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Conferences, friendly competition at Engineering Week

ational Engineering Week was was co-sponsored by Microsoft Cana­ Timothy C. Lethbridge, of the Uni­ accessibility, and is working with year. Displays by the Society of Auto­ celebrated over two weeks at da. It coincides with the graduation versity of Ottawa, addressed software Alzheimer's patients in his research. motive Engineers and other student Concordia, as the Engineering and this term from Concordia of Que­ engineering as an emerging branch of The annual Women in Engineering groups filled the atrium of the library Computer Science Students Associa­ bec's first software engineers. engineering. W. Morven Gentleman, and Computer Science Conference complex and the mezzanine. On tion (ECA) and its member associa­ There were four speakers from from Dalhousie University, talked organized for young women from March 9 , students celebrated the tions staged a variety of events, ind us try. Among the academic about the need for software engineer­ Montreal-area high schools was as best of academic and student life ranging from fierce but friendly speakers were Concordia's Peter Gro­ ing to be multidisciplinary. lively as ever, and this year students with their football tournament, fol­ sports contests to a conference with gono, who discussed the demands Jacob Slonim, also from Dalhousie, organized a separate tour for Grade 4 lowed by the annual awards ban­ the theme Design for Change. , put on teachers by the rapid evolu­ addressed issues that relate to the students. quet at the Molson Brewery. The conference was called CUSEC, tion of software design, and Ahmed cognitively challenged. Slonim has The popular Annual Concordia Still to come, April 9, the RoboWars for Canadian Undergraduate Soft­ Seffah, on usability and involving the embarked on a project to add a layer Bridge Building Competition (photo robotics competition. The Web site is ware Engineering Conference, and user early in software development. of computer architecture to increase above, left) attracted 40 teams this http://ieee.concordia.ca/robowars. Artist-teacher Irene Whittome has followed her own muse Concordia Research Fellow on clean refinement, stark contrasts, and the subliminal impact of art school

BY JAMES MARTIN "I hadn't realized this thing about "Here come the hands!" quipped the eye and hand at the time," she Whittome as she showed a 1995 l L 1th a half-hour slide show of continued , forwarding to a slide series of photographs depicting her her work, Irene F. Whittome taken in 1970. She let the imagery own bound hands, a powerful visual gave her audience a clear sense of sink in: a mixed-media piece in metaphor for the artist unable to cre­ how an artistic career is given shape which found objects form a shell ate. "It seems to have come full circle by influences, symbols and hunches shape around ... a print of an eye. with the eye from 1970." - provided the artist is sensitive and She noted the personal impact of Whittome concluded with photos brave enough to make the right retroactively seeing "the source of of a granite quarry, taken from her choices. things on a subliminal level." current work-in-progress. "And that's Professor Whittome was one of the The images that followed were where I am at this moment," she said. two annual Concordia University diverse - arrangements of small "It's a very exciting time." Research Fellows for 2001 , an glass veterinary tubes, large waxed She paused to reflect on the pat- accomplishment made all the more logs, digitized prints of marine para­ terns and connections that have impressive because it marks the first sites - but united by a simplicity in slowly revealed themselves over the time the School of Graduate Studies presentation. Whittome used words past three decades. "It all adds up has recognized visual arts as research. such as "minimalism" and "Zen" to and accumulates, and that gives me The award carries $5 ,000 and the describe her defining aesthetic of ~ the confidence that this is where I opportunity to give a public lecture, clean refinement and stark contrasts. i should be in the world." which her busy artistic and teaching Another uniting precept in Whit­ Professor Whittome has taught at career did not allow her to fulfill until tome's work is "communicating Concordia virtually since the begin­ February 25. through objects that had had a pur­ It was announced this week that Irene F. Whittome Is one of seven winners ning of her career in the late 1960s. She began her talk with her years pose but are translated into another of a Governor-General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. The award will be At the same time, she steadily grew in at the Vancouver School of Art (now meaning." presented at Rideau Hall on March 20, and carries a $15,000 cash award distinction as an artist. and a painting by one of last year's winners. the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Perhaps the most popular of these She has had more than 35 solo art Design). She attended the school in objects is a 1987 mold made from a they're rarely seen again!"), the "user­ resonate with an audience. "You just shows, notably at the Musee d'art the early 1960s, but it wasn't until leatherback turtle at the Museum of friendly," nine-foot-long reptile repli­ send it out there." contemporain and the Canadian years later that she realized its Natural Science in Ottawa. Before ca appeared in installations around The turtle motif showed up again, Centre for Architecture, and won longterm subliminal impact. being purchased by the Art Gallery of the world. albeit in miniature, in a slide of a many awards for her work, among Pointing to a slide of the school's Ontario (where it has disappeared "What makes things really interest­ 1994 sculpture: an oddly elegant cab­ them, the Prix Paul-Emile Borduas, logo, an eye set in the palm of an from public view since its initial exhi­ ing is you never know what you're inet of curiosities containing a small Quebec's highest honour, and the open hand, she said, ."This is the base bition - "the worst place your works communicating," Whittome said, turtle, a book, and ostrich eggs. The Gershon lskowitz Prize for excellence for me, one of the guiding structures. can go is a museum, because then referring to what does, or doesn't, next slide also united earlier ideas. in the arts in Canada. Irish-Quebec concert series raises profile of new music The Oscar Peterson Concert Hall is a venue for contemporary musicians from Montreal and Dublin

BY ROB ERT SCALIA has changed the nature of music," he said, "so in the middle of a string ention classical music, and quartet, I'll throw in an electric guitar MBeethoven's Fifth Symphony that sounds like Limp Bizkit. It springs to mind. Try the same thing doesn't seem peculiar to me , because with "Canadian contemporary classi­ these are sounds I like." cal," however, and the term rings It makes for interesting music, a hollow more often than not. Tim fusion of chamber music, jazz, Brady knows it all too well. musique actuelle and electronica. ln countries like France, Germany Brady is relying on Montreal's and ltaly, the idea of a living compos­ vibrant and dedi cated new-music er isn't a strange one, he said light­ audience, which numbers in the heartedly, but "we're still trying to thousands, to make the festtval a suc­ convince people that someone with a cess. He's also hoping the St. Patrick's Canadian or Irish passport can actu­ Day spirit will lure people interested ally compose classical music." in exploring what he believes is an So this composer, one of nine important facet in Irish culture. musicians in the Oscar Peterson The way Brady sees it, getting the Above, the Bozzini Quartet of Montreal. The CRASH Ensemble, seen on the front page, perform tomorrow night at Hall's resident ensemble called Con­ crowd is more than half the battle. "I the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. The concert series ends on Saturday. certs M, is organizing Voyages : almost always have a positive reac­ Dublin-Montreal, running from March Dublin four years ago to open Brady's landscape that offers a broad range of of five ." A baby boomer, Brady was tion to my music wherever I play it." 12 to 16. eyes to the musical and social paral­ tools, sounds and instruments. heavily influenced by the Beatles and Remaining events in the festival: The festival will showcase Montre­ lels between Ireland and Quebec. Ever more bold, dissonant, evoca­ 1960s pop. He was into garage bands tonight at 8 p.m., a concert of elec­ al's Bradyworks and the Bozzini The composition of classical (also tive contemporary classical music in before he studied jazz and classical troacoustic music; tomorrow at 8 Quartet (both part of Concerts M), called serious, or new) music has both cities is actually being written music. p.m., the CRASH ensemble from plus Dublin's CRASH Ensemble and only been a feature of the musical now, Brady said. Those influences persist. His music Dublin; Saturday at 8 p.m., Brady­ Vox 21. Lectures are also part of the landscape in both countries for 60 "Because we're such a young musi­ reflects today's cultural environment, works and Vox 21 . package. years. Young composers aren't cal culture, most composers are what where creating very strict, narrow, For reservations, call the Oscar Peter­ It took a backstage conversation hemmed in by the walls of history, I would call very 'impure.' Not many pure art forms simply doesn't work. son Concert Hall box office at 848-4848. following his solo guitar concert in but are free to graze in a musical of us started piano lessons at the age "Let's face it: 500 years of evolution For more information, call 848-4716.

Graduate students delve into Irish history The eighth annual History in the Making conference

