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I would like to introduce to you That Islamic Studies Guy – a PhD student at the Institute of Islamic Studies. I’ve been seeing him… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Breaking the ice with That Islamic Studies Guy

The Daily incorrectly attributed articles in the Oct. 27 Culture section. “Smoked meat salvation” was written by April Engelberg; “Mind over meat?” was written by… Read More »Errata

Editorial

Love for dead animals Re: “Greater risk with every bite” | Commentary | Oct. 27 I would rather add meat to my life than life… Read More »Letters

A major shift in U.S. political culture took place almost three decades ago, according to McGill Professor Gil Troy, author of Morning in America: How… Read More »Comment: On Sarah Palin’s use of language

Incoherence and contradiction is the norm with our attitudes toward nonhuman animals. We are, as Rutgers University law professor Gary Francione puts it, guilty of… Read More »Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia

Vegetarianism grows in a three-dimensional community – a word derived from the Latin words for “together” and “gift or service” – while meat-eating festers in… Read More »Hyde Park: Welcome to 3-D vegetarianism

A semantic battle Re: “Resister? More like deserter” | Commentary | Oct. 9 Mike Prebil correctly noted in his letter that Jeremy Hinzman, if deported… Read More »Letters: Semantics, Speling, and Intra-daily mail

This has been a rough year for labour on campus. Teaching assistants (TAs) are still fighting to be paid for work-hours completed before their long,… Read More »Hyde Park: Respect and fair employment for all teaching staff

Editorial

When I began to run for a SSMU exec position in March, I was appalled by the amount of red tape surrounding the Students’ Society… Read More »Hyde Park: Finding solutions to red tape

You know that thing they tell us about “needing” to go to class? That spiel about how “actually being present” tends to make a difference?… Read More »Life lines: Running to class for a reason

How Newton, Pythagoras, and morality come to dinner

“O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?” – 1 Corinthians 15:55 There was an article in The New York Times… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Death is not a failure