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McSheffrey researches marriage in church documents Mooved to give 6 Til death do us part nating window onto daily life in BY PHIL MosCOVITCH medieval London. I take you to be my lawful wedded "They not only give you a lot of husband. I take you to be my lawful information about marriages, but wedded wifi. they give you all kinds of incidental nce they had said these simple information about life in 15th-cen­ Owords to each other, couples in tury England," McSheffrey said. She 15th-century England were legally quoted a typical excerpt: "We were married, whether or not any witness­ sitting down at a table, we were eat­ es were present. And a promise to ing cheese and drinking ale, and she marry was considered as legally bind­ and I were having a conversation ing as saying the words themselves. about marriage.' You sometimes get History Professor Shannon a really clear visual picture." McSheffrey, who has spent the last While the 300 or so court tran­ five years researching marriage scripts McSheffrey is working with among ordinary people during this are not verbatim (the words of the period, explained that a couple witnesses were recorded in Latin by might say the crucial words in pri­ scribes), she said they are the closest vate, then hold a ceremony with wit­ thing we have to hearing the voices of nesses, and eventually (although not ing to enforce a marriage or deny ordinary people in medieval London. always) have a church wedding. that it took place. Though some scholars claim that, Since in many cases there were no She has been studying transcripts apart from the elite, men and women What do Dawn Ebbett and her friend have to do with the marriage documents, men and from the ecclesiastical courts . that freely chose their partners, others Concordia Phonathon7 Tum to ·page 7 to find out. women could wind up in court try- heard these cases. They open a fasci- See McSheffrey,p. 10

m CIUIIU m I IH llllllllUI Bill 104 applies Faculty & Staff Appeal @JuJJouµ University administration Singer chosen to be next $750,000 and collective bargaining units are studying the implications of Bill 104, Dean of Arts and Science which reduces labour from the University of Michigan. costs in the public sector. BY BARBARA BLACK The law imposes 1.5 days He was Provost of the Faculty of of unpaid vacation he new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1980 to 1985, between April 1 and June TArts and Science will hit the and continues to be active in univer- . 30, 1997 and reduces ground running, plunging into his sity governance as a member of both labour costs by 6 per job well before officially taking office the Faculty Council and University cent, effective July 1, on June 1. Senate. 1997. CTR will keep the Concordia's Board of Governors Singer was the founding director Concordia community has approved the appointment of of Concordia's Council for Interna­ informed. Martin Singer as the next Dean of tional Co-operation from 1986 to Arts and Science for a five-year term, 1989, and continues to enjoy exten­ succeeding Gail V alaskakis, who has sive collaboration with international held the post since 1992. partners. His current research con­ IN THIS ISSUE He told a meeting of the Faculty cerns include historical and contem­ Council last Friday that he will porary Sino-Canadian academic spend April meeting with each Bridge-building relations. department head to bring him up to In 1986, he wrote a two-part date, starting with the sciences. The Concordia had its best showing study commissioned by the federal Faculty comprises 31 units in all. in the 13-year competition. government to provide a historical Singer will write an alternative to Page6 and analytical perspective on Sino­ Provost Jack Lightstone's academic Canadian academic relations. He planning proposal, Our Immediate followed this with a book, China's Future, which Singer sees as "too EMBA trip Academic Relations with Canada: negative.'' He expects to present a Past, Present and Future, in 1992. A trip to South America opens preliminary version to Faculty Coun­ student executives' eyes to cil on May 15, and a full report Last year, Dr. Singer celebrated the since he came to Sir George business opportunity. shortly thereafter. He will be using publication of his third major book Pages the current dean's downtown office Williams University in 1972. He on the subject, titled Academic Rela­ Internal as well as his own office on the Loy­ completed his BA in 1968 at Hunter tions Between Canada and China, ola Campus. College of the City University of 1970-1995. Capital Campaign NEXT ISSUE: Dr. Singer is chair and associate New York, and an MA in East At a recent Faculty Council meet­ $715,649, with only April 10 Asian Studies in 1970 at the Univer­ ing, Singer paid tribute to Dean Gail professor of the Department of His­ five days to go - tory. He has taught the history of sity of Michigan. In 1977, he V alaskakis, who had welcomed the let's bring it home! China and other East Asian nations received his PhD in History, also incumbent. CICMA creates a co111111unity for 111ath scholars what we're about." ized software. One such program, BY SYLVAIN COM EAU CICMA's funding means that it ALGEB, was developed by CICMA Dr post-doctoral Mathematics can afford to accommodate several member and Computer Science Pro­ L' fellow Lisa Fastenberg, coming post-docs every year; there are four fessor David Ford. to Concordia from Yale University this year. It has attracted several of Chris Cummins, another math meant morethan a new city and new the top minds in specialized areas of professor and CICMA member, university. The stress of entering mathematics, such as Francisco points out that research results do unknown territory was eased by the Thaine, an expert in number theory. not spring from a vacuum, but from supportive research environ~ent she 'We were lucky to get him back," the most fertile intellectual ground. knew was waiting for her and her Kisilevsky said of Thaine, but "My area of research is in the con­ according to Thaine, luck had little fellow post-docs. nections between modular functions to do with it. He taught at "Here, people are available to talk and finite groups, which draws upon Concordia and McGill in 1989-90 to, and very interested in our several other areas," Cummins said. as a visiting professor, then went to research," Fastenberg said. "They are "Being part of CICMA gives me Brazil to teach full-time. The offer very involved, and that makes a dif­ access to specialists in those fields. of a full-time post, and the chance to ference. We have lunch together, "If you take away all the infra - and run into each other often, which join the CICMA team, lured him structure, you can still talk to people, makes it a real community rather back five years ago, not long after he but CICMA is a great facilitator. In than just a group of people doing . omania; Andrian lovita, fro mania and Boston; spoke at a CICMA seminar. any field, to make the best use of their research." ,n the U.S.; and Professor ~~antal David. Access to colleagues ~ -,&..£,;,;.-..,c,;;;oo,;,o.;, resources, it's better to get together Fastenberg is referring not only to "I returned because the research and ask, 'What can we do as a the Math Department but to CICMA quickly established an and other granting agencies. conditions were much better [than in group?"' CICMA (Centre interuniversitaire enviable reputation in mathematics But Concordia Mathematics Pro­ Brazil], mostly thanks to CICMA," en calcul mathematique algebrique), circles and an impressive record of fessor Hershy Kisilevsky, who, with Thaine said. "My work is advancing One of the things the group does a dynamic research centre in the achievement for such a young insti­ Ram Murty, is CICMA co-director, more rapidly because I have access to best is to bring in the experts for spe­ areas of number theory and compu­ tution. According to CICMA's last is proudest of the institution's acade­ more colleagues who understand my cialized seminars. For example, tational algebra. CICMA was estab­ annual report (for 1995-96), Centre mic drawing power. field, and because I've learned how to CICMA and the University of Ver­ lished in 1989 by the mathematics members produced 70 publications "From the beginning, our main use computers to manipulate compli­ mont organize the biweekly Qtebec­ and statistics departments of during that period and received objective - our raison d'etre - has cated algebraic expressions, which I Vermont Number Theory Seminar. Concordia, McGill and Laval Uni­ many research grants from NSERC been to create a research environ­ used to have to do by hand." Today, Richard Taylor of Harvard versities, and Concordia's Computer (Natural Sciences and Engineering ment which is attractive to acade­ CICMA provides a computer lab University will speak on "Galois Science Department. Research Council), Qtebec's FCAR, mics," Kisilevsky said. "That's really for all members, with highly special- . Groups and modular forms."

After fascination with the caped Count, she's ready to move on Carol Davison publishes a lively study of Dracula which deals with various resource support," she said. By coincidence, BY RA CHEL ALKALLAY associations for Dracula aficionados; Sebastian Vasile, a countryman of racula has haunted the life of analyses of the work of popular Dracula (a Romanian, since that is DCarol Margaret Davison for authors Anne Rice and Stephen roughly where Transylvania was) the better part of two years. A part­ King; and a 30-page "Bloody Bibli­ designed the book cover. time lecturer in the Department of ography," compiled by Davison. Davison believes that Bram Stoker English, Davison has lived with the Chapters have been co ntributed got his inspiration for the character images of Bram Stoker's Dracula ever by leading Dracula experts, like Nina of Dracula after a discussion with the Salvatore \Nrites on since teaching a course on Victorian Auerbach, who wrote the popular Hungarian orientalist Arminius literature attracted her to the Count 1994 study, Our Vampires, Ourselves. Vambery, who met the Irish-born Critic and Gothic novelist Patrick from Transylvania. author when he managed the famous McGrath wrote the preface, which Lyceum Theatre in London. cineaste Paul Tana With the novel's ce~tenary Davison says was something of a Dracula's continuing fascination approaching, Davison had a brain­ against her husband's wishes to . coup. McGrath has written a major lies in his appeal to our most primal BY BARBARA BLACK storm: to edit an academic work remain in Qtebec, silhouetted in novel called Asylum, and Davison, fears of sex and death, Davison about the semi-fictional caped lassics and Modern Languages sombre black against the white who met him in New York through . believes. "He is the prototype of the prince, who was supposed to have and Literature Professor Filippo snow. The film was Canada's entry their interest in Dracula, now con·­ demon lover." C flourished in the late 19th century. Salvatore's latest book was launched in the 1992 Berlin Film Festival. siders him a friend. However, the fictional Dracula is a The results of her labour, Bram at Lonergan College last week. Salvatore's most recent book was The book includes a shortened much gentler character than the Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the He wrote Le Cinema de Paul Tana Le fascisme et !es Italiens a Montreal. chapter from her own, nearly com­ original Vlad Tepes, whose nick­ Century, 1897-1997, will be pub­ with Anna Gural-Migdal of the Salvatore is now looking for students pleted doctoral thesis. It deals with name was Vlad the Impaler. Tepes, lished late next month by Dundurn Department of Modern Languages for his Sarnnium '97 summer school the English serial killer, Jack the who died in 1476, was a prince of Press in Toronto. and Comparative Studies at the Uni­ in Italy, which is resuming after a Ripper, and the strain of anti-Semi­ Wallachia, which was an uneasy versity of Alberta, in Edmonton, and Davison was firm in her desire to tism in Dracula. Another Montreal neighbour of Transylvania. He was one-year hiatus. Held with the Uni­ have a Canadian publisher for the it is published by L'Envers du decor. versita del Molise and sponsored by scholar represented is Universite de noted for his fearsome killing of ene­ Tana came to Montreal from Italy book. "I would have more control Montreal Master's student Benjamin the province of Campobasso, the mies by staking them alive along the as a child, and his 15 films, four of over the finished product," she said Leblanc, a burgeoning expert on side of the road. three-credit course includes geology them full-length, have reflected not with her quick and easy smile. The contemporary vampire religions. As part of her research, Davison and environmental studies, archeolo­ only the cosmopolitan character of launch at the Galerie Isart is being Though academic in flavour, the attended a Dracula conference in gy, history, art history, literature, this city, but the sometimes anom­ organized by her friend and contrib­ book has several contributions by Romania a couple of years ago, economics, and includes numerous alous position of the immigrant in utor Jake Brown, who promises a lit­ non-academic experts, and Davison where many showed up in authentic Qtebec society. day trips. erary event and "s teadily wants to see it advertised to a general Dracula garb. "Dracula attracts peo­ La Sarrasine, for example, was Students with a parent of deteriorating Gothic band show." audience. ple who want attention," she said. based on an actual murder by an Molisan origin (Campobasso or The 500-page anthology includes Davison averaged 35 to 40 hours Now she wants to put the Count Italian tailor of a French-Canadian Isernia) and who understand Italian some tempting section titles. There's of editing per paper for the publica­ to rest for a while ("I never want to in 1904. The tailor was sentenced to will be given preference. The dead­ "Mondo Dracula," which deals with tion, dealing with writers over the hear his name again," was ·the way life in prison, and committed suicide line for applying is April 11. For the many Dracula-inspired films and Internet, by long-distance and she put it), and concentrate on acad­ there. The final shot of Tana's film more information, please call Professor the obsession of Japanese animators through letters. "The Concordia emic research on the literature of her shows the widow, who has chosen Salvatore at 848-2282. with the character; "The Red Pages," community has given me a lot of birthplace, Scotland.

