Commentary

So what is a geek? Is it a pejorative term for the technologically-minded, or maybe does it just require excessive knowledge of something inglorious and… Read More »Editors’ note: Celebrating geeks

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recently ordered an inquiry into the attacks against UN facilities in the Gaza Strip, including educational facilities. While Ban Ki-moon,… Read More »Hyde Park: McGill must rally around equality and freedom

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

“I don’t know how you feel about coriander. I like it, but not everybody does. Some people find that it smells like cat urine; others… Read More »The Conversationalist: Seeing ourselves in the fruits of life

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

Four members of the Arts Faculty criticized (The Daily, 12 February) those who had signed an open letter appearing in Le Devoir at the end… Read More »Hyde Park: McGill profs defend call for boycott

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

As Cultural Studies buzzwords dance flippantly over my head, I abandon my lecture for sanity in the form of online news reports. First, BBC tells… Read More »Comment: Martha’s hotness isn’t news

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?

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

“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

If I had a boat, I’d go out on the ocean, and if I had a pony, I’d ride him on my boat… For most… Read More »Sailing through life on a country song’s ifs

“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

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

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