Vol. 16 No. 17 February 13, 1992 Degree nomenclature issue sparked by request for Mistress of Arts Senate approves graduating students' right to choose name of degree Claudie Solar, the Advisor to the Rec­ a motion at last Friday's Senate meeting tor on the Status of Women, told Senate to allow students to choose the name of nna Varrica that universities across Canada were their degrees. watching Concordia to see what it "Language can be a vehicle for bias, would do. And what it did was approve denoting heterosexism and racism," said Solar. That bias may be removed and graduating students may eventually be able to choose between a Bachelor's de­ The spills of the Fifth Annual Corey Cup gree or a 'baccalaureate,' the Master's degree or the 'magisteriate.' Doctoral at the Forum bring thrills but no victory degrees will remain unchanged. The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on De­ gree Nomenclature was established in PHOTO: Jonas Papaurelis April 1990 in response to student Carolyn Gammon's request for a The Fifth Annual Corey Cup hockey game Mistress of Arts instead of a Master of between Concordia and McGill resurrected Arts after completing the requirements the cross-town rivalry of the two teams. for her degree. The Committee was Though Concordia put in a valiant effort, com­ chaired by Religion Professor Michael ing from behind in the second period with Oppenheim. goals scored by Steve Salhany and Stephane Therrien, McGill rallied in the third to take the The Committee unanimously voted match 4-2. Proceeds from the game went to to deny Gammon's request, but it did the Quebec Society for Disabled Children. recommend that Senate make a change in degree nomenclature to reflect the degrees themselves. 40 professional The degree 'baccalaureate' is con­ ferred in many French- and English­ women engineers See DEGREES page 13 take students under wing

chel Alkallay

Fact: Women make up a mere 3 per Concordia Music Professors Dave Turner and cent of all engineers in Canada. Andrew Homzy keep jazz alive through teaching, remembering jazz in its heydey and assembling Fact: At Concordia, 14.7 per cent of a pre mier group of musicians to celebrate the Engineering undergraduates are city's 350th birthday. women, as are 28 per cent of Computer Science undergraduates. At the graduate level, the figures are 10 per cent and 27 per cent respectively. Fact: There are no women in tenure­ track positions in Engineering or Com­ February is Black History Month. Concordia puter Science at the University. Professor Clarence Bayne has made some his­ tory of his own in this city, from helping to found With these stark facts staring them in the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) in 1970 to the face, the Women in Engineering and trying to link Montreal's Black community with Computer Science Initiative (WECOS) organizations across North America. Last month, he was honoured with the BTWs Martin Luther mentoring programme, a Canadian King Achievement Award. first, got off to an energetic start at a dinner on Jan. 31. M.N.S. Swamy, Dean of Engineering and Computer Sciences, welcomed the participants. The vision of Centre for Building Studies Director Paul Fazio 15 years ago for a research centre "It would be disastrous to waste the which would deal with the business of building pool of talent that exists among young better buildings in a whole new way has flourished women. Your presence here illustrates into a respected multidisciplinary facility. This month, CBS celebrates its anniversary with a big the kind of concrete action that we party and some world-recognized research under believe necessary to encourage female its belt. students to pursue careers in science See MENTORING page 11 2 - February 13, 1992 Concordia Music keeps jazz alive in Montreal

"The festival does for jazz what P.T. Montreal musicians the chance to play generation with little exposure to non­ Barnum did for circus performers. They with jazz greats such as Louis electronic music. mMainster amused, and people forgot them imine­ Armstrong and Fats Waller. "I've gone into high schools and dia tel y after the show was over," Soon the city had a thriving jazz com­ CEGEPs to play, and it's the first time Homzysaid. munity, which produced international they've heard a live saxophone. They're "Montreal's the worst it's been since I stars like Oscar Peterson, Maynard Fer­ taken aback," he said. Jazz - as much a part of Montreal as guson and Paul Bley. smoked meat - may be next on the remember," said Dave Turner, jazz For Montreal's 350th anniversary, city's endangered list. musician and instructor of jazz im­ Turner has formed a band of prominent Wild nightlife local jazzmen, including Charlie Bid­ "The venues for jazz musicians don't provisation in Concordia's Music dle, Vic Vogel and Nelson Symonds, exist," said Professor Andrew Homzy, Department. But he's certain it will tum which will play the Concordia Concert who teaches jazz history at Concordia. around as people rediscover live music. The decline of Montreal's jazz clubs Hall on March 6. Drummer Jim Hillman "Musicians might work one night a began with the anti-vice campaign of Homzy and Turner want to preserve has also been asked to sit in. month." a rich jazz heritage spanning more than Mayor Jean Drapeau in the 1960s, The number of jazz clubs in Montreal 60 years in Montreal. During the Homzy said. Alongside the jazz clubs Turner said that Biddle and Symonds has shrunk from more than 100 before American Prohibition p~riod in the were brothels and gambling parlours. symbolized jazz for him when he was a 1970 to a handful today. And though the 1920s, Montreal was a wide-open town All were part of the wild nightlife, so teenager 20 years ago. Vogel is known for his 1960s big band, which gave city has a massive 10-day jazz festival with legal liquor that drew drinkers and they were caught in the net of every summer, for Montreal musicians, jazz bands from speakeasies in nearby . Drapeau's cleanup. The other blow to many jazz musicians their start, and for it's a one-shot deal. New York and Boston. This gave jazz came from electronic music and the composing the music that opened wages it saved club owners, Homzy Montreal's Olympics in 1976. added. These are musicians who have been "Instead of hiring a band of six or playing jazz and nothing but jazz in seven, you'll get two people to come out Montreal, some for more than 50 years. with the synthesizer and a drum "It's a feat, since in order to make a machine." living you usually have to play Turner has found almost an entire whatever comes along," Turner said.

Minister's move to bail out publishers will give them monopoly on the industry, says Lipscombe

Off the Cuff is a weekly column of opinion and insight into major issues in the news. If you are a Concordia faculty member and have something to say "off the cuff," call CTR at 848-4882.

Communications Minister Perrin Beatty recently proposed an amendment to the Canadian copyright act that would give Canadian book publishers exclusive rights to distribute foreign books within Canada to help bail them out of a financial slump. Concordia Bookstores Manager and president of the Canadian Booksellers Associa­ tion, Lina Lipscombe, is against that move because it will give publishers a monopoly on the book industry.

"Large Canadian book publishers already act as distributing agents in Canada for British and U.S. publishers. The ,proposed new amendment stipulates that if a Canadian publ isher or agent has signed an agreement with a British or U.S. publisher to distribute books in Canada, retailers can legally deal only with that Canadian publ isher/agent.

"In the past, book retailers and the Canadian Booksellers Association has supported this country's publishing business and agency system. We put the onus on Canadian publishers to supply us with books. The problem is they don't always have the books we want in stock. Many carry bestsell er li nes and don 't carry an inventory of special titles and course materi als.

"For example, if a book is not ava il able at the Concordia Bookstore through a Canadian pu blisher or agent 10 weeks after the initi al order, and students have begun to ask for the book, we will go to an American wholesaler. We usually get the American shipment within 10 days. The amendment will prevent us from doing this,

"Some publishers and agents already take advantage of their distribution rights and mark up books higher than any U.S. exchange factor. I've seen mark-ups of 40 to 70 per cent on American books. As long as book sellers and libraries can get their books elsewhere, the incentive for publishers to keeps their prices reasonable is there.

"We have been trying to negotiate with publishers fo r a year-and-a-half to no avail and Perrin Beatty now says if we can't set standards, he 'll do it fo r us, Publi shers are hoping that by preventing retailers from buying around, money wi ll stay here and make them prosperous. Music Professor Dave Turner will pay hommage to musicians who symbolize jazz.

"A lot of people would interpret the proposed amendment as trying to protect the Canadian publishing industry. But we are not talking about Canadian culture or literature. We are talking about books published and printed in the U.S. and Britain. A few publishers are hiding behind the law to provide poor service and higher prices for books that are not Canadian content.

"I personally support Canadian publishers and agents very much, but allowing them to hide behind the copyright act is not right." CONCORDIA'S Thursday Report February 13, 1992- 3 Bayne works toward goal of establishing a network among Black organizations across North America Concordia is a vibrant collection of people, places and activities. At-a­ Glance is one vehicle for discovering some of what is happening here. This column welcomes your submissions.

The Norwegian Scientific Research Council (NAVF} has awarded History Professor Wiliiam H. Hubbard a research fellowship grant, tenable at the University of Bergen. The research project deals with urbanization in western Norway in the 19th century and will be carried out in conjunction with Norwegian historians.

• Geology Professor Giampaolo Sassano attended the public consultation on the "Gestion integre des dechets sur le territoire de la Ville de Montreal."

• Former Chemistry Professor Cooper Langford has left Concordia for the University of Calgary where he will become the next Vice-President (Re­ search). He was Associate Vice-Rector, Academic (Research) here and subsequently was Director of Physical and Mathematical Sciences for the Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearGh Council {NSERC}.

• In the Department of Leisure Studies, Professor Nathaly Gagnon was the guest speaker at the Conseil nationale de la Centrale de l'enseignement du Quebec. Her talk was titled "Citoyen/professionnel/syndique: Une trinite a repenser."

• Also in Leisure Studies, Professor Lanie Melamed has been working as a consultant for the National Film Board of Canada on a new film about education and social change, as well as designing a handbook for the Westmount YMCA's new members. Her article "Living and Learning : The Choice to be Playful" was published in Women 's Education des Femmes, vol. 8, no. 3/4, Winter 1991 .

• Once again, the Amateur Radio Club was able to listen in on the conver­ sations of the astronauts who took part in the recent space shuttle mission . Students, faculty and Club members dropped in to the Club's sixth floor Henry F. Hall Building offices to listen to the space talk aboard Discovery. The signal was transmitted by short-wave radio, which was then re-trans­ mitted to the greater Montreal area.

