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Former Vice-Rector Academic recuperating in hospital

Russell Breen receives Alumni Association's highest honour BY K ATHLEEN HUGESSEN

The Award of Merit, given to a graduate who has made a life­

time commitment to the Concordia Alumni Association, the University and the community, was presented this year to Monsignor Russell Breen.

The award, the Association's highest honour, was presented at the 4th annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Jan. 27 in the St. James's Club.

Breen's association with the Uni­versity started in the 1930s, when he was a student at Loyola High School. He was what was called "an eight-year man," meaning that he attended both Loyola High School and Loyola College.

Upon graduating with his BA from Loyola in 1946, he began the­ological studies at the Grand Semi­nary.

In 1950, he was ordained to the

Roman Catholic priesthood. After a short period as curate at St. Patrick's Parish, he became chaplain at Newman House on McGill's campus.

Came back in '68 Over the next decade, he continued his studies, first at Fordham Univer­sity in New York, then at l'Univer­site de Strasbourg, where he earned his PhD. In 1968, he came back home to Loyola as an Associate Professor ofTheological Studies.

He was Dean of Arts from 1970 until the merger. At that time, the Loyola Faculty of Arts and Science was created, and he became its dean.

Dr. Breen also led the debate in favour of a combined Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia Uni­versity, believing this would reduce rather than create barriers to inter­disciplinarity. This c~mmitment is now enshrined in the University's

mission statement. Father Breen stories are legion.

His favourite expression was, "I've got to get a whip out to get people to work around here!" One day, John Noonan, then registrar, pre­sented him with a whip.

In 1977, Father Breen was made Vice-Rector Academic, a position he held until 1985. During this period, in 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him a Prelate of Honour with the title of Monsignor.

Monsignor Breen left Concordia in 1985 to return to his first home, St. Patrick's Parish, this time as pastor. Thanks in large part to his energy and leadership, the magnifi­cent old church was entirely reno­vated and restored to its original splendour.

There are many people on both Concordia campuses who remem­ber Monsignor Breen with fond­ness, deep respect and love. Some were students of his; some were col-

Msgr. Russell Breen, winner of this year's Award of Merit, during his tenure as Vice-Rector Academic, 1977-85.

leagues in administration or teach­ing. Some have never met him, but know his name from the Russell Breen Senate Chamber on the Loy-

ola Campus. Among those who worked with

him, he is renowned for his vision, Continued on page 7

Trade agreement was only the triggerto confrontation, says Sociology prof

Seeds of Mexican uprising sovvn by abuse, harvested by NAFTA: Julio Tresierra

BY SARA lWAASA

Sociology Professor Julio Tresier­ra knew that trouble was brew­

ing in Mexico. Last November, in a paper he

presented at a conference in Malaysia, he warned that globaliz­ing economic forces like NAFT A could lead to political conflict along ethnic lines.

After nearly 30 years of working with Central and South American indigenous communities, Tresierra was more than aware of a gradual "awakening" among indigenous peoples. The Zapatistas, he said, have been organizing for 15 years. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was only the trigger to confrontation, "the last nail in the historical coffin for indigenous peoples."

In Mexico, NAFT A has required the elimination of measures designed to protect the land owner­ship of small farmers . Tresierra said that under NAFT A, "small agricul­ture will die, and with it, the Indi­ans." The recent Zapatista rebellion in the southern province of Chiapas represents a final attempt by Mexi-

co's indigenous peoples to make themselves heard on the world stage.

A Concordia professor for 22 years, Tresierra describes himself as a "development activist." He esti-

mates that he spends nearly half his time in the field, visiting indigenous communities. Some of the commu­nities he visits are so remote that the people don't even speak Span­ish. Through seminars and training

Hands up for Armenian Cultural Days

sessions, he tries to inform the com­munities about the impact of devel­opment on their lives. The goal, he said, is to "engage them knowingly in their own process of change."

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The Ani dance troupe from the Hamazkain Cultural and Educational Society is seen here performing as part of the Armenian Students' Association's Cultural Days. The three-day event. which took place from Jan. 24-26 on the mezzanine of the Henry F. Hall Building, presented Armenian culture, history and current events to hundreds of Concordians.

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This column will appear occasionally throughout the year, highlighting newsworthy events at universities across Canada and abroad If you have any interesting bits of

information to pass on, please send them to Concordia's Thursday Report, BC-117.

The news just keeps getting worse for Halifax's Dalhousie· University, which has already been hit by provincial government budget cuts. The Nova Scotia Counci l on Higher Education has recommended the closing of undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes at Dal­housie's School of Education. Other schools slated for closing include Truro's Nova Scotia Teachers' College and education departments at Saint Mary's, St. Francis Xavier and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Female faculty at the University of Toronto are earning more money, thanks to an internal committee at the university. More than $1 million has been awarded to 196 women profes­sors and librarians who were earning less than their male colleagues. The average increase in their annual salaries was a little over $5,000. All of the pay hikes are retroactive to Ju ly 1, 1989, when the seven-member committee began its work.

First-year students at the University of Manitoba will have to take placement tests, begin­ning as early as 1995. The recommendation was contained in a report on the University's Tran­sition Year Programme, which was designed to help high-school students adjust to university life. That recommendation was approved recently by Senate. Other recommendations in the report include establishing performance guidelines for English and mathematics courses, intro­ducing developmental cou rses to improve academic performance, and creating a new academ­ic advising service.

An arbitrator has ru led that the University of Manitoba must reinstate an Architecture profes­sor who was fired after striking a student twice during a one-on-one critique session of the student's work . Th e University's Faculty Association, wh ich represented Professor Jacques Collin, tried to demonstrate that the professor's "flamboyant " approach to teaching reflected his deep personal involvement in his subject. ... His employment of pats, cuffs, mock kicks and the like were, similarly, tactics adopted to excite a response and lead a student into indepen­dent and critical rather than stereotypical thought." The arbitrator overturned the dismissal because of evidence suggesting that Collin had made some progress in therapy. Collin's psy­chiatrist had testified that his patient's misconduct cou ld be attributed to events in his personal life. The reinstatement is conditional, provided that in his dealings with students, Coll in "refrain from any expression wh ich is denigrative of any person."

The Women 's Studies Department at Simon Fraser University has come under fire after one of its professors quit last semester, charging that the department is not free of institutionalized racism. The department, Professor Burcu Ozdemir said, "is no different from any other depart­ment ... It on ly represents a white, middle-class, heterosexual perspective." Students have also expressed frustration over the exclusion of non-white, non-Western women's content in the department curriculum.

Two first-year Journalism students at Winnipeg's Red River Community College have been added to the list of Canadians w ho have defied the publication ban on details of the Karla Homolka trial in Ontario. Craig Knapp and Neil Hiebert aired the information, which was culled from articles in the Washington Post and Newsday in New York, on CMOR, the campus radio station. The news came as a surprise to the station manager, who had never been notified of what the students were planning. It is still unclear what, if any, action will be taken against the students. One thing is for sure: "Craig and Neil are officially banned from the radio station."

