OCTOBER 9, 1997 CONCORDIA's THURSDAY REPORT Where There Is Oppression, There Is Resistance, Says Anthropologist Homa Hoodfar Vvrites
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0 N C 0 R D I A•s SDAY ...--PORT VOL. 22 OCTOBER 9, I997 Shovvers fail to dampen Shuffle spirit "Every year, one group shines. They BY ALISON McARTHUR certainly took the cake this year." he grey clouds and drizzling rain Manuel Da Silva jingled with every Tdidn't dampen spirits at step because of the cowbells tied to Concordia's Eighth Annual Shuffle his ankles. His Shuflling efforts paid on September 26. Instead, 407 Shuf off for him because he won the grand flers walked, ran and roller-bladed prize of return airfare for two to any from the downtown campus to Loy where in the continental U.S. ola Campus, laughing and joking all Most of the participants were staff the way. members, but there were also many Motorists and passersby stopped faculty, some students, and a number to gawk at the unlikely parade. of Board members and alumni/ae. The most animated bunch were So far, the event has raise·d $73,869 about 20 men from Loyola Physical in pledges for student scholarships, Resources. They wore gold and and Mota said more money may still maroon felt "Dr. Seuss" hats, made come in. Although it is not as much their boss, Vice-Rector Services as last year's record of $78,000, she Charles Emond, carry a ladder said she is still very pleased. adorned with tools of the trade, and "There were a lot of people who blew on horns and kawos. would have turned out, but stayed Cutting the ribbon to launch the Shuffle are Board of Governors member Hazel Mah, Rector and Mrs. Lowy, "It adds a real spirit to the event," away because of the threat of rain," and Mix 96 radio personalities Ted Bird and Terry Di Monte. Thirty-five undergraduate students will receive said Shuffle organizer Chris Mota, she said. "What is important now is scholarships or bursaries on October 15, thanks to last year's walkathon between the two campuses. who had about 20 volunteers help in for people to honour their pledges." the smooth organization of the event. See Shuffle, p. 11 Man with a vision he $1,000 Susan Carson Award, Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. Twhich memorializes a Gazette When he returns to Bangladesh, reporter with a strong social con Shailo wants to become a catalyst for science, was presented last week to change. "Eighty per cent of the peo Public launch of Iqbal Shailo, a working journalist ple in my country are rural, poor, from Bangladesh. illiterate," he explained. "They have The Campaign for Shailo came here last year on the problems, and they also have solu recommendation of a teacher who tions. I want to be the medium a New Millennium told him that Concordia had the through which they communicate best journalism school in Canada. In with each other." the process of making contact with The journalist, who speaks seven October 29, 11 a.m. Montrealers from his own part of languages, is also a poet and anthol Concordia Concert Hall the world, he decided that they ogist. He wrote a reference book Loyola Campus needed a voice. called R omanticism and the Seven Now, as well as his studies in the Odes of Islam, and recently was Journalism Diploma program, he is named a semi-finalist in a poetry the editor (and reporter, designer and competition. IN THIS ISSUE Satirical artist speaks at Homecoming publisher) of a community newsletter Shailo is also looking at a number called East-West Dialogue. It is writ of North American universities with Toronto artist/historian Charles Pachter, whose provocative works often tease the fragile Canadian identity, is the headliner of this ten in English for people from a view to doing a PhD on the subject From away year's Homecoming festivities. Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri of rural communication. - BB Pachter loves to take popular icons - a moose, the Queen, the Students from all over the globe maple-leaf flag - and then transmute them in an arresting, find a welcome. lighthearted way. Page 5 Margaret Atwood writes in her foreword to a new book about the artist: "He is capable of constructing a mysterious and beautiful image... and then undercutting it [with a title that is] a play on Author, author words. In many countries, you would not be taken seriously if you did this sort of thing. In Canada, paradoxically, it is difficult to be > a: We've got writers of fiction, ::, taken seriously, in the long run, unless you do this kind of thing." ~ guidebooks, history, math. z Pachter originals have been acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Page 6, 7 and 8 ""t;; the Canadian Embassy in Washington, the Musee d'art ~ Students in the graduate Journalism Diploma program were given