To the AUS Executive Committee: We would like to congratulate you on an extremely well-attended General Assembly last night. We would also like to express our extreme disappointment and frustration concerning the poor communication, organization, and attitude which shaped your response to the unexpected numbers and thus took[Read More…]
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EUS President Josh Redel wins SSMU presidency by 23 votes
The position of president of the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) was decided by just 23 votes in the winter referendum, announced on March 14 in Gerts. With 40.9 per cent of the vote, Engineering Undergraduate Society President Josh Redel defeated Shyam Patel, current SSMU VP Finance and Operations,[Read More…]
Motion to strike defeated at AUS GA
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Arts undergraduates voted against entering an unlimited student strike at a special General Assembly (GA) held on Tuesday, March 13. The motion, which was defeated by a vote of 609 to 495 and included 16 abstentions, would have allowed the[Read More…]
MUNACA rallies in front of James Admin Building
Carolina Millán Ronchetti / McGill Tribune On March 9, approximately 250 members of the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) demonstrated in front of the James Administration Building to protest about a delay in finalizing and signing a collective agreement with the McGill administration. The agreement, ratified by MUNACA’s members[Read More…]
March Madness
South Preview: The number one overall seed, Kentucky, headlines the east region, and they are loaded. While their starting lineup is inexperienced, consisting of three freshman and two sophomores, they were the most consistent team in America this season, and pose a stifling defensive presence in forward Anthony Davis. When[Read More…]
Primal Rock Rebellion: Awoken Broken
Primal Rock Rebellion is the rather unlikely collaboration of Adrian Smith and Mikee Goodman: the former a guitarist from one of the titans of metal, Iron Maiden, and the latter a vocalist from the underground, and now dissolved, progressive/mathcore/avant-garde group SikTh. Their first album together, Awoken Broken, is a[Read More…]
Office of Sustainability launches Vision 2020 project
This winter, McGill’s Office of Sustainability launched a year-long project, Vision 2020, to ensure sustainability on campus and to promote student participation and awareness in sustainable initiatives. The idea behind this project is that interactive planning and intra-community collaborations will make long-term sustainability more effective and feasible. The project also presents[Read More…]
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Summit focuses on the needs of international students
On March 9, the SSMU hosted a strategic summit on the needs of international students in the SSMU Building. The event included a discussion of Juhi Sujan’s research on international student services at McGill, followed by a student-only discussion about the problems facing international students at McGill. Sujan, the president[Read More…]