McMaster University is reeling after the murder of one of its more popular faculty members. Janet McNight, a professor in the University's Faculty of Nursing, was found dead in her house on January 10, the apparent victim of a domestic dispute. She was stabbed several times. McNight's husband, Robert, an occasional lecturer at McMaster, has been charged with first-degree murder. Police became suspicious after neither of the McKnights showed up for work on January 11 . When they arrived at the couple's home, they found Robert hanging by the neck.on the main floor of the home. He was still alive. Janet McNight's body was discov­ered in an upstairs bedroom.

A thoughtful Globe and Mail editorial (Jan. 3), titled "Back to school for the University," dis­cussed the changing face of post-secondary education. It argued that students should be sub­sidizing a greater portion of the cost of their university education. This would allow universities to be more independent of government, to which it constantly turns for financial help. Refer­ring to an article in The Economist raving about the power of technology to do away with tradi­tional classroom teaching, The Globe said one should not make much of these developments. The great value of the university, the editorial argued, is the opportunity to meet face to face with other students and exchange ideas. "A university devoid of large and sustained doses of this sort of personal contact is, to borrow from John Kenneth Galbraith, like fornicating through a mattress. It lacks a certain je ne sais quoi."

The Globe and Mail ran a lengthy correction early this year regarding a story about sexual harassment at the University of Victoria's Political Science Department. The Dec. 22 correc­tion, which appeared almost eight months after the original article, retracted any suggestion that male faculty members in the department were guilty of sexual harassment of female stu­dents. The newspaper also said it was under the mistaken impression that the report contain­ing the allegations of harassment was produced by a university-approved committee. The report, The Globe said, was never adopted by the Pol itical Science Department nor by any other official body within the university.

SOURCES: The Globe and Mail, The Brunswickan, Dalhousie News, The Manitoban, The Peak, The Ubyssey, The U of M Bulletin, The Varsity, and The Bulletin (The University of Toronto)

Richard Guy

CBS professor has developed device that can test quality of acoustics

Richard Guy can offer sound advice BY SYLVAIN COM EAU

People often ask Professor Richard Guy for advice on the best place to sit in a concert

hall, or the best stereo to buy. The acoustics and human-hearing expert admits that he doesn't know what to tell them.

"To me, a $400 stereo system and a $2,000 one are equally good," said Guy, who teaches building acoustics, building science and ther­modynamics at the Centre for Building Stud­ies. "It surprises people,· but I just tell them to pick the system that sounds good to them -and don't be embarrassed if you can't tell the difference. Most people can't."

As an engineer, however, Guy can distin­guish between exquisitely fine levels of sound, and tell you exactly how to reach the people in the last row. Along with doctoral graduate student Adel Abdou, Guy has developed a device which he says will soon become stan­dard for engineers and building owners seek­ing to improve the acoustics inside churches, concert halls, conference rooms, and any­where else where people need to be heard.

Guy's device, which he has dubbed the 3-D intensity assessor, represents the next, logical level of sound-quality testing for any large enclosure, replacing strategically placed microphones.

"A microphone does not measure direction; it just measures sound pressure. Our device measures the energy of the sounds coming from a variety of angles at once. It allows a complete diagnostic appreciation of what needs to be done."

Toward solutions Thus, the assessor does more than just collect information on sound quality; it points the way toward solutions.

"Microphones tell us whether sound is good, but not how to improve it. Our device tells you which surfaces need to be improved, and how. If one surface is sending too much sound energy, you might decide to cut that energy in half by using a carpet or something else to absorb some of the sound waves."

The device consists of two microphones placed about 12 millimetres apart. A comput-

er records when sound energy arrives from . every angle in the room, and the energy it produces.

If a surface is bouncing back sound waves too strongly, the result can be an echo. Guy explained that the human brain must differen­tiate between more than one sound arriving in a room at once.

"The brain is hearing not just what a speak­er is saying now, but also what was said mil­liseconds ago, because it bounced off the surfaces in the room. The brain can separate the two, but if you hear that reverberation more than 80 milliseconds later, sound starts to become garbled. You hear an echo coming back at you at the same time."

Device not patented Guy didn't patent his device, believing that it was too dependent on previously existing technology for a patent. The device is now in the public domain. Guy has published papers about it in several journals, including The journal of Noise Control, and presented papers at national and international conferences on acoustics.

It will join many other innovations in the field at next summer's Third International Congress on Air and Structure-Borne Sound and Vibration, which is being sponsored by Concordia and organized by Guy.

Guy is especially excited by the cutting­edge research being conducted by the keynote speakers, including Michael Norton of the University of Western Australia~ who will speak on how to anticipate and prevent metal fatigue (wear and tear on metal from noise vibrations). Another speaker will discuss active attenuation, a method of erasing sound.

"Sound is used against itself in this tech­nique. A processor takes the sound and auto­matically produces its opposite, called antiphase, which cancels the original out. It's a very exciting area of research."

Anyone wishing to participate in the congress, which will be held from June 13 to 15, should call Professor Guy at 848-3191.

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Psychology Professor Dale Stack studies unspoken language of communication

Touching on the bond betvveen parent and child

BY PHIL MOSCOVITCH

Like any other parent, I spend a good part of every day looking at my baby, talking

to him - and touching him. Researchers have long recognized how

important a parent's voice and facial expres­sions are to infants' happiness. But Psycholo­gy Professor Dale Stack says that nowhere near enough attention has been paid to the role of touch in infant development.

In her labs at Concordia's Centre for Research in Human Development, Stack and a team of graduate students watch caregivers playing with their babies. They're looking at the ways parents use touch to communicate with their infants.

Stack, who received her PhD in 1988, first became interested in touch as a doctoral stu­dent at Qyeen's University. She examined a number of studies in which mothers had been asked first to play with their babies as they would at home, and then to look at them with what was called a still-face - a completely neutral expression.

Still-face elicited more distress from babies The still-face consistently elicited more dis­tress and less smiling from the babies. In addition, "what they found was the infants were no longer looking at their mothers as actively," Stack noted.

The researchers who carried out the studies concluded that the babies were reacting nega­tively because their mothers weren't offering them any visual or vocal stimulation.

But Stack thought there might be another explanation. She noticed that the mothers were no longer touching their babies, either.

''What I wanted to do was explore further what touch could do. What I wanted to know is, if we could put one of those components back in that situation, what would happen to

the baby's reactions? Why were people argu­ing that it was the face and voice that were controlling this situation?" Stack said.

She conducted a series of experiments using the standard still-face, but with a difference - the caregivers were allowed to touch their babies.

Using the new procedure, Stack said she "got very little to no distress [from the babies], and, very interestingly, what I got was increased smiling, some attention to the face and an enormous amount of attention direct­ed to the hands. Which, of course, made sense."

Since coming to Concordia in 1990, Stack has expanded her research on touch. She's found that care-givers can elicit specific responses from their children - like smiling - just by touching them.

Establishing unique role for tactile modality "I want to establish a unique role for the tac­tile modality, but I also, more importantly, want to determine whether parental touch is consistent, whether it communicates to the infant, and how it may be used differently by mothers and fathers.

"In other words, if touch can communicate, are there certain ways of using touch that communicate certain things? And do mothers across the board use similar ways of touching to communicate something in particular?"

Stack hopes her work will eventually benefit the parents of congenitally blind or deaf babies by teaching them how to get signals through to them by using touch effectively.

A recipient of grants from the Faculty Research and Development Programme (FRDP), the Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide a la recherche (FCAR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSRHC), she will discuss her find­ings at a symposium in Paris this spring.

