Comment: Martha’s hotness isn’t news
As Cultural Studies buzzwords dance flippantly over my head, I abandon my lecture for sanity in the form of online news reports. First, BBC tells… Read More »Comment: Martha’s hotness isn’t news
As Cultural Studies buzzwords dance flippantly over my head, I abandon my lecture for sanity in the form of online news reports. First, BBC tells… Read More »Comment: Martha’s hotness isn’t news
Plans to bailout bankrupt Hippodrome in conflict with community centre proposals for 2,500 social housing units
Council approved a combined $20.40 a year increase to ancillary fees Thursday, allowing the administration to increase the Student Services Fee, the Athletics Fee, and… Read More »News Brief: Council authorizes, refuses fees, approves referendum questions
Last week, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum released a statement on the economic downturn and the effects it will have on the University. Her observations paint a grim picture: McGill is underfunded, and has been since long before the downturn; its endowment
Considering online symptom searching and digital self-diagnosing
Diane Obomsawin illustrates the mysterious case of Kaspar Hauser with child-like sensitivity
Students debate whether “pro-life” is oppressive
Weapons, to state the obvious, are extremely complicated. High-tech explosives are not something your average McGill student understands particularly well. This may be one reason… Read More »Hyde Park: Higher learning or higher-tech weapons?
New licensing for McGill’s health technologies could benefit many
Last Thursday, 450 students voted against debating the motion to condemn the bombings of educational institutions in Gaza. A question that I thought would reach… Read More »Hyde Park: Separating politics from human rights
“If it bleeds, it leads,” goes the journalistic maxim. But it is clear that not all blood is equally worthy of the front page. Supposedly… Read More »Hyde Park: No news is bad news
There is an all-too-familiar litany of complaints that follow the question, “So, how do you like McGill?” posed so frequently by probing family members: the… Read More »Hyde Park: Taking diversity to class
In “Police shootings connected to racial profiling” (News, January 25), Samir Shaheen-Hussain was quoted as saying “the day Anas was killed there was extra police… Read More »Errata
Munroe-Blum defends top wages for top people
Over the last week or two, I’ve been inundated with questions – “Why are you asking SSMU to take a position on such a divisive… Read More »Hyde Park: Palestinian human rights: indefinitely postponed