Commentary

There is an all-too-familiar litany of complaints that follow the question, “So, how do you like McGill?” posed so frequently by probing family members: the… Read More »Hyde Park: Taking diversity to class

In my last column I introduced you to my friend Patrick* who, by the way, is a real person and not a figment of my… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Patrick Part II – the secular fundamentalist

Sustainability is often regarded as a “buzzword,” which, according to some, tends to lose meaning with every additional utterance. But for my purposes, it remains… Read More »Hyde Park: The Sustainability Office’s story

Canadians tend to look south for black history, pointing fingers at the U.S. for slavery and segregation while ignoring blemishes on our own history. As… Read More »Editorial: Bringing Canadian black history to class

In “Police shootings connected to racial profiling” (News, January 25), Samir Shaheen-Hussain was quoted as saying “the day Anas was killed there was extra police… Read More »Errata

Students involved and interested in theatre at McGill have repeatedly told me that The Daily does not sufficiently cover campus productions, and that the coverage… Read More »Public Editor: So, you want The Daily to cover more theatre, do ya?

Divisive GAs should use clickers, not placards As I waited in line with hundreds of other students to enter Thursday’s General Assembly (GA), I was… Read More »Letters

Over the last week or two, I’ve been inundated with questions – “Why are you asking SSMU to take a position on such a divisive… Read More »Hyde Park: Palestinian human rights: indefinitely postponed

How to fix the Middle East crisis in two words

It’s rare that McGill and its students see eye-to-eye on innovations to improve the University. Students want more Architecture Cafés, more transparency from their administration,… Read More »Editorial: Sustainability Office first step to tangible change

It never occurred to me to consider the significance of the title of Ephraim Kishon’s 1953 play His Name Precedes Him until the SSMU General… Read More »Hyde Park: No gains in dividing McGill

Don’t let people tell you that democracy and free speech lost at Thursday’s General Assembly (GA). Sixty per cent of the attendance simply voted to… Read More »Hyde Park: Students prove SSMU shouldn’t condemn

Society often depicts seniors as an expanding problem – costly, burdensome, sick, and slow. We only ever hear that the aged population is ballooning and… Read More »Editors’ Note: Respect the elderly, respect yourself

On a typical day in class, the worries on your mind might range from the all-nighter you have to pull off tonight; to how hard… Read More »Hyde Park: Stifled discussion breeds division, not unity

“Le vrai science et la vrai étude de l’homme, c’est l’homme.” – Pierre Charon, Catholic theologian, 1601 Scuttlebutt is that the Faculty of Arts is… Read More »Piñata Diplomacy: In defence of Humanistic Studies