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A new look at Nightline

admin • March 12, 2009

McGill’s student hotline provides services beyond crisis management Read More

Quebec wants you to stay

admin • March 12, 2009

New work permits allow grads more opportunities Read More

News brief: Restaurants in recession

admin • March 9, 2009

For-sale signs, clearance sales, and two-for-one deals are tell-tale signs that Canada’s in an economic crisis, but outside of Montreal restaurant Taverne Crescent, a sign reading “Pay What You Want” hangs in the window. There is no fine print. No minimum price. Just a question mark in place of a… Read More

Letters

admin • March 9, 2009

If I have to read about that one more time… Dear McGill Daily, Can you please stop printing articles and letters about the following topics: 1) The Humanistics Department and its improbable future. 2) Choose Life and its (for some reason) very controversial acceptance as a full-status SSMU club 3)… Read More

Screen Scrutiny: Rosebud redux

admin • March 9, 2009

What makes Citizen Kane flawed cinematic gold Read More

Lessons from South Africa

admin • March 9, 2009

ANC minister Ronnie Kasrils examines Israel with South Africa in mind for McGill’s Israeli Apartheid Week Read More

SSMU Elections 2009

admin • March 9, 2009

Each year during election season, The Daily barrels through a series of interviews with all the runners for a SSMU executive position, and publishes a condensed version of the Q&As and our endorsements (online in the Commentary section). With an apathetic turnout of eight candidates for six positions, we thought… Read More

Bursting the Bubble: Of Vietnamese grocers and African discos

admin • March 9, 2009

When I was 14, I began commuting from the small town in upstate New York where I lived to Montreal, to study dance at a conservatory on the corner of Jean-Talon and Alexandra. Unused to navigating public transportation and naively unaware that taking the metro to de Castelnau would get… Read More

Hyde Park: Boycotting profs have it all wrong

admin • March 9, 2009

We are delighted to read that the goal of the boycotting professors is “a just and lasting peace between two viable states,” and with “security for all.” We share similar goals. But the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) approach to Israel will not get us there. Quite the opposite. The BDS… Read More

What’s the haps

admin • March 9, 2009

Burst Your Bubble Monday, March 9 – Thursday, March 12 Various locations in Montreal and on campus The Social Equity and Diversity Education office’s second installment of Burst Your Bubble includes a series of community centre visits and walking tours hosted by community groups. Email equity.diversity@mcgill.ca to RSVP and for… Read More

Making McGill space truly safe

admin • March 5, 2009

New student initiatives aim to address ineffective systems for processing harassment complaints Read More

Making the Daily

admin • March 5, 2009

Every Tuesday afternoon, Daily editors stop by the CKUT studios to discuss hot-button topics covered in the paper with our community radio station. The segments start off the Tuesday edition of CKUT’s 5 p.m. news show, Off The Hour. You can find Off The Hour, as well other fine news,… Read More

Open Letter: Don’t dismantle Humanistic Studies

admin • March 5, 2009

Dear Professor Manfredi and the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee: I am writing to express my disappointment upon hearing that there has been a recommendation to dismantle the Humanistic Studies Program. As a graduate of Humanistic Studies (BA’ 06), I was lucky to experience the rewards and intellectual challenges of… Read More

Letters

admin • March 5, 2009

Choose Life or choose censorship? Over the past couple weeks, I’ve had numerous close friends approach me and say “Can you believe SSMU granted club status to Choose Life!?” And when I say, “That’s great!” they seem especially appalled that I, a women’s studies student, could possibly support the existence… Read More

High style, low prices

admin • March 5, 2009

Montreal Fashion Week offers inspiration to the frugal fashionista Read More