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Two gra ds, faculty member capture coveted award Concordians did 111ore than drea111 of Genies - they vvon 3

exceptional, and so are the Genies." previous year, Wendy Tilby beat BY SUSAN SCHUTTA Among the Genie winners are out colleague Christopher Hinton's Concordia instructor Lynn Smith, Black.fly to win a Genie for her ani­ he Genies - Canada's Oscars whose film Pearl's Diner earned the mated film, Strings. Hinton and - were awarded in Montreal T Best Animated Short Award, and Tilby were also nominated for an this year instead of Toronto, and Concordia MFA grad John Pozer, Oscar, but lost. appropriately, Concordians won big. who received the Claude Jutra A Tokyo Film Festival Prize At the December 13 gala, held in Award for top first-time Canadian went to MFA graduate Arto the Maison de Radio-Canada on director. Pozer's film, The Grocer's Paragamian for his 104-minute film Rene Levesque Blvd., two graduates Wife, was shown recently on CBC Because Why, which one reviewer and a faculty member won the cov­ television. called "Canadian cinema's new text­ eted award. Although her animation has won book of offbeat .. . is And that's not all. Because Why many other awards, the Genie was a crafted with the lanky rhythms of In 1993, Concordians also won a first for Smith, who teaches a course the truly bent." top Tokyo Film Festival prize, two called From Idea to Storyboard to of the three top prizes at the Cana­ aspiring animators in the' Cinema La Florida wins dian Student Film Festival, and the Department. She and her guest got at box-office Students' Award at France's 17th all dolled up for the Montreal gala, Two films directed by Concordia Rencontre Internationales Henri and enjoyed every minute of it. grads earned multiple Genie nomi­ Langlois. (See story, page 9.) Rist said Smith's win makes her nations. "In terms of the Canadian Stu­ the fourth Concordia animation George Mihalka directed La dent Film Festival awards, this professor to gain international Florida, a lively comedy about a hasn't been an unusual year; we Pearl's Diner by Lynn Smith acclaim in the past two years. Joyce Montreal bus-driver who quits his always win something," said Cine­ Borenstein's The Colours of My job, moves his family to Florida, Although its success was almost Award for the most commercially ma Department Chair Peter Rist. Father won a Genie in 1991 and and buys a motel, only to find that entirely confined to Qyebec, La "But the Henri Langlois award is successful Canadian film of the year. earned an Oscar nomination. The there's trouble in paradise, too. Florida won the Golden Reel Continued on page 9

75% of students passed UFE Concordia tops Quebec's Accountancy exam results - again more B and C students attempt it pare specifically for it. Only 32.4 A celebratory presentation of BY BARBARA BLACK than in the anglophone universities, per cent passed the 1993 exam, a awards was held jus~ before Christ­ and partly because they don't pre- slight improvement over last year. mas. For more pictures, see page 8. hey did it again. Seventy-five Tper cent of Concordia's Diplo­ ma in Accountancy students passed Already launched in her career the Uniform Final Exam, or UFE, a tough national test which sets the Vendittelli ranks second among Quebec accountants standard for entrance to the profes­ s10n. imonetta Vendittelli earned the and took the summer off from work I Compare that to only 37.1 per Ssecond- highest mark among to give her studies a final push. cent of Qyebecers who passed, and Qyebecers who wrote the 1993 V endi ttelli is already a senior 51.5 per cent of Canadians from Uniform Final Examination set by auditor with responsibility for an coast to coast. the Canadian Institute of Chartered auditing team, although she is just Accountants. completing the two years' work McGill also did well Vendittelli got her Bachelor of experience she needs to be officially Concordia's Accountancy students Commerce with a major in Accoun­ called a chartered accountant. always do well, said Gail Fayer­ tancy from Concordia in the spring Concordia's Diploma in Accoun­ man, director of the programme, of 1991. She then went on to work tancy programme did very well by because Concordia and McGill at Peat Marwick Thorne chartered her, she said. University are the only accountancy accountants, while prepuing for the "The programme is small, but schools with a fourth year which rigourous four-day exam by going getting bigger. A lot of the teachers really prepares for the exam. to classes at Concordia at night and have practical experience. You get a McGill also did well, with a 63- studying on the weekends. That lot of individual attention, especially per-cent pass rate. pretty well filled up her time. in exam-writing." That gave her Policy varies across Canada, Fay­ extra confidence for the UFE. erman said. Many students outside Demanding profession "It was held at the Claude Robil­ of Qiebec take a three-year under­ "Accountancy is a demanding pro­ lard Centre, and there were approx­ graduate programme, after which fession, ari.d when companies need imately 900 writing. Even the they are prepared for the UFE their year-end audits, you have to policies and procedures were intimi­ through their provincial accountan­ work overtime," Vendittelli said last dating. You had to keep your wits cy organization. week. She graduated from the about you." Francophone Qyebec students Diploma programme in the spring, -BB habitually fare worst, partly because Simonetta Vendittelli Market bearish, students bullish Finance students learn.tricks of trade in a separate and co nsiderably qui­ BY BARBARA BLACK eter area of the exchange. Options are now traded electronically, unlike he trading floor of the Mon­ the futures market's noisy "open treal Exchange was quiet by 5 T outcry" system, which comes com­ o'clock in the afternoon, but the lit­ plete with its own sign language. ter of coffee cups and scrap paper Fabian Ruzic, who is also presi­ on the floor told the story: This is a dent of the Finance Students' Asso­ place where things happen. ciation, found the experience On December 16, in the middle of the cavernous trading floor, a challenging, and marvelled at the dozen undergraduate Finance stu­ pace. It was hard to tear himself dents were presented with certifi­ away for lunch, and when he came cates to acknowledge their back, he found that the trading had participation in a new Futures and just kept on going. Trading only for Options Apprenticeship Pro­ one day every two weeks was not gramme. exactly realistic, but it did give the A joint initiative of the stock students a chance to attack actual exchange and Concordia Finance market situations. Professors Abol Jalilvand (Chair), At an informal ceremony to pre­ Mohsen Anvari and John Siam, the sent the certificates, Jean Laflamme, programme gave hand-picked stu­ vice-president for the marketing and dents in their final year a rare development of derivative products chance to develop their skills in the at the exchange, congratulated the big leagues. students on their "model behaviour," The students were divided into and said that the exchange had two groups, and visited the stock actively sought such a programme to exchange for a full day every two prepare for its own future. The Montreal Exchange, which now weeks, where they were given an On the floor of the Montreal Exchange, with a group of Exchange employees in the background, are, left to right, imaginary sum of money to invest. Fabian Ruzic, (back row) Earl Davis, Gregory Edwards, Zoltan Ambrus and Senior Vice-President, Derivative Products handles virtually all Canadian They stood right in the "pit," the John Ballard. Beginning next to Ruzic are Moshe lfergan, Eric Lepore, Robert Catellier, Karin Elbaz, Isabelle Charles futures trading, is also the fastest­ heart of the trading action, enclosed and course co-ordinator John Siam. In front row are ME Vice-President, Marketing and Development, Derivative growing exchange in Canada. by metal railings and under the eye Products Jean Laflamme and Concordia Finance Chair Abolhassan Jalilvand. Other students absent from the Jalilvand marvelled at what a little of a huge board of fluctuating photograph: Derek Buries, Matt Pugsley, Zach Schowalter and Angelo Aversano. experience in the field can do. "Not futures prices. While they bought one of those students came back the and sold (theoretically, at least), not intended to groom them specifi­ where fluctuating interest and for­ he explained the rules of the game, same person," he said. He added each student was under the wing of cally to be traders, but to provide eign exchange rates are a factor. and stressed that they must be near­ that the programme is one of four a floor trader who had volunteered them with an intimate knowledge of Siam was a floor trader himself ly invisible during the frantic trad­ student apprenticeship programmes his services. how the trading works. The skills for six years, and actively promoted ing, because for the working traders, with major Montreal financial insti­ Professors Siam and J alilvand said they learned will be useful in any the project. He prepared the stu­ "This game is for keeps." tutions which are sponso red by that the hands-on experience was working environment, for example, dents with several seminars, where The students also traded options, Concordia's Finance Department.

Finance computer-game research approaches psychology Stock-market patterns give an illusion of control: Lypny

