Teaching assistants prepare to strike
Union decries lack of progress in negotiations with administration
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2007-2008 Year in review
This year echoed with ghosts of the past. Student strikes popped up across the province, recalling the militancy of 2005. The food-services debate of 2004… Read More »2007-2008 Year in review
Solin bedbug victim denied rent compensation
McGill is refusing to terminate the lease or provide rent compensation to a student whose Solin Hall apartment was infested with bedbugs for months. Bedbugs,… Read More »Solin bedbug victim denied rent compensation
Off-Campus eye
Smoke blanketed the Plateau last Wednesday when a fire erupted in a four-storey 60-unit apartment building. 100 people were relocated from the building on Pins… Read More »Off-Campus eye
Acclaimed SSMU VP Finance & Operations Tobias Silverstein speaks out
Next year’s Finance & Operations portfolio is one of the least-contested SSMU positions in recent memory – it’s been like the hot potato of exec… Read More »Acclaimed SSMU VP Finance & Operations Tobias Silverstein speaks out
A torturous wait
Zimbabwe is in turmoil. The delayed release of presidential election results has spread fears that incumbent Robert Mugabe, a dictator who has ruled the country… Read More »A torturous wait
Tenants protest rental board wait times
On April Fools’ Day – or poisson d’avril in French – about 160 people marched a giant paper fish down René Lévesque to the provincial… Read More »Tenants protest rental board wait times
Wikileaks web site gives whistleblowers a voice
Unjust organizations around the world face a new threat: anonymity. A new web site called Wikileaks makes whistleblowers untraceable, so that they can leak documents… Read More »Wikileaks web site gives whistleblowers a voice
Scanlan says goodbye, but doesn’t get all sappy about it
For what it’s worth, this is my last column in The Daily. I had planned a kind of emetic valedictory column, and to bring tears… Read More »Scanlan says goodbye, but doesn’t get all sappy about it
Capital campaign solicits student donations
McGill’s Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) is asking current students to help fund Campaign McGill as it tries to climb from the $380-million already collected… Read More »Capital campaign solicits student donations
Hopping to the finish
This year’s SSMU executive stumbles through the final weeks of the semester
What’s the haps
God as Father discussion Monday, April 7, 6:00 p.m Montreal Diocesan Theological College, 3473 University Discuss the dominant views of God as father and discuss… Read More »What’s the haps
The Hipless Boy: The big idea
My girlfriend George (short for Georgina) pulls on some stockings. They’re black, with little red hearts on them. Her coworker gave them to her. “She… Read More »The Hipless Boy: The big idea
Of monsters and men
Local author Andrew Hood delves into the gritty side of small-town Ontario in his debut short story collection Pardon Our Monsters
The weakest line
Montreal’s Throw Slam Poetry Collective merges camaraderie and competition