Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Last Thursday, March 29, SSMU Council discussed the status of the lease on the Shatner Building. “We’ve been in negotiations about the lease since our mandate was not renewed some time in the first semester,” Emily Yee Clare, VP University Affairs, said. Last November, Council[Read More…]
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Motion to censure SSMU VP External fails by vote of 11-11-1
Michael Paolucci Michael Paolucci A motion to censure SSMU VP External JoÃl Pedneault failed at SSMU Council’s meeting last Thursday, March 29, with a narrow vote of 11 for, 11 against, and one abstention. The motion, submitted to the floor by nine movers, cited several reasons to censure Pedneault, including[Read More…]
Millions participate in sixth annual Earth Hour
ikedaspa.com, wikia.com I bet that if you gave me three guesses, I would be able to tell you what you did this past Saturday night. Eat? Drink? Turned your lights off for an hour for Earth Hour? I’m sure all of you were dedicated environmentalists, and made sure that no[Read More…]
Joke Issue: U1 student epiphany
Michael Glawogger’s Whores’ Glory delves into the abyss
www.docgeeks.com Michael Glawogger’s documentaries have long demonstrated his fascination with the dark and gritty. The Austrian filmmaker has focused on the struggles of the impoverished who are forced to eke out a living, first examining how the indigent survive in the world’s largest cities (Megacities, 1998), before moving on to[Read More…]
Great Lake Swimmers: New Wild Everywhere
Fans of Great Lake Swimmers can stop holding their breath-the band has released New Wild Everywhere, their first release since 2009’s Lost Channels. The new tracks sound strangely familiar, as is the nature of Tony Dekker’s wonderfully peaceful voice, and with the exception of a few songs with feet-stomping appeal[Read More…]
Joke Issue: Principal XYZ occupies l’Autoroute 720 Chronicle office
Seminar discusses sexual slavery in Asia during WWII
Alexandra Allaire / McGill Tribune Last Friday, March 30, the McGill Golden Key Society and the East Asian Students’ Association hosted “Sexual Slavery and the Asian Holocaust: A Seminar on the Comfort Women Issue in East women.” These comfort women were the thousands of women from Korea, China, and other[Read More…]
Mac campus issues heard at third Open Forum
On March 27, Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi held the third of four open fora at Macdonald Campus. In addition to a group of about 30 attendees, most of whom were faculty members and staff, Provost Anthony Masi and Deputy-Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson were also present. The[Read More…]