CIDA funds Concordia-China link A first for the University

by Ken Whittingham

He also reported that negotiations are continuing between the University and Loyola High School officials con­cerning the purchase of the 73-year-old school, which is located adJacent to the Music Department on the Loyola Cam­pus.

Concordia hopes the high school will vacate the building (possibly to relocate on the University's south cam­pus), thus providing additional class­room and office space for Concordia.

The governors tabled a recommen­dation from the Concordia Council on

Student Life (CCSL) that a special fee of 50 cents per credit be levied on all students for the next six years to pay the cost of building a swimming pool on the west-end campus .

Board member Nick Woollard, Co-See GOVERN ORS page 9 T he Canadian International Devel­

opment Agency (CIDA) has awarded Concordia a half millon

dollars to fund the precedent-setting joint doctoral program that Concordia established in 1987 with China's South­east University (formerly the Nanj ing Institute of Technology).

Salary hike for non-academic staff The CIDA grant is the first ever

received by Concordia, and marks offi­cial federal recognition of Concordia's growing international role. Rector Patrick Kenniff made the announcement April 19th at the regular monthly meet­ing of the Board of Governors. (Further details about the CIDA grant and other international news will be published in ITR 's June 4th issue.)

Kenniff also told the governors the Quebec government has given Concordia an additional $490,000 towards the cost of the downtown library building. Among other things, the money will be used to strengthen foundations and build additional service ducts for a proposed four-storey addition to the west side of the structure (along Mackay Street).

Increase effective June 1st

E ffective June 1, 1989, all eligible non-academic staff on payroll May 31, 1989 and June I, 1989

will have their salaries increased by 4 per cent.

The raise will be included in the June 16 paycheques.

Beyond that, the University will set aside between $750,000 and $1 million to begin redressing salary inequities deter­mined through the Job Evaluation Pro­ject.

Negotiations between the University and CUNASA to eliminate those inequi­ties are expected to be concluded by the end of September. They will ·cover 1989-90 salary adjustments and will be retro-

active to June 1, 1989. If necessary, a timetable beyond

1989-90 to complete the process will be established.

Members of the Concordia Univer­sity Non-Academic Staff Association (CUNASA) negotiating teams are Col­leen Bronson (receptionist, Guidance Services), Pat Freed (Faculty Personnel Administrator), Liana Howes (Outgoing CU NASA P resident), Kathleen Waterhouse (Administrative Services Officer, Library) and Roslyn Yearwood (secretary, Sociology & Anthropology). The administration team is composed of Maureen Habib (Assistant to the Vice­Rector, Academic), Spiros Lazaris

Going, going, almost gone

(Labour Relations Officer, Human Resource), Robert Parker (Dean, Fine Arts), Hal Proppe (Associate Vice-Rec­tor, Institutional Relations and Finance) and Joey Rawlins (Executive Assistant to Vice-Rector, Services).

Both sides are pleased with the agreement.

"CUNASA's negotiators are work­ing on both the 4% equivalent to the cost of living increase as well as the increases that will come from the Job Evaluation Project," said Colleen Bronson. "We're pleased that the June 16th paycheque reflects the firs t half of our efforts."

-Sharon Bishin

The next TTR

will be on June 1st

Gracefully, even gently .. . but irrevocably .. . the back of the Royal George A partments is being demolished to make room f or Concordia 's six-storey downtown library. Thefarade will remain and be integrated into the new building.

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Modern Arab poets given. a voice in English Gary Geddes publishes anthology of Arabic poetry

by Bronwyn Chester

G ary Geddes' recent publishing of Montreal poet John Asfour's anthology of modern Arabic

poetry is something of a victory. For the past 10 years the Concordia English professor and owner of Cormorant Books has been trying to convince the Canada Council of the importance of funding Canadian translations of non­Canadian literature. With Asfour's When the Words' Burn: an anthology of

modern Arabic poetry, 1945-1987, he succeeded.

Geddes told the council that the book, which provides a critical introduc­tion to modern Arabic poetry and brief biographies of the 35 poets, was almost half Asfour's own writing.

"I may have stretched it a little, but they approved it because of the substan­tial critical content written by John,'' said Geddes, adding that Asfour's book

International Conference on Bangladesh Floods: What are the Solutions? (Montreal, May 11 & 12, 1989)

Organized by: International Society of Bangladesh (Societe Internationale du Bangladesh) Sponsored by: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Other Sponsors: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Concordia University Theme: Causes of the recent widespread flooding in Bangladesh. Related enviorenmental and hydrological issues. Possible medium and long term solutions. Time & Place: May 11, 1989 6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Dawson College, Room SB.IS 3040 Sherbrooke St. West May 12, 1989 8:45 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Concordia University Hall Building, Room H-937 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Speakers include: Prof. Wahidul Haque (Minister of Finance, Gout. of Bangladesh and University of Toronto)

Honorable Gerard Pelletier (Former Secretary of Stale, Govt. of Canada)

Mr. B.M. Abbas (Former Cabinet Minister and Presidental Advisor, Gout. of Bangladesh)

RIVERS

. - -Prof. J.D. Ives (President, International Mountain· Society, Boulder, Colo.)

Mr. Shinji Asanuma (Director, World Bank)

Mr. F.H. Abed (Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee)

Prof. Aminul Islam (Dhaka University)

Prof. Paul Streeten (World Develupment Ir.stitute, Boston)

Prof. Peter Rogers (Harvard University)

Registrat ion: Please register by April 30, 1989.

Registration Fee: $25 (Studen ts and Senior Citizens: $15). Fee includes an Evening Dinner o n May 11, Lunch in the afternoon o n May 12, and tea and coffee during the lectures.

For further informa ti on p lease contact: Prof. S. Ahsan, Dept. of Economics, Concordia University Tel. (514) 848-3903 (Also: 848-3237, 484-7118, 484-3259, 630-7765, 683-3135)

is one of the few translations of non­Canadian work ever to receive Canada Council funding.

If it hadn't been for Geddes , Asfour's anthology would likely not have been published in Canada. After two years of searching for a publisher, Asfour finally got an offer from · an American publisher but sought out Geddes for a second opinion. Geddes said he wanted to publish it himself.

Book timely "The book is important, especially

in light of the Salman Rushdie affair," he says. "It is .clear that we need to know more of Arab history and culture."

The Lebanese-born Asfour, blinded at age 14 during the 1958 civil war in Lebanon, has lived in · Canada since 1968. In his anthology, which grew out of his 1985 PhD thesis, he wanted to show a side of Arabic culture that is rarely seen in the west.

''Arabs in the popular media are usually portrayed as terrorists, funda­mentalist fanatics, or as ostentatiously wealthy. I hope this book will help change that image. Arabs are also inter­ested in culture."

With outside funding or not, Cor­morant Books, which Geddes runs with his wife Jan, is committed to publishing one book per year of foreign literature. Last year it was A Thistle in his Mouth by German poet Peter Huchel, translated by Concordia English Professor Henry Beissel.

"I feel that it's important for Cana­da to claim its own language as a translation idiom," says Geddes. "There are significant differences between ours and English or American English. Every translation has the flavor of the transla­tor and the source of the language. British and American small presses have

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Author John Asfour and (inset) publisher and Concordia English professor Gary Geddes.

Student aid increased 12.8%

Part-time students eligible for first time

Higher Education and Science Min­ister Claude Ryan announced on April 21 that an additional $52.3 million in loans and bursaries will be available for stu­dents, beginning in 1990. The increase will amount to 12.90Jo - to $456.2 million in 1990-91.

