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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

Expo 67

Features • January 29, 2011

Uncovering the legacy of Montreal’s International Exposition 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

“It is not because of WikiLeaks”

News • January 22, 2011

An interview with Haroun Bouazzi Read More