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“We’re going to wait a few minutes for stragglers.” My seat neighbour and I exchanged a few quips about the “fierce urgency” of the next… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Sittin’ and hopin’ for change

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There are two things newcomers immediately notice as they take their first steps into the heart of Montreal: the speaking of French and the honking… Read More »Life lines: A car-taunting, French-talking primer to Montreal

The blood drive debate has burned hot on our campus for the last couple years. Over much dispute, in November 2006 SSMU Council banned blood… Read More »Without policy changes, blood drives threaten campus space

For the last three years, The Daily has opened my eyes to the plight of the forgotten and downtrodden. From the struggles of indie musicians… Read More »Hyde Park: Save the world’s CEOs!

Overall incompetence from a random frosh leader RE: “Doing justice to the new New Rez” | Commentary | Sept. 18 Oh hi. Allow me to… Read More »Letters: Love. From a frosh leader; to a U3 science student.

Of course, people are entitled to their own beliefs, but those beliefs shouldn’t hurt anyone. While the Republicans have their charm, and the Conservatives have… Read More »The conversationalist: Designing intelligent education

Daily outed as copyrighted hypocrite RE: “Copyright this” | Commentary; “Creative Commons: some rights reserved” | Culture | Sept. 15, 2008 Despite two pieces in… Read More »Letter

Today, it seems everyone has to have an opinion on everything. But that’s not a bad thing. New media has resulted in a communicative democracy… Read More »Hyde Park: Picketing is nice, but use your brain first

The Daily is pro-union, and pro-student initiatives that recognize flawed systems and seek to fix them. But we’re holding back on the praise for AMUSE,… Read More »Editorial: We like AMUSE, with qualifications

Christopher Leo Point A debate has arisen in Ontario that cuts to the core of staunchly held conceptions of morality and individual rights. This summer,… Read More »Hyde Park: Must doctors perform procedures they deem immoral?

Concordia University recently banned Facebook on campus computers with wired connections, citing security concerns including spam, viruses, phishing (soliciting confidential information under false pretenses), and… Read More »Editorial: Another ban that shouldn’t be

Smelling pee vs. saving the environment Re: “McGill takes first steps in male washrooms toward a sustainable campus” | News | Sept. 15, 2008 It… Read More »Letters: Piss, tuition, and the many faces of Manosij

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