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One student fills in details on the president’s inauguration

As I write this, I’m sitting on the National Mall in D.C., surrounded by countless young Americans, and the techie in me knows that this… Read More »Hyde Park: Introducing SSMU to the wild world of email

“Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb’s feathers.” – George Meredith There is nothing of any import that I could possibly add to the heaps… Read More »Piñata diplomacy : Barack Obama is not an indie rock band

An open letter to the Principal regarding her support for the celebration of 40 years of the “Mouvement McGill Français”

A couple days before Obama’s Inauguration, a good friend of mine was laid off. The factory he worked at works exclusively with aluminum provided by… Read More »A call for unity of the have-nots

I ‘m not the girl you might think would write this sort of article. I don’t stand in front of Oxford Dictionary offices picketing in… Read More »Hyde Park: Bring tampon machines back to Shatner

It’s amazing what can happen in 24 hours. That period between one rising of the sun to the next can hold secrets and tell stories… Read More »Life Lines: A guide to living your legendary days

Since Barack Obama was elected president, many have speculated that America has triumphed over its troubled relationship with race. With the excitement of the inauguration… Read More »Editors’ note: Why an issue on cultural identity

Just before last break, the Arts Undergraduate Society advertised a free breakfast. What you might have missed if you were an anglophone student is the… Read More »Hyde Park: A cumpilation of re-translation

The Banyan tree is known for its fantastic appearance: a dense forest of connected branches that prove to be, in fact, a single tree.  “The… Read More »The conversationalist: The art of falling far from the tree

War is a terrible thing. It comes with tears, deaths, devastation and raging fires. It comes with aghast civilians caught in fighting, dying children, rubble,… Read More »Hyde Park: Beyond the dichotomous debate

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As a math student, I have come to appreciate logical reasoning. Although I realize that the real world is not perfect, I am appalled by… Read More »Hyde Park: Applying some logic to conflict terminology

I emerged from Jeff Halper’s January 14 talk at McGill deeply disappointed at how acceptable it has become to distort and misrepresent facts when the… Read More »Halper should stick to facts, not calumny

The memories are etched in my mind: the unease, the looks of silent terror. The fear was palpable, unconvincingly shielded behind the guise of outward… Read More »Hyde Park: Human rights, genocide, and the children of Hamas