Premier Announces $97-Million Grant to Concordia Integrated Complex Reflects Quebec's Excellence in Engineering and the Visual Arts: Bernard Landry

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Vol. 26, No. 14 April 11, 2002 pr.concordia.ca/ctr

Premier announces $97-million grant to Concordia Integrated complex reflects Quebec's excellence in engineering and the visual arts: Bernard Landry

BY B ARB ARA B LAC K Both men spoke warmly and at some conference that the shovels could Western Europe. He knew from a 6,000 students currently enrolled. length, and were given a standing hit the ground in a matter of weeks. recent private visit with the Rector The new integrated complex, for e Quebec government has ovation. Premier Landry made a wide-rang­ that Concordia "is not really an Eng­ which Concordia is raising $68 mil­ T.given $97 million to Concordia The grant comprises $57 million ing speech in which he said that the lish-language university" - it serves lion of the projected $165 million for the construction of a downtown from the Ministry of Education, $25 building represents "the two pillars of anglophones, allophone and fran­ needed, will enable the university to building to house the Faculty of million that the university has already Quebec's distinctive character," cophones alike, and has what is accept 500 more students, and will Engineering and Computer Science been promised for getting out of namely, higher technology and excel­ probably the most diverse student reduce the number of buildings in and the visual arts component of the rented space, and $15 million .from lence in the arts. He said the large body in Canada. which engineering and computer sci­ Faculty of Fine Arts. the Ministry of Research, Science and grant is in line with the government's The English-speaking community, ence classes are given from 13 to only Premier Bernard Landry and Edu­ Technology for research infrastruc­ belief in stimulating economic he concluded, is "a precious jewel" two. cation Minister Sylvain Simard (centre ture ($10 million of which is for growth, and praised in glowing terms (prompting a reporter to ask him to Simard acknowledged the fact that photo, above) made the announce­ engineering/computer science, and the recent performance of the Que­ repeat the phrase in English for his Concordia desperately needs better ment Monday morning at a news $5 million for the visual arts). bec economy and its vigorous sup­ tape recorder). facilities and a more congenial physi­ conference in Concordia's DeSeve The integrated complex will fill port for education. Education Minister Simard talked cal atmosphere. He concluded by Cinema. The room was filled with the large lot on Ste. Catherine St. He went on to talk of Montreal's about the impressive increase in saying with a smile that he looks for­ Concordia administrators, faculty, between Guy and Mackay Sts .. Rec­ multilingual character, and its role as enrolment in the Faculty of Engineer­ ward to visiting the newly completed staff, journalists and photographers. tor Frederick Lowy said at the news a link between North America and ing and Computer Science - nearly "Quartier Concordia" in 2005. Environment sparks genomics project Enzymes could reduce pollutants in the paper-making process

BY BARBARA BLACK that while paper is enormously versa­ "The enzymes in the mushroom tile - it is found these days not only are chewing up the lignin." enomics research at Concordia in newspapers and books, but in dia­ The investigators plan to isolate Gwas given a giant boost last pers and food containers - the pro­ and test the enzymes that would be week when it was announced that duction process uses expensive just right for breaking down the more than $7.5 million - chemicals that can foul our air and lignin as part of the paper-making $7,512,709, to be exact - is being waterways. process. They will look at 14 fungi given by Genome Canada and "Bleach is used in the manufacture over three years, analyzing between Genome Quebec to finance an excit­ of white paper, for example," Tsang 70,000 and 80,000 genes over that ing environmental biotechnology said. "Newsprint just involves the ti.me. project. power costs, but you notice how it The work involves gene-chip tech­ Professor Adrian Tsang is the prin­ goes brown when it's exposed to the nology by which wood-degrading cipal investigator, although he will light and air? That's the lignin in the fungal samples are examined to see have a lot of help from other faculty fibres. They have to bleach that out which enzymes are activated under members in three departments and to make better paper." given conditions and to help under­ three other Montreal institutions. Lignin is a complex organic poly­ stand how fungi degrade wood con­ Concordia has the greatest number mer in the cell walls of many plants stituents. of researchers on the project. that adds strength. It also contributes "We already know some of the The researchers will use genomic to fungal-pathogen resistance. [relevant] enzymes, Tsang techniques to find biological alterna­ "When you go into the woods," explained. "We will look for those Adrian Jsang is leading a team of researchers to isolate fungal tives to deal with various industrial Tsang continued, "you often see that are similar, and for enzymes enzymes that could contribute to biological alternatives in various processes, particularly in Canada's mushrooms - fungi - growing on with new activities." industrial processes. Their work holds promise for environmental huge pulp and paper industry. the side of trees, right up against the improvement in the pulp and paper industry. Tsang explained in an interview wood fibre. ■ Genomics continued on page 11 China is poised to surpass the West, says Lo"ic Tasse There is a need for Canadians to develop a firm understanding of China, its politics and language

BY FRANK KUIN sities in Canada, specifically here in lion people," Tasse said . "That's Montreal, we don't have many spe­ about the population of the United nless Canadian universities get cialists of China who can understand States. Imagine the economic power Userious about training special­ and teach Chinese politics, economy of these people." ists on China, Canada risks being and sociology." However, for a Western entrepre- caught off-guard by China's meteoric Therefore, he says, it's urgent that neur to get into China, it is very rise to economic world power, says Canada give people as firm an under­ ~ important to understand the Chinese 0 loic Tasse, a political science profes­ standing of China as many Chinese " culture and mentality. g sor at Concordia. have of Western culture. Chinese stu­ ~ "ln China, every economic matter Most Westerners are unaware that dents and businessmen know West­ ~ is first of all a political matter. So if China is now the fifth-largest econo­ ern countries extremely well. ; you want to understand the Chinese my in the world, and is expected to "We need to train more specialists \§" economy, you have first of all to outstrip current number two , Japan, for the government, for universities, ~ understand the political context. " in about eight to 10 years, warned and for the private sector," he said. "~ And there are cultural differences. Tasse, a specialist on China who has "The demand is really there." ~ For instance, your Chinese business spent four years in that country. c~ partner will want to get to know you, What's · more, he said , "some peo­ Spectacular economic boo.m i Tasse said. "He will want to know a 0 ple predict that within the next 20 Tasse explained the Chinese eco­ C lot about your personal life, if you're :z years, China is going to be more nomic miracle has come about as a 0 married, if you have children." powerful than the United States, eco­ result of Deng Xiaoping's measures to Political Science Professor Lo"ic Tasse lived in China for four years. The reason is that it's vital to build nomically speaking." end communist-style economic plan­ a relationship of trust in China, as the However, Western countries, ning in the late 1970s. Since then, the enormous worldwide Chinese tier can benefit China for decades to legal framework is much weaker than including Canada, seem content to China has gradually embraced capi­ diaspora, and the development of its come, Tasse said. in Western countries. "They want to leave the economic initiative exclu­ talism, especially in its coastal areas manufacturing sector on the basis of Tasse dismissed as "a misunder­ be able to rely on a person, so it can sively to the Chinese. - and boomed. "The Chinese econ­ its pre-existing, well-developed mili­ standing" the image of China as a take a long time to negotiate in "What is going to happen is that omy has been growing for 20 years tary industry. Third World country. While many China." the Chinese are simply going to con­ now, and it looks like it will keep Moreover, China can compete with areas of China are very backward, Not enough people are available in trol the trade between Canada and growing for the next 20 years." Japan and the United States because others are extremely rich and look Canada to bridge the cultural gap - China," he said. "It seems to me a bit Some of the factors in China's its wages are much lower. Indeed, much like developed countries, with let alone enough people who can strange to leave the opportunities of spectacular economic growth include labour-intensive industries in China modem cities such as Shanghai. speak Mandarin, Tasse said. "The commerce only to the Chinese. its tremendous manpower, its attrac­ tend to move inland, in pursuit of "The very rich part of China is most urgent task seems to be to "The problem is that at our univer- tion of foreign capital, partly through cheaper labour. This economic fron- made up of something like 300 mil- understand China."

CENTRE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNINGS ERVICES Classic turns the tables on playwrights and actors APRIL WORKSHOPS Theatre Department stages Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author learning Objects and BY ANNA BRATULIC tional characters inter­ ence that when we watch some­ Learning Communities: rupt their rehearsal in thing like Juliet ki lling herself, we Advances in Teaching, he final play chosen for the the hope of having cry as if she really died, and yet we Learning and Technology TTheatre Department's 2001- their story staged . At can pass by people in the street 2002 season scandalized the audi­ first, the actors dismiss who really are suffering and not feel ence when it first premiered , in them as odd and a thing," Holmes said. Learning by Doing Online: An Rome in 1921. annoying, but the As film and television are today's Experience in an eCJ.assroom However, Luigi Pirandello's Six actors soon become the media of choice for most people, Tuesday, April 16, z - 4:30 p.m. Characters in Sea rch of an Author audience, riveted by Holmes is adapting the play to fit RoomH -447 became a modem classic , famous the characters' melo­ the times. She is injecting a docu­ Leader: Mia Lobel, for the way it looks at the function dramatic lives. mentary film component, and mod­ Concordia University, of theatre in society by reversing the Conflict arises when ifying the characters to mimic those Department of Applied Human roles of performer and spectator. the director finally in Italian cinema of the 1950s and Sciences; psychotherapist At its world premiere in 1921, agrees that the charac­ 60s to show that the central themes in private practice. this unusual approach had the ters' story could be of the play are as relevant as ever. Roman audience abuzz with protest staged. The characters, "l think what makes the play ❖❖❖ - inside the theatre during the each with their own really important now is that with Introduction to play, and then spilling outside into version of the truth, the Internet, television, film and the Learning Objects the streets. While it was treated as a naively expect that Director Eda Holmes availability of information in gener­ Thursday, April 18, 10 a.m. - 1z p.m. scandal first, Six Characters cata­ every facet and nuance al, we take what we read and see to RoomH-447 pulted Pirandello's career, as rave of their tale will be told with the being outside, looking back down be truth. This play reminds us that Leader: Craig Place, reviews followed from London, utmost accuracy and completeness, on something, and choosing the truth is so complex and that the Acadia University Institute for Paris and New York. while the director makes cuts, alters details that render a specific point perception of one person's truth is Teaching and Technology ''Theatre was the hotbed of cul­ and, for practical reasons, simplifies of view. That's all that art can or usually based on a single event in tural discussion at the time, so it's the tragedy they are living. should do, and that's why hyperre­ their life. ❖♦♦ not unusual that reaction was so 'Theatre is fake . It's always fake , alism in theatre, for me, is pointless "How can we afford to trust what Developing Learning Objects intense," says director Eda Holmes, but the emotional truth is what because it is fake and there's no rea- is presented as truth without ques­ Thursday, April 18, z-4 p.m. who studied directing at the Pirandello is interested in. He is son to pretend it's not." tion? Once you begin to question Room H-443 National Theatre School. "It opened attempting to render emotional This play exposes the limitations that which is presented as truth, Leader: Craig Place, up the possibilities of what theatre truth as the most fake situation pos­ of the theatre and how this leads to your mind opens up and you Acadia Institute for Teaching, could be, because a lot of theatre sible," Holmes said. a voluntary suspension of belief by become a more active participant in Learning, and Technology was a box set and a kitchen-sink "We can't possibly reproduce life. the spectator which can amount to society." drama, some really banal reproduc­ We can't, for example, make a a very powerful sort of self-delu- Six Characters in Search of an To register, please call the Centre tion of somebody's life." baby. Only a human being can sion. Author runs from April 12-21 at the for Teaching and Leaming SelVices In the story, a company of actors make a real live baby. So, art bene­ "There are so many layers of real­ D. B. Clarke Theatre. Box Office at at 848-~495, or em.ail to are rehearsing when a family of fie- fits from not being inside, but from ity applied to the theatrical experi- 848-4742 for tickets and information. [email protected].