The students' aid package will be reviewed in public hearings set for the fall. -

For the first time, part-time students will be eligible for student aid, averaging about $400 per year for tuition fees, course material and daycare expenses.

That was the good news.

The bad news is that $33.8 million of the increase will be in the form of repayable loans instead of non-repayable bursaries .

As well, some parts of the package are still in need of fine-tuning.

Financial Aid Director Roger Cote commented: "The additional funds are welcome and meeting some needs that have been identified. However, some fundamental problems remain in areas such as needs assessments and parental contributions. These need some major new thinking." .

Treasury offers faster service The timely reimbursement of

expense claims is a subject near and dear to many peoples' hearts. "Why does it take so long for the computer to issue my cheque?" is a~ament frequently heard.

Rather than submit to the expensive expedient of hiring someone full-time to do nothing but type cheques, Treasury has come up with a workable alternative: the "mini-run."

Cheques issued by Treasury are usu­ally processed by the, Computer Centre over the weekend in what is called a "weekly run." Accounts which are received too late to be included in this run

have in the past been held over until the next "weekly run."

Now, after three months of develop­ment, implementation and testing, Trea­sury can process a properly approved cheque within three days of receiving a properly ·approved cheque requisition or expense claim . . This compares quite favorably with 'the 10- to 12 days previ­ously required to issue an expense reim­bursement cheque.

Next· time you are waiting for a cheque from ·the University, get it approved fast and it will be issued fast.

Review questions near This month and in early June,

individuals directly involved in the recruitment and selection process will receive a questionnaire for the Employ­ment Practice Review. The questionnaire is designed to gather data and facts-about our employment systems (both the Uni­versity's Policies and Collective Agree­ments) over the past three years .

As well, group meetings for each employment group are planned for June . . This is your chance to talk about con­cerns and ideas you may have about the Employment Equity Program at Con­cordia. The purpose of these meetings is to gather perceptions about Concordia as an employer as well as to discuss ways to improve the situation of female employees at Concordia. Participants will be chosen in two ways, half of the group will be randomly selected while the other half will be selected (again ran­domly) from volunteers. If you are interested, please send me your name and telephone number by May 19, 1989.

More myths and realities As some interest was sown in our

"Myths and Realities" column of a few ~eeks ago, here are a few more:

ASFOUR continued from page 2 a strong tradition of translation."

Myth Employment Equity means applying

a double standard; one for males and a somewhat lower standard for women.

Reality It is essential that a single standard

be applied to all candidates. Double standards are inconsistent with Employ­ment Equity. This myth implies women are less qualified than men.

Myth Employment Equity is the responsi­

bility of the Employment Equity Office.

Reality Employment Equity needs the sup­

port of the University community to be successful.

As this is the last Employment Equity column of the year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has expressed support for the Employment Equity Program this year. In the fall, I plan to have the Diagnostic Report ready for distribution and further consultation with the University commu- · nity. I look 'forward to having everyone's comments. See you in September.

For (urther information, please con­tact Kathleen Perry, Employment Equity Co-ordinator, BC 327-1, 4841.

@May 4, 1989 THE THURSDAY REPORT Page 3

. .. Jack Bordan, the first Dean of Engineering at Sir George Williams University and one of Concordia's first Vice-Rectors, has been appointed by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers to the position of Chairman of the Cc1nadian Engineering Qualifications Board, which establishes criteria for admission to the practice of engineering in CaQada . . .

. .. Two cases of Red Measles have been diagno§ed at Concordia, SO ... Health Services suggests that people under 34 years old who have not had their MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) vaccine or who have not had a case of measles diagnosed by a doctor, might wish to call Health Services (3565 or 3575) or their, doctor to discuss preventative measures . . ·.

. .. Concordia's Sir George Willams Alumni Association is holding a sale of 26 donated paintings to raise money for undergraduate scholan;hips on Wednesday, May 17th at 8.p.m. (6:30 for previewing) in the Faculty Club Lounge, 7th floor, Henry F. Hall'Building. For more info call Pat Menzies at 3819 ...

. . . Next Thursday and Friday's international conference on Bangladesh floods, What are the Solutions? (see the ad on the opposite page) will be offering the public a unique opportunity to hear experts on the subject. Guest speakers include former federal Secretary of State Gerard Pelletier; Wahidul Haque, Bangladesh Minister of Finance; the World Development lnstitute's Paul Streeten; and B. M. Abbas, former Cabinet Minister and Advisor to the President, Government of Bangladesh, who will be delivering the keynote address. For more info contact Syed Ahsan of the Economics department at 3903 ...

.. . Accountancy's Henry Dauderis has recently had a textbook published - Financial Accounting, (Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited) ...

. .. Also from the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Management's Richard Lande has been elected President of the Centre de Transport International des Marchandise (CTIM), a Quebec association of approximately 200 transportation-oriented members interested in export, customs and free-trade issues. During the past year CTIM has given 10-week training sessions, one-day seminars and monthly luncheon meetings in Montreal and Quebec City ...

... Concordia Fine Arts grad John F. Marok will be having an exhibition of large black and white paintings from next Thm;sday, (May 11th) until May 14th at 645 Wellington St., #407A. His work explores space and personal symbolism. Marok describes his current series as his intention "to integrate the essential feeling of ... images into the two-dimensional world of the canvas so that they constantly refer to the fundamental structures of the painting and not as an illusion from the physical world" ...

. . . Concordia's own Leslie Mintz and Lindsay Cowell-Plain are two of the 18 scholarship recipients of the 1988-89 Imasco Scholarship Fund for Disabled Students. Administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the $2,000 undergraduate bursaries are awarded based on the academic background, motivation, maturity and extent of disability of the candidate ...

... Political Science's Blair Williams was an organizer at last month's federal Liberal party unofficial think tank in Montebello .. .

... Calling all volunteers: an additional 50 callers are still needed for the Concordia Alumni Phon-a-thon beginning Tuesday, May 16th for three evenings at the Laurentian Bank of Canada's headquarters, 1981 McGill College Avenue, 19th floor. Call local 3817 for info .. .

There is also the aspect of promoting Canadian culture abroad. Cormorant has published Canadian poetry, trans­lated by a Canadian poet living in Chile, for distribution in that country.

"Once you get into Chile, then the work is open to all of the Spanish­speaking world," says Geddes.

Lots of administrative changes Cormorant, whose mandate is to

publish Canadian literature from the mainstream and from ethnic minority groups, as well as foreign literature, has published 36 books since its inception in 1986, and depends on the Canada Coun­cil for about 40% of its operating costs.

Geddes will be doing some of his own writing next year. As a recipient of a Senior Arts Council award, he will take a break from teaching to work on a narrative poem on the Chinese discovery of America and a play for the Centaur Theatre, based on his award-winning narrative poem, The Terra Cotta Army.

in Commerce and Administration by Bronwyn Chester

C ommerce and Administration Dean Steven Appelbaum has announced six administrative

changes effective June 1. Jean-Marie Bourjolly, Assistant Professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, has been appointed to a three-year term as Director of the Canada-China Manage­ment Education Program.

Also beginning a thre~year appoint-

ment is Associate Professor of Finance Abolhassan Jalilvand, who becomes Director of the International Exchange and Management Development Pro­gram.

