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Fall semester of the 2008 school year at McGill, my political science degree came to a sombre close. I had come to university as a… Read More »The popular, pornographic view of Africa

Canwest granted bankruptcy protection Canwest Global, Canada’s largest media conglomerate, successfully filed for bankruptcy protection in a Toronto court on October 6. The company –… Read More »Canwest granted bankruptcy protection

The McGill chapter of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) publicly responded on September 28 to a campaign encouraging students to opt out of… Read More »QPIRG responds to opt-out campaign

Facing a $3.9-billion budget deficit, the Quebec Premier Jean Charest’s ruling Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ) is proposing to start charging tuition for CEGEPs across… Read More »Charest Liberals propose CEGEP tuition

This evening, Choose Life hosted controversial speaker Jose Ruba on the McGill Campus. As the event began, approximately 15 counter-protesters interrupted Ruba, and began singing… Read More »Two arrested as students disrupt Choose Life event

Fall is here, and that means that I, and most of my friends, are sick. As an antidote, I prescribe soup. Nothing warms your innards… Read More »The Budget Bon Vivant

Imagine: white benevolent heroes, a desolate backdrop, small black and brown children. Sound familiar? You know the drill – it’s your generic IDS poster promoting… Read More »Something’s fishy about IDS internships

Last Thursday, volunteers outside Berri-UQAM metro Amnesty International asked passersby to stop and sign a petition demanding an end to the Israeli military’s ongoing blockade… Read More »Amnesty petitions for Gaza

I’m transgender. This reality has made me view the world in ways that differ from how society portrays it, and these differences have motivated me… Read More »Transgender? What does that even mean?

It was so nearly the perfect evening. A warm, clear summer night marred only by intoxicated underage tourists and the glowing neon lights of the… Read More »Fuck fuck-me shoes

At SSMU Council Thursday, VP Clubs and Services Sarah Olle announced that a referendum question to finance an independent McGill Tribune has been pushed back… Read More »The Trib’s Status

Every other week, Joël Thibeault writes a column for French learners, as a way of encouraging them to practice their French. V ous marchez sur… Read More »Ces sacrés jurons!

I n Roald Dahl’s 1966 short story, “William and Mary,” before the main character William dies of cancer, he writes his wife Mary a letter… Read More »Can you keep a brain alive in a jar?

At the event hosted by McGill’s Choose Life club last Thursday, three spea-kers from the Silent No More Awareness Campaign shared their personal experiences with… Read More »No to anti-abortion intimidation

Judge Robert Sansfaçon, the judge who was to preside over the inquiry into the 2008 shooting of Fredy Villanueva by a Montreal police officer, abruptly… Read More »Villanueva judge steps down