has been conducting two studies because I've told them that the odds those sources are used. r·esults so far also touch upon an BY SYLVAIN COMEAU using computer games that simulate are 50/50. So they consider it impos­ He is only studying the students entirely different field of study: the stock and bond markets. One, a sible to get a string of eight tails and playing the game, but Lypny has behavioral psychology. f you're considering launching classroom study, is intended to two heads. They think that because little trouble identifying similar "These kinds of studies will paint a yourself into the stock market with I explore the common decision rules the last one came up negative, the behaviour among investors in the more accurate picture of individual a "system," Finance Professor Greg that individuals use to make portfolio next has to come up positive for real markets. He notes that real-life choices in risky situations, and the Lypny has a word of caution for you: choices; students are presented with things to average out. But in a limit­ investment gurus run a thriving context doesn't have to be one per­ "Systems" are useless, or possibly risky investment prospects and are ed sample, there is no guarantee that business. taining to economics." worse. forced to make choices. Another, will happen." The participating stu­ "In the latest issue of Business Indeed, he plans to expand the "People value control, or at least out-of-classroom study involves a dents have taken finance and statis­ Week, there is an article called "The game's adaptability to incorporate the illusion of control. They are market game to examine to what tics courses, but the hypothesis Yield Game" telling you where to other forms of social interaction, and always seeking a better way. My extent bond and stock prices are cor­ Lypny intends to test is that theology invest. Why would any reasonable provide access to the game for other hypothesis is that the search for sys­ related. In both studies, Lypny was students (who presumably haven't) person think that a $3 magazine universities through computer net­ tems or patterns makes [investors] no surprised by the persistence of stu­ would have similar results and deci­ would tell them how to get rich, or works. better off and might blind them to dents in seeking patterns. sion-making methods. substantially richer? I don't know of Lypny's stock market computer what the facts suggest." "I tell them that the outcomes of Lypny believes that a need for con­ anyone who has gotten rich following game is now being applied, on a pre­ For the past year and a half, Lypny their decisions are going to be inde­ trol over uncertainty and risk is the advice of an investment newslet­ liminary basis, to several sections of a pendently distributed, which means behind the participants' efforts to dis­ ter. It just proves that people are core undergraduate course at that what happens now doesn't cern patterns and formulate systems. always willing to pay for hope." Concordia. Finance Professor depend on what happened before. Tellingly, many portfolio man­ Arshad Ahmad, a national teachi~g­ But in fact, people don't treat out­ Little control agers have given up trying to beat award winner who is always looking comes in that way. They are very "Even though they have very little the market. for ways to strike sparks in the class­ much influenced by what happened control, other than to make some "The majority of mutual funds do room, has been working with Lypny in the recent past. They constantly choices which depend on their tastes, not beat the market. In fact, a lot of to use the game as a teaching tool. look for patterns and try to force their people like to at least cling to the illu­ investment companies have given up Students are given an imaginary expectations on the outcome." sion that they are making an impact doing research per se. What they do sum to invest. As they proceed, their Lypny uses a coin-toss analogy to on the outcome." In future versions is build portfolios that simply mimic money may grow, and so may the illustrate the point. of the game, Lypny is planning to or track the market index. If you can't risk they incur. Their rewards in the "They assume that in a small sam­ incorporate sources of information beat it, mimic it." game are enhanced if they use their ple of ten trials, half will come up and activities to enhance the percep­ Lypny expects to submit his find­ knowledge, rather than trusting luck heads and half will come up tails, tion of control, and observe how ings to business journals, but the - or a "system." Greg Lypny

2 JANUARY 13, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Slashed programme reprieved by the University Not so much a teacher as a guide: writer-in-residence Neil Bissoondath AT CE "I decided, Well, it's time to try it. Of BY PHIL MOSCOVITCH course, it helped that Concordia's Creative COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK A w.ard-winning author Neil Bissoondath Writing Programme has got a huge reputa­ J"\.cioesn't think he can teach anyone how to tion in this country. It's probably one of the This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia faculty and staff, to promote write. two best," he said. Bissoondath urges his stu­ and encourage individual and group activities in teaching and research, and to But Bissoondath, Concordia's writer-in­ dents to think of themselves primarily as sto­ encourage work-related achievements. residence this semester, said students can ben­ rytellers, and to go where their imaginations efit from the advice and guidance experienced take them. writers have to offer. He is teaching a full­ "Fiction is the art of literary discovery," he Vice-Rector Academic Rose Sheinin gave two lectures to Women's Studies stu­ year course in fiction-writing in the Depart­ said. "I told them from the beginning, Do not dents on November 4 at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax: "Are Cellular, ment of English. begin to write a short story or any piece of fic­ Genetic and Molecular Biology Gendered?" and "The Changing Space for Women Bissoondath started thinking about teach­ tion with an idea in mind. You are not writing in Academe." ing after a discussion with Creative Writing a thesis. You are not setting out to prove a Professors Terry Byrnes and P. Scott point. You are setting out to create on paper M.N.S. Swamy (former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science) Lawrence. people who, in our minds, could be real." has spent three weeks in China, where he was a keynote speaker at two confer­ "Their perspective on it was intriguing: not As writer-in-residence, Bissoondath will be ences and gave lectures at Southeast University. His visit to Southeast was in con­ necessarily teaching how to write, but teach­ available to offer criticism and advice to prose nection with its joint research and training programme with Concordia, which he ing people to be more perceptive readers - writers throughout the University community. helped to establish. He gave a paper on "Multidimensional IIR Filters and their appli­ teaching them what good writing can be, and cations in Video Signal Processing" at the International Conference on Signal Pro­ The University would have liked him to be helping to guide people along that path. And cessing, held in Beijing. He also gave a paper on "Stability of Multidimensional writer-in-residence for the whole academic that's what I do. I'm not a teacher so much as filters in the Presence of Nonessential Singularities of the Second Kind" at the Inter­ a guide." year, but the Canada Council's writer-in-resi­ national Conference on Neural Networks and Signal Processing, held at Guanghou. Bissoondath, 38, came to Canada from dence programme, which would have paid Trinidad 20 years ago. He studied French at half the costs, was eliminated earlier this year. H.W. (Hall Proppe, Associate Vice-Rector, Institutional Re.lations and Finance, has York University in Toronto, and after earning "Concordia is one of the few places that stepped down to resume teaching in the Mathematics Department. He had held the his BA in French in 1977, taught English and had the foresight to continue their own fund­ post since July 1987. French at private schools in Toronto. ing of the programme, even on a half-year At the same time, he was hard at work basis," Bissoondath said. "It's important that Two books written by Michael S. Troitsky, Professor Emeritus in the Department writing fiction. "I was sleeping two or three writers have contacts with students - with of Civil Engineering, have been accepted for publication. Planning and Design of hours a night - teaching during the day full­ people who wish to be writers - and it's Bridges, aimed especially at post-graduate and beginning engineers, will be pub­ lished by John Wiley and Sons (New York). Ice Bridges Theory and Design, contain­ time, and writing the rest of the time," Bis­ important for those people to meet and get to ing methods of calculation of the bearing capacity of ice-cover and the design of ice soondath said. He managed to keep that pace know working writers." up until the publication of his first collection bridges and winter water-storage, will be published by Water Resources Publica­ In addition to spending two days a week at of stories, Digging up the Mountains, in 1985. tions in Littleton, Colo. the University, Bissoondath is working on a The success of his debut meant that Bis­ screenplay, a book on multiculturalism, and a soondath could dedicate himself full-time to Judith Patterson (Geology) and co-author Gordon Woodmansey had a paper, writing. He has since published another col­ new novel - all of which he plans to have "Potential Environmental Impacts Related to Proposed Runway Expansion at Toron­ lection of stories and two novels. His most completed by winter's end. to's International Airport", published in the October-December 1993 issue of Energy recent novel, The Innocence of Age, was pub­ Sources, an international interdisciplinary journal of science and technology. This lished last year by Knopf. Neil Bissoondath will read from his work on was a special issue called "Geochemical Aspects of Global Change." Despite offers from other universities, Bis­ Tuesday, January 18 at 8 p. m. in Room 762 of soondath's full-year course at Concordia is his the Henry F. Hall Building, 1455 de Maison­ David Ketterer (English) had an article published in a recent issue of the Mark first at a university. neuve Blvd. West. Twain Journal, called "The Fortunate Island, by Max Adeler: Its Pub:ication History and A Connecticut Yankee ." In it, he pursues his research on the connection between Twain's work and that of Adeler, a contemporary newspaperman and humorist. He speculates that Twain was in Montreal, staying at the Windsor Hotel (in 1881). when he read a story by Adeler which gave him the central idea and sev­ eral incidents for A Connecticut Yankee.

Harold Angell (Political Science) was the animator of a round table on proportional representation at an Alliance Quebec meeting on November 21.

Vishwanath Baba (Management) has been re-appointed as editor-in-chief of The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences for a three-year term, starting Janu­ ary 1, 1994. CJAS, a bilingual quarterly, is the flagship journal of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada.

Stephen Block (Political Science) presented a paper at the University of Syracuse, N.Y., on the North American Free Trade Agreement, called "A Tale of Two Treaties."

Gabrielle Korn (Alumni Affairs) has been awarded the Rising Star Award by Dis­ trict I of CASE, the Council for the Support and Advancement of Education. The new award goes to promising new professionals in the field of university advance­ ment. CASE's District I embraces eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

A short story by Peter Gregorono (Computer Science), "Virtues of Reality," appears in the fall issue of Matrix, a Canadian literary magazine published in Mon­ treal.

Sup Mei Graub (Counselling and Development) gave two well-attended presenta­ tions on stress management during a session on psychosocial issues at the 44th annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians, held from November 17 to 19. The Montreal conference was sponsored by the Royal Victoria Post-Graduate Board, a division of McGill University's Continuing Medical Education.

Neil Bissoondath

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT JANUARY 13, 1994 3 Concordia's Thursday Report is interested in your letters, opinions and comments. Letters to the Editor are published at the Editor's discretion. They must be signed, include a phone number, and be delivered to the CTR office (BC-117/1463 Bishop St.) in person, by Jax (514 I 848-2814) or mail by 9 a.m. on the Friday prior to publication. Ifat all possible, please submit the text on computer diskette. Limit your letter to 500 words. The Editor reserves the right to edit for space considerations, although the utmost care will be taken to preserve the core ofthe writer's argument.

