Chocolates, flowers, heart-shaped cards, and cheesy compilation movies with too many famous actors and too few lines—all these things signal the rapid approach of Valentine’s Day. But beyond all of these cliches lies an old, sugar-free legacy. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all[Read More…]
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University Governance: Students and Stakeholders
McGill University, like all universities, has an administrative superstructure and an academic structure overlaid one on the other. As with many universities, this superstructure is generally ignored by much of the student body. The spate of recent controversies over the administration and student input, from the recent course cuts to[Read More…]
Forgetting facts
Perhaps the most important factor in considering a university education is that it equips one with a set of facts and knowledge that would otherwise be hard to come by. Indeed, we enter class expecting to be bombarded by a wealth of ideas, and we expect that the information we[Read More…]
Stand Up to Climate Change, Stand Up for Our Future
400-foot tall sheets of ice falling into the ocean, a glacier taller than skyscrapers and wider than islands collapsing in minutes, spikes pushed 600 feet into the air just as quickly as they fall again: the real-life, real-time calving of a glacier was caught on camera by some act of[Read More…]
A History of Violence
“Empire does not require love, only loyalty.” With this, the stage is set. Waiting for the Barbarians is decidedly anti-love, presenting instead a steel-cold latticework of power relations and authoritarian abuse. For Empire imprisons all semblance of humanity, then throws away the key. Treading a thin line between provoking masochism[Read More…]
No Bibeau? No problem, Redmen cruise past Citadins
The McGill Redmen have played the UQAM Citadins three times this season, and each time, they’ve prevailed. McGill played host to the struggling Citadins at Love Competition Hall over the weekend, routing UQAM 83-68 in the final regular season meeting between the two teams. Second-year forward Nathan Joyal led the[Read More…]
Sports Briefs
Swimming — RSEQ Championships: McGill claims 2nd, 3rd Place – 19 swimmers to attend CIS nationals in March Both swim teams took a dip over the weekend at the annual RSEQ Championships. Disappointed slightly by the teams’ results at the Quebec Cup IV, both squads rebounded, claiming second place in the[Read More…]
Redmen claim violent clash against Rams
In their final homestand of the 2012-2013 season, the McGill Redmen (17-7-4) ended on a high note, emerging victorious over the Ryerson Rams (12-16) by a score of 4-1 on Friday night. This final stretch marked the culmination of a relatively tumultuous season for the Redmen, who were inconsistent for[Read More…]
McGill releases new documents on how to deal with protests
McGill released the latest set of documents regarding protests and demonstrations on campus on Monday. Originally a draft protocol on demonstrations, these documents consist of a Statement of Values and Principles on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, and a set of Operating Procedures regarding demonstrations, protests, and occupations[Read More…]
Petitions call for divestment from fossil fuels, Plan Nord
On Friday afternoon, Divest McGill delivered two petitions to the university’s Secretary-General, Stephen Strople, calling for McGill to divest from the Plan Nord, the oil sands, and fossil fuel industries. According to administrative practice, the petitions will be passed on to the Committee to Advise on Matters of Social Responsibility[Read More…]
