On March 11, Shaon Basu, like many Japanese students at McGill, panicked as he learned of the tragic events unfolding back home. “I freaked out, quite honestly,” said Basu, a U2 physiology student. “It was after one of my labs and I came to know about it from a string[Read More…]
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Blaming rape victims is still not okay
Apparently a topic the Tribune editorialized about a few weeks ago—a Manitoba Justice who used a woman’s clothing and behaviour to justify a lenient rape sentence—is part of a trend when it comes to sex crimes. In Cleveland, Texas, a storm has been brewing around an alleged attack on an[Read More…]
Jon Elster gives talk
Columbia University’s Jon Elster, a renowned scholar in rational choice theory, delivered the René Cassin Lecture in the Faculty of Law on Thursday entitled “Justice, Truth, and Peace.” In a discussion attended mainly by Law professors and students, Elster argued that most of the time, justice, truth, and peace don’t[Read More…]
National League Central
1st—Milwaukee Brewers: This could be the year where the Brewers become legitimate contenders. Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun will both be 27 this year, which is an age when players traditionally fulfill their potential. This means that the “Brew Crew” could have two MVP candidates on the same team. Milwaukee[Read More…]
The Times, It Is A-Changin’
When The New York Times announced a couple of weeks ago that it would begin charging readers to access more than 20 stories per month on its website, it didn’t take long for those who knew I was an obsessive reader to start making jokes. Within hours of the announcement,[Read More…]
National League East
1st—Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies are undoubtedly the class of the NL East after assembling one of the greatest pitching rotations in baseball history. It’s always risky to prematurely label something “great” before the season begins but these pitchers are just too good—Roy Halladay is the best pitcher in baseball and[Read More…]
SSMU exec vows to take transparency to the extreme
After lofty promises were made during this year’s election campaign period, Adam Russell, next year’s incoming Students’ Society president has vowed to lead the SSMU with “so much transparency that ‘you won’t even see me.’” Russell, a U7 earth and planetary sciences student, said he is tired of students’ general[Read More…]
McGill ranked among top schools in reporting on rankings
The McGill administration proudly announced last week that it was recently ranked among the top Canadian universities at constantly announcing its various rankings on a number of surveys. John Lasi, supreme viceroy-in-chief of the McGill Spirit Squad, said he was delighted for the school to be recognized with such an[Read More…]
Winer, Chaini, and Wun win SSMU Council seats
Last Tuesday, members of the Students’ Society’s 290 clubs voted to elect the clubs and services representatives to SSMU Council. The three spots up for election went to Adam Winer with 19 votes, Sahil Chaini with 16 votes, and Billi Wun with 15 votes. Most of the candidates—Andrew Tyau, who[Read More…]
Consultating consultation
Still months away from assuming their posts, next year’s Students’ Society executive has announced plans to hold multiple consultation forums in the coming semesters in order to better understand how McGill students want to be consulted about consultation. Though the seed of this idea was part of incoming President Adam[Read More…]