On Mar. 11, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) opened voting for their Winter 2024 referendum and 2024 Executive Elections. Three candidates ran unopposed for the vice president (VP) positions of Sustainability and Operations, University Affairs, and Internal, and two outstanding vacancies mark this semester’s ballot: SSMU President and[Read More…]
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Tribune Explains: The Legal Information Clinic at McGill
The Legal Information Clinic at McGill (LICM) aims to help students with anything from accusations of plagiarism to navigating disputes with landlords. The McGill Tribune looked into this campus resource and all the legal issues the LICM’s volunteer staffers can help students address. What is the Legal Information Clinic at[Read More…]
Memes are best for roasting McGill administration: Change my mind
The “Change My Mind” meme emerged this past February, when a conservative commentator named Steven Crowder set up a table outside the campus of Texas Christian University with a sign reading “Male privilege is a myth, change my mind.” Crowder has a YouTube page and a podcast where he frequently[Read More…]
Textbook costs need more than a textbook solution
Post-secondary textbooks are expensive. Any McGill student can attest to this: For many, spending hundreds of dollars at the bookstore is an unfortunate reality of every semester. Others turn to scouring the internet for alternatives and older editions of required texts, or pawning off last year’s gargantuan, intro-level books on[Read More…]
Legal Information Column: What does plagiarism actually mean at McGill?
It’s a scary time of year here on campus, and not just because many are feeling the effects of Halloween libations this past weekend. Students are also on edge because the season of midterms and final papers has arrived. Whether cramming for morning midterms or brewing a pot of midnight[Read More…]
SSMU continues to sit in at AVEQ despite failure of affiliation referendum
From Oct. 21 to 23, the Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec (AVEQ), a new provincial student federation, held its first mobilization camp at Camp Val Notre Dame in Hérouxville, a town two hours northeast of Montreal. Students from various universities in Quebec, including representatives from the Students’[Read More…]