Commentary

After this Monday’s Daily feature on the contemporary significance of Pride, I feel compelled to throw in my own two cents. The first time I… Read More »Hive Mind: Pride, shame, and coming out

Vote Yes for your sworn enemies Sirs, To my dear fellow sensible and pragmatic people on campus who think The Daily is a dirty pinko… Read More »Letters: Manosij Majumdar floods The Daily letters section while editors hastily assemble ark

You may have heard that the University administration is trying to control whether SSMU clubs and services can use the word “McGill” in their names.… Read More »Hyde Park: Admin to McGill First Aid: not in our name

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are all the rage these days in Quebec City. Under the auspices of the Quebec Infrastructures Plan launched last Fall, the current… Read More »Seizing Solitude: The public-private problem

Religious texts are fascinating. Yet I am constantly perplexed as to how the beautifully crafted words and lessons found on scrolls and leaves – from… Read More »Hyde Park: The poetry of Islam

Truth is, I’m quite disgusted with the outcome of last Monday’s mandatory candidates’ meeting, led by Elections McGill. There are too many regulations impeding candidates… Read More »Hyde Park: Why I dropped out of the SSMU election

Susan Jacoby’s book The Age of American Unreason is a pleasant combination of ornery traditionalism and vicious invective. She takes up the mantle of what… Read More »Hand to Mouth: Susan Jacoby and The Age of Unreason

Well, it’s begun. Saturday morning at 9 a.m., ovs.ssmu.mcgill.ca went live. This week, undergrads will log on and vote whether or not to continue funding… Read More »Comment: The Daily needs you this week

In the article “Nuit Blanche hits Shatner tonight”, (News, March 6) The Daily implied that the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) led the organization of Nuit… Read More »Erratum

Vote Yes for acrostics! Re: “Vote Yes for The Daily” | Commentary | March 6, 2008 Daring Awesome Intelligent Legacy Yes!!! Vote YES!!!! Dina Cipin… Read More »Letters: Daily readers weigh in on the referendum and discuss this “blogging” fad

Forever sitting in the back of the room, the prescient shit disturber arouses an array of emotions in his more starch-collared comrades. Pity, scorn, quiet… Read More »Public Editor: The Public Editor visits the Daily’s back pages

Despite the high-minded talk, debating isn’t about right or wrong answers. It’s about making your opponent look bad. I say this with the shameful authority… Read More »You Are Here: Karate chops and boxer shorts at the SSMU debates

Vote Yes for student autonomy! Never mind to which McGill press we are partial; as students of McGill University, we are mystified as to why… Read More »Letters: Readers rally to Daily’s side in time of peril!

With campaign week in full swing, we’d like to take a few moments to explain to you, dear Daily readers, what we’re asking you to… Read More »Hyde Park: Vote Yes for The Daily

McGill Athletics’ decision to temporarily evict a swim program for children with special needs from the pool was an unreasonable and discriminatory response to a… Read More »Athletics must clean up its act