BY FRANK KUIN departments (mostly within the memorate the 17th-century Battle Faculty of Arts and Science), are of the Boyne - was successfully rish history was celebrated at starting in the fall. transplanted to Canada. "Toward IConcordia two weeks before St. Their introduction is a boost to the close of the 19th century, Patrick's Day, as graduate students Irish studies in Canada, said Profes­ .Orangeism had become so success­ from Canada and the United States sor Michael Kenneally, interim ful that it was represented in almost descended on the university to pre­ director of the Centre. Other Cana­ every settled township in Ontario sent papers on topics ranging from dian programs include one in and lodges in Canada outnum­ the Great Famine to the Troubles Celtic Studies at the University of bered those of the Irish parent." Toronto, which has ancient Ireland Goranson attributed that success "Queen" Kellyann Ryan, on the left, couldn't wear her crown to Concordia in Northern Ireland. in February, because the crown she will wear at the parade belongs to Miss At the eighth annual History in as its main focus ; and Saint Mary's to several factors , including the Canada and is borrowed only for the parade. Attendant Kimberley Sullivan the Making conference, organized University's D'Arcy McGee chair in social-network function of the is wearing her crown, however. by graduate students in the History Irish Studies, which concentrates Orange Order to arriving immi­ Department, such figures as the · on language. grants and the "anti-Catholic fer­ Concordia 'royalty' for St. Patrick's loyal Orangeman, the stereotyped "Our program is unique because vour that swept Canada in the late "Irish Paddy" and the Irish immi­ it has a focus on modern Ireland 19th century." She was enthusiastic hen the St. Patrick's parade takes over downtown streets on Sunday, grant to Canada were discussed. and the Irish in Canada," Kenneally about Concordia's dedication to W two of the most prominent participants will be Concordia students. Guest speaker Nancy Curtin of said. "We also have a specific man­ Irish Studies. "The current mood is The "queen" and one of the "princesses" visited Concordia's Valentine's Day Fordham University even com: date to reach out to the Irish com­ very encouraging, especially with luncheon last month on the seventh floor of the Hall Building. pared 18th-century Ireland as a munity and make the program the opening of the Centre here," Parade Queen Kellyann Ryan is 23, and both her parents are Irish. A politi- · whole to a kept woman. In a lec­ accessible to it." she said. "Irish Studies in Canada cal science undergraduate, she intends to do a Master's in Public Policy and ture on "Republicanism, Anti-Colo­ That mandate was refl ected in are in need of much work.'' Public Administration and be a policy analyst for the federal government. nialism, and Gender in Late 18th the fact that the History in the Bruce Retallack, a PhD student at Kellyann does a lot of volunteer work, including Dawson Community Cen­ Century Ireland," she contrasted Making conference attracted not the University of Toronto who pre­ tre, St. Thomas More Parish, Catholic Women's League, Juvenile Diabetes "colonial degradation" in Ireland to only graduate students from sented on cartoon stereotypes of the Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis and Anorexia Nervosa (ANAD). She is a member "British imperial masculinity.'' Ontario, New York and California, Irish in Canada between 1840 and of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority at Concordia, and a member of PRIDE Cana­ The conference had as its theme but also several interested Irish 1914, agreed. "The variety of per­ da (Parents Research Institute for Drug Education). Irish Studies in Historical Perspec­ Montrealers. spectives represented here is really She likes touch football, and played it throughout high school and CEGEP. tive to honour the establishment at Also in keeping with the Centre's spectacular," he said. Her hobbies are going to the gym and doing Irish dancing, ballet, tap and jazz. Concordia of the Centre for Cana­ outlook, one of the day's seminars ln his paper, illustrated by slides Princess Kimberley Sullivan is also 23, and is of Scottish, Inuit and French dian Irish Studies, said Christian had The Irish Experience in 19th of ape-like representations of the ancestry as well as Irish. DesRoches, one of the conference's Century Canada as its theme, high­ thick-waisted and simple-minded She is currently an independent student at Concordia, studying biology and organizers. li ghting the expanding field of "Irish Paddy," Retallack argued that chemistry, but she already has a McGill BA in psychology and an MEd in edu­ The Centre for Canadian Irish studies of Irish-Canadian culture. cartoons of the lrish in Canada dif­ cation psychology for children with special needs. She won an award at McGill Studies, started in late 2000, is Brenda Goranson, a PhD student fered from those in Britain and the for her participation in the McGill figure-skating team. shifting into gear this year with the at McMaster University, presented U.S. Here, the stereotype was often Kimberley works at the .Mackay Centre, and plans to write her entry exams introduction of two new programs: a paper on the Orange Order in blended with that of the French­ to medical school in April. She recently represented Quebec at the Miss Cana­ a Minor and a Certificate in Cana­ Upper Canada, probing the ques­ Canadian habitant, as both groups of da lntemational pageant, and earned second runner-up for the talent competi­ dian Irish Studies. Both programs, tion of how the Protestant order - Catholics were perceived as a joint tion, performing a song in sign language. comprised of courses offered by 10 known best for its marches to com- threat to the social order, he said.

2 ------• - - . - MARCH n ·;• ·20c>2 ... - ...... - .. - .. -~------:- ··-·· -·· -co,Yco7aTcF.s··niiffs·a:1y""R"i'fpc:iYt • • . .. • l • ► t t , I • • • I ' • o- t I I I I j , l I I I Bourassa under the microscope Concordia and UQAM conference focuses on a 11quiet builder" ta BY BA RBARA B LACK glance rofessor Guy Lachapelle is trying This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia Pto interest Concordia's political scientists in their own backyard. faculty and staff to promote and encourage individual He is a key co-organizer of Robert and group activities in teaching and research, and to Bourassa, un batisseur tranquille , a encourage work-related achievements. major examination of the late pre­ mier, to be held March 21 to 23 at Ron Mackay (Education), gave an invited joint presentation, "Expand­ both Concordia and the Universite ing the Use of Impact Assessment and Other Eva luation Research du Quebec a Montreal. Evidence," at the International Conference on Impacts of Agricu ltural This is the first time that Concor­ Research and Development, whose theme was Why Has Impact dia has been such an active partici­ Research Not Made More of a Difference? The conference was called in response to continuing reductions in international and nation­ pant in the colloquium, now in its al funding for agricultural research, and was held February 4-7 in San 14th year. Rector Frederick Lowy is Jose, Costa Rica . on the organizing committee, as is John Parisella, who is a member of Lewis J. Poteet (English, retired) has been named Canadian contribu­ Concordia's Board of Governors and tor to a new edition of the Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Uncon­ was a Bourassa confidant. ventional English, to be published by Routledge of London in 2005. Although other sessions take place Clarence S. Bayne, Director of the Graduate Diploma in Administra­ at UQAM, the colloquium will open tion and Graduate Diploma in Sport Administration (DINDSA), is one at Concordia, in H-110 of the Hall of the subjects of a photography exposition called Noir au Quebec: Building, on Thursday, March 21, at quelques mode/es a suivre. Th is expos ition was organized to cele­ 7 p.m. with a session on "The Robert brate Black History Month by Images lnterculture lles in collaboration Bourassa I knew." w ith the Ministere des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'lmmigra­ The late Robert Bourassa, as seen in November 1978, w hen he came to tion, le Centre R.1. R.E . 2000 and l'lnstitut cana dien du Quebec. It has Concordia to speak to the students of Professor Al an Wright's course in been seen in Quebec City, and is travelling to Sherbrooke, Montreal Prominent participants institutional administration. Photo courtesy of Concordia Archives. and Hull. Bayne is among the educators in management and adm inis­ The participants read like a who's tration who appear in the 22nd edition of Who's Who in Canadian who of recent Quebec politics: Jean of the Quebec government as a Lesage (premier from 1960-66 and Business 2002 (University of Toronto Press) . A brief biography is also Pare, editor of the influential maga­ means of preparing anglophones for architect of the Quiet Revolution), included in Who's Who in Black Canada. zine L'Actualite , will be the emcee, the civil service, which is notoriously Georges-Emile Lapalme (Quebec lib­ Congratulations to Brian Slack (Geography), who will be awarded the with a panel that includes former short of English-speaking employees. eral Party leader, 1950-58), Andre 2002 Ullman Award on March 20 by the Association of American cabinet ministers Lise Bacon, Ray­ (The program provides internships Laurendeau (outstanding intellectual Geographers, at their annual meeting in Los Angeles. The award is mond Garneau and Paul Gerin­ not only for the Quebec civil service, and journalist), Daniel Johnson (pre­ for his contributions to the transport service in dustry. We published a Lajoie, plus Le Devoir editorialist but for the federal government and mier, 1966-68), Therese Casgrain feature article on his perspective of sh ipping around the world in CTR Michel David, among others. many other organizations.) (feminist and socialist leader), and on February 7. Lachapelle, who is also the secre­ For the UQAM colloquium orga­ Rene Levesque (founder of the Parti Stephanie Bolster (English) has a new book of poetry, Pavilion, due tary-general of the International Polit­ nizers, the subject of Robert Bourassa Quebecois and premier from 1976- out w ith McClelland and Stewart this spring. Look for a feature article ical Science Association , says that was in the works for a while, 85). on the book as the cover story in the spring Montreal Review of Concordia students and faculty Lachapelle said. For one thing, many Past colloquia have dealt with Books. members should take advantage of of the UQAM scholars were sour on institutions as well as individuals, this opportunity to hear first-hand the former premier because he sup­ notably the Mouvement Desjardins, Philip Spensely (Theatre) recently played the role of Father Patrick from people who actually made Que­ ported the Meech Lake Accord, a Hydro-Quebec, Le Devoir, the Con­ Ramsay in the feature fi lm Cart Racer. He also does documentary dubbing and narration for the National Fi lm Board of Canada . bec history, or certainly watched it compromise on federalism that failed federation des Syndicaux Nationals being made from a unique vantage because of opposition in both Que­ ( CSN), the Federation des travailleurs Posing for the Public, by Trevor Gould (Studio Arts), is currently on point. bec and English-speaking Canada. du Quebec (FTQ) and the Montreal view in Amos, Quebec. The Musee d'art contemporain, which He would like to see his colleagues Enough time has passed now for Urban Community. launched this fascinating show last spring, has been touring it around engage more actively in research, and Bourassa to be considered a worthy Lachapelle says that future collo­ the province. Gould is originally from South Africa, and he has drawn the crucible of Quebec politics offers subject, and Lachapelle says that the quia will look at former Montreal on the colonial jungle experience, including journals and photos of hunting safaris, to produce this mixed-media body of work, in which an ideal opportunity. Concordia's former premier would probably have mayor Jean Drapeau and Pierre the animals seem sometimes to be looking back critically at the peo­ Department of Political Science has liked the title of this event, which Trudeau, political figures who still ple in pith helmets. only one graduate program, the Mas­ refers to him as a "quiet builder." generate strong interest among both ter's in Public Policy and Administra­ Lachapelle's co-organizer from anglophones and francophones, and Peter Grogono is one of about 25 people who have been invited to a tion (MPPA). UQAM, Professor Robert Comeau, he hopes that Concordia scholars will workshop at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico to discuss the It is an enormously popular pro­ said that the colloqium was launched be able to make a significant contri­ future of computer science. It is called Biological Framings of Prob­ gram, with 125 students currently in 1987 by then UQAM rector bution. lems in Computing and takes place April 17-19. enrolled. In fact, Lachapelle said, the Claude Corbo, and has focused over For the full conference program, visit Carole Zucker (Cinema) has recently published the third in her trilogy MPPA was launched at the initiative the years on such notables as Jean www.uqam.ca/Robert_Boorassa/. of actor-interview books, Conversations with Actors on Film, Televi­ sion, and Stage Performance (Heinemann Publishers) . Interviews with Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Christine Lahti, Peter Ustinov and others are among them. Zucker is currently work­ ing on a study of the films of Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, and w il l be delivering papers on aspects of his work in conferences in Toronto (Northeast Modern Language Association) and Milwaukee at the American Conference for Irish Studies.