• Concordia engineering students placed fourth in a field of six universities at the second annual Engineering Games in Sherbrooke recently. Academic games, such as building hydro towers with toothpicks, and sporting events,

PHOTO: Susan Mintzberg were held two weeks ago to test the teams' knowledge of engineering techniques and sporting skills. Professor Clarence Bayne was recently honoured by the Black Theatre Workshop with the Martin Luther King Award. • Professor Peter E. Pitsiladis of the Department of Management is an invited community and its people. But his com­ visiting professor at the Centre d'enseignement et de recherche appliques munity involvement goes beyond the au management (CERAM) at Nice, Sophia-Antipolis, in France. CERAM, one eKrakow theatre. of the "Grandes ecoles franc;aises," has an exchange programme with Bayne helped found several organiza­ Concordia and provides graduate level management education to French tions, including the Quebec Board of and international students through highly selective competition. Pitsiladis will Black Educators, the National Black The key for minorities who want a say be doing research and consulting with Faculty, scholars and local industry Coalition of Canada, the Black Studies in mainstream decision-making is to leaders during his sabbatical leave there. Centre and the Black Community bring their community organizations Council of- Quebec. He has made together and make their presence felt, presentations about the economic, so­ • A total of 414 Montreal-area students were awarded the 1991-92 Prime says Concordia Professor Clarence cial and cultural life of the Black com­ Minister's Canada Scholarships Certificates. The certificates were given to Bayne. munity to a variety of commissions and first-year students in the natural sciences and engineering from Concordia, Bayne, Director of the Diploma conferences. the Universite de Montreal, the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Ecole programmes in Institutional Ad­ His main goal now is to establish a Polytechnique and McGill University. The Canada Scholarships Programme ministration and Sports Administration represents an $80 million, five-year investment by the federal government in the Faculty of Commerce and Ad­ network among Black organizations in the education of highly qualified scientists and engineers. Awarded on the ministration, is the recipient of the across Canada and the United States. 1992 basis of outstanding academic performance, the Scholarships provide Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement He wants Black people in Canada to $2,000 per year for up to four years, making each Canada Scholar eligible Award. hook up with well-established and powerful Black organizations in the to receive $8,000. The awards are divided equally between men and women. The award is presented by Montreal's United States. Black Theatre Workshop to people who have contributed significantly to the "If you link up with powerful Black • As was reported last week, Mechanical Engineeri ng Professor A.J. Saber development of the Black performing leaders who are in the mainstream of travelled to Germany on an technical visit. He has established joint research arts and cultural life in Montreal, and America, then people can't take you with the Chemical Propulsion Division of the German Aerospace Research whose lives have a measure of distinc­ lightly," Bayne explained. Establishment with a project involving a series of experimental trials on tion in Canada. This March, for -example, the Black supersonic combustion. Plans to report the joint results by the end of 1992 Bayne helped found the Black Theatre Community Council will meet Ben­ in a major scientific publication are a first for this kind of collaborative effect. Workshop in 1970, and has written and jamin Hooks, executive officer of the produced several plays about the Black See NETWORK page 12 4 - February 13, 1992

A call for increased civility Bertrand commits to moving in a community of scholars CSBN as soon as is possible

This newspaper is becoming increasingly concerned with the abusive tone of some This letter is in response to a letter from Jane Stewart, Psychology, published of the letters to the editor we have received recently. last week.

Two examples in the past few weeks are indicative of this trend . V.I. Fabrikant's letter Had you discussed with me the issues raised in your letter of Feb. 6 to of Feb. 6 was so disquieting that it was sent to the University's legal counsel for CONCORD/A's Thursday Report, I believe that I could have reassured you about consultation and was returned with the opinion that it contained material which could the move of the Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) to the be considered libelous and defamatory. As a result, a severely edited version was Loyola Campus no later than 1995. published. I never anticipated that the consolidation of the Department of Psychology on Likewise, some of the responses to Bill Gilsdorf's Jan. 16 letter seemed to us, and to the Loyola Campu_s would not include the CSBN. Logistically, it cannot be moved many of our readers, to be insulting. Some might categorize such personal attacks at precisely the same time as the rest of the Department, but it will be moved as vindictive. as quickly as possible thereafter. Forceful, biting and even caustic criticisms can be expressed without waging verbal The consolidation of the Department has been requested for years; now the war on colleagues. Let us not lose total regard for civility. opportunity has finally arrived! Within the context of the principles adopted by Donna Varrica Senate and the Board of Governors, the first decision made was that it was in Editor the best interests of the University to locate the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science on the Sir George Williams Campus. Once that decision was made, it became evident that there was not enough space downtown to consolidate Psychology. Hence the offer of additional space on the Loyola Campus. The move to Loyola will benefit the entire Department, including the CSBN, which is, as you point out, a part of the larger Department.

Your comments about your undergraduate students surprise me. Do you not realize that there will be as many undergraduate courses available in a variety of disciplines on the Loyola Campus as downtown? In fact, certain key depart­ ments in Arts and Science are already consolidated on the Loyola Campus. I do not believe that your undergraduate students will have any difficulty in finding appropriate courses outside their discipline. I share your concern about the future. I do, however, believe that the current space plan offers the most academically sound solution for the future of the University. If you wish to discuss this issue with me, I shall be most pleased to do so.

Charles L. Bertrand Vice-Rector, Services

Concordia's Thursday Report is the community newspaper of the University, serving faculty, staff, students and administration on the Loyola Campus and the Sir George Williams Campus. It is published 28 times during the academic year on a weekly basis by the Public Relations Department of Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec H3G Student wants some answers 1 M8 (514) 848-4882. Material published in the newspaper may not be reproduced without permission. The Back Page listings are published free of charge. Classified ads are $5 for the fi rst 10 words and 10 cents for each additional word. Display ad rates are available upon request. about The Concordian Events, notices and ads must reach the Public Relations Department (Bishop Court, 1463 Bishop St., Room 115) in writing no later than Monday noon prior to Thursday publication. c;.:i To the editor: contributors, publishers and so forth ISSN 11 85-3689 Last semester, a number of questions printed anywhere in the latest edition of surfaced about The Concordian and the the paper? Editor Donna Varrica way it was operating. Since then, I have I know that these questions have been Faculty Reporters Barbara Black heard numerous rumours, many of asked by others before me, but to my Silvia Cademartori which are quite unsettling. Perhaps you knowledge, none of them have been This Issue: could take the time to clarify some of answered. The response in the past Contributors Rachel Alkallay, Buzz Bourdon, Johanne De Cubell is, these rumours. seems to have been to attack those who Marc Elias, Susan Gray, Karl Jarosiewicz, Eve Krakow, Are The Concordian' s books in order? raised the questions. Sam Mainster, Laurel Stevens and Mariangela Vincenzi Where can one go to view the books? While "the best defence may be a Photographers Charles Belanger, Barbara Davidson, Brian M. McNeil, (As a student who pays fees to The Con­ good offence," I think it is inappropriate Susan Mintzberg, Jonas Papaurelis, Mariangela Vincenzi and cordian, I have a right to know how my for a campus newspaper to attack its Edmund Wong money is spent.) Is it true that people are critics in editorials and opinion pieces Typesetting Richard Nantel, Productions PICA 761-6221 being paid to work at the newspaper? If while failing to disclose information so, how much are they being paid? Printing Inter-Hauf Developments Inc. about itself. Why is an individual-James Keylor The motto on the top of The Concor­ [sic] - listed as the publisher? Who is dian says "Get the Facts." That's all I'm Keylor? Who made him publisher? Is it asking for. I hope the editors of the true that The Concordian is operating in paper have the courage to provide them violation of its own constitution? Is it (hopefully without aggressive editorial true that The Concordian has never filed commentary this time!). an audited statement, and that its cor­ porate status has been dissolved? Why F. Sweet wasn't information ab.out the editors, Montreal RfAl fDUCATION fOR THf RfAl WORlD Please see page 10 for more Letters to the Editor CONCORDIA'S Thursday Report February 13, 1992- 5 Chemistry explores environmental applications of catalytic process

elude work on such chemicals as MTBE, large hyd rocarbon molecules from team's work is still in the research stage, which replaces lead in gasoline, and water /hydrocarbon emulsions. an early prognosis looks encouraging. rl Jarosiewicz various aromatic additives used in That means these products might be He remarked on the high quality of natural gas. used in the battle against oil spills at sea papers presented at the meeting by Le Van Mao said that few people real­ and along our coastlines. Moreover, Canadian Mine and Energy Tech­ ize the scope of catalysis research. Ac­ using a simple heating process, both the nologies (CANMET) and by researchers cording to industry surveys, 25 to 30 per hydrocarbons and the porous ceramics from seven Canadian universities. The For the first time, Concordia has cent of all chemicals produced use at could be recovered and reused, which next Catalysis Discussion Group meet­ hosted a meeting of catalysis scientists least one catalytic step in their produc­ would be doubly valuable to the en­ ing, scheduled for the spring of 1992, from across the country. Chemistry tion. vironment. will be held in Ottawa and hosted by professor Raymond Le Van Mao said Although Le Van Mao warned that his CANMET. the honour was well-deserved. New ceramics The Catalysis Discussion Group, rep­ resenting catalysis scientists and stu­ dents from Quebec, Ontario and the Other major work being done by Con­ Maritime provinces, met at Concordia cordia catalytic scientists ·includes the Latest recipient of Leisure in October. The bi-annual meeting gives production of new porous ceramics. researchers a chance to exchange ideas These ceramics have many applications Studies award espouses and present papers, both completed in industry, but one in particular has and in progress. piqued the interest of Le Van Mao and ideals of A. Ross Seaman Researchers from the Department of his team. Chemistry and Biochemistry have been Because of their particular surface hard at work on several projects, Le Van property, the porous ceramics may have Mao said. Among the Department's ac­ an environmental application. These complishments are major contributions ceramics can be used in absorption and to the petrochemical field. These in- separation processes required to filter

Professor fights battles for refugees from his homeland

tinuous years of war, the Vietnamese people have reached the depths of misery. Not only is there an economic crisis, but they live in a world of propaganda and lies."

