Sam Reynolds Today marks the first day of Movember (the month formerly known as November), a full 30 days dedicated to the grooming and acknowledgment of the moustache—the Mo. This is all done in order to raise money and awareness for men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer. The rules: each[Read More…]
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Quebec’s drop out rate highest
Simon Poitrimolt Quebec’s high school drop out rate is by far the highest in Canada. The provincial government estimates that the 2009-10 school year saw the graduation of only 73.8 per cent of students under 20. Mounting popular demand has pressured legislators to adopt aggressive goals and implement a variety[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor
I read with interest your editorial regarding union tactics, and I must say I am surprised you got the position you are in. Did you check your facts? Are you just repeating ad naseum what you have been told by the administration? Has McGill provided you with proof that these[Read More…]
McGill doctors honoured
Last week, two McGill alumni were announced to be among the 2012 class of inductees to the prestigious Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame comprises 88 laureates and recognizes inspirational figures who have made remarkable and innovative contributions to the field of medicine. Dr. F.[Read More…]
Referendum period opens with ballot on CKUT and QPIRG
The fall referendum campaign period opens this week, and features two questions on whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT’s student fees should cease to be opt-outable via the Minerva online system and instead be refundable directly though each organization. Students will be able to vote on the questions from Nov 4-10.[Read More…]
Halloween for Hunger
Ryan Reisert In the last week, over 100 young people participated in a Free the Children campaign called Halloween for Hunger organized by the Montreal Mobilizers (MOB) and the McGill Free the Children group. With the goal of collecting canned goods instead of candy for local homeless shelters, Mobilizers, McGillians,[Read More…]
Invincible no more, Martlet winning streak ends at 107
Ryan Reisert It’s tough to write a story about the unthinkable, but that’s exactly what happened this past Saturday afternoon: the Martlets lost a Quebec conference game to the Montreal Carabins, 3-2. The loss capped the Martlets’ RSEQ win streak at 107 games. It was their first defeat since falling[Read More…]
MIGS hosts talk on role of media in genocide prevention
Ryan Reisert With the advent of digital media and its role in events such as the “Arab Spring,” experts around the world recognize the need to harness and manage new tools, and use them to prevent, rather than react, to mass atrocities. Concordia University’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human[Read More…]
Commentary
McGill Tribune Madam Principal, Your most recent communication regarding the strike, “We are all McGill,” seems to say two contradictory things at once: both that “we are all McGill,” and “by dint of their recent actions, MUNACA members are not McGill.” It has the clear intention of rallying its readers[Read More…]
Academic Amnesty fails to gain ground at Senate
A motion that failed in Senate on Oct. 17 sought to protect the academic standing of students with moral objections to crossing MUNACA picket lines. The motion argued that students should not be penalized for failure to submit work out of their desire to respect the picket line. It would[Read More…]