Over the last week or two, I’ve been inundated with questions – “Why are you asking SSMU to take a position on such a divisive… Read More »Hyde Park: Palestinian human rights: indefinitely postponed
How to fix the Middle East crisis in two words
It’s rare that McGill and its students see eye-to-eye on innovations to improve the University. Students want more Architecture Cafés, more transparency from their administration,… Read More »Editorial: Sustainability Office first step to tangible change
In my last column I introduced you to my friend Patrick* who, by the way, is a real person and not a figment of my… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Patrick Part II – the secular fundamentalist
Alright, this is the one. My days of sentimental, inspirational-themed, hallmark-gift-card-esque columns are over. You thought I wouldn’t snap out of it, but I did.… Read More »Life Lines: Get in touch with your other side
What exactly did we accomplish at the General Assembly (GA) Thursday night? Perhaps if we hadn’t been dealing with a motion designed to polarize students,… Read More »Hyde Park: Talk to me, we’ll get beyond polarizing questions
It never occurred to me to consider the significance of the title of Ephraim Kishon’s 1953 play His Name Precedes Him until the SSMU General… Read More »Hyde Park: No gains in dividing McGill
Don’t let people tell you that democracy and free speech lost at Thursday’s General Assembly (GA). Sixty per cent of the attendance simply voted to… Read More »Hyde Park: Students prove SSMU shouldn’t condemn
Society often depicts seniors as an expanding problem – costly, burdensome, sick, and slow. We only ever hear that the aged population is ballooning and… Read More »Editors’ Note: Respect the elderly, respect yourself
On a typical day in class, the worries on your mind might range from the all-nighter you have to pull off tonight; to how hard… Read More »Hyde Park: Stifled discussion breeds division, not unity
“Le vrai science et la vrai étude de l’homme, c’est l’homme.” – Pierre Charon, Catholic theologian, 1601 Scuttlebutt is that the Faculty of Arts is… Read More »Piñata Diplomacy: In defence of Humanistic Studies
Part II of The Daily’s guide to absurd financial realities
In some ways, the budget process was heartening; the threat of a coalition forced the Conservatives to deliver a centrist budget, which – though woefully… Read More »Hyde Park: Budget recklessly neglects foreign aid
If anyone understands freedom of expression, it should be the Montreal police; since the summer, they’ve made their frustrations over contract negotiations clear with more… Read More »Editorial: Police by-laws will only worsen community tensions
Heads-up about that Gaza motion at the GA I would like to bring to the attention of the undergraduate community a rather important issue that… Read More »Letters