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The Daily ventures into the Burnside basement and gets up close and personal with the McGill Science Computer Task Force
Editorial: Campus is no place to limit choice
Across the country, university student associations have been revoking club status from pro-life student groups. And while Choose Life – which SSMU Council granted full-club… Read More »Editorial: Campus is no place to limit choice
Education funding runs out
Students push to scrap cap on aboriginal postsecondary education funding
What’s the haps
An Inside View of the Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday, February 16, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Chancellor Day Hall, Stephen Scott Seminar Room, 3644… Read More »What’s the haps
Horse owners and Côte-des-Neiges oppose casino project
Plans to bailout bankrupt Hippodrome in conflict with community centre proposals for 2,500 social housing units
Editorial: Hitting the economic books
Last week, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum released a statement on the economic downturn and the effects it will have on the University. Her observations paint a grim picture: McGill is underfunded, and has been since long before the downturn; its endowment
Hyde Park: Higher learning or higher-tech weapons?
Weapons, to state the obvious, are extremely complicated. High-tech explosives are not something your average McGill student understands particularly well. This may be one reason… Read More »Hyde Park: Higher learning or higher-tech weapons?
Hyde Park: Separating politics from human rights
Last Thursday, 450 students voted against debating the motion to condemn the bombings of educational institutions in Gaza. A question that I thought would reach… Read More »Hyde Park: Separating politics from human rights
Hyde Park: Taking diversity to class
There is an all-too-familiar litany of complaints that follow the question, “So, how do you like McGill?” posed so frequently by probing family members: the… Read More »Hyde Park: Taking diversity to class
Haitian speaker challenges white supremacy
Jean Saint-Vil’s audience of 60 buckled over in laughter Thursday, during his speech “Black History Now,” the centerpiece of 2009 Black History Month at McGill,… Read More »Haitian speaker challenges white supremacy
Hyde Park: No news is bad news
“If it bleeds, it leads,” goes the journalistic maxim. But it is clear that not all blood is equally worthy of the front page. Supposedly… Read More »Hyde Park: No news is bad news
Letters
Would the real Harvard nix Humanistics? Re: “In defence of Humanistic Studies” | Commentary | February 9 I stand with Richard Kreitner in support of… Read More »Letters
Faculty members brainstorm thrifty measures
Economic Task Force’s first Town Hall encourages open and creative atmosphere
Unmasking racism
Unmasking racism