2' APRt [ 11 ; 10111 " New Research Fellows celebrated Tom Waugh and Natalie Phillips chosen from worthy nominees a BY B ARBARA BLACK glance t has become a Concordia tradi­ This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia Ition. A breakfast reception was faculty and staff to promote and encourage individual and held April 4 at the Chateau Versailles group activities in teaching and research, and to hotel on Sherbrooke St. W. to hon­ our this year's University Research encourage work-related achievements. Fellows, Professors Thomas Waugh Mair Verthuy (Etudes fran~aises/Simone de Beauvoir) now has the and Natalie Phillips. title Chevaliere, Ordre des Pa/mes Academiques, by decree from the As Rector Frederick Lowy said at prime minister of France, on the recommendation of Quebec's Minister the gathering, research has grown of Education. The honour was given in recognition of her long commit­ exponentially in recent years at the ment to teaching and research in the field of French language and cul­ university, though it came late. Con­ ture. A number of her colleagues, including Dean of Arts and Science Martin Singer, attended the award ceremony, organized by the French cordia's two founding institutions, Sir consulate in Montreal in December. Ma·ir added in a note, " Since such George Williams University and Loy­ honours were originally intended for men only, the award came with ola College, put their emphasis on three purple ribbons to affix to the lapels of various suits, and a large teaching and service. purple medal on a ribbon, also to be attached to a suit lapel. " Dean of Graduate Studies and Lorna Roth (Communication Studies) recently returned from a Euro­ Research Claude Bedard agreed, and pean public lecture tour sponsored by the Canadian Studies Associa­ said that these two appointments tion of Flanders, for which she is Canadian Studies Chair for 2002. bring the number of University Durin g her time in Europe, she lectured at the University of Nijmegen Research Fellows to 10 - and it's Research fellows Tom Waugh (Cinema ) and Natalie Phillips (Psychology) (the Netherlands) where she gave the following two papers: " More still hard to choose from among the Than Skin Deep - Beyond Ethnic Marketing," and "Ethical Journal­ worthy nominees. cordia's program in interdisciplinary since much of her effort in her first ism in a Time of Convergence." At the University of Ghent (Belgium), Tom Waugh is at the peak of a studies in sexuality, and initiated the years here has had to be directed her talk was on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and at the career notable for both originality lecture series in HIV/AIDS, one of the towards building a functioning labo­ University of Leuven (Belgium), she spoke on the history of First Peo­ ples' television in Canada. Roth w ill be returning to Middelburg in the and mentorship. He has been a most exciting and well-attended ratory for doing evoked-potentials Netherlands at the end of May to be keynote speaker at a conference teacher of cinema at Concordia since events at Concordia. Through his research. on First Nations in North America: Politics and Representation. 1976, and has become a leading involvement with the program, he Her approach, which uses neu­ expert in his field, sexual representa­ has provided advising and mentoring roimaging and neuropsychological Ron Mackay (TESL) participated February 19-22 in a workshop at the Caribbean Development Ban k headquarters in Barbados whose pur­ tion in the cinema, Canadian cinema, to students in Cinema and other techniques in the study of cognitive pose was to help train bank project officers and others to better diag­ departments, as well as providing aging, is both timely and method­ queer cinema, and photography. He nose th e strengths and weaknesses of Caribbean ti rms and has published three books (two of accurate and insightful information ologically sound, and is likely to add organ izations seeking loans from the Bank. The workshop is one step them since 1996) and he has two to the Montreal community as a significantly to the theoretical under­ in helping build the capabilities of firms in the region to become more more in progress. whole. standing of the mechanism involved effective, efficient and relevant to those they serve, and thereby The Fruit Machine , published in The Maclean's magazine national in language processing, as well as the increase their long-term viability. Mackay helped pioneer the use of 2000, is a collection of his essays survey cited him as one of the rea­ nature of age differences in these in stitutional and organizationa l assessment in struments, originall y since 1976, and is a rich resource for sons to choose Concordia's cinema mechanisms. She is doing research developed in 1996 for use by Canada's International Development anyone exploring the political and program over similar programs in on both normal aging and on Research Centre, during a sabbatica l in 1997. social history of the gay and lesbian Canada. Alzheimer's disease. Ira Robinson (Rel igion) was a member of a team from the Middle liberation movement. Hard to Natalie Phillips has had her PhD As University Research Fellows, States Commission on Higher Education that visited Yeshiva Universi­ Imagine, published in 1996, was the for only seven years, but her accom­ Phillips and Waugh received a ty in New York on March 17-20, to evaluate it for the renewal of its first and most comprehensive history plishments within the Centre for plaque and a cash award of $5 ,000. accreditation. of gay male erotic photography and Research in Human Development In return, they are asked to give a Karin Doerr (CMLUSimone de Beauvoir) presented "In the Voice of film . (CRDH) in the Department of Psy­ public lecture, which each will do the Perpetrators: Nazi Deutsch/Nazi German : An Eng li sh Lexicon Of Waugh is also the founder of Con- chology are impressive, especially sometime soon. The Third Re ich Language " at the 32 Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. Th is year's theme is The Genocidal Mind. It was held at Kean University, Union, NJ, March 2-5. Michel Laroche (Marketing) has been elected vice-president for pub­ lications of the Academy of Marketing Science for the term 2002- Storytellers converge at the Blue Met 2004. He will be presented with the Living Legend of Marketing Award 2002 on April 17 in a ceremony at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Many Concordians take part in the successful literary festival Commerciales (HEC), and will make a speech on the effects of cul­ ture on marketing. umerous Concordians were Matthew Anderson, who teaches Feeding Him , is a vignette of a care­ N involved in last week's Blue in the Theological Studies Depart­ giver concentrating on her patient, Ted Stathopoulos (Building/Civil/Environmental Engineering) has Metropolis international literary ment. Called Encomium, it's about a man who can no longer commu­ been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the American Soci­ ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE), "in recognition of distinguished service festival. a clergyman preparing for a funer - nicate his needs, but who finds a to the Society as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Aerospace One of the events was the wind­ al, trying to put together an appro­ way of expressing them. Division in 2000-2001." The award ceremony took place at the Uni­ up of a short story competition, in priate tribute to a woman whom Marla Becking, assistant to the versity of Connecticut during the executive committee meeting of the whose announcement of winners, he has never met. He finds he must chair of Canadian Jewish Studies, Aerospace Division. He was presented the award by Dr. Ramesh alas, the CBC Radio One organiz­ cut through the cliches and gener - wrote one of the prizewinning sto­ Malla, who is the new chair of the Aerospace Division of ASCE. alities of her family's remarks to ries from 1999-2000. Called Pneu­ ers and jurors could not participate David Ketterer (Emeritus, English) will be an honorary research fel­ because of a strike. However, the find the kernel of individuality that monia, it's a harrowing glimpse low in the Department of English at the University of Liverpool . He event took place as planned, and gave her life meaning. into the so-called healing process recently published The 1816-17 Frankensteins: An Alternative Recon­ participants were given a free copy One of the honourable mentions of a woman who has inadvertently struction of Their Composition in the Scholarly Editing in Canada dou­ of the book of outstanding stories from 2000-01 was written by caused the deaths of those dearest ble issue of English Studies in Canada. from the past three years. Linda Dyer, better known as asso­ to her. Congratulations to Dennis Day, coordinator of video services in the It is called Telling Stories: New ciate professor of management in There are no doubt many others Faculty of Fine Arts, who recently won the Prix a la Creation Artis­ English Stories from Quebec , and is the John Molson School of Busi­ from Concordia involved in the tique du Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec. It was presented edited by Claude Lalumiere. The ness. Blue Met, a highly successful festi­ at the annual Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois with a cash award publishers are Vehicule Press, run Linda says she took a course in val that has already become a Mon­ of $5,000 for his video, This Narrative is Killing Me, for being the best by Simon Dardick, who teaches in creative writing through Continu­ treal institution and drawing-card work of art and/or experimentation. Concordia's English Department, ing Education. Then she heard for writers and avid readers. ln fact, Sandra Paikowsky (Art History) will present a lecture titled " Modern and Nancy Marrelli, University about the short story competition, the founding organizer is Linda Quebec Pa inting: Splendid Isolation " on May 22 at the Universita da Archivist. and thought, why not put that Leith , who has taught over the Pesaro, in Venice. Her appearance is sponsored by the post-colonial One of this year's winners is by course to work? Her story, called years in the English Department. studies department as part of their month-long program of activities on Canada .

Co·n' or.di.a: .Thu·r s d ay1.R·e po-rt. A PRI L 11 ; 29.92.' Staff appeal will emphasize ·senPiOtes person-to-person approach A regular meeting of the Concordia University Senate, held on April 5, 2002

