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Vol. 23, No. 9 http://ctr.concordia.ca January 27, 2005 African _children get their own animators

SHELAGH M CNALLY The 15 participants had little or no pre­ vious training, but underwent an If the global village does indeed exist, intensive animation program designed for some of its members are being over­ them. It included drawing techniques, looked. In Africa today, most children's scriptwriting, and storyboarding, with the animated television programs are import­ ultimate goal of creating short, original ed. However, an innovative UNESCO animation pieces to be shown on African program is hoping to change that. televisi9n. Sawadogo donated her expert­ Last summer, Cilia Sawadogo, a profes­ ise and brought along computers and sor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of software. Cinema, joined other animators from the "It was such an interesting mix;' she USA, UK and Ghana to teach at Africa said in an interview. "Basically, we gave Animated! · UNESCO a shopping list of what was This training and production work­ needed and then built the studio from the shop, sponsored by UNSECO, the ground up. Everyone brought something education arm .of the United Nations, from their university, like computers and started as part of the Zanzibar Interna­ software. We all lived and worked in the tional Film Festival (ZIFF) and grew into a same compound with our drawing tables five-week workshop in Nairobi at the in the same room:' Kenya College of Communication Tech­ Africa is a continent bombarded with nology (KCCT). North American images. Satellite televi­ There isn't a lot of African animation, Cilia Sawadogo in front of a scene from a film called Nyonyi. sion reaches the most remote villages, but because there isn't an infrastructure; facil­ since there is little local content, children ities and people with animation computer end up watching American television. skills are in short supply. Africa Animated! "The idea was to create a workshop and African values. We had artists from Ugan­ "We interviewed several young people was a seed project designed to train ani­ have people create animation with da, Kenya, Tanzania and other parts of mators to train others. African content, African people and East Africa;• explained Sawadogo. continued on page 10

Students and staff open their hearts for tsunami relief

BAR BARA B LACK ing," she said. "It was amazing to see Women's Hockey Tournament earli­ all the clubs working together to er this II!Onth. Students have raised $137,000 for the achieve a mutual goal. PERMIKA, the Indonesian Student victims of the huge underwater "In the past there was tension Association in Montreal, in collabo­ earthquake and resulting tsunami between the clubs, [but] everyone ration with UMSA, the United that killed more than 200,000 and was happy to work with one another. Muslim Student Association, held a displaced millions in Southeast Asia Club presidents exchanged phone dinner on Jan. 8 in the cafeteria on on Dec. 26. numbers so that they could get the 7th floor of Concordia's Hall The Concordia Student Union together again in the future. Building to raise money for victims raised money from a cabane a sucre, "All students enjoyed corning out in Indonesia. a party at Reggie's, hot chocolate and to see what the clubs put together. Another source of donations for tea served at the shuttle bus line, and The break dancers were a big hit! relief efforts was a luncheon held club events. "Many students had loved ones Dec. 17 for employees in the sector Lauren Teblum, the CSU's VP who died in the tsunami, and that is reporting to Marcel Danis. Depart­ finance, said the Muslim Student why it was so important for us to all ment directors collected $3,438 from Association alone raised $70,000, come together to show our support guests, and this was matched by and the Cutam Tamil raised $14,000; "The administration understood Danis's office. A donation of $6,938 both are clubs affiliated with the this, and really got involved by help­ was turned over to Oxfam. CSU. The CSU itself c·ontributed ing match our funds as well as by In the photo at right, Lauren $20,000, and the office of Vice-Presi­ helping organize many of the Teblum has just put an image repre­ dent Marcel Danis gave $27,000. events." senting hope on Project Earth, an art The CSU held a Tsunami Relief The Recreation and Athletics piece featured at the CSU's Tsunami Day on Jan. 13, which alone raised Department, as we reported in the Relief Fundraising Day. Lauren is in $1,500. Jan. 13 issue of CTR, raised $4,000 marketing in the John Molson "This event was extremely reward- through the Theresa Humes School of Business. Lauren Teblum

IN THIS ISSUE 2 Certifiably funny 3 Learning from books 6 Coats that remember 6 People of the whale David McGimpsey's fiction Madise Horst and TESL Joanna Berzowska's art Sociologist watches watchers --j

Writer David McGimpsey is Certifiably funny ly teaching Creative Writing: Poetry. Born of "the sort of observations I'm His three books of poetry are delirious always torturing my friends with;' Certifi­ mash-ups of the lit canon (Yeats, Milton) able quietly delivers sinewy, finely crafted and syndication purgatory (Beverly Hill­ prose from behind the deceptively goofy billies, Gilligan's Island), with generous bluster of Matlock references. And, yes, it's side orders of fries. extremely funny. He's published papers on Frank Sinatra, McGimpsey said in an interview, "My and his research interests include the his­ earliest writings tried to be serious and tory of miniature golf architecture. His soulful and wounded and all those things summers are spent in fevered pursuit of that I thought were so poetically impres­ roadside kitsch (statues of oversized fruit, sive - when you're 19, you want to be etc.) and southern U.S. barbecue joints. wise, but that's the one thing you can't be. He plays guitar in Puggy Hammer, an Slowly I realized that my voice was more "Alice Cooper meets Deep Purple" rock in tune with the wisecracks I was making:• band formed with fellow Concordia Eng­ "I hope to help my students discover lish prof Jason Camlot. (Representative their strengths, to learn the craft of writ­ song titles: "It's the End of the World and ing so they can learn to write like My Hair Smells Terrific;• "Milli Vanilli;' "I themselves and not just imitate some­ Was Made for Loving You and Your Room­ thing they believe writing is supposed to mate:') be. Then there's Certifiable. McGimpsey's "Writing requires an apprenticeship recent collection of short fiction intro­ that can be difficult and arduous - you duces an off-kilter alternate universe. cannot be a writing prodigy. People will go Fonzie's leather jacket is a cognitive entity hear a child violinist, but nobody's saying, (and, perhaps more fantastically, so is the 'You know, there's this great novel by a jacket's pen-pal, Christina Aguilera). five-year-old ... : Batman annotates the New Testament: "I want my students to learn some "I asked my butler Alfred, as he was set­ respect for how difficult that apprentice­ David McGimpsey asks students to write poems about their shoes. ting down a bowl of Manhattan clam ship can be, and also to give themselves a chowder in front of the batcomputer, what break, to accept their hard work as steps he thought of the first gospel writer... ". in the right direction and not put pressure JAME S MARTIN widescreen TV as The Larry Elder Show A course syllabus warns, "Students will ori themselves to say everything right fills the room with deafening domestic be familiarized with moments where the now:• It's the day after fire closed the legendary conflict. instructor will be wild-eyed and intent, McGimpsey sneaks a look at the TV. Cafe Olympico, and Dr. David McGimpsey The talk-show circus is an apt like a rogue cop whds come· face to face 'J\.nd that's why I ask them to write poems seeks caffeine in a B-list Mile End coffee soundtrack for a conversation with the with the kind of punk who ruined his faith about their shoes:• shop. He shoots a suspicious glance at the pop-enthused McGimpsey, whds current- in America:•

Acco·untancy is more popular than ever~ despite scandals

KEITH RA NDALL A chartered accou~tant given the hon­ orary designation of fellow by the Ordre The accounting profession is recovering des comptables agrees, Magnan has a doc­ from the drubbing it has suffered in the torate from the University of Washington, past few years, says Michel Magnan, Asso­ in Seattle. As an accountant, teacher and ciate Dean of the John Molson School of researcher, Magnan says he can get excit­ Business. ed from many different angles. "Enrolments in the accounting major "Everything firms do eventually gets are holding up very well, and increasing reflected in financial statements, so if you here at Concordia. That's true especially in understand those you're well on your way the United States. They were going down­ to understanding what the firm is doing. hill for many years, so the .. fact that A good manager must be comfortable accounting has made headlines for the with figures:• · past few years has raised interest in the The Dickensian image of accountants is profession:• a reassuring image for Magnan. 'J\.t least Magnan was interviewed as he pored . these old guys with eyeshades were sturdy over Nortel's massive restatement of earn­ people. Maybe something got lost in ings. The key to that debacle was lack of terms of the moral fibre of what it was to respect throughout the organization for be an accountant. the rules of accounting and reporting. 'J\. colleague at the University of Alberta However, the Nortel affair is dwarfed by said it was almost like being called to the another scandal in the U.S. "Some of Nor­ priesthood to be an accountant. If you go tel's figures were illusions, but Enron was back 30 years, you were expected to be of a whole mirage:• very high moral quality and stringent New laws and regulations are not the about policies and standards. Over the solution to executive malfeasance, he last 20 years, we were expected to be said. Standards were well established. salespeople, consultants, business advi­ While accountants may have been accom­ sors, and many things. plices to corporate mischief, many other "It becomes difficult to maintain your Michel Magnan writes a column on finance for the newspaper La Presse. executives were also involved. integrity as an auditor who's expected to "Top management essentially engaged vouch that the boqks are being kept in the in quasi-fraudulent actions to get around proper way when you're advising the ants will rediscover that lost moral fibre. graduation, the Ordre has noted only a the standards. You can have all the stan­ client on various strategies to minimize The Registrar's office reports that enrol­ slight rise in applications for professional dards you want, but if management taxes or submit a loan application. It cre­ ments in accounting majors have risen status, but a significant increase in intends not to respect them, they're going ates confusion in one's mind. We've lost from 972 in 2000-01 to 1,400 so far in 2004- demand for accounting and auditing to cheat, lie and do whatever it takes to something in that regar~." 05. services. get what they want: Perhaps a new generation of account- Given the time lag from enrolment to

