 1'111 '~' Mll\~1'1'
many enraged students, Slibel is back to all but impossible to order a pizza. else!
dclit frJn'>O•is: dish the ~oods. First off, problems ~a lore at Shatner, in all its decrepitude, is starting to Tony Hojfmann, Faculty ofL aw,
)1111'\ LII'IA\11: the newly (finally) :opened Brown look better and bcttcr. ... We\e heard that McGill Universitv. Montreal
business manager: Student Sen•ices Building. The new kids love that political gossip, so here's a ABCs at McGill
daycarc centre (you know, the one that all news nash: Xavier Van Chau is reported·
~liHI\\ StliHII H
our money is sitting in a bank account for) ly considering a run for VP Turtlenecks!
assistmll busine~s manager: h;L~ only one accessible exit, which is kind In other elections gossip, Wojtek is report· With regard to grading ·universities, Tony
f'II'HHI: CHtiii'IIJ . of. a~ainst that ·whole fire-safety thing.· cdly sitting in The lisch ·s cl1<iir when the Hoffman {letter-Jan. 11) states that aB
adfertbing management: Also, SSMUC Xl'CS apparently don't like the llig Man is out of his office and Louis at McGill is an A anyw~ere else. I cannot
: believe that McGill reacling skills are that
S\\111 lh'lllt:\r.I~'HI) Sum~ fact that their offices itre ri~ht next to Philiplc ~t~~ier (aka The Mess) is ready i poor.
sewage tanks and high·\'Olta~c genera· in~ for a run for VP Community and
ad1·ertising layout and design: \ Morton S. Rapp, Toronto
C\ 1\I'HII\ C. \111'1~11 tors. (A lcs.'iCr ra~ would insert a crude joke Government. Also, we hear someone who
here, hut we will refrain.) As well, the locks ran for prcsidenti<L~t year is going to pull a
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All cnlltt•nts €) 11n'J Daily l'uhlirations Society. ly lie opened with a credit card. Also, Slibel&l.muler 1/'elcomes your jui9•
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1 llni1cr.;ity ur lht•S tmkllls' Societr of MG ill in the whole huildin~. Add to that the fact (/,'i,\'UIWI. Dailys taffer Kill)' Wilson died on December Edilor fur the Pcnticlon llerald in the
0 llnirrr..ity. l'n~lucl.\ or comp.utit'S :ukcrti;;t'll in 31, 1999, in 1\;unloops, BC. ~('C Kalhcrinc 1960's. lnvoll'ed in manyo ther communi·
00 thi!. lll'\\~p:llo'r :111• IIUtlll'l'l.,.,\;trily l'llllor.-.11 hy On Track: Augusto Pinochet. lley, llal'crfield in 1912, Kinyg rew up in cenlral ty organizali.ons, Killy w;L~ an imporlant
N The ll:iily·, '1.1ff. l'riuttll hy 1':1~\'llc ,~:; Simms. lhal whole frail-old-man ploy worked! British Columbia, where she lived for most figure in the Okanagan valley for many
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r1 The 11.1ily is :1 fmuulin~ tncmlx•r of tht• C:m:uli:m Let's all ~o ki 11 people! of her life. As a McGill studenl in the laic years. She lca\·cs behind six children and
C llnircr..it)' l'n"' amll'rt,N' ctutli:llltt•tlu Qm!hox. On Crack: The Mars I.ady. Drop the 1930s, she became the firsl Women's Edilor tt grandchildren. She will be missed byh er
c:r:u:1 l'rittlt\l n11 !tr·.. r<'<·ycbl papl'l. 'tude, babe. 11 ai n 't working for ya. of The Daily. llcr sha~1 wit and ton~ue led family and friends.
r"r"uI ) l'lc:t-<' InS'Sl.~~r lIeI t'h)!i s.. I1(1A<'\q\~ l':lfll'r. about a 'backlash' a~ainst French· 4oycars ago: The Daily interviewed merce representative and would hal'c to
Canadian medical students," The Daily current Supreme Court of run the election a second time.
.~... Suhx:ripliOIL' tu The llaily ar~ al';lil:thl~ for $10 :1 reported, while another ··cxpn..>s.o;cd anxiety Canada justice Ia n Uinnie in a 6 yea~ ago: The Daily reported
C<l( yt~lr (70 iS.\IIt'S). or $.10 for half :1 !C:tr. Contact about foreign students on campus." story on the Red and White He1'Ue's pro Othat a British destroyer, the
,....._..JJ thr hmittt•ss ami :uhwti. ill~ offin• . johnston replied that there were more duction of Go/ 11 Made, a musical about Grenville, had been sunk in the
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:::E tor mu/ rommt•lfli fmm nmk-r:l' 011 our 111'/1'. eign countries than foreign students roll star. Binnic was the producer of the belligerent in World War 11 to censor mail
~ t!\1Jt11Uittl Commt'nlary pages. /.l'llt'rs slxmltl bt, receiving an education in Canada. show. to and from the United States.
