I would like to introduce to you That Islamic Studies Guy – a PhD student at the Institute of Islamic Studies. I’ve been seeing him… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Breaking the ice with That Islamic Studies Guy
The Daily incorrectly attributed articles in the Oct. 27 Culture section. “Smoked meat salvation” was written by April Engelberg; “Mind over meat?” was written by… Read More »Errata
Editorial
When I began to run for a SSMU exec position in March, I was appalled by the amount of red tape surrounding the Students’ Society… Read More »Hyde Park: Finding solutions to red tape
You know that thing they tell us about “needing” to go to class? That spiel about how “actually being present” tends to make a difference?… Read More »Life lines: Running to class for a reason
How Newton, Pythagoras, and morality come to dinner
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?” – 1 Corinthians 15:55 There was an article in The New York Times… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Death is not a failure
On Saturday, October 18, McGill hosted the remarkable environmentalist James Speth, Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, as guest… Read More »Hyde Park: Improving campus sustainability
In “Quebec dismisses fired TAs’ grievances” (News, Oct. 23), The Daily reported that some teaching assistants (TAs) were unionized in their secondary positions; in fact,… Read More »Errata
What Chartwells, Schwartz’s, and sugar shacks don’t want you to know
Incoherence and contradiction is the norm with our attitudes toward nonhuman animals. We are, as Rutgers University law professor Gary Francione puts it, guilty of… Read More »Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia
Vegetarianism grows in a three-dimensional community – a word derived from the Latin words for “together” and “gift or service” – while meat-eating festers in… Read More »Hyde Park: Welcome to 3-D vegetarianism
A semantic battle Re: “Resister? More like deserter” | Commentary | Oct. 9 Mike Prebil correctly noted in his letter that Jeremy Hinzman, if deported… Read More »Letters: Semantics, Speling, and Intra-daily mail
This has been a rough year for labour on campus. Teaching assistants (TAs) are still fighting to be paid for work-hours completed before their long,… Read More »Hyde Park: Respect and fair employment for all teaching staff
I love Romantic poetry, but according to my uncle, it’s “completely useless, and contributes nothing to society. It’s a self-indulgent, self-satisfying area of study, and… Read More »The conversationalist: The case for irrelevance