BY LAUR IE ZACK Chief research officer: A proposal name. Esmail said that you can't Dean of the John Molson School was tabled for discussion by divide teaching and research, or of Business Jerry Tomberlin said on't be surprised if a co-worker soon approaches you to contribute to Provost and Vice-Rector (Research) have two academic visions that that having a vice-rector for Dthis year's staff appeal. Canvassing is beginning this week, and volun­ Jack Llghtstone. He said that judg­ clash. research reporting to the provost teers have been recruited to meet with their co-workers in both one-on-one ing from discussion at Faculty Rector Frederick Lowy said he fitted in with the structure of many and office meetings. Councils, there are many points of would be the last to suggest a sys­ large businesses, where one vice­ "We want this to be a people-to-people campaign," said Annual Campaign agreement on this post (that the tem parallel to the current one, president may report to another co-chair Irvin Dudeck. "Staff at Concordia are sensitive to student needs and holder should be in the senior which works well, but Concordia vice-president, and need not be very dedicated to the institution. We want to be sure that they can discuss administration and vote in Senate), needs strong representation exter­ confusing. "We're making some­ their gift and target their contribution to the area of their choice." though some disagreement, nally in terms of research, and thing complicated out of something The emphasis on the campaign is participation. The goal is to retain the notably on the name of the position should strengthen its central ser­ relatively simple." Capital Campaign donors whose pledges are ending this year and to increase and the voting structure. Some vice component. Tribunals: Owing to the extend­ the internal community's giving participation rate from its present 33-per-cent wanted to call it "Vice-Rector Lightstone gave a partial list of ed sick leave of one of the four level. Research," but other names had the external research bodies whose chairs of the Tribunal Hearing 'There are a lot of new faces at Concordia since the end of the Capital Cam­ been suggested by Arts and Sci­ meetings he must attend, and Pool, and the expectation that more paign in 1999: we want to recruit 300 new donors," added appeal coordinator ence, such as ''Vice-Provost," "Chief added that "we weren't even pre­ hearings will be needed than usual, Dorothy Massimo. Research Officer," and "Vice [or] sent at most of these bodies seven University Counsel Bram Freed­ "We've heard this before, but it couldn't be truer. Outside donors do look at Associate Provost and Vice-Rector years ago." As an example of how man proposed the appointment of the internal support when they are considering giving to the university. This is Academic." important this role is to the univer­ lawyers llinca Ghibu and Vincent as true for support of student accessibility, the quality of the learning environ­ ln the discussion, Deans Manin sity, he gave the $7.5-million grant Lesage as chairs. Approved. ment and research capacity of the institution as it is for the building fund. Singer and Nabil Esmail expressed just awarded to Adrian Tsang (See University by-laws: Discussion WheR we invest in the university, we encourage others to follow our lead. Staff their concern about the creation of story, page 1). Tsang's application in of proposed changes to these by­ at Concordia has always been out front in supporting Concordia." such a post (though they feel it is the first round was unsuccessful, laws continued. The changes being During the 1983-87 Capital Campaign, faculty and staff contributed inevitable), because it would over­ apparently because none of the considered were in the category of $249,545. The faculty and staff goal for the 1997-1999 Campaign for a New lap with the deans' role in oversee­ Genome Quebec adjudicators had those conforming to current or Millennium was set at $500,000, with a challenge goal of $750,000. Not only ing research. Singer said that any experience with the non­ longstanding practice. was this original goal reached, but the challenge goal was also surpassed. Fac­ "incredible internal confusion" human genome. Lightstone said Student election: Dr. Lowy ulty and staff raised close to $ 1. 1 million - a 4 39-per-cent increase over the could result. Responding to a that he and Dean of Graduate Stud­ congratulated the winning slate in previous campaign! remark from Lightstone that the ies and Research Claude Bedard the recent Concordia Student "There is a huge need for funds to support graduate students, to provide name given the post is relatively protested, and lobbied on behalf of Union election (See story, page 9) , bursaries for undergrads, to develop and/or enhance programs, and to fund unimportant, he quoted Confucius the project, with the result that it and the chief electoral officer, who research initiatives," Dudeck said. "We can help ensure that Concordia contin­ to say that major misunderstand­ was successful in the second appeared to have done a good job. ues to offer a richer educational experience than what government funding ings result from using the wrong round. Next meeting: May 10 would provide. We have a role to play, and I know from my own experience that staff takes this to heart." · Departments or areas are encouraged to come up with giving projects such as student awards, department development funds , building funds, library Bob Maciver leaving the university after 22 years acquisitions, athletics, or for the University Priority Fund, which supports pri­ ority university projects. Staff in Marketing Communications and Information fter an outstanding 22-year cordia Council for Student Life on behalf of the Concordia commu­ Desk have already completed their canvassing with a 100-per-cent participa­ A career, Bob Maciver is leaving (CCSL), the Advisory Committee on nity, wishes to thank Bob for his tion rate, and are targeting their funds towards a staff-endowed scholarship. Concordia University. Maciver has Food Services, the Alcohol and Drug loyal and dedicated service and to To help spur staff ardour, there will be a weekly draw of a $50 gift certifi­ been on an extended sick leave since Task Force, and the Environmental wish him and his family health and cate from Tristan and America beginning April 15. All staff donors who are October 2001. Health and Safety Committee. A happiness in his future endeavours. presently giving or have filled out a pledge form will be eligible. There will be Bob came to the university in gifted speaker, Bob enlivened many Patricia Posius, Administrator, a grand prize draw at the campaign closing at the end of May. There are also September 1980 as the manager of retirement parties and acted as the Vice-Rector Affairs, will continue to some surprise events that will be announced in the weeks to come. Purchasing Services. Never one to master of ceremonies at numerous oversee Auxiliary Services on an Pledges can be made by payroll deduction (the most cost-effective way) or refuse a challenge, he became the events, including the Concordia interim basis. by credit card or cheque. If you want to review your donor history, you can manager of Printing Services in Memorial Golf Tournament in contact Dorothy Massimo at 848-4979 or [email protected]. 1984 and Manager, Conference, 2001. On the home front, Bob Printing and Food Services, in 1996. devotes much energy to his large Tnursaay Report In 1997, he was named Director, family. ;~'s'lllursoy Report is published 18 times during the Applications to sponsor visiting lecturers Auxiliary Services, which encom­ His energy and good humour .academic year on a bi,weekly basis by passed the areas of Printing Services, will be missed by all those who had The Visiting Lecturers Committee of Concordia University invites the Internal Rellltioqs and Food Services and Conference Ser - the pleasure to know and work Communications Department applications from the University community to sponsor Visiting Lecturers of Concordia University, vices. Very quickly, Mail Services with him. Bob was a builder of for the 2002 -2003 academic year. 1455 de Maiso,meuve Blvd. W~ and later Parking Services were modem Concordia services, and his Mootr4'lal, Q~bec H3G 1M S Application forms and guidelines may be obtained from the chair, director, added to his responsibilities. legacy will benefit students, faculty (514) 848-4882 E-mail: [email protected] principal or head of an academic unit or from the Office of the Provost and An active member of the Concor­ and staff for years to come. Vice­ Fax: (5 14) 848-2814 Vice-Rector, Research. 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4 APRIL 11 , 2002 Co n co rdia ·s Thursday R e port Split personality syndrome about to end for Psychology Move to the Loyola Campus will reunite the department's researchers in custom-designed facilities

BY ROB ERT SCA LI A Instead, custom-designed animal ies in Behavioural Neurobiology in those children." but Chaikelson points out that there housing facilities, neurobiology, cog­ (CSBN) will have a brand new Mole­ "You have to think of us as an is increasing interest in collaborations hen some of Psychology's pil­ nitive science and other psychology cular and Cellular Neurobiology lab octopus with more than eight arms," with other social scientists as well . W grims set up base on the Loy­ research labs will be stacked in the at their disposal. Woodside s~id that Chaikelson said. She's alluding to the She hopes that students interested in ola Campus in 1992 to join a section "Psychology Tower" that will connect some of the new equipment will internal and external collaborations history, sociology and education of the department already there, they to the Psychology Building (PY) next allow CSBN researchers, who have that continue to make her depart­ won't have to travel downtown for were assured that their fellow door. already begun to use molecular bio­ ment the university's richest in grant their electives. researchers still downtown would Labs have already been designed logical techniques, to do elec­ money, with about $2 .5 million in Chaikelson also hopes to be able join them in two years - tops - in to meet individual research needs, trophoresis and immunoblotting, external funding a year. to offer psychology, biology and a newly renovated Drummond Sci­ Chaikelson explained. A professor and then visualize the results. Woodside points to the budding human physiology courses as part of ence building. studying obsessive-compulsive It's a far cry from the days of old, field of behavioural genomics - try­ a pre-graduate health degree. "Many Following a decade-long bout with behaviour, for example, needed a when new faculty member Jane ing to discover the genes that under- psychologists want to go on in medi­ split personality, the department will kitchen built in order to monitor a Stewart had to convince engineers lie behaviour - as evidence of the cine, and we feel you can't study finally be reunited on the Loyola compulsive checker's behaviour. designing the Hall Building that Psy­ new collaborative initiatives within behaviour without knowing some­ Campus, much of it in the new Sci­ Of course, equipment and space chology might need a sink. Psychology. With the Genomics thing about how the body works." ence Complex. requirements vary, von Grunau Today, research in the department Centre also in the new complex, she With 1,200 undergraduates and "It's been a very bad split for us," added. Cognitive scientists like him­ ranges from evaluation of therapy to is hoping to get her hands on their more than 100 graduate students said department chair June Chaikel­ self rely heavily on computers, cell analysis. The end goal is "to Gene Micro-Array equipment, which under her umbrella, Chaikelson has son during a roundtable discussion screens and specialized equipment understand behaviour on all levels," can display 12,000 genes at the same to think better, not bigger, she said. with Professors Barbara Woodside like eye-tracking devices to carry out Chaikelson said, "so that faculty time. "We're not looking at [the depart­ and Michael von Grunau. "It's going their various visual, memory and lan­ studying fear and arousal in children Both Woodside and Chaikelson ment] as growing, but as stabilizing to be nice to be able to see everyone guage tests. are working with faculty in CSBN to agree that more students are leaning and improving. We want to consoli­ without putting on coats and boots." Researchers in the Centre for Stud- study how cortisol levels are affected toward behavioural neuroscience, date what we do well. " Greek university Even the rats will have more spacious quarters president visits BY ROBERT SCALIA

r . George Babiniotis (photo ames Pfaus enjoys interacting Dbelow, left), president of Athens Jwith his subjects, even if they National and Kapodistrian University, trigger nasty allergic reactions in accompanied by his wife, Rothanthy himself. Babiniotis, visited Concordia recently. "It doesn't stop me from putting A number of board and faculty my face in their tummies and blow­ members of Greek origin were pre­ ing farts , tickling them and giving sent, not only from Concordia, but them little kisses. But I pay for it from the Universite de Montreal. In afterwards." the photo, at right, is John Capobian­ Like humans, rats need ample co, Vice-Dean , Arts and Science, space, companionship and distrac­ Research and International Relations. tion. The associate professor of psy­ Concordia has an active Hellenic cho logy, who also chairs the Studies Unit that is developing Concordia Animal Care Committee, exchanges and academic programs. wants to make sure they get a Communication Studies Professor healthy dose of all three, "so that Nikos Metallinos, who spoke on this when we use them in our studies occasion, is the coordinator of the we aren't using rats that are impov­ James pfaus, who chairs the Concordia Animal Care Committee, is pleased about the new facilities for his rats. unit. erished, emotionally or cognitively, On Friday, April 26, a lecture will but rats that are able to solve the Pfaus says the complex will be physiological and molecular groups, including the SPCA. They be given by Dr. Thanos Veremis on difficult little problems that we ask able to hold twice the number of processes involved in learning and visit labs regularly, reviewing lab "The Role of Greece in the Balkans." of them." rats as the current animal care facili­ memory. protocols and offering recommen­ Dr. Veremis is the Constantine Kara­ Dr. Pfaus and nine other ties. He has about 120 rats right Researchers at the CSBN have dations. manlis Professor of Hellenic and researchers from the Centre for now, a number that can dip to 40 found, for example, that there are The CSBN also runs a compulso­ South Eastern European Studies at Studies in Behavioural Neurobiolo­ or soar to 200, depending on the similarities between the reward ry animal care seminar for its mem­ the Fletcher School of Tufts Universi­ gy (CSBN) are counting on state-of­ . number of students he has at any state induced by drugs like cocaine bers several times a year, Pfaus said. ty, in Massachusetts. His lecture will the-art animal facilities in the new one time doing research in his lab. or heroin, and natural rewards like The course is listed on the CCAC be held in the Faculty Club, Room H- Science Complex that will make He's interested in the rats' sexual sex. "It might explain why we Web site as a national model for the 767, starting at 7 p.m. both humans and rats happy. behaviour - what they learn about sometimes play stupid human rest of the country to follow. The last lecture in this year's Hel­ The rats will get larger living sex and what in the brain causes tricks to get sex, just like addicts Novice researchers are taught the lenic Stuides Lecture Series will be quarters and researchers will be this learning to occur - and there­ play to get their drugs." proper way of handling animals. given on May 31. working in a safer environment, fore relies on a large number of While no one at the CSBN is cur­ For example, rats become stressed where better air exchange in the well-trained rats. ing cancer, it doesn't mean their when you disrupt their balance, animal colony rooms will lessen the The same is true for Professor research is not important or justi­ Ffaus explained, and may become chance of allergic reactions. Jane Stewart, who is studying fied , Pfaus said. 'To the people who terrified if they are injected while Pfaus's lab will be nearly twice addiction. Her animals are all say that animal research is immoral, they have no contact with any kind the size of his present one in the trained to bar-press for intravenous I would say, that's their opinion. It's of surface. Hall Building. It will include a lab drug rewards - heroin in this case not scientifically based. In fact , ani­ Leaming to think like the animal for examining brain tissue and - and large numbers are needed mal research actually saves lives and is key. Pfaus remembers a time another suite of rooms to examine for statistical reliability. improves the quality of life for us when researchers kept rats in soli­ animal behaviour. The animal Pfaus and Stewart collaborate, as and for other animals." tary confinement, separated in tiny colonies will be in a different area. do other members of the CSBN, on He points out that researchers cages with nothing to do. This means that anyone who is work that ranges from the neuro­ must follow strict guidelines set by • "I want my animals to be at their allergic to rats but is still interested chemical regulation of drug addic­ the Canadian Council on Animal peak levels of performance, so I give in their brains' biochemical process­ t ion, reward, sex, feeding and Care, a group composed of ethi­ them a kind of complex 'human' es can do research but avoid contact maternal behaviour, to electrophysi­ cists, researchers and members of environment in which they can with the animals. ological studies of neurons and community-based animal rights show what they are capable of. "

-G o n e:: 0 , a i-a-· s •Th 1:1 rs ct a y . R e 1:1 on APRIL 1- 1 , 2002 ... 5 J f)~J'>}t • f , l ) ! ... J;( 1 ('', .. \ ~) .(1 J I )) . r I .. I <; Art show explores the value of place, the scars of war Memories and Testimonies presents works by Canadian artists from Europe since the Second World War