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fl:ts //x/11 500 IIVrtLf. The Daily also reported that the The Daily's then-executive editor, cur Also in the nL'II'S, Gcorge C. Mcllonald,
CO l'll'ttrt• drop off submir;siotts ill Sbatua 11· Association Gcncralc des Etudiants ii rent Quebec Court of Appeal justice Morris news editor of The Daily, resigned his post.
0} or t'l/1111/ll\'111 to 11101illdailr n ["(1/lllllil.com. 2O ycars ago: M~Gill's principal, UQAM had occupied a UQAM administra· Fish (who is favoured for an appointment "I find that I can no longer be personally
7bt• /Jtti/1' n·.«•m:r 1/x• r(~bllo trill mbmir;sio11s David johnston, faced tough live building in an effort to gain official to the Supreme Court in the near future), responsible to the McGill Student Society
foojfri• 11lsl'ilnlg•lb ro. 11c//ta'lrtli.f ): mu/ pa~riblt• /ibl'ilot~f or questions on a cue radio recognition from the university of iL~ status reported that the Students' Executive for the editorial policy of the McGill Daily,"
phone-in program. "One caller asked as a student association. Council botched a by-election for a com- he penned.
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: can:uia~ NonualfY I'm not' so coura- I can get a wurd in edgewisC, there's more.
. goous. But I had to be. I found a new· . · ''CM I ~}OO,~lal rate'yoil are ~g
long-distance plan that gcwme 47.5~per- , from your re.v lpng4stancc provid<I? 1: un
minute.c alls In' Canada, alhiay. . wi"th no ~nglmm~ ~rmnelnourlong-dlstance
~nd bltl. Prcviously~oe·~iere paying Bel! OC,lartmcn~ mi~1t re able to make son~
0\oe bucks :l' month for the honour ·of arrangcmrots foq~u." Ahhbh: dCsjmtion.
being charged twice that price. . .: · 11~ sale.\\1:llnan L1eitly ackoowia4,'CS tl1ai tlX!
".What can I dO for you, Mr. Dl!blnsky?"' ~Uiation of long-dlstanre marla:t~ dmt-
tllc perk)' young s.'lleswoman began. And ens to blroi 13cll blue. S:WI}I the SOOJOd OjX!ra-
she'dldn'tlose a ~when I calmly told her tor cannot make any''arrM~Jents" forme,
tllat I wanted to cancel my probab~ lmiusc my IJLW
Bclllong-distl!lceplan. MERELY MUSING rates urnk!n:utiX!ll's by 50
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at my computer right now, As roon as dJC first call _,
and I sre tllat you'\~ only ends, I pl1CC a. sro:md ore to
got a ba~ic phone line.·D o the tel~Slles mana~r. I
you know about oomc of tl1e . c.\'jll\'$ my admonition :U
Whit her Glob aI i zation? otlJCt ~re; 13cll offers?" dJC sh:u~ and l.'l'afi~-
Basic phone line? Last I cal {}ei, I :u.1ually said
cln:kro, they could only do "1.'\'",UJgcllcal'') approacli of
one tlling - like the name . the s;~uman I dealt with.
says. Really, what else can UJe ePoo)'lllOUS lt wa1 a w.l'ile d my time. I~ reinS l!a&'ilal,
Aside from its own non-democratic ronmcnt into \\'1'0 agreements, for cx;un phone line do? How much for the one that pi\'SS\li'III, cmgratro, etc.
