The Tribune

McGill students Joel Pedneault and Micha Stettin were exonerated Friday on charges of disrupting university activities due to their involvement in a demonstration in support of MUNACA on Oct. 11. Pedneault, VP External of SSMU, and Stettin, Arts Representative to SSMU, were originally accused of violating two sections of the[Read More…]

The fall referendum campaign period opens this week, and features two questions on whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT’s student fees should cease to be opt-outable via the Minerva online system and instead be refundable directly though each organization. Students will be able to vote on the questions from Nov 4-10.[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert In the last week, over 100 young people participated in a Free the Children campaign called Halloween for Hunger organized by the Montreal Mobilizers (MOB) and the McGill Free the Children group. With the goal of collecting canned goods instead of candy for local homeless shelters, Mobilizers, McGillians,[Read More…]

Alissa Fingold The issue of cyber-bullying has increasingly become the subject of media attention, particularly after the recent suicide of 15-year-old Jamie Hubley. Hubley’s parents attribute his death to cyber-bullying targeting his sexual orientation. On Oct. 21, the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association released a study that revealed that almost 70[Read More…]

After over 40 years, McGill’s annual book fair has closed its doors for the last time. The volunteer-run fair, which took place this year from Oct. 18-20, will be the last of its kind at McGill, not due to budget cuts, but rather because those who run it are retiring[Read More…]

Sam Reynolds The MUNACA strike continues without advances at the bargaining table. Outside the negotiating room, however, relations between the two parties have taken a sour turn. The last few weeks have seen the confrontation of alumni by picketers over homecoming weekend, the picketing of several administrators private homes, the[Read More…]

A motion that failed in Senate on Oct. 17 sought to protect the academic standing of students with moral objections to crossing MUNACA picket lines. The motion argued that students should not be penalized for failure to submit work out of their desire to respect the picket line. It would[Read More…]

 Incensed by recent tuition increases, a number of SSMU execs organized a bus trip on Oct. 22 to Quebec City to protest tuition hikes outside of the Quebec Liberal Party Convention. This marks the latest in a series of protests that began over a year and a half ago, pitting[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert Ryan Reisert Cyclists in Montreal are increasingly finding themselves on the wrong end of traffic violation tickets. The Montreal Police Service (SPVM) has been cracking down in recent months on cyclists who run stop signs and red lights, or cycle on the sidewalk. Sam Boniface, a U3 exchange[Read More…]

The CEO Speaker Series, held on Friday Oct. 21 by the McGill faculty of management, introduced young business students to three successful entrepreneurs, all graduates of Desautels. The three CEOs discussed their business successes and failures. David Segal, who graduated in 2004 with a BCom, is now the CEO of[Read More…]