Lynn Beavis (Ellen Gallery) reports that the Canada Council Art Bank has purchased five art works based on the gallery's recommenda­ tions. They are all Montreal artists, and two of them work at Concor­ dia : David Elliott and Brigitte Radeck, from the Painting an d Drawing area of Fine Arts. The other three artists are Denis Farley, Pierre Dorion and Alain Paiement.

Charles Gagnon, who has taught at Concordia, was one of seven artists to be given an Governor-General's Award in Visual and Media Arts at a ceremony in April. The citation calls him one of the rare multi­ disciplinary artists of his generation, who profoundly influenced Cana­ dian art through his work and teaching. Gagnon was a pioneer of Professor Robert Comeau, of UQAM, and Guy Lachapelle, of Concordia, are the co-organizers of the symposium communication studies at Concordia and taught cinema in the 1970s. llobett BourosJo, un bltiJsfl,r tn,nquJI•, uld"I place at both universities next week.

Concordia·s T hu 11sday R e p o r t ..... ," 1 •. 20•2 I Candidates present their cases Two shortlisted for business school dean .senPiOtes A regular meeting of the Concordia University Senate, held on March g, 2002 BY B AR BARA B LA CK Evaluation committee: Much of development, electronics, multime­ news. Also, NSERC has increased he two shortlisted candidates for dean of the John Molson School of Busi­ the discussion time was taken up dia, aerospace, finance and bank­ the quota number of Concordia Tness presented their platforms to members of the Faculty and others on with the report of a task force of ing, automotives, manufacturing, undergraduates who will benefit March 5 - including a reporter from the business pages of The Gazette , who the Board of Governors, submitted and construction. from its summer internship pro­ was sufficiently intrigued to write an article praising Concordia's relatively to Senate for comment, on the ProvostNice-Rector Research gram USRA by four, to 43. The transparent system for choosing senior academic administrators. composition of committees to eval­ Jack Lightstone and Dean Nabil amount is also increased from As Provost Jack Llghtstone told reporter Sheila McGovern, the open process uate sitting senior administrators. Esmail both spoke of the impor­ $4,000 to $4,500. At the start of of presenting shortlisting candidates ensures that the victor is a known com­ Dean of Ans and Science Manin tance of moving from the model of the senate meeting, Lightstone modity, making it easier to carry out his or her promises, but the loser's fate is Singer asked why some of the reso­ a permanent research centre to a introduced the new director of the known, too, so it takes courage and commitment to apply. lutions taken previously by the fac­ model that is both more interdisci­ Office of Research Services, Benoit Both candidates are from the School of Business. They are Finance Professor ulty council and submitted to the plinary and more flexible in terms Morin. Lorne Switzer and Interim Dean Jerry Tomberlin, who took over when task force had not been incorporat­ of its membership. Interim Dean of CSU: Student se nators Mohsen Anvari left for a U.S. university last spring. ed in the report, and how the task the John Molson School of Business announced that they have appoint­ Both men emphasized the need for a new building to replace the aging and force came to its decisions. Noting Jerry Tomberlin remarked that he ed a chief electoral officer, and were inadequate Guy Metro building, where faculty-student interaction is severely that Arts and Science has some 50 hoped that it might also extend in glad to see the rector's notice saying limited. A new building, for which financing is still being sought, would go a per cent of the faculty members future to include other Faculties. that the senior administration is long way to help in recruiting top-notch young faculty members, another and students of the university, he The motion to establish the Insti­ neutral in the coming student elec­ urgent need. moved that the number of full-time tute was unanimously carried. tion. However, they asked how this Both candidates were critical of some current programs, particularly the faculty members on the committees Buildings: Rector Frederick squared with remarks Lightstone Master's of Business Administration, which, despite excellent support staff, has to evaluate the rector and the Lowy reiterated the university's made at a Montreal synagogue lacked strong leadership in recent years. Indeed, Tomberlin said that the pro­ provost be increased from four to intention to finance the $300- recently, as reported in the Canadi­ liferation of specialized programs in the Faculty has made it difficult to find five, of whom two, rather than one, million construction plan with an Jewish News and CTR (Feb. 28, administrators without offering financial incentives. be from Ans and Science, and that one-third of the amount from page 4). Lightstone replied that Switzer made an oblique reference to the university's reputation in the light the number of students be supporters, one-third from financ­ those were his personal views, to of recent controversies. "Our basic integrity is being questioned in the commu­ increased from two to three, of ing, and one-third from govern­ which he is entitled. Clarence nity," he said, "and our ties with business are becoming frayed ." He pledged to whom one would be an undergrad­ ment. To that end, he had met with Bayne QMSB) asked if he does not repair this relationship, and he emphasized the working-class, second-chance uate from Arts and Science. Premier Bernard Landry last week, have the right to express his views mission of the university. The motion passed, 17-6, with at and there is ongoing communica­ and influence those of students, For his part, Tomberlin emphasized the need to upgrade the ·School's least one abstention. During the tion with the Ministry of Education. and CSU president Patrice Blais research component, particularly in terms of external grants. This would have discussion, consensus was reached Research: Lightstone said that replied that there is a difference the effect of freeing up resources for PhD candidates, who now have to scram­ on two further recommended Concordia has received more than between saying what you want and ble to make a living, often extending their studies unreasonably. changes: that the committee chair its pro rata share of grants; most using university resources to Tomberlin was open about his closeness to the Anvari administration. He not vote except to break a tie, and recently, the bulk of a joint Con­ advance your opinions. played a pivotal role in achieving accreditation from the Association to that the number of votes be record­ cordia/UQAM/UdeM CFI grant of University bylaws: A start was Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (MCSB), a prestigious U.S.-based ed to indicate to the incumbent the $21.9 million to the Hexagram dig-_ made on examination of changes to organization of business schools, and rebranding the Faculty of Commerce degree of support he or she had ital-art project, and a CF! New these bylaws, beginning with the and Administration as the John Molson School of Business. from the evaluation committee. Opponunties grant of $500,000 to purely editorial changes, and mov­ However, both candidates were asked how far the School intended to go in Concordia Institute for Infor­ Virginia Penhune, in the Psycholo­ ing into changes made to conform emphasizing its own name at the expense of the university itself. This led to mation Systems Engineering: gy Department. Dean of Graduate with current or longstanding prac­ jokes about how faculty members have been handing out their business cards, This new body was proposed by Studies and Research Claude tice. This matter will be taken up at only to be addressed as "John Molson," and a general admission that perhaps the Faculty of Engineering and Bedard said that federal minister future senate meetings, as will the pendulum has swung a little too far toward decentralization - at least in Computer Science. as an interdisci­ Allan Rock had released substantial examination of suggested changes terms of business cards. plinary research and learning insti­ funds to help cover the indirect to the university's mission state­ The search committee invited written, signed comments on the candidates, tute for professors and graduate costs of research at Canadian uni­ ment, which was on the agenda. for which the deadline of March 11 has passed. The term of the new dean runs students that would be active in versities, of which $3.06 million from June 1, 2002, for five years. telecommunications, software will come to Concordia, welcome Next meeting: April 5

Chief Research Officer <;In @(PJTIJAimn Tfitirsaay Report The Provost and Vice-Rector, Research, has initiated a broad-based c:...... , ...... consultation based on a document called Bela Lombos, 1931 - 2002 is published 18 limes during the "Proposal to Establish a Chief-Research-Officer Position." D etired professor Bela l.Dmbos died in France on Feb. 17. Born in Hungary, academic: J9II' on • bt-weelllr Nlis by fue obtained his master's degree at the University of Szeged in 1955 and his the Public Relations Dlpalbnent It may be read on the Web version of CfR, at pr.concordia.calctr. ofConmnlla~. PhD at the Universite de Montreal in 1967. He worked at the Battelle Memorial Faculty Councils, Senate and its principal committees, 1455 de MllisDtlMUlle llud. W., Institute in Geneva before coming to Canada, where he worked from 1959 to Monlr6al, Qlitbec H3G IM8 and the Council of the School of Graduate Studies have been asked 1964 at Nonhem Electric (later Bell-Nonhem Research). (514) 848-4882 for their views. Others may write to the Provost and Vice-Rector, He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scien­ £-mail: blrbll1ctklcouancon.li1.ce Research, by March 31, ~oo~. fax:(514)848-2814 tifique (CNRS) in Paris from 1967 to 1969, following which he joined Sir George Williams University in the Electrical Engineering Depanment as an ..... published in the newspaper 1111Y not be rep,oduced without assistant professor. Later, he became a full professor at the re-named Concordia pennissior.. ,.. ..,,... listlnp University, where he remained until his retirement in 1991. He taught solid-state .. published flee of ct-.,. and must <;In @(PJTIJAimn physics, chemistry and microelectronics. He was also a frequent visiting scientist IIIIICh the Public Relations Department to the universities at Rennes and Montpellier in France. (1463 8i9hop St. Room 115) Paterson Ewen, 1925 - 2002 . in writinl no .._-thin Thursday nist Paterson Ewen, a native of Montreal, died February 17 in London, 5 p.m. prior ID 'l1IUlsday publication. ISSN 11.85-3689 AOntario. He was professor emeritus of visual ans at the University of West­ ern Ontario. Concordia awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1989. His work Public:ltions Meil Ajpeement No.: is in major museums and public galleries across Canada. The Leonard and Bina <;In @(PJTIJAimn 40042804 Ellen An Gallery has three works, and hosted exhibitions of his paintings in Devendra Kumar Sharma .... Bllberlllladt 1979 and 1988. In 1982, Ewen represented Canada at the Venice Biennale, and .K. Sharma, retired professor of chemistry, died in Montreal on Feb. 20 at ...... in 1987, he received the Banff Centre National Award. DebbieHIBn Dthe age of 64. He earned his PhD from the University of Benares, and taught Qllllapt _.,_. f a in England before coming to Canada in the 1970s to work at the National .ItanaT,.. ■ Correction: In an item about employment workshops in our last issue (Feb. Research Council. He came to Concordia to establish the Centre for Picosecond --.c.nmunicltionl 28, page 2), we said that the Career Placement Service of the John Molson Spectroscopy in 1981 , and taught in the Deparunent of Chemistry and Biochem­ ...... pr.allll)Dllia.clr School of Business is open to all Concordia students. In fact, it is only open to istry until he suffered a stroke in 1994. JMSB students and alumni, and clients must go through a registration process. Our sympathies are extended to his family, and panicularly his wife, Manjul, The editor apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused. who cared for him with devotion in his last years. l:iil Concordia ~UNIVERSJTV