structure, the WTO threatens domestic ple.T hey S.1)' the current stmcturc just needs doubles as an alann clock radio, mal«5 111e man:Jb'l'l''s reply still shoe~ me
democratic decisions. Its central principle refonn. OtlJCrs argue that the \\'1"0 should breakfast, ·and translates Into Swahil!( i (here, as above, I par.tphr.~): ''\\~are jll~
is that commercial interests trump all oth be abolished and reconstructed from braced for the barrage. · doing this for you OO:ausc \\~ arc trying to
ers. In practice, local and national envi scratch. 111cyc ite the earlier \VI'O environ ''We ha\'e Call Waiting ~rvi\C. Do you help you pay less for your phone, so you can
ronmental, food safety, or human-rights mental working group-because co~lOrate­ know what that is, Mr. Oubinsky?" No, I'm get rid of :my extm service; Ut:U you don't
laws and standanls are struck down :l'i managed trade W:l~ still the "raison d'ctrc of actual~ ofNeandcrthalJlatC!ltagc,l just dis- nmi" Get rid of unnm!OO scn'ices? She
"non-tariff trade barriers." the \VI'O," the working group began in CO\'Cred ~e wheel on Saturday, and I flicked seems to miss dte point that I couldn't pas-
For example, the European Union h:l'i practice to help the \VI'O "address" environ my first light swi!Ch ye;terday. Enlighten me. sibly have :my ~rvices Ut:U I m}self didn't
B\' PA l.lt;E 111\'A.-.G an 11-year ban on honnone-treated beef mental standards b)' attacking :md lowering "And do you know about our Vista ask for In the first place (unless, of course,
So by now vou\"e heard about the because scientists arc concerned about the standards themselves. These critics phone ser.icc? There arc two t)1~ ... You Bell was practising negative adi'Crtising. a
cops, pepper spray, and tear gas at the cancer. The WTO ruled this ban an illegal argue that lallOur, human rights, :md many can lease the cheaper one for $6 a month. legal no-no since 1997).
"Battle of Seattle." The drama has barrier to trade; Europe faces large sanc other issues arc too valuable to trust in the I am telling you this, Mr. Dublnsk'Y, Really now, I'm no linguist, but like to
unfolded. The whos, whills, wheres and tions for attempting to protect public hands of the current institution. because I want you to ~ow about all the think I got .the gist of the exha~tive sales
whens have hit prime-time-but the whys? health. In another case, a 1996 Wh)' is our current goal CX(lOrt-orient services \\'C have, because I see you have pitch I underwent: you live In d1e Stone
W1l)' did we all go to Seattle? Why M:L\Sachusetts law to discourage business ed economic growth? The International just a basic phone line." Age, Mr. Dublnsky. You should buy more of
should the \\rro "turn around"? The two with Bunna on account of its human forum on Globalization's rc1l0rt entitled lt's confinned - I :un supposed to feel our services to keep abreast of modem life.
points I find most striking arc il~ undemo rights record was ruled illegal by tl1e wro, Bc)·ond the WJ'O: Alternative; to Economic like a Homo lx1~ilus g(ven a seren_illpltous Next ~k, I'll olfer my analysis of why
cratic nature and the social-environmental though it was identical to a 1980s, pre Globalization lists eight core principles .ch:mcc at life with tlJC:jelso~_,Sorry, but . Bell and oU1er companies feel compelled
consequences of always putting trade first. \VTO law to combat apartheid in South which economic rules and institutions I'm a dichanl self-abncilst. On my prio~lY, to force their services on post-Industrial .
\\11)' is the World Trade Organi7~ttion Africa. Final example: the US government should support: democrac)', favouring list; upgr.uling my pho~ linecomcssotne- consumers like myself." In the lllC'dntime:
undemocratic? Richer nations :md business weakened its Cle:m Air Act when the \VI"O local autonom)', ecological sust:linahility, where af~.buyiilg a priyate jet aiJd lrlore .. my fire's gone out and I need a new flint.
reps have basically sha1X!d wro rules. In ruled they could not restrict the import of economic human rights, food safety and
contrast, both non-gol"emmental organiza substandard "dirtY' oil. Under wro rules, security, preventing trade of the "global Keep Canada Canadian Please
tions :md dL•vcloping nations were excluded there's little room for concerns about commons" (water, seeds, genes, culture, 7
from most of the process. If member courl . human rights, the environment, cbild. etc.), equity, and diversity (cultural, bio hyd t\s if.
