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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 2024 | VOL. 44 | ISSUE 8
OPINION
More than a Theme: McGill’s Neglect of Latin American and Hispanic Heritage Month PG. 6
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FEATURE Campus Complicity: Unpacking calls for divestment at McGill PGS. 8-9
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NEWS
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Superior Court rejects McGill’s injunction request to extend restrictions on campus protests
Arts and Education unions and IJV McGill among intervening parties opposing the request Eliza Lee News Editor
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n Oct. 21, the Superior Court of Québec dismissed McGill’s provisionary injunction request to limit protest activities on campus. The request came after the university successfully obtained a 10-day injunction barring campus demonstrations under specific conditions following a protest on Oct. 7.
McGill and Concordia students organized this protest to demand their institutions divest from companies complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. The Oct. 7 rally ended when police used tear gas on protestors, some of whom smashed the windows of the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute on Avenue des Pins. McGill also restricted access to campus from Oct. 5-7 in anticipation of Oct. 7 protests, and later extended these restrictions through Oct. 8.
Like the 10-day injunction, McGill’s injunction request named Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR) at McGill as the defendant. The injunction request aimed to extend the same measures put in place with the 10-day injunction, which banned SPHR and “any person having knowledge of or having received service of the judgment” from actions such as obstructing entrances to buildings on campus, protesting within five metres of campus buildings, and disrupting academic activities. PG. 2
EDITORIAL Selective storytelling Deanna Bowen discusses antiblack racism in the world of art history sanitizes genocide NEWS
Lecture part of McGill’s 2024-25 Art History and Communication Studies Speaker Series
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Content warning: Mentions of genocide, suicide, violence.
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n Oct. 24, approximately two dozen academics gathered in Room W-215 of the Arts Building to hear Deanna Bowen, assistant professor in Concordia’s Depart-
ment of Studio Arts, speak about her research-creation practice and art exhibits, her family’s history with racism in Canada, and anti-Black sentiment in the art history world. The event is the first of McGill’s Art History and Communication Studies (AHCS) Speaker Series
2024-25, organized by department assistant professors Kenji Praepipatmongkol and Bobby Benedicto. In an interview with The Tribune, Praepipatmongkol explained the department’s motivations for organizing this year’s speaker series. PG. 3
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merican news network CNN has sparked outrage over its recent article focusing on Israeli soldiers’ experiences of trauma and suicide risk after their deployment to Gaza. Crit-
ics argue it whitewashes perpetrators of violence while minimizing Palestinian suffering in an attempt to generate sympathy for the aggressors. The article’s framing is emblematic of western media coverage that perpetuates the dehumanization of Palestinians while manufacturing empathy for those committing heinous war crimes against them. The piece details how a
former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldier can no longer eat meat because it reminds him of the bodies he crushed with a bulldozer in Gaza, sadistically equating Palestinians to animals. While the original article included trigger warnings for mentions of suicide and PTSD, editors notably omitted any warning about the graphic description of violence against PG. 5 Palestinians.