2 MARCH 27, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Nancie Wight, digital diva

BY ALISON RAMSEY CE

en more than 110 students COMPI'LED BY BARBARA BLACK w.petition to keep a professor who's been at Concordia for less This column welcomes the submissions ofall Concordia faculty and than two years, you know she's doing staffto promote and encourage individual and group activities in something right. Nancie Wight, the digital diva of teaching and research, and to encourage work-related achievements. Communication Studies, puts teach­ Lydia Sharman (Design Art) had a show of prints and photographs ing first. "The students are creative, a at the McAuley Fine Arts Center at Trinity College in Burlington, delight, full of energy," Wight said Vermont. The work reflects on the symbolic significance of geome­ in an interview. 'What you put in, try and surface pattern, and the photos document geometric pat­ you-get back." terns in Islamic architecture in Morocco, India and Turkey. The Wight has 10 years of experience prints (etching, lithographs, embossments and screen prints) teaching in corporations and busi­ explore a personal "field of meaning" in geometry and pattern. ness colleges, where she sometimes Karin Doerr (CMU_:, German) gave a presentation, "The Holocaust faced executives who fumed at hav­ in Contemporary American Fiction," at the 21st Annual Colloquium ing to spend their precious time on Modern Literature and Film, which focused on the uses of histo­ learning new computer systems. ry in fiction film. It was held at West Virginia University last Octo­ After that, she finds teaching eager ber. She and Barbara Kes-costa were session moderators at the Concordia students a real joy. 100-year retrospective of Austrian literature, an international sym­ It also helps to have a varied back­ posium held at Concordia in the fall under the leadership of Caro­ line Markolin (CMLU. ground. Coaching, fashion and stand-up comedy helped her acquire Michel Laroche (Marketing) has been appointed to a second three­ some of her teaching techniques. year term as associate editor of the Journal of Business Research. Wight made the transition from He will chair the 1998 Multicultural Marketing Conference, to be corporate consultant to computer held here by the Academy of Marketing Science, and chairs the maven by enrolling in Concordia's Academy's 1998 confernnce, in San Diego. He is a member of the 12-month Diploma in Communica­ scientific committee of the 1997 International Research ·semiriar on tions in 1990. "I was introduced to Marketing Communications and Consumer Behaviour in La Londe put it inside you." design and CD-ROM authoring, les Maures, in France, and, with various collaborators, has had the Mac, and became fascinated I The result, he added, is that you which is why she arranges an hour­ seven papers published recently in marketing journals. with it," she said. "I decided to stay can't help but become interested in long software tutorial before each and do my MA." the subject matter, which makes you graduate seminar. It extends the Steven Appelbaum (Management) has had nine papers published Though choosing communica­ want to work harder. "I got out of three-hour class into a four-hour ses­ recently with various collaborators. Titles include "Self-Efficacy as a tions was somewhat accidental, she Mediator of Goal-Setting and Performance," "Transformational and her class what every graduate should: sion. became "totally obsessed" with the Adaptive Learning Within the Learning Organization," and "Organi­ the ability to learn on my own." "There is lots of discussion," said creative potential of computers. zational Change and Job Redesign in Integrated Manufacturing." Wilansky was so inspired by undergraduate student Lisa Graves. Wight that he "It's one of those classes where sud­ Kaarino Kailo (Simone de Beauvoir) recently published "Resurrect­ wrote a glowing denly it's four o'clock and you won­ ing the She-bear, Circumpolar Mother of Spiritual Feminism, " in letter to the head der what happened to the time." Canadian Woman Studies/Les cahiers de la femme. Her poem, rs Honeypaws in Heaven, was published in the same issue. sezp_ of the department Wight is well aware that staying on JV & Teaching urging that she be top of communications hardware and hired on a fulf-time, permanent software is an enormous task. She Michael Kenneally (English) has written an article on contemporary Warren Wilansky is Wight's Irish drama that appeared in a collection of essays, International basis. However, union rules forbid it talks about the possibility of burn-out, teaching assistant this year. "She's Aspects of Irish Literature, edited by Toshi Furomoto et al. , and pub­ unless there a spot is available, which and knows she must narrow her spe­ knowledgeable, and she also has that lished in London by Colin Smythe. He has written a preface for Una there isn't. cialty soon. Though she isn't sure yet Belleza Terrible; La Poesia lrlandesa Contemporanea (Barcelona), the element that goes above and beyond Change is rapid within Wight's what it will be, she knows she'll con­ first study in Spanish of modern Irish poetry. He has also been invit­ knowledge," he said. "She has the area of expertise. It includes such tinue to teach, and plans to start on ed to join the editorial board of the New Hibernia Review, published ability to take the information and complex subjects as multimedia her PhD this summer. in the U.S ., and Irish Studies Review, published in England.

Robert Tittler (History) delivered the keynote speech to the 23rd annual meeting of the Pre-Modern Towns Group, which was held at London University in January. His topic was "Reformation, Col­ Write on, playvvrights lective Memory and Civic Culture in English Provincial Towns." In addition, his book, The Reformation and the Towns, Politics and lawsky is primarily an actress, and river to wash the blood off her Political Culture in English Provincial Towns, has been accepted for BY .BARBARA BLACK returns there every .spring to _appear hands. The audiences love it - we publication by Oxford University Press. tudents in Theatre Professor Kit with a highly successful summer hand out raincoats if they need Director of Concordia Libraries Roy Bonin represented the Canadian Brennan's Advanced English company called Shakespeare in the them. We've had full houses for S Society for the Study of Higher Education in an appearance before the Ruins. The production is done out­ . class have won three of the four every performance for two years." Senate Sub-Committee on Post-Secondary Education on February 6. places in the Playwrights' Workshop doors, in and around what is left of a Cameron's play has the working Trappist monastery on the LaSalle of Montreal's annual Write on the title Mugsy's Merry Christmas, which The Apostolic Conciliarism of Gerson, a book about a medieval River, south of the city. Edge competition. she picked because it reminded her French theologian by John Ryan (Theological Studies, retired), ha s been accepted for publication by the American Academy of Religion Janet Cameron, Ed Gass-Donnel­ of a junior-high Christmas play ly and Csilla Przibislawsky won $100 as one in a monograph series of historical studies called The Reli­ Bullets are jlyin', muscles are tensin' where the set fell down. gions, published by Scholars Press. each, workshops of their plays, and up, and yer eyes are burnin'Jrom the There's no Mugsy in her play, public readings next Thursday and powder in the air. It's a whirlwind, which is a comedy about a brother Rector Frederick Lowy was the guest speaker at the annual dinner Friday by professional actors. Bren­ it is. You get swept into it. And when and sister coping with their sister's of the St. James's Society on March 11. He gave an overview of nan herself is a seasoned actress and challenges facing our universities. it happem and yer Colt's alive in yer suicide. Asked for an explanation, playwright. hand, you hardly know whether you she could only offer, "I'm from Hali­ Przibislawsky won the same com­ Rica-Judith Kalman (English) and Calvin Kalman (Physics) gave shot a man or shot yourself. fax." Obviously possessed of a quirky petition two years ago with a play workshops on "Developing Critical Writing and Critical Thinking called Birdsongs, and developed this - Billy the Kid, in A Gunslinger's sense of humour, Cameron has got Using a Student-Centred Classroom" to the entire 1OD-member fac­ ulty of Gainesville College, in Gainesville, Georgia, last September. year's winner, Bad Blood, as a mem­ Tale, by Ed Gass-Donnelly the play on a waiting list for this ber of the Playwrights' Workshop's summer's Fringe Festival. Arthur Kroker (Political Science) was in Italy for the launch of the first writers' unit. It's about a woman Two winning plays will be produced 'We take the audience, with us, Italian translations of Spasm and Data Trash: The Theory of the Vir­ whose equanimity is deeply shaken each night, April 3 and 4, at the down to the river and into the for­ tual Class, published by Apogeo SRL, in Milan . Arthur and Mar­ by her invqlvement with another Geordie Theatre Space, 4001 Berri St., ilouise Kroker presented the opening keynote address at Opera est," Przibislawsky said. "Last year, woman, who is dying. starting at 8 p. m. The playwrights totale, a major Italian multimedia festival, in Venice. Lady Macbeth went right into the A native of Winnipeg, Przibis- would love an audience.