BY BARBARA BLACK Auschwitz (1944-45) and Condemned (1944-46), were salavaged from the he latest show at the Leonard Buchenwald concentration camp, and Bina Ellen Art Gallery is a where Iskowitz drew secretly at Concordia original. night. Memoires et Temoignages I Memories George Dyens' sculpture and draw­ and Testimonies is a presentation of ings Porte de l'Enfer (1962-66) recall works by 11 Canadian artists who his ordeal as a soldier in the Franco­ have come from Europe since the Algerian War and his childhood in Second World War, and range widely Tunisia under Nazi occupation. in age and provenance. Marcel Braitstein was a hidden The exhibition was developed by child, protected by a Belgian family guest curator and Art History Profes­ from the concentration camps. His sor Loren Lerner with the help of a art has a fossilized quality, evoking a substantial grant from the Canadian civilization half-buried, half-forgot­ Heritage Department. ten, layered over. The origins of this exhibition date Caroline Dukes was confined to a back more than five yea rs , when ghetto in Budapest towards the end Lerner's research on Canadian artists of the war. In Music School (1996), of Eastern European origin led to a she reveals the violence originating Web site and several graduate cours­ from a Munich building, now a es that she taught at Concordia. Sub­ music school, that had been Hitler's sequently, the Ellen Gallery obtained headquarters. a grant that enabled Lerner, as guest In the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery are curator Loren Lerner (left}, and artists Eva Brandl and Graham Metson. Angela Grossmann knows little of curator, to select and interview all They are standing in front of Pandora's Parcel to Ukraine (1993), by Natalka Husar. Below is Valse {Les trous du ciel, her own family's Ge rman history, but one of the artists. 2000), by Brandl, who lives in Montreal. It is of perforated brushed aluminum and printed cloth. because they were killed in the Holo­ She was exploring how coming caust. Lerner said, "In her Looking from Europe influenced an artist's Back series (2 000-02), she creates work, but she hadn't expected to find images of women from the 1930s her best sources so close to home. and invites us to contribute to her fic­ "To my surprise, some of the more titious narrative." exci ting artists I discovered have Natalka Husar recently returned to taught or are still teaching at Concor­ visit the Ukraine. She suggests the dia - Werner David Feist (who died lingering corruption of the Soviet era in 1998), Eva Brandl, Graham Met­ and the tragedy of children affected son and Liliana Berezowksy. In addi­ the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in tion, Angela Grossmann is a graduate the painting Pandora's Parcel to of our MFA program." Ukrai ne (1993). The youngest artist in the exhibi­ Place influenced their work tion, Sa dko Hadzihasanovic, is a The earliest works in the show are recent arrival from Bosnia. Me, Me, Feist's photographs from when he Me in Light Boxes (2002), Lerner said, was a student at the Bauhaus, the "are self-portraits of gentle humour innovative art and design school in and serious content that question 1920s Dessau, Germany. identity and autobiography." When the Nazis took power, Feist For each of these artists, "place is was an art director in Prague and ongoing and dynamic, an ingredient politically active, helping to print in something else, iniluenced by his­ pamphlets that were smuggled into tory, politics, ethnicity, class, gender Germany. Forced to flee , he went Liliana Berezowsky's Night Queen For Eva Brandl, who was born in (1941 ) is Gershon Islowitz's earliest relations and the products of poetic first to Poland, then escaped to Eng­ (2002) is a monumental structure. ls Stuttgart, Germany, and also came to surviving photo. It was hidden in an imagination." land, where he worked for British it a huge witch's ca p or a medieval Canada as a child, the obj ects and attic in Kielce , Poland, before his The show opened on April 9, and Army Intelligence during the war. princess's headdress surrounded mys­ materials of Vals e (2000) stimulate deportation to a labour camp. will end May 18, after which it will Graham Metson's Growing Up in teriously by black lamb's wool? Born thoughts and feelings of another In it, Lerner describes "a mother travel to galleries at Carleton Univer­ Wartime (1980-2001) is a series of in Krakow, Berezowsky immigrated place and time. with black, penetrating eyes probes sity in Ottawa, the University of mixed-media works that recall what to Canada as a child. Along with the As well as Feist's photographs, the callous face of the Nazi soldier Toronto and Memorial University of it was to live in East London during many fairy tales she read, she imag­ some of the other work in the exhibi­ tearing her young daughter from her Newfoundland. For gallery hours, see the war, when he was age six to 11. ined a fairytale land called Poland. tion was conceived in Europe. Action arms." The other drawings, Selection the Back Page.

First anniversary for the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art

oncordia celebrated the first Dr. Acland has written a refer­ their own. For the most part acade­ Professor Gagnon is an entertain­ ■ May 16: Lawren Harris - From Canniversary of the Gail and ence book, First Nations Artists in mically trained, they began to ing and knowledgeable lecturer on Landscape to Abstraction Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Canada: A BiographicaVBibliographi­ explore their own history and tradi­ Canadian art. ■ May 23: Marian Scott - Tech­ Studies in Canadian Art and its first cal Guide, 1960 to 1999, which is the tions, and use this knowledge to He will give a series of free public nique, Science and Abstraction publication at the Montreal Muse­ first publication by the Institute. make powerful statements about lectures at the Montreal Museum of ■ May 30: Borduas - Surrealism um of Contemporary Art on April 4. The book was recently awarded the contemporary native life. Fine Arts on Sherbrooke St. , just up­ and the Non-Figurative Interior An appreciative audience of Melva J. Dwyer Award by the Art A book-signing and a discussion the street from Concordia's down­ ■ June 6: Riopelle - From Abstrac­ about 50 people enjoyed a talk by Librarians Association of North period followed Dr. Acland's talk. town campus. The lectures take tion to Figuration Institute Chair Franc;:o is-Marc American in recognition of its con­ As it enters its second year, the place at 3:30 in the afternoon on ■ June 13: Femand Leduc - From Gagnon about First Nations iconog­ tribution to Canadian art research. Institute continues to sponsor pub­ Tuesdays in French, and at the Lyrical Abstraction to Geometric raphy, followed by the main First Nations Artists in Canada lic lectures, research programs and same time on Thursdays in English. Abstraction address by Associate Professor Joan covers a period in which aboriginal other efforts to spread the word Following is a schedule for the ■ June 20 - The Plasticiens and Reid Acland. artists in Canada were coming into about Canada's rich art history. lectures he will be giving in English. Non-Referential Art

6 · APRIL 11, 2002 co n co rdia ·s T h u r s day R e por r , , CCSL Awards honour Concordia's campus idealists "I'm going to stay in school for life," soccer player Frank Pons announced. "I'm going to be a professor."

BY EL EA NOR BROWN have a lot of patience. The education system is very different. It is our elanie Anestis tried - and duty to help them." M failed ,----- to hold back her Patrice Blais has sat on just about tears after being honoured for her every university committee open to outstanding contribution to the uni­ students, from the Board of Gover­ versity community during this year's nors to the CCSL itself. He became Concordia Council for Student Life the interim Concordia Student awards ceremony. Union president at a time of internal "I want to share one lesson I turmoil. learned ," Anestis said, her voice "Students who go directly home breaking, to a standing-room-only from class don't know what they're crowd at the April 5 event. "We can missing," he said. "Involvement is an learn from each other. There's a lot of essential part of university life. My tension, we may not always agree , main criticism is that we do not truly but we have to listen." understand the power that we have [as students I ." Outstanding contribution Anestis is finishing up her term as Excellent ed ucators president of the Political Science Stu­ Four teaching excellence awards dents' Association and is a member of were given. the Golden Key Honour Society, an Me Pierre Fregeau, who runs a acknowledgement of her high acade­ BACK ROW: Me Pierre Fregeau, Patrice Blais, Frank Pons, Melisa Forero and Benoit Grondin. MIDDLE ROW: full-time law practice and teaches mic achievement. "The staff and fac­ Professor V. Ramachandran, Aviva Rosenberg, N.R. Konepally, Sylva in Duguay, Melanie Anestis, Nisha Sajnani, part-time at Concordia, still manages ulty make extracurricular work Steven Faguy and Rene Biberstein. FRONT ROW: Lina D'lorio, Professor Virginia Nixon, Alana Baskind, Candis to find the time to be the supervising possible," she said. "It makes it easier Steenbergen, Jennifer Willet and Professor Jim Jans. lawyer at campus Legal Information to stay here till 1 a.m. when you're Services. surrounded by nice people." of student politics at the university (a Willet, Alana Baskind and Sylvain members are often overlooked for He has never succumbed to the The awards for outstanding contri­ mid-term Concordia Student Union Duguay for organizing the universi­ their contributions, noted one pre­ drudgery of teaching the same course bution to student life outside the presidential resignation, and two ty's first interdisciplinary humanities senter, as he called to the podium year after year, said one of Fregeau's classroom all go to students. elections in the last few months). "I conference, a raging success called Lina D'Iorio , secretary of the Liberal former students. "He refers to stu­ Aviva Rosenberg acknowledged enjoyed dealing with it full force ," R/Evolution. Arts College. dents as colleagues, and challenges her award by thanking members of she said, of encouraging students to Duguay said, "For interdisciplinary She said, "The students, are the students to be critical thinkers. Pierre the university community. "They get more involved in their own students, it's always a challenge. best part of my job. They hold a spe­ teaches to inspire students." made me feel like a person first , affairs. We're floating in the university. It's cial place in my heart." Aiman Hanna lectures in comput­ instead of a disability," she said. "I As co-presidents of the 800-mem­ challenging, but also rewarding." Associate Professor of Psychology er science. "Sometimes my wife says, built up my self-confidence, self­ ber Concordia International Students James E. Jans, who is also the acting 'You like Concordia more than me.' I worth and self-esteem. I am a multi­ Association, Melisa Forero (from Newspaper sweeps media awards director of the PhD humanities pro­ really like Concordia a lot, but she is sensory learner, and I retain more Colombia) and Benoit Grondin (of The Link student newspaper staff gram, got the nod for being a sup­ number one!" insisted Hanna, to information when I am an active par­ France) have helped grow the group swept the two media awards given portive thesis adviser, updating the laughter. ticipant. I will cherish this award for­ substantially. out this year. Editor-in-chief Rene graduate handbook and helping push He had serious things to say, as ever. " "Many of you may not go through Biberstein kept his comments short. through the R/Evolution humanities well. "My concern, my duty, my goal, She has been a volunteer peer what international students have to "This award isn't reall y just for me, conference. "I don't so much direct is to make the university number one health educator at Concordia Health go through in a foreign country," said it's for the team that put the Link this program as hang on," he in Canada, if not the whole world." Services for five years, and spent Forero. She left the details unsaid, together this year." announced, pointing to the students Virginia Nixon, art and music many long hours researching health but they range from learning a new His nomination papers noted the as the true driving force. coordinator at the Liberal Arts Col­ queries on behalf of students. language to culture shock, loneliness difficult year he's had, from battles Stingers soccer great Frank Pons lege, whose service her students con­ Cristelle Basmaji is one of the few and homesickness. "They need with student politicians to the post­ has accumulated an impressive array sidered beyond the call of duty, was students who can say she changed encouragement to make their lives Sept. 11 economic downturn. of honours for his athletics, but he's pleased about the recognition, but the curriculum. This yea r's president easier in school." Link webmaster Steven Faguy also a PhD student in marketing with called it misdirected. "It's easy to of the Commerce and Administration Nisha Sajnani is a Graduate Stu­ picked up the second award. In addi­ a 4.02 cumulative GPA. (4 .3 is per­ teach students who are really inter­ Students Association helped found dents' Association executive member, tion to creating and maintaining the fect. ) 'Tm going to stay in school for ested," she said. and organize Concordia's first Under­ and has spent time pushing for weekly paper's Internet presence, he life," he announced. 'Tm going to be Twenty years ago almost to the graduate National Case Competition, increasing health care benefits for has also covered student council, a a professor." day, Venkatanarayana Ramachan­ which drew teams from 11 of the top grad students. particularly daunting prospect this Niranjan Reddy Konepally is dran received a merit award from the business schools in the country. She "I don't think it's possible to con­ year. "I do it because l enjoy it," founder and president of the Indian Concordia Council on Student Life . also helped create an academic pro­ tribute to one's environment without Faguy said. "And also," he dead­ Students Association and a well­ This year he got one as a professor in gram at the John Molson School of a supportive community. My experi­ panned, "I have most of my classes in loved tutor in the Concave engineer­ the Electrical and Computer Engi­ Business to coach students for com­ ence here has been enriched because the Hall Building [where The Llnk is ing building. This was his first neering Department. He said with a petitions. I have found a space where I can located] , so it's a good place to sit acceptance speech in English, "so I'm laugh that he "didn't arrange any of "This year has definitely been a lot contribute of myself." down." a little bit scared." He went on, this." Dr Ramachandran may not of hard work," Basmaji said. She, too, A joint award went to PhD stu­ The merit awards were split among "Regarding new students, especially have lobbied for the honour, but his acknowledged the complicated state dents Candis Steenbergen, Jennifer Concordia staff and students. Staff those from South Asia, they must students certainly did.

