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Divisive GAs should use clickers, not placards As I waited in line with hundreds of other students to enter Thursday’s General Assembly (GA), I was… Read More »Letters

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

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

Stephen Harper needs a makeover, fast. Since last October’s federal election, things have been going from bad to worse for our Prime Minister. His public… Read More »Extreme makeover: greening the PM

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