Jerry Rosenblatt, Assistant Profes­sor of Marketing, becomes the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the west-end campus for the next three years and George Kanaan, Assistant Professor of Accountancy, will be the Acting Director of the Diploma in Insti­tutional Administration and Diploma in

Sports Administrati~n programs for orie year. - Associate Professor of Accountancy

Juan Segovia becomes acting Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research for one year, and Latha Shanker, Associ­ate Professor of Finance, becomes acting · director of the Concordia International Business Program. Puring her one-year appointment Shanker will continue her work as a research associate at the Center for the Study of Futures Markets at Columbia University.

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The dynamics of Seshadri Sankar Sankar's CONCAVE.Centre may soon become a national 'Centre of Excellence' in vehicular transportation by Bronwyn Chester

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F or someone wh_o is not particular-ly interested in travelling in vehi­cles himself, Seshadri Sankar has

spent a long time studying them - that is, ever since he began graduate work at Concordia in 1970. But, says the founder and director of the Concordia Com­puter-Aided Vehicle Engineering (CON­CAVE) Centre, "It's the general dynamic concept of the vehicle I'm attracted to , not so much its ttse to me."

CAVE answering these _very questions and others like them.

Computerized simulation of ·vehicles

The centre is comprised of a large computer-aided design laboratory where researchers - 10. full-time researchers and 15 graduate students - draw the vehicle in its parts: suspension, body, c;hassis - and create software which will simulate the vehicle's response to various conditions. Graduate student Gaetan Lebel, for instance, is studying the effects of vibration on snowmobiles.

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This means that Sankar (not to be confused with his brother, T.S. Sankar, also a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department) is interested in questions like how an aircraft will land on a runway, · what happens to a tanker truck when its liquid half-load is swish­ing around, or how the frame of a snowmobile will withstand different ter­rain at different speeds. At any one time there are 25 projects going on at CON-

Once he has completed the software, Lebel will go downstairs to the structural testing lab . There he will use an impact hammer (connected to a computer) on an actual snowmobile frame to validate hi~ software. If the information from the computer doesn't match his software,

Pictured at the CONCA VE test facility are (left to right) Gennady Popov, Roland Jonasch, Dale Rathwell, and Seshadri Sankar, Director.

The Computer-Aided Design (CA D) Laboratory at CONCAVE.

And the winners are . ..

then Lebel will have some tuning up to do on his program, says Sankar.

The testing of a real vehicle in a real situation is contracted out to other organizations. The Ministry of Trans­port in Ontario, for instance, is now testing software Sankar developed on the sloshing behavior of liquid in tanker vehicles, using real trucks on real roads.

While the centre only opened last July, CONCAVE has been around since the Vehicle Engineering Research Group won a Government of Quebec "Centre of Excellence" grant of $1.16 million over five years in 1986.

"That recognition is very impor­~ tant," says Sankar . . "We were the first

. · '* transportation research group to get the ~ grant and the first group of any kind at i(J ~ Concordia." 6 Since then, CONCAVE has gained

l}ational and international recognition. CONCAVE and l'Universite de Mont­real's Centre de recherche sur le transport

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%< .• : ;<> #.- . ~ 1wo CONCAVE graduate students, Alain Piche and James Alonoly, were recently awarded prized from the Association Quebecoise du Transport et des Routes Inc. (AQTR). Gather_ed to congratulate them were (from left to right) Subash Rakheja, Gerald Gou~ AQIR Director General Guy Pare, Alain Piche, James Alonoly, Dean M.N.S. Swamy, Rector Patrick Kenniff, Tom Sankar, and CONCAVE Director Seshadri Sankar.

are working together to become a federal Centre of Excellence. (Centres of Excel­lence are a federal pre~election promise to aid . research and development in different fields.)

Sankar has just heard that of the 158 applications, CONCAVE is one of 38 chosen to receive a visit from the govern­ment. A total of between 15 and 20 centres will be established across the country.

"This is encouraging," says Sankar, ·" but · even if we aren't chosen we have already started to work as a group with l'U de M and other Quebec universities, as well as with government research councils and private industry .

International recognition CONCAVE's expertise is also in

demand in other countries. Next fall Sankar goes to the country of his birth, India, lo oversee the transfer of technol­ogy and train researchers in the area of off-road, earth-moving vehicles. Fellow researcher Assistant Professor Subash Rakheja goes to China on April 25 to train researchers there.

Sankar is particularly proud of CONCAVE's relationship with private industry. "Our graduate students work with real problems and real companies," he explains, opening up a student's thesis on Where and how to attach a tanker onto the chassis of a truck to ensure the maximum stability of the vehicle. ·

"This sort of research is particularly important where dangerous chemicals are being transported on public routes," said Sankar. "There is never-ending work to be done in improving vehicle safety."

He is also proud of CONCAVE's graduate students. This year, PhD stu­dent Jim Alonoly and Master's student Alain Pichet won awards for excellence in graduate research from the Associa­tion quebecoise du transport et des routes.

And what about the shuttle bus? "Well," responds Sankar, "if Con­

cordia wants CONCAVE to analyze its comfort and safety, we will."

May 4, 1989 THE THURSDAY REPORT Page 5

Fishing for our lives What is the director of Israel's lsan Centre for Comparative Medicine and Desert Animal Research doing cooped up in the Hall Building's sub-basement for a yrar?

by Tim Locke

'~ cid r~in"; "Food chain"; "Ecosystem"; "Toxic spill"; "CFCs"; "PCBs": these

1980s buzz words are familiar to us all but, like the weather, everybody's talking

· about them but few are actually doing anything.

This is particularly poignant in the wake of Alaska's Prince William Sound disaster in which 42.4 million litres of highly toxic crude oil has dispersed over 585 kilometres of shoreline, and closer to home the recent PCB spill into the St. Maurice River.

organic contaminants in various envi­ronmental settings, including natural waters.

The energy and water balance in trout may not seem very interesting until one realizes that the biomass of each living organism is largely made up of good old H20 - water - and of course it is the habitat of Degen's subjects. Fish also comprise the largest available source of food on earth. Degen's research focuses on how fish react to different toxicants - how they affect their ability to survive.

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Visiting Biology Professor Allan Degen is doing something. The specialist in environmental animal physiology and director of the Ben Gurion.University of the Negev's Isan Centre for Comparative Medicine and Desert Animal Research studies "how animals respond to their environment; I look at extremes."

· First, though, "base-line values" have had to be established in order to obtain data about the optimum environ­ment for the "control organism" - the trout. To accomplish this an intriguing situation has been created in the fish room using photoelectric cells, whereby the trout - quick learner$, apparently -are actually able to control the tempera­ture of their environment by swimming past different photoelectric cells which trigger the release of cold or warm water. A minute-by-minute chronicle of their movements and temperature preferences is recorded by computer. The fish are also placed under different feeding regimes.

Visiting Professor Allan Degen is studying ow fish react to hostile environments, which is particularly important in the wake of the Prince William Sound oil spill.

Ants, lizards, ostriches and camels have been his subjects in another climate. Now the good professor from the desert is 'fishing' in the sub-basement of the Henry F. Hall Building, analyzing the "energetics in the water balance of rainbow trout."

His year-long project, under the auspices of the Biology department's Ecotoxicology Centre, began last August. It forms a part of a massive study which has been in progress for 14 years, with no end in sight.

It also parallels research by Vice­Rector, Research Cooper Langford and Chemistry Professor Nick Serpone, which is being conducted to examine the behaviour of trace levels of inorganic and

Then trout heaven will end. Various toxicants will be introduced into the water to investigate how they affect the fishes' ability to maintain their thermal (water and body temperature) regulatory functions.

