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Bill to streamline export of AIDS medication
Zach Lewsen • February 3, 2011
Stiff opposition cites possible intellectual property violations Read More
Masculine military muscle
Shaina Agbayani • February 2, 2011
Discharged American soldier Steven Green is currently attempting to repeal a life-sentence for his participation in the gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in 2006 while on duty. His case brought much-needed attention to the military’s pervasively sexual culture, where sexual violence, while rampant, remains largely underreported. The… Read More
Eradication is not reform
Commentary • January 30, 2011
One day after SSMU President Zach Newburgh served a notice of motion to abolish the General Assembly (GA), student uproar led him to re-title the motion and announce a town hall meeting to address concerns. The sudden rhetorical change doesn’t hide the fact, however, that should this motion pass, the… Read More
Students occupy rectors’ offices
Maya Shoukri • January 29, 2011
ASSÉ-coordinated sit-ins protest tuition hikes at Laval, UdeM, UQAM, and UQAC Read More
BoG appoints three new members
Henry Gass • January 29, 2011
Gerald Butts, President and CEO of WWF-Canada; Peter Coughlin, co-founder of Montreal-based real estate and investment company Redbourne Properties Inc.; and Samuel Minzberg, a director of Reitmans (Canada) Limited, Quebecor Media Inc., and Richmont Mines Inc, will replace three former external members-at-large on the McGill Board of Governors Read More
Midnight Kitchen reopens
Rana Encol • January 29, 2011
Midnight Kitchen (MK) resumed operations last Friday after resolving misunderstandings with SSMU over the collective’s certification under the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec, which resulted in a two-day hiatus Read More
Residences fight hike in food prices
News • January 29, 2011
Students weren’t consulted before Food Services raised meal prices over break Read More
Confession of a member of the QPIRG board
Sebastian Ronderos-Morgan • January 27, 2011
I applaud Michael Hunziker’s recent article (“Why the left should opt out of campus PIRGs,” Commentary, January 20). His rhetorical strategy is smart. In an effort to convince McGill students to opt out, Hunziker contends that even “the left” should opt out of QPIRG. Why? Because he alleges a group within… Read More
Why your life is bohemian
Allison Friedman • January 27, 2011
Opera McGill takes on La Bohème Read More
Students challenge SEM plan
Henry Gass • January 27, 2011
SSMU and PGSS encouraged by new long-term approach to enrolment management Read More
Quebec prosecutors vote for a strike mandate
Emily Meikle • January 27, 2011
In the largest recorded meeting of Quebec attorneys to date, the Association of Prosecutors in Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec (APCPP) voted Saturday in favour of a mandate to strike if the provincial government does not meet their demands. According to the APCPP, Quebec prosecutors are the lowest paid… Read More
GA abolition discussed
Queen Arsem-O'Malley • January 27, 2011
SSMU President holds town hall on his motion Read More
Midnight Kitchen closed indefinitely
Anna Norris • January 27, 2011
Donation-based collective failed to renew provincial certification, blames SSMU for lack of warning Read More