The Cord Weekly (October 31, 2001)
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Soccer wins...and Recipes and loses a player. restaurant reviews Page lb THE Page 18 CORD WEEKLY Wednesday October 31, 2001 • Laurier's Officially Deceased Newspaper Volume 42 • Issue 12 3News Collapse in All you can eat Kingston Author Linda McQuaig Wilbur McLean Laurier's football team saw their discusses her latest book on season end this past weekend when they fell 29-27 to Queen's, the hazards ofglobalization with only nine seconds left. Stefan Sereda and economic thinking of the Western world and how it has led Queen's 29, Laurier 27 Very rarely here at Laurier, a uni- to the development of what she versity renowned for its School of calls "the new capitalism," and her The Hawks led for almost the Business and Economics, can you proposed solutions for shaping the entire contest, but with only 1:19 hear an attack on capitalism and economy into the ideal modern remaining, Queen's passed its corporate globalization policies. society. McQuaig frequently way 82 yards up the field. The On Monday, one of these rare attacked the haphazard globaliza- Gaels capped the drive with a 12- occasions took place in the Paul tion policies practiced by Western yard score and the victory. Martin Centre. Lecturing to a room nations, which seem to ignore the Laurier began the game packed with activists, avid readers ravages that economic expansion quickly, with a single scored on and fans, best-selling author and has caused in Third World coun- ROCHACEWICH their first drive of the game. That journalist Linda McQuaig attacked tries, as well as in First World was followed up by a 32-yard the state of the world economy. economies. LAURA strike from quarterback Ryan McQuaig, a seasoned journalist McQuaig gave several examples Linda lectures in front of an apparently enormous podium Pyear to wideout Matt Babel. who has written for the Toronto of instances in which economic words, has "created special rights McQuaig answered no, despite the Furthering their lead, kicker Star, the Globe and Mail, and policies have exploited human for corporations which are above fact that anti-globalization senti- Ed Becker booted a 30-yard field Maclean's Magazine in the past and rights. She cited the construction any set of international law." She ments have been spreading in goal, putting Laurier up 11-0after who presently writes a column for of a toxic landfill in a Mexican town questioned the appropriateness of recent years. Evidence of this can the first quarter. the National Post, was scheduled to which poisoned the community's what she called the secretive and be found in the GB's promise to In the second quarter appear at the university to give a drinking water, the privatization of considerably undemocratic tribu- address world poverty at their next Queen's turned things around reading from her new book, All You waterways in Third World countries nal hearings set up by NAFTA, summit, and on a micro-level, in substantially as quarterback Tom Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the which has led to higher prices for known for favouring corporate McQuaig's book sales. Denison threw a 48-yard touch- Triumph of New Capitalism. water, and the patents placed on organizations over human rights The author commented that down pass to all-Canadian James Instead, she gave a guest lecture, pharmaceuticals which have pre- and secluding the transcripts of "despair creates desperation which MacLean. A field goal by Queen's which related to the book, and vented 25 million Africans infected these hearings. leads to violent extremism. Do we kicker Roger Levac made it an 11- drew on examples from past with HIV from receiving relief. McQuaig also attacked the poli- really think that the Western world 10 game at the half. human rights violations brought on McQuaig noted that all of these cies implemented by the can ignore the fact that despera- The third quarter swayed the by corporate globalization. were examples of social support International Monetary Fund and tion will cause problems in the momentum back in the Hawks Following her address, being rolled back to increase the the World Bank for stifling eco- future?" She further added: "If we favour who unleashed a barrage McQuaig accepted questions from profits of multinational corporate nomic growth in the Third World want to live in a global/economic of offense. Running back Nick her audience and signed copies of organizations. for the past two decades. world, we need to give more of the Cameron, who started in place of her latest hardcover. McQuaig allots part of the When confronted with the world a stake in international and the injured Alex Torrie, broke The prize-winning author's lat- blame to the North American Free question, "are you more optimistic economic relations." free for a 54-yard touchdown run. est publication explores the social Trade Agreement, which, in her than you were five years ago?," Soon after, another Becker field goal put Laurier up 21-10 leaving the Hawks in apparent control after three quarters. Torture victim speaks of horrors It all fell apart in the final frame, however. Early in the peri- Thomas Thompson often afraid to speak about or share their expe- od, Denison called his own num- riences. The reasons victims remain silent ber and ran in the QB sneak. The Across the span of time and into our present include the fear of arrest, reliving the painful failed two-point convert left the day, there are millions of people who have suf- memories, or the fact that nobody believes score at 21-16. fered through torture. On Tuesday at the Grad them. With 7 minutes remaining, Pub, Laurier students had the opportunity to The methods used by torturers have pro- MacLean, who finished with 13 learn about this globally persistent problem found long-term psychological effects for vic- catches for 253 yards, was on the from Ezat Mossalanejad, a policy analyst from tims including retraumatization. An example of receiving end of a 65-yard touch- the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, and this is the video Mossalanejad brought entitled down strike that gave Queen's a victim of torture himself. "Torture: Lives Interrupted," which is a docu- their first lead of the game. Torture is found in places of tyranny and mentary of his own experience as a victim of The Hawks retaliated, again "tyranny is a by-product of cowardice," torture. In it he mentions that while he was with Cameron, who ran in for a 2- Mossalanejad stated, contending that torture is being tortured the torturers would play beauti- yard score. An unsuccessful two- an act committed out of fear. His speech ROCHACEWICH ful pieces of music or read Holy Scriptures. The point convert, made the score 27- described not only what torture is, but also the purpose of this was that it would bring back the 22 with four minutes remaining. difficulties that victims of it face. The speech is LAURA memory of torture when a victim heard it after With 1:15 left in the game, part of a series of speakers that the Global Ezat Mossalanejad, discusses his experiences their release. Queen's began a drive on their at the Pooh. Studies Club has organized this year. Mossalanejad covered the ideal treatment of own 23-yard line and drove down Torture, as described by Mossalanejad, is sent of someone in a position of government the victims of torture, which he mentioned had field to the Laurier 12-yard line when a person is intentionally subjected to authority Mossalanejad stated that another pur- both a clinical and a holistic approach. The clin- with only 9 seconds remaining. intolerable pain and suffering for the purposes pose of torture is dehumanization: the destruc- ical approach was the treatment of immediate Denison found wide receiver of extracting information or a confession, or to tion of an individual's will and personality. physical and psychological damage by medical Nathan Gorham delivering cause intimidation in a community. While no Mossalanejad suggested that torture is sur- doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists. 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