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It’s all over – both my time at McGill and at The Daily. While the usual feelings of uncertainty and fear that most soon-to-be graduates… Read More »Why I like The Daily

The “No Olympics on Stolen Native Land” stickers pasted all around McGill have become something of a symbol of radical thought. Their message is explicit,… Read More »Hyde Park: Unpacking the sticky simplicity

Afghanistan’s history is ridden with invasion and foreign occupation. It abounds with insurgency, and is scarred by incessant conflict. Migration is a permanent feature of… Read More »Hyde Park: Our commitment is to humanity

Here’s the deal: I do not care to know about your views on abortion, your stance on the legalization of marijuana and, no, not even… Read More »Hyde Park: Questioning Canada’s ban on free speech

The generation of waste is a built-in feature of the consumer-based society we live in; more often than not, a product’s life ends in a… Read More »Editorial: Waste isn’t normal

Another year, another SSMU election. And as usual, nobody cared. This year’s explosion of indifference saw approximately 24,000 undergraduates cast just 3,631 ballots: a whopping… Read More »Hyde Park: We’re spending $120,000 on that?

“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.”… Read More »Piñata Diplomacy: What Matt Damon teaches us about education

I’m a pretty gentle gent. I drink green tea and buy wine for the pictures on the bottles. I own a plant, believe in true… Read More »Life Lines: A gentle gent’s appeal to the world’s weather jocks

For years, students moving into residence at McGill have been asked to live according to two rules: “Respect,” and “Don’t fuck with the fire equiptment.”… Read More »Editorial: Residence director must improve, or go

When Pope Benedict XVI said that condom distribution wouldn’t solve the AIDS crisis – but would actually exacerbate the epidemic – he put millions of… Read More »Editorial: The myth of Papal infallibility

Put aside the politics to spice up your life on the dance floor – no strings attached

Earlier this semester, two fellow activists writing on behalf of the McGill Anti-Racist Coalition sought to challenge academic content that creates oppressive learning environments or… Read More »Hyde Park: Dismantling the Ivory Tower goes beyond identity politics

Two weeks ago, Adil Charkaoui enjoyed his third victory in his six-year fight with the federal government. Following months of public hearings, Judge Danièle Tremblay-Lamer… Read More »Editorial: Canada must abolish security certificates

“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” – Luke 6:43 Last week I wrote… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Anarchist masturbation in downtown Montreal

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