Psychology Professor Dale Stack gets acquainted with seven-week-old Callum Moscovitch.

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COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK

Concordia faculty, staff, students and alumnilae pop up in the media more often than you might think! This year, to cut costs, CTR no longer subscribes to a

broadcast-monitoring service, so if you hear a Concordian on radio or television, let us know, at 848-4882.

Liselyn Adams (Music) is a flutist who plays in an unusual chamber group called the Blue Rider Ensemble. They presented a project called Mounting Picasso at Toronto's du Maurier Theatre Centre in November. With text by literary revolutionary Gertrude Stein and music by Peter Hatch of Wilfrid Laurier University, the piece required the performers to speak, act and move around the stage, which they shared with a television monitor. According to The Globe and Mail's William Littler, "They demonstrated how even musicians brought up in white ties and tails can expand their expressive range with a little help from the neighbouring arts - at one point they litera lly seized brushes and took to easels."

Lawrence Kryzanowski (Finance) was among seven experts quoted in a Gazette article on whether Quebec should follow Ontario's lead and require top execut ives to disclose their income. ,;Salaries should be totally transparent, at least to shareholders," he said. "Quebec culture is about privacy, but also about compensation not based on performance - universi­ties are an example. Executive compensation should be based on performance."

The Fredericton, N.B., Gleaner, in an article about a major retrospective show by painter and Fredericton resident Molly Bobak, mentioned that Brian Foss (Art History) contributed a sub­stantial analysis of Bobak's war art to the catalogue.

A five-page spread in L 'Actualite on Quebec anglophone writers featured Claire Rothman, David Homel and Neil Bissoondath, all of whom have taught aspiring writers and critics in Concordia's English Department. The magazine also published a photo and piquant description of Design Art's Greg Garvey and his computerized confessional.

Gazette television critic Mike Boone introduced CBMT's new Saturday Edition, produced by Newswatch veteran Shelagh Kinch (Journalism).

A Gazette article about Vietnamese-born students' academic success included remarks by Raymond Le Van Mao (Chemistry and Biochemistry). He said that Asians push their children to work hard at school, confirming new studies which indicate that parental attitudes are more important than we thought in accounting for Quebec's high dropout rate. The article was reprinted in several other Canadian newspapers.

Wolfgang Bottenberg and Mark Corwin (Music) were i"nterviewed by The Gazette and CBC's Newswatch about their recording of Nietzsche's music.

Meeda Mashal (Applied Psychology Centre) was interviewed on CHOM on January 6 about New Year's resolutions, and on CFCF's Montreal AM Live on procrastination.

Daniel Salee (School of Community and Public Affairs) was interviewed on CFCF's Pulse News about the change at the top of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Sally Spilhaus (Sexual Harassment) was interviewed on CIQC on zero tolerance of discrimina­tion and harassment of women on university campuses.

Julio Tresierra (Sociology and Anthropology) spoke on CJAD and CIQC about the recent rebel uprising in Mexico.

Harold Chorney (Pol itical Science) appeared on CFCF's Pulse News on the efficiency - or inefficiency - of municipal government.

Zenon Zielinski (Civil Engineering), who served as a consultant when the Olympic Stadium was being built in the '70s, was a guest on CIQC and CJAD, talking about the Big 0 .

Avtar Pall (CBS) appeared on CJAD and CIQC after the California earthquake, describing his breakthrough in earthquake-resistant construction techniques.

Greg Lypny (Finance) was a guest on CIQC's Joe Cannon Show, throwing cold water on the idea of using a "system" to clean up in the stock market.

Students from the Engineering and Computer Science Students' Association (ECA) appeared on Quatres Saisons, Newswatch and in The Gazette, talking about the Engineers of Tomorrow open house they organized on January 19.

The Globe and Mail reported November 24 many citizens of Windsor were horrified when their municipal art gallery was turned into a casino and the art gallery moved into a shopping mall, but Reesa Greenberg (Art History) was thrilled. She was the keynote speaker at the gallery's reopening, and told the audience that "Actually moving into a mall itself collapses any pre­tense that the museum is removed from commerce [and] that the entertainment it offers dif­fers substantially from other leisure-time pursuits."

Nelson Eddy (Physics) was interviewed by Ralph Noseworthy of CFCF's Pulse News on the topic of plastic watches which use tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, to produce an illuminating glow of the entire watch-face. Austrian researchers have pointed out that users have up to 10 times the level of tritium in their bodies, compared to non-users. Eddy men­tioned ways of inhibiting tritium transfer through the skin, and of minimizing the effects by consuming large quantities of water.

Elaine Newman (Chemistry and Biochemistry) wrote an essay for What a Magazine, a Win­nipeg publication for high school students. In it, the prize-winning scientist gave pithy advice to young scholars: "Make a commitment to understanding something in detail, and have the patience and care to stick to it ... Do your studies in a theoretical field - that is, in basic sci­ence, not in applied. You can use basic knowledge to tackle many applied problems, but train­ing in a strictly applied field limits your horizons."

The seven-volume bibliography of women in history compiled by Rosemarie Schade (History) and her team was the subject of a Canadian Press article reprinted in Halifax.

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.,Will be a lot less biased than word of mouth' Go ahead, get undisciplined Commerce and Administration to publish student evaluations in September

The Graduate Students' Associa­tion of Concordia is publishing

a new journal, and it's aimed at shaking things up.

BY BRONWYN CHESTER

Can students legitimately take a consumer's approach to their

teachers? Would education be served by publicly posting students1

evaluations of their teachers' perfor-mance?

The Faculty of Commerce and Administration wants to find out. The Faculty Council has agreed to accept the recommendation of a student task force to publish the results of the Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs), starting next September.

Irena Piorkowsky, Mina Larocca and Teresa Lamorte wrote "Improving the Role of Student Evaluations of Teaching" for the Commerce and Administration Students' Association (CASA). Piorkowsky said that publishing the answers to the 25-question SET form will improve teaching.

"The purpose is to help teachers improve their effectiveness, not to upset anyone," she said. Presenting the evaluations of at least 40 stu­dents per class will be a lot less biased than word-of-mouth, she said, and the evaluations will give students a chance to pick professors who are compatible with their style · oflearning.

A professor who gets a poor grade (3 to 5) will be encouraged to seek assistance from the Learning Development Office (LDO). The alternative is to be shunned by future students, assuming the stu­dents have a choice for that course.

Climate of comfort There will be instructors who don't agree to have their evaluations pub­lished - some don't even distribute the SET forms in class - but Piorkowski hopes that peer pressure will encourage them to participate. It will take a while to establish a cli­mate of comfort, she said.

But 28-year-veteran Manage­ment Professor Clarence Bayne has reservations about the idea. He thinks professors, young ones in particular, might teach to students' expectations to curry favour with them. The CASA report tried to anticipate this possibility, suggest­ing that new professors have a three-year grace period during which their SETs would not be published.

In general, Bayne deplores what he sees as students' preference for neat packages of information. "It's rote teaching. They're not being taught in high school and CEGEP to develop cognitively; they're taught to acquire and hold informa­tion long enough to write an exam."

He also wonders how much teaching has to do with learning. "I know professors who got a score of 4 ("generally poor performance"], but whose students' work was excellent."