2 I Concordia's Thursday Repor t I January 27 , 2005 ' ' .. , . 1 J • J 1 f' ' I l I .' __j Teaching English with books

Vincent Martin (Biology), whose work on the anti-malaria vaccine artemisinin you read about in CTR (Dec. 2, 2004), was a founding member of Amyris Biotechnologies through his postdoctorate work at the University of California, Berkeley. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has just given a grant of $42.6 million from to OneWorld Health, described as the first non­ profit pharmaceutical company in the U.S., which will work with Amyris and UC Berkeley on what promises to be a more affordable cure for the disease. Dennis Murphy (Communications Studies) was a presenter at the NATO School - SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Oberam­ mergau, Bavaria, Germany, during a weeklong session (Nov. 22 to 26) on Orientation to NATO Psychological Operations. His presentation was enti­ Marlise Horst at Tyndale-St. George Community Centre during a break in a second-language English class for new­ tled "Psychological Operations in History: Internal versus External PsyOps." comers to the city. Lydia Sharman (Design Art) wrote two entries in recent books about a fas­ cinating character in Montreal's fashion history, Jane Harris Putnam. Born B EV ER LY A KERMAN "Incidental pick-up is probably not as fast as if Jane Van Gelder, Harris immigrated from Europe in 1948 and established you were to actually study those words, look them salons on Sherbrooke St. near the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Sharman knows some­ Marlise Horst is fascinated by how people learn­ up in the dictionary and think hard about them. thing about fashion herself, having designed Mary Quant's first store in London in the 1960s. Her essay appears in Fashion: A Canadian Perspective, ing a second language build their vocabulary However, it is important to know what happens ed.Alexandra Palmer (U ofT Press) and an entry in Dicomode: dictionnairede through reading, and she is making it her life's incidentally because that is the main way we learn la mode au Quebec de 1900 a nos jours, Gerald Baril (Fi des). work. new words. Karin Doerr (CMLL & Simone de Beauvoir Institute) gave the lecture She first came to Concordia to pursue an MA in "Most of the time you don't look them up in the "Rethinking Women and the Holocaust" at Concordia University in October Applied Linguistics, graduating in 1993. Her PhD dictionary or get told the meaning or get a chance under the auspices of Montreal's Holocaust Education Series 2004. in the same field was conferred by the University to study them. You have to develop those contex­ Congratulations to BComm student Raluca Petrescu on winning an Export of Wales in 2001; later that year she became an tual skills:' Development Canada Scholarship. assistant professor of education at Concordia. Computer-based text-evaluation research As a teacher and researcher in the Teaching reveals that "almost everything we say in normal Denise Roig, who teaches magazine writing in the Journalism Department, has recently published her second collection of short fiction, titled Any Day English as a Second Language (TESL) Centre, she conversation is within the 1,000 most common Now (Signature Editions). As a young dance student at Juilliard in New York, wants to understand how adult second-language words of English. This ties in very closely with my Roig's was inspired by the fearsome Martha Graham; Roig's latest collection learners become fluent readers in their new lan­ research, because my partner at UQAM, Tom of short stories is grounded on the same sonata form Graham was experi­ guage. Cobb, makes websites for this very purpose, to menting with in modern dance: exposition, development and Horst's interest developed in Saudi Arabia and help teachers all over the world identify common recapitulation. Roig is now working on a book of nonfiction, Butter Cream: A Oman, where she taught for over a decade. and unusual words in their teaching materials:' Year in a Montreal Pastry School. "Students were coming into the university from (Compleat Lexical Tutor, www.lextutor.ca) Raymond Beauchemin, foreign editor of The Gazette and author of Salut! little desert towns in Oman, and they really need­ Research shows the 1,000-word rule is also true The Quebec Microbrewery Beer Cookbook, will teach a seminar in internation­ ed to kno.w how to read English right away, to of spoken French. Horst explained that fluent al journalism for the Journalism Department. study commerce, medicine or engineering. They reading requires a much larger vocabulary: at Congratulations to Col. Jacques Lachance, CD, a member of Concgrdia's didn't necessarily need to speak it; their need was least 3,000 words for English, 2,000 for French. Security Department. He assumed command of the 34th Canadian Brigade to read English. Why this discrepancy? Echoes of history, she Group in a colorful ceremony in Montreal on Dec. 12. There are 2,000 mem­ bers of this civilian militia, whose roots go back to French Canada's earliest "That's how my interest in reading and vocabu­ said. "English started out as a Germanic language; days. lary came together. My first experiments were in basic words like 'you', 'me', 'here' and 'there' are The Centre Culture) Yvonne L. Bombardier, in Valcourt, Quebec, is showing my class there. I read out a whole novel, a simpli­ Germanic in origin. The Norman Conquest in the art photography of Raymond April (Photography). Winner of the 2003 fied version of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of 1066 resulted in a lot of French vocabulary com­ Prix Paul-Emile Borduas, she works primarily in black and white, blending Casterbridge, and tested them on the words ing in. autobiographical, documentary and fictional elements. Raymonde April, before and after:' As a result, "English has many, many words for Bifurcations, will be at the gallery, 1002 J-A Bombardier Ave., until Feb. 20. In 2004, Horst received a $93,000 three-year the same thing. For the learner of English, there Oksana Dykyj (Fine Arts) gave two lectures at the Montreal Museum of Fine SSHRC grant to study "Developing Second Lan­ are a lot of synonyms to master. What is the dif­ Arts Museum in late October in which she discussed the influence of art guage Vocabulary Size and Speed Through ference between 'kingly,' 'royal,' 'regal' and deco on art direction in film. She was also interviewed on Radio Canada's Extensive Reading:' 'sovereign'? Mastering those nuances means Porte Ouverte about how art deco in films permeated popular culture in the She will examine literacy development using learning both Germanic and Latin-based words, a '20s and '30s. books designed for ESL learners. Some are literary problem learners of Romance languages don't Steven Appelbaum (Management) has been invited to join the Emerald classics, available with vocabulary adjusted for face to the same extent:' Group Publishing Limited as an International Advisor. Presently, he is on the varying levels of proficiency. Horst and colleagues Diane Schmitt at Notting­ editorial advisory board of the Journal of Management Development, which is part of the Emerald Publishing Group. "We assume that everybody learns new lan­ ham Trent University in the UK and Tom Cobb of guage through reading, but it is quite another UQAM were recently awarded the TESOL Interna­ Michel LaRoche (Marketing) is listed among the top 25 articles in the Jour­ thing to measure that. I'm working with new tional Research Funds grant for their project, ''.A nal of Business Research and in the 50 most-frequently read articles in the Journal of Service Research. Canadians, some right off the plane, at the Tyn­ comparison of computerized and t~aditional dale-St. George Centre in Little Burgundy:' techniques for learning academic vocabulary:' Gary Johns (Management) has been appointed to the editorial board of the The Centre is a joint mission of the Presbyter­ TESL Centre colleagues Laura Co~ins and Joanna Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, published by the American Psy­ chology Association. He is also on the editorial boards of Organizational ian and Anglican churches; Horst and her running White won the award in 2002-3. Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the lnternationa/Journal ofSelec­ group participate in an annual "Red Dress Run'' tion and Assessment and serves as consulting editor for the Journal of on behalf of the charity, raising about $6,000 each Organizational Behavior. year. Wide World ofTESL Jim Gavin (Applied Human Sciences) has published an article in the Decem­ The sim_plified readers have been computer­ ber issue of Physician and Sports Medicine called "Pairing Personality with scanned so their vocabulary is well defined. The This afternoon, TESL teachers are sharing stories Activity." learners are tested on a sample of this.vocabulary from the field, from 4:15 to 5:45 in Room 531 of the Sanctity and Male Desire, a book by Donald Boisvert (Religion), has been before and after reading the books, to examine Hall Bldg. The featured speaker is Valerie chosen as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the religion/spiritual­ how well vocabulary is acquired from reading in Markham, who has been teaching in China. ity category. It is published by Pilgrim Press. context.

Conco rdia's Thu rs day Report I Jan ua ry 27, 2005 I 3 of dollars for health care, social serv­ IN MEMORIAM ices and education. He served on the board of direc­ JOHN ECONOMIDES tors of many organizations, notably senate the Kidney Foundation of Canada, and was on Concordia's Board of Governors from 1987 to 1995, when he was named Governor Emeritus.