4 MAll~H 14,· 2002 Conc.ordia ·s Thursday Report Gail Valaskakis wins _Aboriginal Achievement Award Former Concordia dean of arts and science has been pivotal in aboriginal media and communications

BY BA RB ARA B LACK She wrote a report for the Royal relation to sex offend­ Program. Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, ers, physical abuse "Research, too, hopes to contribute ook for Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, and many articles and papers on the and the intergenera­ to greater understanding within not Lformer Concordia Dean of Arts subject. She was invited to lecture in tional impacts of resi­ only the general public, but among and Science, on national television China, Russia, Israel, the U.S. and at dential school aboriginal children and their parents this spring. universities across Canada. experience. and grandparents through the devel­ She has won a national Aboriginal She left Concordia in 1997, and In an article she opment of school curricula and other Achievement Awards in the category wrote a book. Gail now lives and wrote recently for the resources. of Media and Communications for works in Ottawa, where she is direc­ Concordia Pensioners "We may not know the extent of her academic work, which was done tor of research for the Aboriginal Association newslet­ our impact for years, but we're for the most part at Concordia Healing Foundation. This organiza­ ter, she said, "These encouraged by the feedback we've between 1970 and 1997. The awards tion was established in 1998 in research areas are had from some communities. The were presented at a gala in Winnipeg response to the concerns raised in the challenging, because Foundation looks forward to sharing last Sunday night, and the event will Royal Commission in the mid-90s there is little aborigi­ what we learn with aboriginal com­ be broadcast by CBC sometime in about the impact of residential nal-specific data or m unities and others through our April. schools. literature, especially Web site, publications and resource Valaskakis is Canada's leading Between 1863 and 1983, approxi­ in relation to Inuit centre." authority on northern and aboriginal mately 107,000 aboriginal people and Metis communi­ Gail's work at the Aboriginal Heal­ media and communications. Back in attended 130 residential schools run Gail Valaskakis, former Arts and Science dean ties, and we are ing Foundation has led to other activ­ the late 1960s, she began travelling to by the national churches and funded working in a tight ities in Ottawa, including the the North to do the fieldwork for her by the government. For many, this zation established to manage this timeframe. editorial board of !SUMA, the new doctoral dissertation. led to the loss of their languages, cul­ fund. It focuses on assessing, funding 'To support our research agenda, Canadian Journal of Policy Research , She studied the impact that a satel­ tu res and families; for some, it and monitoring almost 500 healing the Foundation has partnered with and the co-chairship of a group of lite system would have on the people involved traumatic physical and sex­ programs that range from healing cir - the Aboriginal Mental Health aboriginal scholars who are under­ and their traditional way of life. ual abuse. des to specialized trauma centres. Research Team, which is sponsored taking an horizontal research project Through this research, she came to In January 1998, the federal gov­ As research director, Valaskakis by McGill University and the Jewish in partnership with an inter-depart­ play a pivotal role as an advisor to ernment created a "healing fund" of identifies and promotes the "best General Hospital, to apply for a five­ mental government committee, an native groups who were establishing $350 million. The Aboriginal Healing healing practices" that emerge from year SSHRC grant through the Com­ initiative that is sponsored by the Pol­ their own communications systems. Foundation is a not-for-profit organi- aboriginal projects, particularly in munity Alliances for Health Research icy Research Secretariat.

Greek culture thriving in Canada: speaker Hellenic Studies Unit working to set up interuniversity centre

BY A NNA BR AT U LIC are an estimated 80,000 people of Studies Unit, Communication Greek descent in Montreal alone. Studies Professor Nikos Metallinos, here's more to modem Greek Concordia claims 1,500 among its said that right now Concordia is T culture than souvlaki. That student population. working with McGill and the Uni­ was the feeling expressed by the "Ethnic groups are affected by versite de Montreal to set up the audience at the second in an annu­ social and democratic changes in Montreal Interuniversity Centre for al lecture series organized by Con­ society, but at the same time are Neo-Hellenic Studies, which would cordia's Hellenic Studies Unit. capable of revealing both adaptabil­ offer bachelor's and master's Some in the audience, which ity and resistance to change," degrees in Hellenic studies. Fund­ included Liberal MNA Christos Sir­ Chimbos said. "Furthermore, ing is coming from a variety of ros and consul-general of Greece in members of ethnic groups can public and private sources, includ­ Montreal Joannis Papadopoulos, experience upward social mobility ing the government of Greece, wondered aloud whether Greek without being assimilated, without which has donated $500,000. culture in Canada had dwindled to losing their ethnic identity, contra­ "What I'm trying to do is estab­ a few quaint, ethnically-tinged dicting the assimilation theorists lish a strong basis of Hellenic-relat­ activities such as eating souvlaki or who daim that if you are to climb ed subjects in our university in attending popular bouzouki nights. up in the social structure, you are order to meet the demands of the The lecture, "Social Changes and to assimilate first. " Interuniversity Centre," Metallinos the Prospects of Hellenism in The biggest threat to the survival said. Again this year, the Hellenic Canada," was given by Dr. Peter of Hellenism in Canada, he said, is Studies Unit plans to offer a sum­ Chimbos, professor of sociology at a combination of several factors mer class in Greece. the University of Western Ontario. including a steady decline in Greek As well as Professor Metallinos, He outlined the chances for sur­ immigrants to Canada, inter-mar­ the Hellenic Studies Unit's advisory vival of the culture and institutions riage, and a de-emphasis on the committee comprises Paris that Greek immigrants brought philosophy of multiculturalism. Arnopoulos (professor emeritus, with them or established when Teaching younger-generation Political Science), Andreas K. they first settled here over 100 Greek Canadians to speak their Athienitis and Ted Stathopoulos years ago. native tongue at an early age can be (both from the Centre for Building a very potent anti-assi_milation Studies), Stylianos Perrakis Honours for Engineering's M.N.S. Swamy Adaptability to change force . (Finance); Georgios Vatistas Chimbos's reflections on the Concordia is doing its part to (Mechanical Engineering) and Professor M.N.S. Swamy, of the Department of Electrical and Computer subject were not as bleak as some preserve Hellenism in Canada by Christos Katsafadis (president, Hel­ Engineering, was recently awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Engineering from Ansted University, in the Virgin Islands. Above, would expect, he said. Even increasing the number of Greek­ lenic Students Association). he receives his degree from H.E. Nobless Dame Commandeur Prof. Joy though second- and third-genera­ based courses offered at the univer­ The next lecture in the 2002 Hel­ Beaudette Cripps, 1.0.M., president of Ansted's Board of Governors. tion members of ethnic groups lose sity and by trying to extend lenic Studies Unit lecture series is Dr. Swamy, who serves as an honorary member of the advisor council for a certain tie to the mother country, academic cooperation with univer­ "Greece and the Balkans," by Dr. Ansted University, was given the recognition for research in his field and Canada's Greek community, as sities in Athens. Rector Frederick Thanos Veremis of Tufts University, contribution to engineering education, as well as his dedication to the well as other ethnic groups who are Lowy is planning to visit Athens in on April 26 at 7 p. m. in Room H-767. promotion of circuits, systems and signal processing applications. in the same boat, has managed to May to do just that. For more information, contact Profes­ This is third International award Swamy has received In the last 18 retain its identity very well. There The coordinator of the Hellenic sor Nikos Metallinos at 848-2536. months, the other two being the IEEE-Circuits and Systems Society Education Award and the Golden Jubilee Medal.

Concorai.a: s TIJursday 'R epo rt NATIONAL ENGINEERING WEEK AT CONCORDIA Future engineers meet and compete

NATIONAL ENGINEERING WEEK AT CONCORDIA DREW numerous participants and onlookers to events on the downtown campus. At right, students attempt to put together a bridge that will be able to withstand the "Crusher." Below, left, seen with the alternative-fuels vehicle they're taking to an an inter-university competition in Detroit this spring are left to right, Jon Roger, Rudy Chang, Kharsan Mourtazov, and Tom Nguyen. Sitting in the vehicle is Frederick Guay. Below, right, Angela Yung, Mona Bosnakyan and Laine Roczniak, all high-school students at The Study, collaborate on a structure. They were among 75 participants in the Women in Engineering and Computer Science event held on March 4. Still to come, on Tuesday, April 9, the RoboWars robotics competition.

