1 10 4 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/85c2f0b217dae6fb91f42f45dbcc98b4.pdf?Expires=1782345600&Signature=ga1aQ%7ERCVC1OAV-vFUVbMRhQHdvXxJEOtqRZ81lpyBXTbF46lkaUDeAxkF00VuvXG-0rI8d-DNcVDIDZZpd0Zpp%7ENC4cXXZw3LiaQY7fSssuq2CgunT2c202AViyi0vjOMcRQ8f0KQ3vi1Amhhyay5HvrKXdZH5enAShM9-bNwFRLBdWkIb7dBoH-SzhhRAwgWuSR2iz8jEgRSZpxGhHYshb3y8M84IDECNB3oXZ7W7ya3VkvL-czLOwwn4ML273hCtbLurMUcZbiY-Ybos3eIVcH1izFReqhY4VguphBOWa3UFIU0HGI6dX66CKegGg3xEDWwsAWA9Mbkk1ZWyGEA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0dc27137075c9d6abd938aa48f9c41b7 PDF Text Text 4 The McGill Daily Monday, November 11, 1991 THE MCGILLDAILY - C 0 M MEN T Technolog y's the answer. What's the Question? Hitchhike to the further reaches of many "civilized" countries and you'll run into earth grubbers who have "returned to the land," deliberately eschewing many of the trappings of the industrial age. Who are these Luddites that would have us all huddling around a fire in a cave? Why do they appear so opposed to human advancement, to technology? Their criticisms aren't totally absurd. Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum, but reflects judgements and values. It should reflect the values of those that use it not just those who control it. Applying technology means identifying a problem, setting criteria to define the problem and choosing the tool to solve the problem. What we see in the world today is a perversion of this process. When we identify a problem, we need to ask if it is actually a real problem and if so, does it really needs a "solution"? Do we really need fast food, genital deodorant, electric tooth brushes, or whiter than white clothes? Do we really need more useless stuff? It's absurd to develop a technology first and create a demand for it later. Technology should be a response. The criteria by which we choose our technology must also be debated. Nuclear energy was originally developed by the military, and viewed as a technology of amazing potential. But the military's main concern is destructive potential. Obviously the values of military development aren't the same as those of domestic development. By the standards the average householder is likely to use, nuclear energy is costly, inefficient, and hazardous. It is similar to using a howitzer to hammer a nail. Nuclear energy just isn't a reasonable solution to domestic needs like lighting our houses. Biotechnology is questionable for similar reasons. Who is establishing the standards that leads to research in herbicide resistant plants? We need to ask if mono-culture farming is really the best way to produce our food. Many of the costs of conventional agri-business are obscured by the low values given to ecological and social issues. And transportation is a real problem, but automobiles are not the best solution. They serve petroleum companies needs more often than it serves our own. Humans are ill-equipped, physically, to survive. Our technology compensates for this and has proven to be evolutionarily successful. .. so far. Unfortunately there seems to be a mystique within our society that technology can answer all our needs. Techonology doesn't answer our needs. We must answer our own needs by selecting the right tool to do the job. EricSmiley ·- Library Inefficient l ETT ERS redundant if the books were just to be stamped with due dates in the backs. The library from which the book originates, its title, author, and call number are already printed in the book. Just give me the due date stamped in the back and save me all the excessive information and glitz. Not only is this a bother, its a waste of time and paper. The circulation department tells me an average of 30 000 of these slips are issued every day. I've been told that these slips are helpful for renewals and eliminating human error at the circulation desk, but is renewing so difficult or human error so prevalent without these slips as to justify 30 000 of them to be issued every single day? I think not. The old stamped due date slips used much less paper and could be used over 30 times each. I suggest we have enough information overload and irrational computerization to contend witl1 as it is. Let us, then, recvaluatc this inconvenient and inefficient process. Todd Wilkinson U3 Sociology To the Daily: I have a qucition. Why cannot books borrowed from the libraries simply be stamped with the due date in their backs as before? I thought the point of the recent, and very expensive, library reorganization was to make the system more convenient and efficient; instead, with respect to circulation, I find it much less so. Now when taking out several books, a ream of due date information, generated on computer print-out, is hastily folded and slipped into one of the books. More often than not, I find this has slipped out by the time I want to check when a certain book is due. Even more typically, when several books for several courses are taken out on several different occasions, figuring out which book is due when (especally once the print-outs have been lost) becomes somewhat less than a convenience. . As for efficiency, what is the purpose of these s.Jips? All the information contained on these new sli s is All contents e1991 Daily Publications Society. All rights rescrvcd. The content of this newspaper is the responsability of the McGill Daily and does not necessarily represent the views of McGill Univc1Sity or the Students' Society of McGill University. Products or companies advertised in this newspaper arc not necessarily endorsed by the Daily staff. Printed by David Martin Development Inc., The Daily is a founding member of Canadian University Press, Presse Cludiantc du Publi· Pcq and CampusPius. . Coverage Unfair To the Daily: Following three days of non-stop, one-sided Palestinian rhetoric on campus I feel compelled to publicly protest. McGill students have been bombarded both by the Daily and by a day long "cultural" exhibition