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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

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

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

“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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I started at noon, delving through Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Burns. Then I exhausted my famous quotes collection, reading one-liners by Jefferson, Galilei, and Huxley. Still… Read More »Life Lines: Sunshine on an unanswered mind

Unbeknownst to anyone involved with the Midnight Kitchen, the proposal for its expansion recently became a focal point in Marshall Peters’ campaign for SSMU presidency. In… Read More »Hyde Park: Clarifying the kitchen’s plans

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

It was a spectacular Sunday afternoon as my sisters and I were preparing to head over to the 13th annual demonstration against police brutality. We… Read More »Hyde Park: A sunny Sunday spent denouncing the police

Two-hundred-twenty-one people were arrested at the anti-police brutality protest Sunday. Much of the coverage of the event has centred around the violent actions of protesters,… Read More »Editorial: Learning from Sunday’s violence