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Vol. 29, No. 1 http://ctr.concordia.ca September 9~ 2004 Students face loan changes

YANNIS THEMELIS the same amount of money to However, for Alison Beck, Unpacking in Hingston Hall students in the form of a loan, vice-president academic for University life is difficult they are reducing costs. The Concordia Student Union, this enough, but for students on the government is saying 'You have latest policy shift is just another Quebec student aid program · to pay a greater share of your indication that Jean Charest's who are discovering that their education - we don't have the campaign promises about high­ bursaries have all but vanished, means to do it:" er education are nothing more life just got a lot tougher. For the 6,000 Concordia stu­ than smoke and mirrors. · While students will receive dents who depend on the pro­ "During the election, the the same amount of assistance gram for the livelihood, this Charest government said educa­ for their education, the Quebec means a greater proportion in tion was a priority;• Beck said. government has reapportioned repayable loans and a smaller "It seems that every decision the combination of loans and proportion in non-repayable they've made points to the fact bursaries given to students. As a bursaries, translating into that it's not:' result, students will see the greater debt load upon gradua­ According to Beck, Quebec's maximum loan of $2,460 per tion. justification for reapportioning year increase to a maximum of "In the short term, it doesn't the loans and bursaries on the $4,500. However, students will lower the amount of money in grounds that many places in only get bursaries if their needs students' pockets, it simply North America don't have a bur­ Maggie MacMillan gets settled in her new home on the Loyola Campus with exceed the new loan threshold. means a greater cost students saries program simply doesn't the help of a friend from home. Newly arrived from Ottawa, she is in a soci­ "The government had to cut will assume in the long term;' wash with the student body. ology program. The building on the Loyola Campus is home to 147 students, costs, and had to find a way to said Cote, referring to the new "The scary thing is that stu­ six of whom are residence assistants. However, there is a waiting list of over reduce the deficit;' said Roger increase in the average debt dents didn't know about it;' said 300 students and calls are still being received from students looking for a place to live. Students and parents enjoyed a barbecue last Friday before Cote, executive director of stu­ load from $12,000 to $18,000 for Beck, commenting on Quebec's parting ways. For more on how Concordia helps new students find their dent enrolment and student an undergraduate degree. inability to inform students feet, go to http://ctr.concordia.ca. services at Concordia. "By giving continued on page 8 Dinner held on Bay St. for Goodman lnstitute's first class BARBARA BLACK encing . combined with classroom lec­ tures. The teachers shuttle back and It's unusual for Concordia graduation forth to give the students equal oppor­ parties to be held outside Montreal, but tunities for face-to-face discussion.The on Aug. 7, a celebratory dinner was held cost to the student is $16,000 per year, a on the 27th floor of a sleek skyscraper total of $48,000 for the program, which in Toronto for the first graduation of Hochstein said is in line with other pri­ the Goodman Institute of Investment vate programs. Queen's program is Management. $62,000 and York's is $75,000. The program is more challenging "Ours is an extremely costly program than most of its competitors, because to run, with professors travelling every it requires students to complete levels week, staying in hotels, and so on;' I and II of the CFA program. All the Hochstein said. "I see our fees rising in students are fo cused on careers in about two years to allow us to break investment and are working toward even:• their acceptance as certified financial Despite the high fees, the program analysts. has lost money each of the three years, Professor Alan Hochstein, director and is expected to lose money again this of the Goodman Institute, says year. However, this shortfall was antici­ recruiting has not been difficult, pated by alumnus and benefactor Ned "because we have a unique product - Goodman when he set up the program a niche, some might say. However, we Left to right, at the back, are Nicola Addesa, who was given a cheque for $10,000 for having the high­ and specified the inclusion of the CFA are still not known. We have hired a est GPA throughout the program, Oliver Balleani, Nick Koskoletos, Benedetto Vendittelli, and Sean component. Williams. In the front row are Joshua 'Rensch, Cara 'Benvenuti, Michael Svensson and Jay L. Gedge. public relations person to help us Svensson, who won $5,000 for having the highest marks in his third year, is also a Scotiabank has given the Goodman recruit in Toronto:• Concordia employee. Since 2002, he has been a financial analyst, handling the university's invest­ Institute $25,000 a year for 10 years. It's a three-year program, longer than ments. This provides cash awards of $5,000 to most other privately run Master's of Business Admin-istration programs. Currently, 62 stu­ accommodated, because the program is conducted continued on page 8 dents are enrolled. That is almost as many as can be simultaneously in Montreal and Toronto by videoconfer- l' TT ' IS ISSUE 2 Art marries technology 3 Great Montrealer 5 Filmfest stars 7 Max Stern Show Seed grants encouraged CSBN is a third-time winner Concordians excel Influential art dealer feted

• fl ! . # •• Engineering and fine arts research collaborations sprout from seed grants

Scon McR AE trying to breed two species, and each team searches for further sources of exter­ Already, the joint efforts have pushed the species is saying, 'That's not right: It is nal funding. Many teams plan to use most bounds of discipline-specific inquiry. For Walls between disciplines are tumbling extremely difficult trying to establish mul­ of their seed grant money to fund student example, Engineering and Computer down. As the Faculties of Engineering and tidisciplinary research in any university in researchers. The grants, which are relative­ Science professors Sudhir Mudur and Computer Science and Fine Arts begin Canada:' ly modest sums, are not intended to sustain Thomas Fevens, mathematics professor preparations to move into the new and sponsor interdisciplinary research, Fred Szabo, and Fine Arts professors Integrated Engineering and Computer Close ties Dean Esmail said. They are, however, Cheryl Dudek and Lydia Sharman have Science/Visual Arts Complex, the future intended to jump-start collaborations. been attempting to formally model, identi­ neighbours are already collaborating on Concordia, however, is a particularly well fy and recreate ancient ornamental pat­ joint research projects, helped along by an suited to such collaborations. Not only Colloquium in May terns of Moroccan Zillij mosaics and infusion of $110,000 in seed grants from does it have two of the leading faculties of African kuba textiles using computer pro­ both faculties. fine arts and engineering in Canada, but At present, it is uncertain whether the seed gramming. The seed grants, announced l; st spring the faculties have traditionally been close grant program will continue in future The need for computer recognition and by ENCS Dean Nabil Esmail and Fine Arts collaborators, explained Dean Esmail. For years. Because of the unexpectedly large recreation of patterns has pushed the Dean Christopher Jackson as a way to pro­ example, no other Canadian universities number of applicants, the program cost is bounds of current technology, · said Dr. mote interdisciplinary research, received a offer a·program similar to the undergradu­ more than double its original budget. A Mudur, while the resulting technology will strong response from the professoriate. ate program in Digital Image & Sound. final decision on the program's future will allow arts researchers to both improve Eleven research teams, bringing together The seed money will have several uses. be taken by Deans Esmail and Jackson next research into ancient patterns and to cre­ 12 Engineering and Computer Science and The results from the research will be used May, after a colloquium in which the 11 ate new works using ancient patterns. 12 Fine Arts researchers, received $10,000 to build a stronger case in future funding research teams present their findings and This kind of result should inspire other each to develop projects ranging from the applications to external agencies. discuss their progress. collaborations, Dean Esmail said. "The suc­ visualization of fish dynamics to the cre­ In some cases, where research has Ultimately, the success of the seed cess of the Fine Arts and Engineering ini­ ation of three-dimensional virtual art already begun, such as Sabine Bergler's, . money-will be measured by whether or not tiative will not simply be a success for the objects. Leila Kosseim's and PK Langshaw's experi­ the research groups receive, enough exter­ particular marriage of Fine Arts and Their response pleases Dean Esmail, who ments with a general architecture for mul­ nal grants to continue their investigations Engineering but it will be a success for the had made several previous attempts to timedia engineering, the grant covers a and whether the findings inspire other col­ idea of multidisciplinary research:' bring together the two entities. "It's like period between research stages while ~he laborations.

New crop of Cal Potter Fellows Wrestling for MidEast peace

A graduation reception was held in July The KWPMP fund managers' mandate for the latest class of Calvin Potter Fellows is "to grow capital in a prudent and con­ at the Montreal Athletic Associations servative manner, while achieving an newly renovated quarters on Peel St. annualized risk adjusted rate of return, Left to right, at the back, are Jason net of fees, exceeding the fund's bench­ Sutton, Myles Hiscock, Michael Marcotte mark by 200 basis points:• and Matthew Devlin. In the front row, Last year, the students placed first in Vishal Patel, Raluca Petrescu, Lior their division of a portfolio competition at Srulovicz and Isabel Chan. the University of Dayton, Ohio, among The eight students are fund managers more than 30 other business schools from in the Kenneth Woods Portfolio the U.S. and Canada. Management Program in the john Molson This was the third crop of Calvin Potter School of Business. Fellows, so named in honour of a much­ The KWPMP students gain valuable loved business professor at Concordia. practical experience by managing an Students were quick to praise their own actual portfolio, thanks to the generosity guiding spirit, Finance Professor PhD in Humanities student David Mendelsohn has been awarded a Trudeau of Mr. Woods, and they benefit from the Abraham Brodt, who is the KWPMP pro­ Foundation Scholarship. He is studying the socio-cultural factors that impede mentorship of a client committee of 26 gram director. dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, and told The Gazette recently that seasoned professionals. Each student is For his part, Brodt praised the students, he intends to open a wrestling school in the Palestinian Territories to do his assigned three mentors based on the stu­ all of whom attained membership in the part for peace. His supervisors at Concordia are Annette Teffeteller, Mark Hale dent's interest and investment responsi­ honour society Beta Gamma Sigma, indi­ and Lionel Sanders from the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and bilities. cating that their marks were outstanding. Linguistics. Mendelsohn has also been accepted into a doctoral program at McGill.