Engineering and Computer Science Students Association hands out honours at banquet

he Engineering and Computer (Mechanical/Industrial), Hakan Three university staff were hon­ Two faculty members won light Award," which went to ECA T Science Students Association Kilic (Electrical/Computer), oured for their helpfulness to stu­ awards from the students. Professor president Mike Nimchuk, and (ECA) held their annual awards Jonathan Kopanas (Computer Sci­ dents: Rocco Lombardo, who is a Ibrahim Hassan was given an award "Most Presence In ECA 2001 Year­ banquet on March 5. ence). Three undergraduates won technician in Building/Civil/Envi­ for his teaching, and Professor Peter book," which went to Pierre Said, The following students were Faculty-wide awards: Shi Qiao Yu, ronmental, Marc Bourcier, Com­ Grogono for his contribution to who reportedly popped up on given mvards for excelling in their Sudeep Mathew and Tyson Clinton. munications Coordinator in the student life. almost every page. department: Jeff Moffat (Building, Sudeep also won an award for dean's office, and Nancy Curran There were other awards, some Congratulations to the winning Civil/Environmental), Carlo Petrone being "Most Involved Year Round." (Conference Services). lighthearted, including the "Spot- students, faculty and staff.

Co n co rdia ·s Th ursday R e p o rt APRIL .11 , 2002 7 · , Library staff use imagination to show off our treasures Exhibits are a great way to enliven the library's atmosphere without disrupting the peace and quiet

BY ANNA BRATULIC library if they dig deep enough. "Even needed vitality to the place, says head when a topic is light, it's always inter­ librarian David Thirlwall. n their way to a CLUES termi­ esting to find out that there are seri­ "Here at Loyola, exhibits are a Onal, students and staff occa­ ous articles written up about it. " great way to enliven the atmosphere sionally stop to view the contents of There are about six different dis­ on campus," he said. "It's not easy for the glass cases displaying interesting plays mounted at Webster every year, us to hold events, but exhibits are possessions of the Webster and most of them thought up, researched our way to put on cultural events, as Vanier libraries. and assembled by reference assistant it were, without disrupting the peace They may be academically valuable Alex Olynyk, who does it on an unof­ and quiet." items, like the handsome handbound ficial basis. The challenge is to find reproduction of the ancient illumi­ new twists on old topics. Special Collections nated bible, the Book of Kells, 'Tm coming to the end of my rope Special Collections, a department presently sitting encased in the circu­ trying to think of different angles," housed at Vanier, contains rare books lation area of the Vanier library, or a Olynyk said. Past themes have and antique maps and atlases. It collection of books and other manu­ included a look at the Olympics would be prime material to put on scripts on a theme such as the build­ through the eyes of cartoonists, dis­ !e display, because these objects would 0 ing of the Victoria Bridge, a display played during the 1998 Winter ~ have intrinsic visual appeal as well mounted in honour of the recent Olympics; black hockey players in 8 displaying our own treasures. Engineering Week. the NHL, in honour of Black History I"' A set of guidelines was adopted at "The displays are a pretext to bring Month; and recently, just in time for ~ Vanier this year outlining policy on out what the library has to offer in exams, a display about students and 3 library displays. As of last fall , stu­ terms of collections and services," (lack oO sleep. Left to right, John Barrett (Art Matters liaison, Vanier Library), Alex Olynyk dents and staff who are planning said Diane Sauve, Instruction librari­ People do stop and take notice. (exhibits coordinator, Webster Library) and David Thirlwall (Head, Vanier events linked with the university can an at the Webster library. "But we Olynyk can see them peering over Library). They are standing behind the library's replica of the 9th-century request that a related display be have so much going on in terms of the glass case from his desk. One Book of Kells, one of the most beautiful illuminated manuscripts in the mounted. services that we can't allocate a lot of homesick student from Nunavut world. The original is at Trinity College, Dublin, and you can find out more The libraries won't shy away from the resour<,es to change the displays expressed his appreciation for a dis­ about it at http://www.tod.ie/LibraryNisitorslkells.htm. (The ceramic apple controversial issues, either, Thirlwall is there just to keep the book open at a selected page.) very often." play about Canada's newest territory vowed. "libraries generally have a Nevertheless, she says, they are fun when it was created in 1999. He The Vanier library has more space Twelve exhibits from the recent Art tradition of non-censorship. We pre­ to do and hopefully will make view­ loaned the library his Nunavut flag as and facilities to accommodate dis­ Matters festival were placed through­ fer to handle any requests for dis­ ers see what can be found in the a nice finishing touch. plays, both academic and artistic. out the library and that adds a much plays on a case-by-case basis."

Concordia's busy dance season Quest for teachers of the Great Books winds up next weekend Liberal Arts College conference examines core curriculum

he choreographers of tomorrow are young people bursting with energy BY JAMES MARTIN addressed many of the challenges "In some cases, it's the teaching Tand creativity, exploring not only movement, but collaborations with core-text programs currently face. of judgment. new composers and the use of video in their presentations. ast weekend, April 4 to 7, Of particular note was the difficulty "How do you teach people to They come from all over Canada and beyond, and many of them are just Lmore than 100 participants in finding new faculty possessing care about making judgments emerging from Concordia's Contemporary Dance Department. This program from around tq.e world attended the appropriate backgrounds to between what is better, what is is the only one in Canada to concentrate on choreography, the creative the 8th Annual Conference of the teach in such wide-ranging pro­ worse, what is higher, what is process, and performance, all within a fine arts faculty. Association for Core Texts and grams, a problem exa~erbated by lower, what is not beautiful, what You can see the best of this work in the studen(s' year-end show at McGill's Courses, which was hosted by the academy's increasing emphasis is beautiful? It's not that we have Moyse Hall next weekend. For details, please see the Back Page. Concordia's liberal Arts College on specialization. one answer, but [we want to stress] Auditions are being held for September 2002 entry to the Department, on (LAC). "There used to be a tradition in the idea there is such a thing as Saturday, April 27, for majors, and Saturday, May 25, for majors and elec­ 'There were a couple of dimen­ education that people came judgment and taste." tives. Prospective dance students should visit the Web site http://dance.concor­ sions to the conference," said Pro­ through this type of curriculum He added, 'The most important dia .ca to fill in a pre-audition questionnaire, or call 848-4 740 for more fessor Harvey Shulman, principal normally," Shulman said, "but in thing is not whether you remember information on how to register for an audition. of the LAC. "There's the institution­ the 1960s, a lot of people broke this or that particular book, but Two third-year Dance students who call themselves Les Athletes Emou­ al, the generating of an association away and instituted programs that, cumulatively, over time, you vantes will present Lolilutte for two performances this weekend, Friday and of likeminded institutions, and where groups could choose what develop curiosity, and you contin­ Saturday, at 8:30 p.m., at Espaces Emergents, in the city's east end. then there's the sharing of conver­ they like. Eventually, the next gen­ ue to read and think. Lolilutte is described as a "multi-faceted event, a performance in an open sations about books themselves." eration didn't produce the intellec­ "What I always tell people is , industrial space [that] uses the natural theatricality of the body in exploring tuals and the academics who were 'When you use your mind, you aggression and intimacy." Core-text challenges trained to teach in the these pro­ don't use it up.' The more you use Espaces Emergents is at 2053 Jeanne d'Arc St. Go to the Pie-IX Metro sta­ Colleges such as the LAC are grams." your mind, the more you're '?IPa­ tion and take the 139 bus, going south. structured around close, rigorous Other topics included ways to ble of using it for other things. It's readings of the "great books" from assess the effectiveness of core-text the beginning of an education for Montanaro debuts as Cirque creator antiquity to the present - works programs, and the pros/cons of life." which were well-represented at the expanding Western-centric curric­ Fred Krantz, a founding profes­ arekai, the next blockbuster show by the Cirque du Soleil, opens in conference by papers such as ula to include Eastern thought. The sor of the liberal Arts College, V Montreal on April 24, and additional shows are already being scheduled "Charles Williams' Descent into ACTC membership is certainly not echoed Shulman's sentiment dur­ to satisfy the demand. Hell as a Doorway to Dante's Infer­ of one mind on many of these sub­ ing a panel on creating and sustain­ The choreographer is Concordia's own Michael Montanaro, who has taken no" and "Persuasive Evidence and jects, Shulman said, but the overall ing a core curriculum by quoting a year off his job as head of the Contemporary Dance Department to take on Persuasion in The Gorgias ." But, environment was such that dele­ the Wallace Stevens line, 'Things this demanding task. He has had to learn to choreograph acrobatics without Inferno notwithstanding, it was gates came away brimming with as they are / Are changed upon the any acrobatics experience, developing a new vocabulary with two coaches and what Shulman calls the "institu­ new ideas and enthusiasm. blue guitar." the cast of performers. tional" subjects which were the real "We're trying to retrieve what "That's what we're talking about He has introduced some intriguing elements to Varakai, including a piece hot topics. we consider a significant part of here," he said. "A core text curricu­ developed with a dancer on crutches. As always with this extraordinary com­ Titled "Re(-)forming liberal what education's always been," he lum really is a kind of blue guitar. pany, the show promises to be spectacular. Montanaro returns to Concordia Education," the conference explained. It changes you." this fall .