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Bayne laments the fact that it's only at the end of a course that stu­dents can express their complaints instead of doing it earlier on, when something might be done. He said he has handed out evaluation forms to some classes after his fourth lec­ture, with constructive results for his teaching and for his rapport with students.

Teaching half of equation Ulrike de Brentani, Associate Dean, Research and PhD Programme, while not opposed to the publishing of student evaluations, is not sure what good they will do. Teaching is just one half of the equation, she said, but learning is the other, and not enough attention is paid to it.

"We always focus on teaching. Where are the workshops on how to learn?" she asked, adding that too many full-time students today also hold down jobs and don't have the time to put into their studies.

In addition, putting too much emphasis on the evaluation results may lead to grade inflation and resentment.

De Brentani, who teaches in the Marketing Department, would like to see the elimination of ques­tion 23 on the form which is used in her Faculty. It asks the student to compare the instructor with previ­ous teachers as far back as high school, and to give a rating as fol­lows: 1, one of the most effective; 2, more effective than most, 3, about average; 4, generally poor perfor­mance, and 5, one of the least effec-tive."

"People focus on number 23," said de Brentani, "and I resent that, because the question doesn't ask about my own performance." In other words, the scores are rela­tive.

De Brentani agreed that instruc­tors can use the SETs constructive­ly. A few years ago, she was given a rating of 3 for a course. Reading through the forms, she found that students felt her lectures were not sufficiently defined, so she began summarizing the contents of the lecture at the beginning and end of each class.

She also said that just as new professors receive University sup­port in organizing their research, they should equally be encouraged to seek support for their teaching from the Learning Development Office.

SET form to be evaluated While the Faculty Council has agreed to allow CASA to publish SETs, it did so under the condition that a task force be struck to evalu­ate the SET form now in use. That body will report its recommenda­tions in April. Finance Professor Arshad Ahmad, an award-winning teacher in the Faculty, supports publication and sits on the task force, but he also believes that pub­lication alone "may not be appropri­ate" because in some cases, "students don't call upon proper reflection." He suggested that addi­tional information be posted on the instructors to flesh out the evalua­tion scores.

Peg Tittle, the editor of undisci­plined, promises that it will be devoted to "the introduction and discussion of innovative ideas and approaches within an interdiscipli­nary context."

The best interdisciplinary study, Tittle says, presents "the point or points at which disciplines coincide or collide to spark new insights from the interaction," and thus is "more than the sum of its multidis­ciplinary parts."

Tittle herself has a multidiscipli­nary background. Her degrees cover education, literature, philosophy and psychology. She has written plays which were performed, had prose and poetry published, pro­duced her own album of music, and choreographed dance. She even had working experience in the labour movement before returning to her studies. Now she is doing graduate work in philosophy, and heading toward Concordia's unique doctor­ate in interdisciplinary studies.

Her background is so eclectic, she says, that she has had to make up several resumes, varying the empha­sis according to which prospective employer is going to get them. She is firmly convinced that "problems don't stay within boundaries. Nor do solutions."

Tittle invites graduate students to submit articles that reveal the special value of interdisciplinary studies in achieving solutions to both theoreti­cal and practical problems. Students of traditionally under-represented groups are especially encouraged to submit, and creative projects as well as formal papers are welcome.

Evaluation Committee Vice-Rector, Academic On 16 June 1993, the Board of Governors approved the establishment of an Evaluation Committee, and appointed its members on 20 October 1993 and 19 January 1994, to "review the performance of the incumbent" Vice-Rector, Academic, and to "make a writ­ten recommendation either for or against reappointment for a second term, in accor­dance with the Rules and Procedures for Eval­uation Committees and Advisory Search Committees approved by the Board of Gover­nors in May 1984, and pursuant to Resolu­tion R92- l 7 which was adopted by the Board · on 19 February 1992.

The Committee membership was announced in Concordia's Thursday Report on 27 Jan­uary 1994. This Committee is required to make its recommendations in the light of the information presented to it.

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To this end, the Committee invites written submissions from interested members from all sectors of the University community. These should be received no later than 5 p.m., Fri­day, 18 February 1994. Those wishing to sub­mit such statements should be aware that in accordance with University policy, the Com­mittee must "ensure that the basic tenets of natural justice and fairness are maintained. The Committee must allow incumbents ... to respond to any relevant criticism or com­ments". As deemed appropriate, the Commit­tee will inform the community at a subsequent time with respect to ot\:ier possible forms of input to its deliberations.

The Committee will ensure that the identity of respondents remains confidential.

Submissions, marked "Confidential", should be forwarded to: Mr. Ronald Lawless, Chairman, Evaluation Committee for Vice-Rector, Academic, c/o BC-127, Bishop Court, SGW Campus.

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The deadline for submissions is March 25, and Tittle can be reached through the GSA office, at 848-7900.

In an effort to create a richer pic­ture through critique and discussion of the original article, each article will be accompanied by two response articles by faculty mem­bers, one with expertise within the disciplines of the article, and the other whose expertise lies outside those disciplines.

Tittle has already had an encour­aging response from faculty mem­bers. They will have about four weeks to read the paper and write the response, probably in April and May.

Or you can tackle the mainstream

Peg Tittle, editor of the new journal undisciplined, is also

inviting submissions for Con­cordia's third annual Graduate Symposium, March 23.

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The theme of the 12-hour sym­posium this year is The Main­stream. "What is it in your field," Tittle asks, "and where is it taking us? Where is it taking us? What and who are going against the current, and how? What is swirling in eddies along the edges? What's nowhere near the water?"

Participants will have up to 30 minutes for their presentations, and the deadline for submissions is March 14. Call Tittle at the Graduate Students' Association, 848-7900. - BB

De Brentani delivers talk on the New Product Process

Commerce and Conversation series off to stimulating start ,,\ bout 20 members of the busi­noess community attended the first of a series of early-morning seminars called Commerce and Conversation on January 26.

The series, launched as part of the Master's of Business Adminis­tration programme's 25th anniver­sary celebrations, is intended to show the business corrimunity how research work done in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration can help them. The inaugural ses­sion featured Marketing Professor Ulrike de Brentani, on "The New Product Process in Financial Ser­vices: Strategy for Success."

De Brentani, who is also Associ­ate Dean (Research and PhD Pro­gram me), gave highlights of an empirical study of 106 new industri­al services from 37 financial institu­tions . Her paper, which was published in the International jour­nal of Bank Marketing, looked at the three factors that differentiate ser­vices from physical goods - intan­gibility, simultaneity and heterogeneity - and associated these· with the problem of new product development in services. Specifically, she discussed "new ser­vices," which might include any­thing from a bank deciding to extend its operating hours to offer­ing a new Cash Management ser_: vice for commercial clients.