7 \ Concor dia•, Thur, day Report \ September 9, 2004 I I c l •) ) _t CSBN third-time lucky · Stephanie Fulton wins thesis prize at a

Marika Pruska-Carroll, Csaba Nekolenyi (Political Science) and Dennis Mu.i;phy addressed an international gathering of military experts on propaganda and psychologi­ cal warfare at the Canadian Forces Base, Longue Pointe, in mid-July. Pruska-Carroll and Nikolenyi, of Polish and Hungarian origin respectively, spoke of growing up in regimes where state-sponsored propaganda was a common phenomenon. Pruska-Carroll has published a second, expanded edition of her book Russia: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow to good reviews, and has finished a second book. She spent May and June in Russia.

Congratulations to JMSB professor Marylene Gagne {Management). She is this year's recipient of the Junior Researcher Award of the Canadian Psychological Association, given to members who finished their PhD less than five years. She presented her work in June at the CPA annual convention in St John's, Nfld.

Ted Stathopoulos (Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Associate Dean (School of Graduate Studies) gave a keynote lecture at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid F RANK K U IN Dynamics during the International Conference on Urban Wind Engineering and Building Aerodynamics, which took place in Brussels May 5 to 7. The conference was organized by Stephanie Fulton, a PhD graduate from Concordia's Department of Psychology, European Co-operation on Scientific and Technical Research {COST) Action C14. The will be awarded this year's Prix d'excellence by the Academie des Grands title of his lecture was "Wind Effects on People:' Montrealais, an institution of the city's Board of Trade that honours distin­ guished Montrealers. A CREPUQ project called TRAP won an Innovation Achievement Award from the Fulton, now a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, has been Canadian Association of College and University Libraries {CACUL), and an OCLC selected for the $5,000 prize for her outstanding PhD thesis on "functional Canada/Canadian Library Association Award for Resource Sharing. Both were presented organization of brain reward circuitry;' a study characterizing different subsets at the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association, held in Victoria, B.C., June of neurons that generate a rewarding effect when electrically stimulated. She 15 to 18. TRAP (Projet de traitement partage) is an equitable and cost-effective way to will receive the award at a ceremony in October. share cataloguing among the 18 university libraries in Quebec, and Laura May made "It's a very prestigious honour to receive;' said Fulton, who presented her Concordia's contribution to the successful venture. work to a jury of the Grands Montrealais Society. The award is given for the best doctoral thesis in natural sciences, selected from the four Montreal universities. Congratulations to three JMSB professors who won best paper awards at the conference The prize reaffirms the outstanding work of the Psychology Department's of ASAC, the Administrative Sciences Ass~ciation of Canada. Martin Martens Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology {CSBN), as it is the third time in (Management), together with MSc student Jean-Philippe Arcand, won in the strategy five years that graduates from the Centre have won the honour (in 1999, Andreas division. Isabelle Dostaler (Management), with colleagues, won in the technology and Arvanitogiannis, now an assistant professor at CSBN, received the award; in innovation management division; another paper co-written by Dr. Dostaler got honorable 2001, graduate Celia Flores won it). mention in the organizational theory division. Finally, Dowan Kwon (Decision "It's a phenomenal centre. I really can't say enough about it;' said Fulton, who Sciences/MIS) was awarded best paper in IS. did her BA, MA and PhD work at Concordia. "My view is still very strong about that, even after coming [to Harvard], which is obviously an outstanding institu­ Congratulations to Elizabeth Cobbett, who has won first prize and $5,000 in the tion. lit is truly an amazing place:' NAFTA@lO multimedia essay contest administered by the Canadian Bureau for The CSBN has a strong team of senior researchers interested in the funda­ International Education to mark the 10th anniversary of the North American Free Trade mental brain mechanisms underlying motivation and learning. Fulton Agreement. Her essay title was "Deeper North American Integration? Putting the Horse expressed particular gratitude to her supervisors, Professors Peter Shizgal and Back Before the Cart." She's a student in the MA in Public Policy and Public Barbara Woodside, the Centre's directm: Administration, and we featured her in our June 3 issue. "They were extremely encouraging and supportive, and challenged my think­ ing," she said. Dennis Murphy{Communication Studies) is on the international scientific committee of With Shizgal, in whose lab she was first accepted as an MA student, Fulton the Revue internationale des technologies en pedagogie universitaire, launched May 21 by pursued research into the neural mechanisms of reward. "The idea of under­ CREPUQ. The journal is available online at http://www.profetic.org!revue. standing how rewarding stimuli and behaviours are processed in the brain has always been intriguing to me;' she said. Yogendra Chaubey (Mathematics and Statistics) is editor of Liaison, the newsletter of In her thesis, she examined a phenomenon known as brain stimulation the Statistical Society of Canada, for a three-year term. He assumed the position in July, reward, whereby test animals can be taught to perform a response, such as and the first issue under his editorship has just appeared (Vol 18.3). Chaubey has been pressing a lever, in order to re-initiate the rewarding effect caused by the stimu­ active in the society. He organized the Statistics Canada 2001 conference at Concordia, lation delivered through an implanted electrode. and was instrumental in reviving the Statistical Society of Montreal. Working with rats, she characterized a subset of neurons in the brain respon­ sible for this pleasurable effect, showing that "there are actually functionally Re~ent Exercise Science graduate Kathleen Green and Professor Richard DeMont separate subsets of neurons that are involved in brain stimulation reward:' attended the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association Conference in May in Antigonish, Fulton's research, along with that of others in the field, helps understand how N.S. Kathleen was given a CATA Writing Award for her paper, "Thoracic Outlet Syndrome this circuitry is organized. Applications include an enhanced understanding of in the Overhead Athlete:• She also won a CATA scholarship for athletic therapy skills, aca­ the natural rewarding effect of food in a context of food restriction and weight demic success, potential leadership and commitment to the profession. DeMont won a_ loss, a topic Fulton studied in her MA thesis. CATA Writing Award, for a paper titled "Effects of Active Isolated Stretching and Passive At Harvard, Fulton is continuing that line of research. Working with one of Stretching on Range of Motion and Pre-Activation of the Hamstrings:' the world's leading investigators on neural mechanisms in the area of diabetes, body weight regulation and obesity, she is "investigating reward pathways in the Karin Doerr {CMLL & Simone de Beauvoir Institute) has published "Like The Tail of a brain, and how they are changed in the diet-induced obese state:• Rat: A Proverbial Reading of Franz Kafka's The Neighbor and its Subtextual Anti­ 'Tm interested in seeing how a high-fat diet may produce changes in these Semitism'' in Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (University of reward pathways in the brain, and how leptin [a hormone associated with body Vermont). fat] may be involved in that:' +

appointed members of the Associates of the Chancellor, and Roland was named Golf produces funds for scholarships Governor Emeritus and made a lifetime member of the Corporation of Concordia University. Eric Molson's term as chancellor was extended for one year to June 30, 2005. Alain Benedetti was re-elected chair of the Board, and Charles Cavell, Me Rita de Santis and Peter Kruyt were re-elected vice-chairs. Two new members were elected, both Board changes title: Concordia business alumni: Tony Meti, a senior vice-president of the National rector to president Banlc, and Patricia Saputo a chartered The Board of Governors, on the recom­ accountant and financial planner. mendation of the Rector's Cabinet and Re-elected were Howard Davidson, their own executive, has changed the Judith Kavanagh, Christine Lengvari, titles in English of its senior administra­ John Parisella, Jacques St-Laurent, tors. Mackie Vadacchino de Massy and Rector was changed to president and Jonathan Wener. vice-rector to vice-president. The desig­ Faculty members: Rhona Richman nation vice-president was added to that Kenneally {Fine Arts), June Chaikelson of provost. The French-language names (Arts and Science) and Lawrence remain unchanged. Kryzanowski {John Molson School of Normand Hebert, Jr., honorary chair of the Concordia Golf Classic, presents a cheque to Dr. Lowy The reason is conformity to practice Business). for $200,000, twice the fundraising goal. Held at the Fontainbleau course near Montreal, it drew throughout North America. "Rector" Undergraduate students: Brent 300 participants. It was the first of two Golf Classics organized by Joseph Capano, of the dates from the era when Quebec's educa­ Farrington, Tyler Wordsworth, Patrice Concordia University Foundation.,, The second takes place at Glen Abbey, in Oakville, on Sept. 23. tion was more closely tied to religious Blais and Natalie Pomerleau. authority. McGill and Bishop's and Catherine MacKenzie (Fine Arts): mary Mountain and Cathy Mullen, all Universities have long used principal in Advisory Search Committees . Maria Peluso {part-time faculty). Staff full-time faculty; Gary Schwartz, part­ preference to rector. Elected to the search committee for pres­ members: Joanne Beaudoin and Richard time; Elaine Denis, staff. ident: Harvey Shulman and William Bisaillon. Maryam Etezadbrojerdi was elected to Members of the Board . Knitter (Arts and Science), Christopher Members of Fine Arts elected to the represent graduate students on the evalu­ At the June 17 Board meeting, Normand A. Ross {JMSB), Terry Fancott search committee for a dean: Ana ation committee for the Vice-President, Beauchamp and Miriam Roland were (Engineering and Computer Science), Cappelluto, Andrew Dutkewych, Rose- Services.