tiies were hesitant to accepi agicements, tl;e labour, or other non-economic interests. logical, l'Conomic, and social). The IFG The chances of us bc:ttin~ thet \mcric:ms
International Forum on Globali7~ttion says, Money talks, you see. E\'e!)'lhing else is and other collaborJtil·es worldwide enu at that fun, f:unil)' ~:u11e called cut-throat
"thl~' were told they would be abandoned by silenced. So whom does the system serve? merate recommendations in alternative capitalism arc allOut :l'i good as Detroit
the global trading ~)stem, and were threat The issues mentioned here arc just the lip plans of action, including details for going a II'CCkw ithout a murder. The US sim
ened with reduced access to ...i nternational of the iceberg. The first step in the solution strengthening the United Nations. ply has too many people, too much practice,
lo:ms." The WI"O dispute-settlement body's is to democratize world trade, so that con Fund:uncntally, most agree, we need :md way too m:my nuclear we:tllOlt~. Which
secret panels of unelected officials enforce cerns may be properly addressed. people-managed rules that consider trJdc begs the question: why arc we trying? -;
rulings with harsh economic penalties and Sc<tttlc '99 w':IS a victory in more than not an end unto itself, but a means to a Bcliei'C me, I know the United States, I've m:I:
trade s:mctions. t_he collapse of the \VI'O negotiations. 11 was healthier people and planet. "We arc in Bl" A.IIIR liAR-DOH bl'Cn to the UnitL'ti States, and. ladies and ~
Why should we belie\'e .that economic a battle in an ongoing war that brought Scattle," says An ita Roddick, "arguing for a Eu on tlJC couch a few ni~1ts ago :md gentlemen, w'C arc better th:m the UnitL>d ~
gro111h and liberaliwtion benefits every non-establishment L'Conomic views into world trade ~)'Stem that puts basic human •mro on tlJC 11(.',\'S. 111cre on tlJC fi.11l'll, Statcs. 11mt said, is there a chance of keep- ro-
one, especially the poor? Looking at the much wider debate. "Until now, to doubt rights and the environment at.ils core." In Ottawa Senators' Preii<blt Roo B!)W1 \v.l'i ing C:mada C.1nadi:m, or arc we doomL>d to 2":
numbers, con\'enlionally measured eco the value of unfettered free trade has been the words of Lori Wallach, "we need floors, whining tl1at L1.'i1.5 in C.10ada rue just too high become a softer, poorer, ml>dically insured !<
nomic growth benefits the rich and short the economic equivalent of proclaiming not ceilings" - we need to build on mini :md tl1at his tmm c;m't COllliX!lc witl1 An!Ciic;m \'Crsion of the Grc:u Republic to the south? ~
changes the poor. Av.':I.Sh in unprecedented the Earth is flat," said the Toronto Star's mum international standards, not consid hockey tmms.Y ou know what? lie's ri~ll If we do decide to hold on to our ~
corporate profits between 1990-98, average Richard G\\')11. "Suddenl)' it's er them barriers to be tom down. Earlier in tl1e day, I read a long pitre in Canadian ideals and fight off the fashion- ~
CEO pay went up 481 per ce:nt, while a\·er become intellectually and politically In Seattle, I caught a glimpse of some the ncw~1a11Cr about university-t.>ducatro pro able trend towards Americanization, we ~
age worker income stagnated or drop(X!d legitimate to argue that the world ought to thing beautiful I believe the world has fessionals leaving C:macL'l 11txCS arc too hi~1, might just have to say: ~
slightly (adjusted to inflation). be a level playing field for all." rarely seen: intertwining local and global they complained, and American companies "I know we might not be able to make ~
11le wro intellectual-property agree Now in the aftennath, where do we go networks of people with common visions. were offering sk1•-hi~1 salaries.T I1e C.1nadian our deficit target this j't'ar, but here's some No
ment - which allows comp:mie; to patent from here? Decentralized, diverse, and dyn:unic. The corporations just c.10 'I com11Cte, tl1c :u1icle more money for hospitals :md nurses," or o0
m! :md life.fonns - tlueatens indigenous Seattle marked the beginning of a long challenge is for these networks to continue sL1ted. You know what? 111C)''rc ri~L "I know we mi~1t not be able to make 1
ri~lts to traditional plants and medicines, as collaboration among onlinary people to working together. However, what gr:l'iSroots To add tl1at extra "oomph" to my S}mbol our deficit target this )'Car, but at le:L~t we ~
w'CII as fanm~rs· ri~lts to ·sal"e seed for act on what many of us already suspected movements lack in efficiency they make up laden day, I picked up a COflY of The Daily. don't ha\'e a subst:mdard L>ducation ~)'Stem." ~
replanting. As Vand:ma Shiv:i of India says, - that the current rules just aren't work for in creativity and passion. So we're all C:madian uni\'Crsities rue in serious financial Are we crazy? Sure, if we hold on to our m~
often "the \VI"O is about forced trade" for ing. Yes, global trade is here to stay. Yes, we invited to build a better agenda-one that trouble. If tl1e g01'Cmment doesn't incrc:l'l! Canadian ideals \\'C might not have to ship ~
developing countries; for every $1 made need rules to org:mi7.e it. We need global turns global trade from our shackle into funding to tl1e roucalional $}'~, unii'CJSilics cancer patients to American hospitals ..
