The 2008 Reader Survey
Hello Daily reader! Believe it or not, we’ve only got one more issue left this year. But we’ll come back in September, and when we… Read More »The 2008 Reader Survey
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Patients have a heart to heart
It’s a little-known fact that congenital heart defects affect one out of every hundred infants in Canada. Specialty camp opportunities are numerous for kids with… Read More »Patients have a heart to heart
SSMU drops ball on prioritizing student space
As Caférama space opens up to bidding war, $20,000 slated for student space will likely go toward other initiatives
When I grow up I want to be Alex Shoumatoff
“Bono and I had dinner in Dublin. We stayed up till 3:00 in the morning and got totally shitfaced,” Alex Shoumatoff tells me over noodles… Read More »When I grow up I want to be Alex Shoumatoff
Empathetic mice feel each other’s pain
It was a crisp autumn morning, the kind we get in Montreal two weeks before the winter freeze. The stairs were glistening with dew, and… Read More »Empathetic mice feel each other’s pain
Radeq Brousil on St. Francis of Assissi, the south of France, and animal portraiture
Prague artist’s exhibit at Parisian Laundry is inspired by the personal changes he’s undergone while living in Canada
Pointe St. Charles residents decry post office relocation
Pointe St. Charles residents are outraged over the local Canada Post’s plans to relocate its office from a vibrant residential neighbourhood to a remote industrial… Read More »Pointe St. Charles residents decry post office relocation
Letters: Anti-brutality protest erupts in brutality, former SSMU Prez sends dispatches from the front
Et tu, brutes? While walking home two Saturdays ago, I fell upon the demonstration against police brutality. At first, I watched the protestors calmly walk… Read More »Letters: Anti-brutality protest erupts in brutality, former SSMU Prez sends dispatches from the front
Hyde Park: Boycott corporate cafeterias
Today and tomorrow, students will boycott McGill’s corporate-run cafeterias. It’s widely known that food services at McGill are inadequate. In The Globe and Mail’s 2007… Read More »Hyde Park: Boycott corporate cafeterias
Hive mind: Student activism’s jargon epidemic
I saw a poster that caught my eye the other day. Unfortunately, I forget what it was for, but I remember that it was a… Read More »Hive mind: Student activism’s jargon epidemic
Contest winners cut red tape
Ten students each received $100 Tuesday for offering the best suggestions to reduce red tape and bureaucracy at McGill – but the administration has made… Read More »Contest winners cut red tape
Accomodate This! releases counter-report
Anticipating the Bouchard-Taylor Commission’s upcoming report on the reasonable accommodation hearings, the Accommodate This! coalition of Montreal community, religious, and human rights groups released a… Read More »Accomodate This! releases counter-report
Administrators offer weak answers to Senate questions
Disability accessibility, queer-inclusive programs, and McGill’s Mental Health Services were just some of the hot button topics that administrators responded to with watered-down responses during… Read More »Administrators offer weak answers to Senate questions
You Are Here: Smile-Manner Squadron, assemble!
I’m not a wonderful person. In fact, I’m shallow, self-absorbed, and narcissistic – in other words, a typical newspaper columnist. But at least I have… Read More »You Are Here: Smile-Manner Squadron, assemble!
The day the music died
CBC Radio 2 is kicking classical music off primetime in an effort to woo younger audiences