Discussing his volunteer work with SBPC, of which Le Van Mao is presi­ SOS Boat People-Canada (SBPC), dent, raises funds to help Vietnamese Raymond Le Van Mao's eyes take on a and Chinese refugees settle in Canada. faraway look. The sponsorship and day-to-ciay care of "Ifl didn't do this, I don' t think I'd feel refugees is handled by different com­ at ease," explains the Chemistry profes­ mittees located in Montreal, Ottawa, sor, who is also the Director of Toronto and London, Ont. Concordia's Catalysis Laboratory. Since its founding in 1989, SBPC has PHOTO: Barbara Davidson "After living through about 30 con- See REFUGEES page 12 Lesley A. Howe, president of the Recreation and Leisure Students' Association, received a scholarship worth $300. She said she intends to work with seniors after she graduates this spring.

"It lets you know th~re' s something to work for in the programme." zzBourdon Howe, president of the Recreation and Leisure Students' Association, also received a scholarship worth $300. She Smiles and congratulations were the said she intends to work with seniors order of the day as Recreation and after she graduates this spring. Leisure Studies students, faculty and Seaman's history at Concordia goes staff gathered two weeks ago at the back to the 1940s, when he attended Sir Loyola Faculty Club to honour this George Williams Univ ersity and year's winner of the A. Ross Seaman worked for the YMCA. In the 1960s, he Award. was a part-time faculty member in Ap­ Third-year student Lesley A. Howe plied Social Science and was active in stepped up to accept the award, which the Centre for Human Relations and was founded in 1990 to perpetuate the Community Studies. memory and ideals of Seaman. At the "Ross' s main thrust was in develop­ time of his death in 1987, Seaman was a ing leadership in young people," says Leisure Studies professor and had been Randy B. Swedburg, Director of Leisure Acting Chair in 1986-87. Studies. "Lesley is an excellent example Nominations for the award come of this. Since she's come to Concordia from both Leisure Studies and Applied her leadership skills. have developed Social Sciences. tremendously. [The citation mentions] "It's a big thrill to win it. It's a really leadership, scholarship and fellowship: big achievement for me,". Howe said. She's an excellent example of all three." 6 - February 13, 1992

Centre for Building Studies birthday bash Still special after all these years

rbara Black

After 15 years, the holistic approach to buildings is still new, but there are signs that the world is coming around. "Everybody would like to have a centre like this," said Paul Fazio, founder of Concordia's Centre for Building Studies, as the uniquely mul­ tidisciplinary centre prepares for an an­ niversary dinner-dance on Feb. 29. He points with pride to a paper he gave recently in Cairo, which he says made engineers from around the world envious. But despite increasing interna­ tional interest, it's still an uphill battle to change the short-term preoccupa­ tions of the construction industry. "We spend from 95 to 99 per cent of our time in buildings in our northern climate," Fazio said. And buildings are much more complex, "In the Mi1dle Ages, buildings were simpler, almost a form of aesthetic expression, but tech­ nology has changed all that." A modem building IS a little world of its own, a deceptively fragile shell which can be a haven of safety and sanity - or a daily disaster. The Centre PHOTO: Bnan M. McNeil gets a steady stream of complaints about "sick" buildings which are CBS Director Paul Fazio founded the research centre 15 years ago. making their occupants miserable. They've even been called in to look at a Professor Ted Stathopoulos, for in­ on the roof of the Centre's downtown building industry and provides a forum tricky laboratory ventilation problem at stance, tests models of new buildings in office building for his research. for new ideas. Although it's an outlet of McGill. a sophisticated wind tunnel to prevent the National Research Council's In­ It's easier to design a healthy building more of the nasty surprises awaiting Conservation stitute for Research in Construction, its than to fix a sick one, however, which is you at the comer of Peel St. and Rene-­ backfired presiding officer, Luis de Miguel, works why the Centre concentrates on re­ Levesque Blvd., where a large bank out of the Centre. To Fazio's delight, search and the preparation of the building causes unpredictable Energy conservation has turned out most of the members from outside the builders of the future. updrafts. to be more compli­ Centre are architects. Professor Andreas cated than we first All aspects of building Athienitis is studying thought. Sudden con­ Drawing on as many disciplines as thermal performance, cern about our finite possible has been his motivating ideal, and it gives him pleasure to break down The Centre has 180 undergraduates, another area where resources has given us the barriers between architect and en­ who are working toward a Bachelor in builders have made buildings so well insu­ gineer, contractor and researcher, Building Engineering, some through some unpleasant and lated that their walls mechanical and civil engineer, even in­ co-operative work/ study programmes. costly mistakes. trap unwanted mois­ cluding fine arts and the social sciences. About 60 graduate students also use the "Energy was very ture and their oc­ Fazio is convi..."lced that the goal of the Centre, which offers a Master of Ap- inexpensive, so we cupants long for the Centre-a healthy, efficient building­ plied Science, a Master of Engineering didn't care about it for days when you could and a doctorate in Buildings Studies. many years," he open a window. But a is best achieved through the sharing of ideas. Many of the graduate students are explained. Now few engineers have seasoned construction engineers in Athienitis is itching to put their heads That means that teaching new techni­ their middle years. try all sorts of ideas: together to reconsider ques has to extend beyond the Univer­ The 15 faculty members, drawn from storing heat in the the whole shell, or en­ sity and into the hard-headed, a range of engineering disciplines, are walls for future use, velope, of a building, fragmented, tradition-bound construc­ working on every conceivable aspect of for example, and with all its complex, tion industry. Fazio and his colleagues the modem building: energy conserva- hooking up a com­ integrated systems. have set up Siricon, an autonomous, tion, humidity, ventilation, light, acous- puterized heating sys­ The Quebec Build­ non-profit corporation, to develop tics, protection against natural disaster tern to an on-line weather forecasting ing Envelope Council, another Fazio software for the industry. They' re using ang .;;QJ1!I:>1Jter-fl~sjsJ~Qqilcli:og g~sign..~ _s~ ~ i~ ~- - ~~ ~ s":s_~n expertmE:ntal unit ~rainchild, develops standards for the See BUILDING page 14 CONCORDIA's Thursday Report February 13, 1992 - 7

Don't blame the weather, blame the building. Wind tunnel·effect on buildings on downtown streets is a big part of research at CBS ·

it has to be examined very carefully in His wind tunnel is a rectangular tube terms of wind and environment." forty feet long and six feet across. Built ariangela Vincenzi Architects and developers are starting in 1980, it receives frequent embellish­ t0 ask for studies by the Centre of their ments, such as the $76,000 laser doppler projects. Stathopoulos anamometer which says they've done was recently added. You're walking in the shadow of tall studies for sites at Guy Technician Hans buildings. Suddenly-whoosh! - the St. and de Maison­ Obermeir created and wind picks up and you're wrestling neuve Blvd. and Guy developed the wind with your umbrella. Don't blame the and Rene-Levesque tunnel, and it is used weather, blame the building. Blvd. which are still by five graduate stu­ There's a direct correlation between "holes in the ground." dents and a post-doc­ the size and shape of buildings and the Stathopoulos, who toral fellow, as wen as behaviour of the wind at street level, has been studying Stathopoulos. according to Ted Stathopoulos, As­ wind-building inter­ sociate Director of Concordia's Centre action for 13 years, Breezy for Building Studies. uses a specially-built Before the 1970s, the wind factor wind tunnel on the It's fairly breezy in didn't matter much to the designers of second floor of the the tunnel, about 14 new downtown buildings. By the mid- Centre's downtown meters per second, or 80s, however, Montreal was moving office building. 45 kilometres per hour toward the inclusion of "wind "Wind studies is a - strong enough to clearance" guidelines in their building very new discipline," knock your hat off, but permits. he said. "The research not strong enough to "Basically, it's not the height of the started in the '30s, '40s, '50s, in the sort prevent the researchers from moving building that is most important, but the of wind tunnels they use to test the models under examination. relative height compared with the sur­ airplanes. Then it was discovered that Unlike the wind tunnels used for test­ rounding buildings," Statopoulos said. you can'ttest buildings the way you test ing airplane components, of which the "If the building is more than twice the airplanes; wind is more complex near University has several, this tunnel has average height of the surrounding ones, the ground." See WIND page 14

PHOTO: M. \ancenzi

CBS' Associate Director Ted Stathopoulos, tests the effects of his wind tunnel research. 8 :- February 13, 1992

Commerce and Administration Faculty Council queries Dean's selection process

Rector, Academic." Tomberlin emphasized that the mo­ dure for selecting the Dean of the Faculty of The decision of the Advisory Search tion was directed at the University's ad­ Commerce and Administration; rbara Black Committee was later reviewed by the ministration, and was in no way meant Whereas Council finds the explanation of Board of Governors, and Ross was ap­ as a personal criticism of Dean Ross. His this apparent reversal offered by the Chair pointed Dean on Jan. 23, 1992. Ross has comments were echoed by the of the Board of Governors in the Jan. 30, been Acting Dean since former Dean Council's student representatives, who 1992 issue of CONCORDIA'S Thursday The Commerce and Administration Steven Appelbaum resigned in August supported the motion. Report to be inadequate; Faculty Council has asked the 1990. The motion reads as follows: University's three top administrators to Be it resolved that Council requests that come before Council to explain the cir­ Ross' opening remarks as chair of "Whereas this faculty council is extreme­ the Board of Governors provide an explana­ cumstances surrounding the recent ap­ Friday's Faculty Council meeting in­ ly concerned about the tendency towards tion of the rationale for deviating from the cluded an appeal to put the controversy pointment of Dean Christopher A. unilateral and arbitrary decision-making procedures traditionally followed in the ap- surrounding his appointment aside, Ross. regarding academic matters in the Univer­ . pointment of senior administrators. and to concentrate on the business of sity; Be it further resolved that the Senate be The request, made at last Friday's offering quality education to students. Council meeting, followed discussion Whereas Council believes that this leads asked to adopt a similar resolution. of an open letter from Finance Professor to the erosion of well-established traditions Innuendo Be it further resolved that the Rector, Vice­ Mohsen Anvari to Board of Governors of faculty governance, academic freedom, Rector, Academic, and Chair of the Board of Chairman P. Andre Gervais, and an ar­ and collegiality; Governors be invited to the next Faculty ticle in the Feb. 4 edition of The Link Many members of Faculty Council, Whereas Council objects to the apparently Council meeting to explain this deviation titled "Concordia rector meddles in however, referred to the "unhealthy at­ unprecedented reversal of the normal proce- from process." selection of Commerce and Administra­ mosphere" generated by innuendo tion dean." swirling around the dean's selection. In the letter, circulated on campus last The motion for more information week, Anvari says that he was a can­ about the appointment was presented A nose for news didate for dean and was "officially in­ by Decision Sciences and Management formed" on Nov. 16, 1991 that he had Information Systems Chair Jerry Tom­ been "unanimously recommended',-by berlin. It passed by a narrow margin CTV comes to Concordia class the Advisory Search Committee and after considerable discussion: 20 for, 19 "specifically supported by the Vice- against, with one abstention.

