On Saturday, students from several Montreal universities and CEGEPs participated in a demonstration for free education organized by the Coalition Large de l’Association pour un Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (CLASSE). The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) declared the demonstration illegal, and riot police in the downtown area[Read More…]
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Why I eat organic
I prefer to buy organic products as opposed to non-organic products. “Why?” you might ask. Although the concept of “organic” is an attractive one, it is an expensive diet and lifestyle to uphold. Some people wonder if it really makes that much of a difference. However, the “expensive” argument is[Read More…]
Open Air Pub donates $15,000 to children’s charity
Last Friday, the Open Air Pub (OAP) management team donated $15,000 to the President’s Choice Children’s Charity (PCCC), a national organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged kids across Canada. The cheque, composed entirely of profits from OAP Lite this past spring, was presented to Loblaw Companies Limited Senior Vice-President Roch Pilon[Read More…]
Orientation Week features “À la carte” events
The orientation week makeover initiated by McGill in the fall of 2011 continued this year, with increased integration of Discover McGill, faculty frosh and events organized by the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Orientation week also featured a new component of non-alcoholic activities organized by student-run clubs and McGill[Read More…]
Josh Redel: President
What have you accomplished this summer? We have finally [finalized] the tenants we have in the second floor cafeteria. We also finished Gerts! The half-million dollar renovations are finally completed. We’re really happy that we could negotiate a new beer contract, and the food at Gerts was also something we[Read More…]
Allison Cooper: VP Clubs & Services
What have you accomplished this summer? I’ve been working on having meetings with all of the services to go through all of their budgets and get them better set up for this year. I’ve also been working on office allocations on the fourth floor. Instead of office moving day—which is[Read More…]
Haley Dinel: VP University Affairs
What have you accomplished this summer? My main goal over the summer was to create new relationships, meeting with a lot of different people around campus. In terms of SSMU, we have a bunch of new policies; for example, a new communications policy that deals with social media. I’m also[Read More…]
Michael Szpejda: VP Internal
What have you accomplished this summer? Organizing frosh. We took a step forward significantly toward the integrated orientation model, in the sense that it was the first year it was truly a cooperative working relationship, not only between all the faculties and SSMU, but also with the First Year Office[Read More…]
Robin Reid-Fraser: VP External
What have you accomplished this summer? Over the summer, it’s been a lot of gathering information and putting out information and keeping track of what’s been going on, particularly around the student movement. We also put a letter together in regards to a potential change in federal policy regarding student[Read More…]
New hotel residence opens, still under construction
This fall, McGill opened its third hotel-style residence, La Citadelle. Located at 410 Sherbrooke Street West, the residence is also home to the new “food” chapter of McGill Residence’s Living-Learning Communities (LLC). Formerly a Courtyard Marriott Hotel, La Citadelle houses 286 male and female students in both single and double[Read More…]