tl1rou~1 forced export, tl1e 111inl World loses regulations to protect local interests within our tool for constructing a better system. v.un't be able to com1ac witll tlleir cousins Sure, we might not have waiting lists for <0
S1 0. In reality, tl1e \VI"O's "consensus" deci the dominance of transnational business We c:m slick to the status quo or we can dow'll soutlt Ding! C..orrcct onre again. surgery and we might have an :unazing
sion-making (no \'oting) is difficult with 135 and globalized trade. educate ourscl\'es and each other, collec Compete. We must compete. We must educational S}'Siemb ut for the love of God,
countries, so tl1e bulk of negotiations occurs Altemali\'e visions moving forwanl vary. tively creating a more equitable and sus beat the An1ericans. We must beat the we won't make our deficit target!
anmng a few-:md not 1.'\'e!)"One is invited. Some wish to incorporate labour and envi- tainable planet. What do you say? Americans at the game of ca11ilalism. That would be tragic.
·Art Imitating L·ife
Exhibit at Contemporary Art Museum is thought-provoking
B\' ALF.x Anm sculpture and drawing. of sculpture is space.·F or him "meaning active sculpture, painting, and installation spewing installation 1r11 Aro In· Kyoto
In most cases, art, like pro football, is Entering the exhibit, the first thing that never comes before ex~rience, temporal
a spt'Ctator sport. You go, you watch, rou rou notice is sparseness - the solid black experience." With closer inspection, sub-
ch<.'Cr or boo, and you lcal'c. The interac- structures S<.'Cm to furnish the space, like tleties emerge and these large pieces of
lion wilh what you sec is minimal, your furniture or theatre sets. They transfonn wood seem more solid than the room
effect on it is eren less. the Sflacc around them. A partially around them. You arc conscious of the
Three exhibits presently at the obscured staircase seems to descend pn:ssurc of the noor'tmdcr your feet, but
Contemporary Art Museum invite rou to through the noor into darkness, a modified also afraid that it might break underneath
take an actire role. Showing primarily crucifix exhales the air of Calvary, and a your fl'CI as it appears to do beneath the
works from the p:L~t decade, the three large box is tilted precariously on stilts. works around you.
exhibils hal'e liltle in conunon other than While they arc static in space, they ei'Oh·e The two crowning works of Around
their desire to directly ..------------------- Memory• and An·bire are
involl'c the visitor. Thomas Corriveau·s short
The first is a retrosp<.'C- film A'idnappe ami Arnaud
til·e of dark thc:llrical sculp- Ma~s· .fosefiiJ Bu~rs: /00
lures by Quehccois artist Frontal l'iell's. The film
Holaml l'oulin. lll'Side il is centers on the themes of
Amuntl Memm:v and abduction and amnesia,
Arcbin: featuring work.~ on and is introduced by a
these themes from the room full of documents
nwseum's collection, and used during its making.
finally /lead Ort:r 1/eds: A IJcpending on how you
ll~n·k '!f lmflerlinence interact with them, parts of pieces. Robcrt Thcrricn's untitlcd curled focuses on your experiences inside it (bring
which as.o;cmhles funny and the film will seem more metal beds hal'e become the poster piece a friend). \ideo pieces by Ma non
playful works hy 23 familiar than you would for this exhibit, and its bizarre humor Labrecque and Sylvie l.alibcrtc, amon~
Canadian and international expect. Maggs' work, like embodies the spirit of the show. Andrca others, continue in the same vane - mak
artists. Poulin ·s, also evoll'es as the Zillcl presents us wilh three autornobile ing fun of art and life.
Cilt~l as one of Quebt'C's visilor obserl'es it, rel'ealing si7.cd prairie dogs which you are im·ited to
most important sculptors, Roland Poulin in time as the \'isitor's perceptions of them an infinity of differences between secming- climb inside of. Once inside, all your nois Alltbn't! I H5 ~1. Catbaine tr. e.rbibils
h:L~ hccn exhibiting in Montreal since chan~es. ly identical photographs. es arc broadcast through a speaker set in aro pmw:nt(i•s botring at/be Musee ditrl
1970. The 10 work.~ in this exposition span This is where Poulin hrraks from the The final exhibit/kill/ Orer 1/n:/.s is the animal's nose. Conlemporain de Mon/n'(l/, located at
the p:L~I decade, and hrin~ to~ether hoth traditional belief that the primary medium an irrc\·crent collection of \'ideo art, inter- llya and Emilia Kabakm's confclli 185 ~1. Callx:rim: W Arlmfu·ion is SJ for
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