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José Diaz

admin • September 3, 2009

SSMU VP Finance and Operations Read More

Brand new semester, same old goals

admin • August 31, 2009

It’s September 1 again, and the August binge of everything-you-had-planned-to-do-in-the-summer-but-hadn’t-gotten-around-to-yet has drawn to a close. We are back in school mode, and the inevitable school stress that started leaking into our psyches about a month ago is now drowning out any repressive mechanisms that had been keeping us sane until… Read More

Neutralizing the net

Diane Salema • August 31, 2009

Legislators and Internet users have different ideas of what a non-discriminatory Internet means Read More

Hive Mind: Activist maladies and radical disorders

admin • August 17, 2009

I’m sick and I’m grumpy, and even though my meeting quotient this year has been relatively low when checked against my track record, venting about pet peeves from meetings seems like a good plan. I’ve narrowed it down to the top three activist behaviours and archetypes that make me grind… Read More

Errata

admin • August 17, 2009

In “Small numbers of loud voices protest Gaza” (News, January 12), The Daily incorrectly wrote that the protest was organized by QPIRG Concordia, when in fact it was called for by Tadamon! and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). Further, Laith Marouf is from SPHR and Aaron Lakoff is from… Read More

Worth its salt

admin • August 17, 2009

Sel et Vinaigre goes from zine to silkscreen in 1-2-3 Read More

News Briefs

admin • August 17, 2009

Quebecers to lead in demos this weekend Over a dozen Quebec cities are joining groups around the world this Saturday in alter-globalization demonstrations called by the World Social Forum. Instead of a meeting of the World Social Forum this year, international groups have called for a day of action to… Read More

Milking it for all it’s worth

admin • August 17, 2009

As I grow older, I find myself thrust into scenarios that I didn’t hope to encounter until I had at least 10 grey hairs. Sometimes the far-off foggy future proves to be frighteningly close: a fact that my dear boyfriend recently brought to my attention. We’ve been together for a… Read More

Students admit abusing study drugs

admin • August 17, 2009

McGill’s academic integrity policy lacks restriction on abuse of psycho-stimulants for academic purposes Read More

Students occupy government office

Jennifer Markowitz • August 17, 2009

ASSÉ demonstrators form blockade at economic institute for free tuition Read More

This just in: Manhattan attacked by monsters, again

admin • August 17, 2009

The media was hyping Cloverfield well before its release. The marketing tactic was unusual for a big studio film: rather than giving away plot lines in a trailer, the movie was shrouded in secrecy. The strategy was for the audience to see it with very few expectations, but a desire… Read More

Poaching health workers from abroad

admin • August 17, 2009

Most countries, like our own, have a severe shortage of skilled health workers. According to a report published by the Canadian Nurses Association, by 2016, the estimated shortage of Registered Nurses (RN) in Canada will be as much as 113,000. For me, a young, healthy, soon-to-be RN, this is great… Read More

Leong in Wonderland

admin • August 17, 2009

B.C. artist re-imagines the natural world with a measure of intrigue Read More

Green changes coming to Caferama space

Shannon Kiely • August 17, 2009

Caferama’s days of dishing out paninis and salads in styrofoam are numbered, and students are gearing up to replace the Shatner building’s first-floor cafeteria – whose lease expires on August 31 – with a more sustainable food source. Derina Man, SSMU’s Environment Commissioner, held a meeting Friday with SSMU executive… Read More

A few violent images

admin • August 17, 2009

Zahra Moloo explores how the Western media distorts the crisis in Kenya Read More