November 13, 2003
November 13, 2003 McGill University
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Owen Egan
We are the dead. Short days ago / We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, / Loved and were loved, and now we lie / In Flanders Fields. These words are part of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by Dr. John McCrae, which he hastily scribbled in 1915 during World War I. Three years later he died from complications due to pneumonia. McCrae was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, and was a lecturer in pathology and medicine at McGill. At the Remembrance Day ceremony, run by the Students Society of McGill University in collaboration with McGill Administration, members of the McGill community proceeded from the Roddick Gates to the Arts Building for a short memorial service and two-minute silence.
Inside Sauvé house
More than a dozen ambitious students from around the world are the first
Sauvé Scholars at McGill. The international group comes from around the world
for a new program that aims to expand their understanding of the world.
21st-century machine shop
Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow, and acorns don't get much smaller than the
materials that will built at the Tools for Nanoscience Facility, opened
November 10 in the Rutherford and Wong buildings.
McGill rises in Maclean's
McGill rose from third to second place in the annual Maclean's rankings of
Canada's universities. University of Toronto came first in the
medical/doctoral category.
New president for SSMU
Kate Rhodes is the newly elected president of the Students Society of McGill
University.
Trading nations: Fulbrights and
McGill
Joelle Schmitz is a Fulbright Scholar who recently arrived at McGill to study
interprovincial and international trade. She's the 26th Fulbright scholar to
study here.
Gender bender
Now that McGill's student population has become 60% female at the
undergraduate level, people are starting to ask why this is occurring and,
more importantly, do we care?
New professors
McGill hired a record 121 professors this year. We profile 8 who study
memory, music, memory of music, management and more.
Editor's note
Letters
Kudos
Policy Matters
Senate report: Senate discussed the policy on political events on campus and the planning cycle was explained by Provost Luc Vinet.
Market hits pensions: Canadian universities have seen their pension funds take a hit in the recent economic downturn.
In Focus
Kathleen Ng is the "professional generalist" that brings together the
disparate people and services that can make McGill a greener place. Now if
only the Environmental Officer could get some greenery in her office… If
you think some of the classes at McGill are full of animals, try the
Canadian Field Studies in Africa, now run out of McGill.
On Campus
Peter Leuprecht discusses human rights in Cambodia, Justin Trudeau and Bill
Richardson go a little wild, plug in your hearing aids for the Centraide
Silent Auction and squint really hard for the English Department's Black
Comedy.
Off Campus
Rock crushes Scissors, Scissors cut Paper. Paper covers Rock, and Morris
Popowich covers the 2003 Rock Paper Scissors Championship for the McGill
Reporter, and tries to cut through the cloud of myth that surrounds the
primordial simplicity of "RPS." Donate while you procrastinate -- simple
ways to get into the giving spirit on the web. Les Ailes is home to the
Rest Area -- upscale cuisine just minutes from campus.