CONCOROIA'S THURSOAY REPORT MARCH_ 27, 1997 3 Our libraries' low Mac/ean's rankings could be turned around: Bonin Up from the basement Concordia's Thursday Report is interested in your letters, opinions and The following is an abridged version self-sufficiency at the undergraduate exercise, and resources shared with comments. Letters to the Editor must be signed, include a phone number, and of a report prepared for the University level, and far below the number of the other Qiebec universities to be delivered to the CTR office (BC-117/1463 Bishop St.) in person, by fax Library Committee by Director of journals that should support courses compensate for their support of (514-848-2814), by e-mail (barb/[email protected]) or mail by 9 a.m. on Libraries Roy Bonin, Committee head · offered at the Master's or doctoral Concordia programs. the Friday prior to publication. Ifat all possible, please submit the text on Professor Sushi! Misra and Committee levels. Library resources for programs not computer diskette. Limit your letter to 500 words. The Editor reserves the member Professor Frank Chalk, and , Understandably, university identified as Concordia academic forwarded to the Provost and Vice-Rec­ libraries that continue to invest heav­ right to edit for space considerations, although the utmost care will be taken priorities, qr for which funding is tor, Research. ily in their journal collections are to preserve the core of the writer's argument. inadequate to support graduate study reluctant to assume the responsibility and research, should focus on under­ he alarm bells have been ring­ of supplying documentation without graduate self-sufficiency. Part of the Workshop, 1997). ing for some time concerning cost to institutions that are incapable Tom Waugh Far from being a "defence of T the Concordia University Libraries' of providing reciprocal service. And funding liberated from the vai_n child-based pornography," the piece attempt to maintain already inade­ answers critic is a first-person reflection on the steadily deteriorating budgetary despite the promises of electronic quate research collections in these It is unlikely that CTR readers chill on cultural expression, historical situation. accessibility to an increasing number abandoned their critical reading skills investigation, and academic free­ Other universities clearly value of titles, access is neither free nor disciplines should be made available concerning your report of slurs dom due to aspects of the current their libraries more. From tenth place universal. to provide electronic access and doc­ against my scholarly research in a legal climate in Canada and North among the 13 universities in the 1993 One might conclude that without ument delivery of resources available America, namely, discriminatory and regional Canadian tabloid [by Rob Maclean 's ranking of library expendi­ a significant infusion of funds elsewhere, whether in other academ­ O'Flanagan, a columnist in the Sud­ prohibitive jurisprudence around tures as a percentage of comprehen­ Concordia might as well get accus­ bury Star, Names in the News, CTR, obscenity (the "Butler decision"). ic library collections or from com­ M_arch 13]. Nevertheless, since you civil liability, and copyright. There is sive universities' annual operating tomed to its last-place position. mercial suppliers. cited the tabloid's charge of a poten­ no mention of child pornography in costs, Concordia fell to last place in (Indeed, to achieve the median posi­ Unexpended library budgetary my article; rather, reference to 100- tially criminal offence, please allow 1995, where we remained in 1996. tion in the ranking of comprehensive allocations should be carried forward the following clarification. year-old photos of individuals old The Libraries have not received a universities now occupied by Memo­ enough for today's driver's licences, from one year to the next for the My book, far from being "about budgetary increase since 1993-94. rial University would require an gay erotica throughout history," is which lawyers would not allow me exclusive purpose of facilitating the Their annual operating budgets were additional $2 million, all of it spent titled Hard to Imagine: Gay Male to analyse as historical documents. retrospective development of library Thank you for this opportunity to cut by $125,000 in 1994-95; on acquisitions.) Eroticism in Photography and Film collections. This would permit funds from their Beginnings [1840] to make for your readers distinctions $307,000 in 1995-96; and $120,000 [However,] the percentage of from uninvoiced commitments, Stonewall [1969] (Columbia Univer­ between advocacy and historiogra­ in 1996-97. operating costs expended on the sity Press, 1960). phy, between images and actions, The Libraries have been subsidiz­ Libraries could be increased simply unfilled orders and cancellations to distinctions that most columnists, The article referred to is "Harder ing the budget for acquisitions by by preserving existing funding from be redirected to the acquisition of and Harder: Archeology and Censor­ demagogues and lawyers do not effecting efficiencies in other ele­ further cutbacks. other materials. ship," Mix (formerly Parallelo­ seem capable of making (though for­ The determination of the Universi­ gramme), 22.3 (Winter 1996/97), pp. tunate I y, the Canada Council, ments of operating costs, [but] we are Support for the Libraries should 35-39, an excerpt from my contribu­ SSHRCC, FCAR and Concordia's fighting a losing battle in attempting be maintained at no less than 6 per ty Library Committee and the modest tion to the forthcoming Suggestive internal research funders apparently to preserve the research contribution cent of total annual institutional recommendations outlined in this had no trouble). Poses: Artists Respond to Censorship of our journal collection. operating expenditures, working report provide an opportunity to do (Lorraine Johnson, ed., Riverbank Thomas Waugh The net 582 subscriptions to acad­ toward a commitment of the 7 per better, without more, but with no less. Press and Toronto Photographers' Cinema emic journals lost to the Concordia cent that has been the traditional University Libraries over four years Canadian average in this regard. have fallen on disciplines where Funding redirected from Appointments in Physical prices have risen most significantly. required operating efficiencies in Library support for certain academic other aspects of library services Resources and Environment departments is now inadequate to should be designated to support meet even the CREPUQinter­ programs identified as priorities in Claudie Boujaklian has been BA in Applied Social Science, with a library agreement fo~ institutional the University academic planning appointed Service Manager, Physical concentration in understanding Resources and Environment. organizations. Reporting to the director of that Sam Danaie has been appointed department, she will be responsible to the position of Budget Manager, for the management of the Service Physical Resources and Environ­ Centre (formerly the Work Control ment. Reporting to the director, Co-op Concordia fails Centre), as well as managing Univer­ Danaie will be responsible for moni­ Co-op Concordia has gone bank­ ing's mezzanine, should not be con­ sity signage, classroom furniture and toring and controlling all Physical rupt. The Concordia University Co­ fused with the Concordia Computer _ office furniture. Her office is GM- Resources operating and capital bud­ 110-97, and she may be reached at gets as well as being the liaison with operative, to give it its full name, Store, a flourishing business in the 848-3720. Financial Services. He is located at sold computers, mainly to students J.W. McConnell library complex As an employee of Physical GM-110-97, and may be.reached at through the Qyebec government's which is owned directly by the Uni­ Resources since 1986, Boujaklian has 848-7987. student loan program. It is an versity and administered through the more than 10 years of experience, Danaie joined Physical Resources autonomous corporate entity, inde­ Bookstores. first as the secretary to the Director, in 1992 in the position of Budget pendent of the University and the The University is currently gather­ Facilities Planning, then as the assis­ Clerk, Administrative Services. He Concordia Student Union. ing information on the status of the tant to the Director, Maintenance earned an MSc in Mathematics and Co-op Concordia, which rented Co-op to determine whether there is Operations. She is also pursuing a Statistics from Concordia in 1988. space on the Henry F. Hall Build-_ any role for it to play in this situation.

Internships for students ing with NAFTA issues and projects. In Energy seminar ments a/'aide du logiciel PowerDOE return, the students' own universities The Windows version of PowerDOE in Washington, D.C. Siricon, the non-profit technology­ must grant credits tor this work. has been long awaited by industry profes­ transfer corporation established by the Th·e Washington Center tor Intern­ sionals. This course, presented by CBS There are three semesters: summer government and based at Concordia, Professor Radu Zmeareanu, with the ships and Academic Seminars offers (May 28 to August 9, with a deadline for will sponsor a day-long seminar in assistance of Siricon engineer Sebastiano internships to students from across application of April 7). fall (August 27 to energy analysis on April 18, in co-oper­ North America through a program that DePani, is aimed at familiarizing architects December 12) and winter (January 4, ation with the Centre for Building Stu~­ is part of the the North American Free ies and the Conseil de !'envelope du and engineers with the program. 1998, to June 1). For more information, Trade Agreement batiment du Quebec. Places are limited. For more informa­ Selected students will receive a contact Fred Francis at the Centre for The fifth in a series of courses in tech­ tion, please call 848-8770, or consult $5,000 US scholarship and be placed in International Academic Co-operation, nology transfer offered by the unit it is Siricon's Web site, at http://www-siri­ organizations in Washington, D.C., deal- 848-4987. called Analyse energetique des bati- con.concordia.ca.

4 MARCH 27, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Board discusses letter to Bouchard which was adopted at a special meet- Letter to Premier Bouchard expressed dismay at the mention of page letter, a point which was care- BY LAURI E ZACK ing of the Concordia Council on Several faculty representatives job security, which they considered fully framed as a suggestion and Noter a· lengthy closed session, the Student Life (CCSL) and the boards expressed dissatisfaction with a con- an internal matter. Some also felt which specified that due process was pen session of the March 19 and councils of the major student tentious paragraph in a letter to Pre- that Groome should not have acted to be respected. meeting of the Board of Governors associations [see CTR, March 13]. mier Lucien Bouchard sent by the without the prior approval of the After some discussion, faculty Provost and Vice-Rector Research Chairs and a Board member of seven began with the announcement of the Board. members Lawrence Kryzanowski, Jack Lightstone announced that the Qyebec universities. The paragraph Groome explained that the letter appointment of Martin Singer as the Terrill Fancott, Tannis Arbuckle- recommendation of the search com- suggests that "the labour code allow offered suggestions to be taken up in new Dean of Arts and Science. Maag and Michael Brian asked that mittee for a new Dean of Graduate the university to abolish job security a proposed meeting with Bouchard Director of Concordia's Compu- their objections to the mention of Studies and Research will likely be of teaching and personnel employed and were made in the spirit of open- tational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory job security in the letter be entered in presented at the April 16 Board in fields from which it is withdraw- ing a dialogue. He felt it was his duty the. minutes of the meeting. and Mechanical Engineering Profes- meeting. ing, after notification,' a reasonable to warn the Premier of the disastrous sor Fred Habashi followed with a Chief Financial Officer Larry · waiting period, and compensation of situation faced by all the universities, Rector Frederick Lowy also went fluid, dynamic and often humourous English reported that Concordia the person concerned." and Concordia in particular, because on record, echoing comments he presentation of the area's ground- passed recent NSERC and SSHRt While they acknowledged that of the $25 million budget cuts over made at Senate defending the right breaking work. audits with flying colours. The fund- Chair Reginald Groome had acted the last two years. He reminded the of the chair to defend the institution. The Board enthusiastically ing agencies found that control with the best interests of the univer- Board that the Concordia University He disagreed with the CUFA cen- approved the student contribution to guidelines "more than met expecta- sity at heart and agreed with the Faculty Association (CUFA) took sure, and said that all collective the University's Capital Campaign, tions." general tenor of the letter, they exception to only one item in the 12- agreements would be respected.

Will form a new School for Building Working group on university programs includes Henry Habib Civil and Building Rationalization co111111ission Engineering restructured sets a brisk pace l""J"'wo units of the Faculty ofEngi­ grams administered currently in the social sciences is formed . .l neering and Computer Spence two units, and the Centre for Build­ BY BARBARA- BLACK will combine, following the accep­ ing Studies will continue to pursue Any intrusion into the intensely tance of a proposal presented to the its mission within the school. (CBS 'l J{ Then Concordia administrators protected domain of a university is a Faculty Council last Friday. was created in 1977 to address the V V were asked for a veteran acad­ delicate matter, as Habib is well The programs and research pro­ scientific study of the conception, emic by CREPUQ the rectors' asso­ aware, and he stressed that his views, at this stage, are entirely his own. files of the Department of Civil planning, design, construction, oper­ ciation, the name of longtime "We are quite respectful of the Engineering and the Centre for ation, renovation and disposal of Political Science Chair Henry Habib Building Studies will remain intact, individual autonomy of each institu­ buildings.) led the list. but they will have one administrative The rector's association is running tion. We really want them to know The integration proposal was pre­ structure under the name, "School the Commission des universites sur !es what is happening. We don't want pared by CBS Director Paul Fazio, for Building." programmes (CUP) at the behest of them to have any surprises, and we're and is supported by a committee The restructuring takes place in the government, and Habib will be not going to undercut them." This comprising the Provost and Vice­ the context of a changing financial the Concordia member. However, means that while the commission Rector, Research, the chairs of the situation, and will produce a leaner, this does not mean his role is to rep­ will get specific data from close to ~ advisory boards of the two units, and .. -tighter unit, with fewer course remis­ resent the University. the source, i.e., deans and depart- ~ sions and a net reduction of 30 per the Dean. "Naturally, the concerns of ment heads, CUP will keep each cent in administrative infrastructure. The proposal will go to University Concordia are uppermost in my institution's administration and gov­ The School for Building will offer Senate, and if approved, be in force mind," Habib said recently, "but we erning bodies informed as well. complete its work, but Habib feels so all undergraduate and graduate pro- by Junel997. have to think in larger terms." It is too early to say if CUP' s work encouraged by the pace that has been Habib said the need for rational­ will lead to a fundamental shift in set that he thinks it might take less ization is urgent. "We didn't need a the academic landscape. While the mandate of the group is to cut obvi­ time than that. By June, members RI concerted effort in the past, but now, finances are tight. We have to imag­ ous overlap, Habib said, "we may will likely have established the crite­ discover that we're doing quite dif­ ria for recommending discontinu­ Rector, Services. ine the Qyebec university of the 21st Rector's Cabinet century. What will we want?" ferent things in the same field," ance of a program. And they have At a recent meeting of the Office of the power to enforce their recom­ There has been certain confusion Two meetings have been held so which would justify preserving the Rector, a decision was taken to mendations; their mandate is explicit lately regarding the name of the group far by the working group, and mat­ superficially similar programs. change the name of the group in order traditionally known as the "Office of the ters are already well in hand, he said. To those in the humanities who on that score. to avoid further misunderstanding. Rector. " The "Office of the Rector" Sub-committees of commission feel particularly vulnerable, Habib "If we do our homework well at Henceforth, the "Office of the Rector" comprises the positions of the Chief members are gathering data on exist­ was reassuring. "It's not only the Concordia, and we seem to be, we Financial Officer; the Provost and Vice­ will be known as the "Rector's Cabi­ ing programs in music, engineering market that should dictate rele­ need not be concerned," Habib said. Rector, Research; the Rector; the Sec­ net." The group known as the "Office of and religion; next will come the pure vance," he said. "I would fight for "Changes are coming whether we retary-Genera I; the Vice-Rector, the Rector and Deans" has become the sciences. Habib expects to volunteer cultural relevance as well." like it or not, and we have to work Institutional Relations; and the Vice- "Rector's Advisory Group." when the sub-committee on the The commission has three years to together. We have to adapt."