Pierre Fregeau joins Secretariat Student Services sector sees some reporting changes Pierre Fregeau has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and General Counsel of the university. He fills the position left As a result of the ongoing Enrolment Management vacant by the departure of Bram Freedman. Transformation Project, Roger Cote has been named Executive Me Fregeau is a graduate of Concordia University (BA 76, Director, Enrolment and Student Services, for a five-year term. Concordia's Thursday Report Political Science). He earned a BCL and LLB at McGill and was He will be responsible fo r the Office of the Registrar, is published 17 times during the academic year on a bi ­ called to the bar in 1981. He is lawyer in private practice. Communication and Services to Students, Admission Services weekly basis by the Internal Relations and He is a part-time faculty member in the Department of Political and Recruitment, Enrolment Analysis, Government Reporting, Communications Department of Concordia University, Science, where he has taught since 1989. In 2002, he was the recip­ Counselling and Development, Support Services, Health 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd.W., ient of a Concordia Council on Student Life {CCSL) Excellence in Services and Residence Life, and Financial Aid and Awards. Montreal, Quebec H3G 1MB Teaching Award. Roger is a seasoned administrator with 26 years of experience Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext.4882 He has held administrative positions at Concordia as in student affairs and student services management at E-mail: [email protected] Fax:(514) 848-2814 Supervisor, Legal Information Services on the Loyola Campus, Concordia. Best wishes in your new post, Roger. {1989 to the present), as well as Director of Advocacy and Support The Student Services sector has also been reorganized. Multi­ Material pwlished ii the~ Services, {2001 and 2003-2004). Faith Chaplaincy, the Student Advocate Program and Legal may not be repixmd without pe!Tnission. He was the alumni representative on the Board of Governors Information Services, all of which had been part of the ISSN 1185-3689 from 1994 to 1996. He has also held leadership positions in the Advocacy and Support Services Directorate, will report to the Publications Mail Agreement No.: 40042804 Loyola Alumni Association {1982-1988) ·and the Concordia Dean of Students, who continues to report to the Vice-President Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Coocordia's University Alumni Association {1982-1996), as well as a number of {Services) Michael Di Grappa. Thursday Report, #121, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd.W. , community organizations. He has also served on the executive of The other elements of Advocacy and Support Services {Office Montreal QC, H3G 1MB. email:ct [email protected] the Part-Time Faculty Association (CUPFA). for Students with Disabilities, International Student Advisors Pierre brings a rich legal background and a strong Concordia Office, Centre for Native Education), as well as the administra­ Editor experience to his new duties. Vice-President (Institutional tive support personnel in Advocacy and Support Services, will Barbara Blad Relations) and Secretary-General Marcel Danis welcomes him to report to the Director of Support Services, who has yet to be Editorial Assistant his post on behalf of the Concordia community. named. Until then, they will report to the Executive Director of Lina Shoumarova Enrolment and Student Services. la,out and Pnlduction In memoriam Sandra Lynn Belanger

Concept Jaroslav Svoboda Elana Trager Marketing Communications Friends, students and colleagues were shocked and saddened by He was a member of the Ordre des ingenieurs du Quebec and the death of Professor Jaroslav Svoboda, when his light plane CRIAQ (Consortium for Research & Innovation in Aerospace in crashed near Westport, N.Y., on July 26. Quebec). He chaired the organizing committee of the ~ ~~~~~~!~ Professor Svoboda had taught in the Department of Mechanical Canada/France Aerospace Workshop 1997, and was a director of and Industrial Engineering for 28 years. At the time of his death, Festo Canada, a manufacturer of industrial control systems. he was director of the Master of Aerospace Engineering program Dr. Svoboda was passionate about aerospace, in his academic and director of Centre for Industrial Control. career and as a practitioner. Dean Nabil Esmail has expressed the Next issue: Born in Czechoslovakia, he worked for six years in Czech and heartfelt sorrow of his colleagues. "We will miss Yaro, as fine aca­ September 23 Swiss companies before coming to Canada. He completed his doc­ demician and educator, and as a friend:' torate at Concordia in 1976. He received the Canada Award for Our sincere condolences are extended to the family. Excellence in Technology Transfer 1984, and helped to manage the Quebec Master in Aerospace Engineering program.

'4 I · eoncordla •i T,hu rs-day Report I' 5-epterrlb~r•9, ?00 4 Video on two stron g women for artist's nephew, Jackson

SILVIA CADEMARTORI The documentary is a spin­ off of a video-art installation in which Sujir used images of the A Concordia professor's film is two grandmothers and Jackson in the running for a Gemini as a baby. A television broad­ nomination for best biography caster expressed an interest in documentary program. The airing a documentary on the Gemini Awards celebrate out­ same theme. For Jackson: A standing Canadian English-lan­ Time Capsule from His Two guage television programming. Grandmothers premiered last For Jackson: A Time Capsule spring on Vision TV and aired from His Two Grandmothers is again this summer on the W an hour-long documentary Network. directed and co-produced by "Jackson is Canadian with Studio Arts professor Leila Sujir. Indian and Jamaican heritage, The very personal video pro­ and this film gives him (and files the late politician and now his little brother) cultural activist Rosemary Brown and perspective. Ruth Horricks-Sujir, a teacher "Even when both women are and Leila Sujir's own mother. no longer there, my nephews Brown and Horricks-Sujir are can hear their grandmothers' the grandmothers of seven-year voices talk of the struggles they old Jackson, and the videogra­ fought and how they stood for pher is his aunt. what believed:' Sujir incorporates interviews, The late Rosemary Brown, one ofJackson's grandmothers, was a well-known politician. Interest in the film was newsreels, still photos, family - heightened by Brown's death videos and archival film to recount the Alberta."There are certainly differences;' "The women had stories to tell. By the last year on the same day the film was touching life histories of Brown and Sujir said. . "They also have enormous. time I had questions for my grandmoth­ completed. Sujir said Brown had seen the Horricks-Sujir. strengths. One used hers in public, the ers, they weren't there anymore:• Sujir final version and was pleased. The two women are quite different at other in private:• said. Seven-year-old Jackson is enamored first glance. Both women left their home countries She sees herself more as a video artist with his aunt's project. "He's very aware of Brown was the first woman of colour at a young age. than a documentary filmmaker. Sujir how special and unique this is. I love the elected to public office in Canada in 1975 Brown left Jamaica for Canada to pur­ teaches in the Interdisciplinary Studies - idea that this is a gift for him;' she said. and was a popular candidate at the 1976 sue her studies and became a formidable Video program. A number of graduate For her, a gift would be to win a Gemini NDP leadership convention. She's also a politician. Horricks-Sujir left for India at students in the program worked on the Award. The nominations will be recipient of the Order of Canada. the time of its independence and married documentary. However, her next two announced in November and the awards Horricks-Sujir is a world traveller and Raghu Sujir. Their return was met with projects will be video and new media ceremony will be broadcast in December. retired high school teacher from disapproval and outright racism. installations.

Grads get great reviews at Montreal World Film Festival

Elles etait cinq, a feature by Ghyslaine Cote, was chosen to open the Montreal World Film Festival on August 26, and opened in Quebec theatres the following day. Although it is a dark drama about rape and its lifelong blight on a young woman's life, a unusual choice to launch a film festival, it garnered solid, positive reviews and ended up with two awards, for most popular Canadian film and best artistic contribution. It is the second feature by Cote since she left Concordia in 1985. She has scripted several short films for young audiences, and her short, Pendant ce temps, was nominated for a Prix Jutra and a Genie award in 1998. In 1999, she directed the feature Pin-Pon, which was nominated for two Jutras. Federico Hidalgo, who teaches at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, celebrated the Aug. 29 Canadian pre­ miere of his first feature film with its Toronto producer, Pascal Maeder. Both are Concordia film production grad­ uates, and the film is a Mexican-Canadian co-production that got a great review in The Gazette. A Silent Love is a sophisticated love triangle, and Hidalgo said it was gratifying to hear the audience's appreciative chuckles at the festival screening. The story concerns a Canadian man, played by Noel Burton, who meets a young Mexican woman through the Internet. He goes to Mexico to court her, and she agrees to go back with him to Montreal as long as her mother Producer Pascal Maeder (left) and Federico Hidalgo, director of A Silent Love, a Mexican Canadian co-production. can go, too. Then the trouble begins .. . Hidalgo wrote the script with his Mexican-born wife, director in theatre improv, political cabaret and tradi­ In the student competition that is part of the WFF, Paulina Robles, and it won awards in Miami and tional drama. While he was at Concordia, he made a sev­ congratulations go to Dominic Etienne Simard, in third­ Brooklyn. A Silent Love opens in a regular Montreal run eral award-winning short films. Maeder has produced a year film production, who won the award for bes~ anima­ on Sept. 10 at the AMC Forum and the Quartier Latin, number of films: Motel, 1993, and Between the Moon and tion for Pourquoi Mai? There's a sample in CTR online, at and goes on to Vancouver, Toronto and New York. Before Montevideo, 1999, and SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, http://ctr.concordia.ca. making films, Hidalgo worked as a performer, writer and the doc by alumnus and faculty member Daniel Cross.