Cowan invites Technicians officers? Is the operation cost-effec­ Northern Ireland. ened. The people must be protect­ tive, and is this office subject to for­ I am a member of the Concordia ed. How many more incidents must submissions on support search mal evaluation ? Irish Society, and I am speaking for we have before something is done? Next, let us consider the ombuds myself. After the Fabrikant incident, there Fabrikant file committee operation. Concordia has two appar­ I am surprised at Kelly Wilton's wa s a large infusion of cash to ently permanent ombudspersons statement that if the Canadian gov­ increase the security of Concordia . To all members of the Concordia The resolution which follows was and their support staff. What does ernment won't allow the leader of This clearly did not work. The securi­ Community: sent in the form of a letter from the this operation cost? What are the Sinn Fein into the country, it is quite ty must begin to spot-check stu­ technical sector of the Union of Sup­ terms of office for these officers? Is deplorable that we (the Irish Society) dents for identity cards. The I was appointed by the Executive port Staff to all unions and members the operation cost-effective, and is should do so. Since when has it washrooms of every building must Committee of the Board of Gover­ of the University community. It was this office subject to formal evalua­ become a requirement that we do be inspected every hour. Also, a rov­ nors, at its meeting of November supported by the union executive tion? as the government of the country ing patrol made up of male and 10, 1993, to conduct an administra­ and council, and unanimously Finally, we have the Learning does? female guards should check at ran­ tive review of Valery Fabrikant's endorsed by the union 's general Development Office. In addition to Kelly Wilton's assertion about dom times . Cameras should be employment history at Con cordia assembly on November 17, 1992. processing evaluation forms (which freedom of speech is mystifying. installed in high-security-risk areas. University. [Copies of the Board res­ can be done cheaply and effectively Surely freedom of speech means, Finally, more guards must be hired. olution establishing the mandate The Technicians of the Con cordia by one computer), its primary func­ among other things, the creation of Three guards for all the library build­ and the terms of reference for this Un iversity Union of Support tion seems to be the endless killing opportunities to enter into dialogue ing is not enough at any time. review as well as the relevant reso­ Staff/Technical Sector deplore the of trees and loading up the mail ser­ with others? Using the concept My concern is not for myself. I lution were attached, but could not fact that the University Administra­ vice with drivel copied from various "freedom of speech" as a means to am one of the biggest persons in be included here due to length. They tion is attempting to overrule the education journals on a regular pout and say, "I won't talk to you or the University, but my friends and are available from the CTR office.] expressed recommendation of the basis. What does this operation let you speak, because I don't like fellow students do not have my I would like to stress that my man­ Search Committee for the Chair of cost? What are the terms of office the fact that you use violence" is physical attributes. They must be date is a forward-looking one that the Mechanical Engineering Depart­ for these officers? Is this operation ineffective at best, and ultimately protected at all costs. A female will focus on recommendations for ment by refusing to confirm that cost-effective, and is this office sub­ demeans the whole concept at friends of mine was on the same concrete measures to enhance the committee's candidate. We strongly ject to evaluation? worst. That attitude didn't work for floor as the recent assault. What if it University's ability to address certain support the grievance initiated by I am certain that your readers can Mr. Rabin, who engaged in a dia­ had been her? Rector, what if it had specific matters in the future. the professors of the Mechanical ask similar questions about other logue with the PLO. It certainly been a member of your family? How Since my appointment, I have Engineering Department, as well as administrative structures, and didn't work for Mr. Major, who would you feel? Thank God that we been reviewing the documentary the various petitions that seek to should do so. It is a matter of seems to have no problem in talking never have to know. Then pray that record provided to me by the Univer­ clarify and rectify the situation. accountability, academics and cos­ with Sinn Fein as of late. Stopping she recovers fully, for her family is sity. I intend to interview various indi­ metics. others from speaking simply now going through pain and worry. viduals and I invite members of the For the executive: Richard Bissail­ because you disagree with what Stop the violence. Protect the community to provide any informa­ lon, Rene Lalonde, Michael Bren­ J.H. Bauer, Psychology they do is not a part of democracy. people. Give us security in our uni­ tion, opinions or suggestions which nan, Real Gagnon, Zav Levinson. For Majority rule is a part of democra­ versity now. might be pertinent to the review. the union council: Henry Lemmetti, cy, but I wonder if Kelly Wilton can In conclusion, I would be happy to chair. Students apathetic tell me that a Protestant national Robert A.S. Fortin hear from anyone who feels that he (within the island of Ireland) minority or she has something to contribute about election is a majority? to the review. I am prepared to Administrative I can assure Kelly Wilton that, meet with individuals or groups, in process yes, indeed, I did know that Sinn confidence, or to receive written make-work Fein supports armed struggle. But submissions. Written submissions An election round table discussion to link that knowledge to the state­ should be made by February 1 5, projects proliferate exercise on Party Strategies, Tac­ ment that the Irish Society mem­ 1994, while meetings will be sched­ tics, and Techniques: The Evaluation bers support violence in Northern uled between February 15, 1994 Like the rest of the country, this of Candian Democracy in the Light Ireland verges on libel. and March 20, 1994. institution has fallen on hard times! of the Election Results was orga­ Enquiries, communications, sub­ However, it is especially fascinating nized and carried out [in November] Christopher Dempsey, missions, etc. should be addressed how we address our financial prob­ by the Department of Political Sci­ Urban Studies to Dr. John Scott Cowan, c/o Room lems. For sure, we cut on matters ence, but in addition to the modera­ BC-124, 1463 Bishop Street, Mon­ academic in terms of faculty hirings tor and three resource persons, only treal, H3G 1 M8. Tel: 848-4813. Writ­ and course offerings. Strangely three students showed up. Random ID checks, ten communications marked enough, given that we are an educa­ Here is a proposed exam problem " Confidential" will be forwarded to tional institution, that is all we seem for all Political Science graduates roving guards me directly, unopened. to do. In fact, what seems to hap­ and undergraduates: pen is analogous to what happens Why do you register in Political demanded John Scott Cowan to a balloon which is squeezed at Science courses? Is it because you the bottom. The air is pushed intend to follow a political career? Is The following letter, dated Decem­ upward and produces a bulge at the it because you wish to participate in ber 5, 1993, was sent to Rector Fire drill top. Canada ' s political process? Is it Patrick Kenniff, with a copy to CTR: On the face of things, w e forever because you wish [to change] the inappropriately create administrative make-work process? , With the vicious attack upon a projects and increase the number of Concordia secretary fresh on my scheduled administrators. (I fully expect to Reuven Carin, mind, I write this letter. I have have a whole host of new offices Student, Political Science attended Concordia for six years, I am both disappointed and outraged being created over the next few and over the last year I have seen that Concordia University decided to years, such as a Dean of Women, a three horrible incidents. 1) A student have a fire drill on the morning of Dean of Daycare, or a Dean of Sinn Fein member is attacked. Her attacker pretended Monday, December 6, 1993. Advising, etc.) Existing offices are to be a student, attended class with This disruptive exercise prevented never publicly evaluated, although had right to speak her for a time. 2) The Fabrikant inci­ us, members of the Concordia com­ they might be primarily cosmetic dent. 3) The attack of December 2, munity in the [downtown] library and perhaps not cost-effective. The following letter is in response to 1993. All are considered unavoidable building, from observing a minute of Three examples come to mind. a letter by Kelly Wilton (Dec. 2), and unstoppable. silence at 11 o'clock in memory of We have a Sexual Harassment protesting the invitation to an elect­ The word of reply to this is the 14 women murdered [in 1989] Office, involving one officer and ed representative from Sinn Fein bull-t. There must be more done to at the Polytechnique: We were let staff. Now, it is common knowledge (the political arm of the Irish Republi­ protect student and staff. It must be back into the building after 11 ! that there was at least one formal can Army) to speak at the University done now. Tomorrow is the sad There is no excuse for such a case in two-and-a-half years. It is by the Concordia Irish (students') memorial of the massacre of 14 blunder. I trust steps will be taken to also a fact that this office is solicit­ Society. It has been abridged. women who had offended Mark ensure that this never happens ing business through recent adver­ Lepine by being students. Must again. tising in a student newspaper. I am quite astonished. I had never Concordia wait until another tragedy Query: What does this operation realized that I belonged to an organi­ is done? The security of Concordia Susan Martin, Library cost? What are terms of office for zation that supported violence in must be tightened and strength-