AP.RJL ' "I I, 2002 co n c,q rdia ;s Thu r sday R epo rt • ' l • l -, . ,,, ,,, r l c- 1 , I CanDo slate wins the student election Victory surprised even her, Newly elected CSU executive, councillors take over as of June 1 says Sabine Friesinger well-organized campaign paid the CSU's judicial board. The by­ courses, according to the CSU he is A off for the CanDo team in the election had been called because of still a student, and therefore eligible BY SIGALIT HOFFMAN Concordia Student Union election, as dissatisfaction with the CSU execu­ for election. the slate ied by experienced student tive, expressed particularly by busi­ The Sodexho meal plan was one of abine Friesinger, the incumbent president of the Concordia Stu­ politicians won out over the Repre­ ness and engineering students. the referendum questions, and was Sdent Union, is still recovering from the shock. sentative Union slate by 327 votes. denounced by a wide margin (2,639 "It's really surprising. We were certain that he [opposition candidate Sabine Freisinger, who has involved Voting went smoothly to 378). (See CTR, Mar. 28, page 4.) Chris Schulz] was going to win," she said. with the CSU for several years, will The voting on March 27-29 went The meal plan is complusory only for The head of the CanDo slate won the presidency of the CSU by a take over as student president as of more smoothly. The CanDo slate got first-yeat students in residence, of margin of 32 7 votes. Friesinger was thrilled at the turnout for this elec­ June 1. 1,718 votes, to the RU's 1,396. One whom there are 144 this year. tion, in which just over 3,200 students cast their ballots, and she hopes hundred and five ballots were For the second time, a proposal to that students will get involved in more than just the electoral process. Funds on the way spoiled. increase substantially the non-acade­ "It's really encouraging to us that so many people came out to vote," The university administration's About half the students elected to mic clubs' fee paid by students was she said. "More peo­ freeze on the hand-over of CSU the Council of Representatives were turned down. ple are looking at the funds will end on that date. This was CanDo supporters. One-third were The ballot included two candidates CSU and noticing part of the university's undertaking RU supporters, and the rest are for the post of Dean of Students, what's going on. when it imposed the freeze in the unaligned. interim CSU president Patrice Blais Hopefully we'll get muddled aftermath· of a by-election Tom Keefer, who was banned from and, without his consent, Dean of those people involved held in late November. university property by the Rector last Students Donald Boisvert. Blais in the CSU , not just The election results were a disap­ year and is not considered a student "won" by nearly 500 votes (at least as in voting." pointment for political science stu­ by the administration, was elected to many ballots were spoiled), but this The 24-year old dent Chris Schulz, who had won the the Council as a representative of result is irrelevant, as the Dean of journalism and com­ November by-election, only to have independent students. While he has Students is an appointed administra­ munications major it contested and finally annulled by not been allowed to register for any tor of the university. has had a long histo­ ry of involvement in student leadership. She served on the CSU executive two Spirit of Zappa lives on for music students years ago as VP inter­ nal , and as the Con­ Jams, social commentary, performance art and satire at The Hive cordia representative for the Canadian BY AU STIN WEBB "The course recognizes Zappa's plaints box was offered around to the Federation of Stu­ significance as the most emblematic impressively packed house. dents (CFS). This annequin legs, lava lamps, a musician of the late 20th century, Most of the students involved year, Friesinger will Mstack of burnt-out television particularly in terms of his engage­ seemed relaxed and happy to be Sabine Friesinger is the new CSU president step into the CSU sets, a toilet bowl and a row of music ment in popular culture and social wearing funny hats and singing presidency just as her stands were piled in the southwest consciousness," said Pinsonneault, songs about anatomy and beer while term as head of the Quebec CFS chapter ends. Friesinger said her "do­ comer of The Hive last Friday night who came under Zappa's influence at the same time showcasing their it-yourself' attitude led her to student politics. for "An Evening in the Spirit of first as a musician and later as a musical chops. 'Tm a student, and I have certain things I like to see done and I like Frank Zappa." social critic. "I decided that instead of "This is going to be great," said to make things happen," she said. Staying true to that spirit, over 30 an exam, it would be more fun to second-year electroacoustics student Friesinger decided to run for CSU president because she wanted to Concordia music students performed have the students do a performance Dan Coole, as he waited in the give students an alternative to Chris Schulz, the head of the Represen­ spaced-ou_t jams, social commentary, as their final project." wings, preparing to play bass on a tative Union. Schulz had run for president in two earlier CSU elections. performance and conceptual art, and medley of Zappa's more sexually­ He lost the first time, and his win was nullified the second, after a judi­ satires of performance and conceptu­ Fun coursework themed songs. cial board declared the election invalid. al art, all composed or inspired by Pinsonneault and his students The musicians also embraced the man whose distinctive portrait weren't shy about showcasing much of the composer's conceptual Plans are already in the works hung above the stage for the entire Zappa's more controversial side. work. For one piece, an empty pic­ The incumbent CSU president is not taking her future duties lightly, evening. Early in the evening they played a ture frame and a bowl of fruit and and has many plans for the next school year, like bringing the Sustain­ "It's been a great success," said selection of his "songs about stupid vegetables stood at the front of the able Campus Initiative to Concordia. The Sierra Youth Coalition started music instructor Michael Pinson­ people." stage. The audience was instructed to this program, and does a complete evaluation of the university. The neault, the event's emcee and some­ The set included Jewish Princess , place any of the produce into the group checks energy efficiency on campus, and how it can be time saxophonist. He also teaches Valley Girl , and the unforgettable frame while the band played an improved. Music History 498 - Frank Zappa: Bobby Brown. In true Zappa fashion appropriate sound. Naturally, egg­ Friesinger is also planning to improve food services at the Loyola Composer and Social Critic, a special though, the set was introduced as plant called for glissandos. campus, in response to the referendum question in which students topics course he developed last year. "the worst of the worst" and a com- Among the evening's many musi­ rejected the current Sodexho meal plan for students in residence by cal highlights was jazz performance over 2,200 votes. student Jeff Richard's barn-burning First-year students living at the Loyola campus residence, of whom guitar solo on Muffin Man . Apart there are 144 this year, must buy the plan, which many have criticized from bringing down the house with for not accommodating the dietary restrictions of some students. his distinctly Zappa-esque electric Friesinger wants to help the volunteer soup kitchen The People's Pota­ wah-wah guitar, Richard also bore an to expand to the West End campus. uncanny resemblance to the late "Enrolment is going up, [and] a lot of students [who] go to Loyola composer. rarely go dowtown," she said. "We have to improve our presence "People have always told me I play there." like him," said Richard after the She also plans to create a Web site where students will be able to show, "but I've also heard that I look post teacher evaluations. like him." The music class inspired Despite Friesinger's experience in student leadership, she said she !; Richard to demonstrate his devotion learned a lot from this election. Though at first daunted by the task of a ~ to Zappa; back in September he campaigning in classes, she was pleasantly surprised by the response. 8 began to let his beard ~nd hair grow "We had applause in the classrooms." a, ~ in anticipation of last Friday's perfor­ Another thing she learned is not to stereotype students according to ~ .; mance . their subject of study. "Students are very diverse," she said . "We have 3 "This is the most fun I've had play­ to represent that." Student Jeff Richard recreated the look and sound. ing music in my life," he said. ✓

' 't t •. Co n co rdia •s Thursday R e port A'P•R·1l 1 1 , 2 0 0 2 t ' Electronic commerce courses get a boost from Quebec A $70,000 grant to the School of Business will encourage short-term courses on information technology

rofessor Anne-Marie Croteau, help bring the courses on this up-to­ Croteau, who has a PhD from Uni­ cussion. One student had worked in places, you can point your cell phone Pwho is the director of the new the-minute subject right up to speed versite Laval and has just achieved a bank, and he provided a lot of rele­ at a vending machine to buy a drink." graduate certificate in e-business and ensure that they will stay there. tenure-track status in the Department vant information." We're not quite there yet, she said, offered by the John Molson School of of Decision Sciences and Manage­ All the teachers of the theoretical but "the culture will change." Business, is delighted to have some First graduates expected in June ment Information Systems, said that courses are full-time tenured or We also tend to be cautious cus­ new money to work with. This course startt;d in September the students are high achievers. tenure-track professors with PhDs; tomers; for several years, the percent­ She has just received word that her 2001, and has gone very well in its 'They must have an undergraduate the more technical courses are taught age of commerce done over the application for a grant of $70,000 has first year, with 34 students taking the degree (although many of them also by adjunct professors who are aware Internet has been around 0.5 per been approved by the Quebec min­ six-course program in recently reno­ have master's degrees), with a GPA of of the latest developments through cent. istry of education's program to vated "mini-labs" with fully-equipped at least 3.0, and they have to take the their own business careers. "It's still low," Croteau said, "but encourage short-term cours_es in workstations. Most of them are fitting GMAT and get a score of at least Croteau admitted that e-commerce people will lose some of their fear. information technology. their studies around a work schedule, 550," she explained. has been relatively slow to develop in They need to trust the security of the The grant will finance, among but the two -who have been in the "They don't have to have any work North America, compared to Europe system, which is improving, and they other things, summer employment program full-time expect to graduate experience, but many of them do, and Asia. "Our phones are going to are inclined to put their trust in busi­ for six deserving students who will in June. and that adds a lot to the class dis- be like a walle_t," she said. "ln some nesses and brand-names they know."

Public Film Series at Concordia: Psychoanalysis, Cinema and Other Arts

FOUR EXCELLENT FILMS , EACH FOLLOWED BY A CRITICAL PRESENTATION FROM A PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE. THE FILMS WILL BE SHOWN IN THEIR ORIGINAL VERSIONS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

FRIDAY , APRI L 19, 7:15 P.M.: A Price of Ken Burns' documentary series Above Rubies (1998), directed by on jazz. This episode examines Boaz Yakin. The static boundaries the risks that creative musicians of an Orthodox Jewish communi­ like Charles "Bird" Parker, Miles ty threaten to stifle a young Davis, et al. took with music as woman. In her struggle to remain well as with addictive drugs. psychologically intact, she is DeSeve Cinema. accompanied by companions SATURDAY MAY 4: A day devoted who are both mythological and to "treating addictions - psycho­ imaginary. A positive identifica­ analytical and neurobiological tion with her father sustains her. perspectives," at the DeSeve Cine­ Visual Ans Building, 1395 Rene ma. Please note there is a separate MINISTER OF EDUCATION SYLVAIN SIMARD {left) talks to Herve Fischer, chair of Digital Image and Sound, whom he Levesque W., Room VA-114. Dis­ fee for this day conference. Dis­ lauded in his remarks as the incarnation of technical-artistic synergy. In the photo at the top of page 1 are, left to right, Board of Governors chair Lillian Vineberg, Simard, Premier Bernard Landry and Rector Frederick Lowy, with cussant: Robert Lakoff, M.D. cussants: R. Karmel, PhD, Charles emcee Evelyne Abitbol {Government and Media Relations) in the background. Photos by Christian Fleury FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 7:15 P.M.: Exoti­ Ellison Qazz studies, Concordia) ca (1994), directed by Atom and L. Dodes and B. Johnson, Egoyan. What drives a tax audi­ psychiatrists and psychoanalysts tor to watch each night a young from the Harvard Medical School. Students determined to revive campus TV station - striptease dancer perform in a FRIDAY, MAY 10, 7:15 P.M: All About school girl's uniform? And why My Mother, directed by Pedro BY SARAH ARRUDA plagued in the past by theft and mis­ the station's pilot episode together. does she join in this exhibitionis­ Almadovar. The film traces com­ management. Former CUTV Webmaster Steve tic-voyeuristic ritual? DeSeve Cin­ plex generational ties. Through he dead-looking television Stephan Herman, chief electoral Helsing plans to spend a month with ema, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. the revisiting of her past, a Tscreens that hang over the heads officer in the recent CSU election, the new executive, orienting them W. Discussant: Louise Carignan, woman reconciles with the hid­ of students on the sixth floor of the will be executive producer. Steve around the station. Helsing was one M.D. den portions of her life. DeSeve Hall Building will soon be lit up Murphy was elected station manager. of the people responsible for reviving FRID AY , MAY 3, 7:15 P.M.: Risk Cinema. Discussant: Gabriella again. Two students have taken on public the institution two years ago, and (2001). Excerpts from Episode 8 Legoretta, Ph.D. "It would be great to be able to relations duties. Gino Vassallo (PR says it has untapped potential. catch the news and be informed Internal) plans to work during the "Things would go a lot better for both Suggested donation , $5. Free for Concordia University students and staff about what is going on in the univer­ summer, so that by the beginning of the executives and for the members if For more information, call Dushyant Yajnik (Director, Extension Program) sity while waiting for your classes to next semester, CUTV will be ready to there were at least two full-time peo­ 989-1164 or Shamila Abheeram (CPS-QEB, Secretary) 342-7444. start," said journalism student Anne­ lift off. Amin Tabaa (PR External) said ple working here," he added. "We Marie Reynaud. "Everyone would he'll be keeping an eye open for have the b1:1dge t to pay them; that benefit from an operating student donors and corporations interested in isn't the problem. The problem is just television." investing in CUTV. finding the time to track down the INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN JEWISH STUDIES CUTV elections took place last Fri­ Program Director Roxanne Peke­ person that can do the paperwork. " day, and a new executive faces the haring is enthusiastic about bringing Pekeharing had a different view: The Romek Hornstein Memorial Award for graduate students working challenge of breathing life into the her communication studies experi­ "All CUTV needs is more structure in Jewish Studies at Concordia University: Two awards available, for the student-run station, which has been ence and creative ideas into putting and organization." amount of $3,1~5.oo each. Concordia students in any faculty studying any aspect of Judaism are eligible. Deadline is April 3o. Journalism student wins a fellowship to Hong Kong The Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies Gradu - ate Fellowships: Made possible by Charles and Andrea Bronfman and the obert Scalia is collecting trips. Journalists (CAJ) and the Hong Kong by judges Michelle MacAfee (Canadi­ Seagram Foundation. Fellowships are worth between $5,000.00 and RLast fall, he was one of six Con­ Economic and Trade Office of the an Press), Saleem Khan, a Toronto­ $7,000.00 depending on the number of applicants. Deadline is April 3o. cordia journalism students chosen to Hong Kong Special Administrative based independent journalist and attend an intensive media training Region Government in Canada Tom Arnold, a writer for the National The Wetstein Fellowship for Graduate work in Canadian Jewish Studies: session in Halifax for NATO officers, (HKETO, Canada). The other two Post and a past president of the CAJ. One award per year of $1.~50.00. Must be a graduate student in the area and now he has won a working trip students are from the University of The students will spend 10 days in of Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia. Deadline is May 3o. to Hong Kong. British Columbia and Ryerson Uni­ Hong Kong, where they will write For mor.e information, and for application forms and requirements, contact Scalia is one of three Canadian stu­ versity (Toronto). stories for publication or broadcast dents who have won a fellowship here, either in the local media or in Dr. Norman Rawin, Chair, at 84-8-~068. Winners of the Student Journalists from the Canadian Association of Hong Kong Fellowship were chosen their university newspapers.

