https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/72779093e5abd6608c4a6235bde0ea51.pdf?Expires=1785369600&Signature=PtzJgCg%7EkKqsj6MKJ%7E2ZnQNkfWSlbMxAurCss0Lr6w4cqLMAUaN1fMS9WL0lVtQjWU6NxYPO-CQYBnifYuU5WGQwE2cF2rYKCaq2pPPwir2zbUYCGMw9QpguCaf-DYcfvH7IYqUCT-5jY6geQIvmYgI7VX4Uw%7E8clAuDYTI7cnWkSi4YjtkeYvisJnO6zk8amxMbnd0St9leVSFGQWkDAdh5vH4C1nBJPoi0Nb4-MAX5zlzFe5RYyqfp7zy47KxzwSPCMi40ydc-7Bu6r7QuonbzvIE25tkgw-Yu68yV5wrvIsGYPCMeoXshDtVqQHaEozGv80zomoEXpDFsnHQzJg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 25bc82d05396be211f74b7fa6286cd32 PDF Text Text 12 THE McGILL DAILY • FEBRUARY 5, 2001 Faucet Debate Overh-eated IIY j ENIFER PAUI.O ShT 1t seems that the December 2000 issue of The Plumbers Faucet has become a pringhoanl for a deeper look at misogyny in Engineering. Well, being a woman in Ill)' third year of the Mechanical Engi neering program, I felt it maybe time to put mytwo cents in. To begin with, it is true that women ha1·e a hard time in Engi neering. In fact, you may he surprised to know that men do too. Our faculty, lik any other faculiy at McCiill , i a r 'rychallengi ngone. Any prob ·or or administrator I hare crer dealt with h:c· ·xpected that erery student in their program belongs there and will do their hest, of race creed, and least of all g•nder. In other words, I have nerer had the unfortunate experience of haring to deal with th is disturbing sexism that Erica Wei nstein and Peter Flcgel speak of. You might think I're just been lucky, hut I prefer to think that my c:L'iC is CAMPUS fairly common among females in Engineering. I don't den)' that some people have had bad experiences here, as I'm sure there have been plenty of in other departments across c;unpus. llowever, it's closer tobeing a series of isolated incidents rather than the distasteful flavor of the entire program. As for the Faucet, I cannot make statements as an editor lx.'C ause we hm·e collectivelychosen not to speak on this issue for now. If readers cannot our sincere appologyfor our mistakes, perhaps they can take comfort in knowing that tlm.'C issues from now we will be gone, and a nL'W staff can start with a clean slate. I think what distnrils me the most in all of this is the stance of Anjali Mishra. I don't mind hercriticismofThe Faucet-on the contrary! Anyone, including Anjali, has the right to point out when something goes wrong. What is bothering me is her l:tck of upport for the faculty she represents. The fact that she felt our appology belonged in The Daily, in tead of being hidden in the folds of our own obscure paper I she roughlyphrased it I disgusted me. lfThe Dailynt'l'tled to anunendfor something publicly, woulll they print it in The Tribune? This comment sounds eren more idiotic when one gets to the end of her letter, where she says we hare hundreds of readers. I'm sorry, but I think between the hundreds of readers ami the less than flatterin):i publicity we've caused ourseh·es pver the last month, obscure is not an appropriate adjective. Most disturbing out of all this though isMs. Weinstein's and Mr. Ficgel's claims of misogynyrunning through the veins of the EngineeringUndergratluate Society. No one, to the best of my knowledge, is trying to silence Anjali. Again, she has the right to saywhatever shewans as a woman and 111easpiring world rulers with McGill's astudent -but not as PrL>sitlent. She seems United Nations club did their best to to forget that when she signs a letter as impersonate tyrannical dictators two week"president" she associates herself with the ends agowhen hostinga model UN conferrest of the EUS, just as Erica Weinsteindid ence here in It seems that the by identifying herself as "Coordinator, club's head-honchos had a personal beef McGill Women's nion". It is her responsi- with the intrepid Daily reporter sent to bility to take into account the opinions of corer the opening ceremonies and barred her felow executil'l'S when speaking as him from entrance, after checking president, and not to that they wi ll with a news editor to verify that he be the same as her own. So if not everyone indeed the real thing. In theensuingfrac:l5, is thrilled with what she's hccn saying, I tears were hed, profanities uttered ami would think it's because they arc justifiably punches nearlythrown. Slibel h:c learned upset at her mi representation of their that the 1 rson calling the .hot on that views, not because the E Si compri. Iof fat ful ere none other than Thom:l5 misogynist . Park: anerstwhile official with the Nclub, Thus, I write thi l•tter as a woman nowattendingMcGilllaw . ·hool,whomandismayed at both the mi ·takes the Fauc t agLxl to orch ·trat th electionof a puppet has made, but al oat the lack of commu- gorcrnment, tockL'ti with pliable minion ... nication between facultiL'S . I'd li ke to. :c a \\1Jile on the ubjL'C t of megalomania ami da)' when criticisms can he mad ' t it. consequences, Slibcl i specific people and m nts, with ut mak· distressed to note a pre s rclrase ju ·t lng broad aboill th' reccil'ed fromC,\.)A, thestudent lobbygroup character of an cntir' department. to which pledges allegiance. According to the t nacious rep · 11ho .fenifer l'aulousl:r 11 2 plead our c:c to gorernment "Stockwell Mecbrmiml EngitJL'I!ring listens to students" That i of course Your forum for all the latest campus scoops· EYE by Pierre-Aiai11 Parfond ; McGill . . Untverstty true, as long as you arc a whiteAnglo-Saxon protestant who tl1inks tl1at pcdophilcs arc lurking behind CI'Cf)' comer....Siibcl has long wondered whysome rmpledon'twritetoThe Dailr Arc scared? Bashful, I:Crhaps? o sir.The actual n.':tSOn, it turns out, isthat the Engineering Undergraduate Society council h;LS lxm ordering people not to \\Tile tothis paper. In the spirit of m:mdating sillythings, Slibel would like to order IX..'O plc to not block the cscaltur bystanding on the right side of thestep, to avoidwearing tho I .: • turtlcnl'Cks :md to rel'ere fonner NDP leader Ed 8roadbent like the god among men that he so obvious I)' is. PGSS \'P External Affairs E\'c Pickles. The woman's name i Pickles and he runs PGSS with Scotti ·h effici ncy. Ch Matthew llays. lli · ntrcal Diary column in the lilol • la.'lt 11wk on Fi h Pi. and the Autodi trol to 11m · Original. THE DEPARTMENT OF JEWISH STUDIES Call for Submissions: BLACHER AND GLASROT FAMILIES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST RESEARCH Established by Mr. and Mrs. Josef Glasrot 1 survivors of the Holocaust and residents of Montreal. Open to any McGill the award will be presented for excellence in research in Holocaust and related and particularly on the history of the Ghettos in Warsaw and Kovno [Kaunas]. The award is administered by the Department of Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Jewish Community Foundation. Presentation of the Blacher and Glasrot Families Memorial Award will take place at the Closing Exercises of the Department of Jewish Thursday! June 712001. The value of the Blacher and Glasrot Families Memorial Award is $1 000. 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