TAs to vote on strike motion
Unproductive contract negotiations are inciting the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) to call for a strike vote at a special meeting Monday.… Read More »TAs to vote on strike motion
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Empathetic mice feel each other’s pain
It was a crisp autumn morning, the kind we get in Montreal two weeks before the winter freeze. The stairs were glistening with dew, and… Read More »Empathetic mice feel each other’s pain
History of a food fight
With students boycotting corporate campus cafeterias today and tomorrow, Shayla Cilliak and Maggie Schreiner reflect on the
Hive mind: Student activism’s jargon epidemic
I saw a poster that caught my eye the other day. Unfortunately, I forget what it was for, but I remember that it was a… Read More »Hive mind: Student activism’s jargon epidemic
The vegetable stir fry truce
We all know how important vegetables are for the proper functioning of the human body, but most of us try to resist this fact. Some… Read More »The vegetable stir fry truce
The day the music died
CBC Radio 2 is kicking classical music off primetime in an effort to woo younger audiences
Letters: Anti-brutality protest erupts in brutality, former SSMU Prez sends dispatches from the front
Et tu, brutes? While walking home two Saturdays ago, I fell upon the demonstration against police brutality. At first, I watched the protestors calmly walk… Read More »Letters: Anti-brutality protest erupts in brutality, former SSMU Prez sends dispatches from the front
SSMU fumbles budget for clubs, services
After nearly a year of slashed budgets for clubs and services, SSMU discovered it had more money in its Club Fund and Campus Life Fund… Read More »SSMU fumbles budget for clubs, services
Administrators offer weak answers to Senate questions
Disability accessibility, queer-inclusive programs, and McGill’s Mental Health Services were just some of the hot button topics that administrators responded to with watered-down responses during… Read More »Administrators offer weak answers to Senate questions
Hyde Park: Boycott corporate cafeterias
Today and tomorrow, students will boycott McGill’s corporate-run cafeterias. It’s widely known that food services at McGill are inadequate. In The Globe and Mail’s 2007… Read More »Hyde Park: Boycott corporate cafeterias
When I grow up I want to be Alex Shoumatoff
“Bono and I had dinner in Dublin. We stayed up till 3:00 in the morning and got totally shitfaced,” Alex Shoumatoff tells me over noodles… Read More »When I grow up I want to be Alex Shoumatoff
SSMU drops ball on prioritizing student space
As Caférama space opens up to bidding war, $20,000 slated for student space will likely go toward other initiatives
Pointe St. Charles residents decry post office relocation
Pointe St. Charles residents are outraged over the local Canada Post’s plans to relocate its office from a vibrant residential neighbourhood to a remote industrial… Read More »Pointe St. Charles residents decry post office relocation
You Are Here: Smile-Manner Squadron, assemble!
I’m not a wonderful person. In fact, I’m shallow, self-absorbed, and narcissistic – in other words, a typical newspaper columnist. But at least I have… Read More »You Are Here: Smile-Manner Squadron, assemble!
Contest winners cut red tape
Ten students each received $100 Tuesday for offering the best suggestions to reduce red tape and bureaucracy at McGill – but the administration has made… Read More »Contest winners cut red tape