There’s a urban legend about influential comics scribe Will Eisner that claims he coined the term “graphic novel.” The tale says that while pitching his… Read More »Hyde Park: Comics in the mainstream: boobs and the X-treme
Publicity should not invite violence Re: “Why don’t you just do it inside?” | Letters | February 12 In response to Stephanie Ränkin and Hillary… Read More »Letters
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
Federal infrastructure money to help refurbish cultural centre and NDG theatre
Research from two studies renews hope of finding effective microbicide
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
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
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?
Diane Obomsawin illustrates the mysterious case of Kaspar Hauser with child-like sensitivity
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
Plans to bailout bankrupt Hippodrome in conflict with community centre proposals for 2,500 social housing units
While evolution has formed the core foundation of biology, 150 years since Darwin’s theory of evolution, was published, it remains as controversial as ever. According… Read More »Darwin, DNA and, “many more details”
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
“We might test judgement by asking, on the issue of Iraq, who best anticipated how events turned out.” – Michael Ignatieff, in his 2007 essay… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Righting our wrongs over Iraq
Thinking twice about the Outremont microcosm
