In case you were busy signing the greatest free agent in NFL history, here’s what you missed this week in the world of sports… NCAA BASKETBALL – March Madness kicked off this past Thursday to the delight of both basketball fans and bored office workers, and in typical fashion, it[Read More…]
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Endorsement: Raphael Uribe Arango
Poorly publicized, poorly timed, poorly attended
On March 1, Christopher Manfredi, the Dean of arts, chaired the first of four meetings, part of the administration’s Open Forum to debate the limits of free expression and peaceful assembly on campus. Despite the clear importance of these issues to students, the first meeting only had just over 30[Read More…]
The SPVM should be called to account for Nov. 10
Last Thursday, the Independent Student Inquiry (ISI) released its final report regarding the events of Nov. 10, following the release of a preliminary report on Dec. 1. The chronology of the events of Nov. 10 is similar to that laid out in Dean Jutras’s report, released on Dec. 15. The[Read More…]
Admin accepts J-Board invalidation of fall referendum
On Tuesday Feb. 14, the SSMU Judicial Board (J-Board) invalidated QPIRG’s fall referendum question. The J-Board ruled the question to be unconstitutional because it dealt with two separate questions, asking students to simultaneously support QPIRG’s continued existence, and a change to make the organization’s fees opt-outable only in person. In[Read More…]
QPIRG and CKUT can cash in on the occupation
This past Sunday McGill finally appeared to have run out of patience with the James Administration building “partiers” and had police escort them out. Unsurprisingly, the occupation ended without McGill meeting the group’s demands. However, the occupiers were certainly successful in sparking conversation on campus. While much of the[Read More…]
Police evict students from sixth floor offices
Sam Reynolds Last Sunday morning, the nine students who remained on the sixth floor of the James Administration Building were peacefully evicted by the police. The students had occupied the sixth floor for 118 hours. On Feb. 7, a group of 21 students entered the office of the Deputy Provost[Read More…]
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Students occupy James Admin, call for Mendelson’s resignation
This is a developing story and the Tribune continues to monitor the situation. Developments will be added as they occur. Around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 7, a group of about 20 students occupied the office of Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson on the sixth floor of the James Administration[Read More…]
J-Board hears case regarding referendum
Madeline Richards Madeline Richards. Last night, the SSMU Judicial Board (J-Board) heard a case submitted by former SSMU President Zach Newburgh and co-founder of the Prince Arthur Herald Brendan Steven, against respondent Rebecca Tacoma in her function as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Elections SSMU. (Full disclosure: Newburgh sits on[Read More…]
