2008 Woodie Awards
Largest faculty receives additional senate representative
The Faculty of Arts is getting an additional voice on Senate, as Education Senator Mylène Boudreau resigned from her role earlier this month. The seat has been empty since the caucus first convened on Sept. 19. "From what I heard, she was just too busy to fulfill the obligations of the post," said Education Undergraduate Society Vice-President Communications Nick Bucci.
Campaign McGill announces unprecedented launch goal
The kick-off barbeque for Campaign McGill, the university's new fundraiser, took place last Thursday on Lower field as students protested the endeavour based on its private donor targets. Over the next few years, McGill aims to collect $750-million, which according to Principal Heather Munroe-Blum is "the most ambitious launch goal in the history of Canadian university fundraising.
Council passes GA reform referendum question for fall election period
A Special General Assembly is scheduled to be held on Nov. 15 after the regular GA of Oct. 9 was adjourned due to a loss of quorum. However, the Special GA may coincide with the Strike GA, which would present logistical problems, as the Strike GA has a quorum of 500, while the Special GA maintains a quorum of 100.
Conspiracy theories abound as Bush takes the heat
Last Saturday, Webster Tarpley, author of Synthetic Terror, and Canadian Action Party Leader Connie Fogal spoke at a bilingual conference entitled "9/11: Let the Truth be Exposed" at Centre St-Pierre, discussing the motives behind and effects of the attacks.
Commander calls for Canadians to help end rights abuses in Gitmo
Highlighting the injustices engrained into the legal framework of the American War on Terror, Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler, a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps assigned to the Office of Military Commissions, spoke last Friday in Chancellor Day Hall.
DPS referendum fails to reach quorum
The McGill Daily and Le Délit may soon disappear from Macdonald campus newsstands. Last Thursday's referendum, in which students voted on whether they would like to join the Daily Publications Society, missed quorum by only eight votes. Within the 136 voters, however, only 40 per cent voted for the motion to pass.
Protesting UN passivity
150 McGill students and Montrealers convened at the Roddick Gates at 2 p.m. last Saturday, Oct. 20, to participate in a one-day, world-wide protest against the raging civil war in Uganda. This event was organized by GuluWalk, an international grassroots organization that often focuses on the plight of Ugandan children caught in the midst of this 21-year long civil war.
Protestors gather to fight global poverty Last Wednesday, the McGill School of Social Work joined the Millennium Campaign and the Global Call to Action against Poverty in their campaign to "Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty," staging a walking protest that started at the Milton Gates.