.. JANUAIIY 13, 1994 CONCOIIDIA'S THUIISDAY REPOIIT Governors debate library holdings, finances and Maclean's survey Senate and Board Honorary Degree Nomination to hold joint meeting Honorary degree nominations are being accepted for the November 1994 convocation ceremonies. the responses generated during a rector. That special committee BY KEN WHITTINGHAM All members of the Concordia community (faculty, year of consultations about the doc­ report should be submitted some­ ument, is expected to table its find­ students, staff and alumni) are invited to nominate can­ enate and the Board of Gover­ time this month. ings this month. didates.* Each submission MUST include a detailed cur­ nors will hold a second joint Faculty and community-at-large S Task force members Henry riculum vita: and a succinct statement explaining why meeting on February 18 as part of governors also joined the Universi­ the nominator thinks the candidate is worthy of such an ongoing efforts to develop closer Habib, a member of the original ty's senior administrative team at links between the two bodies. committee and Chair of the Politi­ the December meeting for a discus­ honour. The nomination deadline is 1 March 1994. cal Science Department, and com­ Senate's Steering Committee and sion of performance indicators, as Nomination forms (as well as the criteria and procedures munity-at-large governor Claude reflected in the recent Maclean 's the Board's Executive Committee for selecting honorands) are available at the Office of the met in early December and devel­ Taylor, Chairman Emeritus at Air ranking of Canadian universities Secretary-General, Room S-BC-124 (local 7319). oped a draft agenda that includes Canada, have completed their (See article on this page). such issues as strategic planning, meetings with all interested parties The participants identified some * Note: Current members ofthe Faculty, the fiscal management, university and are preparing their report. of the problem areas that should Administration and the Board ofGovernors are not Board Chairman Reginald accountability and Concordia's receive greater attention, such as eligible for honorary degrees. Groome told CTR after the meet­ standing in the annual Maclean 's student retention rates, library hold­ ing that a decision is still pending magazine rankings. ings, the number of senior faculty on Vice-Rector Academic Rose In other business at the Gover­ who teach first-year students, Concordia Sheinin's appeal to the Board about UNIVERSITY nors' December meeting, it was research performance, the size and the composition of the 14-member reported that University-wide con­ availability of scholarships and bur­ sultations have begun to find ways Evaluation Committee that will REAL EDUCATION FOR THE REAL WORLD saries at Concordia, and alumni to implement a five-year plan ("a advise the governors about her re­ financial support for the Universi­ financial framework") to reduce appointment to a second term from ty's Annual Giving programmes. Concordia's operating costs while 1994-1999. Obituary Community-at-large governor safeguarding funds for faculty and Groome said that the Board's Susan Woods said there was one staff salary increases (See article on executive committee reported back Professor Nicolas Herscovics easy way for everyone in the page 6). to the governors that it will not The two-member working group make any decision regarding Concordia family to help the Uni­ he Department of Mathematics mandated last May to mesh the rec­ Sheinin's appeal until it receives the versity move ahead in next year's Tand Statistics, and the ommendations of the Ad Hoc report of the special Board commit­ Maclean's rating: Donate a book to Concordia community as a whole, Committee on the Revision of the tee that was established at Sheinin's the library. are saddened by the news of the Composition, Rules and Procedures request (in addition to the Evalua­ If large numbers of people did passing of Professor Nicolas Her­ of Evaluation Committees and tion Committee) to conduct an that, she said, Concordia's 12th­ scovics, on Monday, January 3, Advisory Search Committees (the "independent appraisal" of the work place ranking in that category might 1994, after a long and courageous so-called Groome Committee) with conducted during her term as vice- move up considerably. battle with cancer. Professor Herscovics joined the Department of Mathematics at Sir Senate queries poor showing George Williams University in 1965. Prior to this, he had worked Mac/ean's survey badly flawed, secretive: Kenniff at a variety of jobs before entering university as an adult and obtaining of faculty with PhD or terminal pleting the survey on time, and a BSc in Physics and an MSc in BY BARBARA BLACK degrees, the 01iebec government penalized institutions which didn't Mathematics. Later on, in 1975, lists both McGill University and co-operate. when Nick was already in his forties, onsternation over Concordia's Universite Laval with 74.8 per cent, Some of the differences in the he changed his professional orienta­ 12th-place showing in last Professor Nicolas Herscovics C but Maclean's ranks McGill first and survey are negligible, Kenniff said, tion to mathematics education, fall's ranking of Canadian universi­ Laval 14th. such as the percentage of first-year completing his PhD in the subject at ties by Maclean 's magazine was successful researchers in mathemat­ Purely anecdotal information students who have an average of 75 the Universite de Montreal in 1979. expressed by several faculty mem­ ics education. seems to contradict the survey. A per cent or more: there was a differ­ This was a real turning-point in his bers at the December 3 meeting of Professor Herscovics loved teach­ glaring example is class size. A ence of only three percentage points life and it was followed by an Senate. ing, and throughout his academic recent angry letter to The Gazette between the first- and last-ranked incredible outburst of research pro­ life he was an excellent and dedicat­ Slipping by two notches from the from a McGill student said that universities in that category. ductivity which was to last until the previous year, the University placed McGill, which Maclean's indicated While there was no denying that very last days of his life. ed teacher. He particularly enjoyed 12th among "comprehensive" uni­ had small classes, in fact had huge prospective international students Within this 15-year span, Profes­ teaching in the Master's in the versities, a category led by B.C.'s ones of from 300 to 500 students. asking Canadian embassies for sor Herscovics achieved interna­ Teaching of Mathematics pro­ Simon Fraser University. (The elite Concordia's average undergraduate information about our universities tional acclaim for his work on gramme. "medical/ doctoral" division was class size is 3 7. are being handed copies of that models of children's understanding Professor Herscovics was also topped by McGill University, and issue of Maclean's, Kenniff said, the in arithmetic and algebra. This active in university affairs, in partic­ the "primarily undergraduate" by Dat a not published magazine has much less effect work, often in collaboration with ular during his e~rly years in the Mount Allison University, in New The Maclean's survey, Kenniff said, among Canadians. Professor Jacques Bergeron of the University, when he was involved Brunswick.) was obviously patterned after one However, many institutions have Universite de Montreal, resulted in with the Sir George Williams Asso­ In response to several questions done by U.S. News and World grown to resent the public time and a very large number of articles in ciation University Teachers in Senate, Rector Patrick Kenniff R ep ort, but while the American expenditure needed to organize journals, proceedings of confer­ (SGWAUT). The Department of described a number of obvious dis­ magazine publishes the data used to their statistics for Maclean 's, a com­ ences, and chapters in books, as well Mathematics and Statistics was crepancies and the general air of compile its survey, Maclean's does mercial operation. as numerous invitations to speak at close to his heart. He was very mystery surrounding the magazine's not. The magazine's methodology While sharply critical of the sur­ international meetings. Throughout proud of his department and took a annual survey. has also been questioned by many vey, Kenniff admitted that there are this period, the team of Herscovics keen interest in its affairs. As friend In the financial resources catego­ universities. Maclean 's at first problem areas at Concordia which and Bergeron received some of the and colleague, Nick will be sorely ry, for example, the University of refused to release completed ques­ the survey painfully highlighted. largest grants for research in educa­ missed by many people in the uni­ Ottawa was ranked fourth among tionnaires to the Association of They include percentage of tenured tion in Canada. Dr. Herscovics also versity community. Canadian and American universi­ Universities and Colleges of Canada faculty teaching first-year-level directed many Master's and doctor­ ties, but only ninth among Canadi­ (AUCC), although it has since courses, library holdings per stu­ al students. He was a very demand­ This obituary was contributed by an universities of its type, a manifest backed down. dent, the number of student schol­ ing supervisor who insisted on Professor Herscovic's colleagues in the impossibility. Indeed, there are indications that arships available, and expenditures quality. Consequently, most of his Department ofMathematics and Similarly, regarding the number Maclean's gave extra points for com- related to student activities. former students are now themselves Statistics.

CONCORD I A'S THUR S DAY REPORT JANUARY 1 3, 1994 5 I 6 Ancient Chinese art May be the last time, I don't know... ' may heal what ails us

local chapter of the Interna­ Ational Yan Xin Qigong Associ­ ation will be launched at the University on Saturday with a lec­ ture by Hao W ang, the association's secretary-general. The Concordia/Montreal branch was organized under the leadership of Concordia Mechanical Engineer­ ing Professor Sui Lin, partially underwritten by the Office of the Dean of Engineering and Computer Science. Qigong (pronounced chee-gong) gives its practitioners skill or strength by using the body's bioen­ ergy, and is the basis of acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, and most styles of the martial arts. Posi­ tive results have been claimed for chronic conditions and the treat­ ment of stress, among other things. Yan Xin, for whom the association is named, is a Chinese physician who brought the long-suppressed art into the open in the 1980s. Since then, he has lectured around the world. He will reportedly transmit Qi (bioener­ gy) to the Concordia audience. The lecture will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the 7th-floor cafe­ teria of the Henry F. Hall Building. A donation of $10 ($5 for students Registrar's Services staff played the Rolling Stones song This Could Be the Last Time in Place Concordia on December 21 to remind these patient students that many of them ought to be able to make future course changes by telephone, thanks to Concordia's Automated Response Line (CARL). and the unemployed) is requested. However, students who tried to obtain their fall marks by using CARL were out of luck when the system broke down on Christmas Eve and was only For more information, contact Pro­ running again on Jan. 4. The problem was attributed to a breakdown in the communication line, not to the computer system itself. fessor Lin at 848-3144. -BB

Cost-cutting on the agenda for next five years Concordia looking for ways to reduce expenses

