Editorial: Breaking up is hard to do
At last Thursday’s Council, SSMU councillors voted to make The Tribune completely independent from the Students’ Society by 2010. Since its inception, The Trib has… Read More »Editorial: Breaking up is hard to do
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Guatemalan farm workers group speaks out against violence
Pro-Justice group demands answers for farmer’s unexplained disappearance, massacre
New PGSS VP considers dissolving lobby group
It’s time to change the provincial lobbying strategy of the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS), according to VP External & Governmental Affairs-elect Adrian Kaats. Kaats –… Read More »New PGSS VP considers dissolving lobby group
Classical, kids, and Connolly
A jargon-y defense of jargon Re: “Activism’s jargon epidemic” | Commentary | March 27, 2008 I was troubled by the trajectory by which Floh Herra-Vega’s… Read More »Classical, kids, and Connolly
Goodbye lovely Mile End
A Silver Mt. Zion helped make their neighbourhood the cultural Mecca it is today. On their new album, they do something unexpected – apologize.
Course packs could go online, cut costs
Every semester, students are purchasing course packs full of material they have already paid for. Arts Senator Lynne Champoux-Williams recently released a report showing how… Read More »Course packs could go online, cut costs
The 2008 Reader Survey
Hello Daily reader! Believe it or not, we’ve only got one more issue left this year. But we’ll come back in September, and when we… Read More »The 2008 Reader Survey
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
Radeq Brousil on St. Francis of Assissi, the south of France, and animal portraiture
Prague artist’s exhibit at Parisian Laundry is inspired by the personal changes he’s undergone while living in Canada
Rubberbanddance’s new act
What happens when you combine a former Los Angeles b-boy, a classically-trained ballet dancer, and a lot of buzz? You get Rubberbandance Group (RBDG), the… Read More »Rubberbanddance’s new act
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
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
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 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
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