Building bridges over the St. Lawrence River was challenging Professor Emeritus Hugh McQueen explores the social and technical history of the· St. Lawrence bridges

BY LISA HARDING and from the South Shore. River. In 1898, the single-track ing a mid-span adopted a novel K "Bridges were considerable tri­ tube was replaced by a double­ design used around the world. ~ e bridges of Montreal and umphs, and Canadians did these track steel truss bridge with twin Unfortunately, one of the jacks .I. Quebec City look great on bigger bridges very well," he said . roadways, the first road across the broke while raising the middle postcards and feel as though they The Victoria Bridge was initially river. section. It fell into the river, killing have been part of our landscape a box girder or tubular bridge, and The Quebec Bridge over the St. 16 people. However, since its forever, but they were notable for a vital railway link to Montreal's Lawrence at Quebec City had a repair, it has been operating suc­ technological achievement - and South Shore, where there were much more dramatic history. In cessfully, and is the longest can­ major disaster. four major railway lines. 1907, a half-finished bridge tilever span in the world. No one is more fascinated with McQueen showed what an designed by the U .S.-based Some fascinating photos illus­ the history of these bridges than enormous undertaking building Phoenix Bridge Company col­ trating the construction of the Hugh McQueen, professor emeri­ the Victoria Bridge was. "Nine lapsed into a heap of twisted steel bridges, some of them quite old, tus of mechanical engineering, thousand tons of wrought iron soon after its completion, taking are pan of a display on the second who taught about them as pan of were brought from England, 86 lives. floor of the downtown Webster the social aspects of engineering already pre-drilled and ready for The federal government investi­ Library. course at Concordia. He spoke the 1.5 million rivets it took to gated, and found that the design McQueen believes that if more about them on March 5 as part of hold the 2.5-km structure togeth­ had been changed to add extra bridges are built in the Montreal Engineering Week. er." length, but it failed to increase the area, they would increase traffic Although it's hard to imagine This bridge had a relatively buckling resistance of the lower congestion. Instead, he would like the Island of Montreal without good safety record, for the time. beams. · to see a ring road along the South bridges, he said, before 1859, Only two men died during the five In the second attempt, taken by Shore with a bridge far to the west, when the Victoria Bridge was years it took to build the structure, a Canadian company, the two dia­ so that those who want to can opened, there was only a ferry to by drowning in the St. Lawrence mond-shaped cantilevers upport- bypass Montreal altogether. Professor Emeritus Hugh McQueen

6 MARCH 14, 2002 concordia •s Thursday Report SECOND ANNUAL ART MATTERS FESTIVAL Festival showcases the work of our Young artists Paintings, choreographed dance and inventive music draw many to Concordia's student art festival

BY ANN A BRATU LIC "We're all still alive," said coordi­ any concept of how much work this Fine Arts students a professional set­ major fo cusing on electroacoustic nator and Cinema student Katharine would be." ting in which showcase their art studies, explained that the name of t's the half-way mark of the 2002 Harris with a laugh, though she says A daily flood of e-mails, paper works. It coincided with the 25th the show refers to the transfer of I edition of the Art Matters festival it feels as though she hasn't slept work and phone calls have occupied anniversary of the Faculty of Fine energy from one form into another, and everything's just peachy. since October. "I don't think I had much of her time and that of the Arts. in this case, into sound. Eight to 10 other committee members. Even the Here are some examples of work electroacoustics students presented enjoyment of some of the 125 perfor­ on view. their work as part of the show and mances and exhibits is somewhat Andrew Tay (Contemporary Nakamura hopes this will give the curtailed by having to pitch in with Dance): Third-year Contemporary department's students a stronger jobs for some events, like tending the Dance major Andrew Tay and a voice. bar. troupe of other students put on Marie-Claude Plasse (Photogra­ Harris is not only impressed with Dance Variables 2002, a show consist­ phy): Marie-Claude Plasse's pho­ the content of the presentations, but ing of 10 different dance perfor­ tographs are close-ups of overlooked with the viewing public who have mances ranging in styles. Tay, who details, from toes viewed in a distort­ supported the festival by attending choreographed some of the perfor­ ed mirror to part of a bicycle she and by being "respectful of the art." mances, said that his work can be claims saved her (from "small-town­ Art Matters was started last year by classified as abstract. "I like the audi­ strandedness") this summer. In the students wishing to offer Concordia's ence to choose their own meaning." exhibit Little Moments , Plasse, a sec­ Melanie Authier ond-year photography student, wants (Studio Arts): Melanie to recapture a childlike wonder of the Authie r was a venue mundane. coordinator for the D. Marguerite Bromley (Art Educa­ B. Clarke Theatre dur­ tion): Images are such a commodity, ing last year's inaugur­ says Art Education major Marguerite al Art Matters festival. Bromley, why not tum them into a She describes the quilt? So she hauled out a sewing experience as a "bap­ machine and began sewing pictures tism by fire" that took of fabrics together to create a "quilt" her from zero knowl­ that now hangs in the space in front edge to intense knowl­ of the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. edge of the theatre. Bromley, who often works with fab­ This year, the Studio rics and other fibres in her art, was Arts major is taking it particularly amused by the reaction a little easier by to her sewing from curious onlook­ exhibiting her acrylic ers, some of whom thought the pho­ painting, Terrarium, in tos were real fabrics! which she explores The closing gala of the Art Matters her interest in the festival , to be held this Friday in the concept of territory as D.B. Clarke Theatre, will feature Miss landscape. Tabasco and the Band. Miss Tabasco , Zen Nakamura aka Sabine Dieudonne, promises a (l n te rdisci p li nary lively night of Latin jazz, salsa and Shawn Mackniak, an employee in the Vanier Library and a sculpture Studies): Transduc­ samba. Sabine is a second-year stu­ student, displayed his ceramic sculpture in The Hive at Loyola as part of the tions was labelled as dent majoring in English and minor­ Art Matters Festival. It was the second year he has done so, and this year he an "event," combining ing in music, and she has the support played a role on the coordinating committee. Mackniak periodically music and the visual of 12 musicians and artists. displays his pieces in the library's showcases. arts. Zen Nakamura, The show starts at 8 o'clock, and Right: Art Education student M arguerite Bromley w ith her unusual quilt. an interdisciplinary admission is free.

Scott Macleod picks up the pieces

BY ANNA BR ATULIC his Fine Arts degree. At 3 7, Macleod seems / like a keen student, the kind who often chats ne day in 1989, Scott Macleod, devas­ with his professors after class. O tated by a personal tragedy, walked out "Many teachers had said to me, 'Scott, just of Concordia and flunked out of university. He get the BA, it's always a stepping stone.' In my had been pursuing a Fine Arts degree with a experience, 1 can't stress enough the impor­ specialization in printmaking and was close to tance of having an undergraduate degree. 1 completing it when his father's death in a plane think it really is a necessary tool in your kit. I crash made coping with the occupations of stu­ know it wasn't the attitude I had at the time. dent life seem trivial. Maybe that's the good thing about getting Macleod spent the next 12 years making his older. You start to see the purpose in things, living singing, playing guitar in pubs and sell­ whereas when you're yo ung, you're a little ing his paintings - mostly landscapes, which more reckless about your future. he doesn't seem particularly fond of doing, but "I'll never say 'should have , could have, that's what people seem to want, he says. He would have.' l'm just doing it and it's been a has assembled quite a CV list of exhibits and real pleasure to come back here, because a lot art residencies around the world, including of the academic courses l'm doing now, elec­ Spain, Ireland, Austria and Italy. It wasn't tives like Early Medieval History and Irish His­ always easy; he admits to having had to go to tory, relate to my research ," he said. Spirit Ship II, by Fine Arts student Scott Macleod. He will be performing A Brief Canadian food banks. History at Hurley's Irish Pub, located at 1225 Crescent St, this Thursday, March 14, 6-8:30 p.m. · Last fall, he returned to Concordia to finish ■ Student Scott Macleod continued on page 9

C-on co rdia ·s Thursday R e port MARCH 14 , 2002 1 Gender-bending in 16th-century theatre holds lessons: Eve Sanders

BY JAMES MARTIN Early Modem England, is intrigued by in some ways challenged ideas about court-centered patronage networks. tive study of English and Italian the­ these differing practices. gender in a more sustained way than "In Italy, women not only per­ atre will not only "give us a more oys will be boys - except in the "In comparing England and Italy," did theatre on the Continent." formed on stage. Often, they were the nuanced understanding of theatrical BEnglish Renaissance theatre, she said in an interview, "what strikes Sanders cites envelope-pushing most sought-after members of theatre practices of Shakespeare's stage," but where boys would be girls. Italian me is that the theatre of Shake­ texts such as John Lyly's Gallathea (in companies - at times, even directors the hotbed of gender issues therein boys of the time, however, were pret­ speare's day, with its cross-dressed which two girls, played by boys, fall of companies." offers insight into a world beyond ty much always boys. Confused? Per­ boys performing the roles of women, in love and are allowed to marry - that of the footlights . haps Dr. Eve Sanders can shed some after Venus offers one a heaven-sent Dusty Italian archives "It's said of Coriolanus that as a light on the matter. sex change) and Shakespeare's Antony Sanders said her project allows her 16-year-old he might have played the Sanders is a recent addition to and deopatra (in which the Queen of "to be a detective of sorts," both in part of a woman on stage ," she said, Concordia's English Department, the Nile exhibits intellect, resource­ terms of traditional literary criticism referring to the description in Shake­ where she teaches undergraduate and fulness and courage, "qualities more and excursions into dusty Italian speare's tragedy about the Roman graduate courses on Shakespeare. conventionally linked with men"). archives. Much of her research leg­ military hero: "When he might act ' Her current area of research is the "Yet at the same time," she coun­ work concerns Isabella Andreini, a the woman in the scene, I He prov'd theatre of mid-16th- to early 17th­ tered, "English transvestite theatre young actress who gained massive best man i' th' field ." century England and Italy, specifical­ presented a lesser challenge when it fame when she assumed the role of "Later, as a man, when asked to ly focused on the tradition of casting came to actual prerogatives of men innamorata (the female lead) in the display his battle wounds to the pop­ young boys to play the roles of and women in the institution of the premier Italian company, the Gelosi. ulace, Coriolanus refuses to do so in women. theatre." Andreini is notable not only for her terms that recall the earlier descrip­ The practice was commonplace in Sanders explained that, even own importance in Italian society tion of him as a boy suited to play a England until the restoration of though English audiences were (her death in 1604 merited the issue woman's part. Charles II in 1660. (The exiled "mixed" (that is, men and women sit­ of gold, silver, and bronze medallions "Though exiled for his refusal, he monarch spent the English Civil War ting together - a practice that often bearing the slogan "Eternal Fame"), declines to perform gestures and watching women actors on French scandalized European tourists), the but because her son later wrote a behaviour connoted as womanly or stages, and later imported his new­ use of boy actors "meant that in the rather telling play about a travelling boy-like for fear of losing his identity fangled Continental tastes to his English theatre women were effec­ theatre company "forced to add an as a man. Clearly, the categories of homeland.) tively excluded from institutional actress to their cast when the town man, woman, and boy were then Sanders, who explored related ter­ structures in which, in Italy, they had they are visiting complains that there interconnected in ways that the the­ rain in her 1998 award-winning a comparatively more significant role: are no women among the cast." atre not only shaped, but was also book Gender and Literacy on Stage in Eve Sanders, assistant professor the market economy, civic structures, Sanders suspects that a compara- shaped by."

