Unsentimental education
Eran Kolirin’s film The Band’s Visit resists cliché with its sincere portrayal of a meeting of cultures in Israel
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University Reform: Principal clarifies administration-governance divide
At the March 5 meeting of Senate, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum publicly clarified her vision on the relationship between administration and governance at McGill. In response… Read More »University Reform: Principal clarifies administration-governance divide
Kelford reprimanded for electoral violations
Elections McGill bans web site, allows new site, then bans it hours later
Hyde Park: Admin to McGill First Aid: not in our name
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
You are here: Our cloak-and-dagger campus
Three weeks ago, protesters tore pages with a military recruitment ad out of The McGill Tribune, risking severe paper cuts to save their fellow students… Read More »You are here: Our cloak-and-dagger campus
Blood Services to research homophobic question
The University of Manitoba students’ union passed a motion on March 6 acknowledging the questionnaire that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) uses is “homophobic and discriminatory.”… Read More »Blood Services to research homophobic question
So you want to be a Daily editor
You’re a sharp young thing, a little bored in class and eager to spread your fledgling journalistic wings. What to do? Why, become an editor… Read More »So you want to be a Daily editor
The teenage grind
Paranoid Park explores adolescent alienation – again
Civil-rights lawyer denounces SPP
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) has done nothing to improve national security since its introduction nearly three years ago, according to… Read More »Civil-rights lawyer denounces SPP
Students object to counsellor’s firing
McGill Student Services’ abrupt firing of longtime mental health counsellor Eric Widdicombe last month left his students shocked and searching for explanations. Human resources gave… Read More »Students object to counsellor’s firing
Hyde Park: A user’s guide to shaping The Daily
Running a referendum campaign takes a lot of time, energy, and money, but it has its perks: students have actually sat down to read through… Read More »Hyde Park: A user’s guide to shaping The Daily
SSMU forced to settle for smoothies in first-floor Shatner space
Smoothie chain Liquid Nutrition signed a lease with SSMU Friday to move into Shatner Room 108, the space previously occupied by computer store University Bytes.… Read More »SSMU forced to settle for smoothies in first-floor Shatner space
Bike collective gets rolling this week
[Correction Appended] After nearly a year of planning and several location changes, the SSMU bike collective opened its doors on Tuesday to a pack of… Read More »Bike collective gets rolling this week
Hive Mind: Pride, shame, and coming out
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
The Tammany Hall of the Montreal night?
Caitlin Manicom kicks off The Daily’s four part series on cultural tastemakers in the city with a look at the music scene