per cent in the academic sector. The in outright budget cuts or realloca­ 1.7 per cent at the graduate level. Libraries and the Director of Con­ BY CHRIS MOTA total savings would be about $5 .5 tion of existing resources to fund This drop translates into a loss of tinuing Education) and the Office million in the former category and essential or new initiatives. almost $3 00,000 a year in govern­ of the Rector. The Board of Gover­ onsultations have begun on $6 million in the latter. Another cost-cutting measure - ment funding for Concordia's oper­ Cimplementing a five-year plan nors' Budget Committee approved to reduce Concordia's operating Currently, 79 per cent of what in the academic sector - has ating budget. it on December 10, 1993. costs while safeguarding funds for the government terms Concordia's already become university policy. The length of time that graduate The financial framework is just faculty and staff salary increases. "admissible" operating budget is When faculty members take early students pursue their studies. also that: a framework. Hal Proppe, (Salary increases currently add $2 allotted to the academic sector and retirement, there is now a delay in affects budgets. At present, govern­ until recently Associate Vice Rec­ million a year to the cost of running 21 per cent to administrative and filling their positions. The length of ment funding ends after 16 months tor, Institutional Relations and the University.) operational services. time corresponds to the number of (in the case of Master's students) Finance, calls the document "a A 13-page document outlining a The budget plan looks at two months' salary the_retiring professor and 32 months (for doctoral stu­ guideline open to suggestions." The broad "financial framework" for ways to save money: reducing receives in a lump-sum payment. A dents). next step in the process is to solicit Concordia during the next five years expenses and increasing revenues. It position vacated at age 55 would Concordia must pay the differ­ suggestions from the university is being circulated in all academic suggests boosting Concocdia's rev­ remain unfilled for two years; at age ence for students who take longer community. A committee is being and administrative areas. As report­ enues by approximately $1.6 million 60, for one year. than 16 or 32 months to complete set up to screen any suggestions ed in CTR last June, the Board of a year, and cutting costs gradually. . The financial framework includes their studies. made. If a suggestion is implement­ Governors ordered Concordia's By the fifth year, costs would be a number of suggestions such as ed, the person who made it will senior administration to prepare reduced by $2.8 million per year. limiting the use of LTAs (limited­ Increase enrolment receive a financial reward based on such a plan before the end of 1993 term appointments), and increasing The solution to these problems is how much the idea saves the Uni­ to help the University cope with a In-depth reviews class size to an average of 35 stu­ obvious. Efforts must be made to versity. "The only thing that can't series of government funding cuts. A plan approved by the °-1iebec dents. This alone would generate increase enrolment at all levels, and . be changed is the bottom line. The The Rector and other senior government in 1991 to repay savings of approximately $2.5 mil­ to reduce the length of time stu­ money has to be saved. But how administrators are holding briefing Concordia's $43-million accumulat­ lion. If the average number of sec­ dents take to complete their gradu­ this is done is open to discussion." sessions this month to prepare for ed deficit is already reducing yearly tion credits taught by full-time ate degrees. A provisional budget for 1994-95 full discussion of the matter at Sen­ interest payments on the debt, faculty were increased to 14, anoth­ Additional revenue could also be based on the framework will be ate and the Board of Governors. which now stands at $36 million. er $3. 7 million would be saved. generated by increasing research tabled in March at the Office of the Copies of the financial framework Those savings provide some addi­ Combine the two, and more than grants obtained by Concordia facul­ Rector, the Board of Governors, text have also been sent to all depart­ tional manoeuvring room to reallo­ $6 million could be saved during ty, and by increasing the number of Senate and the Senate Committee ment chairs, academic and adminis­ cate resources. the next five years. degrees awarded each year. on Academic Planning and Priori­ trative department heads, the Chairs' In an effort to cut costs in But cost-cutting is only one part The financial framework was ties (SCAPP). Caucus, and Faculty Planning Com­ Concordia's administrative and of the financial framework. The compiled after considerable discus­ After further consultation with mittees. operational service sectors, external other focuses on increasing rev­ sion within the University commu­ SCAPP, the proposed budget goes One of the goals is to reduce consultants will be called in to con­ enues. nity. It was endorsed by the before the Board of Governors and budgets over five years by 10.5 per duct in-depth reviews of all such In the fall of 1993, enrolment University's operating budget com­ its Budget Committee for final cent in the administrative and oper­ units between February 1994 and dropped by .5 (one-half of one) per mittee (consisting of all deans, asso­ approval before the end of May ational service sectors, and by 5.5 May 1995. The reviews will result cent at the undergraduate level and ciate vice-rectors, the Director of 1994.

6 JANUARY 13, 1 994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Co-authorship, outside contracts discussed in open session Arthurs Inquiry probes Concordia's policies on research "No," Osman replied. BY BARBARA BLACK "And if I told you that other institutions have such systems?" here were very few observers at "I would leave them very quick­ last month's public session of T ly," Osman said. the Independent Committee of In their submissions, Wesley Inquiry on Academic and Scientific Fitch and Gerard Gouw addressed Integrity, but those in attendance the use of University resources. Pro­ saw an intellectual tug-of-war over fessor Gouw was secretary of a academic culture. committee which recently devel­ The body was established last fall oped a research policy for the to look into academic issues raised Department of Mechanical Engi­ by the August 1992 shooting at neering. Concordia. Its all-day open session While lauding the Department was held to provide writers of sub­ for this initiative, Arthurs said the missions with the chance to present policy did not adequately address highlights of their briefs in person, the question of outside contracts, and answer any questions commit­ and included a phrase about the tee members might have for them. Harry Arthurs Roger Blais Jon Thompson supervisor's "right to recognition" The committee chair is Harry with which he took issue. Arthurs, Professor Law and Politi­ Bui and MacKay identified the dif­ on research done in the Faculty. this is provided by the semor cal Science and President Emeritus ficulty of identifying integrity issues Giguere reminded the committee researcher. Defended research of York University, in Ontario; the in the university setting. When fac­ that in the past 20 years or so, Osman was asked by Arthurs, the Professor Chaikelson defended the other members are Roger Blais, ulty are hired, for example, their research has not only mushroomed committee chair, why authorship of research work done by the Depart­ Professor Emeritus of Montreal's moral suitability is hardly a matter in quantity and dollar value, but has a research paper was so important ment of Mechanical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, and Jon of investigation. Indeed, Arthurs become much more collaborative. to the supervisor. 'Why not just an and others at the University, and Thompson, a mathematics profes­ commented, "integrity is a broad "A senior person with a large acknowledgement?" he as ked. raised a number of issues which sor at the University of New and contested term." Groups who research group attracts lustre," he Osman replied after a lengthy confound efforts to define academic Brunswick who has been active in try to vet new members on the basis said. Norms on co-authorship exchange that it was important in integrity, such as the near-impossi­ the Canadian Association of Uni­ of their integrity find it a difficult should be written, based on discus­ terms of future internal evaluations bility of separating the work done versity Teachers (CAUT). task, he said, and "a lot of profes­ sion with contractors and granting and grant applications. by research assistants from the Appearing at the December 7 sions are sorry they ever got into it." agencies, but "we have to convince Arthurs, who teaches law, said learning that they do as they work. session were Associate Vice-Rectors However, there are strong pres­ the culture, or the norms will be that though he might have provided She also defended faculty from hav­ Academic Tien Bui (Research) and sures on many faculty to excel, par­ ignored." the inspiration for a research project ing to account for their time spent Barbara MacKay (Curriculum and ticularly in research, which is easier Giguere was critical of govern­ through his teaching, he wouldn't away from the University, noting Planning); Electrical and Computer to document than teaching achieve­ ment contracts for research, where expect to be listed as an author. Of that the union rule that a faculty Engineering Professor Charles ment. Bui noted that the current controls are often vague. He said course, he added, he was not part of member may spend one working Giguere; Mechanical Engineering reward system places "too much that the government should look for the academic engineering culture. day on outside consulting is compli­ Professor Sam Osman; Mechanical emphasis on numbers and dollars, guidance to its own granting However, Blais, a professor emeri­ cated by the fact that many Engineering technician Wesley not quality." Arthurs asked Bui and agency, the Natural Science and tus of engineering, interjected that Concordia faculty teach evening Fitch; Mechanical Engineering MacKay whether Concordia had Engineering Research Council expecting to be named as a co­ classes Professor Gerard Gouw; and Psy­ ever turned down a good researcher (NSERC), which has better meth­ author was not part of his culture, She recommended raising stan­ chology Professor June Chaikelson, who was a demonstrably poor ods. either. dards of integrity by encouraging in her capacity as president of the teacher, and got an inconclusive On the subject of outside research open discussion of the issues, but Concordia University Faculty Asso­ response. Soul of a research project contracts, Osman said under ques­ Arthurs countered that there is con­ ciation (CUFA). Charles Giguere has been Associ­ Sam Osman was Chair of the tioning that the University's policy siderable money to be made Committee members focused ate Dean of Engineering and Com­ Mechanical Engineering Depart­ was largely an unwritten one, and through research in some university their questions on claims of co­ puter Science and the University's ment when D epartment member researchers could be working for disciplines, and "if somebody is authorship of research, and the pos­ Vice-Rector, Services; he also Valery Fabrikant committed the outside contractors on University making mo ney out of abuse, com­ sible use of University time and founded CRIM, the Centre de murders, apparently in a rage over time without their superiors' knowl­ mon -room discussion will not resources for non-University work. Recherche Informatique de Mon­ questions of authorship and tenure. edge. change their behaviour." The treal Inc., which pools computer H e told the committee that the "Can you imagine a system where Integrity contested answer, he said, lies in systemic expertise in several universities. His important thing in a research pro­ the University would know?" remedies. In their opening joint presentation, presentation to the inquiry focused ject is its "soul" or central idea, and Arthurs asked.

Commerce proves it 6 Can' help Concordia grad gets top education post he Faculty of Commerce and baked goods, and a pizzeria donated oncordia graduate Jacques graduation, he became a member of Science Minister Lucienne Robil­ TAdministration collected more cheesecakes, all of which went to CChagnon is Quebec's new the Executive Committee of the St. lard has been moved to Health and than $1,100 during the holiday two needy families . Education Minister, holding one of Exupery (Boucherville) School Social Services. - M O period with a craft-and-bake sale, Adopt-a-Family organizers the top three portfolios in the Commission. Chagnon continued two raffles and personal donations. Shirley Masterson, Johanne Hicks, provincial government. his studies in Political Science and They also got donations from Diane Paguela, Lori Clark Gardner Chagnon, 41, was first elected in Law at the Universite de Montreal. their neighbours in the GM Build­ and Ida Gianelli started their pro­ 1985 in the Montreal riding of St. Diane Drouin, president of the ing and nearby. A pharmacy donat­ ject back in October, and were grat­ Louis. He served as senior member Federation des Commissions Sco­ ed baby products, a restaurant gave ified by the generous response from of the Qyebec Liberal Party's youth laires du Qyebec, told The Gazette, all five departments in the Faculty. wing, as a school board official and "His knowledge of the primary and as president of the Qyebec federa­ secondary system and the positions tion of school boards. Chagnon also he has taken with respect to decen­ acted as Premier Daniel Johnson's tralization and conferring greater parliamentary assistant while the responsibility on school boards are recently appointed premier headed important assets which we hope will the Treasury Board. be reflected in government educa­ Born in Montreal, Chagnon tion policy." received his BA in Political Science He also takes over the ever-con­ (Public Administration) from troversial language portfolio. Concordia in 197 5. Soon after Former Higher Education and Jacques Chagnon

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This column will appear occasionally throughout the year, highlighting newsworthy events at universities across Canada and abroad Ifyou have any interesting bits of information to pass on, please send them to Concordia's Thursday Report, B C-11 7.