right out of the PLO's main library. LETTERS On Monday the week got off to a flying start with three articles written by members of McGill's Palestine Solidarity Committee. Two of the articles, written by Ania Kazi, were given an entire page by the Dail;'s editors. These compelling articles couldn't of been further from the facts. Yet the Palestinian version ofthctruth survived the editor's axe and was splashed across the pages of the Daily. I find it important to point out that an article in Monday's Daily on a Hillel activity which saw to students gather at 3:30A.M. in solidarity with the Israeli delegation in Madrid recicved such horrible press. I guess I had better not Continued on page S HYDE PARK Redmen name exacerba tes racist images - Opinion of Ned Blackhawk, member of the Native Awareness Coalition. The newly established Native Awareness Coalition (NAC) at McGiU is attempting to raise Native awareness on campus and to dispel existing misperccptions ofN atives. We consist primarily ofMcGill students, several of whom are Natives, and are encouraged by McGill's growing commitment to cultural diversity. As an underrepresented minority faced with unequal opportunities,Nativeshavehad little impact on the McGill community. Yet, despite the existing difficulties of a small Nativc community, entrenched ignorant mispcrceptions, and a general apathy towards Native issues, we at the NAC believe that agrowing interest in Native issues is necessary at McGill. We want to encourage the McGill community to embrace Native awareness and discard existing stereotypes, the most blatant of which is the use of the name Redmen. The name Rcdmen and its accompanying logo of a stereotypical Native greatly misrepresents all Natives. It portrays us as aggressive, mean, warlike, in essence as "savages." The bright red skin, the protruding forehead, and angry visage reinforce this racist image. To represent entire cultures, all with their own traditions, languages, and customs, under one image remains fundamentally ignorant. Compounding upon this ignorance, the use of stereotypes reinforces existing misperccptions and exacerbates racist images. These images not only remain ignorant to existing cultural distinctions Printed on 100% recycled paper contributors janinc Luce, Kristen Hutchinson, Fiona McCaw, Vivian Wietzner, Shannon Aldingcr, Renato Sogueco, Ncelam Sandhu, Dave ley, SCOTT, Mike Newman, Sara Robson, Laurel Hughes but also ignore the devastation wrought upon Natives by previous cultural impositions. It basically re-enforces the historical notion that Natives are inferior and that their cultures do not merit acceptance. More concretely, the effects of such ignorance merely prohibits opportunities for Natives. At McGill, Natives form a small minority, as many of us simply want to peacefully coexist with other culturally diverse groups. Yet, the misperccptions we encounter inevitably restrict our own personal experiences, as we psychologically suffer seeing our entire experiences and cultures misrepresented in one simple name and logo: Redmen. Many of us have grown hardened and indifferent to such ignorance, but this does not account for our sufferings, as we remain the only group within society that still experiences such blatant racism. "Negro" is no longer an acceptable name for African-Americans, but "Indian", yet alone Rcdmen, still persists. Although numerous racist images ofNatives persist, from the Atlanta Braves to the Washington Redskins, we believe that this does not justify or rationalize continued racism, especially at an academic institution committed to cultural diversity in a pluralistic society. Every minority experiences some persecution, from pc;>lice brutality to wayward glances, yetevcryformofracism remains founded on the basic assumption that one culture remains inferior to another. Redman is simply one of many cultural impositions. People should try to understand others and never cast entire cultures into generalized categories. Redmen we are not. The NAC muts every Friday atl6h30 in Leilcock 721. 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Ned Blackhawk, organiser of the McGill Native Awareness Coalition (NAC), believes naming teams after First Nations enforces a cultural stereotype. "The name 'Redmen' was conceived by people who wanted to be warrior-like," he said. "The history of native people is not a prettystory. u 'Redmen' ignores this and pokes fun at native culture." "'11,edmen ) 1s . not meant to be < offensive," said McGill athletics department publications and it communications officer Earl Zuckerman. "We have a native on the football team and he doesn't attire, ruthlessly killing their adver- County Stadium clad in feathered find it offensive." saries, said Blackhawk. These suits, wavingstyrofoam tomahawks Blackhawk feels First Nations qualities were felt to be desirable in in mock ritual and "praying" for peoples are alienated by the term sports teams. the Braves to win baseball games. Red men. "'Red men' makes it diffiDuring this fall's major league Scores of native American leaders cult for such a small group of native baseball championship, Minnesota spoke out, saying this demonstrastudents to fit in at McGill," said First Nation groups protested the tion belittles native culture, and Blackhawk. name of Atlanta's team, the makes a mockery of native religion. According to Zuckerman, the "Braves". They criticised the Braves' In the October 28 issue of Sports name originated from the colour of fans' new ritual, the "tomahawk Illustrated, Rick Reilly suggested their team sweaters. The name took chop",sayingittrivializesand den i- naming teams "Braves" or on "native" implications in the late grates native culture and tradition. "Red men" is equivalent to naming 1960s, when McGill adopted the During the World Series, fans in them "Negroes" or "Spies." present logo, a First Nations man Atlanta danced around Fulton