Ecotoxicology Centre director Perry Anderson subjected TTR's reporter to a crash seminar on what the results will

mean. All humans, animals and plants have "zones of tolerance," during which ecological death can still occur if they lose their ability to reproduce, and beyond this is the "incipient lethal level" (appropriately 1:1-cronymed ILL), after which death is inevitable.

"What is required to arrive at an understanding of this," says Anderson, "is that we come up with an organism representative of an ecosystem (in this case trout in an aquatic one), and then evaluate the toxicity (toxic measure of an introduced toxicant into an environ­ment) and its risk to an environment."

"People talk about the environment but not many researchers are actually

looking at its effect on the · whole organism," says Degen. To Concordia's credit it is one of the few institutions involved in these vital studies.

The results arrived at by labourers like Degen, Anderson and the environ­mental chemists who study the toxicants themselves (which will be the subject of a later TTR story) will come too late to save the innumerable doomed aquatic organisms in the Prince William Sound; but the lessons learned through their 'fishing' will hopefully teach us to finally put a stop to or at least ameliorate some future ecological crises.

Concludes Degen: "We ignore (these lessons) at all life's peril."

SeH-taught children learn second language Three-year New Brunswick expen·ment shows elementary school children do well on their own

by Susan Grey

A llowing young second-language learners to work on their own within the regular school system

is still a revolutionary concept in North America, says Patsy Lightbown, an expert in the field of second-language learning and a professor at the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Centre at Concordia.

But a recent study based on this method carried out by Concordia researchers produced promising results. The experiment involved New Brunswick elementary school children who studied English as a second language by listening to cassettes and reading while their teachers observed from the sidelines.

When Lightbown was first approached by New Brunswick's Minis­try of Education about the project, she was reluctant to take it on. "My back­ground is in qualitatively studying how language is acquired, not in formal

program evaluation," she says. "But the New Brunswick project let me pursue theoretical interests while doing a service to the educational community."

Approximately 1,000 students, from grades 3 to 5, took part in the study, which ran from 1985 to 1988. One of the groups was followed for two years, the other for three. During this time the children, who worked on their own, were allowed to choose books and tapes on a wide range of _topics for their 30-minute English period. ·

"It wasn't easy for the teachers to let their children go," remarks Lightbown. "Grade school teachers are like parents - they feel that the students' perform­ance is a reflection on them."

'Comprehensible input' the key Indeed, the researchers themselves

"tiptoed to the end of the year, aware of the possibility that the children might not

learn anything," Lightbown admits. Stephen Krashen of the University

of California is the man behind the theory on which the New Brunswick experiment was based. His is a widely­accepted theory which postulates that to acquire the underlying structure of a second language, it is not even necessary to speak it. Instead, the important thing is to be exposed to the "comprehensible input" - i.e., to hear language of increasing complexity.

Although the test results showed that the children allowed to learn on their own did as well or better than any other group, Lighbown isn't making any defin­itive conclusions. "I don't want to over­state the case," she says. "I don't think it's saying that children can go all the way with comprehensible input."

In terms of preference, when chil­dren and teachers participated in both ways of language learning, a majority

preferred the one that involved autono­mous learning. Those · who didn't said that both were okay; rare were those who preferred the old style of learning.

With a price tag of $60,000 over three years, Lightbown doesn'.t think the study was expensive. This "'ts especially true as most of the schools involved in the study are in rural areas, and it is not realistic for them to hire specialist teach­ers . Lightbown also says that the experi­ment wasn't expensive if one compares it to the cost of hiring additional special­ists.

The language expert thinks the potential for this method of autonomous learning is incredible. In countries like Japan, where native speakers are hard to find and the demand for English as a second language instruction is so high, she says it could be used as a program in itself, or as a supplement to one.

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Keeping up with the global econo01y Commerce and Administration appoints first director of International Exchange and Management Development Program

by Bronwyn Chester

Just as we live in a global economy, so must business schools operate globally, says Dean of Commerce and Ad­

ministration Steven Appelbaum, just back from New York where he has finalized yet another faculty exchange program, this one between Concordia and the Lubin Schools of Business at Pace University.

Concordia 's Faculty of Commerce and Administration now has five faculty ex­change programs in four countries: China, France, Hong Kong and the U.S., and progrlUtls in Greece and India are planned.

"But there are still international oppor­tunities out there that we' re missing out on," says Appelbaum, who recently appointed Associate Professor of Finance Abolhassan Jalilvand as Director of the Faculty's Inter­nat ional E xchange and Management Development Program.

While continuing to teach and research corporate debt policy decision-making and international debt problems, Jalilvand will spend the next few months researching the opportunities for faculty exchanges and par­ticipation in international development projects.

"There are three geographic areas I will be investigating," says Jalilvand. "The U.S., in light of the Free Trade Agreement; Europe, in light of the imminent integration of the western European economies into the

European Economic Community in 1992, ~ and the Eastern Block countries and the ~ · Soviet Union, in view of perestroika. ~

"We see opportunities here to work at 1i "" universities noted for their research and CJ

where we can work on joint projects where Concordia has a particular expertise," says Jalilvand, citing the case of the Eastern Block countries which lack good managers; Concordia could help their universities and industries establish better methods of management.

W est Germany , other European countries and the U.S. are now offering management-training seminars to Soviet senior managers, says Jalilvand.

Closer to home, Concordia is already part of the Institute for U.S. and Canada Business Studies, initiated by Pace Univer­sity, where Appelbaum was a faculty mem­ber 15 years ago. The director of the institute is a former consultant to the Quebec govern­ment.

The institute, which also involves the Universite de Montreal' s Hautes Etudes Commerciales and the Quebec government, "is really a Quebec-New York institute," says Appelbaum. Through the exchange of faculty and students, the institute will study questions relating to trade and commerce between the province and state.

"This is an example of how Concordia can link with some of the top I 5 business schools in the U.S. to do research on

' The new Concordia-Pace University faculty exchange program "is an example of how we can link up with some of the top business schools in the U.S.", says Dean Steven Appelbaum. H e is p ictured here with the Commerce faculty's In ternational Exchange director Abolhassan Jalilvand (left).

Canada-U.S. business issues," he says, ad­ding that an exchange with San Francisco University has received final approval.

Where international development projects are involved, Jalilvand envisions a three-party relationship between govern­ment agencies, like the Canadian Interna­tional Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian corporations and the country it­self. He will be researching the countries CIDA has earmarked for development and education projects to see where Concordia can be involved.

CIDA has given its approval in prin­ciple of an Executive Master 's of Business Administration program to be given in India by Concordia.

With Jalilvand's expertise in interna­tional debt problems, he would also like to see Concordia focus on problems affecting the debt-ridden developing countries.

"More education is needed in interna­tional borrowing. This would be an oppor­tunity for Concordia to help these countries through education and research."

Vishwanath Baba the builder Associate Dean of Graduate Studies is working towards a more visible, expanded role for the department

by Buzz Bourdon

When Vi shwanath Baba talks about build ing bridges he doesn ' t mean putting steel, con­

crete and asphalt across a river. Rather, the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies says the expression lies at the heart of the Division's philosophy: to build bridges to the various academic units at Concordia.

"Our basic philosophy is to establish links so that our mission is accomplished," Baba says.

It's a mission that is dear to Baba's heart, and one that he's taken very serious­ly in the nine months he has had the job. It 's simple: he wants Graduate Studies to con­tinue to grow to better serve the Concordia community. The unit, which has 3,000 stu­dents, features 65 diploma, MA and PhD programs.