contemporain, Charles Bronfman, Peter C. Newman and Pierre ~ awards last week by journalists from The Gazette. Above, left to right, Trudeau, among many others. ~ are Michael Dobie, who won a S1,000 Philip Fisher bursary; Nancy 0 Next issue: 0 Charles Pachter's speech, A Romance with Canada," will take place ~ Durnford of The Gazette; Ray Brassard, Gazette managing editor; Iqbal October 23 Thursday, October 16, in the Henry F. Hall Building's Alumni ~ Shailo, who won both a $1,000 Philip Fisher bursary and the S1,000-plus Auditorium, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., starting at 7:15 p.m. :,i Susan Carson Award; John Kalbfleisch, editorial writer; and Dominique Admission is free for students, $8 for others. @ Ritter, who won a $2,000 Philip Fisher bursary. I 0.. Opening coincides with Homeqoming weekend Gritty domestic satire is first play of the season life in the urban world, with the when he started writing plays for the BY MICHA EL DOBI E struggle of the family to survive, " Factory Theatre Lab. This initiated "f:"'amily life in all its comic horror said director Ralph Allison at a a long association with it and its r is the subject of E scape From recent rehearsal with his 10 young artistic director, Ken G ass, whose Happiness, the first production of the actors. "It's the struggle to keep the play, Claudius, is being presented by >- season from Concordia's Theatre family together despite the dark Concordia's Theatre Department in !§ forces around us and within us." ":l Department, which debuts on December. ~ Walker handles these heavy <( Homecoming weekend. Claudius is an adaptation of Ham- ~ The play, by Toronto playwright themes with a satirical touch deft cc let from the point of view of his ~ George F. Walker, recounts the enough to have won him the Gover usurper, uncle Claudius. It will run § comic misadventures of a family as nor-General's Award and the a at the D.B. Clarke Theatre from ~ they struggle with one another, their Chalmer's Award for Best New Play a. December 5 to 14. c,i gang-ridden neighbourhood and the of 1992. Those familiar with Walk "' corrupt police detectives sent to er's work will recognize some of the This semester, all three produc- ~ investigate a beating. The action all characters from his other "East End" tions will be Canadian plays; the il: takes place in the kitchen, a room plays, such as Criminals in Love and other is Moo, by Sally Clark, in the where people take sustenance from Beautiful City. Cazalet Studio, behind the F. C . what they eat as well as from the love Born in 1947 in Toronto's tough Smith Auditorium at Loyola from they feed (or deny) one another. east end, Walker dropped out of November 7 to 16. Admission to "The play is about dealing with high school and was a cab driver Moo is free, provided seats are reserved. Two modern class ics will be mounted in the spring: The_Play boy of the Western World, by J. M . Synge, OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES and The Persecution and A ssassination ofJ ean-Paul M arat, by Peter Weiss. Research Involving Human Subjects Escape From Happiness will be pre sented at the D.B. Clarke Theatre in All research projects involving the use of human subjects, whether the Henry F H all Building on October funded or non-fu nded, to be conducted by faculty, post-doctorates, administrators and staff, must be reviewed by the Human Research 17, 18, 19 (H omeco ming weekend), Ethics Committee (HREC) prior to the commencement of the and tickets bought through the Alumni research. Affairs office cost $6. Other perfor A Summary Protocol Form, available from the Office of Research mances are October 23, 24, 25 at 8 p.m Services (ORS), should be completed and submitted to the Human and October 26 at 2 p.m. Students, $2; Research Ethics Committee for approval. regular admission, $10; and seniors, Two HREC meetings will be scheduled to accelerate the review $8. 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Monday, November 3, 1997 (for CQRS, Health & Welfare, and any research which will begin prior to February 1, 1998) When faculty go on an exchange, many people reap the benefits Monday, January 5, 1998 (for FCAR, SSHRC, NSERC, and other agencies) Human subjects are involved in a variety of research situations British Council opens a door including, but not limited to, the fo llowing: (a) posing questions to individuals by telephone, letter, survey, questionnaire, or inter University of London, and together 'We can't and won't support peo BY ALI SO N R AMSE Y view; (b) use of non-public records, which contain identifying they arranged a trans-Atlantic ple coming to conferences who information about anyone; (c) reporting the observance of individ he price of a return ticket to exchange of student artworks.