The University of New Brunswick professor w hose views on date rape caused a stir across the country has reti red from teach ing. Canadian Press reported that Matin Yaqzan received a retirement package which included a full pension and three years ' full pay. Th e math professor got some support recently from best-selling American author Camille Paglia, a controversial aca demic in her own right. Pagl ia condemned the university for suspending the math professor, telling The Brunswickan student newspaper that this "is a clear case of fascism." Paglia's own views on date rape, published in Sex, Art and American Culture, have led her critics to label her " pro-rape."

A Boston Globe article that featured titillating details about the manslaughter trial of Karla Homolka turned up last month in at least two Canadian libraries, at McGill University and at the Halifax City Reg ional Library. The article in question was reprinted from The Washington Post. Several U.S. newspapers have published articles about the sensational case, but any­ one distributing the newspapers in Canada could be cited for contempt of court because a publication ban was imposed on information about the case last July. Renald Mercille, legal adviser to the McGill University library, told The Globe and Mail that displaying an issue of Winners of scholarships from the OCAQ (Ordre des comtables agrees du Quebec) Terry the newspaper does not violate the ban. " It is virtua lly impossible for the university to moni­ Enepekides, Jean-Stephane Yansouni and Andree Turgeon pose with OCAQ president tor the content of each and every periodical and newspaper it receives every day." Monique Leroux.

CKCU, the community radio station based at Ottawa's Carleton University, is in hot water after a local Catholic group complained that Catholics were the target of a hate campaign by the station's gay and lesbian show. The weekly programme, Defiant Voices, made refer­ ences to the Catholic Church's history of persecution and to the formerly-ba nned miniseries The Boys of St. Vincent. Robe rt Eady of the Catholic Civil Rights League has complained to the CRTC. Th e station has asked the body to rule on the case.

Some Ontario universities are worri ed about new Ontario Education Ministry guidelines that call for "zero tolerance" of harassment and intimidation. The University of Toronto's sexual harassment officer, Paddy Stamp, said that if the U of T is forced to make formal inquiries into every grievance - as the concept of zero tolerance requires - it will prompt a flurry.of complaints about everything from textbooks to campus newspapers. Said Stamp: " If yo u have a conflict about the differing views of [cultura l critic] Michel Foucau lt notion of the origin of the idea of sexual identity, I don't think sexual harassment shou ld be the broker." Th e Edu cation Ministry says the new policy is designed to encourage the reporting of se ri ous incidents of harassment.

The University of Calgary suspended a medical researcher for three months for not adher­ ing to strict safety standards regarding radioactive waste. Radioactive chemicals were dis­ covered in the garbage during a routine inspection by the university's Safety Office. Th e doctor, w ho has not been named, also broke regulations by transporting research rats co n­ taining radioactive chemicals from a hospital to the medical school. The University says the waste did not pose a health threat to the public or university staff.

Vancouver Community College has suspended an electronics student who tried to simu­ late the Ecole Polytechnique massacre during a memorial service to commemorate the slain women. The student, Ron MacDonald, says he was only playing a joke and claims he is the victim of radical feminists at the school.

McGill University may have received top marks in the Maclean's survey of universities, but Paul Kneebone (left) and Gerry Wilshire (right). representat ives of Carswell Thomson some of its students have given the university a failing grade. In the Princeton Review Stu­ Professional Publishing, presented a Carswell Thomson Taxation Award to Stephen Ward dent Access Guide - Th e Best 286 Colleges, McGill ranked number one as the school in (centre). The other winner, John Turk, was in Calgary the night of the presentations. which class discussions rarely take place and as the university in which the student body is the least politically active. It also ranked 17th and 20th respectively under the headings, " Pro­ fessors make themselves scarce" and "Professors suck all life from material." The Guide randomly surveys 100 students at each of the 286 schools to get their thoughts on the schools they're attending.

The debate rages on at Queen's University over the privatization of education . Officials there want to privatize the Master's of Business Administration (MBA) programme, meaning that students would pay the full-cost of the one-year programme, about $20,000, four times what they currently pay. Programme Chair Ken Wong told the UW Gazette: " If we don't pri­ vatize, we're never going to be world-class. " Despite high tuition fees in the United States - Harvard's MBA programme costs student $22,000 US per year - there has been a four­ to five-fold increase in the number of Can 9dians applying to study business at American uni­ versities.

The Australian government has decided to grant permanent residency to 20,000 Chinese stu­ dents who were in the country during the time of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Another 9,000 of the students' dependents will also be allowed to stay. The decision is expected to sour Australia's diplomatic relations w ith China, which is trying to encourage thousands of highly-educated nationals living abroad to return to China. The move goes against a Parliament committee's recommendation that the Chinese students should not be afforded special treatment.

Sources: Canadian Press, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Gauntlet, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, McGill Reporter, and UW Gazette.

8 JANUARY 13, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Student entry about organ trafficking wins at French festival Fall term ended / 6 with two incidents A film with SOul' J\ female employee was the target .l"\of an attack on December 2 in a third-floor washroom of the Loyola BY SUSAN SCHUTTA Campus Administration Building. The woman was fo und uncon­ magine a baby farm dedicated to scious, taken to hospital, and released raising children until they are old I the following day. She had received enough to donate their vital organs several notes from the attacker, who for transplants. Then the children has not yet been identified. The case are killed, their organs removed and sold on the black market. had been under investigation by "It's shocking," says Concordia Montreal Urban Community police student film-maker Andre Elias for several weeks. On December 9, a bomb scare Aboujaoude. "Anyone who hears about this can't stand still." Abnu forced the evacuation of the Henry F. Hall Building. A search was made by Jaoude's reaction was to make criti­ cally-acclaimed Souls Included, a police, but nothing was found. The haunting 10-minute film about the exam scheduled for that afternoon traffic in children's organs. was rescheduled for January. Winner of two coveted awards at The winter term was launched on France's prestigious student film January 4 in a major snowstorm, and festival, Le Rencontre Henri Lan­ evening classes for that day were can­ celled. -BB glois (Prix Speciale du Jury and Prix du Jury Etudiant), Souls Included is like poetry on film. Rather than present his subject in a traditional Tuition fees up by documentary format - editing 1.9% together interviews with graphic footage of victims- Aboujaoude J\ Qyebec government move to chose a more expressive style. Andre Elias Aboujaoude .LLncrease tuition fees by 1. 9 per cent still falls short of its promise that Emotional message sor Andre Herman, who encour­ Aboujaoude to the festival in Their work has to reflect their con- students' share of the cost of education In Souls Included, images of body aged Aboujaoude to use a non-doc­ Poitiers, France, this summer, cerns." would rise to the Canadian average, parts fly in and out of the darkness, umentary format for Souls Included, insists that the traditional docu­ Aboujaoude acknowledges that the University said in a statement. rain falls on lonely streets, fas hion the film stands out because of how mentary style doesn't touch people this system is working. "Only 45 The 1. 9-per cent increase in models walk up and down runways, it was conceived and produced. any more because we see it too out of 400 films were accepted by Oiiebec, which falls in line with the and newscasters' voices drone on "The new approach which Andre often on television, and have grown the Poitiers festival," he said. "And rise in the Consumer Price Index, about atrocities. A soundtrack by used, is intuitive, associative, non­ to suspect its credibility. my film was the only one from a raises yearly tuition for a full-time Rachid Fenzar, which fuses hypnot­ sequential. It takes metaphorical Both Aboujaoude and Herman second-year student. The rest were student to $1,663 from $1,632. ic music with the echoes of rain­ meaning into account," said Her­ agree that the success of Souls by graduate or graduating students." By limiting tuition increase at a drops, children's cries and the man. "It is not a H ollywood film Included is partly due to the creative Aboujaoude suggests he was more time when other provincial govern­ evening news, reinforces the film's that is trying to hide editing deci- environment and the pedagogical ready to make a film in second year ments are raising fees by as much as . " emotional message. s10ns. approach of Concordia's Cinema because, unlike other schools which 10 per cent, the Oliebec government "I wanted to touch people, to "The best thing a film-maker can Department. "Film production edu­ focus on teaching basic techniques, has yet to address the issue of how it make them feel," said Aboujaoude. hope for is to share his or her hon­ cation has to include digressions," Concordia allows students to start will compensate universities or institu­ "Sometimes not saying anything can est emotions," H erman said. "This said Herman. 'We allow students to thinking early about what kinds of tions for the shortfall in student fees, be stronger than pages and pages on is what Andre's film does. He's con­ branch out into other arts, into phi­ films they want to make. the University said. - MO a subject. That's why this film is cerned about an issue, and it losophy. We cannot have students very visual." According to works." in our programme stop thinking Concordia Film Production Profes- Herman, who accompanied about other things for three years. Faculty of Arts and Science • GENIES co ntinued from page 1 David Wellington directed the profile Concordia Cinema grads as coming into their own. They're now Academic Administrative psychological thriller I Love a Man just cresting. in full flight in the industry. We can Positions In Uniform, whose screenplay was "Our Cinema department is only expect more of this." written by his brother Peter, also a 20 years old, so what we're seeing Additional reporting by Principal Principal Principal Concordia grad. The film, which now is grads from 197 5 and '7 6 Michael Orsini Liberal Arts School of Science was screened last year at the Cannes College Community College Festival in France, won the Best & Public Affairs Actor award for Tom McCamus. In an interview last May with The above positions are available to full-time tenured Globe and Mail film critic Jay Scott, (or tenure-track) faculty members for a three-year term Wellington said he rates his years in beginning June 1, 1994. Nominations, applications and Concordia's film programme higher briefs relevant to the selection process will be received than the time he spent at the Cana­ until Monday, February 14, 1994. dian Film Centre. Former Concordia student Lynne For further information about these positions, Stopkewitch's art direction was please contact: nominated for Harmony Cats, Dr. Gail Valaskakis, Dean though the Genie went to Agaguk. Faculty of Arts and Science Stephen Surjik hit something of a AD-324, Tel.: 848-2081 commercial jackpot this year, when he directed the enormously success­ Completed applications, nominations and briefi may be submitted to Dr. Valaskakis, Dean. ful Wayne's World 2. A native of Regina, Surjik came to Montreal in 1976 to study Cinema at Concordia, and has since directed episodes of Concordia Kids in the Hall, The Road to Avon/ea UNIVERSITY and made-for-TV movies. Rist explains this wave of high- REAL EDUCATION FOR THE REAL WORLD Lynn Smith