Over the past two years, a lot has been done to expand the division and publicize;: its role, says Baba. A Newsletter was estab­lished, appropriate renovations undertaken, more staff have been hired and Admissions, Awards, Thesis and Publications units have all been brought into the electronic age.

And there's a lot more to come, Baba

says. "One of our new ideas is to intensify operations, to give them a new thrust and focus . We're making an attemptto better in­tegrate graduate studies within the Univer­sity and to streamline communication channels."

He thinks it ' s vital for Graduate Studies to be represented on various University committees. "It 's extremely important be­cause if graduate studies has to respond to the changing needs of the community, then we should be able to influence planning and setting priorities."

To that end, Graduate Studies now has voting rights on such key Senate commit­tees such Academic Planning and Priorities, Research, and Academic Programs.

Baba, a former chair of the Manage­ment Department who has been at Concor­dia since 1976, now expects that Graduate Studies will soon be represented on the various Faculty Councils.

Across faculties, department lines "When questions arise about Graduate

Studies we want to be there to provide answers. We want to establish a presence. We want to promote a vision which cuts across faculties and departments so that our entire University community benefits from

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the resulting synergy," he says. The Univer­sity offers some programs that are unique in Quebec and Canada, such as Art Education, Building Studies and Educational Technol­ogy, just to name a few. And Concordia's joint university doctoral programs have al­ways had a high profile as well.

At the moment, Graduate Studies offers three doctoral programs in conjunction with other Montreal universities: Religious Studies (with UQAM), Communication

(with UQAM and the Un iversite de Montreal), and Administration (with Mc­Gill, UQAM and I 'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales).

As for the future, Baba says his dream is to see a Faculty of Graduate Studies. "It would be nice to see this in five years. In some form or another it will happen. What it takes is people coming forward and reasoning."

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To find a 01an: 01usician follolVs teacher to Concordia by Donna Varrica

I magine a world-class concert pianist giving up a chance to study at the Conservatory in Moscow. Instead

the scholar chooses to follow a Canadian professor halfway around the world to study at Concordia. If this sounds like the contrived plot of a movie, then Wojciech Kocyan is living the leading role.

Kocyan is the fourth participant in the exchange program established last year between the Faculty of Fine Arts and tl)e Polish Ministry of Culture and is its first graduate scholar.

The Canadian professor is the Music Department's Phil Cohen, Director of the Graduate Diploma in Advanced Music Performance Studies. He was also one of the exchange's architects.

Stay at Concordia extended Kocyan arrived at Concordia last

January and was to return to Poland this month. A few weeks ago he received permission from the Fine Arts' Dean Robert Parker and Immigration Canada to extend his stay until December.

For nearly a year, Kocyan will have lived the life of a regular Concordia graduate student in music, his days divided between practice studios in Loyola's old refectory and his apartment a few minutes from the west-end campus. But there are some important differ­ences.

In 1987, he could communicate in English only with dictionary in hand. When he lost the dictionary, he says, fluency in English came quickly. Last December, at age 22, he collected his Master's degree from the Academy of

Music in Katowice by accelerating his {; '~ program by two years so he could begin ._,,

his studies with Cohen.

Musicians follow teachers "I did not come to Concordia neces­

sarily for the diploma, for the piece of paper. The diplomas I have already are very good.

I came to study with Professor Cohen - musicians very often follow a teacher. But once I came to Concordia, I found many things here that I could not find elsewhere," says Kocyan.

Concordia has been a refuge of sorts for the talented young Pole.

With Cohen, he has had the time to reflect on his work and tie up the technical and stylistic loose ends needed to develop his unique talent - a luxury he might not have been afforded had he gone to Moscow or remained in Poland to study.

One - aspect of his studies that Kocyan appreciates is the openness of the program in the Music Department. Open rehearsals and classes encourage discus­sion of the pieces being studied as well as the dynamics of performing.

Openness encourages discussion "We take into account that each

student is different. While our music performance standards are as high as other institutions and the discipline as demanding, we take a broader view of music than the conservatoire approach which concentrates mostly on mechanics and style. We examine all questions that pertain to the performer and his per­formance ," explains Cohen.

The approach suits Kocyan fine. In

Under the watc iful eye of his teacher, the Department of Music's Phil Cohen, Polish scholar and concert pianist Wojciech Kocyan prepares for an international career.

the past months, he and Cohen have worked on a repertoire of pieces by Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, the contempo­rary French composer Olivier Messiaen and Poland's most famous contribution to classical music, Frederic Chopin.

Cohen first went to -Poland in 1987 when he was asked to judge an interna­tional piano competition in Warsaw. It was the first time he heard Wojciech Kocyan perform. Later that year, Kocyan took master classes and private sessions with him in Grenoble, France at an international music festival.

Agreement signed within a year At the time of their first meeting,

Cohen was already exploring the pos­siblities for the exchange program. His assistant, Anna Szpilberg, an accom­plished pianist in her own right, had

introduced him to Janusz Karski, the Polish Consul-General in Montreal.

Subsequent discussions with indi­viduals and officials of Polish institu­tions and with Dean Parker indicated that such a program was feasible. Enter the Polish Ministry of Culture and the five-year agreement covering both the visual and performing arts was inked within the yea (see TTR, March 10, 1988). Fluent in both Engli$h and Polish, Szpilberg was the official translator for the visiting Polish delegation and then translated all the documents of the exchange agreement.

The entire community can enjoy the fruits of the exchange when Wojciech Kocyan performs in a piano recital on Friday, June 9 at the Loyola Chapel at 8 p.m.

Pensioners' Association has strong following by Rene Ello

F or many people, the thought of retirement probably seems very far off. For others, it is a reality

which is difficult to cope with. But one group at Concordia is trying to make the transition just a little bit easier.

The Concordia University Pension­ers' Association (CUPA) was established almost two years ago to provide a voice for our retired emlpoyees.

"The University's administration has never had a group to consult con­cerning pension matters:' said CUPA president Jack Bordan who was Vice­Rector, Academic at the time of his retirement. "It's about time the Univer­sity pensioners had a say in their own affairs: '

CUPA vice-president Jim Whitelaw, who was Associate Vice-Rector for Aca­demic Planning at the time of retirement, feels the association could be a voice for the pensioners as well as having other things to contribute to the University.

Since its founding meeting in November 1987, CUPA membership has

grown to almost 200. Anybody who ~ "'­collects a pension, including heirs and § ' :.; widows, is eligible to join the associa- 0:1

tion. Each member pays an initial $5 fee, l which mostly covers newsletters and 6 postage costs.

Good cross-section According fo Whitelaw, CUPA rep­

resents a good cross-section of former University employees.

"It's the only pensioners' associa­tion I know which involves past employ­ees from all sectors;• said Whitelaw. "Faculty, maintenance staff and even retired gardeners from the Loyola (west­end) campus are all part of the associa­tion'.

The membership includes former employees who have resettled elsewhere in Canada and even overseas. Some members feel it's worth a trip to Mont­real just to attend the meetings.

"We have this one lady who's been coming in from Toronto to attend our meetings:' Bordan said. "For somebody on a pension, it shows how strong her willingness and commitment is:'

"Now al pensioners are kept up to date on what's going on," says Pensioners' Association president Jack Bordan. He is pictured here with vic:e-president Jim Whitelaw (left).

In addition, CUPA functions as a focal point to establish and maintain contact between its members.

