After many years of planning, deferred maintenance renovations are now under way in the McLennan and Redpath libraries. The project, which is planned to be completed by next September, will replace the libraries’ 50-year-old heating and cooling systems. “In both of these libraries there’s a real variation in the comfort.[Read More…]
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Zaidi to take Newburgh to J-Board
Students’ Society Vice President External Myriam Zaidi plans to file a case with the SSMU Judicial Board against President Zach Newburgh over the alleged conflict of interest stemming from his involvement with Jobbook, an employment-based social networking website. Concerned with the lack of “in-depth analysis of the conflict of interest[Read More…]
Profs say students seldom take advantage of office hours
Logan Smith Psychology professor Donald Taylor does his best to make students feel comfortable in his office. “I tell my students that if they want to come and see me, we don’t have to talk about a chapter in the book, but they have to say something nice about my[Read More…]
Areas likely to be effected by climate change mapped
Jason Samson Earlier this month, McGill PhD candidate Jason Samson and a number of other researchers released the world’s first map of human vulnerability to climate change. Samson, who studies climate change ecology, originally conceived of the idea while studying species adaptation to climate change. With his team, he[Read More…]
Seventh annual Israeli Apartheid Week comes to McGill
Alice Walker Israeli Apartheid Week—a week-long series of events designed to raise awareness of alleged Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians—highlights the ongoing debate around the world concerning the birth of the Israeli state, as it did at McGill this past week. Israeli Apartheid Week is praised for its[Read More…]
Redmen cruise to OUA title
For the second straight year, the McGill Redmen travelled deep into Ontario and emerged Queen’s Cup champions. The Redmen put an exclamation point on their final OUA match with a 6-2 rout of the Western Conference champion University of Western Ontario Mustangs, the fifth time in eight playoff matches that[Read More…]
McGill runs the table against CIS opponents in epic year
Max Sawicki The McGill Martlets are National Champions once again. The team capped a perfect 33-0 season against CIS opponents with a commanding 5-2 victory over the St. Francis Xavier X-Women on Sunday night at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex. The championship marked the third time in four years that[Read More…]
Leaf the attitude at home
Over reading week, I had the pleasure of going to an NHL game. It was my first Maple Leafs game. Living up to their reputation, the Leafs were outplayed by the Pittsburgh Penguins third-stringers. While I didn’t see Crosby, I had the honour of sitting next to one of the[Read More…]
Student investigated for hateful tweets
The McGill administration is currently investigating Haaris Khan, a McGill student who, using Twitter, threatened to shoot a roomful of other students last week at a campus film screening. Khan made the threats at a screening of “Indoctrinate U,” a documentary, on March 8 hosted by Conservative McGill and Libertarian[Read More…]
March Madness
EAST Preview: Ohio State is, as Kanye would say, a monster. The Buckeyes, led by freshman centre Jared Sullinger, should be able to drop step their way over and through the Big Dance. Combined with the outside shooting of Jon Diebler, OSU has the inside-outside combination that so many other[Read More…]