Molinari hosts Fine Arts and longtime teacher there, will be th e tuition fees to our foreign students and reports that it surpassed its goa l the Office of the Director of Libraries, host at the cocktail reception, which is the perpetual financial struggles of our thanks to generous bidders, volunteers and their corporate sponsors, many of fund-raising event expected to draw many members of the local students make community support and other participants. The proceeds whom are neighbours (small business­ art community. Admission is $100. critical atthis time." of the auction realized $2,030, which es near the downtown Webster The second annual fund -raiser for An invitation from Dean Christopher For more information about this has been divided among the Auberge Library). student scholarships in the Faculty of Jackson reads, in part, "In addition to event, please call Kathleen Perry at Madeleine, the Can Serve Foundation, The library auction is a Christmas Fi ne Arts will be held April 9 at the stu ­ our local population, Concordia's Facul­ 848-4272. Chez Doris, CODE, the Gazette Christ­ tradition started by Elaine Bruce, who dio of distinguished artist Guido Moli­ ty of Fine Arts attracts students from mas Fund, th e Montreal Women's Cen­ has since retired. The 1996 committee nari, who has gene'rously donated his across Canada and around the globe, Going, going, gone tre, Operation Eyesight Universal and comprised Boi May Ang, Gail Bour­ studio in a historic building in east-en d amounting to 26 per cent of our overall · Sun Youth. geois, Elaine Bruce, Faye Corbin, Helen Montreal for the purpose. enrolment. The seventh annual Concordia The committee would like to thank Eng, Cynthia George, Sharon Morrison, Molinari, a founder of the Faculty "The added burden of increased Libraries Christmas Auction Committee the Vanier and Webster Library staff, Annabelle Rouse and Satwant Sihota.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT MARCH 27, 1997 5 EvNet plunges into the teaching labyrinth Cuneo reported that the unveiling $13,000 a year to maintain a net­ BY BARBARA BLA C K of the EvNet project only a few worked PC in the university setting. two-day symposium held months ago set off widespread inter­ Nevertheless, Cuneo reported, A March 14-15 at Concordia on est. He has done about 20 media there is enormous interest out there, educational research gave 01iebec interviews and had about 70 queries and potential benefits to students EvNet participants the opportunity from school boards, universities, who can get on board. In tight to hear from its co-ordinator, Pro­ government bodies, telecommunica­ financial times, governments can't fessor Carl Cuneo of McMaster tions and software companies, pub­ offer much incentive, although more University. lishers, non-profit organizations and than half of Canadian universities EvNet is an ambitious multi-uni­ others. claim to offer release time to faculty versity project on the future of c9m­ Design and delivery who get involved with the concept. puter-mediated communications in EvNet will investigate the whole Cuneo said that most faculty the delivery of education and training. "teaching labyrinth" of computer­ members want evidence that com­ It is funded for five years by the Social aided education, Cuneo said, includ­ puter-based learning has concrete Science and Humanities Research ing its administrative practices, value; only 15 per cent are likely to Council ($1.25 million) and member design and delivery. Despite media be unalterably hostile. Preliminary organizations ($2. 73 million, mostly hype, few universities have a planned evidence indicates that students in kind), but with the hope that it will approach to computer-aided learn­ learning from a computer can feel become self-sustaining. ing, or even access to the Internet. disengaged from the learning 01IEvNet is the 01iebec node of It doesn't come cheap for either process, and the adaptation of teach­ EvNet. Concordia Education Pro­ the students or the institution. A few ing styles is a major element of the fessors Philip Abrami, Richard Canadian universities have entered EvNet project. Home to students: The Francis Friedman Resource Centre, on the fifth Schmid, Gary Boyd and Robert the field, notably Acadia, which Naturally, a project on innovative floor of the J.W. McConnell Building, provides Education graduate Bernard are leading a number of requires that every incoming student learning is under pressure to be students with not only materials, but a study centre of their own. projects, particularly on how to over­ have a personal computer, and the innovative in its own work, and The FRC is run by volunteers, who give three hours a week of their time. come obstacles to the use of technol­ new College Boreal, a computerized Cuneo described a number of ways A coffee machine in the hall provides modest funding for the centre, and ogy in learning. This research network of seven schools in North­ that EvNet's many active con­ raised the money for the students' own computer. involves at least a dozen other ern Ontario. The need for a PC stituents are learning to communi­ Francis Friedman was a professor in the Educational Technology. She was remembered as being especially warm towards her students, and researchers at Concordia and other increases tuition fees by Sl,300; cate across subject categories and left a bequest which established the centre in her name. Montreal institutions. indeed, it is estimated that it costs around the country. Grad students share their Innovations in Learning twas show-and-tell time for grad­ Laurentian Bank. Course: Janette Barrington demon­ • The EMT Voyage: AllAbout Your Bone at the University's downtown campus. I uate students in the Education • Information Technologies for Post­ strated a course developed at Marrow Tramp/ant: Julie Daignault, Many of the graduate students' papers Department on March 14 and 15, as secondary Students w ith Disabilities Concordia that has run for three Joanne Gaudreau and Wendy Lowe dealt with technology, but others they staged a showcase of their latest (Asuncion, Jason Lavers and years and has an enrolment of showed off their CD-ROM, which were devoted to improving the skills work and shared their latest research Maria Barile). nearly 100 students. was developed with the Montreal we already have, such as Peng papers. • Instructional WWW-based Interac­ • Research in the Information Age: Children's Hospital and the Lamp­ Zhang's paper on improving subjec­ The Technology Fair included tive Multimedia Productions: Paul Anne Wade showed the Centre lighters Leukemia-Childhood Can­ tive-score tuning in standard English elements of all four of the Education Cholmsky and Robert Gordon, for the Study of Classroom cer Association. tests for college students in China. Department's various components, who run Article 19 Group, Processes a database of thousands • The Quebec English Schools Net­ The keynote speaker was Dorothy Child Study, Distance Education, demonstrated a motor simulation of article titles and abstracts on co­ work (QESN): Robert Costain Wills, a well-known Montreal edu­ Educational Technology and Adult for engineering students, a com­ operative learning. demonstrated this web site, cator and the recipient of ma:ny Education. Here are the projects: ponent of Concordia's Statistics • Computer-supported Collaborative which offers tele-collaborative awards, including an honorary • Computer Technologies in the Work­ On-line course, and the Game of Learning in Face-to-Face Courses: projects among schools and in­ degree from Concordia. She is the place: Jacques LeCavalier showed Life, used in cybernetics/systems Jeanette Caron showed how group service support for teachers. Dean of the Faculty of Applied products developed for Hygro- theory instruction. learning was integrated into two The Innovations in Learning Sym­ Technologies at Vanier College. 01iebec, the Banque National, and • Multi-Modal Distance Education graduate-level courses at Concordia. posium was held over a day and a half -BB

No bridge too far More than 160 students competed last Friday in the 13th annual Bridge-Building Competition at Concordia. The 25 teams of aspiring engineers from universities across Canada used popsicle sticks, white glue, toothpicks and dental floss to build a structure that could bear the largest load in relation to its weight: They all submit to The Crusher in the end. The first five winners won prizes of $100 to $1,000. The ETS Angels, from Montreal's Ecole de Technologie Superieure came first. The Universite de Sherbrooke's Ca Passe ou Ca Casse came second, and a Concordia team came third: Prizes were also given to.,-•most aesthetic" and •most original• bridges. They could also 20have been given for best name; these included the Truss-Stables (Sherbrooke), Stressed Members (McGill), the .Freeloaders (Queen's) and Les Guilis-Guilis (Polytechique de Montreal).

Above: Members of the Concordia team, Pop Goes. the Woody, put the finishing touches on their bridge with less than 15 minutes to go. From left to right are Robert Bleichert (fourth-year Building Engineering), Gaetano DiMaria (fourth-year Civil) and Robert Malcolm (fourth-year Building). The team came third. Right: Members of the Concordia team, Buffalo Crossing: Max St. Denis (third-year Building Engineering), James Evenson (third-year Building) and Mike Laplante (third-year Civil). They finished sixth.