McGill Redmen fans have been wearing a traditional head-dress. Zuckerman says one might find the logo offensive, not the name Low wages, long tours Red men. But Blackhawk, a member of the Shoshone Nation, feels that names like "Redmen" are especially had parity with the Toronto Symdenegratingbecausetheystereotype phony," said Bauer. "To achieve First Nations people. "The names By Oave Ley that now, we'd have to increase our push all different traditions together pay by 24 per cent." and homogenise them," he said. Montreal symphony players say The one-year contract signed in Five American major league they are overworked and under- October gave players a two per cent sports teams still use similar names; paid despite having signed a new increase for the first half of this baseball's Braves and Cleveland In- contract with the.city last month. years' musical season, followed by dians, football's Kansas City Chiefs "The new contract does not ad- a four per cent increase for the secand Washington Redskins, and dress the biggest problems," said ond half. hockey's Chicago Blackhawks. Bruce Bauer, bassonist and memBa uer also corn plained about the Many universities in the U.S. have ber of the negotiating committee intensive performance and record"native" names, but McGill is the for the players. ing schedule the symphony was Bauer said management of the expected to follow. only Canadian one. The origin of teams having First Montreal Symphonic Orchestra "We leave for Japan this spring. Nations names involves the idea (MSO) did not address "the salary When we come back, we have our that "native" people are relentless issue" in contract negociations regular concert series, then we'll do savages who run about in feathered "Traditionally we had always enough recording for five or six compact discs, and then there's a month long tour of Europe," he Election s get results said. "In all that, we only have three Student Society's health insurance plan was approved by students days of rest." last week in a campus-wide referendum. "This causes a lot of strain," Roughly three quarters of the voting students (1724) were in Bauer added, "we've had a number favour of the plan while one quarter (629) voted against it. Of22 356 a physical injuries this year alrcad y." eligible voters, only 2506 students cast ballots, but the number of The musicians decided not to voters exceeded the 10 per cent necessary for quorum. take action over their concerns unThe plan will be installed next January. It covers drugs, accidents til the contract expires next and minimal travel insurance. Students will be able to claim as much summer. "We wanted to avert a as $2 500 per year in pharmaceutical costs. strike because we recognized the Jeffrey Perry won the position of Member at Large in the Arts and financialdifficultyofthesymphony Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) by-election by a 30 vote right now," said Bauer. margin. MSO cfficials would not corn_, py Robin LeBaron i S known to chant "givesomcRedmcn powa", says Blackhawk, who feels the chant is also offensive because the chant supposedly attempts to imitate native speech. Due to pressure from native rights groups, some American high schools and universities have changed their "native" names. Most of these changes have occured in states with high native populations, such as Michigan and Minnesota. In 1972, Stanford College, in California, changed its name from Indians to Cardinals, due to pressure from civil rights groups. Eastern Michigan University recently changed their name from Hurons to Eagles, and theW est ern Michigan UniversityChippewasare due to change theirs next year. McGill football coach Charlie Bailie said that he does not find Redmcn offensive. However, said Baile, "The athletics department would consider changing the the name if there was widespread concern." Orchestra members playing the blues menton the new contract with the orchestra's musicians. McGill music student Marc Joansse said the MSO was an "excellent, top-notch orchestra" in a steep decline because of it's low wages for musicians. "They're not paying their players enough and so it's difficult to attract big musicians," he said. "As a place for !classical] music, Montreal is going downhill." Bauercomplained about the lack offundingallotted by the city to the symphony. "It's a disgrace that they can come up with $45 million for a second-rate baseball team, yet when a world-class organization like the MSO is short of money, we can't find any." "For all the touring we do, we are Montreal's musical ambassadors to the world, yet the city hardly gives us a dime." The symphony has an impressive performance schedule planned for this year. Highlights for this year's season include a performance ofMozart's Requiem, a visit by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a celebration of Honegger's 100th anniversary. They will also perform a variety of symphonies, concertos, and choral works. 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Title A name given to the resource Students challenge Redmen moniker Description An account of the resource The Native Awareness Coalition organizes around changing the name of the McGill Men's Varsity athletics teams. This 1991 article marks the first published call for the team name to be changed. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael Newman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991/11/11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF anti-Indigenous racism athletics colonialism Indigeneity Native Awareness Coalition (NAC) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992/02/11 Title A name given to the resource Students' Society seeks to drop Redmen, Martlet names Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rich Latour Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available McGill Tribune Admin athletics Native Awareness Coalition (NAC) SSMU