The latest version of the People, Processes, and Partnerships (PPP) restructuring plan for McGill’s Leacock Building features two additional administrative hubs and more teaching assistant (TA) cubicles. Faculty of Arts Associate Dean Gillian Lane-Mercier announced the changes to the plan at the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Council meeting last Wednesday.[Read More…]
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Special GA addresses $21,000 frosh deficit, seeks input for Student-Run Café
A $21,000 deficit from frosh and the opening of the student-run café were at the forefront of discussion at last Wednesday’s special General Assembly (GA) of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Reasons for the special GA The special GA took place following the Oct. 9 GA, which failed[Read More…]
Malcom Gladwell talks university “prestige“ factor, newest book
Last Thursday’s Seagram Lecture featured Canadian author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell, who spoke on the drawbacks of attending elite institutions, the place of the underdog in society, and his controversial stance on performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Gladwell is the award-winning author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. The event[Read More…]
Provost Masi explores effect of course digitization on university learning
The effect that new technologies such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have on the way universities operate was the subject of a lecture by Provost Anthony Masi on Nov. 14. MOOCs are free, online courses, which provide traditional class content and are open to the public. In addition, individual[Read More…]
Students vote “yes” to Midnight Kitchen, SSMU Daycare fee increases
Undergraduate students voted “yes” to all four questions in the Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) Fall 2013 Referendum. As a result, SSMU has adopted their revised constitution; the Midnight Kitchen will remain in existence and raise their opt-outable student fee by $1 to $3.25 per semester; and the non-optoutable[Read More…]
BoG and Senate tackle prevalence of mental health issues
Mental health at McGill was the subject of the joint Board of Governors (BoG) and Senate meeting last Tuesday. Provost Anthony Masi spoke on the impact of mental health issues at McGill and the reason for the theme of the discussion. “Many members of the McGill community, whether directly or[Read More…]
Protestors interrupt class of professor accused of death threat
Last Wednesday, a group of approximately 10 student protestors caused the cancellation of a class taught by a McGill professor accused of issuing a death threat against a former graduate student. The protestors are demanding that the professor’s class be cancelled. The protest comes after professor Gary Dunphy’s decision to[Read More…]
SSMU Special GA addresses $21,000 Frosh deficit, seeks input for Student-Run Café
A $21,000 deficit from frosh and the opening of the student-run café were at the forefront of discussion at last Wednesday’s special General Assembly (GA) for the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Reasons for the special GA The special GA took place following the Oct. 9 GA, which failed[Read More…]
Revised SSMU budget defers projected 2014 deficit
The Students’ Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) Council has approved a revised 2013-2014 budget that broke even after initial projections forecasted a $90,000 deficit from last fiscal year. According to the budget presented at Council last Thursday, SSMU currently projects a surplus of $50,000 for fiscal year 2014. The $50,000[Read More…]
Behind SSMU’s investment gridlock
The upcoming Nov. 13 special General Assembly (GA) will seek to address issues that could not be settled during the October GA due to its failure to meet quorum. One of these issues will be to ratify appointments to SSMU’s Board of Directors (BoD). Without a BoD, the Students’ Society[Read More…]