6 MARCH 2 7 , 1 9 '9 7 Studies gave farmer business expertise and confidence Alumna donates hamburger to Phonathon sale. She headed straight home to recently had to sit down with an offi­ BY KATHLEEN HUGESSEN Elgin to try and keep the property in cial to determine, to the thirty-sec­ awn Ebbett is giving her alma the family and to take up the dairy­ ond part, the exact bloodlines of her Dmater what she can. Ebbett is a farming life she had always loved. cows. The government paperwork is beef farmer, and when a Phonathon They acquired the land, house and mind-boggling. volunteer called her at her home near barns, but that was as far as their Beith Simmental will calve out 88 ir resources could take them. An enor­ animals in two calvings this year. ::, the U.S. border, she offered 100 ~ pounds of flash-frozen ground beef mous amount of equipment is Steer calves are sent to feedlots after cj °"z as a donation. involved in dairy farming: milking weaning; heifer calves remain on the 5 0 The University has accepted the machines, milk storage equipment, farm until they're six to nine months 9 ~ . -! donation with gratitude. David haying and cropping equipment and old. Ten to 15 replacement heifers cj ;:i , Brown, who is in charge of capital heavy machinery. "There was no are picked each year, and the gifts for the Office of University capital for dairy," Ebbett said, "so we remainder, about 30 head, are Advancement, phoned Ebbett to started raising beef, thinking we'd slaughtered for sale as additive-free, thank her, and was somewhat switch back later." grain- and grass-fed baby beef. relieved to hear that the beef won't Spot the cow Ebbett talks about her animals Phonathon raised be given until slaughtering time next They started small "with one cow with real affection. She knows all her fall, so there will be time to decide named Spot!" Today, Ebbett and cows by name, and they know her. how to make best use of the gift. Gaw's business, called Beith Sim­ One recent winter's day, she dusted $100,739 in pledges Ebbett graduated in 1980 with a mental, has a herd of 124 head, off her cross-country skis and set out he ninth annual Concordia pledges as possible are fulfilled. BA in Psychology and Leisure Stud­ making it one of the largest cow-calf across the pasture. About 30 head of TPhonathon broke the $100,000 The Phonathon's friendly spirit ies. Sitting in the big kitchen of her operations in southwestern O!iebec. cattle followed her, bellowing their barrier in pledges from alumni, most comes from doing good without 150-year-old wood-heated farm­ The herd is mainly Simmental, delight at the outing. of which will go to student scholar­ expecting a reward. That includes house, she talked about how she though last year they ran the cows "Farming has its down side," ships. Last year's total was $99,320. about 50 commercial sponsors - too came to move back to her father's with an Aberdeen Angus bull for a Ebbett admitted. "There's a lot of The Phonathon was held at the many to list here, but the following dairy farm, just a mile or so from the variety of genetic- and beef-related heavy physical work. You have to be top of the Nesbitt Bums office tower are especially thanked: Breuvages American border, and make the reasons. here all the time, every day. There's on McGill College St. for th!! third Pepsi-Cola Canada, Club de hockey switch to bee£ Ebbett said that her studies at haying and cropping. Getting up in year in a row. Always smoothly orga­ Canadien, Desjardins-Laurentian After finishing her degree, Ebbett Concordia helped her with the the middle of the night twice a night nized by the Office of University Life, Desjardins-Laurentjan Financial joined the staff at Shawbridge Youth administration of the business, and for six weeks every spring and fall to Advancement, the evenings start Corporation, Desjardins Securities, Centre, where she and her partner, gave her confidence. She created a see if anybody's calved." But there are with a short pep-talk and snacks. Ernst and Young, Fiducie Desjardins, Jim Gaw, worked for two years. complex database for tracking her wonderful things, too, she added, Then the 219 volunteers, who I.D. Foods Corporation, Molson Then she heard the farm was up for animals and their genealogies, and smiling. "You get to see the calf born." include alumni, faculty and staff, hit O'Keefe Breweries, Montreal Expos those phones. Baseball Club, and Nesbitt Bums. They sit at desks normally used by Advancement Officer Laura Wells Campaign will finance artists-in-residence through an endowment the Nesbitt Burns staff, supplied was the chief organizer of the with a kit that tells them how to Phonathon. make long-distance calls, answer Helene Cossette and Peter O!iar­ Fund vvill bring artists to teach questions about the University, and les were the volunteer co-chairs. semester or more. set, it hired some of O!ie­ deal graciously with refusals. Over Their vice-chairs were Helen Ann BY KELLY WILTON As with most other Fac­ bec' s best visual artists, pro­ the course of the evening, there are Cave from Sir George Williams door prizes and cowbells to celebrate alumni, assisted by Malcolm Ren­ inancial support from the Cam­ ulties, Fine Arts has had to viding substance and shape the mounting total of pledges. shaw and Pamela Booth; Robert Di paign for a New Millennium develop creative solutions for the future. Since then, it F This year, the average volunteer Sante from Loyola, assisted by will provide a Sl,250,000 Artists-in­ to address the effects of has been seen as one of the caller raised $450 in pledges. Robert Vairo and Mark Connolly; Residence Endowment Fund to hire budget constraints. In the best university-based fine­ Concordia's greatest need is scholar­ Nicole Faure and Ramy Sedra from prominent artists to teach at the Fac­ past year, the Faculty lost ~J arts schools in Canada, 16 of its 105 employees, attracting both visual and ships for students, but donors can Concordia, assisted by Kathleen ulty of Fine Arts on a short-term which has inevitably hurt performing arts students choose to direct their money to a Murphy, Ajay Gupta, Ann Cyr and basis. morale. The endowment fRlSH from around the world. specific Faculty, or to research and Peter V aliquet; and Barbara Barclay "Artists who are actively working fund will give the Faculty a Such famous Canadian creative projects, library acquisitions from the University community, aren't interested in long-term teach­ surge of energy to help it artists as Yves Gaucher, or athletics. The Advancement staff assisted by Irvin Dudeck, John Dore ing positions at universities because continue to be one of the Chris Hinton, Bernard works hard to see that as many and June Chaikelson. - BB they are busy with their projects," mus best in Canada. Lagace and Russell Gordon explained Fine Arts Dean Christo­ 'With all the recent early have all taught here. pher Jackson. "This fund will allow retirements, there is an Jackson said that as with us to invite them for intensive short urgency to expose our stu- other departments, cutbacks periods of time, which will be more dents to fresh faces, ideas and -high­ have forced the Faculty to put more appealing. It will be great for the stu­ profile artists," Jackson said. "These students in classes, but the arts are d en ts to interact and learn from new positions will complement our constrained because of space and them first-hand." present staff, and help fill the void equipment. "You can only squeeze so Jackson said although it is too early left by the ones who retired early. many art students with all their to know which artists from across It will help keep the Faculty standards materials into one room," Jackson Canada and around the world will be high." said. 'The endowment fund is a par- ir invited, they will come from each of The Faculty has enjoyed an excel­ tial solution that will enable us to iil ii:' the Faculty's artistic disciplines and lent reputation since its foundation offer something really positive dur- ~ be asked to teach for periods of one almost 30 years ago. From the out- ing otherwise difficult times." § 0 9 -w Q_ cj Help on taxes benefits Capital Campaign ::ii bout 40 Accountancy students Diploma in Accountancy program, Campaign. Other elements of the Professional What's the most valuable piece of A have been helping their bureau­ started the tax clinic, and he's CASA, the Commerce and Services Program include a compre­ advice the tax-clinic volun°teers are cratically challenged fellow students delighted with its success. It gives Administration Students' Associa­ hensive information package for all telling students? "That you should fill out their tax returns at a booth in Accountancy students some hands­ tion, has always been full of activity, incoming Accountancy students, a always file a return, even if you didn't the Henry F. Hall Building. on experience in their field, provides and the huge contingent of Accoun­ mentor program that has seen 12 work," Anderson said. ''Your GST The two-week service was part of help to Concordians for $8-$20 per tancy students - with an enrolment seasoned accountants giving advice refund could be as high as $200." a new student initiative called the return (depending on the complexi­ of more than 1,000, the largest in the to 20 students, and a newsletter The deadline for filing federal and Professional Services Program. ty), and is turning the profits over to University - are among the most called Dividends, which is published provincial tax returns is April 30. Greg Anderson, a student in the the University's "Fresh Start" Capital active of all. four times a year. -BB

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT MARCH 27, 1997 7 EMBA trip to South America is an eye-opener invest another 20 to 40 hours of study BY STEPHANIE WHITTAKER time each week," Argheyd said. uc Poulin admits he had a Third­ 'We've never hidden the fact that this LWorld image of South America is a very intensive program." until he visited Brazil and Argentina Andrea Rose, EMBA assistant last month. director, said that some candidates are Poulin, this year's class president of not ready for the demands of the cur­ the Executive MBA program, was riculum. 'We uncover this during the one of a dozen students who visited interview. We usually refer them to these countries for the program's several undergraduate courses." International Study Trip. Poulin came The average age of the students is home from the 12-day sojourn with about 37, and they have an average of new ideas about how Canadians can 15 years' work experience. About one-third are women, and more than do business in Brazil and Argentina. He's convinced that Brazil, in particu­ half are francophones. The program is not government-subsidized; it costs lar, is an emerging market. students $26,500 per year. The Inter­ "We can get a lot of business infor­ national Study Trip costs an addi­ mation on the Internet, but what's tional $4,000 to $5,000. missing is realism, " Poulin said. "You "The point of the trip is to acquaint can't test-drive a car on the Internet, the students with another culture, and you can't get the feel of a country economy and a part of the world that PC leader gives a class in Political Science by looking at brochures. There is no is of business interest to Canada," way that I would have seen so inuch Argheyd said. potential for business if I hadn't gone Charest gets tough with idle youth The group usually comes home there." with surprising new knowledge. "In who are not enrolled in some form examined for doing this kind of Poulin, a telecommunications BY SYLVAIN COMEAU of job training. Charest explained stuff." Brazil, we learned that you can wait as employee who will graduate from the long as two years to get a business A week before unveiling the Tory that the idea is to redirect employ- Finally, Charest was asked about EMBA program this spring, is excit­ phone installed," Argheyd said. 1""1.election platform, Progressive ment insurance payments into more his chances in the coming election. ed by what he learned from Brazilians 'Telecommunications could be a big Conservative leader Jean Charest productive avenues. While he declined to gaze into his and Canadians about doing business opportunity there. Also, the railways gave a sneak preview to a class of '1 will propose a youth policy that crystal ball, Charest said that in with this country of 161 million in Brazil have five different gauges Political Science students - and will clearly state, 'Every young per- today's political environment, the inhabitants. For example, Brazil is son should either be in school, in Conservatives cannot be written off, (widths) - that could offer another several other people who decided to currently privatizing its telecommuni­ opportunity." show up - by presenting key points training, at work if they choose to even though the party was reduced cations industry. "The whole country be, or doing a community service.' I to two seats in the House of Com- Poulin, the telecommunications of his strategy to become Canada's is in a state of growth," he marvelled. expert, was staggered to learn that in next prime minister. will use the lever I will control [as · mons in the last election. Poulin's enthusiasm is no surprise prime minister]: the employment "I'll venture this," he said. "I hope Sao Paolo alone, more than one mil­ In a lecture on Canadian unity to Professor Kamal Argheyd, director lion consumers are on waiting lists to insurance fund." the Liberals have enough seats to that he gave here on March 11, just of the EMBA program. Argheyd receive cellular phones. He also dis­ Charest plans to channel money form the official opposition. I think before unveiling his party's election accompanied the second-year students covered that Canadian businesses are from the fund into more training we'll do very well; the good news, for policies, Charest zeroed in on two to South America; past trips have best advised to form partnerships programs. "I will change [the fund] us, is that this is politics in the 1_990s job-creation-related planks in the taken students to Hong Kong, Mexi­ with Brazilian businesses to help in such a way that we will not con- - anything is possible. [Former platform. First, he explained why the co, China, Vietnam, Thailand and them negotiate government bureau­ tinue with a system that pays young Ontario premier] Bob Rae formed a Tories will make a priority of attack­ Singapore. In fact, though it was once cracy and local culture. people to stay at home and do noth- government in 1990 when no one ing interprovincial trade barriers. optional, the trip is now a required · Argheyd says he'd like to lead a ing. These are the 1990s; if we're expected it. The O!_iebec referendum "There are more constraints and part of the EMBA curriculum. student delegation to Eastern Europe going to succeed as a country, we turned on a dime in three weeks. obstacles to trade within Canada The EMBA program was created next. "We have to plan these trips need to merge income support pro- [Ontario Premier] Mike Harris went than there are within countries of the in 1985 for people who want to com­ carefully," he said. "In South Ameri­ grams with our objectives in educa- into his campaign about 30 points European Economic Union," plete a Master's in Business Adminis­ ca, February is summer-vacation time tion and training so that the two are behind, and no one predicted he Charest said. "This is an issue which tration while working at a full-time - people leave town. We've also mutually supportive. would win." is ready to be addressed by the next job, and will graduate its tenth class been warned against visiting Eastern 'We will use [employment insur- How to explain that kind of prime minister, to knock down these this year. The degree helps boost the Europe during the winter because the ance money] for internships, men- unpredictability? "It's not because barriers and return the country to the marketability ofits graduates at a time roads are terrible. So next year, we'll torship, co-op education, et cetera, people are volatile or capricious," true economic union it was when it when corporate downsizing threatens push our trip to May. We're polling but we won't be giving S350 to a said Charest, who taught a full was created." jobs at all levels. the current first-year students to see young person and say, 'Stay at home, course in the Political Science The Conservatives have also Classes are given weekly on alter­ where they want to go next year. and if you look for a job or go back Department last year. "They're just nate Fridays and Saturdays from 8 "Many of the students return home promised to reduce employment to school, I'll cut your benefits.' We more intelligent, and more informed a.m. to 5:30 p.m. "In addition to class to realize what a wonderful place insurance benefits to young people [in Canada] need to have our heads than ever. They listen to campaigns; time, the students are expected to Canada is." they listen to what we have to say, and they know the difference between reality and rhetoric." Charest taught two political sci­ ence courses here, The Role of the Minister in the Canadian Political System, and The Environment in Public Administration. He served as Minister of the Environment for two years during the Brian Mulroney years, and took on the leadership when the Conservatives collapsed.

