McGill Tribune   The SSMU & MCSS Student Senators would like articulate our reactions to the events of the last month. From consultations with the student body, it is clear that the vast majority of McGill students want the same things: accessible education, consultation, open communication, and a better campus[Read More…]

McGill Tribune     Despite three years of writing opinion columns on this campus, I have a dismal track record of actually voicing any opinions about this campus. This is because it is remarkably difficult to inject a sense of nuance into discussions that take McGill by storm, and throwing[Read More…]

ecohouseplan.com   Last month, the McGill University Life Sciences Complex was awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)gold certification. The Life Sciences Complex is composed of two brand new buildings, the Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Building and the Cancer Research Building, in addition to the existing McIntyre Medical[Read More…]

Athletes we Love Sidney Crosby  Topping our list is a player whom the NHL truly misses. Not only is Crosby  the league’s best player when healthy, his drive and passion for the game is unmatched. Spectators know when he’s on the ice, and we hope to see him back sooner[Read More…]

McGill Tribune   The most significant event on campus this week was not the 118 -hour long occupation of the James Administration Building. It was the administration’s response. Last Sunday, in an email to the student body, Vice Principal Anthony Masi unveiled a “provisional protocol,” a set of guidelines which[Read More…]

   Approximately 2,500 years ago in a democratic Athens, Socrates said, “Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their

Simon Poitrimolt   Last Wednesday, a panel discussion on the topic of genocide prevention, with a focus on mobilising international intervention, took place at McGill in Chancellor Day Hall. The event was hosted by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum, McGill’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP), and the[Read More…]

  The Martlet and Redmen swimming teams competed in the RSEQ championship this past weekend. The Marlets captured the Quebec university title for the first time in eight years, placing ahead of Laval by a narrow margin. A few standouts were Lei Lopez, Laura Mendonca, and Sophie Overney-Ragan, who each[Read More…]

  This past Sunday McGill finally appeared to have run out of patience with the James Administration building “partiers” and had police escort them out. Unsurprisingly, the occupation ended without McGill meeting the group’s demands. However, the occupiers were certainly successful in sparking conversation on campus. While much of the[Read More…]