Publications Mail Agreement No.:40042B04 CONCORDIA'S Vol. 27, No. 3 October 10, 2002 Board asked to lift measures Senate votes by a narrow margin against emergency policies BY BARBARA B LA CK all: one to negate the "policy on Netanyahu to speak was provoca­ the treatment of student discipli­ tive, he said that "just because niversity Senate voted at nary matters in exceptional people feel provoked does not jus­ its Oct. 4 meeting to rec­ cases:' one to lift the moratorium tify violence. Protest is fine, but Uommend to the Board to on Middle East issues, one to [in this case,] the use of force to relax the emergency measures restore the information tables in shut down the lecture was imposed by the Board of Gov­ the Hall Building, and one to planned in advance, and there ernors in the wake of a violent establish an inquiry into the deci­ were those who incited violence:• disturbance at the Hall Building sion-making process and safety He has received a lot of Sept 9. response to the Sept. 9 distur­ Resolutions were passed at The Board is to review bance and Concordia's reaction to Senate to ask the Board to recom­ it. The bulk of his mail from peo­ mend that the Board cancel the resolutions on Oct. 16 ple within the Concordia commu­ special disciplinary powers it nity supports the cooling-off peri­ granted to Rector Frederick Lowy issues around the Netanyahu od. and lift the ban on public discus­ affair. The latter two resolutions "Much of my time is spent sion of Mid-East politics. The pro­ were not debated for lack of a explaining to outsiders why we tracted dispute in the Middle East quorum. didn't act more forcefully. We are was at the root of the Sept. 9 dis­ The Rector said he had asked going to be fair. We will be charg­ turbance, when a protest against the Board for special powers on ing, under the existing Code of scheduled speaker Benjamin Sept. 18 because the violent Rights and Responsibilities, those Netanyahu turned ugly. protest was an unprecedented students who can be identified as The Senate resolutions, which event. having breached th'e Code on will "We need the rule of law here. 9:' be considered by the Board Sept. ELLEN GALLERY TURNS 10: Artist Mary Anne Barkhouse installs Wake (2002), on Oct. 16, were proposed by stu­ We had the opposite," he said. part of the 10th anniversary show in the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery. dent senators. There were four in Referring to claims that allowing See Senate resolutions, page 10 See story on page 6. Exploring female employment in the Muslim world • in this Simone de Beauvoir fellow wins a $10,000 SSH RC postdoctoral fellowship BY (AROL M CQU EEN woman from Iran was a very "In the West, I've become very issue strange idea, a bit of a shock;' she sensitized toward stereotypes, oksana Bahramitash hates explained. toward this negative image of . 2 Sustainability: Rassumptions and stereotypes, Even more shocking to some women in the Muslim world, How green is because more often than not they perhaps is the possibility that toward the fact that women in the are wrong. Upon learning that she political Islam, or Islamist rule, Muslim world are regarded as vic­ Concordia? is from Iran, her students almost might actually have advanced the tims;• Bahramitash said. invariably assume that she must cause of women in some Muslim She feels that such stereotyping 3 Global culture: have immigrated to Canada as a countries in terms of employ­ has potentially serious implica­ Anew look at young girl since, in their eyes, a ment. tions in the current context of the country under Islamic rule does This is what Bahramitash, a American-led war on terrorism, consumers not allow women access to educa­ post-doctoral research fellow at since leaders can use common tion. the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, misperceptions about the treat­ Roksana Bahramitash 5 Alumni: They are wrong. Bahramitash hopes to uncover and explain ment of women in Muslim coun­ Awards recognize obtained her master's degree in with the $10,000 Aileen D. Ross tries as a means to build public woman who had enjoyed relative Iran after placing second in Fellowship she has been awarded support for military action. freedom under the shah, she now contributions nationwide entrance exams, and by the Social Sciences and Bahramitash's own interest in had to wear a veil. On the other came to Montreal in 1991 to do Humanities Research Council of the relationship between Islamist hand, the revolution politicized 7 Shuffle: her PhD in sociology at McGill Canada (SSHRC). The fellowship rule and female employment and mobilized working-class and Friends walk the after winning an Iranian govern­ is given to a researcher in sociolo­ stemmed from her experience peasant women. ment scholarship. gy, wit}:i a particular focus on during the revolution in Iran. On walk "To them, having an educated poverty. the one