“The Palestinian martyr replaces the proletarian struggle for a communist society.” – Pierre-André Taguieff, French philosopher Last week, several McGill groups hosted the annual Israel… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Where might a new anti-Semitism take root?
“Like all madmen, I thought everyone was mad except myself.” – Leo Tolstoy That was me, sitting shivering in a Manitoba ice rink, gawking at… Read More »Life Lines: Going home to handle rink-side madness
Through the 21 years that I’ve seen – unless you take out the first one to two-and-a-half, as they remain a blur – I’ve always… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: How suburban education brainwashes women
Ricky Kreitner was hacking pretty hard at the Piñata Diplomacy when this tasty morsel came flying: “After all the uproar about Bush’s surge – the… Read More »Comment: Bloody Iraq is no success
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… Read More »Making the Daily
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… Read More »Open Letter: Don’t dismantle Humanistic Studies
I had been looking forward to The Daily’s special issue on geeks for weeks. I was really excited, but I didn’t tell any of my… Read More »Public Editor: Geeks wasn’t up to special issue standards
New student initiatives aim to address ineffective systems for processing harassment complaints
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… Read More »Letters
So what is a geek? Is it a pejorative term for the technologically-minded, or maybe does it just require excessive knowledge of something inglorious and… Read More »Editors’ note: Celebrating geeks
There’s a urban legend about influential comics scribe Will Eisner that claims he coined the term “graphic novel.” The tale says that while pitching his… Read More »Hyde Park: Comics in the mainstream: boobs and the X-treme
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recently ordered an inquiry into the attacks against UN facilities in the Gaza Strip, including educational facilities. While Ban Ki-moon,… Read More »Hyde Park: McGill must rally around equality and freedom
Across the country, university student associations have been revoking club status from pro-life student groups. And while Choose Life – which SSMU Council granted full-club… Read More »Editorial: Campus is no place to limit choice
“I don’t know how you feel about coriander. I like it, but not everybody does. Some people find that it smells like cat urine; others… Read More »The Conversationalist: Seeing ourselves in the fruits of life
Publicity should not invite violence Re: “Why don’t you just do it inside?” | Letters | February 12 In response to Stephanie Ränkin and Hillary… Read More »Letters