1 0 A P R I L 1 1 , 2 -o·o 2 concordio•s Thursday R'e port Help at Concordia is just a call away Art for life: student vernissage tonight reative work by students in the course HIV/AIDS: Cultural, Social Many simple ways to reach security on both campuses Cand Scientific Aspects of the Pandemic will be on display in the VA V Gallery, starting with vernissage tonight at 7 p.m. BY PAUL H. AUBE , CAMPUS The VA V is on the main floor of the Visual Arts Building, 1395 Rene­ MANAGER , S ECUR IT Y DEPT. Levesque Blvd. W. The Concordia Council on Student Life was instrumen­ tal on making the show possible. or any life-threatening situation, Ffirst call 911 from any phone. There are many ways to do this - Student ceramic works on display cellular phones, pay phones and your office phone - and you can eramics students are also presenting their work in the VAY, starting explain the situation without delay. CApril 16. The Arch, the wop and the Whorl takes its name from the Then call Security (SGW -3717/ three most common types of fingerprints. The show includes four collec­ LOY -3707), so that they can provide tive project and sounds intriguing. One group of students worked with a proper care and assist the police, fire­ special subject, community gardens. Another created unusual nesting fighters and/or the ambulance team. structures, using paper clay and unfired clay. This applies to situations such as A third ceramics project was interactive. Students put a field of raw clay chest pains, labour, severe injuries across a pedestrian intersection downtown to "trace the im/permeability of and aggression. transit across a given urban site." The fourth project used the body as a For other types of emergencies, mold for a clay wall piece: such as fires , chemical spills, thefts, fights, and similar events where life is not threatened, call Security (SGW - 3717/ LOY -3707). This starts proto­ Renegade students take to the stage . cols whereby university units such as enegade Productions, which is made up of Concordia theatre stu­ Health and Safety and/or external Rdents, will present ¥-connection, three one-act plays, on April 26-28 agencies, such as the police, are and May 3-5 at Studio 303, a small dance space in the Belgo Bulding, called in. located at 372 Ste. Catherine W. Their first offering is Nosophoros, a 20-minute mime piece inspired by Calling for help the silent film classic Nosferatu. It's followed by American Lullaby, a one­ When you want to call Security, woman piece about Filipina nannies, and the third piece is Never Swim there are many possibilities - regu­ Alone, by Canadian Daniel Macivor. lar phones, your office phone, or cel­ lular phones. Pay phones can be used Paul Aube with a red emergency phone to call Security free of charge on both A scholarship from Hydro-Quebec campuses. lf you read the screen, it is redirected to the other campus. A Another type of communicator is a even says so! It's very handy. great back-up, more of these phones whistle like the one used by hockey ongratulations to el~ctrical and You can also use special campus will be installed. referees or personal panic buttons. C computer engineering student safety phones to call Security. These Elevator intercoms can be used if They're a great attention-grabber and Amir Ghowil. He was recently pre­ include the red telephones you see in you're stuck, or if you want to report may scare off the aggressor. Some­ sented with one of seven $5,000 the laboratories. When you lift the an emergency nearby. one's bound to hear your call or may scholarships by Hydro-Quebec, all handset of one of these phones, it Fire phones are located near the even call Secµrity. given to deserving graduating engi­ automatically dials the Security Desk exits of the high-rise buildings (e.g. As you can see, there are many neers across the province. of your campus. Hall and Library Buildings). Nothing ways to call for help at the university. They are among the 15 students in You may also use the Code Blue™ says they must be used only when The Security Department is deter­ a new institute created by Hydro­ phones. These are the large red boxes there is a fire . Break the glass and mind to offer the best possible service Quebec, the lnstitut en genie de located throughout the university, pick up the handset to report the and provide the most effective l'energie electrique, of which Concor­ mainly outdoors (e.g., in the Loyola problem. It's a direct link to Security. devices, and to make sure the com­ dia is a member. The utility expects shuttle bus shelter and the parking With these last-named devices, munity is aware of all the possibili­ to graduate several hundred engineers lot behind the Hall Building). Simply you cannot talk to Security, but be ties. specializing in power engineering depressing the red button will con­ assured that the agents will show up. If you have any inquiries, please con­ from the institute over the next nect you to Security on your campus. Fire-pull stations automatically tell tact Paul H. Aube, by phone (-3701) or decade. Student Amir Ghowil If Security does not pick up, your call Security where the problem is. by e-mail: [email protected]. Science College for high-achievers Concordia-led genomics project awarded $7.5 million econd-year Science College student Sebastien Fournier made a presen­ Station recently to a group of students and teachers at Bridgewater State ■ Genomics continued from page 1 colleagues are sure they're going to The Genomics Centre is linked to College, in Massachusetts. find the enzymes they want, because other universities and research cen­ The occasion was the annual NEBHE/Quebec Annual Placement meet­ When the enzymes of potential this project builds on many years of tres across the province as part of the ing, at which representatives from universities and colleges in New Eng­ commercial value are identified, they previous research, and the develop­ Genome Quebec network. There are land and Quebec meet to place our students in the lnternationaVStudent will be reproduced in large quantity ment of proven investigative tech­ four other similar networks across Exchange Program (VSEP). Sebastien was talking about the Science Col­ in a "cell factory," and tested to see if niques. Canada, linked to Genome Canada. lege as a prospective goal for high-achieving students in New England who their properties make them suitable One of the toughest tasks may be Concordia's Genomics Centre was would like to be able to do research at the undergraduate level. for industrial use. purely administrative, Tsang admit­ launched two years ago with $1.25 Though he is still two years away from his bachelor of science in neu­ Tsang said that enzymes are ted with a laugh. He must coordinate million each from the federal and ropsychology, Sebastien will do research this summer at Harvard Universi­ already being used in some products between 40 and 50 researchers on Quebec governments, and $1.1 mil­ ty with Dr. Marc Hauser. - to reduce the foam in household the project, including graduate stu­ lion from Biochem Pharma of Laval. detergents, for example - but the dents, postdoctoral fellows and facul­ The other institutions associated The Hobbit at D.B. Clarke Theatre pulp and paper industry has specific ty members, among whom the most with this project are the Pulp and and exacting requirements. The senior are Justin Pawlowski and Paul Paper Institute of Canada, the lnstitut f you liked I.nrd of the Rings, your children will love The Hobbit. ].R.R. enzymes they use must be effective at Joyce (Chemistry/Biochemistry) and National de la recherche scientifique ITolkien's classic tale of high adventure, featuring Bilbo Baggins, a com­ high temperatures, be affordable, act Gregory Butler (Computer Science). (Armand Frappier) associated with fort-loving, unambitious hobbit who becomes an intrepid adventurer, is quickly , and be compatible with Soon Concordia's Centre for Struc­ the Universite du Quebec, and the being presented on the stage of the D. B. Clarke Theatre on Friday, April other chemicals still being used in the tural and Functional Genomics will National Research Council of Cana­ 26, starting at 7 p.m. process. have its own quarters in the new Sci­ da's Biotechnology Research Institute, The production, by Geordie Productions, is suitable for children aged Th is is not hypothesis-driven ence Complex on the Loyola Cam­ which is interested in the manufac­ eight and up. The theatre is accessed from the lobby of the Henry F. Hall research - in fact, it's a hunt for pus, but for now, it is based in the ture of fine chemicals, such as fra­ Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. For tickets and information, call buried treasure - but Tsang and his Hnery F. Hall Building. grances. 845-1955.