Devoted alumnus

John served on the board of direc­ tors of the Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams University from 1981, and served as its president; he A regular meeting of University Senate, held conform, had been ratified; David Vivian, was also a director of the Concordia Jan. 14, 2005. part-time faculty senator, said that CUPFA University Alumni Association, from agreed to the plan. Dean Jerry Tomberlin said 1985 to 1992. He was invested in the Deans: Provost Martin Singer presented draft that the JMSB's representatives on Senate are Order of Canada in 1997 and profiles for two decanal posts. In answer to a elected by the whole School. The matter was received an honorary doctorate question, he said the Dean of Fine Arts will tabled. from Concordia in 1998. not require a PhD, as the doctorate may not be New VP: Lowy introduced Kathy Assayag, Sir George and Concordia always the terminal degree for some candidates. who has assumed the new post of Vice-Presi­ Concordia lost a good friend on Jan. remained close to his heart, and he These drafts, meant to guide searches, will go dent, Advancement and Alumni Affairs. 19, when John Nicholas Economides, was a tireless Concordia booster. He to faculty councils, the executive committee Tsunami relief: Lowy congratulated the stu­ C.M., died at the age of 85. tried not to miss a Stingers football of the Board, the School of Graduate Studies dents for raising $130,000 for relief in An alumnus of Sir George game or any Sir George or Concordia and the search committees. The searches are Southeast Asia. Williams University (BComm, 1941), event, and the night before his pass­ in progress, and dates have been set for day­ Security: Lowy said that with the help of an­ he joined the Royal Canadian Navy ing he attended a Concordia Sports long visits by each · of the shortlisted Ottawa firm who are also working on security soon after gradu'ation and served in Hall of Fame meeting. candidates: March 9, 10 and 11 for Arts and for the Vancouver -Olympics, the university the North Atlantic (1943-1945), He is survived by his wife, Sophia Science, and March 29, 30 and 31 for Fine has identified relatively inexpensive ways to retiring with the rank of lieutenant. (Agetees), and sons Nicholas and Arts. upgrade the Alumni Auditorium (H-110), the Peter, to whom we extend our sym­ New programs: There was a discussion on De Seve Cinema, the hockey arena and the Philanthropist pathies. whether or not new programs adopted by Sen­ Oscar Peterson Concert Hall to accommodate Donations in his honour can be ate but not yet approved by CREPUQ and the controversial speakers. A rating system has He then embarked on a long and made to the John N. & Sophia MEQ should be offered to students and also been adopted, ranging from level one for successful career at Imperial Tobac­ Economides Scholarship Endow­ included in the university calendar. ENCS the majority of events, for which no security co and Imasco. He devoted much of ment Fund through the Concordia Dean Nabil Esmail said the programs should measures would be needed, to level five his time to charitable and non-prof­ Office of Advancement & Alumni be offered because of the delay of up to five events, which could lead to violence. it organizations, and raised millions Relations. years between Senate approval and final MEQ Publicity: Bob Kilgour (Arts and Science) said approval. However, Singer said in order to the current issue of a magazine called Canadi­ avoid ambiguity about the status of a new an Technology and Business is full of articles program, a note in the calendar could indicate and advertisements for other universities, that it awaits approval. Students would be including Canada Fund for Innovation recipi­ admitted into a sister program and then ents, but there is no mention of Concordia. He transferred when approval is obtained. asked why. Assistant Vice-Provost Truong Vo­ Tribunal: Me Sandra Mastrogiuseppe was Van said the university does not have control IN MEMORIAM approved as chair of the Tribunal Hearing over such content. Pool. Appointment: Catherine Vallejo (Arts and BEVERLEY ABRAMOVITZ Membership of Senate: Steering committee Science) asked if the recent appointment of presented amendments and a table showing Marcel Danis to the new post of Vice-Presi­ Her friends at Concordia were sorry how membership would expand from 38 to 46 dent, External Relations, had gone through to hear of the death on Jan. 13, from members. The expansion, aimed at increasing the normal procedures. Lowy said it was part cancer, of Beverley Abramovitz. the number of part-time faculty and graduate of an effort to separate academic administra­ At the time of her death, she was Concordia's Thursday Report students, was calibrated to preserve as closely tors and professional administrators, and that a secretary in CENPARMI, the Cen­ is published 17 times during the academicyear on a as possible the balance of faculty, students Danis's appointment was an example of the tre for Pattern Recognition and biweekly basis by the Internal Relations and Communi­ cations Depanment of Concordia University, latter. Machine Intelligence, in the and administrators. Dean June Chaikelson 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., asked if the collective agreement of the part­ Department of Mechanical and Montreal,Quebec H3G 1M8 time faculty, to which this plan was to Next meeting: Feb. 4. Industrial Engineering. Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext.4882 Her friend Monica Etwaroo said E-mail: [email protected] she had known Beverley since 1974. Fax: (514) 848-2814 Research Awards for Rakheja, Boushel "We worked together in the Mathe­ Maerial pulished in the newipaper Subhash Rakheja, of the Department of Grant, and the FRSQ Quebec Research Schol­ matics Department, Later on, she Jllil'f 00: be repuduced withrut pemm1. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and ar Award. In the same year, he was also worked for the Computer Science ISSN 1185-3689 Robert Boushel, of the Department of Exer­ awarded a Concordia University Junior Department, then the Dean's office, Publications Mail Agreement No.: 40042804 cise Science, are this year's recipients of the Research Chair. He has an excellent publica­ and after that with CENPARMI, on Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Concordia's Concordia University Research Awards (URA). tion record and has supervised several the sixth floor of the GM- Building:' Thursday Report, #121, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Dr. Rakheja is the recipient of the senior graduate students. A memorial celebration of Bever­ Montreal QC, H3G 1M8. award. Known internationally for his work in His research is focused on cardiovascular ley's life is being organized in email: [email protected] ergodynamics, he has had more than 230 regulation during exercise. Specific study top­ CENPARMI, bn Thursday, Feb. 10, Editor papers published and is often cited around ics include neural control of cardiac output from 2 to 3:30 p.m. RSVP by Feb. 8 to Barbara Black the world. His work has received major grants and muscle blood flow at sea level and at high [email protected], or from NSERC, IRSST, the Department of Trans­ altitude, and microcirculatory blood flow dis­ ext. 7950. Editorial Assistant port and FQRNT, among others. tribution during exercise. Lina Shoumarova

He is a fellow of the Canadian Society for The University · Research Awards were Layout and Production Mechanical Engineering and of American established to recognize and promote Sandra Lynn Belanger Society of Mechanical engineers. He is cur­ research and creative activity at the universi- rently supervising 18 graduate students. ty. Correction Concept Robert Boushel will receive the junior, or They provide each honouree with a $5,000 In our article about Virginia Nixon's Elana Trager Marlteting Communications emergi~g researcher, award. He began his grant and the title of Concordia University book, Mary's Mother, we miscalculat­ career at Concordia in July 2000 and has made Research Fellow for one year. ed the years she has been teaching art Next issue: February 10 remarkable progress in his research career. As part of their duties, each will give a pub­ history at the Liberal Arts College. She In 2002, he was awarded a CFI New Oppor­ lic lecture during his fellowship, at a date to started there in 1987, 17 years ago. Our tunities award, a five-year NSERC Discovery be determined. apologies to her.

'4 1 Concordia\slhulrsday' Rh ort' i Ja nuary 27, 200 5 Singer Jeri Brown wins Martin Luther King Award

J ULI A N H UMP H REYS wherever I go I act as an ambassador for Concordia. I've had many students who weren't aware of Concordia Jeri Brown, Associate Professor of Music at Concordia before they heard me perform. As a result we've had many University, is this year's winner of the Martin Luther King students come from different parts of the world to study Jr. Achievement Award, in recognition of her contribution with us, and our program incorporates a lot of different to the development of black performing arts and cultural styles, from pop to jazz and blues to different kinds of life in Canada. world music:· The Montreal-based singer met the great civil rights In addition to teaching singing, Jeri and her students leader when she was growing up in St Louis, Missouri, produce an annual Broadway-style musical in Oscar during a time of racial segregation and oppression. Since Peterson Concert Hall, a venue she describes as "beauti- that time Martin Luther King's legacy and Jeri Brown's ful;' with an "impeccable sound for jazz:' . career have grown to the point where she is now being This year's show, running from April 6 to 8, will be honoured in his name. Gospel in Colonus, a modern-day version of Sophocles' Since 1991 Jeri's association with Canadian jazz label Oedipus Rex set in a church in Harlem. Other upcoming Justin Time records has resulted in nine CD releases, most events include a Centraide-sponsored Celebration of of which have been nominated for a Juno. Langston Hughes on Wednesday, Feb. 2, and a CBC broad­ In 2001 she released Image in the Mirror: The Triptych, cast of Jeri's tribute to Nina Simone. based on the music of Milton Sealey. Her collaboration The opportunity to explore music within an academic with Sealey was fortuitous. context is one Jeri values. "This 70 year-old man introduced himself to me after "It's wonderful to be in an educational environment one of my shows in Montreal;' shf said. "He gave me all where I can write and experiment with new material. his never-recorded music, and he had such a gentle dispo­ There's nothing about teaching and performing that are in sition, and the music was astounding:' conflict in my world - although scheduling can some- The Bud Powell-influenced compositions were fresh times get a little difficult!" . and original and with the addition of Jeri's lyrics and a The Vision Celebration Fund.raiser Gala, which includes dramatic narrative, the resulting one-woman show was a the presentation of the Martin Luther King Jr Achieve­ hit. However, the glitz and glamour of show business don't ment Award to Jeri Brown, as well as a display of artworks detract from Jeri's commitment to teaching. by her mother, Vera Shelton, will be held at the Omni "Performance is an extension of teaching for me;' she Hotel, 1050 Sherbrooke St: W. on Saturday, Jan. 29. For said. "Part of my responsibility as a performer is to more information, call (514) 932 1104 ext. 223. Jeri Brown demonstrate the art form, the historical music, that my A Celebration of Langston Hughes, also featuring a students learn:' tribute to Dave Brubeck, is at Oscar Peterson Concert Jeri's high profile also acts as a selling point for Concor­ Hall on Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. All proceeds support CentraitJ,e and dia's music program. tsunami relief operations. For more information, call (514) "Most of my performing is done in Europe, and 848-2424, ext. 4848.