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Ambassade de France au Canada Chateaubriand Scholarship Program Jan 22 Ambassade de France au Canada Post-doctoral Jan 22 Canadian Council of Archives Assistance Programs Jan 29 Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security Fellowships Jan 24 Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation Visiting Travel Grants Jan 25 Centre for Studies in Religion and Society Non-stipendiary Visiting Research Fellowships 7994-95 Jan 31 Cooperation France-Quebec Conge sabbatique (status pending) Jan 22 Hamilton Foundation Fellowship Jan 24 lnstitut de recherche en sante et en securite du travail du Quebec Research Grants and Research Team Grants Jan 26 Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada Canadian Ethnic Studies Conferences Jan 24 Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada Research Grants in Ethnic Studies Jan 24 Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada Visiting Lectureships Jan 24 Partnerships-FCAR-CQVB La valorisation de la biomasse (status pending) Jan 22 Partnerships-NSERC-Environment Canada Grants to Faculty for Students Jan 24 Rick Hansen - Man in Motion Legacy Fund Spinal Cord Research Fellowship and Grant Jan 25 SSH RC Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Jan 8 Shastri Inda-Canadian Institute Fellowships Jan 24 Sport Canada Applied Sport Research Programme Jan 25 VZV Research Foundation International Fellowships Jan 22

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AUCC Military and Strategic Studies Feb 25 Archives nationales du Quebec Grants for Archives Feb 19 Association for Canadian Studies Awards of Merit Feb 22 Australian Research Council Research Fellowships Scheme Feb 23 Banting Research Foundation Grants in Medical Research Feb 22 Cancer Research Society Inc Postdoctoral Fellowships/Operating Grants Feb 8 Cooperation Quebec-ltalie Projets de cooperation Feb 25 Corporate-Higher Education Forum Awards Feb 21 Fondation La Cite des Prairies Bruno M. Cormier Research Fund (status pending) Feb 8 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Canada Research Grants Feb 8 Manning Awards Award Feb 5 M inistere de la sante et des services sociaux Projets de partenariat entre /es etablissements (status pending) Feb 24 Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada Fellowships for Research in Fields Relative to Neuromuscular Diseases Feb 8 NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society CCMS Fellowships Feb 21 NSERC Bilateral Exchange Programme Feb 22 NSERC Foreign Researcher Awards Feb 21 NSERC Grants for Research Abroad Feb 22 Partnerships-NSERC-Environment Canada Endangered Species Recovery Fund Feb 8 Royal Bank of Canada Royal Bank Award Feb 21

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Actuarial Education and Research Fund Individual Grants Competition March 29 Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Senior Fellowships March 15 Health and Welfare Canada Collaborative Research on AIDS March 8 lnstitut national de la recherche scientifique Postdoctoral Fellowships March 26 Institute of Public Administration of Canada Award March 24 Markle Foundation Grants March 1 M inistere de la sante et des services sociaux Programme de soutien au francais scientifique March 18 Batteries, glass are recyclable NATO Collaborative Research Grants March 23 The Committee is also hunting Partnerships-DEC Matching Grants for the Purchase of DEC Equipment March 27 oncordia's Recycling Commit­ tee reports that worn-out bat­ for new glass-recycling bins, Partnerships-MRC-National Cancer Institute of Canada Research Grant March 25 C teries may be safely disposed of at because the existing ones are being Programme de soutien au frarn;:ais scientifique Aide aux colloques March 18 the Bookstores. Just turn yours in, misused as general garbage cans. and y~u'll get a 10-per-cent dis­ -BB L------~----J count on the purchase of new ones. 1 0 JANUARY 13, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Study Europolitics Dance Department opens its doors to the public among Europeans -. T:"or the first time this summer, £ Concordia University, in collab­ oration with Universite de Mon­ treal, will offer a three-credit course about the politics of modern Europe in Lyon, France. Universite de Montreal Political Science Professor Paris Arnopoulos, with the participation of various European experts, will give the course, called Evolution, Institu­ tion, Function of the New Euro­ pean Union and its Global Prospects to the Year 2000. The course will take place from August 15 to September 3 at the I nternational Residence and Research Centre at the Universite 3- Europeenne d'ete, Circle Ville­ manzy, France. Costs to students will be $2,200 in addition to normal course fees, and a limited number will be admit­ ted to the programme, on the basis of academic qualifications. For more information, call the Department of Political Science at 848-2105 . • Concordians boot opposition at Commerce Games ommerce and Administration Cstudents, organized and encouraged by their student associa­ tion, CASA, came fourth among 12 participating (zyebec universities Third-year students (from left to right) Elaine Hooper, Marlee Cargil and Jim Matheson perform at the Dance Department's Open House, which was held last weekend at the annual Com­ last month at Studio 303. The piece, titled "Family Crises, " was choreographed by Christian Lafleur, also a third-year student. About 300 people took merce Games. part in the Open House from Dec. 3 to Dec. 5, which featured more than 25 dance pieces. The Games were held this year at McGill University. They provide a chance for students tQ meet others Monette delivers Lahey Lecture tonight with the same interests, in a spirit of Ann Mylechreest oyola graduate Richard Mon­ Department with the help of the friendly competition. Some of the Lette, artistic director of the committee for visiting speakers. It retires games are academic, while others Stratford Festival, will deliver this has provided a podium for many One of the long-time members of are athletic. year's Lahey Lecture tonight at the distinguished literary figures and En gineering and Comput er Concordia won silver medals in Loyola Concert Hall. scholars over the years, including Science was honoured at the both the finance and entrepreneur­ Faculty's Christmas party on Since 1978, Monette has directed H arold Bloom, Northrop Frye, ial case competitions, a silver in the December 16. Ann Mylchreest 12 plays at Stratford, the most Margaret Atwood and Robertson debate (the final topic was on joined the staff of Sir George recent of which was a spectacular NAFT A), and took gold in the Davies. Williams University in 1968 as a boot hockey tournament. production of Antony and Cleopatra. secretary in the Department of The title of his presentation is Free admission. The Concert Hall is Engineering (Mechanical). She "Three Decades, Three Hamlets: A situated at 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, soon moved to the Dean's Office, • Personal Look at the Text." and the lecture will begin at 8 p.m. first as Secretary to the Dean, The annual Lahey Lecture is and later as Assistant to the Intensive Italian sponsored by Concordia's English - MO Dean, where she remained until her retirement in November. offered this Mylchreest, who hates public summer, in situ speaking, told the Faculty that The Canadian Society for while she is enjoying the leisure Chemistry presented Thea of retirem ent, she misses osee Di Sano, a Concordia gradu­ Scantlebury with the CSC everyone tremendously. Jate in modern languages, is orga­ Organic Division Student Award nizing language lessons in Florence, for the Best Poster Presentation Italy, from May 28 to June 26. in Organic Chemistry at last fa ll's Six levels ofltalian are offered, 80 undergra duate students compe­ Founding the Future: March 25 hours of instruction given five days tition at the Universite de a week from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sherbrooke. Thea is a second­ he fifth annual Future of invited to participate in this one­ Accommodation may be in an year Science College student, and TConcordia Conference will be day conference to share with others apartment or with a local family, her summer research involved held on March 25 in the Concert their successes and the challenges studies on anti-tum our natural and weekend excursions are offered. Hall on the Loyola Campus. they face in the coming year. products. Thea was one of the 20 The trip will cost about $2,000, students who participated in the The theme for this year will be Anyone wishing to organize and includes airfare, accommoda­ Undergraduate Scholarship "Our Successes, and the Challenges workshops for the conference tion and the course fee. Applicants programme in the Department of We Face." All members of the Uni­ should contact Grendon Haines at between the ages of 18 and 50 are ..., Chemistry and Biochemistry versity community - the Board of 848-3595. welcome to apply before February during t he summer of 1993. Her Governors, the Office of the Rec­ 21. For more information, call Di professor was Youla Tsantrizos. tor, faculty, staff and students - are -BB Sano at 488-1778.