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE Review of Networking pays off for fledgling ~ound-track composers the Office of Rights BY AUSTIN WEBB have going," Freeman said. and Responsibilities Concordia Music Professor Kevin ndrew Johnston listens Austin agrees that this kind of per­ The Office of Rights and Responsibilities is undergoing Aintently to the perky theme sonal relationship between collabo­ a cyclical review, as required from Ducktales, a 1990s spinoff of rators is vital, especially in today's under the terms of article 94 the Donald Duck cartoons. He's media industry. "The difficulty is to of the Code of Rights and clearly enraptured by the jingle's become known," said Austin, who Responsibilities. pristine backing vocals and tightly­ has had both Johnston and Free­ The Review Committee invites scored horn sections. man as students in his popular input from all members of the A second-year music student, he electro-acoustics class. "In time, university community, con­ has more than a fan's casual inter­ they'll build up a body of work and cerning their views of the est. He and philosophy student be able to go a little further afield ." Office, the Code and the per­ Scott Freeman have a new busi­ Johnston has already made con­ formance of the Advisor. ness: composing music for films. tacts through an unexpected Written submissions should be For Johnston, 24, the idea has source. Three nights a week he addressed to the Committee been in the works for almost two works the phones at Concordia's to Review the Offic"e of Rights years. He was finishing a degree in Office of Advancement and Alumni and Responsibilities and can philosophy at Carleton University Affairs, where a surprising number be submitted as follows: and working on various Ottawa­ of the Concordia graduates he talks Internal mail: BC-215 area musical projects when he dis­ to tum out to be working in film, (SGW Campus) or covered the classic scores of Ennio television and electronic media. Electronic mail: Morricone and John Barry. Barry's Austin said these kinds of con­ Cameron [email protected] swanky James Bond soundtracks tacts, especially those from in the The deadline for written sub­ made a big impression: "Barry was electronic world, will be crucial. "In missions is April 30, 2002. so amazing at putting his own dis­ about five years, there's going to be tinctive stamp into the music." more media work than films." Requests to meet with the Scott Freeman {left) and Andrew Johnston compose music for film. Committee should be directed Johnston moved to Montreal and Since sound files generally down­ to the coordinator of the com­ enrolled in Concordia's music pro­ the ideas and shots for the film and They called on Angus Mclach­ load faster than video, Austin sees mittee, Cameron Tilson, at gram, where he's studying jazz gui­ I wrote some things that I thought lin, an old musical cohort. On a huge commercial potential in pro­ 848-7976 or by electronic mail tar and electro-acoustic composition. might match," Johnston said. The weekend visit to Montreal, he viding music that will hook Web­ (see above). He may also be About three months ago, he enlist­ result was three short compositions watched a silent copy of Royko's surfers to a site while they wait for contacted for further informa­ ed Freeman - another Ottawa for guitar and synthesizer, written film , then returned to Ottawa to its images to come up. tion about the review process expatriate and his roommate - and recorded by Johnston in his compose and record a string quar­ Working long hours between and the criteria upon which it and the two of them put up posters bedroom studio. tet which he sent back to Johnston school and other musical projects, is based. around Concordia's film and com­ Said Mekhail: "Andrew had an for editing via the Internet. Free­ Freeman and Johnston are finishing The success of the review munications departments in search understanding of what kind of man, a multi-instrumentalist with the ambitious soundtrack for depends on community partici­ of collaborators. music I wanted, and when I added several ongoing projects of his own, Royko's film . They're also putting pation. Thank you for doing your part. The first taker was Natasha it, it came out beautifully." added a skittering percussion track together Radiation Music's first Mekhail, a graduate student in Johnston and Freeman have to the piece. This kind of collabora­ demo CD, which they hope to send Melanie Drew, Director, journalism who wanted music for a upped the ante with their current tion between friends is both an off to Johnston's first round of Health Services, anq short documentary she was making project, a full soundtrack for first­ attraction and a tremendous asset Alumni Affairs contacts by April. Chair, CQmmittee to Review To Music, the Office of Rights and about the medical marijuana con­ year film student Van Royko's short for the young composers. reach Radiation contact Responsibilities troversy. "We discussed some of film, The Weight of the City . "It's a really cool network we [email protected]

I MARCH 14, 2002 Co n co rdia ·s Thursday Report Many young people are spiritually.hungry: chaplain Raymond Lafontaine meets the offspring of the Quiet Revolution, students curious about religion

BY BAR BARA BLACK At right , Rev. Raymond At Concordia, Lafontaine meets in 1991. He put in five years as a Lafontaine. The priest the children of the generation that parish priest in St. Luke's, a bilingual D ay Lafontaine would be making recently took four of his violently rejected the church. Unlike parish in Dollard des Ormeaux, an ft.a lot more money now if he had nieces and nephews to their parents, he says, they are not experience he thoroughly enjoyed, stayed in his first career as an actu­ see t he popular Harry antipathetic to religion - in fact, and then returned to academic life, ary, but money isn't his idea of Potter movie. many of them are actively curious taking a licenciate and a doctorate in success. He subsequently wrote and receptive - but they have no moral theology at the Gregorian Uni­ He was looking for spiritual mean­ a homily about how the knowledge of their own religious versity in Rome. ing and a way to help others, and he book and t he film heritage, and no vocabulary with Lafontaine is also the Canadian co­ has found it as a Roman Catholic illust rate such Christian which to talk about it. chair of the North American Con­ priest, a part-time teacher of theolo­ values of trut h over Nevertheless, the interest is there, gress on Vocations to the Ordained gy and the newest of Concordia's five falsehood, good over mainly expressed through students' Ministry and Consecrated Life , chaplains. evil, and self-giving love choice of electives. 'There's been an scheduled to take place in Montreal "It's our goal to respond to the over self-interest. The incredible expansion - 175 students in April. explicitly religious and spiritual con­ essay was published signed up for the Introduction to While media attention on the con­ cerns of the students, but these are January in The Catholic Theology course!" gress naturally focuses on the precipi­ so tied up with social and cultural Register. This term, Lafontaine launched a tous drop in available parish priests, concerns that we end up dealing non-credit program called video div­ assigning blame to the Catholic with much more," he said. students for counselling or couples munications gap is not between reli­ ina (a play on lectio divina, spiritual Church's requirement of celibacy, A typical day might start with a for marriage preparation, and plan a gious denominations, but between reading), which had students watch Lafontaine says the issue is bigger meeting with his colleagues. Then he liturgy (religious service). The Loyola the spiritual seekers and the resolute­ films such as The Remains of the Day and more complex than that. It might have a visit from a student Chapel has a progressive approach, ly secular. and Babette's Feast, and discuss them involves selling a modest, self-effac­ who needed an emergency food not only to liturgy, but to social jus­ "Many young people are spiritually from a religious perspective. ing, often hardscrabble "lifestyle voucher. Every day at noon, he cele­ tice and community outreach. hungry, but they're, well, religiously He graduated from McGill with a choice" to a noisy, often self-obsessed brates mass in the Loyola Chapel. In an institution as diverse as Con­ illiterate," Lafontaine said. About 30 BSc in mathematics in 1985. He consumer society. In the afternoon, he might plan a cordia, Lafontaine is inclined to take years ago i_n Quebec, there was a worked as an actuary for a year, then Still, it's a challenge he doesn't students' retreat (time out, often in a broad, ecumenical approach to seachange in attitudes to the church, entered St. Paul's Seminary in mind facing. "We need to be able to the country, for meditation), work on faith, though as a Roman Catholic, he reflecting a change that occurred, Ottawa, where he earned his MA in engage with popular culture," he his homily for the 11 a.m. Sunday is mindful of his own constituency. though less dramatically, throughout Christian ethics. He was ordained a said. "I see my job as building service at the chapel, see individual However, he finds that the real com- most of the Western world. priest in the Archdiocese of Montreal bridges."