Greek culture enriches lecture series

On March 11, Lambros Kamberidis, a priest and doc­ Students can choose courses from the interdiscipli­ toral candidate from the Universite de Montreal, will nary Greek Stu,dies cluster, which offers classes in ancient speak about Byzantine arts and iconography, and on May Greek language, Greek history, drama, philosophy and lit­ 20, Nota Kourou, an archeology professor from the Uni­ erature, as well as Greek for native speakers. versity of Athens, will give a lecture on ancient Greece The response from students has been "fantastic:' Many and its artistic life. of the students do not have a Greek heritage and come This is the fifth edition of the series, organized by the from a variety of non-humanities disciplines, like engi­ Hellenic Studies Unit at Concordia. So far, more then 15 neering. According to Metallinos, this just proves the scholars from Canada, U.S. and Greece have exchanged . wide-reaching appeal of Greek culture. ideas on topics as diverse as Greek morphology, Byzan­ tine studies, .the Olympic games and Greek identity. Paris Arnopoulos All the lectures have been videotaped and are available on VHS tapes. In addition, the lectures have been pub­ The Unit also grants an annual scholarship in the lished as monographs and can be purchased from the name of Paris Arnopoulos, a professor emeritus in the Hellenic Studies Unit. Department of Political Science and a generous contrib­ Nikos Metallinos, a longtime professor in the Commu­ utor to the Unit. The amount of $1,000 is awarded to an nications Department, is one of the unit's founders and undergraduate or graduate student not necessarily of the current co-ordinator. He works assiduously to pro­ Hellenic origin, but involved in an area of study related to mote Greek culture to the university community and the Hellenism. public at large. The Unit holds summer media seminars sponsored Metallinos said with pride that he started organizing almost entirely by the Greek Ministry of Press and Mass Greek organizations and associations while a student in Media that give 20 communication students from Cana­ the States and he hasn't stopped since. He is one of the da and the U.S. a week in sunny Greece. One of the slides of Greek modern art shown by Hikos Hadjini­ colaou in the first presentation in the series. founders of the Hellenic Cultural Institute in Montreal. There they attend lectures and workshops presented "From the very beginning of my life in North America, by Greek media professionals, visit Greek media compa­ I have been involved with Greek culture;' he said. nies, and get a firsthand experience of the country's rich L IN A S HOUMAROVA Metallinos has a BA from the Modern School of The­ culture during archeological excursions. ater Arts of Greece and a PhD in communications from To qualify for the seminars, these students have to be If you're seduced by the marble beauty of classic Greek the University of Utah. He is fond of Greek traditional of Greek descent, enrolled in communications and sculptures and enchanted by the intrigues of classical dancing, which he taught for many years after corning to inclined toward a media career. For more details, contact drama, this year's Hellenic Studies Lecture Series is for Canada. Nikos Metallinos at [email protected] or at ext. you. It covers the three distinct periods of art in Greece, The Unit came into being in 2000 in response to the 2536. ancient, Byzantine and Neohellenic. growing Hellenic community in Concordia. Now it has Among Metallinos' future projects is the establishment The series started Jan. 21 with a lecture by Nikos Had­ three main objectives: to enlarge the curriculum offering of a Greek chapter of Concordia's Alumni Association; jinicolaou, ·an art history professor from the University of elective courses on Greek themes, to organize the lecture which would draw together more then 1,500 _Concordia Crete. His talk focused on painting in Greece over the series and to work co-operatively with the other universi­ alumni of Greek origin, now scattered around the world. past 150 years. ties in Montreal.

Con cordia 's Thursda y Repo rt I Janua ry 27, 2005 I 5 Wireless and wearable, the shirt that remembers·

KENDRA 8A LLINGALL electronics, the warp and weft of the thread, and input such as heat, sound, and Soft, silky and squishy are not words we physical contact. . typically use to describe computers. Joan­ Indeed, some of the prototypes are na Berzowska, an assistant professor in designed to sense and react to their envi­ Digital and Computation Arts, is chang­ ronments. Berzowska's "intimacy" shirt ing that by creating digital media that and skirt are part of the Memory Rich look like clothing and feel like textiles. Garment Project, which examines the dif­ Berzowska is a central figure in the field ferences between human and computer of soft computation. Through the Hexa­ memory, and asks what it might mean for gram Research Institute and the XS an object to remember. Design Studio, both affiliated with Con­ cordia, she is developing the latest Microphone prototypes in electronic textiles, reactive materials, and squishy interfaces. Incorporated in the collar of the intima­ Some of her latest and most intriguing cy shirt, a microphone detects the works are computers we can wear. Wear­ slightest whisper from a friend, partner, or able computers have been around for otherwise. Lights stitched along the side decades, and not only in science fiction. of the shirt illuminate according to the Some, like digital watches, are now intensity of the breath, and touch sensors mass produced and ubiquitous. Others in the skirt trigger gradual colour failed to make it beyond the haute-cou­ changes. The garments reveal intimate Joanna Berzowska ture runways or the research labs, and moments as they happen. Berzowska has an idea why. While most of the funding in her field Adding to her two undergraduate that's hard and square and uncomfort­ "Instead of soldering soµiething on, goes to· the development of military and degrees in pure mathematics and fine able;' Berzowska explains. For these maybe we'll stitch it, to really come closer surveillance technologies, Berzowska is arts, Berzowska completed her MSc at designers, "it's about being superhuman, to what textiles are. We don't forget about exploring the potential of electronic tex­ MIT along with some of the other innova­ with extra vision, extra strength, and con­ the body:• tiles for self-expression and critical tors in the field. Steve Mann, the first nectivity. It's very much about the Berzowska integrates thermochromic thought. The intimacy suit is playful and self-described cyborg, was among others machine, and it's disembodied:' pigments, control electronics, and con­ aesthetically interesting, but it is also a designing heavy plastic or metal emissive Berzowska feels wearable computers ductive or resistant threads such as silver critique on the limits and problems of devices, components that are usually put should be soft. The visual and tactile qual­ or stainless steel into fabrics like linen or technology. in a pocket or attached to a jacket using ities of textiles inform her work. silk. The results are textiles that change "The point of the intimacy suit is to get Velcro. "We're trying to replace wires with con­ colour, pattern, or texture, light up, or dis­ people to reflect on how technologies that These wearable computers "look just ductive thread, for example, that can be play low-resolution animations. The we wear on our bodies are redefining like a little computer, like a circuit board embroidered or woven or sewn;• she says. · visuals depend on the programming of the what's public and what's private:• Sociologist explores world of whale hunters and watchers

