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Tilda Swinton’s casting of The Ancient One for Marvel’s most recent release Doctor Strange is mostly presented as another example of Hollywood’s habit of whitewashing Asian characters in films. This time the issue extends far beyond that,…
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November 11th is the day we are supposed to remember, but November 8th will prove to be the day that is the hardest to forget. I and many other Canadians wear a poppy today, as we do every year, to serve as a reminder of what happens when…
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On Tuesday night, the people of the United States cast their votes and elected Republican nominee Donald Trump as their president. Much can be taken from this historical election. The influence of the Hispanic voting block in the last few…
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We sat down with Deputy Chargee d'Affaires Anuradha Mallik to discuss SSUNS 2016. Clementine: How did you get started with SSUNS? Anuradha: I got involved with Model UN when I was pretty young. I enjoyed it so much in high school…
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A number of months ago, during the heat of the primaries, I wrote an article examining the numerous ways in which the Democratic Party - generally viewed as the party of the left - had shifted more closely to the center of the political…
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In the fall of 2015, university students in South Africa protested the announcement of impending tuition fee hikes of 10%. In initial response to the protests, the South African government promised to only increase tuition by 6%. After…
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The world was stunned yesterday as Donald Trump won the 2016 American presidential election. His fear tactics have worked, for the American people have agreed with him. They believed that America wasn’t already great, and they needed…
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Mosul used to be the second largest city in Iraq and the Northwest commercial center, naturally leaving it with a relatively dense population. Enter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), rooted in al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the…
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Phil April is the Crisis Director for Queen Anne’s Revenge. He is in his final year at McGill, studying Political Science and History. He took some time out of his busy schedule, in between a pizza break and another committee session, to…
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Now this is something unusual in the French TV landscape. Beside their polemical investigation of French Islam in the show “Dossier TABOU” , the M6 channel has launched “Ambition Intime,” a reality TV show inviting the presidential…
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