October 23, 2003
October 23, 2003 McGill University
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We can only assume that these die-hard Redmen fans had wagered on the home team -- and lost their shirts when McGill fell to Concordia 26-9 on October 18, in the 17th annual Shrine Bowl football game at Molson Stadium. The Homecoming crowd of 4,312 (most of whom were fully clad) saw the Red and White drop to 2-5 in the season so far.
Owen Egan
Philosopher's gold
Charles Taylor has been honoured as the inaugural SSHRC Gold Medalist, a
prize worth $100,000.
Mary Robinson on globalization
Former UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Mary Robinson recently spoke at
McGill as part of Homecoming celebrations. The ex-president of Ireland spoke
about her latest project -- the Ethical Global Initiative, which seeks to
humanize globalization.
Fall convocation honorary degree
Former Cabinet Minister and current Secretary-General of the OECD Donald
Johnston in receiving an honorary degree at the October 23 convocation. In
addition to his many political achievements, the McGill alum is a former
roommate of Leonard Cohen's.
Revolutionary art
Art history professor Francesca Dal Lago studies Chinese art -- from the
propaganda posters of the Cultural Revolution to the punk ethos of the more
recent era.
Home is where the harm is
Home or hazard? The Office of Science in Society set out to answer that
question: you may never look at your Teddy bear the same way again.
The art of living in residence
It takes a special kind of person to willingly agree to spend years living
with the company of a couple of hundred first year students, but that is just
what the hall directors of the residence system are doing.
The amazing spiderman
Professor Chris Buddle says our eight legged friends are an important
indicator of the world's ecological health. Charlotte would be pleased.
Policy Matters: Senate Report
The Principal presented her achievements and plans, questions about tuition
and a report on gender balance.
Letter
Kudos
In Focus
Félix-Antoine Boudreault is a personalité par excellence. Don't just take it from us -- the engineering graduate student won the prestigious Forces Avenir award. Usually a BA precedes a PhD, but not for Claude Chomski. MUNACA gets mad, while Osler gets cash.
On Campus
A new exhibit at the McCord is introduced with a round table on Quebec's response to war over the years, and John Irving Bell will answer the question of whether genomics are changing medicine. Novelist Tom King comes to campus as a Massey lecturer, and the NFB screens "Multiple Choices" about the changing family. Tango Passion returns to McGill -- cha cha cha!
Off Campus
Law student Fabien Lanteri-Massa spent nearly a week in Cancun in
September. No holiday carousing for him -- he was there to participate in
the last round of WTO talks. Also: get your fancy breads at Premiere
Moisson, and Louis Riel makes the funny papers. HA! By Gordon Sheppard
examines the suicide of former terrorist Hubert Aquin.