JANICE HAMILTON the basis of self-interest until, in the absence of restrictions, they extract so Concordia sociologist Katja Neves-Graca much from their environment that they once spent a year and a half in the Azores, eventually deplete all resources. hanging around boats, watching whales, Neves-Graca said her study demon­ and chatting at village cafes with the strates such behaviour is not an inevitable locals, all in the name of fieldwork. part of human nature, although this out­ It sounds like a pretty laid-back life come can occur if people are not sensitive until she admits that she became com­ to their environment, or if tMy don't pletely obsessed with her research, often develop local mechanisms to limit the sleeping only four hours a night, and fre­ demands on resources. quently slipping off to the ladies' room to "You can change the dynamic by edu­ jot down notes, out of sight of her study cating people" she said, adding she is subjects. interested in identifying the conditions Nevertheless, it was a wonderful experi- . that change the dynamics so that people ence. "I got to live a life I would never shift into more sustainable relationships. otherwise have had;' she said. Neves-Graca was able to apply her var­ Neves-Graca, who came to Concordia ied background to her study. Her last July as an assistant professor in the undergraduate degree, which she Department of Sociology and Anthropolo­ Sociologist Katja Neves-Graca with two whalers who were greatly revered in their village of Lajes­ obtained in Portugal, is in international gy, now hopes to follow up on that dopico, in the Azores. Gill {pronounced Gilles) and Mestre {or Captain) Leonel have both died since relations, her MA from the University of the photo was taken. experience by studying the whale watch­ Western Ontario is in symbolic anthropol­ ing industry in Canada. 1980s, people realized they could make a said the Zodiaks seriously disrupted the ogy, and her PhD from York University is She undertook her research in the living by taking tourists to watch the whales, and wanted the tourist industry to in social anthropology. In 2001 she was Azores while she was doing her PhD in sperm whales, fin whales, grey whales and develop more slowly, using quieter boats. hired as a visiting assistant professor at 1998. She was interested in studying dolphins. But the community could only These groups had different levels of access the Institute fiir Ethnologie, University of "what happens when people are faced accommodate a limited number of to knowledge and to power, and different Heidelberg. with the need to be more ecologically sen­ tourists, the whales could only tolerate a economic interests, Neves-Graca noted. Now that she has happily settled back sitive:• certain amount of watching, and competi­ "I looked at how people actually learn in Canada and into her new job at Concor­ She observed what can happen when tion had become fierce. It became evident about ecology by facing ecological dilem­ dia, she is planning her next research the government steps in to regulate limit­ that regulations were needed or the indus­ mas;• she noted, and observed that both project Neves-Graca said she hopes to ed resources, and conflict develops try would collapse. sides learned from each other: study whale-watching in Nova Scotia, between people who want access to these Neves-Graca watched tensions grow "Although the motivation to write these where collapsing economic resources are resources. In this case, the limited between those who followed certain sci­ regulations was economic, the situation forcing people to learn about ecology in resources included both whales and entific advisors and others who felt that promoted increased learning about ecolo­ order to create a· more sustainable econo­ tourists. the local knowledge of the former whale gy as a by-product." my, and compare that with the situation The Azores is a group of islands in the hunters was being ignored. Neves-Graca said her study contributed in rural Quebec, where people are trying mid-Atlantic where whale hunting was Furthermore, some people wanted fast­ to a debate that has been raging in the to save their family farms by switching to central to the economy for a century. moving but noisy Zodiak boats to take the social sciences for the last three decades organic farming methods. After hunting became illegal in the tourists out to the whales, while others over whether humans inevitably act on

6 I Concordia ' s Thursday Report I January 27, 2005 Nicholas and Sheila Pye: Tog~ther for their art

Nick and Sheila Pye Nick and Sheila spit milk in a scene from The Paper WalL

BARBARA BLACK minded people [in NYC] who understand what you're try­ Sheila got a scholarship to do her Master's in Fine Arts ing to do;• Nick explained at Concordia's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, one of It's unusual for students to have an art show in New York, The Paper Wall won an award for best experimental the few schools to offer an MFA in film production. Nei­ but The Paper Wan a IO-minute video by Sheila and film in Toronto last year at the Worldwide Short Film Fes­ ther was a neophyte in the field; her background is in film Nicholas Pye, accompanied by a body of photographic tival, sponsored. by the Canadian Film Centre, Norman and Nick's is in photography. work, is currently being shown at the Sixtyseven Gallery, Jewison's film school. The Paper Wall explores the central paradox of being a on 27th St. (www.~ixtysevengallery.com) Next month they're going to Berlin for the 2005 Berli­ couple: the intense desire to be the other and yet to be The piece shows a man and a woman in separate bed­ nale, or "Talent Campus:• This is an all-expenses-paid one's self. To express it, the Pyes use a range of cinematic . rooms, a thin wall between them. As they go through week of workshops for selected young filmmakers from all devices, and through their graduate work, they continue choreographed gestures, including basic bodily functions, over the world. to develop their film production skills. At the same time, they communicate wordlessly with each other. The Pyes - she's 25, he's 28 - met at the Ontario Col­ they're using everything they learned at art school, Their emotions range from fear to desire, but it may be lege of Art and Design. Even before they met, they were painstakingly creating their film sets themselves. their mutual dependence, expressed in a lovely metaphor both making art about the body, so it seemed natural to As for their being featured in their own art, they don't of breathing - he exhales, she inhales - that viewers find them to make art together. see themselves as actors, more as art objects, tools of the most poignant. "We ran off got married in Italy;• Sheila said, laughing. idea driving the work. While they would welcome making The New York show, which came about as the result of "When we came back, no one believed that we actually their art more widely accessible, they're unlikely to make an art fair in Florida, was a thrill. "There are more like- did it:• it more commercial. It's art, not the movies. Student-run· VAV Gallery needs help

keeps it fresh. A new show is put up every weekend, and Carla and Doria said in an interview that it is hard for every Tuesday evening there's a vemissage, a party where the gallery to develop a self-financing model. art school types enjoy microbrewery beer, fresh art and It can't operate like a commercial gallery by gearing talk with friends and other people from Concordia and toward selling art as this could skew the choice of work in the Montreal art world. · a commercial direction. As for corporate sponsorships, But this year, behind the white walls, track lights and Doria said researching and applying for them can be time­ the kaleidoscope of new shows, financial strains have consuming. As well, they raise serious issues about ~ept co-directors Doria Cheney and Carla Benzan hop­ independence at the student-run space, Carla said. ping to keep the gallery on track. The gallery is managing to upgrade some facilities. The The problem was that this was the year the VAV was VAV's co-directors said they have se~ured funding for the supposed to be self-financing, after a three-year transi­ purchase of a $5,000 digital projector, which will allow the tion period when funding was gradually reduced. The gallery to show new media work. And a project has begun VAV was not able to come up with such a plan, leaving to develop a blackout system to block light from the Carla and Doria scrambling to find funding for opera­ gallery for video projections. tional costs and for special shows and events. But a proposal to renovate the gallery is going to have to wait. The VAV's co-directors say the walls are "severely Levy cracked" and pockmarked, even after they are re-plas­ tered, because of the constant wear and tear of mounting This scramble to keep the gallery afloat has led the Fine new shows. As well, the floor is showing its age. Arts Student Alliance to request that a referendum be "The linoleum is like a 1970s kitchen;• Carla said, held in March for a special VAV fee levy for Fine Arts stu­ adding the floor is "scratched and gouged:' The gallery dents. Chris Godziuk, FASA's president, told Thursday has been told there will be money for renovation after the VAV Gallery co-directors Doria Cheney (left) is a Studio Arts stu­ dent and Carla Benzan is a painting and drawing student with a Report that he expects students to respond positively to completion of the new fine arts and engineering. degree in art history from UBC; both are in their final year. They this initiative. VAV board member Reuben Looyenga, a final-year Stu­ are seen in front of a mixed-media collaborative piece in the Pot­ Rather than having VAV's part-time co-directors hunt­ dio Arts and Art History student, said the board is Pourri Fiesta show this month, presented by Mathieu Blanchette, ing for money each year, funding "will come directly from organizing a fundraising party on Feb. 12. The event will Catherine Guerin and Ingrid Thompson. the people who benefit from it the most: fine arts stu­ feature a benefit concert for special programming and an dents," Godziuk said. {Although the proposed fee levy auction of artwork. ROBERT WINTERS amount has not been finalized, it is expected to cover only The VAV's strong will to survive, and thrive, is one rea­ basic operating costs for the gallery, or about $25,000 a son that FASA president Chris God.ziuk is confident the You never know what you'll find at the VAV Gallery, the year, one VAV co-director said.) · March referendum on the fee levy will pass. lively student-operated gallery on the ground floor of To help the gallery get through this transition year, the "The VAV Gallery is run by students for the students Concordia's Visual Arts Building. From refined paintings Concordia Students Union "generously donated a sum of and I strongly believe that students within the faculty will and photographs to the most challenging conceptual art, money to help meet the VAV's operating costs," FASA's come out and vote in March to show their support;' Godz­ the VAV presents the best of student artists' work. · Godziuk said However, he added that "the VAV must find iuk said There's a fast rhythm to the gallery's life that always a way to stay afloat on its own."