De Brentani looked specifically at

Pictured above at the inaugural Commerce and Conversation seminar are, front row, left to right: Dean Christopher Ross, Bernard Tourillon and Brian P. Casey (Raymond, Chabot, Martin, Pare), Clarence Bayne (DIS/MIS), Robert de Fougerolles (Ropex Industries), Elizabeth Moran (Kerr Financial), and Marie Muldowney (Institute of Canadian Bankers). Back row: Sharon Bishin (Faculty Communications Officer), Associate Dean Ulrike de Brentani, Raymond Decarie (Meloche/Monnex), Pierre Brunet (EMBA), Mohan Gopalakrishnan (DIS/MIS), Bill Pinizzotto (Banque Commerciale ltalienne du Canada), Jean Laflamme (Montreal Exchange), Peter Probst (Lufthansa), and Alan Hochstein (Finance). Also present were Kalil Mugrabi (Techniserv) and Ron McTavish (Marketing).

the new process which firms use for fol new business services often technology and expertise are the developing new financial services, emerged from in-house, expert- essence of the service itself and concluded that, "Financial ser- based New Service Development The 20-rninute presentation was vice firms need extensive personnel systems. It is increasingly important followed by an hour of discussion, involvement and a formal game that these systems originate, design, during which representatives from a plan, not only up front, with in- and champion new service products, number of financial institutions depth market studies, technical and because many of the new services exchanged ideas with each other business-case appraisal, but also are the result of complex computer and with faculty members. during the launch phase, with for- and information technologies . De The next Commerce and Con-mal promotion, training and inter- Brentani cites two examples, the versation sessions will take place in nal marketing programmes. cash management account pio- the spring on health service issues

In addition, in the firms taking neered by Merrill Lynch, and elec- and entrepreneurship. part in de Brentani's study, success- tronic banking services, where -MOandBB

Week of discussions includes the electronic highway

How do we know? Find out during Philosophy Week

This year's edition of the Univer­sity's annual Philosophy Week

will feature four events of interest to those in many other disciplines, including the neurosciences , psy­chology, linguistics, computer sci­ence and artificial intelligence.

The first presentation, next Mon­day, will be given by Professor Evan Thompson, a brilliant young philosopher who works closely with neuroscientists to investigate how we perceive colour.

Co-wrote book Thompson, who has been at Concordia for only two years and will soon move on to Boston Uni­versity, did much of his University of Toronto doctorate at the Insti­tute of Neuroscience in Paris . He co-wrote The Embodied Mind: Cog­nitive Science and Human Experience (MIT Press) with two other schol­ars, and will soon publish another book, on colour vision.

There is considerable debate in the field of cognitive science between those who take a normative approach and those who, like Thompson, take a more ecological approach. In his talk, he will address the relation between visual science and the philosophy of per­ception, asking, "Why can't percep-

tion and action be separated?" On Wednesday, Professor Paul

Pietroski, of McGill University's Philosophy Department, will talk about Chomskian semantics for natural languages, particularly in relation to propositional attitudes such as belief.

Thursday afternoon will see the most popular event of Philosophy Week, a panel discussion on the ethics of the much-heralded elec­tronic highway, which will allow us to access a wide variety of informa­tion located anywhere in the world from our offices and homes. It is co-sponsored by Concordia's Cen­tre for Systems Research and Knowledge Engineering.

On Friday, philosopher Steven Stich, of Rutgers University, will use empirical results in an argument designed to refute the simulation theory of mental interpretation, as advanced by philosophers Gordon and Goldman.

Here is a complete schedule for the week: • Monday, February 7: Talk,

"Looking at Vision" by Professor Evan Thompson, at 7 p.m. at Lonergan University College, 7302 Sherbrooke St. West.

• Wednesday, February 9: Talk,

"Two Semantic Values for the

Price of One," by Professor Paul Pietroski, at 7 p.m. at Lonergan University College.

• Thursday, February 10: Panel, "Electronic Superhighway: Free­way or Toll Road?" hosted by Vladimir Zeman (Philosophy),

with Gary Boyd (Education), William Atwood (Computer Sci­ence), Dennis Murphy (Commu­

nication Studies), and Louise Collins (Philosophy), from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. iP the Russell Breen Senate Chamber on the Loyola Campus. There will be a recep­tion at Lonergan from 6 to 8 o'clock. Also on Thursdays at Lonergan, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.,

the Reverend Terry Tekippe will speak on "Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Lonergan's Insight."

• Friday, February 11: Talk, "Sec­ond Thoughts on Simulation," by

Steven Stich, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Henry F. Hall Building, Room 520, with a reception for Dr. Stich at the Graduate Students' Association

offices at 4:45 p.m.

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Concerts, music lectures for all tastes

Concordia's M usic Department has organized a wealth of free

concerts, lectures, and presentations to beat the February blahs.

Professor Jeri Brown's Women in Music Series continues next Tuesday (February 8) with a performance by facul ty members Liselyn Adams, Valerie Kinslow, Loretta Altman, Ella Turovsky and Jocelyn F1eury.

The following Tuesday, Feb. 15, Brown will explore the origins of black popular music with an emphasis on aesthetics and vocal techniques.

On March 8, a lecture and stage performance will be presented by Professor Lucie Bertrand. The Department pulls out all the stops on March 10 for "A Night of Women in Music," featuring faculty members from Concordia and elsewhere.

All the performances will take place at 12:45 p.m. in the Concordia Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke St. W), except March 10, when the con­cert begins at 8 p.m.

A series of student concerts is also in progress, including a voice recital directed by Barbara Lewis next Tues­day, the Concordia Chamber Choir next Thursday, and the Concordia Chamber Music Class on Sunday, Feb. 13. For more information, call 848-4718.

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Tresierra works extensively with international agencies, including the United Nations Development Pro­gramme, the Inter-America Devel­opment Bank and the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Most of his work involves devising programmes that support indige­nous interests. To Tresierra, the issues are biodiversity, sustainable development and the involvement of indigenous peoples.

T resierra has also worked with the native communities in North Ameri­ca, devising health promotion pro­grammes. By his own estimate, he has visited every native reserve in 01iebec.

Commitment to aboriginal rights Tresierra's commitment to aborigi­nal rights goes back to his child­hood in Peru. As the 13-year old son of a soldier stationed high in the mountains, he worked on an irrigation project alongside Indian workers. Part aboriginal himself, he was appalled at the treatment meted out to the Indians. "I saw the most despicable abuses," he said.

The young Tresierra felt it was lack of education that kept indige­nous peoples down. He decided to get an education and leave Peru to work with international agencies to bring about change.

Scholarships got him through the long years of study. After complet­ing a BA in Peru, he went to the United States to do his Master's . . and PhD in sociology at Notre

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Dame University. He came to Concordia in 1971.

Tresierra believes that until recently, Canadian society was largely unaware of international issues. People here enjoyed a "false sense of comfort," feeling themselves unaffected by outside events. Recent developments such as NAFf A have begun to erode this sense of com­fort, but Canadians remain basically ignorant of global politics.

"We don't see the interconnec­tions that exist economically and politically between Canada and the rest of the world."

T resierra believes that universities have a vital role to play in shaping public perceptions, and he would like to see universities help bridge the "huge gap between our techno­logical know-how and our under­standing of society."

T resierra also challenges his own discipline to expand beyond its tra­ditional limitations. "I believe that there is a need for an alternative sociology, one that is engaged in action rather than isolated in abstract thoughts."

As a teacher, he tries to challenge his students' perceptions of the world. Tresierra wants to create an "engaged, active learning experi­ence" in his classroom. In his opin­ion, the system of grades and diplomas has "diminished the true sense of education."

"I don't believe in the passive trans­mission of accepted information," he said. '1 promote critical thought."

Students set up walk-safe programme First-ever sabbatical workshop offered

Foot patrol kicks into gear The Faculty Personnel Office

will give its first sabbatical leave information session on February 15 at the Sir George Williams Campus, and February 16 at Loyola.