"Now all pensioners are kept up to date on what's going on:' Bordan said. "They're all put on a mailing list and receive University publications such as the Annual Report, TI'R and Concordia

University (alumni) Magazine." Last Christmas, CUPA held a suc­

cessful luncheon at the ~est-end campus; bringing together many of its members . This year, the meeting has a more educational orientation; a financial planning seminar has been designed .

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Concordia professor has new approach to cold fusion "You take this flivver ( the experiment) here, plug it into that cacaphony ( media hype) there, and all you get is a mad wife!" -ANON

by Tim Locke

Perhaps researchers' ruined home routines will be all that finally evol­ves from the "table top" cold nuclear

fusion excitement which took scientists by storm o n March 23 when two electrochernists announced that they had ac­complished nuclear fusion at room tempera­ture using heavy water (D:z()) and palladium.

Since the announcement, universities and institutes the world over - 17 in Canada alone - have tried to replicate the

experiment with, as Chemistry department Assistant Research Professor Michael Bell explains it, "confusing results."

All the excitement is understandable given that if the process proves valid, it will be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the century.

Nuclear fusion , the opposite of fission, happens when two atoms fuse together to form one, in the process creating heat. It is the process which powers the sun and stars - and the H-bomb. If low-temperature fusion does become practical, it will be the

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Skeptical

"I'm skeptical about the results of the experiments , even though Martin Fleischmann (one of the original ex­perimenters) is a former teacher of mine," says Bell. "But if it is proven, the implica­tions for Canada are so important that it has to be thoroughly investigated." In addition to the energy implications, Canada produces 60% of the heavy water in the world and -this is where Bell comes in - Canada holds the patents for the ceramics which, he says, would make the process viable from an en­gineering standpoint.

Bell is Concordia's representative on the Canadian University-Industry Council on Advanced Ceramics. He began his electrochemical studies in England and was

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sary for fusion to take place. '"Room temperature' fusion sounds

very well," he says, "but in fact it takes too long (10-20 days) and there are engineering difficulties in that impurities such as oxygen at the palladium electrode and organic com­pounds will readily induce side•reactions to prevent fusion an_d lead to false results.

"Using a ceramic at a temperature of 300 degrees Celsius should allow fusion -if that is what it is - and both prevent .these difficulties and allow us to more carefully study the processes involved."

The elephant criterion

Bell will begin the project on May 15 using funds from his existing operating grant, which was awarded to look at just such interfaces. If the strategic grant is awarded he hopes to complete the work within two years.

"I'm not involved in the race," says

"If fusion is proven," says Chemistry department research professor M ichael Bell, " the implications for Canada are so important that it has to be investigated.,,

later a researcher at the world-renowned Max Planck Institute in West Germany, which prompted his interest in advanced ceramics. He has also co-authored six pub­lications with colleagues at Queen' s and McMaster Universities on ceramics and steam electrolysis (similar to the D20 electrolysis which is part of the process) in Canada alone.

Bell has applied for a Natural Sciences and Engineering Researc h Council (NSERC) strategic grant to put this exper­tise to work using ceramics as a conductor for the transfer of the deuterium ions neces-

Bell, referring to the haste with which other scientists have jumped into the fray, "but in proving or disproving the science." .

"If you see an animal with something hanging from its nose in the jungle you can be pretty sure it's an elephant," commented Nobel Prize-winning chemist John Polanyi about the experiments, "but if you see the same thing in your bathroom you 're going to need more proof."

Expanding on this theme, Bell says "I want to see if there's an elephant there; I'm not going to dismiss the possibility until I've done the experiments."

May 4, 1989 TIIE TIIURSDAY REPORT Page 9

. Concordia credit card available to faculty and staff MasterCard "affinity" card displays Concordia colours

C oncordia faculty and staff can now take advantage of the Uni­versity's new Bank of Montreal

MasterCard "affinity" card. With every purchase made on the card, a percentage will be donated back to Concordia to fund priorify projects in the University's Annual Giving Program.

The affinity card features the Uni­versity logo and colors in addition to the regular MasterCard logo .

Originally developed for Concordia alumnj, the card is now available to all faculty and staff. Maurice Cohen, Vice­Rector, Institutional Relations and Finance, signed an agreement with Mas­terCard yesterday making the Con­cordia-MasterCard official.

GOVE~ORS continued from page 1 President of the Concordia University Students' Association, said that CUSA's top athletic priority· is an athletic facility in the new downtown library building.

A section of the building's first underground parking floor has been designed for eventual conversion into an athletic facility (with a track, lockers and showers, etc ... ) once adequate funds are obtained.

Madsen, like many of the other governors, said it is not certain from preliminary studies whether the 50-cent levy would be sufficient to meet the cost of building a pool, let alone the cost of operating one.

Other governors said there is no evidence that a majority of students are prepared to pay the extra fee; they suggested a referendum be held to decide the issue, and that the proposal for a pool be studied as part of an overall plan to upgrade athletic facilities on both campuses.

The governors did app·rove another CCSL recommendation to increase stu­dent service fees effective this summer -to $4.25 from $3.85 per undergraduate credit, and to $2.85 from $2.55 per graduate credit. It is the first such increase in two years. .,

Range oJ services Student service fees pay for guid­

ance, chaplaincy and health services; programs for emergency loans and the administration of government loans and bursaries; programs for disabled stu­dents and programs in fitness, recreation and athletics.

In other business, the governors noted that Concordia's Annual Giving program has raised more than $425 ,000 during its fi rst few months of operation (the number of individual donors exceeds -2,300) and they approved the creation of the honorific titles "Chancel­lor Emeritus" and "Governor Emeritus" for individuals who have made outstand­ing contributions to Concordia's d~vel­opment. The title " Rector Emeritus" already exists.

Last January's issue of the Con­cordia University (alumni) Magazine contained an application form for the card. To make it easier for faculty and staff who wish to acquire one, or replace their regular MasterCard, an application form will so~be mailed.to all employ­ees.

In addition to the usual MasterCard features, the affinity card offers special benefits such as lower interest rates on outstanding accounts (19. 7 5 0/o compared to 20.750/o on the regular MasterCard), $100,000 in travel accident insurance, emergency airline tickets, free credit card registration services, emergency cash or

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Hockey All-Canadian Mark Mahon (Economics III) and Women's Hockey All-Star Therese-Brisson (Exercise Science III) have been named Concordia's Outstanding Athletes for 1988-89. The awards were presented at the 14th

"Athlete of the Year" Mark Ma Swift.

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by Trent Tilbury

Annual Concordia Athletic Awards Banquet in early April. More than 250 student-athletes , social guests and VIPs attended the ba,nquet. The previous high for attendaqce at a Concordia Athletic Awards Night was 140 (1988). The increased attendance can be attributed to the turnaround in attitude with re_spect to Concordia Athletics in Montreal. Varsity teams won five provincial titles while three squads attended National Championships.

Director of Admissions Tom Swift presented Mark Mahon with his trophy. The Stinger captain had memorable third year as he established a ,league record for assists in one season. He was selected the Most Valuable Player in the OUAA after scoring or assisting on 54% of his team's goals.

Therese Brisson copped her second straight Athlete of the Year award. Brisson won her fourth- consecutive league scoring championship and set team records with a 17-game point scoring streak and six goals in one game. Overall, · she accumulated 52 goals and 39 assists in 32 games. The third year Exerc;ise Science student was also awarded a Quebec Foundation scholarship worth $3,500 for the top student athlete· she also carries a GPA of 3.86.