hand, as a middle-class See Bahramitash, page 10 Engineers push for sustainable development New engineering and visual arts building gets a clo~e look from environmental engineers 8 Y M I RJAN A VRBAS KI to improve the university's image, at which the fuel is burned to create Dehra, recommended some of the cost will go down, much like com­ while raising awareness of the energy is excessive, the concentra­ building's green features, such as puters:• oncordia's new engineering importance of sustainable develop­ tion of greenhouse gases in the natural ventilation methods, shad­ Solar panels have already been Cand visual arts building, now ment" atmosphere rises. This causes the ing devices and advanced window integrated into many buildings in under construction on Ste. Although the Integrated increase not only of average tem­ systems that optimize the use of Europe, such as the German parlia­ Catherine St., was one of the five Engineering. Computer Science and peratures, but also of severe weath­ daylight ment building in Berlin, as well as to represent Canada at an inter- Visual Arts Complex won't be er events, air pollution, droughts The team has also proposed the in Canada, in Wmnipeg's Red River national conference on sustain- Quebec's first sustainable or 'green" and floods. use of solar panels that generate College. able buildings held September 23- building - one that helps preserve There are other reasons for mod­ electricity from the sun They hope If this proposal is accepted by 25 in Oslo, Norway. and enhance the natural environ- eration: "As we rely on a finite this application will be funded by Concordia, the panels would be Andreas Athienitis, professor of ment - it may be the first to inte­ amount of resources, it's important the federal government's integrated on the roof of the engi­ Building. Civil and Environmental grate photovoltaic solar panels. that they be consumed in a way Department of Natural Resources. neering and visual arts building Engineering. travelled to Oslo to With the federal government's that will allow future generations to "This would allow the govern­ and/or on the back fa,;:ade of the present the results of a computer decision to implement technolo­ rely on them, too," Athienitis said. ment to encourage the develop­ soon-to-be-built John Molson simulation study performed to gies that reduce greenhouse gas The engineering and visual arts ment and implementation of new School of Business. optimize the green features of the emissions in response to the building may integrate a number of technology that generates free "Last but not least, we hope this new building. recent Kyoto Protocol, and the features that minimize the need for energy from the sun," Athienitis project opens doors and creates "We saw the construction of new Johannesburg sustainable devel­ fuel consumption while maximiz­ said. opportunities for motivated stu- . buildings at Concordia . as out "" opment summit in September, the ing the use of solar energy. "University buildings are partic­ dents who recognize the value of chance to show leadership in deal- timing is perfect Athienitis, together with ularly suitable for this, because they green development," Athienitis ing with environmental issues;• said One of the major issues engineers Professors Fariborz Haghighat and can perform further research on said. Athienitis, who is one of Canada's are faced with today is global warm­ Ted Stathopoulos and graduate these technologies to improve Director of Facilities Planning top sustainable development ing, caused by the overuse of fossil students Thanos Tzempelikos, them. Once they are improved, and and Development Martine Lehoux experts. "We also saw it as a chance fuels as a source of energy. Ifthe rate Panayiota Karava and Himanshu eventually mass-produced, their also attended the Oslo conference. NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IN THE VISUAL ARTS AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS Green audit of campus in progress PROJECT: CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL Renewed interest in environment among students and faculty Integrated Engineering, BY ASHA JHAMANDAS the audit will include pay scales, Purchasing Department · about investment practices, the number who supplies the university, and Computer Science and n ambitious snapshot of of days taken off by faculty and staff the senior administrators about the sustainability of due to stress, and recurring illness­ sources of research funding. Visual Arts Complex A Concordia University is in es that show up at Health Services. The group is researching the progress. The auditors are also interested university's disposal of hazardous PROVINCE-WIDE COMPETITION TO INTEGRATE THE ARTS INTO The objective of the sustain­ in the proportion of students waste, and has also asked the City ARCHITECTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.