The EMBA students were Fran{:ois Bedard, Chris Bonnet, Michel Grim reapers turned away: These Deslauriers, Marielle Gascon-Barre, George Gault, Vincent Harel, Joyce students, dressed to protest the Lee, Luc Poulin, Victor Santiago, May Scally and Blair Templeton. They policies of Charest's former boss, Brian were joined on the trip by Miville Tremblay, Rejean Dupre and J~net Mulroney, were persuaded by a Dupre, Marie Desroches, Pierre Bedard, Moin Kermani, Ginette Deslauriers, security guard not to attend the class. Raymonde Bouchard, Lois Earle, Alan Maker and Kamal Arheyd.

8 MARCH 27, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Workshop will explore how men can Seaman Awards presented to Leisure Studies and APSS students improve their communication skills Community involvement counts No more Mr. Tough Guy BY EUGENIA XENOS en need a little compassion Mfrom each other, according to hree Concordia students were Professor Jim Gavin. They used to Tpresented with A. Ross Seaman get it from the women in their lives, Awards on March 13. but these days, women are less will­ Students are involved in planning ing to take on a nurturing role unless this event, which includes friendly it's reciprocal. competition in novelty events that Gavin and three other Concordia change from year to year, and are professionals will give a day-long affectionately known as the Seaman seminar on April 12 to explore ques­ Cup. This year, about 250 people tions most men have a lot of trouble attended. with: How did the boy I was make This year was the tenth anniver­ me the man I am today? Am I a sary, and Rector Frederick Lowy responsive, creative parent? What attended, as did Patrick role does my work play in my life? W oodsworth, the Director-General Who were my mentors, and do I of Dawson, and Russ Williams, play that role for others? MNA for Nelligan. There has been a massive shift in The keynote speaker was Stuart what we expect of our jobs, Gavin McLean, who graduated from said. 'We place a much higher pre­ develop a sense of connectedness Concordia's Applied Social Sciences ' mium on connectedness and com­ among them." program when Seaman taught here. munication. Once, you could get Gavin, a psychologist and profes­ He was a student advisor at Daw­ things done through the power of sor in the Department of Applied son, and a camper at the Y's Kamp your office, but the employment Kanawana. McLean talked about his Social Science, will be joined in the contract has changed. We look for memories of Seaman, and donated workshop by adult educator and product. From the point of view of January, called Therapeautic Recre­ meaning in our work, and this copies of his national bestsellers for APSS Professor Richard Cawley, students, it involves learning to help requires much more sensitivity." auction. Altogether, the auction ation: Psychology of Hope, and the APSS Emeritus Professor Richard individuals manage their leisure time - Women, with their generally raised more than $2,000 for the second on March 14, called Leisure McDonald, and David Tabak.ow, a to become well-rounded, healthy superior listening skills, are better Awards fund. in the 21st Century. counsellor in the Department of human·bein gs. _ equipped for this new office environ­ The nine Seaman Awards for Her work focuses on children and ment; indeed, their increasing pres­ Counselling and Development. "It's true, we do learn to play," leadership in the community, the people with disabilities. She chose ence may have shaped it. "It's the Passages Into Manhood will be given department and university life are said Jaso n Vick, a Leisure Studies Concordia because it has the only unusual man who has the team through Concordia's Centre far Human presented in honour of the former student in his final year, and the focus, who can submerge his own Relations and Community Studies on Concordia and Dawson College Leisure Studies recipient. "But therapeutic recreation program in identity to that extent, and they Saturday, April 12,from 9 a.m. to 5 professor, YMCA director and everybody has some leisure time, Canada - a "terrific" program, she know it. But women are less likely to p. m. Thefee is $ 60, but scholarships are community activist, and have been and we learn how to help people said. She will do an internship in give them sympathy. They need help available. For more information, call given annually for 10 years. deal with it." Minnesota this summer at an from other men, and we want to 848-2273. Vick started studying outdoor GDP indicator adventure therapy camp for students recreation at Lakehead University, Two of the awards were present­ with disabilities, and has applied for in Thunder Bay, before switching to ed to Leisure Studies students (one grad school in the fall. in Therapeutic Recreation and the Concordia's program, where he The third Concordia recipient, BRIE other in Leisure Studies), and a prefers the balance of theory and third to an Applied Psychology and practical work. This summer, he Sharon Phillips, has completed a Bereavement Grief: When Illness is Prolonged. The Social Studies (APSS) student. The hopes to work outdoors in his field, Certificate in Family Life Educa­ moderator is Cokie Roberts, a corre­ others were given to students in and after some experience, go for a tion, and will be continuing in the teleconference spondent for ABC and National Public Seaman's other areas of involve­ Master's degree. APSS BA program. She is a teach­ Tonia Crittenden received the Through the offices of the Aud io Radio, and the panelists are four ment, including Dawson College ing assistant in the Department, and experts in the field. and the YMCA. Seaman Award for Therapeutic Visual Department, Concordia will par­ has been an active volunteer in the ticipate in a bereavement teleconfer­ The session will be from 1: 30 to 4 Leisure has become increasingly Recreation. Besides being a research Lupus Society, the Children's Wish ence given by the Hospice Foundation p.m. in Room 521 of the Henry F. Hall important, both socially and finan­ assistant for Professor Randy Swed­ .. of America on Wednesday, April 16. Building . To reserve a seat, call Clara cially; in fact, it is becoming the sig­ burg, Crittenden helped organize Foundation and the West Island The title of the session is Living with Paradisis, at 848-3442. nificant category of gross domestic !WO conferences this year, the first in Arthritis Association.

Students With learning disabilities .. have a support group other students because of the stigma minutes to have information repeat­ in words." communication." BY SUSAN HIRSHORN that surrounds learning disabilities." ed," said Laurie Engelsberg, a fifth­ Knowing what works for you is Group members and other stu­ very Monday, between six and A myth persists that people with year Psychology student who is the fine, but communicating that mes­ dents with learning disabilities are E10 students gather in a board problems in processing and retaining group's facilitator. "That student's sage to others requires confidence encouraged to use the SDS's room at the Henry F. Hall Building information do not belong in school. strategy might be to tape the lecture and tact, so the support group also resources, which include referrals for for what they jokingly call "Survival "I guess it's time to haul out the in order to review the information helps to enhance social and self­ needs assessment, exam accommo­ 101." They are students with learn­ thing about Einstein having a learn­ later on." advocacy skills, Trakas said. dation, volunteer; services, liaison ing disabilities, and their support ing disability," said one student with Students can also develop their "There are effective and not-so­ with faculty memb,..rs and specialized group helps them negotiate universi­ a 3.5 grade-point average. 'Which is own study styles and methods for effective ways to discuss one's special workshops. ty life. not to say we're all Einsteins. We completing assignments. "Some stu­ needs with fellow students and facul­ "This semester, we offered work­ "The support group began in the just learn in different ways." dents are better able to process infor­ ty, who likely don't know very much shops on word processing using the fall of 1991, after students told us The support group encourages mation by studying with a partner, about learning disabilities and may Internet and e-mail, and preparing they needed a safe environment to students to develop strategies that while others find it easier to read a feel unprepared for the student's dis­ for life in the working world, where develop coping and learning strate­ help them integrate into the class­ book or listen to a tape while doing closure," Engelsberg said. "We support services are few and far gies," explained Nelly Trakas, a case room. physical activity, such as walking," explore various possibilities by hav­ between," Trakas said. "Our goal is worker for students with disabilities "Someone who cannot concentrate Engelsberg explained. ing role-plays, where one student to help students succeed in university at Concordia's Services for Disabled on a lecture because of attention "A student with dyslexia, who plays himself or herself, and another and beyond." Students (SDS). deficit disorder may not be able to cannot deal with mathematical sym­ student plays the instructor. We also You can reach the support group on "They preferred not to discuss take notes, and obviously, cannot bols, might approach a class assign­ exchange· ideas about letting go of learning disabilities by calling the SDS their situations with faculty and interrupt the instructor every few ment or exam by expressing formulas the anxiety that can interfere with at 848-3511.

CONCORDIA'S 'tHURSDAY REPORT MARCH 27, 1997 9 Cross-functional CQ/ project focuses on awards Pulling together for efficiency QJ, or continuous quality group decided to hold a one-day ses­ understanding of one another's roles Cimprovement, is being extended sion to re.view all awards, the only and responsibilities. The team mem­ across departments. room suitable was the training room bers develop an appreciation of the Last May, Financial Aid and in a fourth department, Computing importance of each department and Awards, University Advancement Services, where all systems could be job function in the overall process, and Financial Services undertook a accessed in one location. The group making the exercise a team effort." ~ CQ! project to review the way that found that these four separate com­ Shan Impey, director of Support i scholarships and awards are adminis­ puter systems often contained incon­ Systems in the Advancement Office, ~ z tered, from solicitation all the way to sistent and ·even- conflicting agreed. "As team leader, I saw great § granting. The objective is to identify information. benefit in having all the stakeholders ~ bottlenecks within the process, and One major challenge for the group in the process ·sitting around the ~ ensure that the information coming was to design a report that satisfies same table. It allowed us to deal out of all three departments is uni­ the needs of all three departments, immediately with the issues as they form and readily accessible. which they cail "the Dream Report." came up, instead of having to make Representatives of the group Midway through the project, the numerous attempts to contact people report that they made "significant, group enlisted the help of two repre­ and come to agreements in a frag­ together the three departments getting the process to work better." breakthroughs" in the area of report­ sentatives from Computing Services, mented fashion." ing. As with many processes within and the Dream Report will become a Christopher Hyde, director of involved, all with a strong interest in This team's work should be com­ the University, funding for under­ reality by the end of the fiscal year, University Advancement, is a team the process, that we were able to pleted by the end of Ma , but you're graduate scholarships and awards is May 31. co-sponsor. "Many attempts have. make significant progress. CQ! real­ likely to-hear more about cross-func­ supported not by a single computer Joan Soares, the team's facilitator, been made to fix this problem in the ly proves its worth in a project like tional CQJ groups because they system, but by four separate systems. said, "The benefit of a cross-func­ past," he admitted. this, where departmental authority is seem to be effective. When the three-department tional _group is that it builds an "It was only when we pulled put aside, and everyone is focused on -BB

man implies marriage in order to process. The employers will make sleep with a woman. sure - especially if they have a "What he says in court is, 'I young woman servant - that she hold that most marriages were implied marriage, but I never said will not spend too much time with a arranged by parents for the benefit of the words of consent - I was only man if he has no intention of mar­ The Visiting Lecturers Committee of Concordia University the family. misleading her so she would sleep riage. They act as patrons of the rela­ invites applications from the University community to sponsor McSheffrey has discovered that with me.'" Women, on the other tionship and they make sure Visiting Lecturers for the 1997-98 academic year. there is some truth to each of these hand, "never use that as a way of get­ everything is on the up-and-up." positions, and that gender played an ting out of a contract of marriage. Application forms and guidelines may be obtained from the McSheffrey hopes to complete a important role in how people What women say instead is, 'I did chair, director, principal or head of an academic unit or from the book, tentatively called Wives and Office of the Provost and Vice-Rector, Research. Eight copies, approached marriage. Women were say that I wanted to marry John, but Husbands in Fifteenth-Century Eng­ including the original application, must be submitted to the likely to seek the consent of their that I could only marry him if I got land, in the next two years. McShef­ Office of the latter at Loyola, Room AD 232, by May 15, 1997. parents or employers before agreeing the consent of my father."' to a marriage bond - unlike men, While parents were often not frey, who has taught at Concordia *It should be noted that the income tax authorities have for whom this might appear to be a involved in arranging marriages for for the past five years, completed her changed their procedures with respect to the granting of sign of indecisiveness'." their daughters, McSheffrey said PhD at the University of Toronto in waivers of tax deductions at source for non-residents. Similarly, men and women tended she was surprised to learn how sig­ 1992. She has received more than Please refer to Guidelines for Applications and Request for to use different rationales when nificant a role employers played in $100,000 in research funding from Non-Resident Tax Waiver form. arguing that they had not agreed to their female servants' courtships and both the Social Sciences and Late applications cannot be accepted. The next round will be married to one another. She marriages. Humanities Research Council and take place in May 1998. referred to a few cases in which a "They acted as supervisors to the the Fonds FCAR.