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Call us at 848- sport int, anti-theft, 8 mags, new exhaust tume is required. Tickets $8 in advance, 2859 or drop by - we'd love to see you ! system, su per clean, original owner, $10 at the door. lnfor. 948-3214 We're located at 2090 Mackay, room 02 $12,950. 708-4208 or 934-1905 (downstairs). Monday to Thursday 12-5 Sunday, April 21 Story Worts Studio pm, [email protected] Car for sale Applied Centre for Teaching Soprano Songs, 2pm. Danielle Pullen, a The Drama Therapy Department presents soprano student of Beverley McGuire, will 1998, Black Golf GTI, $12,000, great con- . Psychology Centre and Leaming Services a Playback Theatre Community Perfor­ dition. 231-2283 perform with Lauretta Altman, accompa­ mance, Sunday April 14, 3-5pm, VA-200 nist. Tickets $5, free for students. Theatre The Applied Psychology Centre in the To register for any of the following work­ (Fine Arts Building). Also, the Alida Gersie Parking available Department of Psychology offers confiden­ shops, please contact 848-2495 or Sunday, April 21 Story-Making Work shop, presented by Six Characters in Search ofan Author In my driveway or garage, $50 monthly. tial psychotherapy and assessment for [email protected], or visit our Web Original Student Works by musical com­ Leigh Bulmer, Friday, April 19, 7-IOpm, VA- The Department of Theatre presents a Near Loyola. Carol 481-9461 adults, couples, families, children and site: www.concordia.ca/ctls. position students of John Plant and Rose­ 200. Info: 848-4641 play concerning six family members who come to a theatre and demand the direc­ Business seivice teenagers. By appointment only: 848-7550. mary Mountain, 5 & 8pm. Tickets at the Multimedia vemissage Leaming by Doing Online tor and his company stage their play. April I type quality term papers, essays, thesis, door only, $5; free for students. Concordia Communication Studies Sound This experiential workshop will include a 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20, 8pm. Matinee April reports, etc ., $1 .25 per page. Call Kath­ and Multimedia students host an end-of­ look at the course design and convincing Monday, April 22 14 and 21, 2pm . F.C. Smith Lobby. Box leen 487-1750. year vernissage, April 22, 9pm-1 am, La Art data from a pilot study on the learning A Piano Concert, 8pm. Students of Grego­ Office: 848-4742 effects of an eClassroom at Concordia in Sala Rossa (4848 St. Laurent Blvd.) Editor wanted Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery ry Chaverdian will perform classical works the Fall of 2001 . Tuesday April 16, 2- Professor or student of literature to edit a for piano.Tickets at the door only, $5; free Concordia Toastmasters Club Monday to Friday 11am-7pm; Saturday 4:30pm, H-447. RSVP by March 29, ylaris­ novel. Dr. Zaman 845-7227 for students. Be a successful, confident communica­ Unclassified 1pm-5pm; closed Sundays. 1400 de [email protected], or call 848-2495. Maisonneuve W Free. Info: 8484750. tor. Learn to conduct business meeiings, Russian language summer school Wednesday, April 24 Roommate wanted • Memories and Testimonies. Guest Introduction to Leaming Objects motivate people, do job interviews, sell The Slavic Department of the University Jazz Guitar Orchestra, with students con­ Big, furnished room in bright apartment, curated by Loren Lerner. Until May 18. What are learning objects? Why are they ideas or products, and solve problems in of Tallinn invites students interested in ducted by Andrew Homzy, 8pm. Tickets at near Loyola on Fielding Ave. Available important? This workshop explores learn­ an informal setting. Lucy Wong 848- studying the Russian language and cul ­ the door only, $5; free for students. immediately for non-smoker, heated . ing object repositories and metadata . 4952 or [email protected] ture to take part in the International Russ­ VAVGallery Includes cat companion. 483-4754 Leader: Craig Place, Acadia University Thursday, April 25 ian Language Summer School organized • Art for Life. Creative work by students Students for Literacy at Concordia Institute for Teaching and Technology. Lyrical Voices, 8pm. Kara Cherland, a stu­ in the interdisciplinary course on Twenty-two percent of Montrealers do Rooms for rent by our department in Summer 2002. Infor­ Thursday, April 18, 1Dam-noon, H-447. dent of Beverly McGuire and Devon HIV/AIDS. Vemissage April 11 , 7pm. Until not understand this sentence. Some give Two furnished ,rooms available, $300 or mation: www.hot.ee/ruslangschool. Wilkinson, a student of Valerie Kinslow, April 13. up before reaching this point. Find out $350/month, near Loyola. For responsible Developing Leaming Objects perform classical vocal repertoire. Tickets Teach English overseas (Korea) • The Arch, the Loop and the Whorl. how two hours a week can change that. ·non-smoker. Includes dog companion . Explore learning objects as catalysts to $5, free for students. Looking for graduating students, who are Annual student ceramics exhibition, April Join Frontier College Students for Literacy Carol 481-9461 thinking about teaching, choosing a data­ seeking employmentand an opportunity to 15-20. Vernissage Tuesday, April 16, 7pm. at Concordia, a student-run organization base and deciding on development Room for rent travel to Asia, gain experience, meet lots 1395 Rene-Levesque W. promoting the right to literacy. Great "tools." Leader: Craig Place, Acadia Insti­ of interesting people, and make good Counselling and experience for those interested in teach­ Looking for a flatmate to share a 6 1/2 tute for Teaching, Leaming, and Technolo­ apartment beginning July 2002. Fully fur­ some good money. Requirements are: a Dance Perfonnance 2002 ing. For more information, contact us at gy. Thursday, April 18, 2-4prn, H 443. Development nished, Montreal adjacent Westmount Bachelors degree with a major in any dis­ Young choreographers enrolled in Con­ 848-7454 or at [email protected] .ca $500/month !all included). Close to Metro cipline, an open mind to other cultures, temporary Dance perform at Moyse Hall SGW: H-440, 848-3545; Loyola: 2490 Amnesty International Concordia Snowdon, 10 minutes from downtown. and affinity with child ren. Weekends are (Arts Building), at McGill University, 853 W Broadway, 848-3555. Concert Hall Interested in learning about human rights? Preferably non-smoker. Golden retriever free for you to do as you wish. If interest­ Sherbrooke W. April 19-20, 8pm; April 20- Student Success Centre Amnesty International Concordia Universi­ shares home. Sonia Perreau 877-9818 ed contact [email protected] 21, 2:30pm. Tickets $7 general, $5 stu­ Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 7141 Sher­ Drop by H-481 and speak to us about any ty holds bi-weekly public meetings on 11232 (work), 483-4106 (home). dents with ID. Free for children under 12. brooke St. W Box office: Monday-Fri­ of the personal, academic or career con­ Thursday evenings. For more information Teaching in the Czech Republic Visiting professor seeks apartment Info: 848-4740 day, 10am-noon, 2-5pm. Reservations cerns you may be experiencing. We can please email [email protected]. Do you want to travel round Europe? Start Will be on sabbatical in Montreal next through Admission at 790-1245 or point you in the right direction. in the Czech Republic. We offer you a job CPR classes www.admission.com. For more listings: year and am looking for an apartment, as an English teacher in our private lan­ http.//oscar. concordia.ca. Notices duplex or house in lower Westmount or guage school. You 'll have the opportunity NDG from August 2002 to January 2003. to earn some money and at the same time Environmental Health and Safety Thursday, April 11 Employee Auditions for Contemporary Dance Sandra (506) 458-7697 [email protected] to admire the splendour of Prague. poly­ For more information, contact Donna Jazz Improvisation II, 8pm. Charles Ellison Assistance Program Auditions for September 2002 entry to the [email protected] Fasciano at 848-4355 or visit our web presents two sextets from his second­ Summer sublet in Montreal West site at http.//relish.concordia.ca/EHS/ Department of Contemporary Dance take year Jazz Improvisation class. Tickets at The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Quiet neighbourhood, lovely three-bed­ Teaching in China place Saturday, April 27, for Majors; and room home, fully furnished, hardwood the door only, $5; free for students. is a voluntary, confidential counselling Looking for motivated and dynamic ESL Saturday, April 13 Saturday, May 25, for Majors and Elec­ floors, oak trim, garden/deck. Non-smok­ and information service for full-time, per­ tives . Please visit our web site teachers for a one-year contract in China. Baby Heartsaver Friday, April 12 ers, professional couple or small family, manent university employees and their http://dance.concordia.ca to fill in our pre­ Return.airfare, accommodations, food , Tbutsday, April 18 Concordia Big Band , 8pm. Directed by no pets. Mid-May to early August. Tel. families. 24 hours a day- 7 days a week. audition questionnaire or call 848-4740 monthly salary, Chinese classes , and Heartsaver Dave Turner, and featuring reperto ire 486-1593 or [email protected] 1-800-387-4765 (English) for more information on how to register other perks. For more info please contact Sunday, April 21 arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Nick 1-800-361-5676 (French) for an audition. Sublet Academie Linguistique Internationale at BCLS Re-certification Ayoub. Tickets at the door only, $5; free Starting May 1, $350/month. Sherbrooke [email protected] or 270-3886 Tuesday, April 30 for students. Log onto the EAP Web site at http://­ Hypnosis study at Guy, two rooms available to shar~ with Heartsaver eap.concordia.ca for helpful information We are currently conducting a study on Educational trip to haly Sunday, April 14 one. Call Melissa at 937-7710 about counselling services, lunch semi­ individua l differences in hypnotizability, May 27-June 21 , four weeks with 80 A Night at the Opera, with students nars, employee newsletters and lots of and are looking for participants. Please Apartment to sublet hours of Italian lessons. Approx. $1 ,350 directed by Valerie Kinslow, 8pm. Tickets interesting links. Campus Ministry at the door only $5; free for students. call 848-2213 and leave your name and May 1-August 31 - partially furnished, 4 includes registration, lodging. Registration phone number or drop by PY-037. Ask for 1/2 in downtown Westmount area (10 by March 31 . Josee Di Sano 488-1778 . Hana. http.//advrxacy.concordia.ca/ministry/ Monday, April 15 Ledures minutes walk to Concordia, 2 minutes to Loyola: Belmore House, L-WF 101, 2496 The Loyola Orchestra , with conductor Atwater Metro and grocery). Quiet build­ Monique Martin, 8pm. Featuring works by ing, nice area. Non-smokers. $775/month. W Broadway, 848-3588; SGW- Annex Z Friday, April 12 Workshops Bach, Schumann and Tchaichovsky. Tick­ Phil 848-4087 (days), 846-9082 (evenings) rooms 102-100, 2090 Mackay, 848-3590. Barry J. Babin (University of Southern Office of Rights & ets at the door only, $5; free for students. Digital arts workshops Mississippi), on "Comparing Boys and Responsibilities Mother Hubbard's Cupboard Condo for rent The Centre for Digital Arts is giving intro­ Tuesday, April 16 Girls in the Business Environment," 2pm, NDG , bright, corner, brand new, 2 bed­ Thursday nights, 5-7pm in Room 105, 2090 The Office of Rights and Respon sibili­ ductory workshops in QuarkXPress (page Concordia Choirs, 8pm . The Concordia DeSeve Cinema LB-125. Part of the John rooms, OW, W/0 connection, air condi­ Mackay, Mo' Hubbs serves up delicious ties is available to all members of the layout), Photoshop (image manipulation) Choir under the direction of Jean­ Molson School of Business Royal Bank tioning, balcony, elevator, ·near Loyola, vegetarian meals. Concordia students, university community for confidential and web page design using Sebastien Allaire will perform Austrian Distinguished Vi siting Speaker Series. bus, garage extra, July 1, $1300. Call 768- their roommates or family welcome. Sug­ consultations regarding any type of Dreamweaver. They are hands-on week­ works. The Chamber Choir, conducted by 5363, after 6:30pm. Friday, April 19 unacceptable behaviour, including dis­ end workshops, 13 or 20 hours, and cost gested donatiDll is a looney or two. Monique Martin, sings pieces by John Bickle (Cincinnati), on "*Neural* crimination and personal/sexual $125 - $190 . Everyone welcome . Mendelssohn, Haydn, Bernstein and oth­ Sublet The Lunch Bunch Causation Circa 2002: There is Nothing harassment, threatening and violent http://cda.concordia.ca/cdamaclab/train­ ers. Tickets $5; free for students. May 1-Aug. 31, option to renevy. 3 1/2 on Bring a brown-bag lunch and Campus Left for a Philosophical Theory of Mental conduct, theft, destruction of property. Ridgewood, off Cote-des-Neiges. New ing.htm Ministry will provide coffee, tea and hot Wlldnesday, April 17 Causation to Explain," 2pm, H-459. The 848-4857, or drop by GM-1120. hardwood floors, huge windows, beautiful EAP Lunch Seminar chocolate, a friendly atmosphere. Mon­ Student Jazz Ensembles, 8pm. Featuring Philosophy Colloquia Series: 848-2500. area. Bus 1O minutes to downtown. Close 'Taking Control: Moving Taward Change,' days 12:30-1 :30pm, Annex Z, Room 105. jazz standards and not-so standards. nck­ to all stores, walking paths in wooded April 30, 12-1:15 pm, H-769. A workshop ets at the door only, $5; free for students. Ombuds Office area. $600/month. 733-0551 Buddhist Meditation Legal Information on how to take positive action and find Includes meditation instruction and sitting. Saturday, April 2D The Ombuds Office is available to all Sublet the will to leave a negative work environ­ Annex Z, Room 105, Wednesdays Student Jazz Ensembles, 8pm . Also fea­ Concordia's Legal Information Services members of the University for informa­ 3 1/2, $BOO/month from May 1-Aug. 31 , ment, facilitated by Warren Shepell Con­ 11:45am-1prn and 5:15-6:~ . Also Tues­ turing electroacoustics and music from an offers free and confidential legal infor­ tion, confidential advice and assistance downtown near Guy Metro. All utilities sultants. No charge. Register by phone days at l.o(ola- Belmore House (24~ West original film soundtrack. Tickets at the mation and assistance to the Concordia with university-related problems. Call included (air conditioning). Underground (848-3667), e-mail leap@alcor) or on-line Broadway) 11 :45-lprn. door only, $5; free for students. community. By appointment: 848-4960. 848-4964, or drop by GM- 1120. parking is $75/month. 848-2945 (http://eap.concordia.ca) by April 25.