Be careful when using secluded areas in University

Women faculty, students and staff have been advised to be extra careful when using bathroom facilities or walking through University buildings alone. In three separate incidents, two at the Norris Building and one at the Henry F. Hall Building, women have reported a man exposing himself.

Last week, a small group of female students, including a CTR reporter, spotted a man hiding in the women's bathroom while they were on a break from an evening class in the Norris Building. The women chased him before reporting the incident to Security. The Security Department recommends reporting incidents immediately and avoid­ ing confrontation. Three similar incidents were reported last fall at the Loyola Campus. Though flashers are not generally considered dangerous, it is advisable for women to double up when using secluded parts of University buildings. It is virtually impossible to limit access to Concordia property to authorized users. In an unrelated incident last weekend, an unidentified student was taken to hospital after_collapsing from knife wounds to the neck and chest in the Henry F. Hall Building Lobby, near the men's washroom. - DGV PHOTO: Edmund Wong The CTV National News came to Concordia last week to tape part of Professor Pascal Normand . .• }ruvc~~n_' ~ Etu~es _f r_a!;l~aj s.e~ 9 1~!!s. o_n livin9 in _Qu _e~ec_f1;>r _a . P.i~ce ~!.1 ~i_s!inct ~C?~iE;ti~~- . _ CONCORDIA's Thursday Report February 13, 1992 - 9 Debate narrows field to two teams in CUSA general elections poorly in debate and the fourth team of If they're not satisfied with CUSA, I will ting administration salaries, but that Tom Fisher and Kieran Hackett bowed give them the option of pulling their "VPs are hired, not appointed, as you urel Stevens out of the race early Monday. money out [the fees they contribute] [Dalton] suggest, and as such they are and this money will go to service the employees, not management." Philip Dalton told about 125 students school debt." at Reggie's Pub that if he and Lindsay Khader said he agreed with Dalton are elected, they will "restructure CUSA that cutting VPs' salaries sounded like In the aftermath of Monday's CUSA Strength of record into a federation of students, with four a good idea. When asked by students candidates debates, it has come down for his own ideas, he repeatedly said he to a race between the teams of Charlene separate student associations repre­ senting the four Faculties: Arts and & Toone and Nero said they are running didn't have many and asked students Nero/Phil Toone and Philip Dal­ on the strength of their record in office for theirs. ton/Deborah Lindsay, for co-presi­ Science, Fine Arts, Commerce and Ad­ ministration, and Engineering and this year. Nero is the incumbent and Another issue frequently raised at the dents of the undergraduate students' Toone is a Director of the Board. debate was that of censorship. Dalton association. Computer Science." A larger body would govern these associations. "Last year, CUSA' s radical platform and Lindsay believed the now-in­ A third team, Fadi Khader and Manal worked," said Toone. "We had 400 per famous page 165 in this year's student Ghamalanche, represented only by Khader's main proposal was to cent more job placements, handled 200 handbook, promoting safe sex for gay Khader in all three debates so far, fared "make CUSA accountable to all students. advocacy cases and for the first year, men in explicit language, was por­ Cusacorp won't be left with a huge nographic and should have been edited deficit." extensively. Cusacorp finished the last fiscal year with more than $70,000 in deficit. Toone No place in student handbook said projections for this year indicate it will break even. "It was disgusting, it was aggressive, Some students present expressed con­ it had no place in a student handbook," cern about Dalton and Lindsay's plat­ said Lindsay. They are also campaign­ form of restructuring CUSA. One ing on a platform of uncensored com­ member of the audience questioned edy at Reggie's. "If elected, I'll make how much time and money it would sure that comedy is uncensored at take to arrange all the referenda neces­ Reggie's and at orientation," said Dal­ sary to restructure. ton. "Freedom of speech should be "It wouldn't be that complicated," respected." replied Dalton. Nero and Toone stand firmly behind One controversial issue was Dalton the safe sex article, while arguing that and Lindsay's stated intention to there is no place in a university for eliminate the salaries of CUSA vice­ sexist, racist and homophobic humour. presidents, who are members of the "The article in the handbook had a new CUSA union. purpose - to save lives," said Toone. "We went to the experts, professionals Exclude poor students who work with people living with AIDS, and asked them how best to get the Members of the audience, as well as information across. They told us clinical Nero and Toone, were concerned this terms don't work. Talk to people the would exclude students from less finan­ way they talk. As for comedy, this cially privileged backgrounds from university has a code of conduct that participating. prohibits the kind of humour you're "Saying that VPs won't be paid means espousing. If you're seriously saying we'll see an executive of students from tonight that as co-president you plan to wealthy backgrounds who can afford to break the rules of the code of conduct of ... do volunteer work," said one student in this university, I suggest you pull out of =.;: COOP the audience. the race now." Nero and Toone expressed strong Khader said the article in the hand­ ~ CONCORDIA feelings about paying CUSA VPs and book would not save any lives through staff as well. "If you want a competent, information, because the only way to be Hall Building, Mezzanine, 848-7905 committed staff and at the same time sure of not spreading sexually trans­ want positions to be open to all stu­ mitted diseases was to abstain from sex. dents, you've got to pay them some­ This elicited a chorus of boos from the thing," said Nero. audience. PowerBook 100 She added that her government CUSA general elections will take place managed to cut costs this year by cut- February 18, 19 and 20.

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Vice-Rector goes on record about Psychology move

In response to a letter in last week's CTR Governors and Senate. In addition, you submitted by June Chaikelson, Anna Beth knew when you wrote your letter that I Doyle, Alan Schwartzman and Donna had already agreed to advance the date White: of the move of the CSBN to 1995. I guess It disappoints me that you did not that my question is, why would you have the courtesy to discuss with me the deliberately choose to ignore my com­ issues raised in your letter of 6 February mitment? Indeed, no one has suggested (page 6 of CONCORDIA's that Psychology be Thursday Report). Had given anything other you done so, I could than special treatment, have pointed out precisely in recogni­ privately the nume­ tion of the major re­ rous errors contained search and teaching in it and perhaps functions of the helped you avoid department. I will publishing such an in­ remind you that the accurate letter. offer of the High Now, of course, you School and Drum­ have forced me to cor­ mond Science Build­ rect your errors and ing will increase the omissions in a public total amount of space forum. Let me begin by reminding you available to Psychology by 500 square that the Department of Psychology was metres. The additional space places the informed in April 1991 that it would be department well above the government required to vacate the ER Building. In norms. addition, when I was Dean during the I know that members of Psychology year 1991, I put forward the suggestion have moved a number of times over the that Psychology be consolidated at past few years. The beauty of the new Loyola. Hence, your comments that plan is that no one will have to move in 1991 discussions about Psychology in­ the foreseeable future. Thus, the move volved only the downtown campus is is not, as you claim, short-term ex­ incorrect. pediency and it does, contrary to your Then, you also err when you assert assertion," ... guarantee [a] constructive that Psychology only "accidentally" long-range plan for the department." I learned of the plan to give Psychology am, of course, willing to talk with you all of the High School. In December, as about the plan at any time. But I want Dean, I received calls from [then-Vice­ the discussions to be based on the truth Rector, Services] Charles Giguere and and not on unfounded rumour and Catherine MacKenzie. We discussed the speculation. High School as the best academic solu­ Charles L. Bertrand tion to the consolidation of the depart­ Vice-Rector, Services ment. Following those conversations, I immediately called Dr. Norman Segalowitz and asked him to consult with his colleagues. Suggestions for a new Chancellor Dr. Segalowitz began discussions and, as a result, members of the Depart­ Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice Alan B. Gold be effective public speakers. Previous affiliation with ment met twice with Dr. MacKenzie in will be stepping down as Chancellor of Concordia the University would be regarded as an asset. December and a third time with me in University on 30 September 1992. A Search Please forward suggestions, together with January 1992. No other department in Committee for a new Chancellor has been established biographical material, by mail or fax by 13 March the University was given these oppor­ by the Board of Governors of Concordia University. 1992, to: tunities for direct consultation. In your The Committee is inviting the members of the letter you neglected to mention that in University community as well as friends of Concordia Marie-Andree Robitaille those meetings the members of the to suggest candidates for the position. Secretary of the Search Committee department categorically rejected locat­ University Secretariat ing the Department in the Henry F. Hall The Chancellor is the titular head of the University. Bishop Court, (BC-126) Building. The Hall Building, they in­ He or she presides over six convocations each year as Concordia University sisted, was "unacceptable." You also well as other ceremonial occasions of the University. fail to point out that the question of 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. He or she is a member of the Board of Governors and annexes was raised, not only by mem­ Montreal, Quebec H3G 1MB bers of the Vice-Rector's office, but by certain of its committees. The Chancellor acts as members of the department and the Chair of the Graduation Ceremonies Committee. Phone No. (514) 848-4811 Fax No. (514) 848-8765 reply was that it was unlikely that funds The Chancellor performs a strong leadership role would become available to renovate both within and outside the University and acts as an them properly for Psychology. external ambassador for the University. Candidates Again, the offer of the High School, must be distinguished in their own 'field, and should Concordia and please remember, most of the U N VERSITY Drummond Science Build_ing for Psyc~ology, fits in perfectly with the R E A L E D U C A T I O N F O R T H E R E A L W O R L D fllallCI ples ...accep.ted_b~ ih.e.,.B.oard _of_· _ _ _ _ - , ~ ~:;i;,:r:::,:::::::::H::,:,;.;.;;;::~:: :::A:}:s::;.:::;::x~;:;i... ;;:;:.::::. :::s:::,::: :.:~::.,,:,:.:;.:::.:.:,:.<:,:,<:.:,:;,:,:,:;,:;,:,:i::~.;~:.:.:~.:",:;.:<: •.•·.:,.;~.,.<-.-:· .~,.,\4.:;r;',:.,.~,!""',.,.,.,.,.,.,.,./1<.,.i=,• .,,.:; .. ,.-%.+·:ii-,·~,,;¥M~·-M:.,:~· .. 1M.,.J •. ,=,..:;.,1:,w/:.,f.·.·y ,,,,,,},,,,,,,,,.,.,,,,,,,, CONCORDIA's Thursday Report February 13, 1992 - 11 Women, men and engineering: a workshop approach kind to be held within a university con­ proposed. But the first step is to recog­ on the Status of Women in Engineering text, will provide a forum to discuss and nize that some degree of exclusionary and Computer Science, formed in ache/ Alkallay reflect on where the profession is going behaviour exists. January 1989, has been to look at ways in the 1990s. "If the profession is to renew itself, it to attract more women into the Faculty, The Dean looks to the workshops as must first apply the principles of prob-· both as students and as faculty mem­ part of an open discussion on the topic lem analysis within its own dis­ bers. Changing attitudes and gender-sen­ of gender sensitivity within the Faculty. ciplines," she said. sitivity will be the focus of a unique For example, be­ The Ottawa firm of Challenging career for women workshop titled Partners in Change: A haviour that was once Neighbours Consult­ Forum for Men for the Faculty of En­ acceptable ·in the ing/Consultation To address the issue of improving the gineering and Computer Science. The classroom, such as Entre Voisins,. which work and study environment, the one-day pilot programme will be consistently using the designed the work­ Women in Engineering and Computer presented by a consulting firm on two pronoun "he," must shop, has previously Science (WECoS) programme offers dates, Feb. 24 and April 13. The session be modified for a had success with women students opportunities for in­ is designed to explore shifting perspec­ classroom with men similar programmes formal support. WEcos promotes the tives within the classroom and the work and women students. offered to the Cana­ profession by presenting it as a chal­ world in male-dominated professions. Paternalistic be­ dian Coast Guard Col­ lenging career for women. Also, women The full-day workshops can accom­ haviours, such as sin­ lege, Petro-Canada, are encouraged to continue their modate 15 male faculty members and gling women out with and Transport Canada. studies at the graduate level. are expected to attract chairs, depart­ offers of extra help, or The Concordia Other recommendations include the ment heads, and members of the Facul­ delegating them to workshop has been implementation of a mentoring ty administration. Sessions are being particular laboratories w"' formulated by analyz­ programme, which was launched last planned for graduate students and sup­ or suggesting certain ing the responses to a month (see article, page one), as well as port staff. types of work, do not adequately survey of all women graduates of the planning special events such as the 1990 prepare women for the work world. Faculty of Engineering and Computer symposium on "Excellence and Enthusiastic response Corinne Jette, Professor of Technical Science from the the past 11 years. Ken Equality in the Engineering Profes­ Writing, chairs the Committee on the Fisher, who will conduct the sessions sion." Dean M.N.S. Swamy, who will par­ Status of Women in Engineering and with another consultant, is the only The Feb. 24 and April 13 Partners in ticipate in the Feb. 24 session, said that Computer Science which put forth the man serving on the National Advisory Change: A Forum for Men workshops are response to the forum has been en­ recommendation for the workshop to Council on the Status of Women. open to all members of the Faculty of En­ thusiastic. He is encouraging all inter­ the Dean. She said that, because en­ The Faculty of Engineering and Com­ gineering and Computer Science, although ested members of the Faculty to register gineering is a problem-solving profes­ puter Science has established initiatives space is limited. For further information early as there are a limited number of sion, obstacles within the Faculty need to address two specific areas of concern. and registration, please contact the Chair or spaces. The workshops, the first of their to be looked at, analyzed and a solution Part of the mandate of the Committee Director of your Department.