Ventilation course ment and contaminants dispersal in the Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation buildings. The course will include lec­ Group at the National Institute of Stan­ Spring Convocation Building Studies Professor Fariborz tures, examples, workshop sessions on dards and Technology in the U.S., and Information to potential graduates Haghighat is organizing a workshop on a computer model, discussion, home­ his colleague, George N. ·walton; and New Techniques for Infiltration, Ventila­ work, and ample opportunity for discus­ Dr. Ahmed C. Megri, a post-doctoral fel-

COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATION tion and Contaminant Dispersal Analy­ sion with other participants. , low at the Centre for Building Studies. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts sis, which will be held April 28 and 29. The instructors for the course are The fee for this course is $600. Thursday, June 12, 10 a.m. Participants can expect to gain a Haghighat, an expert in indoor air quali­ Please contact Professor Haghighat at

ARTS AND SCIENCE practical understanding of air move- ty; Dr. Andrew K. Persily, the leader of the CBS, 848-3195. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place-des Arts Friday, June 13, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.* ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Mechanical Engineering Department Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts INVITATION TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS Tuesday, June 17, 10 a.m.

FINE ARTS Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts Tuesday, June 17, 2 p.m. Sita6 Jltz memorialSctwlar6hip *Further information concerning the ceremonies will be mailed to First awarded in 1984, the Silas Katz Memorial Scholarship was made possible through donations from family, all candidates in May, including which Arts and Sciences Convoca­ friends, faculty, students and staff in memory of Dr. Silas Katz, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. tion these c~ndidates should attend. Eligibility: This scholarship is open to students who are registered in the Confirmation of approval of graduation will be accessible on the undergraduate programs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Consideration will be given touch-screen terminals on each campus, as of June 2. to those students who are mature, self-supporting, who maintain good academic performance, and To participate in Convocation or receive diplomas, student and who have completed between 30 and 90 credits. Selection for the award will be made by the Advisory graduation fees must have been paid by June 8. Students are advised Committee to the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. to check with the Birks Student Service Centre to ensure that they Applications should be sent to Dr. R.M.G. Cheng, Chair of the Advisory Committee, on or before March 31, have done so. 1997. (Office: S-B302; Tel: 848-3132.) Recipients will be notified early in May.

10 MARCH 27, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Victor Zilberman has coached six national winning teams so far 20 years, and it's still uphill for wrestling coach . institution in Thunder Bay, Ont., hers now compete in nearly 50 tour­ BY BARBARA B LACK where Zilberman coached from 1974 naments a year, and have won some 'l Tictor Zilberman wasn't discour­ to 1976. Having a minuscule budget 30 national and international medals. V aged when he came here from means that Zilberman can choose Experts say that his coaching meth­ Russia and found that television only the most promising students for ods have been an influence across hype had given "wrestler" a reputa­ the Concordia wrestling team, when Canada. tion about as low and inaccurate as, he would like to include others who Zilberman's main job is teaching just love the sport. say, "minister." He knew what to physical education at Vanier College, Zilberman has seen his share of and because Concordia doesn't have expect. What really upsets him is triumph, including coaching Guivi the facilities, his university students that after 23 years of work, 20 of Sissaouri to a silver medal at the go to Vanier's gym in St. Laurent to them at Concordia, he's still fighting 1996 Summer Olympics; he also train with him. Many of them knew a losing battle. headed the 12-wrestler Canadian him as students at Vanier, and even For seven years spanning the late contingent at the 1988 Seoul before that, because Zilberman tours 1980s, Zilberman coached the Games. He has had a winning pro­ high schools to introduce the sport. Concordia team to six national uni­ tege at Concordia, Jean-Frans:ois Wrestling has a lot to recommend versity wrestling championships. Daviau, who won the national uni­ it, he said. "It's a cheap sport, and how you do in other sports . . said. "They're always optimistic, But wrestling doesn't have a high versity championship last year. nobody's left sitting on the bench - "Look at Dave Chodat," he con­ always full of hope. But _after all profile here, and he saw his budget Zilberman has had a profound everybody competes. It's an individ­ tinued, referring to an excellent those championships, not one of our slashed last year from $9,000 to effect on Montreal's small but close­ ual sport, and you can go as far as Concordia wrestler. "Two hundred $5,000. Compare that to the knit wrestling community. As soon you want. You have to be combative, and forty pounds - and the way he banners is up [in the Concordia $35,000 wrestling budget at Lake­ as he arrived in 1976, he founded the tough. It's good for you mentally as handles himself on the trampoline." Athletic Complex]. That upsets me, head University, a relatively small Montreal Wrestling Club. Its mem- well as physically. It contributes to "You know young people," he for the sake of the kids."

OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES Graduate students· Faculty Resean;:h Development Program \Nill get ballots in the mail UPCOMING DEADLINES • ballots. In previous years, they were whether graduate students want a BY EUGENIA XENOS Re-entry Research Grant s - This element of the FRDP invites distributed via the departments and health plan introduced (similar to applications from full-time faculty members or professional librari­ ld-fashioned snail mail will be other means. what the undergraduate students and ans who wish to resume an active research career following a period Othe site of an "election revolu­ 'We're hoping it will be a dramat­ all McGill students have), and the · of inactivity greater than three years, due primarily to administra­ tion" for the Graduate Students' ic turnaround [in terms of participa­ second question will ask whether tive or health-related reasons. The next deadline is Tuesday, April Association (GSA). tion]," said Jerome Holmes, the they agree to increase fees to the 15, 1997. Laurie Newell, the newly appoint­ McGill association's administrator. Canadian Federation of Students. ed Chief Returning Officer for the "Last year's system got at least 10- Both will involve paying more, Bridge Research Grants - This element of the FRDP encourages GSA, has overhauled the way the per-cent participation. This year, we although there will be a drop-out applications from, and limits eligibility to, tenured or tenure-track expect well over that." provision for the health plan. 3,000 eligible Concordia graduate faculty members and professional librarians who have submitted an Newell said, 'When I was hired, I Ten positions are being contested, students will cast their ballots this application to an agency utilizing a peer-review adjudication process realized I could follow the procedure five of them paid: president, govern­ year. Instead of having students go and who meet either or both of the following criteria: the applica­ as it was set up for me, which would ment relations co-ordinator, finan­ to designated ballot boxes to vote tion has been recommended for funding, but no award was made have been quite simple, but also cial co-ordinator, university relations (which last year drew only 83 voters), due to insufficient agency funds; or the applicant has received exter­ quite ineffectual. co-ordinator, and programs co-ordi­ she decided to mail the ballots out. nal agency support in the past for an ongoing research or creative "But the closer we got to elections nator. The five unpaid positions are "It started as a request from some activity, for which the financial support has recently been lost as the [o riginally scheduled for March 20- representatives from the four Facul­ result of an external agency decision. The next deadline is Wednes­ students in Applied Social Science 21], the more I thought, 'No!' We're ties. day, April 30, 1997. [who work full-time]," said Newell, only going to have 28 people turn Ballots will be mailed April 7, and who is in her first year of an MA in out to vote, and it would be a wasted they must be returned by April 25. Major Inter-disciplinary Research Initiative (MIDRI) Grants - Applied Social Science. "Half the process. The outcome would be Students can either mail back their These grants are intended for the support of a single, identifiable, class doesn't even live in Montreal, invalid." completed ballots, send them • . new research program based on the complementary research inter­ but they wanted to be able to vote." At least 5 per cent of the 3,000 through internal mail, or drop them ests of faculty members with differing disciplinary backgrounds. Then she discovered that even the eligible students (150 students) must · off at a place still to be determined. Awards are primarily intended to support infrastructure needs (i.e., G SA's 1983 bylaws contain provi­ vote to constitute a quorum for refer­ An all-candidates meeting will equipment, salaries for support, technical and professional research sions for a mail-out vote. endum questions. There is no speci­ take place Thursday, April 3, from 5 staff, conferences, workshops and student support). The next dead­ The McGill graduate students' fied quorum for the actual election of - 7:30 p.m. at the GSA, 2030 Mack­ line for letters of intent is Thursday, May 1, 1997. association has been using a similar candidates. ay, to which Newell invites all grad­ For more information, please contact the ORS at local 4888 or by e-mail method for several years, although There will be two referendum uate students. For more information, (ors@vax2). this is also its first year to mail the questions this year. The first will ask call the GSA at 848-7900. r

. Visit our Web site at http://relish.concordia.ca/pr/ctr/ctrhome.html Nominations are invited for the { 1997 3M Teaching Fellowships • To recognize and reward a faculty member who is not only known for exemplary teaching, but promotes it in others • Open to all 39,000 Canadian university educators, regardless of discipline or level of appointment • 10 awards given across Canada each year Submit nomination forms and dossiers by May 16 to: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), do Instructional Development Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4Kl For more information, please call (905) 525-9140, .ext. 24540