BY HELENA KATZ

Members of the Concordia community can feel better

knowing that someone will be look­ing out for their safety.

The Board of Governors has approved the launch of the Foot Patrol, a walk-safe programme set to begin at the Loyola Campus in mid­February and Sir George Williams in September. Pairs of student vol­unteers will patrol the campus from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. every day.

Jennifer Robertson, one of the service's two co-ordinators, said 200 volunteers will be needed this term and another 300 in September, at least half of which will be women. No experience is necessary.

'Women shouldn't feel they can't do it because of size. Anyone can do it," she said.

'We're looking for spirit, people who believe campus safety is a stu­dent responsibility," Robertson said.

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Each volunteer will receive a one­day training session which includes awareness of sexual harassment and sexual assault, a security orientation given by the security department and information on how to patrol. "Putting ourselves in a position of providing security for each other is really empowering," Robertson said.

The programme will receive its funding from Arts and Science stu­dents, who agreed last fall in a ref­erendum to contribution $1.70 per semester to pay for the new patrol.

For more information on how to vol­unteer, drop by the Foot Patrol Office at the Centennial Building, Office 06 or phone 848-7533.

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The session was put together on the basis of a questionnaire circulat­ed to faculty which asked what sub­jects should be addressed.

Participants will find out, among other things, what benefits they are entitled to while on sabbatical, what sabbatical allowance they can expect and what it will cover, how to apply for travel expenses, how to order and buy books, software and other tools for research, and how to apply for a leave research grant from the Office of Research Services.

The downtown session will be from 9 a.m. to noon in H-771 on Tuesday, February 15, and the other session will run from 2 to 5 p.m. in Room 131 of the Loyola Campus Administration Building.

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Laurie Brodrick wins Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award, presented for ongoing

commitment to the Concordia Uni­versity Alumni Association and the University, was presented to Laurie Brodrick, an outstanding volunteer.

Brodrick started her studies at Loyola College, but her degree - a 1974 BA in honours Spanish - is post-merger, and therefore from Concordia.

Like her father, a Loyola gradu­ate, she played hockey as a student.

She was named Rookie of the Year when she started playing for the Tommies, and was captain of her team for four years. Her career has been in banking, first with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto, and then the Royal Bank of Cana­da, most recently with Royal Bank Investment Management.

Despite the heavy demands of her career, she has always found time to lend a hand to Concordia. If there's a project that needs a volunteer, a committee that needs a hand, a board that needs a member, a cam­paign that needs a chair, Laurie has always said, "I will."

She has served on the boards of the Loyola and Concordia Alumni Associations, the Loyola Peace Institute and on Concordia's Board of Governors. She was also co-chair of the alumni division appeal for the 1991/92 Annual Giving Campaign. She has regularly played in the Concordia Golf Tournament, one of the few women to do so. She helped create and nurture Concordia's Homecoming, now a tradition entering its fifth year.

As if the investment of her own time and energy were not enough, Laurie brings other alumni along to share the tasks and the rewards. As one friend remarked, "Once she gets you involved, you stay involved."

Dorcas Kandawasvika: From Zimbabwe to Montreal, with verve Dorcas Kandawasvika stepped off a plane in 1990 and plunged into stu­dent life at Concordia.

Through the International Stu­dents Office, the Economics stu­dent became a member of Concordia 's Peer Helper Pro­gramme, and worked in the Finan­cial Aid and Awards Department, assisting her fellows as a student debt counsellor. She is now a Peer Helper supervisor.

She represents Commerce and Administration students on the

Concordia Council on Stu­dent Life, and can be seen in various Liaison Office publica­tions, in Con-

The University's fourth annual Alumni Recognition Awards

banquet was held on January 27 at the St. James's Club.

The room was full, the ambience was warm, and here are

this year's winners, in profiles adapted from citations

Starting as a pharmaceutical salesman in the Mari times , Ellen went on to become one

cordia's award-winning promotional video, Real Education for the Real World, and in this year's undergrad­uate calendar.

The Concordia African Students' Association was in decline when Kandawasvika joined it, but it has since become vibrant and active, and her role in this rebirth cannot

by Kathleen Hugessen.

years. The students who passed through her classes remember her as fair, funny and very tough.

She promoted Canadian litera­ture at a time when it wasn't at all popular, demanding that Canadian literature be part of the curriculum and insisting that students must first study the literature of their own

of this coun ­try's leading figures in the financial services industry. A noted philan­thropist, he has provided fund-rais­ing leadership to the University as chair of the Board's University Advancement Committee since its establishment in the late 1980s.

Concordia has been the benefi­ciary of Ellen's time, energy and

Alumni Award winners pose at the St. James's Club, where the awards banquet was held on January 27. Left to right: Dorcas Kandawasvika, Alice Kubicek, Leonard Ellen, Laurie Brodrick (seated), Ashley McGain (standing) and Wynne Francis (seated). At the right are Msgr. Russell Breen's sister, Laurine McIntyre, and brother, Tom Breen.

be overstated. Almost single-hand­edly, she organized a symposium on the Somali crisis, before the main­stream media had discovered it. She has made of herself a one-woman welcoming committee for African students. One friend says her pres­ence is uplifting, and her colleagues describe her with words like "dedi­cated," "vigorous" and "caring."

Kandawasvika has suffered great personal tragedies during the last year. She returned to Zimbabwe for a time and considered staying. To the great joy of all who know her, work with her and share her highs and lows, she has come back.

Professor Wynne Francis fair, funny and tough The Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented to a faculty member who has shown outstand­ing knowledge, teaching ability and accessibility to students, was pre­sented to retired Professor of Eng­lish Wynne Francis.

Francis earned her BA from Sir George W illiams in 1942 and taught at her alma mater for 46

people. She combed the library's public stacks and discovered many valuable first editions which have now been moved to secure lodgings in special collections.

Professor Francis knows many poets personally, the older established artists as well as the younger writers. She sometimes brought these friends to read in her classes, and invited stu­dents to her home on weekends for sandwiches and readings.

Irving Layton, a friend for many years, remembers that she invited him to read when he was "unknown and unpopular." The poet, who attended the Alumni Awards ban­quet last week, said, "It's nice to know there's a warm friendship like that that you can put on yourself like a blanket on the coldest winter night."

Philanthropist and art patron: Leonard Ellen Concordia owes Leonard Ellen a lot. He was a member of Concordia's B~ard of Governors in the mid-1980s, when he joined its successful capital campaign committee.

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wealth on many occasions. He and his wife Bina, both art enthusiasts, endowed an art-acquisition fund for Concordia's gallery which has pur­chased some important pieces of Canadian art. In recognition of this generosity, the art gallery in the J.W. McConnell Building bears their names.

In 1991, he was awarded Concordia's Faculty of Commerce and Administration Award of Dis­tinction.

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his judgment and his extraordinary inability to recall anybody's name. He is also known for his legendary and blazing Irish temper, always signalled by his face's becoming bright red - a warning to those nearby to take cover.

He is noted for his sense of com­munity and his belief in doing things with and for the community in which he lives. That means hav­ing and maintaining contacts throughout the Qtebec community and, of course, speaking impeccable

Senior Scholarship grew from volunteer efforts Ashley McCain, winner of the Outstanding Student Award, earned a BComm from Sir George Williams University over a 10-year period. At the same time, he was starting a long career with Bell Canada, and was director of taxa­tion when he retired in 1980.