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Romeo and Juliet on Dante Street Esu and the V~gabond Minstrels

Romeo and Juliet on Dante Street took Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers to Montreal's On June 18 to 21, Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels, an original play full of West African Little Italy. It was the latest original musical production by participants in Concordia's theatricality, was staged outdoors in the courtyard of the VA Building. Centre for the Arts in Human Development. The play was written by Femi Osofisan, from the University of Ibadan; Nigeria, who The musical played June 19 and 20 in the D.B. Clarke Theatre, and delighted groups of taught in the Theatre Department last term. schoolchildren with its colour and music. The leads were played by adults with devel­ The story, about four travelling minstrels who steal food offerings to the god Esu, asks opmental disabilities. how self can be defined in a shifting political climate. The audience was invited to par­ Production support was provided by students from two alternative high schools, as ticipate by singing, danciiig, and deciding the fate of the thieves. well as students in Concordia's program of Creative Arts Therapies. The cast of 18 Concordia theatre students was supplemented by members of the Black The CAHD started in 1996 and still offers a program unique in Canada. Its mission is Theatre Workshop's Youthworks company, whose artistic director, Rachael Van to promote the highest degree of personal development for special populations by · Fossen, teaches in the Theatre Department. .,. offering therapies in drama, art, music, dance and movement in a university setting. Conferences held here over the summer on avi•ation, family bilsinesJ, wo_men,,ecqlogy ' .. "' ' - _.,, ':< - - . Members of Women in Aviation International and the Scientific ·conference of the. International· Society for Region Centrale:• Snow, the Toronto ru,:tist, inadethis film Aviation MBA program at Concordia's John Molson Ecological Economics. in 1971, and Langford found it "the single ·most extraor- School of Business held their first Montreal chapter ori- dinary expression'' of the North~s "a place of preca~ous entation session on June 10. WAI has more than 7,000 Art historians ,r:- purchase:• ·. . ., . ,"' _ ~ /" ·· members. It provides support to women already in the As the home of four universities with an interest !Jl the · Adjunct professor :lnQra· J

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Art show celebrates influential dealer. Max Stern

B ARBARA BLAC K among them - but were acquired from private collections and are thus rarely A lively jazz band, red and gold balloons seen by the public. Former director Karen and Garnet Key blazers marked the short Antaki expressed the delight of many vis­ journey from Concordia's Leonard and itors: "This space is filled with icons of Bina Ellen Art Gallery to the Montreal Canadian art!" Museum of Fine Arts on Aug. 31, as a Fram;:ois-Marc Gagnon, director of total of about 700 art-lovers attended Concordia's Jarislowsky Institute for joint vernissages. Studies in Canadian Art, will give a talk Concurrent shows at the two institu­ and tour, titled "Max Stern: The Taste of a tions pay tribute to the work of the late Dealer;• on Sept. 14. The show continues patron of the arts Max Stern, who had a to Oct. 9. profound effect on modern art in this Stern was born in Germany in 1904, country. where his father owned a gallery. He stud­ The show at the Ellen Art Gallery is ied art history, and obtained a doctorate called Max Stern: The Taste of a Dealer, from the University of Bonn in 1928. Due and was curated by Michel Moreault, who to the Nazi regime, he moved to England served as Stern's assistant at the in 1937 and immigrated to Canada in Dominion Gallery for over 20 years. 1941. These works are by well-known artists In Montreal, Stern was the manager of Lillian and Stephen Vmeberg have a good look at John Lyman's Jori Smith in Period Costume, - Paul-Emile Borduas, Emily Carr, E.J. the Dominion Gallery ofFine Arts for two 1890, painted in 1936. Hughes, John Lyman, Jean-Paul Riopelle years before he took ownership of it in

1947 with his Swedish-born wife Iris d'art contemporain de Montreal (MACM) Westerberg. and Concordia, and the exhibit, called A The Sterns were receptive to the work Dealer for "Living Art;' will travel to of Canadian artists, and through their Windsor, the McMichael Gallery, near purchases and advice to collectors con­ Toronto, and the Beaverbook, in New tributed to educating the tastes of a timid Brunswick. Canadian public. They were also fine and The opening last week coincided with generous collectors in their own right, the unveiling of a majestic Rodin sculp­ donating to over 20 public institutions in ture outside the north pavilion of the North America and Israel. MMFA and the inauguration of a sculp­ Stern died in 1987, leaving a substan­ ture garden dedicated to Max and Iris tial bequest to be shared by Concordia, Stern. McGill and the Hebrew University, in In addition, the MACM has renamed Israel. Earlier this year, the Ellen Gallery its symposia in the Sterns' honour, and appointed the first Max Stern Curator of there will be an academic conference at Art, and established the Iris Westerberg the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery on Stern Fund. Sept. 29 on the contributions of Max The show at the MMFA includes some Stern to Canadian art. 50 works by Canadian artists that were donated by Stern to the MMFA, Musee

.Jacques de Tonnancour Reclining Nude, 1945. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

First sustainability co-ord inator appointed at Concordia

BARBARA BLACK In her new position, Melissa will try to Melissa Garcia Lamarca's involvement ·in the stu­ implement the recommendations of the dent-run Sustainable Concordia Project has turned Concordia Campus Sustainability into a two-year contract as the university's first Assessment, and encourage sustainability sustainability co-ordinator. initiatives among administrators, faculty, Melissa has a BA in geography and economics students and staff. from McGill and a graduate diploma in community For example, a group of students has been economic development from Concordia. working on a proposal to rehabilitate the From its inception in the summer of 2002, she large space on the fourteenth floor of the was the auditor for the Sustainable Concordia Hall Building, where the Biology Project (SCP), researching the university's social, Department housed its greenhouse before ecological and economic practices with a view to relocating to the Renaud Science Complex. making them more sustainable. Based on a feasibility study by students in She was one of the authors of the project's report the GEOG 398S class, the SCP and the (you can read it at www.concordia.ca/sustainabili­ Concordia Student Union have launched a ty), and worked closely with student groups in rais­ campaign called R4 Concordia: Rethink, i 1g funds and support. She defines sustainability as Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The idea is to the synergy the between ecological, social and eco­ educate and encourage the university com­ nomic goals and actions. munity on waste management practices. The SCP has an advisory board that includes fac­ Melissa can be contacted at sustainabili­ ulty and staff with passion for such issues. This has [email protected] or at ext. 5202. She is locat­ led to a number of academic initiatives, notably a ed in the Environmental Health and Safety geography course on sustainability. It has also Office, GM 1100-50. sparked student initiatives in design, bookkeeping, Tomorrow, throughout the day, a "sustain­ and other subjects. ability fair;' with exhibits, activities and free Thanks to SCP activism, Concordia's shuttle food, will be held on the terrace behind the buses now run between campuses on fuel that is . Melissa Garcia Lamarca in the courtyard of the annex at 2100 Mackay St., home to Hall Building . two per-cent biodiesel. the student-run Sustainable Concordia Project.

Concord ia's Thursday Repor t I Setembe r 9, 2004 I 7 Fee hike concerns international students

HICHAM 5AFIEDDINE & BARBARA BLACK The proposal faced strong opposition by the Concordia Student While it is still uncertain whether inter­ Union and was not ratified by the national students in the Faculty of Arts Board of Governors on June 17 because and Sciences will see an increase in their of strong opposition from student tuition, Maya Chivi and Russell Lobo members. The Board is expected to were disappointed to hear that the "pri­ discuss the proposal when it vatized" fees in the John Molson School reconvenes on Sept. 29. of Business have been approved by the Chivi said there's a misperception Quebec government. that international students are all from Chivi and Lobo are co-presidents of the wealthy families. She and her sister are Concordia International Students in their fifth and final year at Association. The pair said they under­ Concordia, but if the increase goes stand that the university needs revenue, through, her parents may decide to but they object to a sudden, steep bring her brother back to a university in increase. Lebanon. "Ten per cent would be normal, but in Nada Amin is a first-year internation­ the case of the JMSB, the increase is 52.6 al student in Political Science who came per cent;' Lobo said. "Some people are here from Egypt last month because packing their bags:• tuition was more reasonable than in the Tuition for undergraduate studies at United States. the John Molson School of Business "My family were expecting to pay a jumped by more than $3,000 for this year, little bit more over the years for my edu­ a $112-increase per credit. Higher fees cation, but if I knew it was going to be were reinstated after it was discovered this much I might have gone some­ that McGill was not sanctioned for ignor­ where closer to home. ing a Quebec government prohibition to "I feel like we are being punished for privatize fees. coming here:• The Faculty of Arts and Science Faculty of Arts and Science Vice-Dean Maya Chivi and Russell Lobo, co-presidents of the Concordia International Students Association. proposed last spring to charge John Capobianco said most of the addi­ international undergraduate students a tional revenue generated by a tuition differential fee of $67 per credit in . increase would be used to support the "The government has a policy that dis­ that is contrary to one of its founding addition to the differential fee mandated Faculty's ongoing international initia­ allows this prjvatization and an increase principles by the Quebec government. International tives, including scholarships of $150,000 will be in contravention of this policy;' "This will create a situation in which students in Arts and Science currently annually and recruitment efforts abroad. she said. international students are paying more pay $12,000 in government and CSU VP academic Alison Beck said the "This will create a situation in which than the national average. Concordia is university fees. The hike of around student union urged the office of the international students are paying more becoming less and less accessible as such, $2,000 annually could be implemented in dean last month to find alternative than the national average. Concordia is and that is contrary to one of its founding January. sources ·of funding. becoming less and less accessible, and principles."