The renaissance of Scott Macleod Language deficits challenge teaching skills continued from page 7

BY BARBARA B LA CK express themselves well, but the highest level of linguistic devel­ Macleod's work, both as a musician and as a painter, is heavy with history. appear to be able to master com­ opment. In other words, it's hard. He credits his grandfather, a history teacher and Scottish culture buff who eaching linguistically diverse plex arguments. Each discipline has its own found out that the Scottish name Macleod is actually of Norse descent, for the Tstudents is one the great chal­ Woodhouse remarked that pro­ rhetoric, its own subtle style of genesis of his latest project. lenges facing instructors at Con­ fessors, and the institution itself, expression, which must be Ancestral Homes is a series of paintings that traces his lineage from Scandi­ cordia, yet there were only eight of often put undue emphasis on fin­ learned. navia to the Hebrides of Scotland to Cape Breton, where his ancestors settled them - out of a potential 1,552 ishing an assignment or an exam In general, she said, students in .the 1800s. The works will be exhibited this summer as part of a travelling - in the room. on time. Why do all the students must be given as much support as exhibit at the Swedish American Museum Centre in Chicago, and then at the The occasion was a workshop have to stop writing their exam at possible, without lowering stan­ Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle early next year. organized by the Centre for Teach­ the stroke of the clock? Does it dards or playing favourites. Macleod also recently recorded A Brief Canadian History, a CD with catchy ing and Learning Services on serve the learning process? she There are all sorts of strategies: songs about many aspects of Canadiana, from the life of Louis Riel to Que­ March 7, led by Queen's University asked. providing vocabularies and word bec's language laws. The CD is part of a larger educational package that takes· education expert Dr. Ros Wood­ She surprised many of the par­ lists in advance, structuring lec­ Macleod to schools to perform the songs and answer questions. house. ticipants by telling them that non­ tures clearly and summarizing at While he mulls over whether to pursue a master's, he doesn't think he's The advantage of such a small native speakers may take up to the end, getting students to restate spreading himself too thin. group, however, was that they four times longer to read text than the main idea in their own words, 'Tm a believer in the Renaissance approach. I think you can do many things could freely share their difficulties native speakers. This is why some speaking slowly and clearly but and they support each other. If you look at Da Vinci, he was an architect, a and the ways they have found to students hardly have time to finish emphasizing key points, and leav­ painter, a scientist - he had all kinds of interests. And I don't think that's deal with language deficiencies their exams - most of their time ing a minute at the end of the class reserved for just great men and women." among their students. was taken up with deciphering the to ask for points that might have Scott MacI.eod's website is www.macleod9.com. Their remarks revealed a wide questions. been unclear. range of approaches. To some A business professor agreed that However, when asked how extent, these seem to depend on reading text in English is a major much they should correct students' NominationsforSpring~oo~ the academic subject, and the hurdle for many students. mistakes, Woodhouse wouldn't lay Convocation Medals & Awards expectations placed on the student. She asked her -class to read an down simple rules. It may be use­ Business and engineering stu­ article taken from a newspaper. ful to give them a rule (say, the dif­ The Office of the Registrar is soliciting nominations for the dents are heading directly for the Many students were stuck at the ference between the contraction it's Spring 2002 Convocation non -academic medals and awards. Graduating students (Fall' 01 & Spring' 02) may be nominated for job market, where they will be word "crutch," used in the article and the possessive its), but it is the following medals: expected to interact with col­ to describe the way a business was best to refer the student with real leagues and clients, verbally and in using a practice to prop up its language problems to an expert, The Concordia Medal writing. Woodhouse said that operation, so she started editing she said. The Malone Medal these goals should be put before the text, taking out the difficult Concordia is well equipped with The O'Brien Medal the students early in their studies, words, the idioms and the this kind of help, starting with The Lieutenant Governor's Award The Stanley G. French Medal because there is no avoiding them. metaphors. She was uneasy about Counselling and Development, On the other hand, an instructor having done this, but the unfamil­ which· has an active unit called The First Graduating Class Award is presented to a person who has made in one of the humanities depart­ iar words were distracting her stu­ Student Leaming Services (-3555 the most innovative contribution, either academic or extracurricular, to ments said that she allows students dents from the task at hand. at Loyola, -3545 SGW) ·and the University life. It is open to all members of the University community. to write assignments in whatever Woodhouse said that newspaper Student Success Centre (-7369). Nomination forms and the criteria for each medal and/or award are avail­ able from the Dean of Students Offices (SGW and LOY) and the Birks Stu­ language they want, and she can style is highly idiomatic. Academic The Centre for Teaching and dent Service Centre (SGW). usually find someone to read them. language, on the other hand, is Leaming Services is available to any She often meets students who can't deconceptualized, abstract, and at Concordia teacher, at 848-2495. The deadline for all nominations is April 5 to the Office of the Registrar, SGW- LB-700, Attention: H. Albert. '

Co_n co~d ia ·s Thursday, Re_port MARCH 14, 2002 - - , - -, Modern art on view at the gallery Growing old gracefully and with spice he current show at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, called Birth of Activity and friendship keep this group alert to life's richness T the Modem: Post-Impressionism in Canadian Art c. 1900-1920, features sev­ eral works by James Wilson Morrice (1865 -1924), of which this is one. BY ELEANOR BROWN The first clear reference in Canadian art to new and exciting developments occurred with the work of Morrice around 1903. ora is 88 years old. She's The Canadian painter had been living and working in in London and Paris, N ignoring her broken toes and where his work was restrained in tone. However, starting in 1896, his work her doctor's advice to two-step her became brighter in its use of colour, and he adopted more of a Pointillist tech­ way through a Spice Girls hit tune. nique. His work was shifting from Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. Call her Mini Spice. When the Morrice's two trips to Tangier in 1912 and 1913 profoundly affected his line "I want you" pops out of the work. In North African Town, he conveys the dazzling light and heat of Tangi­ boom-box, she swivels her stooped er with a narrow range of tans, greys and pinks touched in spots with red and and frail frame , pointing at each of green, the whole set off by intense blue skies. 30 students in a Hall Building For more on the Canadian Post-Impressionists, you can attend a lecture by classroom. She's a bit of a ham. the curator of this show,Joan Murray, on Tuesday, March 19, at 4 p.m. They all are. Murray was appointed executive director of the Robert Mclaughlin Gallery The four Old Spice Girls and Spice of Life members stay young with fitness routines. in Oshawa in 1974. Since then, she curated more than 100 shows and written three Over-Spiced Men visited 18 books on the history of Canadian art. Sociology Professor Pearl Crich­ sters should do instead. "Do you Most of the Spices say they're ton's class on aging and seniors on wait around and twiddle your not afraid of dying. It's illness that March 6. They performed enthusi­ thumbs until it's time to die?" bothers them. "My husband died astic but not-quite-synchronized "The less you do, the less you quickly," said one. "It was a heart fitness routines (the men lifted want to do," Elliott said simply. attack. I was grateful for that." five-pound weights to the tune of "The world gets smaller." They're more forgetful , but they Old Bones) before sitting down for Some of the seven tell of strokes get away with everything because a question-and-answer session. and cataract operations or bypass they' re old, said one senior with a Alison (N aughty Spice) was surgery. Hippie Spice has an artifi­ laugh. They're still interested in married for 51 years to a minister. cial one. Ken has two titanium sex. Another regrets only that she She's been on her own now for 12 knees (the men don't have the can no longer dance all night long. years. "Afte r he died, the parish nicknames - or at least, none that All but one still drives. "So you wo rk disappeared. I was lone­ they share with the crowd). fee l you're competent drivers?" some." Kay (Forgetful Spice) says she asked a student. "You 're darn The oldsters, all over 75, exer­ travelled so much with her hus­ tootin'," Kay responded. "We're cise together in a church hall - band that when he died a year ago, not old yet." Kay has decided that it's less intimidating for seniors she didn't know anyone in Hud­ no one's going to stick her with than walking into a gym filled with son. "For those of us who live that label. high-tech gizmos. Exercise keeps alone, the emotional thing is just Professor Crichton has taught Stephane Dion makes a stopover injuries down. Perhaps more great. It's like a second family. " this class for six years, but only Federal Unity Minister Stephane Dion received a warm welcome from a importantly, it creates a social net­ Ka y has own agenda for this discovered the Spices in 2001. She partisan crowd of young Liberals last Friday at the Graduate Students work for people who become class of students. "If I could make a hopes the seniors will make an Association's lounge on Mackay St. Dion discussed his vision of federalism. increasingly isolated as friends die law, I'd make sure there must be a annual appearance. and family move away. law that if you're in a nursing There is very little interaction home, someone must come to see between the generations, she said, SCHOOL OF COMMUNI1Y AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC POLICY PANEL Activity is important you." and this is an opportunity to share What is private in the ~1st century? The company is led by fitness Two of the women volunteer at insight and experience. Our old ,. Tuesday, March ~6 , 6 p.m. instructor Gay Elliott. It's the chil­ · a nursing home, where they lead age will reflect how we have pre­ Henry F. Hall Building, Room 763, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. dren of her clients who give her exercise routines, even if it's just pared for it. the most grief. moving hands and feet. Music "We age and die as we live. I try Panelists: Julius Grey, law professor, McGill University Stephanie Perrin, CEO of Zero Knowledge "Do you think they really should from the 1920s and '30s recall to show my students that we've Dr. Nicole Swartz Morgan, professor, security issues. be doing that at their age?" mimics their youth, and even those with neglected old age, which is a nat­ Kingston Royal Military College Elliott. She wonders what the old- Alzheimer's are cheered. ural, inherent part oflife." A reception wil!followal 1heSCPA, :.i149 Mackay Si. Wearing their religion on their sleeve, a clothing line by Muslims