The same year, at the age of 60, he enrolled at Concordia, and by 1986 had earned a diploma in Instructional Technology and a Master's in Educational Technology.

McCain has been actively involved in programmes for seniors, the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies, and the Quebec Association for Adult Learning. His work with the Annu­al Giving senior students' appeal helped create a senior scholarship endowment fund.

McCain also spent three months in Colombia in 1987 as a volunteer consultant to a coffee co-operative for Canadian Executive Services Overseas.

Alice Kubicek granted Distinguished Service Award Alice Kubicek began her studies at Sir George Williams University, graduated from Concordia with her BA in 1977, and her MBA in 1985.

She was a member of the staff of The Georgian. and soon after gradua­tion joined the alumni association of Sir George Williams University, organizing many events and activities.

She moved to Ottawa, where she set up her own business and started teaching at a local college, but will­ingly organized an Ottawa chapter of Concordia's Alumni Association in 1990, which soon became one of the University's most active alumni groups. Kubicek was its president until last fall.

The Distinguished Service Award is presented for ongoing commitment to the Concordia Uni­versity Alumni Association and the University.

French. He has a special way of giv­ing his name to francophones . He spells it out carefully, last name first: "B-r-e-e-n." Then he gets to his first name and says, "Russell - deux 's' et deux '1' - comme les anges!"

Friends and associates of Mon­signor Breen have been saddened in recent months to learn of the seri­ous illness which prevented him from attending the Awards ceremo­ny. His sister, Laurine McIntyre, and his brother, Tom Breen, repre­sented him.

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Events, notices and classified ads must rea~h the

Public RelationsDepartment (BC-115) iri wi:iting nolater

than Thursday;"5 p_.m. the week prior to the Thursday publication. For more information, please contact Kevin Ueduc at848-4881

or by FAX at 848-2814.

Alumni Activities "Female Bondage· A Comedy Revue Thursday, February 17 J.A. OeSeve Cin ema , 1440 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 8 p.m., $15 per person . Described as the "hippest hit show to hit this town." Starring Janis Kirshner (BFA '84) and Laura Mitchell.

Art Gallery The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery is located at 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 848-4750.

Until February 19 Exhibitions by Chris Cran: Heads and Tom Dean : Recent Works. Time: Monday - Friday from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Campus Ministry Oka Retreat Our retreat to the Trappist Monastery in Oka is an opportunity to experience the monastic lifestyle, as well as relax with others, enjoy the outdoors , or simply spend some quiet, reflective time alone . Oates: February 11-13. (Bob Nagy, 848-3587; Peter Cote, 848-3586). •

Sensitivity Training Designed to enhance perceptual ability, sharpen cognitive skills and deepen self-awareness. It is held Thursdays from 1 :15-2:45 p.m. at Annex Z Rm . 105. For more information call Daryl Lynn Ross, 848-3585 or Paule Guerard­Baddeley, 454-4023. Next Session : Thursday, February 3rd.

Canticle to the Cosmos This dynamic and poetic video series traces the history of the universe from the fireball of the "big bang" to today's emerging "Ecozoic" era. For those who began last semester it continues with video #7 Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. A series which began this semester with video #1 continues on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Daryl Lynn Ross 848-3585)

Multi-Faith Dialogue Each Wednesday, faculty, students and staff gather at 12 p.m. in the Graduate Students Lounge (Annex T-305) for a brown-bag lunch and to discuss the var­ious aspects of major· religions. All are welcome. (Matti Terho 848-3590)

"Soul Food· Experience Students get together Tuesdays to reflect on their concerns about the spir-

itual void in their life, their stresses and quest for peace. They ponder their faith questions, as well as meditate on the scriptures. (Bob Nagy 848-3587 / Michelina Bertone SSA 848-3591) Loyola: Annex WF, 3:30-4:45 p.m.;SGW: Annex Z-Rm 02, 12-115 p.m.

Meditation: A Tool for Self­Knowledge Relaxing and centering; quieting and concentrating the mind; attuning to the body-mind-soul connection. Thursdays 3-4 p.m., Annex Z - RM. 105. (Daryl Lynn Ross 848-3585)

Prison Visit Programme This programme runs Tuesdays for eight weeks and participants are asked to try to commit to the full series of vis­its . Those who are interested should contact Campus Ministry for further information (Peter Cote, 848-3586, Matti Terho, 848-3590).

Women's Spirituality Circle Meeting weekly to explore the dynam­ics of spirituality in our own lives. Di scussions, readings, ritual , visualiza­tion Tuesdays from 11 :30 a.m . -1 p.m. in Annex Z Rm. 105. (Daryl Lynn Ross 848-3585)

Sunday Liturgy Every Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Faculty, students, staff and alumni join to celebrate the Eucharist (RC) in the Loyola Chapel. Why not join us? Everyone is welcome.

Concordia Concert Hall Location : 7141 Sherbrooke St . W. Metro Vendome - Autobus 105. Information: 848-4718.

Tuesday, February 8 Voice Recital, directed by Barbara Lewis. Time: 8 p.m.

Wednesday, February 9 Recital by Mr. & Mrs. Dante G. Grela. Time: 8 p.m.

Thursday, February 10 The Concordia Chamber Choir, a pre­competition performance. Time : 4:30 p.m.

Counselling and Development Thinking About Graduate School? The Careers Library can help you plan carefully. We have subject directories to graduate programmes and university

calendars for Canada and the US. Find out about graduate and professional~ school admission tests and private sources of financial aid. Visit us soon at H-440 (SGW Campu s) and WC-101 (Loyola).

Study Skills Assistance A special drop-In programme is avail­able on both campuses for Arts and Science students. Available on both campuses. Please call 848-3545/3555 for details or drop by at H-440 (SGW) or WC-101 (LOY)

Start your career with a job Companies such as Optikon, Bombardier, Canada Life, Nesbitt Thomson, TD Visa are hiring now or in the spring . Information about many career-related summer jobs are posted at the Career and Placement Service. Many deadlines are in February, so start checking our boards regularly at H-440 and 2070 Mackay St..

Incest Survivors Examine the ways in which incest has affected you and begin the work toward recovery. Group membership is limited and will be determined by a preliminary interview. Wednesday, from 2-4 p.m. at WC-101 (LOY), 848-3555. Group Leader: Dorothy Plummer, MEd and Anne Theriault, MEd.

Building Positive Relationships Explore the following issues: loneli­ness, shyness, taking risks, giving and receiving criticism, meeting people, relat ionship pitfalls, clear and direct communication. Students are asked to answer a short questionnaire before signing up . Six sessions : Thursdays, February 17-March 31, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m . at WC-101 LOY (848-3555) Workshop leaders: Anne Theriault, MEd and Kelly Ann Morel, BA.

Career and Educational Planning Who am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? This workshop will help you assess you academic and career inter­ests and personal preferences. Students will also learn how to use the Careers Library. Three sessions: Thursdays, March 10-24, 9:30-11 :30 a.m. at SGW H-440 (848-3545). Workshop leader: Robert Boncore, MASc. $10 fee.

