March 24, 2005
March 24, 2005 McGill University
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Owen Egan
Students gather in front of Premier Jean Charest's offices on McGill College Avenue on Wednesday, March 16, to protest the cuts to the provincial bursary program. The SSMU endorsed a voluntary one-day strike for that Friday, but a subsequent online plebiscite vetoed any further official action from McGill students, although the SSMU does strongly condemn the cuts.
Vinet crosses the mountain
Provost Luc Vinet bids farewell to McGill to take up the challenge of the
rectorship of the Université de Montréal.
Sex and teens
Pediatrician Franziska Baltzer will speak on April 6 on everything you wanted
to know about adolescent sex but were afraid to ask.
New AVP research
Janusz Kozinski takes the reins.
Town Hall goes west
The Principal takes her Town Hall show on the road.
Marketing the Wave
An innovative new program partners management students and General Motors in
a marketing course for credit.
Normand Brathwaite: Branding a Quebec
icon
The comedian and media personality visits the management faculty, and is
impressed with McGill student pulchritude.
Mediating McGill
Dentistry professor and university ombudsperson Norman Miller is the first
line of appeal for students — or anyone else who needs to take on McGill
bureaucracy.
History of McGill
Peter McNally is adding a third volume to Stanley Frost's comprehensive
history of McGill. He's looking to tap into the memories of staff and
faculty.
In Focus
Sherwin Tjia, medical illustrator, is a modern-day Renaissance man. The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law takes its new book on tour.
Entre Nous with Principal Heather Munroe-Blum
The Principal discusses the Task Force on Student Life and Learning.
First person: The Sauvé experience
Shivangini Arora describes the good life she and 11 other students live as Sauvé scholars.
Around campus
Redpath curator Barbara Lawson talks about the kings of Egypt, The English department premieres the Gothic tragedy Orra by Joanna Baillie, Professor Gil Troy talks about the Reagan and the '80s, and the Montreal History Project don their zoot suits.