BY SIGALIT HOFFMAN uct at booths during school events, Suhail Niazi works as a systems and is planning to donate their prof­ administrator in the West Island. ive young Muslims are using its to the Montreal Muslim youth The five tried to launch the com­ Ffashion to spread awareness group. pany in 1997, but a lack of funding about Islam and to give something "It doesn't go into our pockets, it and experience forced them to put back to their community. goes to the youth community," Hus­ the project on hold. Despite their Concordia students Ahmad Hus­ sain said. amibition to expand into different sain and Ali Merali joined up with Though the young entrepreneurs markets, and even different cities, Concordia graduates Khurum Ullah, ~ launched the company just over a they are proceeding with caution. ::c Mubashir Jamal and Suhail Niazi to i month ago, they already have plans "We want to take baby steps. We launch Muslim Gear, a new clothing 8 for expansion.The men want to start don't want to take big steps and fall," line of T-shirts, sweatpants, sweat­ I manufacturing religious wear like the Hussain said. This time, the group shirts and toques. But the company's ~ hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim spent about seven months making main purpose is not to get another 3 women, and they are also hoping to sure the company would get off on new brand name into an already The Muslim Gear entrepreneurs, left to right, are Ahmad Hussain, Mubashir tap into the women's market. They solid footing. Jamal, Ali Meral and Suhail Nlazi. crowded market. have already formed a committee of "We had to do a lot of marketing," "It's not just a logo; there's a mes­ life," and "The hijab: oppression or it," said political science student women to help steer the design of Hussain said. "We had to design a sage behind it," said 2 7-year old liberation, I'll decide" on its T-shirts, Ahmad Hussain. "We don't want to women's apparel. logo that would be appealing to the political science student Ahmad Hus­ which cost $15. A hooded sweatshirt restrict it to Muslims." The company is a bold move for crowd." Ultimately, the company is a sain. costs $30. Despite the clothing's dis­ So far, the demand for Muslim the students, most of whom do not testament to the seven-year friend­ The group is trying to spread the tinctive message, the five insist the Gear seems to be high. The entrepre­ have business background. Dawson ship between the five men. message of Islam through its apparel. line is geared to Muslims and non­ neurs made $2,000 on February 2, student Mubashir Jamal is an excep­ "We do have a tight friendship," It prints phrases like "Islam, more Muslims alike. the day they launched the new cloth­ tion. He runs Al Amin Entreprises, Hussain said. ~It's not just a business than a religion, a complete way of "We're open for everybody to buy ing line. The group sells their prod- his own food distributing company. relationship."

•• · MA ■ CH 14. 1ee1 Conco r dia•s T hurs d ay R e p o rt Students can get help on tax returns Volunteer accountancy students help their peers

BY SI GALI T H OFFMAN Wu. Wu said there are other organi­ tax receipts. "People have an income zations that offer accounting students and a tuition credit, that's the general A record number of accountancy the opportunity to use their taxation thing," she said. The JMAS's job has 1"\.students are helping fellow Con­ knowledge, but she preferred to vol­ been made even easier by some soft­ cordians get through the tax season. unteer at Concordia where she knew ware that does the computing. "We have twice as many people as the proceeds would be donated to Qureshi said volunteers don't only last year," said Fatima Qureshi, co­ needy children. help students file taxes , they also coordinator of the John Molson Qureshi said the Accounting Soci­ help soothe jangled nerves during a Accounting Society OMAS) tax clinic. ety is trying to make the service as stressful tax season. This year, 40 second- and third­ accessible to students as possible. 'They don't know what's going to year accounting students have volun­ The JMAS charges a fraction of the happen," she said. "They need some­ teered to collect tax receipts from average $30 to $50 fee for tax ser­ one to hold them up." Concordia students and the general vices. Students seemed grateful for the public. They are offering to file stu­ "I got my taxes done at H & R chance to get their taxes filed and to .I dents' tax returns for a fee of $15 to Block. It was $54 - $15 to $20 is a give to charity. One of them was $20, and plan to donate the proceeds deal," said Montreal resident Leigh first-year student Allison Whately, to the Mix 96 Kids' Fund. Mackenzie. who had been handing over the job 26-28 "It feels really good," said Qureshi, Accounting students must have to "someone who puts up signs in Students to vote March who is coordinating the project with taken the first two tax courses before the metro." tephan Herman (in the hat) and Youri Cormier (in the background) second-year accounting student they can volunteer with the tax clin­ last year, the clinic filed taxes for Sare determined to oversee a fair, transparent and vigorous student Anisur Talukder. "You know what ic. Though Qureshi said it is relative­ almost 120 students. Volunteers will election. you're doing is right." ly easy to file taxes, it does requires a be available at a booth on the mezza­ Herman is chief electoral officer and Cormier is his deputy, although The volunteers also hope the clinic basic knowledge of taxation . nine of the Henry F. Hall Building Herman says he considers him an equal partner. The pair held a news con­ will be a learning experience. Qureshi, who has been filing her from 10 to 5 Monday to Friday until ference March 1 to lay out their plans for the coming contest. "We've got lot of knowledge - we own taxes for the past three years, . the end of March. For more informa- These include information booths, one on each campus, with the latest need some practical experience," said said students' taxes are usually easy tion, contact the John Molson information on nominations and balloting, and electronic monitoring of . third-year accounting student Ann to file, thanks to the small number of Accounting Society at 848-2855. the voters' list. Herman, 27 and a political science student, says he's determined to increase voter participation beyond the all-time record of nearly 15 per cent in the November by-election. Fraternity and friends fundraise for charity 'TU make animal balloons, juggle," he said facetiously. ''I'll grab people as they go up the elevator - harass them, if need be." BY NATASHA MEKHAIL kind for Montreal's English-speaking expand membership to the West This is Herman's first foray into student politics, but he radiates the community. Island. There's talk of hiring another assurance of a seasoned pol. He was involved in the No campaign for the oncordia staff and students At the centre, members take cours­ full-time attendant and of offering 1995 sovereignty referendum, and worked on a campaign for city council­ Chave organized a three-day es in everything from cooking to hor­ more courses. All these plans, of lor Robert Libman. fundraiser for the Action Centre, a ticulture to computers. The staff course, will take money. One of the first things he noticed was that the Jewish Passover starts at drop-in facility in Ville Lasalle for the organizes parties and outings, but the Most of the centre's $150,000 sundown in the middle of the voting period, on March 27. However, the physically disabled. centre is there mainly for support. annual operating budget is covered CSU constitution stipulates that the election be held on the last three days It starts March 26, when Global The centre is a roomy, wheelchair­ by the McConnell Family Founda­ of March that the university is open. Television's Jamie Orchard will host a friendly oasis that gives members a tion, but much more is needed. Herman said that an observant Jew could vote during about 50 per cent comedy night in Room H-110 of the place to work on their skills. That Action Centre director Catherine of the three-day period. 'There would be one full day [March 26], another Hall Building, featuring players from means Yvon Francoeur didn't have to Michaud left a career in finance to full day until sundown [March 27], and even on the third day, he or she Ernie Butler's Comedy Nest. abandon his old woodworking sta­ help keep the centre operating. could take time out from services to vote." On the following two days, mem­ tion when he moved into a hospital. "Working here puts things into The nomination period ended March 11 at midnight. Debates will be bers of the TKE fraternity will solicit The centre set up a comer for him perspective," she said. "People are in held March 19 in H-110 and March 21 at The Hive, on the Loyola Cam­ change from pedestrians outside the there. such a rush to get anywhere. Here pus. A Meet the Candidate Night is scheduled for tonight at Reggie's Pub, Hall Building, as they usually do this In the computer room, Paul Dono­ you just slow down and realize how in the Hall Building. time of year. The annual campaign, van is the resident tech expert. He fragile life is. Any of us could be in a called Teke in a Box, runs for 36 guts and rebuilds the centre's com­ wheelchair tomorrow." hours and CHOM FM will follow its puters. Though he would like to see The effort is being coordinated by Slates in the 2002 student elections progress on air. the computers upgraded and wired Kevin Harrison, a Concordia and - The furtdraising organizers hope to for the Internet, he knows new TKE alumnus who is now a career Representative Union vs. Team Can Do raise at least $20,000 for the Action machines are a long way off. fundraiser for the Muscular Dystro­ Centre. Early this year, the centre went phy Association of Canada. The hon­ President: Chris Schulz President: Sabine Friesinger The centre's not much, really - a through a move and costly renova­ orary campaign chair is Dean of VP Finance: John Evans VP Academic : Ralph Lee big sunny room, a few chairs and tions. In a matter of weeks, volun­ Students Donald Boisvert. VP External: Yasmin Gardad VP Campaigns: Aaron Mate tables, a wall of board games, a teers turned an old pool hall into the The comedy night is on March 26, VP Internal: Mindy Eklove VP Communications: kitchen, a TV - but it's pretty centre's new home. Twelve new at 8:30 p.m. in H-110. Tickets are important to its roughly 100 mem­ members have joined since the relo­ $10 and are on sale at the Hall Build­ VP Academic: Adeel Metali Kealia Curtis bers, and it's the only place of its cation and the centre is looking to ing Information Desk. VP Services: Riccardo Fillipone VP Finance: Sameer Zuberi VP Communications: VP External: Geneva Guerin Saira Haseeb Khalid VP Internal: Yves Engler Stingers women's hockey team settles for fifth in Regina he Stinge rs women's hockey Rookie forward Dominique Ran­ ketball were announced recently. The T team finished in fifth place at the cour was the only Stinger named to Concordia women's basketball team CIS national championship recently the CIS national championship all­ took two major awards. Head coach $115.000 at the University of Regina. star team. Keith Pruden was named coach of FOR YOU! The team lost its first two games of Suza nne Kaye and Marie-Claude the year. Captain Marie-Pier Veilleux the tournament 5-2 to the top-ranked Al lard were named to the CIS was named best defensive player for University of Alberta Pandas and 2-1 women's hockey All-Canadian team. the second year in a row, joining Have you promoted a cause involving your peers or participated in a to the University of Toronto Varsity This is the first time that both players teammate Kri stina Stein fo rt on the project that had a significant impact? Blues, last yea r's CJS champions. have been named to the list. fi rst all-star team. On the men's side, If so, you are an ideal candidate for recognition from Forces Avenir, The two losses put the Stingers in two players were named to the QSSF which pro vides $115,000 in grants, international internships and trophies. the fifth-place game, where they Four stinge rs named hoop all -stars second team, third-yea r guard Gavin dumped the St. Francis Xavier Uni­ The QSSF basketball all-star teams Musgrave and first-yea r point guard For more information, call Michael Golden, Student Affairs Coordinator, at 848-4301, or consult www.forcesavenir.qc.ca. .I versity X-Women 8-4. for both the men's and women's bas- Philippe Langlois.

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