CPR Courses Please contact Donna Fasciano, at 848-4355

CPR Heartsaver Plus Course February 13 6 to 8 hours for life: This course includes rescue breathing and one rescuer CPR,

management of the obstructed airway and infant, child resuscitation.

Film Conservatoire d' Art Cinematographique de Montreal Cinema J.A. DeSeve, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Concordia University (Metro Guy-Concordia). Admission: $3.

Friday, February 4 Strongman Ferdinand (1976) Alexander Kluge at 7 p.m.; Zhou Enlai (1991) Din Yinnan at 9 p.m.

Saturday, February 5 The Spring Festival (1991) Huang Jianzhong at 7 p.m .; The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) R.W.Fassbinder at 9 p.m.

Sunday, February 6 Those left behind (1992) Hu Xueyang at 7 p.m.; Rheingold (1977) Niklaus Schilling at 9 p.m.

Monday, February 7 Les Nuits de la pleine lune (1984) Eric Rohmer at 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 8 Bremem Freedom (1972) R.W. Fa ssbinder at 7 p.m .; Muriel ou le temps d'un retour (1963) Alain Resnais at 8:45 p.m.

Wednesday, February 9 The Second Awakening of Krista Klages (1977) Margarethe von Trotta at 7 p.m.; WR - Mysteries of the Organism (1971) Ousan Makavejev at 8:45 p.m.

Thursday, February 10 La Femme sur le pant (1978) Wolfgang Staudte at 7 p.m.; The Willi-Busch Report (1979) Niklaus Schilling at 9 p.m.

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The Loyola Film Series Admission: FREE. Location: F.C. Smith Auditorium, Concordia University Loyola Campus, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Information: 848-3878.

Wednesday, February 9 Back to God's Country (1919) David Hartford at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 9 Concordia Latin America Committee presents "Images of Resistance." Free videos for freedom. The Panama Deception (1992); The Children 's War (1993) Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: H-651, 1455 de Maisonneuve West.

Graduate News Thesis Defence Announcements Thursday, February 3 Mary Harsany on "The Psychological Functioning of Elders Entering Old-Old Age: A Longitudinal Study. " Time: 10 a.m. Location: PY-244, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

Friday, February 4 Mary Harsany on "The Psychosocial Functioning of Elders Entering Old-Old Age: A Longitudinal Study." Time : 10 a.m. Location : PY-244, Loyola Campus, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

Lacolle Centre Death and Dying Saturday, February 12 Participants in this course will explore death and its effects. Leader: Fran Gorbet. Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Location: Loyola Campus. Fee: $53.50. Information: 848-4955.

Lectures and Seminars Liberal Arts College Thursday, February 3 Professor N. Katherine Hayles, Professor of English at the University of California on "Are We Posthuman? The Cyborg as Literary Metaphor and Social Actuality." Time: 8:30 p.m. Location: H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve West. Information: 848-2565. Free admission.

Department of English Thursday, February 3 Public reading by Lee Maracle, author of Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel, I am Woman and Sundogs. Time: 7 p.m. Location: H-762, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 848-2340.

Concordia Council on First Nations Education Friday, February 4 Dr. Clare Brant, Native Psychiatrist, University of Western Ontario on "Cultural factors in mental illness and native cultural identity." Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Location LB-125, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Information: 848-7327.

Department of Classics Tuesday, February 8 Professor Charles Kannegiesser, Prof. Emeritus, University of Notre Dame on " Imperial Politics and Re l igious Conflicts in the 4th Century A.O." Time: 4 p.m. Location: Lonergan College, 7300 Sherbrooke St. W. Everyone is wel­come.

Thursdays at Lonergan February 10 Rev . Terry Tekippe, PhD, School of Theology, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans on "Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Lonergan's Insight." Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m . Location: 7302 Sherbrooke St. W. Information: 848-2280. Coffee available from 3:15 p.m .

Department of Geology Friday, February 11 Dr. Jeanne Paquette, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill on "Growing Calcite Crystals in the Laboratory; How? and Why?" Time: 1 p.m. Location: DS-229-1, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

"K" Information Centre of Montreal Friday, February 11 Presentation of Krishnamurti videotape titled "Thought and time are the root of fear." Time: 8 p.m. Location : H-420, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Free admission.

Library News CD-ROM Workshops February 8 to 11 Webster Library (LB-212) Tuesday to Friday at 5 p.m.; Vanier Library (VL-122) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 5 30 p.m. Information: 848-77 66 (Vanier) or 848-7777 (Webster)

Meetings CCSL The next CCSL meeting will be on Friday, February 18 at 12 p.m. in AD-131, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

Notices Flower Day for St. Valentine Send a carnation to your loved one. All proceeds will go to the Heart Foundation. From 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 10, 14 and 15. Pick up your form at ECA, H-880-10.

Political Science Students' Association Thursday, February 3 Political Science Wine and Cheese, 2140 Bishop St., basement lounge. Time: 6:30 - 10 p.m.

Art Classes for Children Saturday art classes for children aged 4-17 years will begin February 5th for eight weeks until March 26th, 9:30-11 :30 a.m. Saturdays in the Visual Arts Building, 1395 Rene Levesque Blvd. W. Information: 848-4646.

Sports News Friday, February 4 Women's Hockey - Teresa Humes Invitational, games at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m .' Concordia vs. Queen's at 4 p.m., Loyola Arena.

Women's Basketball, Concordia vs . Laval at 6:30 p.m., Loyola Gym.

Men's Basketball, Concordia vs. Laval at 8:30 p.m., Loyola Gym.

Saturday, February 5 Women's Hockey - Teresa Humes Invitational, games at 11 a.m., 1, 3,and 5 p.m. Loyola Arena.

Sunday, February 6 Women' s Hockey - Teresa Hum es Invitational, games at 9 & 11 a. m. Consolation and Championship games at 1 & 3 p.m. Loyola Arena.

Tuesday, February 8 Men's Hockey - Royal Chall enge '94, Con cordia vs McGill. Games at 4:30 p.m. Montreal Forum

Unclassified For Sale Notebook Computer; Texas Instrument Travel Mate 2000; 4 lbs .; IBM Compatible 286; 20 MB hard disk; LCD screen; battery adaptor; manual; soft­ware; $600 - Firm. Call Maria 842-6509.

For Rent Peaceful country retreat, between Morin Heights and Lachute, 1 hr from town . 3-bedroom chalet on a private 55-acre estate with own spring fed nat­ural lake . Enjoy, x-country skiing, ice fishing, snow shoeing, etc .. Available for balance of winter. $600. 849-7948.

Women's Agenda Concordia Women's Centre February 5 & 6 Action Course is a self-defense course for women taught by a trained instruc­tor from the Montreal Assau lt Prevention Centre. Time: 9:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m . Location: AD-131 , 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. $20 for students . Register at the Women's Centre, 2020 Mackay St. Information: 848-7431.

Workshops Hindi Language Classes The classes begin on Wednesday, February 9th at 7 p.m. in the Department of Religious Studies, ro0m 203, 2050 Mackay St. To register, please call Dr. Shanta Srivastava fat 335-9261.

Leaming Development Office Friday, February 11 "Burnout: Recognizing the Warning Signs." This workshop will illustrate warning signs of burnout and provide strategies for its prevention. Leader: Heather MacKenzie. Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Location: 2490 West Broadway. Information: 848-2495.