Concordia 's Thursday Report I Jan uary 27 , 2005 I 7 Student groups sour on loan repayment plan The education minister, Pierre Reid, easier. Their creditors, in this case, are not from $14,000 to $21,500. Whereas a stu­ of the government's cut, and there would announced a new student loan repayment the universities, but the banks. dent used to receive about $2,400 in loans be no interest to pay if there ~ ere no debt plan on Jan. 12 aimed at giving relief to Student groups say they don't think and $2,600 in grants, the same student to begin with. Student debt can only be graduates when their income is low. much of Reid's announcement, because it now receives $4,700 in loans and only $300 improved by directly addressing the prob­ Graduates with an annual income of doesn't compensate for the cuts of $103 in grants. lem and reinvesting the $103 million that less th~n $25,621 will have all or part of million in bursary programs last fall. The FEUQ (Federation des etudiants/es was cut:' their interest costs covered by the govern­ The Concordia Student Union is urging universitaires · du Quebec) says Quebec Tim McSorley, a recent Concordia stu­ ment. students to take part in a province-wide has money from the federal government dent who is now chair of the Quebec wing Single parents with higher incomes campaign that started Jan. 17 to call that has not yet been budgeted, i.e. $30 of the Canadian Federation of Students, could benefit, depending on their number selected members of the National Assem­ million from improvements to the Canada said, "What we need is upfront bursaries of children. Students who don't graduate bly 10 times every day for five weeks. Student Loan program and $73 million in for low-income students, not more loans. could also take advantage of it. Anyone "The idea is to increase pressure on the extra equalization payments for the next Debt is debt, no matter how much relief who has not paid off their loan within 10 Quebec Liberal party from the inside;• provincial budget. They are calling for this you provide:• years can apply to have their debt forgiv­ explained CSU VP communications money to be reinvested in student finan­ Asked if he saw it as a precursor to the en. Melissa Gruber. cial aid. thawing of the tuition freeze, McSorley Roger Cote, Executive Director of "We started the campaign against the On Nov. 10, 10,000 students took to the said, "If history holds true, that will be the Enrolment and Student Services, calls the $103-million cut to the bursary program streets across Quebec to oppose the cut, next step. We have seen it in Australia and plan "income-sensitive" rather than last semester in conjunction with other and the CSU plans more protests this Britain, and closer to home in Ontario and "income-contingent;• because the repay­ student associations across the province. term. B.C. In Ontario and B.C, bursaries have ments would be scaled down only for Telephoning Liberal MNAs was effective The youth wing of the government's also been completely eliminated; students those whose incomes are below the because there is a lot of dissent within the own Quebec Liberal Party also denounced can only take out loans:• threshold, whereas students with higher party to the cut. the government for replacing bursaries In its brief to the university last year, incomes will not be asked to pay a higher "Since the Liberals have not yet with loans, and is urging the government Concordia proposed lifting the tuition marginal rate. responded in a clear fashion to student to reinvest in student aid. freeze to help cash-strapped universities. "This program is for borrowers who are concerns, the campaign will heat up this The program, which is likely to benefit It favoured a model adopted by Britain experiencing financial hardship. It's a very semester. The CSU has been delegated 20 15 per cent of Quebecers with student and Australia whereby tuition is increased positive step;' Cote said. MNAs and the goal is to call them 10 loans, or about 60,000 students, will cost and the government pays the student's When he made the announcement, times every day for five weeks:' $22 million a year starting next fall. By tuition. The student repays the govern­ Reid, •a former university president, said A fact sheet provided to the participat­ 2015, it will cost $60 million. ment through the tax system when his or the program would protect the credit rat­ ing students says the average debt load for The CSU's Gruber concluded, "Student her income rises to a certain level. ings of graduates and make their life an undergraduate degree has increased debt is rising across the province because

Friday evening with a wine and cheese. Teaching for peace CCA, 1920 rue Baile. Admission is free, For more information, please call ext. and the public are welcome. 2475, or e-mail Professor Christine Is it possible to teach peace to children Jamieson, at [email protected]. who have known only war? MBA program achieves ranking A documentary will be screened on Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Concordia's John Molson School of D.B. Clarke Theatre, in the Henry F. Hall Business is one of only seven Canadian Building. Teaching Peace in a Time of War business schools in an international rank­ was filmed in Belgrade's Vasa Pelagi, one ing of MBA programs. of six schools where a pilot project on The School's MBA program was ranked Networking on the spot peace education is being conducted. · eighty-first in the world by the Financial The screening will be introduced by the Times of London - seventh in Canada The JMSB Alumni Chapter has filmmakers, Hetty van Gurp and Teresa and second in Quebec. The rankings are launched Network for Business, a series of Macinnes. based on a survey of alumni. opportunities fo r business alumni to In 1991, Hetty's 14-year-old son Ben . The JMSB tied with the University of engage in networking. died as a result of a bullying incident. Toronto's Rotman School of Business with At these events, four to six names will Since then Hetty, president and founder of 93 per cent, the highest score in Canada, be drawn to talk about their businesses. · Peaceful Schools International, has in a category of "aims achieved," the Participants are asked to be prepared to worked to support schools in creating and extent to which alumni fulfill their goals. talk about their company for a few min­ maintaining a culture of peace. Teresa In terms of "value for money;• the JMSB utes, and not to forget their business Macinnes, is a seasoned filmmaker on ranked twenty-riinth, higher than any of cards. solutions to school violence, and a former the five top-ranked schools (namely Har­ There was a dinner on Jan. 19, and there social worker. vard, Wharton, Columbia, Stanford & will be a breakfast on Feb. 22 and another There will be a panel discussion by sev­ London Business School). dinner on March 22. All are at the SGW eral Montreal teachers and faculty The survey also highlights JMSB's Faculty Club, at a cost of $30. members from several Concordia pro­ strong international fo cus, with the high­ For more information, call (514) 848- grams, including Creative Arts Therapies est percentage of international faculty in 2424 ext. 4397. You can register online, at and Art Education. The event is part of Canada. In addition, our students exhibit alumni.concordia.ca/cuaa/chapters/jmsb Brick editor reads his work the ongoing Peace and Conflict Resolu­ superior strengths in their international tion series. mobility and international experience. Marked this weekend Michael Redhill (above), poet, play­ For the past two years, the program has wright, novelist and filmmaker, will give a Sensoria been ranked fifth in Canada by the The Department of Theological Studies reading from his work on Friday, Feb. 4, at National Post's rankings of Canadian busi­ plans to celebrate the centenary of the 7:30 p.m. in the De Seve Cinema, 1400 de A conference called Sensory Collections ness schools. birth of a much-loved theologian with a Maisonneuve Blvd. W. and Display will be held Feb. 10 and 11 at symposium this weekend. Redhill is co-editor with Michael Concordia and the Canadian Centre for The symposium is titled Being Human Ondaatje of the literary journal Brick. Architecture. The event is organized by Communicating culture in a Postmodern Context: the Contribu­ His first book of poetry, Impromptu the Concordia Sensoria Research Team tion of Bernard Lonergan, and it will be Feats of Balance, appeared in 1990; his (CONSERT), which is based in the Depart­ The Defiant Imagination is a lecture co-sponsored with the Thomas More most recent is Light-crossing, 2001. ment of Sociology and Anthropology. series sponsored by the Faculty of Fine Institute. It is part of an international His first novel, Martin Sloane, was Topics will range widely, including the Arts and the Montreal Museum of Fine effort to recognize Lonergan's contribu­ widely praised, and his newest work is a modern museum, posJ-apartheid town­ Arts. tions to Roman Catholic thought. collection of short stories, Fidelity. A ships in South Africa and the World Trade The next speaker will be Design Art The guest speakers are Cynthia Crys 0 number of Redhill's plays have been pro­ Centre. professor Rhona Richman Keneally. dale (Catholic University of America), duced. The inaugural address, "Design Comes She will speak on "Communicating Cul­ Patrick Byrne (Boston College) and Fred­ This reading is part of the English To Its Senses;• will be given by Joy Monice ture;' on Friday, Feb. 4, at 3:30 p.m. in the erick Lawrence (Boston College). D~partment's Writers Read at Concordia Malnar and Frank Vodvarka, authors of De Seve Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve The event, to be held in Hingston Hall, series, with the Blue Metropolis Literary the book Sensory Design, at 8 p.m. on Blvd. W. on the Loyola Campus, is free, and begins Series and Lower Canada College. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the auditorium of the

8 I Concordia 's Thur sda y Repor t I January 27, 2004 Raymond Marius Boucher: Set to take the stage dents in the program learn technical skills KENDRA BALLINGALL with materials, equipment and construc­ tion. They also have the opportunity to Set designer Raymond Marius Boucher produce a show from start to finale: Con­ just might be taking the stage at La Soiree cordia Theatre hosts plays twice each des Masques this Sunday. Quebec's the­ term, and Boucher is design supervisor of atre community is hosting its 11th annual the productions. awards gala, and the Concordia assistant Theatre is not the only medium for professor has been nominated for best set which Boucher designs. Michael Macken­ design for Romances et karaoke. The play zie's 2002 The Baroness and the Pig (set in is also up for best production for young 1880s Paris, shot in a Hungarian castle audiences. and produced by Montreal's Media Prin­ Boucher is the in-house designer for cipia) is the first North American 'film' Montreal's Theatre le Clou, the youth­ shot and distributed using only digital focused theatre company that produced technology. Boucher was assistant artistic Romances et karaoke. Written by Frarn;:is director to Ben Van Os. He has also Monty and directed by Benoit Vermeulen, designed stage sets for the Ballet Jazz de the play follows the anxious, awkward and Montreal. passionate lives of four teens as they try to Boucher's latest space is an exhibition 0 etch out their own identities - even if it hall in la Grande Biblioteque a Montre~. means singing someone else's love song. The new building, which he describes as Boucher used simple blue screens to Raymond Marius Boucher "wonderfully vast;' is set to open in April. reinforce or blend the inner world of each Located in the lobby, the exhibit will draw character. In developing a concept for a on the history of national libraries in Que­ set, he avoids literal interpretations of a Moment de sa disparition. Before completing a two-year intern­ bec. "The mandate is to present the playwright's work, choosing instead to Having contributed to productions ship at the Stratford Theatre Festival, treasures of the library:• emphasize a particular theme or state­ with Le Theatre du Nouveau Monde, Boucher graduated from Concordia's Boucher plans to accentuate the build­ ment. "I like to bring the poetry out of the Theatre du Trident, and Theatre Denise­ Design for the Theatre honours program ing using a variety of materials and media, script;' he said. Pelletier, Boucher is known for his in 1988. Now, as assistant professor in the including paper, engraved glass, sculpture He also designed the props and cos­ peculiar floor treatments, for which he same program, he helps students through and installation. The new space presents tumes for the play, which toured Quebec has used rock, fur, cork and even a trans­ the process of conception, development new challenges: an audience that can walk and Europe. planted garden. However, it's his approach and realization. through the set. "The public will be able to This is not the first time Boucher has to the entire theatrical space that makes "Students must understand production appreciate the scenographic installation been recognized for his unique and his designs so successful. realities and the importance of each step;' as well the architecture of the library effective designs. Since 1995, he has "Set design is a very specific medium, he said. "You have to struggle to make itself' received three other nominations in because you work with the script, you sure the original idea is maintained right diverse categories for Claude Poissant's analyze and interpret it within a space. I through to opening night:' La Soiree des Masques will be held Jan. Le Triomphe de l'amour, Lorraine Pintal's try to create a space that gives the author's In addition to theatre history, aesthetic 30 at the Monument National The awards Hedda Gabler and Vermeulen's Au text another dimension:• theory and portfolio development, stu- ceremony will be aired on Radio-Canada.

