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One student fills in details on the president’s inauguration

As I write this, I’m sitting on the National Mall in D.C., surrounded by countless young Americans, and the techie in me knows that this… Read More »Hyde Park: Introducing SSMU to the wild world of email

“Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb’s feathers.” – George Meredith There is nothing of any import that I could possibly add to the heaps… Read More »Piñata diplomacy : Barack Obama is not an indie rock band

An open letter to the Principal regarding her support for the celebration of 40 years of the “Mouvement McGill Français”

The memories are etched in my mind: the unease, the looks of silent terror. The fear was palpable, unconvincingly shielded behind the guise of outward… Read More »Hyde Park: Human rights, genocide, and the children of Hamas

Security: at what expense? Re: “Tadamon! is no Paragon” | Commentary | January 12 Yes, “let us not oversimplify.” The issue in Gaza at the… Read More »Letters

In an article published in the January 12 issue of The Daily, Tadamon!, a Montreal-based social justice group active on, among other things, the issue… Read More »Tadamon! clears up opportunism for the misinformed

The Banyan tree is known for its fantastic appearance: a dense forest of connected branches that prove to be, in fact, a single tree.  “The… Read More »The conversationalist: The art of falling far from the tree

War is a terrible thing. It comes with tears, deaths, devastation and raging fires. It comes with aghast civilians caught in fighting, dying children, rubble,… Read More »Hyde Park: Beyond the dichotomous debate

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As a math student, I have come to appreciate logical reasoning. Although I realize that the real world is not perfect, I am appalled by… Read More »Hyde Park: Applying some logic to conflict terminology

I emerged from Jeff Halper’s January 14 talk at McGill deeply disappointed at how acceptable it has become to distort and misrepresent facts when the… Read More »Halper should stick to facts, not calumny

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