Lecture series to explore Loans Student Loan Program. continued from page 1 Jayed Atallah, who works two jobs to make Jewish-Arab co-operation ends meet, said the decrease in bursaries The Salah Sassoun Mahlab Lecture come to know Dr: Lowy, and have great across the province. "Students have already could jeopardize her studies. Series will shed light on a little-known admiration for him;' he said. figured out their finances for the upcoming "I'm going to have to work extra to make subject, Jewish-Arab co-operation over "If you study the history of Muslim school year, and now they won't know where up for the money deducted;' said Atallah, the centuries. Spain, which was the only bright spot in they will get the money:• whose loan is deducted due to her other Nairn S. Mahlab conceived the series the comatose Europe of the Dark Ages, But while students may be scrambling, income. "This means that I will be unable to as a tribute to his father, a Jewish mer­ you will dis~over unbelievable co-opera­ Cote believes a student loan is still a wise focus on my studies because I'll be jumping chant who travelled widely in the Arab tion between the two Semitic religions. ~nvestment for building a successful future. from one job to another. world. "When the Catholic Inquisition mur­ "If it's the only way one can finance their "With my bursaries I could pay my rent. "He was a personal friend of the dered and robbed the Jews, Muslim education, it's a good investment, which over With my part-time job I could pay my bills, founder of the Kuweiti dynasty of al Turkey opened its doors to any Jewish a lifetime will pay off many, many times;• and with my loans I could pay for school. Sabah, and built the first ice factory refugees who reached its shores. said Cote, who said that while Quebec's stu­ "I lived on the edge. With the extra debt, there in 1913. We lived in a Muslim "I really hope to plant a seed that will dent debt load has increased, it's still lower I'm going to have to work extra hours [and] milieu and had a lot of friends who were foster an interest in both groups to compared to the $25,000 under the Canadian I'll be jumping from one job to another:' Muslims. delve into the history of Muslim-Jewish Mahlab is shocked by the "deep anti­ relations. I am convinced that once the Semitism" of some Christian Canadians. Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved, Goodman Institute The Institute recently signed a contract "Anti-Semitism is a creation of things will, after a lapse of ti~e, go back with Beijing Normal University. continued from page 1 Christianity and not Islam;' he said by to normal:' "We will have a special China cohort and e-mail. ''Although the current Israeli­ The series is being organized by his­ best second-year student, $5,000 to the best they will not be part of the regular stream;' Palestinian conflict is creating anti­ tory professor Dana Sajdi. It begins Oct. student in the third year alone, and $10,000 Hochstein explained. "The first year will be Jewish feelings among Muslims, the reli­ 5 with a lecture by Mark Cohen, to the third-year student who had the high­ offered in China, with professors accepted gion, unlike Christianity, does not foster Professor of Near Eastern Studies at est GPA in the entire program. by the director. Then, when the students in anti-Semitism. Princeton University, and a well-known "We have consistently doubled the world Beijing Normal pass our courses and CPA "Some hotheaded Muslim youth may historian of the Jews in Arab lands in pass rate in all levels;' Hochstein said proud­ level I, they can come to Montreal to study commit violent acts, but that is political the Middle Ages. ly, "and we can do better, as we get more pro­ here for years 2 and 3. more than anything else:' Cohen's publications include Jewish ficient in admitting better students:• Two Concordia professors, Stephen Wong Mahlab retired from a successful Self-Government in Medieval Egypt, Hochstein has noticed that the students and Mohammed Kamzan, are already in business career, and taught for several 'Vhich won the National Jewish Book can be very good in class, but if they don't China teaching these students, while years in the John Molson School of Award for history in 1981; Jewish Life in study the extra bit and do additional work, Cynthia Law, Assistant Director, Business. He was instrumental in estab­ Medieval Egypt 641-1382, which was they will not obtain the CPA pass required. International Programs, holds the adminis­ lishing the Executive MBA program, translated into Arabic; and most recent­ "My impression is that the strong students trative fort here in Montreal. The first group and was its first director. "I have also ly, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in do well in the classroom and pass the CPA. of Chinese students is expected here next thl) Middle Ages (1994). The weaker ones do well in the classroom September: but do not pass the CPA exams."

8" I• Eq ntordia •~ 1h~rsday ~eport I September 9, 2004 New CSU president wants to kill that ivory· tower syndrome JASON GONDZ IOLA on the mezzanine: In the meantime, Farrington invites fellow students to attend council meetings For CSU president Brent Farrington, things are a lot and get active. easier the second time around. The Urban Studies His plan is to involve students in social, political and Art History major is beginning his second term and academic activities. With Canada's largest ori­ as a CSU executive and feels that his previous expe­ entation party already in the works at the school rience in student government has prepared him and renovations to the Hive at Loyola planned for well for the year ahead. completion in the fall, the social aspect appears well "Last year, when we came in, it was basically a underway. clean slate where you had to fill it up and figure out Farrington and his government hope to engage whds who - where you go for money, where you go students politically and intellectually through the for resources;' said Farrington, who comes from use of celebrity guest speakers with their World Sydney, Maine. "This year, when we walked in, we Speaker Series. already knew all that. That empowered the team to Included in the series is David Suzuki, who will move forward at all angles. We had virtually no speak on Nov. 10 about global warming, and former transition lag:' US president Bill Clinton, who will speak on AIDS in Although he has been criticized for the size of his Africa in early February. government, which has eight executives, The latter event is hoped to generate $300,000, Farrington sees the size as strength, not weakness. most of which will go towards AIDS orphanages in "Having eight executives allows us to be more Africa. A $50,000 portion of the money will go into a transparent and more accessible:' He said all seven trust, which will be used to send five students a year of his colleagues have demonstrated themselves to to volunteer at orphanages in Africa. be hard workers. The new CSU also hopes to engage students aca­ Now he hopes to get the word out about student demically, both by advocating for their rights and by government. Farrington says students don't know informing them about the various services available about their elected officials. He recently conducted to them on campus. a survey that showed 30 per cent of the. student "We're trying to do an academic code of conduct, body didn't know what the CSU was. which is what the university has;' he said. "We want "Last year, I'm not afraid to say, we lacked that to counter it with the student bill of rights, so stu­ engaging aspect of the Union. We're here to serve dents know what their academic rights are:• students, and to do that, students have to know He and his government are also working with Bill that you exist:' Curran, Concordia's Director of Libraries, to edu­ Accordingly, the coming year will see a big effort cate students on academic integrity and on the on the part of CSU executives to get their faces out proper and effective use of the libraries. there through classroom visits and frequent tabling Brent F~n

Michael Evans travelled to China for Mandarin immersion

BAR BARA BLAC K there, Michael said, his dorm room was fine, and the food was cheap. China was Many people come to Canada and wres­ more overtly capitalist than he tle with a new language, but Michael expected, with big shopping malls and Evans has done it in reverse. He spent bargains in DVDs and clothes. three summer months at Nankai As far as he knows, he's the first University, where he studied Mandarin Concordia student to attend the pro­ - no English allowed. gram, which is worth 12 credits toward He sent long descriptive e-mails his degree. He is entering his fourth year home: "I have two classes: reading, of honours religion, with a minor in his­ which involves grammar and sentence tory. After he graduates, Michael thinks structure, and a spoken Chinese course, he will apply to a TESL program, and which is more fun because we act out' become an English teacher abroad. plays and try to converse in Chinese. "When I went to China, I had maybe "Both classes are hard, though, 500 words, but I had trouble making sen­ because the teachers only talk in tences. Even after only a few weeks Chinese, so if I don't understand a word, there, I could have sustained conversa­ I normally don't understand their expla­ tions. I'm generally a shy person, but I nations, either." found it easy to walk up to people and The university is in Tianjin, which has start a conversation, because Chinese 9.3 million people, 5.8 million of them people would never reject you outright." city-dwellers. Tianjin Municipality is Michael Evana, aka Gao Shuai, with one of the administrators of the Nankai Summer Program at He found that the stereotype of the 11,000 square km in area, and is bordered a closing celebration. Photo courtesy of Michael Evans. rigidly controlled, form-based Asian by Hebei Province and Beijing classroom no longer applies. His classes Municipality. The city centres of Tianjin These drivers make Montreal drivers look mined to learn the language. He signed were full of talk and skits, and Michael and Beijing are about 120 km apart. like old grannies." up for a Level I Mandarin at McGill last said he really got into it, translating a "The campus is huge and it's beautiful;' One of Michael's deepest impressions year, because Concordia didn't offer it, Beatie songs into Mandarin and perform­ Michael told his friends and family. "The of China is the upbeat attitude of its citi­ although this year it is available. He ing it with his friends. city is a huge, sprawling metropolis. It's zens. "They love their country, and they answered an ad on a bulletin board for a He was even recruited as a movie extra, completely flat, no hills whatsoever, and seem happier than we are. They're more language partner. and met with her to because the film producers know they it's strange because there seem to be no approachable, always joking and smiling." talk in Mandarin (for him) and English can find foreign faces on campus. The specific residential or downtown areas. He was drawn to Chinese culture many (for her). Then he discovered the Nankai movie starred a glamorous actress called Everywhere you go there are huge com­ years ago, and his childhood interest Summer Program on the Internet, and Zhang Yen. In one scene, Michael was a mercial centers and apartment buildings developed from Jackie Chan movies to applied. His academic advisor, Lynda reporter covering a story, walking back­ mixed together. something deeper. At CEGEP, he did proj­ Clarke, helped him through the relatively wards with a video camera trying to film "Everyone has a bike, and no cars obey ects on Marco Polo and on the Mongolian easy bureaucracy, and he enrolled to the star; in another, he was dribbling a the traffic rules, so crossing the streets is Empire, and he was hooked. learn Level II Mandarin. basketball in the background, being a an exhilarating experience. What's even At Concordia, he took a 300-level The program cost $1,500 U.S., and of typical American. more exhilarating is riding in a taxi. Chinese liistory class, and became deter- course, the plane fare was costly, but once