• MENTORING continued from page 1 and engineering." sentation in the field. because she is new at the job. the support of an engineer husband Approximately 80 women - stu­ Plover, in a statement echoed by Dean who encouraged her to work full-time dents, professional engineers and com­ Swamy, said that isolation and lack of Use of potential while raising a family. She urges puter experts - met each other for the female role models are major problems women "not to take the path of least first time at the dinner. for female students in the Faculty. resistance." If you truly love mathe­ WECOS co-ordinator Angela Plover, a "Either you are overly visible or in­ The mentoring programme matches matics, science, and physics, she says, fourth-year Industrial Engineering stu­ visible," she said. Sexist attitudes of students and professionals with similar use your potential to its fullest. dent, started the project when she did professors and students in the class­ backgrounds, goals and interests. Stu­ Plover hopes that the mentoring research in the mentoring concept in room are perpetuated in the language dents interested in combining career, programme will catch on in other 1989. She was able to see her work come used in textbooks. A better awareness of marriage, and family are teamed up universities. alive as the women began their discus­ the problems has led the Engineering with a mentor who has successfully sions over dinner. and Computer Science Association worked out these situations. Diana Anyone interested in becoming Mentors and 'mentees' are expected (ECA) to work harder at overcoming Sheinfield, a mechanical engineer with either a mentor or a mentee should to get together casually on an in­ these hurdles. more than 25 years experience, has had contact Angela Plover at 848-3073.

dividual basis at least once a month to PHOTO: Susan Mintzberg discuss goals, and offer guidance and Camaraderie support. Mentors and 'mentees' gather at the inauguration dinner. Mentors (first row, left to right) Nicole Plover's interest began in 1989, when The women students have often been Jardin, Micheline Kamber, Cassie Kelly and Adina Bailey. (Back row, left to right) Coordinator two women who had complained influenced by fathers and brothers who of the Status of Women for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Angela Plover, about sexism in class were lampooned students Karine Desbiens and Harriet Nussbaum, Dean M.N.S. Swamy, and students Stet are engineers, and who encouraged Martino and Sandra Fabiano. in a now-defunct Engineering new­ them to be the best they can be. While spaper. She discovered that women stu­ students such as Dinah Farag say d en ts lacked a support system to camaraderie exists with male students, discuss the special situations they en­ and the women don't feel patronized by countered, and with encouragement of them, mentors at the -dinner said that the Dean and the Status of Women feeling disappears in the work force in Committee, started to organize the the competition for jobs. Mentor Esther programme. Balevi says that even with her engineer­ ing and accounting degrees, she still has Balanced representation to work ten times as hard as a man to get as far. Dean Swamy, whose daughter is a On the other hand, Amy Pinchuk, one Concordia Engineering graduate, of two women engineers employed by believes that the myth that men don't a high-tech firm, has experienced no want women engineers should be discrimination on the job, but has seen buried. The problem faced by women sexism occasionally on a personal level. engineers and computer scientists must Computer Science graduate Laverne be attacked at every level (or as he puts Mo.rrison has found that she has to fight it, "little drops of water make a mighty harder at work to get the assignments ; ..OS~

• REFUGEES continued from page 5 • NETWORK continued form page 3 NAACP, a national American organiza­ the way American Blacks talk and sing, tion for the advancement of Blacks. said Bayne. "The common linkage is the They will discuss, among other things, African-ness of the whole underlying relations between the police force and influence." Blacks. Four plays-in-progress currently sit There are Blacks in public office in on Bayne's desk at home. At this mo­ Canada, notably Lincoln Alexander, ment, however, his energy is focused on Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and his academic duties. Howard Mccurdy, New Democratic Party member of parliament, but none Bayne' s academic life has been as rich "in the kind of power position of Blacks as his involvement in the community in the U.S.," said Bayne. He sees an and the arts. He has a doctorate in increased need for a North American Economics and has written a dozen re­ Black community in light of the fact that search papers in the field. He feels his they don't have much say in the current multidisciplinary background will be Canadian constitutional talks. useful in the diploma programmes he oversees: Students may specialize in "If the provinces want to run moats five different areas: health, sports, arts between themselves, we can't do any­ administration, educational ad­ thing about that," said Bayne. "What we can do is start meaningful social, ministration, and a option in the non­ profit sector. political and cultural linkages with Professor Le Van Mao (centre) helps Vietnamese and Chinese boat people settle into better lives. Black Americans. At least we can see "Concordia's openness has allowed ourselves as North American Blacks." me to use skills which I developed raised $600,000. As of January 1991, the targeted for fund-raising because of the Bayne points out that natural links working in the community," said organization had sponsored 199 recession. exist already. Many Blacks have family Bayne. "I hope to use them to the ad­ refugees from Hong Kong and Viet­ and friends in the United States, and vantage of the students." SBPC not only .gathers money for nam, including 50 who are now in there is travel between the two He feels that community work is Canada. Between March and Septem­ refugees, but acts as a miniature Am­ countries for cultural events, political nesty International for refugees in much more than "just social activities. ber, another 150 sponsorship applica­ rallies and organized exchanges. It's dealing with people's lives, and the tions were made. camps in South-East Asia. Because Viet­ nam has said it will repatriate all non­ Many Black Canadians identify with development of society itself." Most of SBPC' s funding has come from political refugees, SBPC · is applying the U.S., Italy and Switzerland. The or­ pressure to ensure that political ganization even has a full-time fund­ refugees have their cases re-examined. The Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Concordia University, raiser in Italy, where Le Van Mao lived The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women prior to his move to Canada. Because Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has present Italy does not accept refugees, Italian sent a letter of support stating that he philanthropists and charity organiza­ will pay attention to the situation. Al­ tions see SBPC as a good way to con­ though it is a good sign, Le Van Mao February - Black History Month - 1992 tribute to the refugee cause, he said. said he wishes the Canadian govern­ ment would take a more active role Le Van Mao said Canada hasn't been regarding political refugees. Thursday, February 13 at 20h30