The top rookies for 1988-89 were soccer All-Canadian Sophie Drolet (Arts & Science) and hockey All-Star Robert Desjardjns (Economics). Drolet l'ed the nation in scoring with 19 goals in 12 games. Desjardins, a former QMJHL·Most Valuable Player, had a rock-solip 3.65 GAA for the rookie-laden Stingers. He will attend the camp of the New York Rangers in the fall .

The Denise Beaudet Memorial Award is given to a graduating female athlete who combines leadership and dedication to her team and Concordia Athletics. Stinger Women's Hockey captain Lisa Morgan (Recrt!ation & Leisure) was this year's recipient. Morgan led her team to an undefeated season while garnering All-Star honours on defence.

Concordia Athletes won 42 individual All-Star and All-Canadian awards during the season. With most of these athletes returning next year, the future looks bright for Concordia Athletics.

Writers , fall in If you have a flair for writing and can show us some samples, please give Editor Sharon Bishin a call at 848-4882.

And fall in for the fall!

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LETTERS

To the Editor: Allow me, through your pages, to

express my thanks and congratulations 1o the demolition contractor who is doing such a fine job of removing the former Royal George apartment block from the site of our new library building. The job is being done with a dignity and finesse appropriate to the grand old structure that she was.

After months of arduous work, including the conversion of a General Motors computerized Corsica LT to run on methanol, Con­cordia 's winning team of mechanical engineering students were off to Detroit for to the Methanol Marathon . With team captain Martin Smith (centre) and the president of the student branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Mike Schenke (above, left) at the helm, the car was loaded into the back of a remodelled school bus for the trip to Motor City where the rally began on April 29. It ended yesterday in Washington, D. C. And the winner is . .. to be announced next issue. Results were still being tabulated as TIR went to press.

In an era when buildings worthy of a better fate are usually brutally smashed by the wrecker's ball or as is more popular. - and even more debasing -flattenen by a mechanical shovel or bulldozer, the efforts being used seem almost as painstaking as those who no doubt were expended by the _craft-smen who erected her many years ago. Slowly, gracefully, with a minimum of dust and noise, the grand old lady of Bishop Street is being laid to rest in order to make way for what we hope will be a structure worthy of occupying the ground on which she stood:

Nicholas Ostopkevicb Assistant Director, AVD

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E\'E:\TS Second instalment in an ongoing battle

continued from page 12 Performance Studies) in works by Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven and Liszt at 8:00 p.m., Loyola Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. FREE. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART Le chat dans le sac (Gilles Groulx, 1964) (Canada - French) with Claude Godbout, Barbara Ulrich, Manon Blain, Veronique Vilbert and Jean-Paul Bernier at 7:00 p.m.; La Terra Trema (Luchino Visconti, 1948) (Sicilian with English subtitles) at 8:30 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 each.

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ARTS & SCIENCE FACULTY COUNCIL Meeting at l :30 p.m. in room AD-131, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., West-end campus. ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY COUNCIL Meeting at 2:00 p.m. in room H-769, Hall Bldg.

SATURDAY 13

CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART

This potato is turning into a brussel sprout

L' assassin habite au 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1942) (France) with Suzy Delair, Huguette Vivier, Odette Talazac, Pierre Fresnay and Jean Tissier at 7:00 p.m.; La bataille d' Alger (The Battle of Algiers) (Gillo"Pontecorvo, 1966) (French & Arab with English subtitles) with Jean Martin, Y acef Saadi, Brahim Haggig and Tommaso _ Neri at 9:00 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 each.

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by Les Is-Better (still not her real name)

T his time I come clean. Three weeks ago I told you that my cousin's wedding was the main

reason for taking affirmative action against the bulge. That wasn't the whole story.

Vanity lends itself to witticisms: "I refuse to be rolled down the aisle." "I want to wear something pretty. Tents aren't pretty." "I've got good legs, I'd like the rest of my body to match."

CONSERVATORY OF Failing health, low energy level and CINEMA TOGRAPWC ART chronic fatigue are not quite as hilarious. Lola (Jacques Demy, 1961) (France) with InAugustlamgoingtoEuropewith Anouk Aimee, Jacques Harden, Marc two runners and a cyclist, women of Michel, Elina Labourdette and Margo Lion boundless energy. I am not overly com­at 7:00 p.m.; Ugetsu (Ugetsu Monogatari) petitive but I would like to keep up with (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) (Japan with them. The only trip in recent memory E r h bftl ) . h M h"k K that hasn't wiped-me out completely was

ng is _su 1. es_ wit ac 1 0 yo, a Caribbean beach vacation in 1987 Masayuki Mon, ~uyo Tanaka and Sakae when my lounge chair and I were as one Ozawa at 9:00 p.m. 10 H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 . for a week. Usually, any trip that involves each. pavement pounding causes my ankles to

disappear.

Journey organized by Recreational Ath­letics' Julie Healy has me fast approach­ing Thunder Bay, Ontario. I have been through British Columbia, Alberta, Sas­katchewan and Manitoba on a steady diet of swimming and walking, accumu­lating an average of 800 kilometres per week.

That pace will accelerate next week. Last Monday I signed up for a low­impact aerobic class at Victoria School. The last Fitness Journey newsletter informed us that several people have already completed the challenge, includ­ing Lydia Marcus of Guidance Services and Louyse Lussier, the Dean of Stu­dents' secretary, who were first to cross the finish line. Did I say I wasn't competitive?

The aerobic class which begins May 8 has inspired me to buy new tights and assorted fitness paraphernalia - in one size smaller than I would have 12 weeks ago. There will about 24 pounds less of me jumping around. Stay tuned. As Sylvia, my fearless Weight Watchers leader says, "we'll see less of you next month."

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LACOLLE CENTRE May 15-17 Women's Ways of Knowing with Mary Belenky & Friends. For more infor­mation, call 848-4955.

CONCORDIA ART GALLERY Exhibition until May 20, 1989: Mary Scott; Richard-Max Tremlay, Prix Paul-Emile Borduas: Photographs; Peter Powning, Recent Ceramics at 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri. 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Sat. 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

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OMBUDS OFFICE The Ombudspersons are available to all members of the University for information, advice and assistance with University-re­lated problems. Call 848-4964 or drop into 2100 Mackay on the downtown campus; room 326, Central Bldg., west-end campus. Services of the Ombuds Office are con­fidential.

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RECIPIENTS 1989-1990

Faculty of Arts and Science

ANDERSON, M ....... ....... ........... ....... ..... Education PhD FAN, Zhenquiang ... ... ...... ... ................... . Education MA LIN, Rongtuan ........................................ Biology PhD SHAO, Zhonggi ....................................... Biology PhD WANG, Yihua .. · ....................................... History PhD XU, Kuan .......................................... Economics PhD YAO, Jianhua .... . ... .. ...... .......... , ............ Chemistry PhD ZHANG, Xuelin ....... ....... ................... . .. Economics PhD

Faculty of Commerce and Administration

FENG, Ping ................................................. MBA LI, Yihua ........... . ... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PhD ZHANG, Hao ... ... ................ . ....... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PhD

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

ABDELRAHMAN, M. N ............................. Civil Eng CHEN, Xing ... ..... ... ...................... Elec & Comp Eng JAMALI, S. H . ..................... . ......... Elec & Comp Eng JIA, Ming .................................... Elec & Comp Eng LEUNG, Shun Chung ... ............................. Comp Sci LI, Lin ........... ...... ... ... ...... .. ............... Civil Eng MATHI, R .... ................ .................... · .... . C.B.S. NIKODEM, M ................................ Elec & Comp Eng PAO, Derek Chi Wai .................................. Comp Sci RAN JAN, I. .............................. : .. Elec & Comp Eng RAYAPATI, V. N .............................. Elec & Comp Eng SARKAR, N . ... .... ...... . . .. ................. .. ... Mech Eng WANG, Jianshu ............. . .......................... C.B.S.

