Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Montreal
     
     
      massacre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hortly
      after
      5
      pm
      on
      December
      6,
      1989,
      a
      25
      year
      oldman
     
     
      S
      walked
      into
      l’Ecole
      Polytechnique
      --
      the
      Engineering
     
    

    
     
      school
      of
      the
      Universite
      de
      Montreal.
      Armed
      with
      a
      high-
     
     
      calibre
      semiautomatic
      rifle
      which
      he
      had
      purchased
      legally
     
     
      under
      the
      laws
      of
      the
      time,
      Marc
      Lepine
      walked
      into
      a
      class-
     
     
      room
      and
      ordered
      all
      the
      women
      in
      the
      class
      to
      stand
      against
      one
     
     
      wall.
      He
      shot
      six
      of
      them
      dead
      on
      the
      spot,
      then
      continued
     
     
      through
      the
      school’s
      halls,
      killing
      as
      he
      went.
      By
      the
      time
      he
     
     
      was
      done,
      14
      women
      were
      dead,
      and
      11
      others
      along
      with
      4
      men
     
     
      were
      wounded.
      Lepine
      shot
      himself
      in
      the
      head.
      The
      three-page
     
     
      suicide
      note
      found
      on
      his
      body
      was
      an
      explanation
      of
      his
      hatred
     
     
      for
      women,
      from
      his
      mother,
      to
      his
      co-workers,
      to
      cafeteria
      staff
     
     
      where
      he
      ate
      his
      lunch.
      Inthe
      weeks
      after
      the
      killings,
      Canada’s
     
     
      worst
      massacre,
      more
      was
      discovered
      about
      the
      background
      of
     
     
      this
      individual.
      He
      had
      been
      a
      failure
      at
      everything
      he
      had
     
     
      undertaken,
      and
      had
      blamed
      all
      of
      his
      failures
      on
      women.
     
     
      Horribly,
      thirty
      people
      had
      to
      pay
      for
      Marc
      Lepine’s
      wasted
      life.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Montreal
     
     
      remembered
     
    
   
   
    
     
      kay,
      here
      we
      are
      coming
      up
      on
      the
      third
      anniversary
      of
     
     
      QO
      Marc
      Lepine’s
      murderous
      rampage
      at
      1’
      Ecole
     
    

    
     
      Polytechnique
      in
      Montreal
      and
      we’ve
      decided
      to
      write
     
     
      in
      memory
      of
      this
      event.
      So,
      in
      order
      to
      prepare
      to
      write
      this,
     
     
      I
      went
      to
      last
      year’s
      CUP
      papers
      to
      see
      what
      was
      written
      at
      that
     
     
      time.
     
    

    
     
      To
      my
      utter
      shock
      and
      dismay,
      I
      found
      only
      five
      papers
      which
     
     
      contained
      any
      articles
      or
      advertisements
      pertaining
      to
      this
     
     
      anniversary.
      By
      then
      my
      co-editor
      made
      a
      comment
      about
      how
     
     
      she’d
      found
      only
      three
      magazines
      that
      had
      run
      stories
      on
      the
     
     
      incident
      even
      back
      in
      89.
      Now,
      we
      realize
      that
      if
      we
      had
      gone
     
     
      t
      mainstream
      paper,
      we
      would
      have
      found
      information,
      but
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
       
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Why
      is
      it
      the
      student
      press
      didn’t
      remember
      the
      massacre?
      The
     
     
      fourteen
      women
      who
      Marc
      Lepine
      killed
      were
      all
      students,
      just
     
     
      like
      us.
      These
      women
      were
      innocent
      bystanders
      --
      just
      like
      any
     
     
      of
      us
      would
      be
      --
      but
      they
      were
      killed
      in
      cold
      blood
      simply
     
     
      because
      they
      are
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      remembrance
      of
      these
      women,
      and
      all
      the
      others
      that
      have
     
     
      been
      killed
      in
      violence
      we
      should
      all
      wear
      purple
      ribbon.
     
     
      Ribbons
      will
      be
      available
      around
      campus
      as
      the
      December
      4
     
     
      memorial
      planned
      on
      campus
      draws
      ever
      closer.
      The
      Women’s
     
     
      Constituency
      group
      and
      Student
      Union
      are
      co-organizing
      this
     
     
      year’s
      memorial.
      Roses
      are
      being
      sold
      by
      the
      Women’s
      Con-
     
     
      stituency
      group
      for
      a
      flower
      laying
      at
      the
      memorial.
      Mikase
     
     
      attend
      this
      memorial,
      don’t
      let
      the
      violence
      continue.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      White
      ribbon
     
     
      campaign
     
    
   
   
    
     
      his
      year,
      in
      addition
      to
      the
      usual
      wearing
      of
      purple
     
     
      aL
      ribbons
      in
      memory
      of
      the
      Montreal
      Massacre,
      men
      in
     
     
      Canada
      are
      being
      encouraged
      to
      wear
      white
      ribbons
      to
     
     
      show
      their
      opposition
      to
      violence
      against
      women.
      Included
      in
     
     
      this
      campaign
      is
      a
      discussion
      of
      the
      violence
      against
      women
     
     
      perpetuated
      by
      men,
      and
      steps
      to
      help
      men
      change
      the
      bad
      things
     
     
      in
      society.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      interesting
      thing
      about
      this
      campaign
      is
      the
      fact
      that
      it
      is
     
     
      instituting
      a
      separate
      hierarchy
      of
      action
      formen.
      Why
      should
     
     
      men
      be
      fighting
      against
      violence
      against
      women,
      and
      then
     
     
      women
      fighting
      against
      violence
      against
      women?
      Men
      should
     
     
      be
      included,
      as
      it
      is
      their
      problem,
      but
      why
      are
      they
      off
      doing
     
     
      something
      totally
      separate
      on
      something
      that
      is
      all
      of
      society’s
     
     
      concern?