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Mechanical Engineering makes Arts and Science recommendations on teaching evaluation Council stands by decision At a meeting of the Mechanical Engineering Department's Council on Jan. 22, it was decided that a committee be formed to study and propose recommendations on teaching evaluation to nominate History Student in the Department. Periodic assessments at the end of each course would take the following criteria into to committee for new dean consideration for the evaluation of teaching : 1. Course evaluation for individual faculty. 2. Evaluation of lab demonstrators and tutors. ·tvia Cademartori 3. Student feedback. 4. Quality of lab manuals and class notes prepared by individual professors. 5. Effective use of audio visual techniques, teaching techniques and other teaching aids The Advisory Search Committee for a new Dean of Arts and Science has begun its work used by individual professors. with one undergraduate student on board instead of two. 6. Availability of professors for consultation with students. History student David Parent was twice nominated by the Arts and Science Faculty Council 7. Special lectures on selected subjects related to course material organized by profes- to fill one of two undergraduate positions on the Committee, but Council representatives sors with specialists from industry. say that his candidature was twice rejected by the Board of Governors. The Council's student caucus refused to submit another name, choosing instead to forfeit Also, the following are proposed plans for the enhancement of teaching: its seat on the Committee. 1. Make computer technology available to professors. In a written statement to Council, student caucus leader Deepak Awasti said that he cannot 2. Make greater efforts to hire and identify more qualified lab demonstrators and tutors. accept the r~asoning that Parent may be in a conflict of interest position simply because 3. Closely monitor the effectiveness of tutors and lab demonstrators in dealing with Parent is suing both the University and Code of Conduct Administrator John Reitan. students. The lawsuit stems from a Code of Conduct case last year. 4. Continually upgrade undergraduate and graduate labs. "Students cannot allow the most capable person to be replaced by the most convenient 5. Continually monitor and develop curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels person," Awasti said. to reflect advances in science and technology, such as ultrafine particle engineering, micro-machines and micro-mechanics. · Board of Governors representatives say that Parent's nomination was discussed in closed 6. Incorporate greater application of computer data acquisition and processes, robotic session of the Board and they are prevented by the rules of confidentiality to comment manipulators and machining centres for computer integrated manufacturing. publicly on the matter. 7. Increase budget for invitation of experts and practising engineers to present seminars to undergraduate and graduate students. 8. Make greater effort to establish more interaction between students and industry, especially in courses with design projects. 9. Fulfill the objectives of the mission statement of the Department of Mechanical • DEGREES continued from page 1 Engineering regarding the hiring of professors, emphasizing teaching as a vttal component of the duties of professors. language institutions worldwide, how­ if and when the motion is approved by 10. Organize short-term courses in the area of engineering education to inform faculty and ever, the word 'magisteriate' was the Board of Governors, the University graduate students in the latest teaching techniques. coined expressly during this debate. must apply to the Conseil des The Council appointed Professors George Abdou, Tadeusz Krepec, V.N. Latinovic and English Professor Katherine Waters, universites, receive recommendations Ramesh Rajagopalan as members of the commtttee, with Krepec as the chair. author of the new word and a Commit­ from Quebec professional corporations -DGV tee member, said "the change should go and subsequently, seek approval from through, not only for the sake of innova­ the government. tion, but because the words sound good. Baccalaureate and magisteriate Newman voices have no sexist connotation, especially non-confidence magisteriate since it does not even exist in the English lan­ In other business, guage. We should in­ Senate member Elaine form Oxford and Mer­ Newman gave notice of riam - Webster motion concerning [dictionaries] immedi­ consideration of the ately of this new practices of governance word." as illustrated by the Ad­ Innovation, especial­ visory Search Com­ ly in matters of gender mittee for the dean of ....._ _ equality, is · something the Faculty of Com­ for which the Univer­ merce and Administra­ sity is known. Solar re­ tion. (See related story, minded Senate that page 8.) Later, during Concordia was the first question period, she university in Canada to suggested a notice of establish an office on motion for a vote of the status of women in non-confidence in 1987. Board of Governors Chairman P. AI1.dre "We can be innovative again," she Gervais. Senate Chair Patrick Kenniff said. told her that if she brought such a mo­ Charlene Nero, CUSA Co-President, tion forward, it would be ruled out of told Senate that the executive commit­ order. tee of CUSA had unanimously approved In a related matter, Senate member the motion at a meeting last August and William Knitter, speaking on behalf of echoed Solar's sentiments on Chairs' Caucus, gave notice of motion Concordia's reputation as a leader in for Senate to request that the hearings matters relating to gender equality. of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Though the motion was approved by Rules and Procedures for Evaluation Senate, the issue of degree nomencla­ Committees and Advisory Search Com­ ture has a way to go before being put mittees, chaired by Governor Reginald into practice. Oppenheim-said that even Groome, be made ·public. 14 - f:ebruary 13, 1992

• BUILDING continued from page 6 • WIND continued from page 7 • THE BACK PAGE continued video compact discs to pack in as much "boundary-layer" properties to simu­ CPR COURSES material as possible, and making them late the friction which complicates interactive. The modules are being wind action near the ground. In fact, The following CPR courses will be offered by the developed by Concordia's Department Stathopoulos has used all sorts of Environmental Health & Safety Office in the next of Education through an internship. materials, such as egg cartons, pieces of few weeks. Members of the Concordia community or outside community are all welcomed to take carpet, and packaging material, to work these courses. There will be a discount price for Graduates return out a rough surface which will dupli­ the Concordia community. For all those who are cate, in miniature, the conditions affect­ interested, please contact Donna Fasciano, ing his building models, which are Training Coordinator at 848-4355 for more infor­ Peter Byrne, class of 1985, is typical of scaled down by a factor of 500. mation. the graduates who will be going to the The researchers also make use of Feb. 29 birthday party. Now project SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 meteorological data. Six or seven manager at Coffrages Industriels, a sub­ weather stations in the Montreal area CPR Heartsaver contracting company, he left CEGEP in­ tell them which way the wind is blow­ Plus Course tending to be an engineer but was ing, and how fast. 8-hours for life. This course includes rescuer CPR already daunted by the theoretical management of the obstructed airway and infant, quality of his science courses. Seventy-kilometre-an-hour winds are child resuscitation. "All that physics and chemistry - I acceptable if they occur only once every thought, my God, this is going to be five years, but would be intolerable if SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29 they happen once a month in a heavy terrible! I wanted to see the practical BCLS Instructor's Course applications. And Building Studies had pedestrian area, Stathopolous said. )He looks forward to the continued This 16-hours course is for people who would like something different to offer." to become instructors. Pre-requisites for candida­ development of the tunnel experi- ture are: 1) certification within the previous 6 Byrne liked the intimacy of the learn­ ments. ing environment - there were only 20 months in Basic Cardia Life Support and 2) an interest in teaching. people in his year - and now that he's "The really fascinating thing in this out, he feels he knows "more about the area is that there are always new things MARCH 1 & 7 construction industry than other to look at." people." A Bachelor of Engineering in BCLS Instructor's Course Building Studies doesn't carry any This 16-hours course is for people who would like automatic cachet, though; he often has to become instructors. Pre-requisites for candida­ to explain his degree to colleagues. ture are: 1) certification within the previous 6 months in Basic .Cardia Life Support and 2) an Sabatino Schiavone, who is in his interest in teaching. fourth and final year and heads the students' society, was always interested in the construction business because it ALUMNI ACTIVITIES was his father's livelihood. Attracted at first to architectural engineering, he MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 opted instead for Building Studies, and "loves it." Lara Pasqualetto, who took Holistic Health using Polarity Therapy part in the recent international concrete Polarity therapy is a hands-on method that ad­ toboggan race at Concordia, was "al­ dresses the health and balance of body, mind and spirit. It works with the vital energy in our bodies ways more interested in building build­ to bring us better health, relief from pain, and ings than bridges." She likes the emotional equilibrium. Location: Faculty Club Centre's family atmosphere. Dining Room, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, "People don' t compete here. They 7th Floor. Time : 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Price $11. Tickets: call Gabrielle Korn at 848-3817. Reser­ help and rely on each other." vations are confirmed upon receipt of payment.

Big party TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 PHOTOS: Charles Belanger Loyola Club of Montreal "It's going to be big, elaborate, excit­ Dinner-meeting featuring guest speaker Ronald ing!" said Professor Osama Moselhi, Professor Andreas Athienitis uses an ex­ Corey. St. James' Club, 1445 Union Avenue. who is in charge of organizing the 15th perimental unit on the roof of the Centre's Time: 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:00 p.m. dinner. $50 downtown office building for his research in a anniversary dinner-dance. Scheduled members, $60 non-members, payable to Loyola computerized heating system. Alumni Association Inc. (Yearly memt?ership in the to take place Feb. 29 at the Four Seasons Loyola Club $25). Tickets and information: call Hotel, the gala will include guests from Gabrielle Murphy at 848-3823. the building industry, government and • BACK PAGE continued granting agencies as well as graduates, CONCERT HALL students, faculty and staff. Industrial THESIS DEFENSE sponsors will be given certificates in gratitude for their support over the MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 years. XIAOCHUAN LI at 2:30 p.m.in Rm H-773,(1455 Fazio says that members and friends de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.) Thesis title: "Single­ of the Centre welcome the entire Crystal Electron Paramagnetic Resonance University community to take part in Studies of Phase Transitions, Jahn-Teller effect the celebration. For tickets, call Donna and Spin-Hamiltonian Parameters." Caputo at 848-3205. ORDIA CONCERT HALL The Concert Hall is located at 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. (Metro Vendome -Autobus 105). FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Admission is free to all concerts. MARIAM BETH NOEL at 10:00 a.m. in Rm H- (except where indicated.) Information: 848-7928. 769,(1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.) Thesis Title: "The Effect of Opiate Injections into the Ventral FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Franz Liszt. Time: 8 p.m. Tegmental Area on Feeding."