(oncord ia•s Thursda ( Rep ort 'I Set emb 'ei 9·, 2ao4 [.9 Engineers speak -on core values MONTREAIJ \ The second annual edition of Engineering: A Inc., on the subject of competence. That afternoon, ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR Profession, A Passion! is scheduled for Sept. 21-23 in the speaker will be Jacques Lyrette, Eng., vice-presi­ Room H-110 of the Hall Building. dent of ADGA Group Consultants, on responsibility. The event is an initiative of the Faculty of On Wednesday, in the afternoon, the speaker is Engineering and Computer Science and the Order of Rejean M. Breton, Eng., president and CEO of Breton, Engineers of Quebec. It is aimed at giving prospec­ Banville & Associates, on the value of social commit­ tive engineers a strong sense of the core values of ment. their future profession. On Thursday afternoon, Terence J. Kerwin, Eng., Speakers chosen from the profession by the {OIQ) president of Galvacor Inc., will talk about ethical are chosen to give half-hour talks on their own expe­ conduct. riences and the students are invited to ask questions; The speaker at the closing ceremony will be Alain faculty members also contribute to the thoughtful Saladzius, Eng., co-ordinating engineer for waste­ discussion. water and drinking water infrastructures for the On 7the opening day, Tuesday, Sept. 21, the guest Ministry of Municipal Affairs.

speaker will be Dominique Anglade, Eng., director of Throughout the three-day event, students will RA8A1S OE 1,00$ A L'ADIIISSION AVEC CETTE CARre government relations and external affairs for Nortel have samples of their work on display. For specific $1 .00 OFF ADIIISSl0N WITH THIS CARD Networks. times, please consult the ENCS website, at The Montreal Antiquarian Book Fair is always a popular event. It She will be followed by Robert A. Walsh, Eng., www.encs.concordia.ca. will be held Sept. 18 and 19 in the atrium of the McConnell founder and president of forensic Technology WAI Building, Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to5p.m. Teaching assistants·get helpful tips for the term ahead

FRANK KUIN to prepare him for the task. "It was sink or swim," he said That will be a challenge but can also be a rewarding expe­ In more recent years, orientations for TAs have been held rience." Nearly 200 new teaching assistants from all four faculties routinely at the university. Undergraduates are sometimes afraid to approach a were told at a packed orientation session last week that Still, last week's gathering broke all previous atten­ professor, Howe observed. "You can play a special role in they are role models to Concordia's undergraduate stu­ dance records, said event co-ordinator Marcy Slapcoff, the life of an undergraduate student and be very helpful dents. instructional developer with Concordia's Centre for to them:· The TAs, many of them first-year graduate students Teaching and Learning Services (CTLS). Interest was so Yet at the same time, the teaching assistant is there to who will help grade papers, supervise labs, or lead class great that the room had to be changed three times to assist the professor, she said, and it is important for the conferences, attended a full-day training event to pre­ accommodate all registrants. TA to always act professionally. pare them for the job and discuss their crucial position The rise in interest may be attributable to the growing It was this intermediate position that fuelled a panel as an intermediary between professors and students. student population as well as to wider encouragements discussion with professors and former TAs. Suggestions "Students will look up to you," said Elizabeth Sacca, towards TAs to attend the training, said Olivia to prevent conflicts included making clear with the pro­ Dean of Graduate Studies. "They may relate to you more Rovinescu, director of the CTLS, which organizes the fessor what's expected of the _TA, and to avoid taking strongly than to the professor:' sessions. every year.. sides in any disputes between a professor and a student. The new teaching assistants, gathered in the De Seve The training program is to help ensure that "TAs are as "You want to be sympathetic, but not get in a bad posi­ cinema, were given an introduction to their tasks, rights prepared as they can be, not just being put out there;' she tion with the professor;• advised panelist Chris Taillefer, a and responsibilities, ranging from how to accommodate said. Attendees of the session receive a certificate. former TA in Electrical and Computer Engineering and special needs to what to do when they suspect plagiarism As members of the teaching staff with a more recent now a part-time faculty member there. in a paper. experience of being undergraduate students themselves, Neil Yapp, an MA student in Theological Studies who Addressing the TAs from the professor's perspective, teaching assistants can play a vital role in helping stu­ attended the training, has already faced up to the chal­ Georgios Vatistas, a professor in Mechanical and dents, said Nina Howe, Associate Dean of Graduate lenge when he debuted as a TA in the previous semester. Industrial Engineering, said: "You're not really my assis­ Students. "Students always want to have a discussion, go for a tant, but my colleague in training." "You're kind of in a funny position as a TA," she said coffee," he said "I come across as a sociable person, and Vatistas, who started as a TA at Concordia in 1978, "You're a student, but it is al~o a job. It's a switch in roles. students can try to take advantage of that. But at the observed that back then, there were no training sessions same time, I don't want to be cold and distant." Career Planning Progra-m pays for training

BARBARA BLACK The development opportunities must be aligned with ing and leadership training funded by HR & ER Training organizational goals, and the funds are administered by and Development Fund. Concordia employees are being given more opportunities HR & ER to ensure equitable access. Asked if there is a Re-tooling and training were provided to displaced to upgrade their skills at no or minimal cost to their cap on cost, Saltiel said, "We will look for the best bang employees to provide them with skills to take up perma­ supervisors. Workshops are being held for staff and for our buck to ensure that as many employees as possi­ nent positions. supervisors to explain how they can take advantage of ble benefit from the program." Saltiel said, "The initiative owes its funding to the wis­ the voluntary Career Planning and Development pro­ Training in Montreal is offered whenever possible to dom and foresight of senior administrators at the univer­ gram. save on travel and accommodation costs. Bringing cours­ sity, who decided to earmark funds for the training and A form called the Computer and Language Training es on campus is a preferred option for the same reason, development of staff." In addition, the priorities reflect Needs Assessment was forwarded to each supervisor, and so is finding e-training opportunities when appropri­ the mandate contained in the Task Force Report on manager or director at the university to collect informa­ ate. So far, Saltiel says, no request has been refused Human Resources of 1998. tion on each staff: member's language and computer because the cost was too high. "Concordia has always had numerous incentives to skills. Over the past two years, HR & ER has provided a num­ encourage employees to access education and training: About 90 employees and 45 supervisors have attended ber of funding initiatives. tuition waivers, study leaves, deferred salary leaves, fund­ information sessions since last spring. Forty employees took part in an in-house program· ing for language courses at Continuing Education, etc. Supervisors are asked to have employees evaluate their leading to an Attestation of Collegial Studies. They will These incentives remain available for employees who skills and needs, and jointly suggest appropriate training. graduate in October 2004 and February 2005. seek funding outside this program." Nicole Saltiel, director of Employment and Employee Several employees obtained Project Management Saltiel said that if employees were not made aware of Development, said that Human Resources and Employee Institute certification. Funding was provided to a depart­ this program through their supervisor, they can call EED Relations makes every effort to accommodate requests. ment to upgrade employees' skills through an outside at ext. 4689 and request a copy of the Needs Assessment "Priority will be given to training and development provider who provided specialized training. form. If expert guidance is needed, career advisor Matt that are the more closely aligned with departmental pri­ Some 30 supervisors· in one department at the Santateresa and Training and Development Advisor orities. Supervisors will be asked to rank their priority for university were given supervisory training. Magalie Kanho in HR & ER can be of assistance. training and development to support departmental, unit Academic administrators were offered executive coach- and organization goals:•

I ' 10 I Conco rdia 's Thursday Report I September 9, 2004 Ron Rappel leaves to oversee Stingers r()undup

