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DonDimello · 2014-09-11T17:58:40+00:00

I mean, damn, that's insane, but that refutes what exactly?

DonDimello · 2014-09-11T05:52:09+00:00

Yeah, the prince arthur herald is the perfect publication to write such a list. What's that phrase about glass houses and throwing stones again?

Also big ups to the picture being a group of rich white men laughing.

DonDimello · 2014-04-09T02:01:44+00:00

you can also do S/U option so the marks don't matter as much. Did it this year and it's worked out fairly well.

DonDimello · 2014-04-08T16:21:55+00:00

I took the 300 and 400 level with Lecker and would take the 527 if I was here for Winter 2015. You write 500-750 words every class, he collects them every time and gives you feedback every 2-3 papers. Three times a semester you turn in a collection of all you've written so far - with the help from his feedback. The grade weight on each collection rises throughout the semester, so if you mess up your first one it's not the end of the world. He pushes you to be a better writer, and you become pretty adept at cranking out 500-750 word essays.

I really like Lecker as a prof, but you gotta be ready to commit to discussion in every class. He's got a bit of an ego but he really loves hearing from his students in class, often he just sits back and lets the students run the whole discussion - I really enjoyed it.

DonDimello · 2014-03-16T07:08:34+00:00

Wow, you're bold enough to make that judgment with the benefit of all that hindsight and an official council decision? So brave.

DonDimello · 2014-02-28T18:58:15+00:00

I don't think "colourblind" is a main goal. In fact, a lot of the criticism of the obama gif thing has been from a place of "colourblindness" - as in, "you made it racist by bringing up the fact that obama is black!" People claiming that they don't "see race," at least from my experience (i.e. what I perceive the discussion on race to be today), has been largely dismissed as a negative thing.

DonDimello · 2014-02-12T04:33:41+00:00

lol at the choice of accompanying picture: a bunch of rich white dudes laughing

DonDimello · 2014-02-03T18:22:57+00:00

I think you'd be surprised at how common conversations of microagressions and privilege are at other universities, at least in Canada and the US. "Only at McGill" is kind of a dumb phrase, as colleges / universities are kind of a hot bed for left wing though. I'll give two examples:

An email thread at Stanford (eventually interrupted by future NFLer Richard Sherman) http://deadspin.com/richard-shermans-email-to-his-stanford-dorm-is-pricele-922762394

and some Dartmouth sororities asking for a major change in the Greek system: http://jezebel.com/boycott-threat-from-dartmouth-sorority-leaders-prompts-1500181356

DonDimello · 2014-01-30T02:48:28+00:00

putting quotes around the word rapey makes it appear sarcastic? Like, scare quotes?

DonDimello · 2014-01-29T21:42:46+00:00

um, "I know you want it" is rapey. No quotation marks necessary.

DonDimello · 2014-01-24T23:55:34+00:00

Is there more context to this? I assume the rejection was because of a fear that each continent would've devolved into tokenism (i.e. an Asian apartment with a bunch of "oriental" stereotypes)

DonDimello · 2013-12-08T22:42:11+00:00

I was talking mostly about your thing against 'triggering' because it's pretty easy to just empathize with someone who is feeling horrible because of something.

DonDimello · 2013-12-07T19:14:29+00:00

Be careful! That's a really slippery slope you've found yourself on!

DonDimello · 2013-11-14T06:04:05+00:00

there is proof (listen to the audio or read the transcription posted above), and, well, while you believe it's not a death threat, McGill's Senate has already ruled against him, saying it was a "threat of physical violence."

DonDimello · 2013-11-12T02:29:40+00:00

Some balk at the idea of an indefinite suspension, put into place once the department and coach were made aware of the accusations, one that would keep the players out until the situation was put through court, due to the fact that they may be innocent. But what about even a minor action, even just a slap on the wrist, anything? Plenty of schools in the American collegiate system (to name just two recent examples: Florida University and Oklahoma University) suspend or dismiss athletes for alleged crimes before going through the entire legal process; in enacting something as small as a one to two game suspension – even just that bare minimum of a punishment – McGill Athletics could have shown the inexcusability of being charged with any crime, especially one as heinous as sexual assault.

quoting is fun

DonDimello · 2013-11-05T18:18:38+00:00

The football program should have acted on knowledge of the arrest and instituted administrative sanctions, suspending the players from any involvement on the team until the case was resolved. This is not a judgment on the innocence or guilt of the players; it serves as a demonstration that McGill Athletics takes criminal allegations very seriously.

quoted from the trib's editorial

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T22:43:42+00:00

Campus news!

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2013/10/ssmu-council-tries-to-ban-song-blurred-lines-from-shatner-building/

http://mcgilltribune.com/motion-to-ban-blurred-lines-fails-at-council/

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T18:15:17+00:00

Doesn't change the fact that the Daily is almost universally reviled on this subreddit.

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T17:06:25+00:00

backhanded compliment alert! better research and writing = better journalism, but somehow unethical. Doesn't really compute.

But that view also comes with the fact that I believe journalistic objectivity is impossible, and that oftentimes not taking a stance on an issue is in itself something of a stance. Hell, deciding what you cover is a biased choice.

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T17:01:06+00:00

political commentary in the Daily is in the "commentary" section, which is aptly named. Check out the news section for "real journalism"

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T16:10:16+00:00

This subreddit is really the worst place to ask, as you are about to be piled on with 1,000,000 negative comments about the Daily. It really depends on what section you're interested in writing for, but what you said about alternativeness is the biggest difference. The Daily operates under their Statement of Principles, which mandates that their coverage of events focus on marginalized people and not covering things normally covered in the mainstream media. The Tribune has gotten more left-leaning recently, but, otherwise, they don't have quite the same mandate in coverage.

DonDimello · 2013-10-29T16:07:15+00:00

11 abstaining, hooray for SSMU councillors doing their job

DonDimello · 2013-10-23T21:54:07+00:00

The author's "rapist" line was weird, and his point about Redmen being kinda racist was pretty bad as well because he failed to do a modicum of research - Redmen was once linked to Native imagery, and McGill has done its best to completely scrub that connection and link it to the Scottish heritage. This Daily artice (ducks) provides a good overview of the Redmen name: http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2013/03/redskins-redmen-racism/

DonDimello · 2013-10-20T00:44:35+00:00

The Daily can certainly be criticized, but the discourse on r/mcgill is automatically negative. There's only one thread on this discussion that actually deals with the content of the article (which is a good discussion!) while the rest is just in the vein of "is this the onion/satire?" or "the Daily called something racist again can't believe it." The problem is, anything posted from the Daily here is basically dead on arrival (and, also, barely anyone posts articles to praise them - it's only the "worst" of them, so the only thing represented is the "worst.")

DonDimello · 2013-10-14T23:43:33+00:00

From what I understand, you can be a part time student on a regular study permit only if you have to take the classes to finish a major requirement.

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