Jeri Brown ART GALLERY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Jazz vocalist. Special guest: guitarist Peter Leitch The Concordia Art Gallery is located in the with George Mitchell , Wali Muhammad. Time: 8 Concordia Chamber Choir p.m. Henry F. Hall Bldg. (Mezzanine Level), 1455 Time: 2 p.m. de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 848- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 "Friedrich Nietszche: The Composer" 4750. Concert & short lecture by Prof. Wolfgang Botten­ Luba and lreneus Zuk berg. Time: 8 p.m. Sponsored by Lonergan Col­ UNTIL FEBRUARY 29 Duo pianos. Works by Manuel Infante, Wolfgang lege and the Music Department. For info. Bottenperg,. lhor Bilohrud, Clifford CrawJey .and 848-2280. - - -, , ·.,, ·• · .. :. -, :.. · ·. ,·. ;,.:.., . .c F..acuJty o.tFiae P..tts. Bie.nnale:. ..- ,... , , ..... ,, .., CONCORDIA's Thursday Report February 13, 1992 -15

• THE BACK PAGE continued LECTURES/SEMINARS , CAMPUS MINISTRY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Teaching Accomplishment: A Dalhousie Guide to the Teaching Dossier", written by Alan Wright Thursdays at Lonergan Loyola Campus: Belmore House is now advance. Please call Peter Cote for information (resource person) Please call before 848-2495 to register before February 21 . located at 2496 West Broadway. Phone 848-3586. Wynne Francis, Professor, Department of English, Concordia University, and Lonergan Fel­ 848-3588. SGW Campus: Annex Z, 2090 low on "Nietzsche And The Modern Poets." Mackay. Phone: 848-3590, 3591, 3593. WEDNESDAYS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 The Classics Department SUNDAYS Women's Spirituality Circle Reflecting, celebrating, praying, using the book, Concordia Central America Committee presents a seminar by Keith Adams entitled, "En­ Loyola Chapel RC Mass Dance of the Spirit: Seven Steps for Women 's Panel discussion & photo exhibition on vironment and Roman History." Keith has recently Sundays 11 :00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Weekdays at spirituality. Meetings are once a week. Time: 2:00 "Nicaragua, After The Sandinistas:" Two Years of successfully defended his M.A. (Concordia His­ 12:05 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: 2090 Mackay, room 105. For Right Wing Government." Free Admission. Time: tory) thesis of the same title. The Classics information call Daryl Lynn Ross at 848-3585 or 7 p.m. Location: Mugshots H-651, 1455 de Students' Association will serve wine and cheese 3593. afterwards. All are Welcome! MONDAYS Maisonneuve W. Muslim Identity in Canadian Universities Bible Study for Agnostics TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Speaker Dr. Ahmad Shafaat. Hall 427. Time: 5:30 Rev. Anne Hall, United Church Minister, will be p.m. A discussion to follow. Sweets and drinks to available at Belmore House. Anyone interested in Gathering of Men be served. All welcomed. Sponsored by the Mus­ The School of Community a "Bible Study for Agnostics," or who has ques­ Men who are interested in the need to evaluate lim Students Association. and Public Affairs tions or concerns is invited to call or drop in. Time: male identity by reflecting on the various images 1 to 4 p.m. 2496 West Broadway, 848-3592. Living Islam in the Spirit of an African Are Hosting a "Brown Bag" Fellows Forum on of maleness in today's culture and its implications Public Policy Series. Professor Guy Lachapelle, Meditation/Faith Sharing Evenings with regards to male sexuality and spirituality. The Muslim Students Association Coalition of department of Political Science on "Polling, Politi­ Meetings on alternate Tuesdays. For information MQntrec:1-I, in association with the Vanier Club Exploring the spirituality of Julian of Norwich, a cal Parties and Public Policy". Time: 12:30- 2:00. call Robert Nagy: 848-3587. Belmore House at Quest for African Knowledge presents Muham­ 14th century creation-centered mystic/prophet. 2149 MacKay Street, Basement Lounge (SCPA) 7:30 p.m. mad Abdul Malik speaking at Westmount High Time: 7:30 - 9 p.m. Held at the Sisters of St. Anne School, 4350 St Catherine Street West. Time: 7 February - Black History Month Residence, 5140 West Broadway. A warm wel­ p.m . $2 entrance fee. come to everyone. For more information call FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Presented by The Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Michelina Bertone, S.S.A., at 481-7875 or 848- Brown Bag Bulletin Concordia University, The McGill Centre for Re­ 3591 . Community Suppers Professors Bill Buxton and Charles Acland will search and Teaching on Women. Location: The Black Studies Centre, 1968 de Maisonneuve An open invitation to all who want to be part of speak on "Rockefeller Philanthropy and Canadian Blvd. W. Information: 848-2373. TUESDAYS chaplaincy life (programs, events, worship, etc.) Culture: The Dilemmas of Continentalist to partake in a meal, to meet friends, to build Nationalism". At noon, in the lounge of the Vanier Prison Visit Program Continues community. These are shared meals: bring some­ Library Office Complex. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ...'--· A dialogue program with inmates at Bordeaux. thing of your own to share. Belmore House at 6 Students must meet with one of the Chaplains in p.m. For information call Peter Cote at 848-3586. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Abena P.A. Busia, Associate Professor, Depart­ ment of English , Rutgers, The State University on COUNSELLING & DEVELOPMENT Faculty of Commerce and "Black Women's Fiction and the D·iscourse on Administration History". Time: 8:30 p.m. Do vou KNOW where to find the answers to the educational-decision making, career planning The Faculty of Commerce and Administration is following questions? Where to locate uniyersity and job search. holding an information session for its Master of TU E S D AY, .FE B RU A RY 1 8 calendars worldwide? How to prepare for an Science in Adminsitration Programme. Time: 5:30 employment interview? Where to apply for private Learning & Writing Centre p.m. Location: EMBA Classroom, GM 407-1 , Dorothy Williams, Researcher on "Black Women sources of financial aid? How to study? How to The Learning & Writing Centre offers assistance 1550 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 848- Building a Community". Time: 8:30 p.m. determine which universities offer particular to all Concordia students who want to improve 2711 to confirm attendance. educational programs? Where to find information their academic skills and learning potential. on occupational options and career planning? Islamic Day THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Come to Counselling & Development (Student Counselling Services There will be an Islamic exhibition and book sale. Services) and find the answers. Sir George Wil­ Videos on Islam will be presented. JulianaAbbenyi, student, Comparative Literature, liams Campus, H-440, Henry F. Hall Bldg., 1455 Professional counsellors offer Concordia stu­ McGill University on "Black Feminism: an African de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 848-3556 and Loyola dents educational, career, and personal counsell­ Thursdays at Lonergan Feminist Perspective". Time : 8:30 p.m. ing, one on one or in groups. Campus, 2490 West Broadway, 848-3555. Wynne Francis, Professor, Department of English When registering for or changing courses, also and Lonergan Fellow, on "Nietzche and Irving Indigenous Peoples International Canada Employment Centre register for the many group Programs or Layton, Part II ". Time: 3:30-4 p.m. Location: 7302 present, Guest speakers; Marie Anneharte, June Workshops available at Student Services - Coun­ The Canada Employment Centre offers employ­ Sherbrooke Street W. Information: 848-2280. Delisle and Alanis Obamsawin on "Women of th e selling and Development. Our brochure gives you ment couselling and placement services to under­ First Nations Speak: an Evening of Poetry, Fiction Geology Department the description, times and dates of these helpful graduate and graduate students seeking and Song". A minimum donation of $3 will be and interesting programs. You can register on the part-time, summer or permanent employment. Dr. Steven Cheung, Department of Civil Engineer­ required at the door. All proceeds will go to The spot or take the brochure home and see what fits Location: 2070 Mackay Street. Info: 283-5177. ing will speak on "Disposal of Radioactive Waste Native Women 's Shelter.Time : 7 p.m. Location: your timetable. Better grades, help with coping in Canada". Time: 1 p.m. Location : L-DS Rm 229, H-762, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. with personal issues or simply meeting new and 6141 Sherbrooke Street West. interesting people may be only a registration WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS away. Drop by the Counselling and Development WEDNESDAY, FEBR.UARY 26 FR I DAY, FEBRUARY 21 Office at either campus and see what's waiting for Drop in Service you . Learning Development Office Celebrating Black Herstory A Drop in Service is available at Counselling and Development, Loyola Campus, provides fo r 15 Workshop For Faculty. The Development of the A night of Women's Film . A selection of films by Careers Library minute periods to help students with brief ques­ Teaching Dossier: Documenting teaching ac­ Black women, including Marni Wata by Monik The Careers Library, recognized as one of the tions of an educational nature. Time: 12:00 - 1 complishment. Registration Fee: $10, includes Doten, wi ll be present. Starts at 7 p.m. 2170 best of its kind in Canada, helps students take p.m. Location: 2490 West Broadway. Info: 848- refreshments and a copy of of "Documenting Bishop (Lounge) For info call 848-7431. control of their career development, including 3555. MEETINGS LACOLLE CENTRE Amateur Radio Club Meetings ference and Career Days to be held on March 4th. The Art of Verbal sion, lecture and role-playing to ensure that the Meetings will be held every Tuesday night from 7 Time: 11 :30 a.m. Location: 1550 de Maisonneuve Self-Defense learner achieves his or her goal of better time to 1O p.m. in H-644-1. Get on the air and talk to West, GM/Rm 300-24. management. This workshop series is offered in the world "FREE" via personal ham radio. New Learn how to combat verbal abuse with common­ two formats: Sundays, Feb. 13 and 23. Time : 9:30 members welcome. For more information call sense techniques to diffuse potentially volatile - 5:30 p.m. or Mondays & Wednesdays, March 2 848-7421 . situations. Identify your language patterns and - 16. Time: 7 - 10 p. m. Location to be announced. THEATRE how they can be altered to reduce tension in $250 Arts & Science Faculty interactions. This workshop series is offered in two Council Meeting formats : 5 evenings, 3 hours per session, or 2 The next Arts and Science Faculty Council Me.et­ SATU RDA Y, FEBRUARY 8 Sundays, 7 hours each day. Workshop leader: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Evelyn Zahar, R.N. , N.A., E.T.N.S. is Executive ing will be on Friday, February 21 , 1992 at 2:00 Director of Healthquest Consultants. Sundays, p.m. in DL-200, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Concordia Student Theatre March 8 and 15. Time: 9:30 - 5:30 p.m. Location Thinking Critically About Concordia Student Theatre will be holding audi­ to be announced, $250. Bio-Ethical Issues tions for ''Tell Them": an original play by Mauro A workshop designed to enhance awareness and Casiraghi, to be presented in late March or early Time Management comprehension of some of the issues considered April. Auditions are open to all, and we need one A seminar designed to help you use your time in the area of Bio-ethics, to examine what general actor who is physically disabled and one able more effectively and efficiently. Participants learn principles may be relevant to such issues, and to bodied. Auditions will be held at 1455 de Maison­ such skills as planning, setting short and long term explore pedagogical methods for discussing Concordia Accounting Society (cAs) neuve St. West, Rm H-537. Time: 1 - 4 p.m. For goals, and how to say "NO" withouty feeling guilty. these issues critically. Time: 9:30 - 12:30 p.m. Concordia Accounting Society is organizing a information call Ron 483-5755. The fascilitator utilizes such methods as discus- Location to be announced. $35 meetjng for Environmental AccounJing Con- The BACK PAGE Is continued on page 14 WOMEN'S AGENDA