Faculty of Fine Arts

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THURSDAY4

CONCERT Piano Recital, Sylvie Gosselin (Advanced Music Performance Studies) in works by Beethoven, Chopin , Rachmaninov, Ginastera and Bartok at 8:00 p.m. in the Loyola Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. FREE. C.U.N.A.S.A. C.S.N. Joint Information Meeting for the Office and Secretarial Classifications from Noon - 1:30 p.m., room AD-131, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Bring your lunch. IRVING LAYTON A WARD Presentation at 3:30 p.m., Hall Bldg. Facul­ty Club, Room H-763.

FRIDAYS

CONCERT Voice Recital, Louise Beaudry (Advanced Music Performance Studies) in works by Poulenc, Faure, Debussy and Schumann at 8:00 p.m. in the Loyola Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. FREE. FINE ARTS FA CUL TY COUNCIL Meeting from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in room VA-245, 1395 Rene Levesque Blvd. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925) (silent) with Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Georgia Hale and Tom Murray at 7:00 p.m.; Time of Violence (Vreme Razdelno) (Lyud­mil Staikov, 1988) (Bulgaria with English subtitles) with Tossif Sartchadjev, Roussi Tchanev and Ivan Krastev at 8-:30 p.rrt. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 each. SENATE Meeting at 2:00 p.m. in room AD-131, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

SATURDAY6

CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959) (France-Japan with English subtitles) with Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas and Bernard Fresson at 7:00 p.m.; Take the Money and Run (U.S.A.) (Woody Allen, 1969) with Woody Allen, Janet Mar­golin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde and Lonny Chapman at 9:00 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 each.

SUNDAY7

CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART Quelque chose d' autre (0 Necem Jinem) (Vera Chytilova, 1963) (Czechoslovakia

with French subtitles) with Eva Bosakova, Ver Uzelacova, Josef Langmiller and Jiri Kodet at 7:00 p.m.; Catherine (Albert Dieudonne, 1924) (France, silent) with Catherine Hessling, Albert Dieudonne, Pierre Philippe and Jean Renoir at 9:00 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2 each. SUNDAY EUCHARIST Marc Gervais, SJ presiding at 11 :00 a.m.; Robert Nagy, SJ presiding at 8:00 p.m., Loyola Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

MONDAYS

CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981) (France) with Frederic Andrei, Richard Bohringer, Jacques Fabbri, Wilhelmenia Wiggins-Fer­nandez., Thuy An Luu and Gerard Darmon at 8:30 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg·. $2.

TUESDAY9

CONCERT Piano Recital, Cheryl Dutton-Stroud (Ad­vanced Music Performance Studies) in works by Clementi, Chopin and Liszt at 8:00p.m.,LoyolaChapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. FREE. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART The Sugar/and Expr_ess (Steven Spielberg, 1974) with Goldie Hawn, Michael Sacks, William Atherton and Ben Johnson at 8:30 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2.

WEDNESDAY 10

CONCERT Voice Recital, Jimmy Miron (Advanced Music Performance Studies) in works by Wagner, Mozart, Gounod and Faure at 8:00 p.m., Loyola Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.FREE. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART Woman of the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) (Japan with English subtitles) with Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida at 8:30 p.m. in H-110, Hall Bldg. $2.

THURSDAYll

CONCERT Piano Recital, Janet Hill (Advanced Music

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DOCTORAL THESIS DEFENSE Charles Levin on An Essay on Symbolic Process on May 31, 1989 at 10:00 a.m. in room H-762, Hall Bldg.

CAMPUS MINISTRY Newman Conference Charlottetown, P.E.I. August 18-26. Registration deadline May 19. Minimum contribution is $50, subject to d~ussion. Please contact Sr. Mickie at 848-3591 downtown or Peter at 848-3586 and Daryl at 848-3585 on west-end campus.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE DEPT. END OF YEAR PERFORMANCES May 5 - 7: Student choreographed and per­formed works will be presented in two shows daily, 5:00 and 8:00 p.m., D. B. Clarke Theatre, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. For information, call 848-4740. FREE. ·

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR INSTITUTE READING ROOM USERS A great number of books along with their loan cards are missing from our Reading Room. We appeal to all of those who have borrowed books and not filled out loan cards to RETURN these books, with no questions asked. Members of the University are reminded that the Institute offers a unique service which is jeopardized by the ir­responsible behaviour of some borrowers.

BOARD OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Next meeting on May 23 at 3:00 p.m. in room H-769, Hall Bldg.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MAY 11 & 12, 1989

Topic: Bangladesh Floods: What are the Solutions? sponsored by Canadian Interna­tional Development Agency, International Development Research Centre and Concor­dia University. May 11 from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. , Dawson College, Room 5B 15, 3040 Sherbroo!ce St. W .; May 12 from 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Concordia University, Room H-937, Hall Bldg. $25 (students & senior citizens $15) includes evening dinner on May 11 , lunch May 12 afternoon, and tea and coffee during lectures. Register·before April 30, 1989. For information, contact Prof. S. Ahsan, Economics Dept. at 848-3903.

WOMEN'S CENTRE

Until June I, Sara Morley, A Woman 's Nightmare open from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., 2020 Mac~ay Street.

CONCORDIA ALUMNI Annual General Meeting of the Associa­tion of Alumni Sir George Williams Univer­sity Inc. at 7:30 p.m. followed by public Hold Art Sale for Scholarship Fund on May 17, 1989: 6:30 p.m. for previewing and 8:00 p.m. for sale at Faculty Club Lounge, Hall Bldg. For information, call Pat Menzies at

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APARTMENT WANTED Wri'ter, female , non-smoker, wishes central­ly located furnished apartment September­May while teaching at Concordia. Write to: Audrey Thomas, RR#2, Galiano Island, B.C. VON lPO.

WESTMOUNT - CO-PROPERTY 7 l/2 rooms totally renovated. Very bright with oak kitchen, garden and parking. 20 minute walk to Hall Bldg. Close to bus, metro and G reene Avenue shopping. $235,000. Call 848-3414.

PROFESSIONAL WORD PROCESSING (LOUGHEED REG'D) Efficient and reliable service. Phone even­ings 6 - 8 p.m. or weekends 934-1455 .

FOR RENT July 1st. Close to Loyola Campus. 4 1/2 equipped, furnished. $460 for two quiet stu­dents. Evenings 482-5457.

FORSALE 1988 Miehle Gara Racing Bike, Shimano 600 Allegra components. New: $850. As­king: $650. Days: Robert 521-0010.

HOUSE FOR SALE -EASTERN TOWNSHIPS Richmond - Nice old 4 bdrm. brick house on 156 maintained acres with great views. New roofs, porches, etc. Electric or wood heat. $140,000. 487-7554. (819) 826-3198.

WANTED TEMPORARY HELP Babysitter to assist in the care of 3 small children. Days flexible. Westmount area. Call evenings 487-2193 . References re­quested.

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE, SWAP YOUR MOTHER TONGUE! Reciprocal Conversation Lessons in French, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, ETC. .. TROCTEL THE LANGUAGE EX­CHANGE 272-8048.