The Tribune TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 2023 | VOL. 43 | ISSUE 12
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Montreal students travel to Ottawa to demand Canadian government call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza PG. 2
SSMU Policy Against Genocide in Palestine suspended due to B’nai Brith court case McGill claims policy is in breach of SSMU constitution and MoA Eliza Lee Staff Writer
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n Tuesday, Nov. 21, the Quebec Superior Court ordered the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) to postpone the ratification of the Policy Against Genocide in Palestine until a final verdict is reached at a court hearing in March 2024. A McGill student filed the injunction with the backing of Jew-
ish service organization B’nai Brith Canada, who believe the policy should not have been allowed to appear in the fall referendum. The injunction comes after students voted in favour of the Policy Against Genocide in Palestine question in the fall referendum, with 78.7 per cent of non-abstaining students voting “Yes.” The policy would mandate that SSMU adopt an official position of solidarity with Palestinian students by publicly denouncing Israel’s siege on Gaza and putting pressure on McGill to divest from
An Ode to Studio Art and why McGill’s curriculum needs it Lulu Calame Contributor
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t the beginning of this semester, I found myself eating lunch with a new dorm acquaintance, and making the usual smalltalk about classes. Adddrop deadlines were coming up, exacerbating the already nagging sense of
directionlessness that is so fundamental to collegiate studentdom, and the two of us felt just as lost as everyone else. But it was with surprising resolution that my lunchmate told me she had dropped one of her classes, and signed up, instead, for an art class held outside of McGill. McGill doesn’t have any studio
art courses, she told me, so she thought it made more sense to put that tuition money towards a class she really wanted to take. While I felt just as confused about my own path and future career as anyone else, I left the table feeling certain that McGill’s curriculum is in desperate need of studio art. PG.6
companies supporting Israel. Until the SSMU Board of Directors ratifies the policy, SSMU cannot act upon it. In a statement, SSMU wrote that it plans on contesting the injunction request in court, but will postpone the ratification until March. In an email to The Tribune SSMU President Alexandre Ashkir emphasized the organization’s commitment to upholding student democracy and maintaining an “open dialogue” with students. PG. 3
TNC Theatre brings ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ out of the closet Lesbian recasting of classic comedy celebrates queerness while keeping Wilde’s trademark wit Ella Paulin SciTech Editor
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s I took my seat among a sea of Doc Martens and flamboyantly vintage clothing, I began to feel underdressed for this performance where everything from the audi-
ence to the antique couch was stylish, carefully chosen, and, above all, queer. Tuesday Night Café (TNC) Theatre’s contemporary, lesbian rendition of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest brought Wilde’s queer subtext into the spot-
light. The colourful script centres on two upper-class dandies who both lead elaborate double-lives in order to split their time between the country and the city. The twist: Both leading male characters are delightfully recast as women for this production. PG.11