.expanding therapy centres - JOHN AUSTEN

Almost 100 athletes competed for spots on JOHN AUSTEN the Concordia Stingers football team and head coach Gerry McGrath liked what he After' 18 years as the head athletic therapist at saw: "We've had a pretty good recruiting year, Concordia University, Ron Rappel has left the posi­ so-we're ready to go:• tion to devote himself full time to the Concordia The Stingers finished an impressive 7-1 in Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinics ,where the regular season last year, only to get blown he is a managing partner. He has seen the clinic out by Laval in the playoffs. grow by leaps and bounds since first conceived in A few impact players have joined the team. 1986. The athlete drawing the most attention is six-foot-two, 335-pound Rappel, a certified athletic therapist, manages nose tackle Sam Taulealea, a native of Hawaii who has transferred and oversees the marketing and business develop­ from the University of Colorado (see photo). ment aspect of the clinics operations. Two years Other newcomers include: cornerback Sam Okpro, an all-star ago he took a one-year leave of absence from out of Vanier College who played two years with Team Canada; CB Concordia to spend more timeat the clinic. He soon Modibo Sidibe, a transfer from the Syracuse Orangemen; DE Dino realized that with all the growth taking place in the Bent, also a transfer who suited up for the Central Michigan sports medicine field, the clinic needed his full Chippewas, and DE William Miller, a top student with the Vanier attention. and Team Canada football programs. "It was a tough decision to leave the university, Another battle will be at tailback, where superstar Jean-Michel but I just didn't have the energy to do both jobs Paquette started for-five seasons. All eyes will be on rookie John properly;' he said. "My golf game was kind of suffer­ Ahlstedt, who was a member of the national junior track and field ing, too:• program as a discus thrower. He'll try to unseed veterans Roch Concordia Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy Ron Rappel at his west-end clinic Labossiere and Mathieu Cote. comprises seven clinics located in and around The Stingers lost the opening game in Ste. Foy against Laval last Montreal. "The whole idea behind sports medicine is to weekend, but are set for their home opener Sunday night (Sept. Our goal is to deliver the best possible care to actively treat individuals in an aggressive but safe 12) under the lights at individuals in pain in the Montreal area;' Rappel fashion;• Rappel said. Concordia Stadium. said. "We try and treat everyone. It's not unusual to "In the olden days, athletes were 'shaked and Game time is 7 find an 11-year-old female soccer player getting baked' by the medical profession. Our job is to get o'clock. work on her knee sitting next to a 75-year-old man the athlete back playing his or her sport in the who has just had a hip replacement." quickest time possible. It's an active approach. We U.S. cager at Con U The dozens of trained professionals are focused treat the cause, not just the symptoms. Staying on getting athletes better faster. Concordia Sports pain-free is an important component of complete Keith Pruden Medicine & Physiotherapy was established more rehabilitation. announced that than 20 years ago Dave Campbell and Gary "We have to be on the cutting edge of injury Stephanie Ramonas Cummings at a clinic in the Olympic stadium in rehab, staying in touch with the most recent inno­ will play for the Montreal. The clinic later moved to the West Island vations and developments in the field through our Stingers' women's and Paul Evans joined the clinic. All are athletic own Institute of Professional Development;' he basketball team. therapists/osteopaths. said. Ramonas, who is a In 1990, Rappel and Campbell merged a second "Many of our therapists have worked with five-foot-10 guard clinic with Concordia Sports Medicine & Olympic and professional athletes and come rec­ from of Portland, Me., Physiotherapy. This clinic was located on the ommended by some of the top orthopedic surgeons won her state Class A Loyola <;ampus of Concordia, and is presently situ­ and physicians in the city:• championship with ated in N.D.G. on the corner of Cavendish and Campbell still deals with any back problems suf­ her high school team. Sherbrooke Sts. fered by members of the Montreal Canadiens. In her senior year, she "I would say the most common problems we're Rappel has worked with the likes of Olympic averaged 11.4 points, seeing these days involve backs - spine-related sprinter Bruny Surin, as well as figure skaters Kurt 7.8 rebounds, 4.7 injuries;' Rappel said. "We also see lots of knees Browning and Kristi Yamaguchi. assists and 2.7 steals Sam Taulealea and shoulders. Top-notch athletes realize that their body is per game. "There are lots of weekend warriors out there, what pays their bills;• Rappel said. ''Athletes get and many of the injuries we see are preventable;• he wiser with age and know how important it is to Christie goes to China continued. "People must warm up and stretch take care of themselves:• properly before exercise so they don't pull muscles. When Rappel is not involved in sports medicine Sommer Christie, a fifth-year senior and captain of the It's all about education, and that's a big part of what he can be found either playing hockey (100 games Concordia Stingers women's rugby team, has been named to the we do. We teach people about their bodies:• per year) or coaching his son Dylan, who plays Canadian team for the inaugural Federation Internationale du The clinics are still affiliated with Concordia Bantam hockey. He also serves as chair of the Sport Universitaire (FISU) World University 7 on 7 Women's University. In fact CSM&P provides on-site services Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation Golf Rugby Championship. The international competition will be held for their sports teams. Tournament, which has raised more than $150,000 in Beijing, China from Sept. 15-18. in the last four years. Five elite teams, including Canada, will vie for the world title. Christie, a scrum half from Wentworth, is a three-time CIS All­ Canadian and has been a Quebec all-star five times, including 2004-2005 board of directors and facilities, student support, aca­ 2002, when she was the QSSF MVP. executive. demic development and the In brief preparation for the next capital Dore to coach Maccabiah squad Vice-President, Advancement campaign. & Alumni Affairs The Vice-President, Advance­ John Dore of the Concordia Stingers has been appointed head Concordia University is seeking a ment and Alumni Affairs, will coach of the Canada boys' basketball team that will compete at AlumniAGM Vice-President, Advancement direct the Departments of the 17th World Maccabiah Games in Israel, July 11-21, 2005. Herb Alumni and staff are cordially and Alumni Affairs. University Advancement and Brown, an assistant coach with the NBA'.s Detroit Pistons, will invited to the Concordia This new position reports Alumni Relations, and ensure assist him. University Alumni Association's directly to the president. It that they further the objectives of Dore, head coach at Concordia since 1989, has taken the annual general meeting on reflects the need for leadership the university. Stingers to the national championship tournament eight times, Monday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. in the concerning university develop­ More information is available winning the university crown in 1990 and placing second in 1995. Henry J:. Hall Building, Room H- ment issues at the most senior from Enza De Cubellis, Secretary, The Maccabiah Games are held every four years, after an Olympic 767. level. Advisory Search Committee for year. The meeting is open to the Major issues include reinforc­ Vice-President, Advancement & public and is held to receive ing fundraising efforts to meet AlumniAffairs, ENZA.DECUBEL­ reports and the election of the the cost of buildings and other [email protected].

Concordia ' s Thu rs day Report I Se te inb er 9, 2004 J ~1 'I' l t• September 9 - September 23