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT MARCH 2 7, 1 997 1 1 Professional CVs Lectures& Special Events Graduating? Pre sent prospective employers with an attractive and con­ Seminars and Notices cise CV. For as little as $60 (price varies according to length/complexity of CV; Thursday, March 27 1997 Graduating Class Program average is $75). you'll have two consul­ John McGraw. Department of Graduating students will be called tations with a professional and 10 Philosophy, on "Lo nging and the sta rting April 1 to be invited to join the copies in English. French for additional Phenomenon of Loneliness." 3:30 program. Pledge your support to your fee. Leave message at 369-8844. p.m.. Lonergan College, 7302 faculty, and you will be remembered Sherbrooke St. W. Info: 848-2280. as the class which made all the differ­ U.S. work permits ence! Info: 848-3882. Thursday, March 27 We can help Canadian ci tizen s Donald Neilson, secondary education increase their chances of receiving U.S. Theology Journal work permits. Also, U.S. immigration specialist. on "A Teacher's Look at Call for quality, creative papers for pub­ Teen-Agers," 5 p.m .• H-769, 1455 de and related business matters. 8. Toben lication from students and former stu­ Associates (U .S. lawyers) 288-3896. Maisonneuve W. dents of Theology. Max 2,000 words, double-spaced, on computer disk. New Events, notices and classified ads must reach the Thursday, April 3 deadline: April 16. Drop-off at Hingston Jan ine Marchessault, English, McGill, Public Relations Department (BC-115) in writing no later Hall, Loyola . Info: 848-2475. on "Eyewitness History: New Workshops than Thursday, 5 p.m. the week prior to the Thursday publication. Technologies and the Production of For more information, please contact Eugenia Xenos at 848-4881, Visual Evidence, " 3:30 p.m ., Lonergan Computer Workshops College, 7302 Sherbrooke St. W. Info: Computing Services is offering work­ by fax: 848-2814 or by e-mail: [email protected]. 848-2280. -Theatre shops for faculty and staff. Three new ones have been added : File Friday, April 4 Into the Woods, directed by Corey Maker Pro, Power Point Presentation Brian Foss, Associate Professor of Art Castle . Music and lyrics by Stephen and Searching the Web . Call History at Concordia, will speak on Sondheim . April 18, 19, 24-26, May 1- Carmelita Swann at 848-3668 or MARCH 27. APRIL IO "Boys in the Bush : Masculinity, 3 at 8 p.m.; April 27 and May 4 at 2 Elvie Fiorentino at 848-3687 for regis­ Citizenship and Canadian Art." Noon, p.m. D.S. Clarke Theatre. 1455 de tration information. H-629. 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Maisonneuve W. EAP Lunchtime Seminar Volunteer training April6 Monday, April 14 Living With Stress. Participants learn CLSC Rene-Cassin is offering a 13- Heartsaver Plus Alumni Dom Laurence Freeman, O.S .B. . stress management technique s and week volunteer intensive program for Benedictine monk and leader of the identify their own re sponse to build­ Saturday, April 5 April 12, 13 people wishing to get experience in World Community for Christian Unclassified up, as well as their current negative Alumni Sugaring-Off Party: Treat CSST First Aid the field of gerontology. Starts April 2. Meditation. will speak on "Living in and positive coping strategies. yourself, your family and friends to the For sale For info. call Jo-Ann LaValliere at 488- the Present." Talk will Ire followed by Tuesday, April 8, 12:05 - 12:55 p.m.. hospitality of Cabane-a-Sucre Famille 1992 Dodge Shadow Chrysler. A1 con­ 9163, ext. 351. a period of meditation. Loyola Chapel, H-769, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Free . Ethier. See live deer. enjoy a sleigh ride dition. 7.500 km. Red, 4-door, AM/FM 7141 Sherbrooke W., 7:30 p.m. Info: cassette. Automatic. Child safety rear Register by April 4 at 848-3668. and a delicious sugar shack luncheon. American Sign Language Film Magda Jass at 498-0998. door lock s and two-year extended Dinner: Free for children under 5; $3.50 of Montreal Centre for Teaching and Learning warranty. Call 595-6795. for children 6 to 12; $12 for adults. The American Sign Language courses are Loyola Film Series Services CUM is providing one complimentary offered this spring at 5515 Queen F.C. Smith Auditorium, 7141 (Faculty Development Workshop For sale sleigh ride per person. Time: noon for a Mary Road. #101. Classes begin April Sherbrooke St. W. 848-3878. Free. Series) Hearthstone. slow-burning, high out­ 1:3 0 p.m. sitting. Location: 7940 rang St. 8. Two hours a week for 15 weeks. Topic: The Italians: Neo-Realism and Legal Information Vincent. St. Benoit. Mirabel. After. put, soapstone wood stove. 31" W, Info: 482-6050. Concordia 's Legal Information The .Development of Teaching Transportation on your own. Map pro­ 26.5" L. 21 " D, excellent condition, Services offers free and confidential Dossiers : Start Early. The teaching vided upon registration. RSVP: 848-3817. Monday, April 7 $995 negotiable. Call 848-3399 (days) Golden Mile Toastmaster Club legal information and assistance to dossier is one means of recording your Teorema, Pi er Paolo Pasolini 11968) at or 683-3298 (evenings). Overcome your fear of public speak­ the Concordia community. Ca ll 848- work as a teacher, your teaching Tuesday, April 8 6 p.m.; // Conformista. Bernardo ing. Meetings every Wednesday, 7 4960. By appointment only. accompli shments and the scholarship Concordia Alumni Business Card Sublet p.m.. at 3407 du Musee (Erskine Bertolucci 11970) at 7:55 p.m. of your teaching . This workshop will Exchange: Georgia Remond speaks 4 1/2, available May 6 - August 31, or American Church). Info: Van Petteway provide examples of dossiers and on "Power Schmoozing" and how to Cinemateque Canada longer. Includes electricity, indoor at 846-3234. more. Thursday, April 3, 9:30 a.m. -12: make the most of a networking event J.A . DeSeve Cinema, 1400 de pool, 24-hr secur ity. Clean , quiet. 30 p.m .• H-771 . Leader: Ron Smith and still enjoy yourself. For the sea­ Maisonneuve W. Tel. 848-3878. Meetings $900/mth., negotiable. On Dr. Penfield ICTLS). Register at 848-2495. soned schmoozer or novice. 1455 de $3.50. near Simpson . Leave message at 933- Speak to the Church Maisonneuve. W.. H-767. 5:30-7:30 9128. Art Therapy Workshops for Women Campus Ministry is organizing four p.m. Price : Two business cards and Concert Hall Thursday, March 27 Creative Ways to Intuitive Living con­ meetings in which active and non­ $20 per person; includes light refresh­ Pretty Village. Pretty Flame. Srdjan For sale sists of eight weeks of drawing, paint­ active Catholics land others) can par­ ments and a copy of all business cards 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Dragojevic (1996) at 7 p.m.; Between House 2+ 1 bedrooms, South Shore, 20 ing, sculpture. writing and story­ ticipate in speaking to the Roman collected by April 1 - so register Info: 848-7928. Heaven and Earth, Milos Radivojevic min. drive to Loyola . Extensive wood­ telling. Led by Deborah Herman, ATPO. Catholi~ Church about certain issues. early! RSVP: 848-3817. 11994) at 9:15 p.m. work throughout, finished basement · Wednesdays , 6:30 - 9 p.m., sta rting Groups wi ll meet several times , but March29 with large office and TV room, large April 2. Cost: $175. Info: 482-1608. Thursday, April 17 Laurent Phillippe, piano Tuesday, April 1 they are nbt a long-term commitment. lot. garage and workshop . Close to Second Annual Concordia Athletic 24 Heures ou plus. Gil le s Groulx They start in April. For Social Justice parks and schools . Low ta xes. in Today's Church, cal l Peter Cote at Hall of Fame Dinner: The Concordia 11971-76) at 8:30 p.m. $79,000. Call 698-2140, evenings. commun ity is invited to this special 848-3586; for Women in the Church, Concordia University athletes· induction into Concordia's Wednesday, April 2 cal l Daryl Lynn Ross at 848-3585; for House needed for June Counselling and The Church in a Multi-Cultural Athletic Hall of Fame . Bras ser ie Bethune, The Making of a Hero, Phillip Concordia professor and family, going Society, call Magda Jass at 848- Molson-O'Keefe, 1670 Notre Dame St. Development Borsos 11990) at 8:30 p.m. on leave. need a furnished house or 3588; and for Youth in the Church, E.. 6 p.m. cockta ils. 7 p.m. dinner. apartment in Montreal (preferably 848-3545/848-3555. call Michelina Bertone at 848-3585. Price: $50. Info: 848-3817 . Friday, April 4 near Loyola), for the month of June. If Career and PlacemeRt Service Mona Lisa. Neil Jordan (1987) at 7 you need a renter or house-sitter, call (CAPS): 848-7345. Concordia Christian Fellowship p.m. ; The Crying Game. Neil Jordan Mark at 848-4119 or 487-3968. (1992) at 9 p.m. Anyone interested in our general Select Your School Electronically. meetings is welcome. Every Friday, 5 Country property Art Sessions wi ll be offered throughout p.m., at 2090 Mackay. Saturday, April 5 Thinking of retiring in an unu sually the semester on how to use College Jaws, Steven Spielberg 11975) at 7 UntilMay3 beautiful country setting, just off Lake Source and CHOICES on CD-ROM to p.m .; Schindler's List. Steven Concordia Women's Centre Fran~oi s Morelli at the Leonard and Memphremagog? Share a property of uncover North American university and Spielberg at 9:15 p.m. Lesbian/bisexual women's di scussion Bina Ellen Art Gallery, 1400 de 176 acres. 5,600 sq . ft. of modern liv­ college graduate and undergraduate group on Wedn esday nights from 6:30 Maisonneuve W. Monday to Friday, 11 ing space with small pond. Total priva­ programs . Registration : M. Hubbard, Sunday, April 6 - 8:30 p.m . at 2020 Mackay, base­ a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m. Free. cy. Contact [email protected] .ca Friday, April 18, Career Resource Centre. H-440. Petite confession filmee de Luis ment. Info: 848-7431 . Info: 848-4750. Bunuel and Simon of the Desert, Lui s or leave message at 292-4288. at8p.m. Amateur Radio Club Meetings The 80 Per Cent Solution: Tracking Bunuel 11965) at 7 p.m.; Belle de jour, Saturday, April 19, April4-2D 7 - 9 p.m. every Tue sday night in H- Condo to share Down the Elusive Employer. Did Luis Bunuel 11966) at 9 p.m. Watercolour. acrylic and ink paintings 647 . New members welcome. Check Impoverished assistant professor has at 2:30 and 8 p.m. you know that more than 80 per cent by Georgia Ka lavrouziotis at the Centre our web page at http://hamgate. Monkland Village condo to share, full­ of jobs available in the employment Monday, April 7 de loisirs St. Laurent, 1375 Grenet. concordia .ca. E-mail to cuarc@alcor. time or as pied-a-terre. All mod. cons . Moyse Hall, McGill marketplace are not advertised Gasque d'or, Jacques Becker (1959) at Vernissage on April 6, 2 - 4 p.m. 8:30 p.m. concordia .ca. or ca ll 848-7421 for plus dog and cat. Info: 848-3303, or University through newspapers. job agencies or more info. [email protected] other media? Learn the tricks of the This event is always Tuesday, April 8 trade . Registration : M. Hubbard, The Bostonians James Ivory 11984) at House for sale well attended. Reserve Career Resource Center. H-440. Community Events 8:30 p.m. Greenfield Park (at 701 Couves discounted tickets now Ombuds Office Crescent. near Victoria Avenu e) . 4- from Dance students, or in Volunteers needed Wednesday, April 9 bedroom split-level, all brick, well the lobby ofthe Henry F . Le Regroupement des aveugles et Voyage to Italy, Roberto Rosselini Ombudspersons are available to all maintained, close to all amenities, Hall Building on April 11 amblyopes du Montreal Metropolitain CPR Courses 11953) at 8:30 p.m. members of the University for informa­ cathedral ce iling s, hardwood floors. and 18. Proceeds go to the needs volunteers for accompaniment, tion, advice and assistance with uni­ rec room, spacious yard with mature James Saya Memorial usually for job and apartment search­ Offered by EH&S Office. All wel­ Thursday, April 10 trees. Excellent express bus trans ­ versity-related problems. Call 848- Bursary Fund. es. groceries. outings . Cal I Sylvie come. Contact Donna Fasciano, Puddy Cat and The Kickhams, Brendan 4964, or drop by 2100 Mackay, room portation to downtown. Asking Boyer. 849-7515. ext. 109. 848-4355. J. Byrne (1992) at 7 p.m. 100. Services are confidential. $118,000. Call 923-1515 or 848-3400.