Transylvanian student shows family treasures Cement limousine prove that subjectivity can be a valu­ able research tool as well. He is ready for the hill approached the exhibit as an insider, not a detached researcher. The result is a deeply self-reflexive exhibition. Meiu admitted that might be romanticizing the past, but is his way of approaching and understanding his ancestral history. In fact, he ·encouraged visitors to touch the objects, because "it is through the senses that a person can better expe­ rience the past:' Meiu said his interest in preserving old objects, fabrics and clothes was sparked in 1994. It was then that a group of ethnographers came to George Paul Meiu with his two-day exhibit study Vladeni, situated at the cross­ roads of Eastern and Western Europe. The ethnographers bought and LINA 5HOUMAROVA tured colourful wall carpets, tradi­ took away with them many of the tra­ tional Romanian outfits, photos, and ditional objects that people kept in A beautiful two-day exhibit titled My tablecloths with intricate patterns, their homes. Meiu decided to pre­ "Class of 2005" is Concordia's entry in the Concrete Village in Transylvania was set up by woven by his great-grandmother. serve what was left. The material he Toboggan competition, slated for Feb. 2 to 6 in Calgary. the second-year anthropology stu­ The artifacts were accompanied by gathered he transformed into an Left to right are Walter Chan, Danny Polifroni, Aman­ dent George Paul Meiu on the short narratives that told stories of exhibit in his own village in 1996, da Ceccarelli, Lisa Pensato, Winnie Yip, Dominique seventh floor of the Hall Building last Meiu's family's past, and portrayed when he was only 12 years old. Simoneau-Ritchie and Annineh Farzaie. At least 20 stu­ dents are building the toboggan and fundraising for the week. traditional Romanian culture and The response to the exhibit back trip. From his relatives' attics and old way oflife. then, he remembered, was very per­ Amanda explained, "Our toboggan is going to be our chests of his great-grandmother, Meiu brought all of these things sonal: while looking at the artifacts, limousine and we are going to dress in prom attire for Meiu assembled traditional artifacts from Romania last summer. He said people recalled their past. our technical display day at the competition. "As for the design, less is more. Our running surface is from the Romanian village of these objects are not greatly valued During this exhibit at Concordia, a simple slab. The structure is made up of two roll bars Vladeni, where he grew up. there any longer. however, it is mostly the bright and a railing connected to a piece of sheet metal, which The exhibit focused on the period With this exhibit, Meiu wanted to colours and the beautifully woven will be epoxied to the surface." around the end of the 19th and the refute the · idea that science should patterns that attract the visitors' beginning of the 20th century. It fea- always be objective. He intended to attention.

I Ooncordia•s J hu .rs·day Repor t I Jan uary 17 , 200'5 I 9 Mail Room staff are wizards at guessing addresses

Mail Room staff: Left to right are Rory O'Neill, Allan Gingell, Vmce MacDougall, Keith Chapdelaine, Des O'Neill, Eldon Hill and Derek Page.

BARBARA BLACK Gibbons; Chaipeleon for Chaikelson; abroad, but did a school in the Middle employees, and we currently have seven. Gilgolarf for Gilsdorf; Thwartes and East have to rub it in by calling us Megal The level of service, i.e. deliveries, was We can guess at some of the misspelled Thwaitco for Thwaits. University? And de Maisonneuve may not lower then, but over the last three years names - Regimpaid for Regimbald,James Enn Raudsepp has been variously inter­ fall trippingly off the tongue of non-Que­ we have been working hard to revisit as Jim for James Jans - but what's with preted as Enn Raydsepp, Nenn Audsepp, becers, but one American university many sites as possible a second time. Queensway Grocery, 1455 de Maison­ Enn Raudsek and Erin Raudsepp. He spelled it de Maospmmeive. How would "A renewed emphasis has been placed neuve Blvd.? works, by the way, in the Department of they say that, exactly? on service, especially under the Service 1 These are just some of the strange_ Joulism - sorry, make that Journalism. Supervisor of Mail Services Des O'Neill initiative [by VP Services]. The general names and addresses Vince MacDougall The student newspaper known as The says his staff has a good sense of humour, trend is fewer letters going out, but the has seen over the years. Link was addressed as The Tink. Elderhos­ but when they do grumble, it's about slop­ extra students balance that. However, the "They lighten our day, especially the tel, the popular international association py addresses - "letters addressed to the incoming mail has declined over the years good ones, like Lina Lips Combo;• Mac­ for older travellers, was rendered by one Dean of Concordia, or simply a first name, due to the use of technology. Dougall said. That should have been Lina correspondent as Altarhostel, and located or internal mail with nothing but a room "I would have to say we expect chal­ Lipscombe. "Just today, I had a piece of in the Dep. of Apply Human, properly number as an address:• lenges ahead, especially with the opening mail for Jack Lighthouse:• Lightstone, that known as Applied Human Sciences. O'Neill said, "The guys here are incredi­ of the new building, but I know we have is. Then there was the Canadian Ass for ble at remembering so many names. They the support of our bosses, so I am sure we Here are few more errors whose twisted Irish Studies, on Wet Broadway, and a have great knowledge of the university will be able to manage:• He said that the logic can be perceived by an understand­ mysterious label, written in block letters, community and the constant changes average length of service for mail clerks is ing mail clerk: Short George for George to the Detective Department of Profes­ that occur here:• 16 years. "I believe that speaks well of the Short and Little Ted for Ted Little; Gene sors, Concordia University. O'Neill says they're a smaller group than department and people's feelings about Gabbans and Jene Jibbons, both for Gene We're working to become better known they used to be. "In 1985, we had 13 their jobs:•

Open House African animation Save lives This Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 ing to get even more this year. p.m., hundreds of prospective stu­ We'll be ecstatic if we can get to with media dents will see what Concordia has 2,500." A live webcast will trans­ continued from page 1 to offer. mit at openhouse.concordia.ca International media producer Fir­ Visitors to the Open House will However, this is not the only day and they showed us their port­ Many educators see this kind daus Kharas will give the next tour both campuses on Concor­ the doors of the university are folios. They were exactly what of animation as a crucial part of lecture in the HIV/ AIDS series dia's brightly coloured shuttle open to future Concordians. you see here - all white, blonde African education. While tonight at 6 p.m, in Room 110 of buses. The Welcome Centre, on the girls with skinny waists. There encouraging participants to the Hall Building. They can talk to representatives first floor of the J.W. McConnell was no cultural difference and I develop their own technique His topic is "Condoms! Media from the four faculties and the Building, next to the Birks Student was shocked. and style, Africa Animated! Messages in a Trans-Cultural School of Graduate Studies. Centre, offers what <;:o-ordinator "Too many of them would gives them a way to address Context." Admission and Student Services Joanne Spinelli calls a front-line come up with these ideas they social issues, such as working Kharas, who is based in advisors will also be on site. Young service for scheduled and drop-in thought would please us, but children, forced marriages and Ottawa, has led a Canada-south­ artists can bring their work to the visitors. the ideas were like everything discrimination. Africa-India project to produce Fine Arts Portfolio Clinic and get Besides an abundance of else out there. We spent a lot of "We had a wonderful piece 20 public service annuncements expert feedback. brochures and university publica­ time storyboarding to teach done with puppets. One of the on the prevention of HIV/ AIDS. This year, a number of depart­ tions, the Welcome Centre can them that African things were characters had a spring leg done In 1995, he founded a produc­ ment-specific tours are included, provide advisors and tour guides. worthwhile and valuable:• out of wires, and he is discrimi­ tion company specializing in the said Pina Greco, manager of oper­ Prospective students can also sign nated against by his peers creation of television programs, ations and special projects at the up for self-guided tours to serve Sesame Street because of this leg. One day he feature films and animation. Office of Student Recruitment. their specific interests. discovers he is a very good foot­ On Friday, Jan. 28, from 1 p.m. The Recruitment Office has Students visiting the centre also Educational cartoons can be ball player because of his to 5 p.m., Kharas will hold a work­ been announcing the Open House want to know more about non­ powerful in Africa. In 2002, springy leg." shop on HIV prevention media at event across the country since academic life at Concordia, Sesame Street made world head­ Plans are underway for a sec­ which students and others can September 2004. "Although we Spinelli said. Speaking to current lines when it introduced the ond Africa Animated! this develop and pitch audio-visual don't target them specifically, we students helps. first HIV-positive puppet, Kami, summer in Nairobi. messages promoting safer sex. It do get out-of-province students ''.A Student Ambassador is usu­ on its South African show, Sawadogo is also hoping to will be held in the film animation and students from the U.S.," Greco ally present to provide a valuable Takalani Sesame. In April, 2005, premiere some of the 2004 films studio of the Mel Hoppenheim said. perspective, which is an impor­ Kami talked about "edutain­ at the African film festival, part School of Cinema, FB-325, 1250 "Last year we had a little over tant component of the campus ment" at the World Bank. of Vues d'.Afrique, held in April. Guy St, on the third floor. 2,000 people visiting, so we're hop- tour."