Sexual Harassment Project Lesbian Studies Coalition Have you been a victim of sexism? The student­ of Concordia run Sexual Harassment Project is compiling ac­ The Coalition meets on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the counts of sexism on campus and we would like to Simone de Beauvoir Lounge (2170 Bishop). Infor­ hear your story. We can ensure your anonymity. mation: 848-7474. If you have been harassed, threatened, or as­ saulted, we offer CONFIDENTIAL support and referral services. For women only. Contact Sarah FRIDAYS NOTICES Kresh at 848-7 411 ; or drop by room P-103, 2020 Mackay Street. Ombuds Office coffee and light refreshments. Dr. Kusy looks Lesbian & Gay Friends The Ombudspersons are available to any mem­ forward to talking with you about your program of Concordia (LGFC) ber of the University for information, advice and specifically, and graduate studies in general. TUESDAYS Location of these open houses will be the Open discussion over coffee for members of the assistance with University-related complaints and Graduate Administration Bldg ., 22145 Mackay Open Stage University and beyond. 5 p.m. at 2020 Mackay, problems. Call 848-4964 or drop into 2100 Mack­ from 6 to 8 p.m. on the following days: Tuesday, Coffee House 1st floor. 848-7414. ay, Sir George Williams Campus. Evening ap­ pointments on request. February 18, Wednesday, March 25 and All invited to share their creativity. $2.00 audience, Thursday, April 9. We look forward to seeing you Bi-the Way $1 .00 performers, includes coffee, tea and Legal Information Service and we hope that you will be able to join us. Kindly snacks. Delicious inexpensive baked goods. Bisexual Women's discussion group now meets The Legal Information Service is available for call Kali Sakell at 848-3803 to let her know the day Time: 8 p.m. to Midnight. 87 Bernard (at St-Ur­ regularly. Time: 8 p.m. Location: McGill Women's information and counselling. If you have problems you will be attending as space is limited. bain) Information: 483-1953 or 279-6868. Union, 3480 McTavish, Room 423. Information: with your landlord, or with a contract that you 598-8661. signed, or you are looking for information on Muslim Students Association divorce, WE CAN HELP!! Contact us at 848-4960 THURSDAYS Meetings are held every Monday in Annex Z at Women's Studies Student Association from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. 6:00 p.m. All are welcome. Permanent Review Committee Come and see us in Room CC-326, 7141 Meets every other Friday, beging Feb. 14. All Notice to all Muslim Students and Staff: Con­ Sherbrooke St. W., Loyola Campus. For students, on the Status of Women students enrolled in Women's Studies of taking a gregational prayer is held in the· Mosque. Friday staff and faculty, this service is Free and Con­ Meets and organizes to respond to the needs of WSDB course are welcome. Simone de Beauvoir prayer starts at 1 :00 p.m. Location: 2090 Mackay, fidential. students, staff and faculty. Information: 848-7431 . lnst.(2170 Bishop) Time: 12:30. For info call 848- room 05. Information: 848-7418. 7449 Health Services Narcotics Anonymous Women in Engineering Women's Group How do I look? We are open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at both locations: ER-407, 2155 Guy, 848- and Computer Science For worn.en recovering or wanting to recover from "The Me in Media", part of the "How do I look?" 3565 and CH-101, 6935 Sherbrooke St. W., 848- All women in Engineering and Computer Science substance abuse. 7:30 p.m. at the Women's Film and Video Series. 16h30-19h at SGW cam­ 3575. Our services include general physical are invited to our weekly Brown Bag Lunch, held Centre, 2020 Mackay, downstairs. Information: pus-Bourget Bldg. , 1230 Mountain,rm 108. Series examinations, birth ·control, STD counselling, al­ every Thursday in H-505 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. 525-0333. continues Mar 2,6,9 and 10. lergy shots, personal counselling, nutritional infor­ We want to have informal discussions, guest mation, first-aid and much more. No appointment speakers, and films but we can't do it without your necessary to the see the Nurse. GP's and participation. So pack a lunch (arrive late or leave Specialists are available by appointment. FILM early) and come meet other women of the Faculty. ' Sexual Harassment Officer Conservatory of Cinematographic Art p.m.; Seven Samurai (1954), Akira Kurosawa at The Sexual Harassment Officer can provide you Peer Helper Centre Admission: $2. 75 (including taxes) per screening. 9:15 p.m. with support, guidance and information on any Location : H-110, Alumni Auditorium, Henry F. Hall All students are welcome to drop in at the Peer matter to do with sexual harassment. All inquiries Bldg. (1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.). Informa­ Helper Centre, 2130 Bishop, downstairs. The are completely Confidential. Call Sally Spilhaus tion: 848-3878. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 hours are Monday - Thursday, 12 noon to 6 p.m., at 848-4857, or drop in at K-110, 2150 Bishop. no appointment necessary. Student helpers are Throne Of Blood (1957), Akira Kurosawa at 7 THURSDAYS , FEBRUARY 13 Services for Disabled Students trained to assist in problem-solving, and to provide p.m.; Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Jean-Pierre Mel­ information, support and referrals. Stress, Innovative programs and workshops are special Chinatown, (1974), Roman Polanski, at 7:45 p.m. ville at 9 p.m. academic and personal problems, bureaucratic feature of services for Disabled Students. Special­ hassles and financial dilemmas, are all reasons ly designed workshops on use of adaptive com­ why students consult with peer helpers. You will WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 puter equipment for university study and future MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 get a friendly reception, skilled, accessible help, employment are regularly scheduled. Orientation The Roaring Twenties (1939), Raoul Walsh, at 7 and if you like; a free coffee or tea! There is also programs for volunteers and Sign Language p.m.; Rear Window (1954), Alfred Hitchcock at 9 A Double Tour (1959), Claude Chabrol at 8:30 a small, but excellent self-help lending library. All workshops are also offered throughout the year. p.m. p.m. services are free and confidential. Call 848-2859. For more information and applications. Contact: Loyola Film Series 848-3525/3511 (Voice/TDD), SGW Campus in Indigenous Peoples International Free Admission. 7141 Sherbrooke Street West. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 H-580 or 848-3503/3536 (Voice/TDD), Loyola Telephone: 848-3878 Campus in AD-121. Indigenous Peoples International meets regularly Ludwig - Requiem Pour Un Roi Vierge (1972), Health Services on Fridays at 2020 Mackay, room 204 at 7 p.m. Hans Jurgen Syberberg at 8:30 p.m. All welcome. Information: 848-7410-7443. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Health Services Provides a confidential, in­ dividualized and comprehensive approach to I Live in Fear (1955), Akira Kurosawa, at 7 p.m. ; Amateur Radio Club lkiru (1952), Akira Kurosawa at 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 health care which includes counselling and teach­ ing related to both physical and emotional well­ Register now for beginner amateur radio classes being. The centre provides tthe opportunity for SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Elvis Gratton (1985), Pierre Falardeau, Julien to be held every Wednesday night 7 to 10 p.m., Poulin at 8:30 p.m. Concordia students, staff and faculty to meet with January to. April. Also, intensive 1 weekend ses­ The Lower Depths (1957), Akira Kurosawa at 7 health professionals in order to explore areas of sion for engineers and home study program avail­ concern. Whether you are feeling unwell, stressed able. All $50, books included. For more info: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 or just curious about health issues, you are invited 848-7421 . to drop in at the following locations; Loyola Camus: 6935 Sherbrooke Street West, Room The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945), Tax Return Service '92 Akira Kurosawa at 7 p.m. ; The Hidden Fortress Ch-101 (848-3575) Hours: 9 - 12 noon and 1 :30 - (1958), Akira Kurosawa at 8:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Sir George Williams Attention All Students! CAS, in association with ·Campus: 2155 Guy Street, Rm 407 (848-3565) CIA, wants you to participate in Tex Return Ser­ Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. vice '92. Pick up tax returns, fill them out, hand them back, or audit the returns, IT'S UP TO YOU! SPECIAL EVENTS Graduate Studies Open House Sign up at the CAS office. GM-211-12 (1550 de You are cordially invited to drop in and meet the Maisonneuve W.) Recruiting representatives will Centre for Building Studies Acting Dean of Graduate Studies, Martin Kusy, for also be visiting your classes soon. 15th Anniversary Dinner To Commemorate its 15th anniversary, The Centre for Building Studies cordially invites you to UNCLASSIFIED SPORTS participate in an evening of dining and dancing to be held at Le Quatre Saisons Hotel, 1050 Stingers Hockey Sherbrooke West on February 29th, 1992. Cock­ Styles For Everyone! tails will be served at 6:30 p.m. at the Salon Faculty, Staff & Students why not treat yourself! The women's Stingers hockey team host McGill INFO-CONCORDIA Saisons B. Former student to satisfy all your hair dressing on Thursday, February 13th at 6:45. This will be Please contact Donna (BE-341 /Local 3205) for needs. Super Deals! Call Julian at 844-3309. their last home game prior to the playoffs. En franc;ais: 848-7369 reservations and ticket information. 1431 , Stanley Street (opposite Norris). The BACK PAGE is continued on page 15