CON C ORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT JANUARY 13, 1994 1 1 Register now for Study Skills School of Community and Public Workshops CPR Courses Affairs Make this te rm more successf ul . Wednesday, January 26 Improve how you learn from your text­ Please contact Donna Fasciano, at 848- Prof. Danielle Gauvreau, Department of book and from lectures. Find out new 4355 Socio logy and Anthropology on "The time management tips, improve your Demographic Situation in Quebec : approach to preparing for and taking Basic Life Support Course Formulating questions before looking exams, giving oral presentations and January 15 & 16 for answers." Time: noon . Lo ca tion: writing term papers . Sessions are Ten Hours fo r Life : This course includes 2149 Mackay St., Basement Lounge. offered on both ca mpuses. Drop by for rescue breathing, one-person cardia pul­ an appointment at H-440 or LOY WC- monary resusc itati on and two-person 101 or phone us at 848-3545/3555. cardia-pu lmonary res usc itation (CPR) management of the obstructed airway and infant and child resuscitation. Meetings Loss and Grieving CSST First-Aid Course Experiencing the loss of a parent, a January 22 & 23 Ham Radio meetings every Tuesday loved one, a friend or a re lationsh ip can Fourteen hou r co urse, one and a half night. 7 - 9 p.m. in H-644-1. Persona l be one of the most difficult events in days of first-aid and half a day of CPR. two-way radio - local and worldwide. life. This group is designed to help you Certification is given by the CSST and is Also, satellites, television, computer cope . Membership is limited and will va lid for three years. commu ni cations from your own radio be determined by a preliminary inter­ station. Inform at ion 848-7474 (leave view. Twelve sess ion s: Mon ., Jan. 17- message) . . March 28, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at SGW H-440, 848-3545. Group leaders: Diane Adk in s, MEd and Penny Robertson, BA. Sign up now. Film Conservatoire d'Art Notices 20 Cinematographique de Montreal JANUARY 13 • JANUARY Understanding Your Family Cinema J.A. DeSeve, 1400 de The Concordia University Debating Learn to understand yourself better by Maisonneuve Blvd . W., Concordia examining your fa mi ly background and Society University (Metro Guy-Concordia). Want to meet new people? Looking for gently beginning the process of change. Admission: $3. Alumni Activities Art Gallery Counselling and Please call Anne Theriault, MEd at 848- good tim es? Debating wants you! We meet Wednesdays from 7 - 1O p .m. and 3555 to determine if membership could Friday, January 14 Financial Fitness - Demystifying The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery Development Fridays from 2 - 5 p.m. For more infor­ be helpful to you. Participants must Peppermint Frieden (1983) Marianne Mutual Funds and RRSPs is located at 1400 de Maisonneuve mation and room location, ca ll 848- Thinking About Graduate School? commit to all eight session s: Thursdays, S.W. Ro senbaum at 7 p.m.; Une nuit en Monday, January 17 Blvd. W. Information: 848-4750. 7412. The Careers Library can help you plan Jan.27-March 24, from 2-4 p.m ., at LOY amerique (1974) Jean Chabot at 9 p.m. Are you taking appropriate steps to ensure carefully. We have a subject directories WC-101 . Sign up now. a comfortable retirement? What should January 13 - February 19 to graduate programmes and university Saturday, January 15 you know about mutua l funds? How can Exh ibitions by Chris Cran: Heads and calendars for Canada and the USA. Find Le seigneur de Barmbeck (1973) Dttokar you pay as little tax as possible on yo ur Tom Dean: Re cent Works. Time: MBA Programme Information out about graduate and professiona l Run ze at 7 pm.; Alice in the Cities RRSP money when you take it out? These Monday - Friday from 11 a.ril. - 8 p.m. Session sc hoo l admission tests and private Assertiveness Training (1973) Wim Wenders at 9 p.m . and other questions will form the focus of and Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m . This six-session workshop is designed Is an MBA part of your future education so urces of financial ai d. Don 't miss this workshop on retirement planning and for non-assertive or aggressive stu­ plans? Find out more about Concordia's application deadlines. Visit us scion at Sunday, January 16 tax shelters. 7 - 9:30 p.m., Faculty Club professional MBA programme at an H-440 (SGW Campus) and WC -10 1 dents who wish to communicate more L'Enigme de Kaspar Hause r (1974) Lounge, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, effectively and responsibly. Learn to information sess ion . Attendees will (Loyola). Werner Herzog at 7 p.m.; False Move­ also get to meet current students and 7th Floor. $12 per person. Written confir­ give and re ceive feedback, disclose, ment (1975) Wim Wenders at 9 p.m. mation is mailed upon receipt of payment. paraphrase, clarify and handl e com pli­ alumni. The next sess ion will be held toda y at 6 p.m. , in the H-763. Please Call Gabrielle Korn at 848-3817. ments. Participants must commit to all Monday, January 17 cal l 848-2727 to RSVP or for more infor­ session s: ($5 fee) Wed ., Jan .26-March Alphaville (1964) Jean-Luc Godard at mation. 9, 9:30-11 :30 a.m. at SGW H-440 (848- 8:30 p.m. 3545). Workshop leader: Pri sci lla Davi d, II II PhD . Sign up now. Tuesday,January18 ------Mer du nord, mer de la mart (1976) I CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY ON THE SEXUAL I Indian Students Association of Hark Bohm at 7 p.m.; Drdet (1955) Carl Concordia HARASSMENT POLICY/OFFICE Theodor Dreyer at 8:30 p.m. Building Positive Relationships In vites you to become a member. I I Parties, trips and othe r social events Explore the following issues: loneli­ Wednesday, January 19 are planned. For more information on The Advisory Committee on Sexual Harassment is seeking your feedback in ness, shyness, taking risks, giving and Coeur de verre (1976) Werner Herzog at becoming a member, please call 848- I receiving criticism, meeting people, 7 p.m.; The Miracle (1948) Roberto order to forward recommendations to the Task Force to Review Policies 3533, or visit us at 2010 Mackay St., Xrelationship pitfalls, clear and direct Rossellini, and Rome, Open City (1944- pertaining to Rights, Responsibilities and Behaviour. Q-203 I I communication. Students are asked to 46) Roberto Rossel lini at 8:45 p.m . answer a sho rt question naire befo re I Since the inception of the Sexual Harassment Office and Policy in 1991 : I signing up. Six sess ion s: Fridays, Feb.4- 1 Are you aware that Concordia has a Sexual Harassment Office? March18, 10a .m.-12p.m ., at LO Y WC - 0 Yes 0 No 101 (848-3555) Workshop leader: Anne I I Theriau lt, MEd. Sign up now. Graduate News Unclassified I 2 Have you ever experienced the need to use the services of the I For Sale Concordia Sexual Harassment Office? Thesis Defence Announcements Personal Empowerment New car in,mint condition! Geo Metro Friday, February 4 I 0 Yes 0 No I Come and learn to fee l better abo ut 1993, manual, 17,000 km, 3 doors. Ca ll Mary Harsany on "The Psychosocial -..:-- yourself. Deve lop an awareness of your 491-5249. Fu nctioning of Elders Entering Did-Old I I inner resources and acqu ire tools to 3 If so, did you go to that Office? Age : A Longitud inal Study." Tim e: 10 become more sel f assured. Five ses­ For Sale a.m. Location: PY-244, Loyola Campus, 0 Yes 0 No sion s: Tuesdays, Feb .1 -Marc h 1, 9:30 Nikkor Len s - 35 mm - 105 mm. F 3.5. I I 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. a.m .-1 2:00p.m., at LOY WC-101 (848- $350. Call 227-7770. 4 If yes , were you satisfied? 3555). Workshop leade r: Anne I I Theriault, MEd. Sign up now. Fun ways to handle stress 0 Yes 0 No APSS students sta rting a group in I I January '94. Mondays downtown. Phone Mary or Georgina at 488-0811 . 5 If no, what were your reasons for not going to the Sexual Harassment I I Career and Educational Planning Lectures and Office? Who am I? Where am I going? How do I Seminars I I get there? This workshop wi ll help you 6 You are: assess your academic and career inter­ Sparklers Club of Concordia ests and personal preferences. 0 Staff 0 Student 0 Faculty Thursday, January 13 I I Students will also be oriented to the Prof . Brendan Cavanaugh, Clinical Women's Agenda 0 Part-time Careers Lib rary. Three sessions: Psychologist and Director of programme I 0 Female 0Male I Thursdays, March 10-24, 9:3 0- at Concordia on "Life after Life ". Time: Lesbian Discussion Group 11:30a.m., at SGW H-440 (848-3545) 2:30 p.m. Location H-762 1455 de This free group for all women who love I I Workshop leader: Robert Boncore Maisonneuve Blvd. W. wome n will meet weekly at Concordia Please feel free to elaborate on a separate piece of paper. All comments will MASc. Sign up now. University, to discuss lesbian relation­ ships. Come share wa rmth, support, • be consi~ered valuable. Confidentiality will be respected . I fun, and good conversation! Starts in Thursday at Lonergan mid-January. Space is lim ited. For more You may return this cut-out (or facsimile) and any comments you wish, I Thursday, January 20 information, call Carol at 695-3100, or X Emi ly at 527-9791. signed or unsigned to: SH Advisory Committee, Loyola AD 320 Shei la McDonough, PhD, Department of (internal mail). We would appreciate receiving your submissions by Religion and Lonergan Fellow, on I I "Gandhi's Response to Islam" . Time : January 28, 1994, and thank you in advance for your feedback. 3:30 - 5 p.m. Location: 7302 I I Sherbrooke St. W. Information: 848------II 2280. Coffee available from 3:15 p.m.