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First-place showdown with Laval Stingers roundup

"Our games against Laval are always a big deal," JOHN AUSTEN said Catherine Grace, co-ordinator of sports infor­ mation at Concordia. "The games draw big crowds when we play up in Ste. Foy and also here at home. Stingers, McGill to open 2005 football season It really is great basketball." Stinger head coach John Dore also knows that A rematch of the Dunsmore Cup will highlight the opening week beating Laval is the key to his team's success. Both of the 2005 Quebec University Football League season. teams have only lost one game all year - to each Action begins Sept. 2, when the defending national champion other - and so Friday's game may well decide Laval Rouge et Or meet the Montreal which elite squad will end the season in first place. Carabins in a rematch of the league "Laval is a big tough team to play," Dore said. "We championship game, while cross­ have proven that we stack up pretty well against town rivals McGill and Concordia them, though. The only way to beat them is to use battle at Molson Stadium. our speed and finesse. You won't outmuscle the Another ,inter-city rivalry con­ Rouge et Or." cludes the first week of play, when the After beating the Rouge et Or in Ste. Foy just Bishop's Gaiters host the Sherbrooke before the holiday break, the Stingers found them­ Vert et Or in a Labour Day match-up selves right back in the Quebec City region in early on Monday, Sept. 5. January to open up the season's second half. Con­ League commissioner Tom Allen cordia lost the game, creating a logjam for first announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the QSSF and place. Atlantic University Athletic Conferences will interlock on two During their break the Stingers won the annual ·weekends. eight-team Rod Shoveller Memorial Tournament, On Sept. 24, the Sherbrooke Vert et Or will host the Mount Alli­ hosted by Dalhousie University in Halifax. They son Mounties and the McGill Redmen entertain the St. Francis dumped the Saint Mary's Huskies 71-63 in the X-Men, while the Montreal Carabins travel to Wolfville, N.S. to championship final. take on the Acadia Axemen and Laval heads to Halifax for a date Phil Langlois on the court Senior guard Phil Langlois led the Stingers' with the St. Mary's Huskies. attack in the final scoring 13 points and adding Sherbrooke travels to play St. FX X-Men, while Concordia is on JOHN AUS'TEN eight rebounds and seven assists. He was named the road against Mount Allison during the second week of the the tournament MVP. interlock, which will be held Oct. 22. The rest of the interlock The gutsy Concordia Stingers men's basketball Langlois, in his last year of eligibility at Concor­ schedule has Bishop's hosting Acadia Axemen and Montreal team kept pace with their archrivals from Laval by dia, is considered one of the premier university receiving St. Mary's. winning a pair of basketball games last w~ekend. basketball players in Canada. The guard is on his Allen said all six institutions were in favour of continuing to The Stingers dumped Bishop's 85-50 on Jan. 21 way to winning Quebec MVP and All-Canadian televise league games. Negotiations with RDS have been positive, and McGill 79-58 to maintain their narrow first­ honours if he keeps up the pace. with an agreement expected in the next couple of weeks. Last sea­ place lead on the Rouge et Or. This sets the stage for Laval and Concordia hit the floor at 6 p.m. son 12 conference games were televised, including the playoffs. the next Laval Concordia showdown tomorrow tomorrow at Concordia. The Lady Stingers will take The commissioner also announced that the league is seriously night at Concordia Gym. on Laval in a 9 o'clock tilt. considering placing a bid to host the 2007 and 2008 Vanier Cup games. The 2005 Vanier Cup is slated to be played in Ontario, while the University of Saskatchewan will host the 2006 final. 'No black Smarties' The Stingers open their home season Sept. 10, when the Bish­ op's Gaiters visit Concordia Stadium. Concordia student and standup comedian Daliso Chaponda is presenting a new show called Black Brassard, Lepage are top athletes History YEAR: A Month Ain't Enough. The show, produced by Empty Plate Productions, Janie Brassard of the women's hockey team and Patrick Lepage of . takes place Feb. 3, 4 and 5. at the Theatre Ste. the men's hockey team team have been named the Sir Winston Catherine, 284 Ste. Catherine E., starting at 9 p.m. Churchill Pub athletes of the week for the period ending Jan. 16. You may have seen Chaponda, who is from Cen­ Brassard, a third-year left wing with the No. 3-ranked Stingers, Blackness expl.ored tral Africa, in Don't Let Them Deport Me and Feed was instrumental in helping her team collect two wins last week­ That Black Man. Joining him on stage this time will end. She had a solid outing in the Stingers' recent 4-1 victory over Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Black­ be some of Montreal's best ethnic comics: Freddie the McGill Martlets. Then with three goals and two assists she was ness in Canada is the title of a two-day conference James1 Sugar Sammy and Jocko Olsten. the top scorer in an 8-0 victory over the Carleton Ravens. The Hull to be held at McGill University on Feb. 4 to 5 as part Chaponda said, "The show will ta~kle issues per­ native is studying Leisure Sciences at Concordia. of Black History Month. tinent to Black History Month, such as affirmative Lepage, a rookie goaltender with the Concordia Stingers, played The event, organized by art history professor action, racial profiling and self-hatred in the black 65 minutes and turned away 32 of 35 shots in a 3-3 tie against the Charmaine Nelson, will include 30 academics, community. It will also address injustices such as UQTR Patriotes in Trois-RiviEres last Friday. The 22-year-old scholars, professionals, celebrities and community the fact that Smarties don't come in black, clocks native of Riviere-du-Loup is a Human Relations major. leaders. They will convene in five roundtable ses­ are round, and Black Hhstory is celebrated on the Jonathan Gautier of the men's hockey team team and sions to discuss topics such as the arts, culture, coldest month of the year (alas, no parades):' Dominique Rancour of the women's hockey team were named politics, society and national identity. Tickets are $10, $8 with reservations (284-3939). athletes of the week for the period ending Jan. 9. Admission is free at the conference, to take place For more information, contact Chaponda at 846- Gautier, a third-year centre with the Concordia Stingers, scored from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Stewart Biology Building, 9652 or spiltink@hotmaiLcom. He has a website three goals and added two assists to lead his team to an 8-4 come­ 1205 Dr. Penfield, Ground Floor, Room Sl-4. with audio excerpts at www.daliso.com. from-behind victory over the RMC Paladins. His pure hat trick included the winning goal. He also won 22 of the 32 faceoffs he UG case comp took in the game. The 23-year-old native of Laval is a Human Rela­ Kabballah to Cohen tions major. On the weekend of Feb. 3 to 6, on both campuses, Rancour, a fourth-year centre with the No. 4-ranked Stingers, students from business schools all across Canada The Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies, based at was instrumental in helping her team finish second in the eight­ will compete in French and English at the Under­ Concordia, is conducting lectures this term aimed team Concordia Theresa Humes Women's Hockey Tournament. graduate National Case Competition (UNCC). at students. It started Jan. 17 with an introduction She was in on five of Concordia's seven goals over the three games. This event, now in its fourth year, is organized by to the Kabbalah by a Montreal rabbi, and there was Dominique scored two goals and added three assists. She is study-- the John Molson School of Business. a second lecture yesterday by Steven Lapidus (Reli­ ing Human Rel!itions and Education at Concordia. ·Thirteen teams of four students each will take gion) on gender in Judaism. part. Each team takes three hours to prepare recom­ The series continues on Feb. 14 with a lecture by Correction mendations for a business case, and then presents Professor Norma Joseph on women in Jewish histo­ them to a team of judges. Queen's University has ry, and 'Yinds up March 10 with Norman Ravvin, Regarding the Roundup on Jan. 13, Stingers hockey star Yannick won this event three years running. The competi­ chair of the Institute, on "The Rise and Fall of Noiseux was unable to go to the training camp for the University tion starts with a cocktail sponsored by TD Leonard Cohen:' Games in Innsbruck because his exams could not be switched. As Meloche-Monnex, and ends with banquet given by · All the lectures are at 4:30 p.m., at 2060 Mackay a result, the head coach had to cut him from the team. the largest sponsor, Jacob. St., with refreshments to follow.

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