Commentary
Commentary
Bikes deserve a place on campus
There is something decisively anarchic about bikes. It’s not just the tattoos and the tank-tops and bandanas that I’m talking about: bikers ignore just about every traffic signal, we pull ridiculous moves to avoid putting our feet down at a...
Comment
Beyond the black and white
People say that there are two sides to every story. But I’ve come to understand that this perception stems from personal interest: there’s “our side” and then there’s everyone else’s. Bias develops when we have a certain interest in something....
Editorial
The best damn paper in Havana North
If you’ve just snagged a copy of this rag hot off the presses, there’s a chance you’re new to McGill. If frosh hasn’t worn you out already, the next few years are in all likelihood going to be pretty swell....
Commentary
Express yourself!
Your friendly neighbourhood Commentary editor on opinions and being broke at McGill
When I arrived at McGill four years ago, my self-consciousness about my family’s social class really sharpened for the first time. Though I grew up in a wealthy town in Massachusetts, I had always had friends who were as poor...
Commentary
LETTER: “The Ministry of McGill”
PGSS VP External on the MBA tuition hike
Do you remember those wild days in the spring, when the government of Quebec and McGill University were staring at each other across the battlefield? When McGill informed the Liberal government that they were going to raise tuition fees for...
Commentary
Relying on conventional medicine alone is whack
Re: “Naturopathic medicine is whack” | Commentary | March 15
Riva Gold’s portrayal of naturopathic medicine in North America is skewed, uninformed, and unfairly extreme. Currently, in order to become a naturopathic doctor (ND), one must undergo four years of rigorous instruction and clinical practice at an accredited school; this...
Commentary
Transnational abortion? How about no abortion
Re: “Transnational abortion” | Commentary | March 29
Hannah Freeman argues that “helping women around the world have safe, legal abortions...is a necessary step to reducing maternal and child mortality.” According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is defined as any human...
Commentary
Shame! Shame! Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!
Re: “Paging Doctor Cornett” | Commentary | October 8
Learning of the troubles regarding Norman Cornett versus McGill University was not so much of a surprise as it was another disappointment, adding to the degradation of academia. I know this transition only too well, as I myself lived through...
Commentary
Don’t desecrate Good Friday
Recently on Facebook, I was invited to an event called “Good Friday Gone Bad.” The featuring photo for this function, which promises “naughty bunnies,” is a blonde woman wearing hardly more than the string aspect of a string bikini, looking...
Commentary
Weak signal in televising the Republic
Re: “The Republic will not be televised” | Culture | April 1
There were three major errors in my review of Philopolis. First, Philopolis is in its first year, not its second, which makes its success all the more impressive. Second, it never “became clear that the discussions taking place were almost...
Commentary
Ditch the GMOs – they’re unsafe
Re: “Tampering with the genetic code” | Sci + Tech | March 29
Alexander Kunev appears to want to have his bioengineered cake and eat it too when he supports the prospect of a GMO future while concluding that nature’s genetic diversity is our common heritage. The goal of the biotech industry is...
Little bitter
Be the change you want to see
Dissatisfied? Do somethin’.
I guess you could say I was something of a “super-dork” in my freshman year at McGill. I read three campus papers every week, article for article. I took my vote seriously in student elections, and tried to follow the...
Commentary
Radical, schmadical
Labels aren’t as important as content
I’ve been reflecting on some comments people have made about my column. A friend of mine mentioned that her women’s studies class discussed my column. A Daily colleague mentioned sharing my column on suicide with family members. I’m immensely grateful...
Comment
Why your hate is hard to stomach
The Daily is an idealistic project. I’ve met with editors of other student papers from across the country, and they spoke about firing co-workers and banning sloppy writers from their offices. One spoke about putting writers on “probation,” and then...
Comment
Why The Daily is worth supporting
In March, the Daily Publications Society (DPS), which prints The McGill Daily and Le Délit, held a referendum asking students to agree to a slight increase in the fee they pay to support the DPS. Though the referendum question was...