Commentary

Heads-up about that Gaza motion at the GA I would like to bring to the attention of the undergraduate community a rather important issue that… Read More »Letters

Like most before it, last semester’s General Assembly (GA) failed to reach quorum, meaning students get to debate an entire year’s worth of motions today.… Read More »Editorial: Happy GA Day, everybody!

My brother was in southeast Jerusalem when an elderly mother yelled from her window, in Hebrew, “This isn’t a place for you; you should leave.”… Read More »Hyde Park: Raising a finger to both sides of the fence

A search for career advice results in help from male friends

Debate over the Middle East has filled these pages since the Israeli offensive in Gaza began over a month ago. Below, two students debate the roots and utility of an economic boycott of Israel.

I read something on the back of a toilet stall last week that made my Intro to Philosophy class look like playtime in kindergarten. It… Read More »Life Lines: Finding wisdom in the third stall from the right

A primer on all the terms you’ve heard but didn’t understand

If Quebec is a nation within a nation, we can’t help but feel that McGill is a foreign concession. In Montreal, McGill stands for all… Read More »Editorial: McGill n’est pas une île

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire It’s 8:45 a.m. on the… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: The curious case of Geert Wilders

Zionism and Israel’s Arab ghettos

Gilad Ben-Shach did make a good point in his January 22 article “Applying some logic to conflict terminology,” when he said, “I hope The Daily… Read More »Hyde Park: You call that proof?

And don’t let our focus on Gaza distract us from other crises

Much of the debate over the conflict between Israel and Palestine has polarized these pages, with students clinging to antagonisitc beliefs despite their strong tendency… Read More »Hyde Park: Competing identities block the road to peace

Stimulus shmimulus! That was about all Andrew Coyne had to say about the Conservatives’ new budget on last Wednesday’s broadcast of CBC’s The National. A… Read More »Hyde Park: Bring on stimulating conservatism

Tales from a Montrealer’s isolating rez-less experience