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Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. at the Webster Library Art All workshops include hands-on exercises and are Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery offered at the Webster Library in room LB-203 and at Self-help and Support The Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 1H p.m. LB- the Vanier Library in room VL · 122. Sign up in person at Volunteers with Reading Disabilities Needed 165. Free admission, wheelchair accessible. Info at ext. the Reference Desk. by calling 848-2424, ext. 7777 The Cognitive Science Group in the Department of 4750. www.elltngal/e,y.concordia.ca (Webster) or ext. n66 (Vanier). For a full listing of Psychology is looking for individuals with reading events, visit the Libraries'Web site at http://library.con· impairments to participate in an experiment looking at MaxStem:the Taste of a Oealer.Sept.1 • Oct.9. Exhibit of cordia.calhelp. how perceptual and cognitive skills relate to reading works from private collections acquired through the ability. Will pay $15. If interested, please contact Nancy. Dominion Gallery. Curator: Michel Moreau It. Canadia Toastmast!ISOub or loana at 848·2424 x2212 orx2210,[email protected]· Master skills to help you fonnulate and expniss your ideas, [email protected]. VAV6allery impn,ye your ability to listen and evaluate other people's 1395 Rene LMsque West. Student-run gallery. ext. 7388. ideas. Monday evenings at 6 p.m. Contact Susan at 637· ,_ Support Centre http://fofo.COOOJrdia.CllMJV-gal/eryl. 0190 or login at www.angelfire.com/co/TOASTM. FeelinglM!l'Whelrnedorstressedoutaboutyourmid-terms and need someone to talk to? Drop by the Peer Support Centre, 2090 Mackay St Open Mon.· Thurs. from 11·5p.m. Meetings & Events Oscar Peterson Concert Hall New office located at Loyola in the Guadagni Lounge (CC- 403), every Thurs., 11·5 p.m. Graduate Fellowship Information Sessions Oscar Petenon Conc!rtllill The major federal and provincial granting agencies will 7141 Sherbrooke W.Box office: Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. Mahn Student Mentor Program be present: to noon and 1: 30 to 4:30 p.m. ext. 4848. Visit Advice about school, referrals, or a friendly ear. New mature N.S.E.R.C. -Sept.10from 9:30 a.m.to 12 p.m.at de Seve http://oscar.cmcordia.ca. students can meet with a CMS mentor one-on-one Cinema (LB Atrium). throughout the year, by appointment or on a drop-in basis. S.S.H.R.C/ F.Q.R.S.C. • Sept.15 from 11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept.10 at 8 p.m.CLASSICAL VOCAL CONCERT featuring Contact Nelly at ext.3890 or Brigeen at ext.3895. at Hall 760 and Sept. 29 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at GM 302. Die Winterreise D. 911 by Franz Schubert. Performed by N.S.E.R.C / F.Q.R.N .T.-Sept. 20from 11:30a.m.to 1 p.m. Winston Purdy, baritone and Dominique Roy, piano. $10 at Hall 762 and Sept.28 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.at GM 302. general admission, $5 for seniors and students, free for Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Concordia students. DIA/ DSA lnfunnation Sfflions Multi-faith Chaplaincy oortures faith,spirituality and social The graduate programs in the growing fields of non­ Sept.18 at 7:30 p.m. SOUTH·INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. responsibility, and provides a pastoral presence, especialy profit management for the arts, health care, community Admission is free of charge. For more information, call for students. It offers workshops,discussion groups and reli­ services, fundraising, event management and sport 450-466-5216. gious services and co-ordinates social justice action and administration are holding information sessions on community involvement Ext. 3590. Thur.Sept.23,0ct.21 ,Nov.11 and Nov.25 from 6 to 7:15 Sept. 22 to 25. MID-AUTUMN HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL p.m. at GM 403·2. To sign up or for information, contact · Concerts and Symposiums on Multi-speaker Sound. MOTHER HUBBARD'S CUPBOARD: Great vegan food, excel­ 848-2424, ext. 2766, [email protected] or visit Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. Multi-speaker Sound Symposium: lent company and engaging conversations, all for a loony or www.johnmolson.concordia.ca/diadsa. Current Practice. two. Thursdays 5 to 7 p.m. Annex Z, Room 05. Ellie Hummel, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. Sound Mastering for Electroacoustics ext.3590. Creative Art Therapies Event Symposium: Dominique Bassal. WHAT'S THE BIBLE AU ABOUT? An exploration of the The Quebec Association of Art therapists along with Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Multi-speaker Sound Symposium: Christian Bible for beginners and those wanting to learn Concordia Creative Arts graduate students will be host· Future Practice, Planning the 2005 Conference. At, ·o:cTOBEB 1, more. Mondays 1:30-2:30pm AnnexZ,Room05. lnfo:Ellie ing 2 days of activities during the course of the Sept.22,23 and 25 at 8 p.m.Concerts of works in real 8· Hummel atext.3590. province-wide event Joumees de la culture. channel sound. On Sat., Sept.25, a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. will be September 25 at 8 p.m. MUSIC FOR ZHENG. Featuring an SCHEDULE OF EUCHARIST (RQMAN CATHOLIC) IN THE lOY­ followed by fostering democracy, a presentation using original multi-channel audio piece written for Zheng. OLA CHAPEL: Sundays at 5:00 pm-Mon.to Wed.12:05 pm. drama and movement therapy, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Wrth Chi-Lin Chou. Thurs.-{ri. Communion at 12:05 pm. On Sun., Sept. 26 participate in an art and drama work­ Symposiums will take place in the Green Room. ·· •, Concordia shop or at 3:30 p.m.test your scribbling abilities in acre­ Admission to all events is free. For more info, visit Peer Support Program: Astudent-staffed listening, referral, UN IVERSITY ative arts workshop presentation and exhibit. http://istop.com/-electro '1 and information service. SGW-Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 5 Real educa tio n for the real world The event will take place at the Visual Arts building. on p.m.AnnexZ,Room 03 (DownStairs). l.oyola-Thurs.11 a.m. www .conc::ordia.ca Rene Levesque Blvd. For more info: wwwjoumeesde/a· Sept.26at 6p.m.VIBRATIONS:AN EASTERN PULSE.Acul· to 5 p.m. Guadagni lounge, Info: ext. 2859 or http://adKxJJ.­ culture.qc.ca. tural event featuring dance, music and drama from India cy.concordia.ca/Peer_Support/peerlhtml. and Sri Lanka. Presented by the Concordia University 10 minute walk to Monkland Village. Easy bus and Library Tours Indian Students Association and Tamil Mantram. For Metro access. 10 minute walk to Loyola campus. A Take a 20-minute tour of the library to learn about the information and reservations: www.eastempulse.tk. Language Services beautiful home.Call 486--2830 or 581 -7013. many services and search tools available to you.All tours begin at noon. Meet at the library entrance.Tours of the Sept. 29 at 8 p.m., Sept. 30 and October 1 at 5 p.m. and Scietn grad tutor available Parlcing spot available Webster Library will be given on Thursday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. EUCUE SERIES. Aselection of stereo and multi­ Experienced, effective and affordable tutor for most Near Loyola, $50 a month.Call Carol at 481-9461. Friday, Sept. 10, Monday, Sept. 13, Tuesday, Sept. 14., channel works presented by the Concordia University Chemistry, Biology, Math, Biochemistry (I & 11), and term Tuesday, Sept. 28 and Wednesday, Sept. 29. Department of Music. Free admission. papers.I have tutored dozens of Concordia students success­ fuly and worked as a Biology TA. Problem solving, past (only two houses on each side of the street). Walk to Library Workshops October 2 at 8 p.m. HARLEM GRAND PIANO CONCERT midterms and topics review. E-mail: [email protected]. bus, train, lake, pool, library, arena and community cen­ Unclassified tre. School just three blocks away. Dorval is a 15 min Intro to the Libraries (90 minutes) WITH TERRY BURRUS. Award-winning pianist Terry For sale Translation, praofreading drive to downtown (20 to McGill campus), 25 min by Thursday,Sept. 9 at 1 p.m.atthe Webster Library Burrus will perform selections from his new album Paris Air-conditioning unit (to go in window), impeccable Maste(s student from France offers her expertise and care commuter train. If interested, please e-mail Friday, Sept.10 at 1 p.m. at the Webster Library Nights, including works inspired by folk. gospel, Celtic, condition, 2 years of usage, 12,000 BTU. 485-4601 . Monday,Sept. 13 at 1 p.m.atthe Vanier Library country, blues and other world music. Tickets available to help you with your translations and proofreading. j/[email protected]. $20/hour.Contact kathlttno/[email protected]. Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. atthe Webster Library at the box office and on the Admission network (79().. For sale House for rent 1245, www.admission.com). $29 for adults, $20 for sen­ Italian brand new soft leather jacket. $200. Call 578· In Cote St. Luc, for a minimum of 3 months. 2 bedrooms, lwoin0ne·lnlnl1DlhelilaiesnlfnilgAl1ides iors and $17 for students (service charges applicable). 2347. Thursday, Sept.16 at 6 p.m. at the Webster Library University of the Streets Cafe a fully equipped kitchen, a 1 car garage. The house is fully carpeted and fully furnished. An elementary school Saturday,Sept.18 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Webster Library Furniture for sale OnSept.12,authorDany Lafenierewill betheguest:"Where is across the street. Non-smoking environment. Tuesday, Sept.21 at 10:15 a.m. atthe Vanier Library Kitchen table ($50) & 4 chairs ($15 each or 4/$50). Counselling & Development Do Our Ideas Come From, and Where Might They Take Us! $3,500/month, utilities extra. Available now. Contact Wed.,Sept.22 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Webster Library Prices negotiable. Photo available on request. Contact: Monet bookstore,2742 de Salaber!y,Hp.ni.Formore info, George Polsky at 636--1112 or at [email protected]. Saturday,Sept.25 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Webster Library Student Success Workshop Series: [email protected] or call 482-9133. call ext. 3967 or log onto http://univcare.COOOlldia.ca. Thursday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. at the Webster Library Discover Concordia Fair Saturday,Oct.2 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Vanier Library September 15 · Hall Mezzanine House for rent Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair Very sunny detached home on Monkland Ave. 3+ 1 Google & Beyond: Using the Web for Research September 16 • LB Atrium Apartments bedrooms, one with separate entrance. Large double CPR Courses Monday,Sept.20 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Vanier Library Volunteer and Leadership Fair salon/dining room, eat-in kitchen, 3 bathrooms, walk-in Family home for rent Offered through the Concordia University Envirorvnental Thursday, Sept.23 at 10:15 a.m.at the Webster Library September 22 · Hall Mezzanine closet, amazing storage on all 3 floors. Garage, 2 bal­ Until July 2005. Furnished 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 conies, large enclosed private garden. Hardwood floors, Health and Safety Office. Courses offered monthly in 2004. Loyola Student ~rvices/Dean of Students Open House For more information and prices call ext. 4355 and ask for Library Research for Graduate Students newly renovated), eat-in kitchen, living room, large fam· freshly painted. 3 minute walk to 2 major grocery stores, September 30 · AD Basement Donna Fasciano. All courses are recognized by the Quebec Monday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Webster Library ily room and office (or bedroom) in the basement, large For a full listing of events, visit http://cdev.concardia.ca. Heart and Stroke Foundation. www.amcordia.ca/ehs. Friday,Oct.1 at 10:15 a.m.atthe Vanier Library cedar deck off kitchen. At the end of dead end street

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