With Farnangate making it all the way to Fox News, the last couple months have been interesting times for equity at McGill. However, even if SSMU’s equity policy hadn’t reached such zeniths of intelligent and mature discourse, McGill students would have been talking about equity and equity policy. Do we need equity? Do we need…
If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…
There is no such thing as perfect legislation. The ideals that any law or policy seek to espouse do not exempt it from criticism and reflection. After all of the events concerning images of the U.S. President, and Ice skating reptiles, I believe that the notion of a “sacred” equity policy needs to be addressed.…
Robert Forestell Elected EUS President
After a month of nominations, campaigning, debating, and voting, the elected executives of the Engineering Undergraduate Society of McGill University (EUS) for the 2014-15 academic year have been announced. Current VP Academic of the McGill Association of Mechanical Engineers (MAME) Robert Forestell has been elected as the successor to Carlos Marin as President of the…
McGill Delegates Shine at 2014 Québec Engineering Competition
The 2014 Quebec Engineering Competition recently took place at the Hôtel Sacacomie, from January 30th to February 2nd. The competition consisted of seven categories: Junior Design, Senior Design, Consulting, Debates, Re-engineering, Scientific Communication, and Innovative Design. The winners of each category at the McGill Engineering Competition earned a spot in the EUS’s delegation to QEC,…
Students Making McGill More Sustainable
The McGill Energy Project is an initiative that aims to promote sustainable, student-led projects. Lately, they have been making waves by involving themselves with CodeJam, an energy analysis of the RVC residence and other events on campus. The ledger sat down with MEP founder Marc-Etienne Brunet to talk about sustainability, McGill, and getting students involved…
Do We Need to Demilitarize McGill? An Interview with Demilitarize McGill
Earlier this semester Demilitarize McGill approached the Plumber’s Ledger, looking to reach out to McGill’s engineering community. So, we sat down and had a little chat about what Demilitarize is, research ethics, stickering, their desire to involve engineering students, and more. Plumber’s Ledger: What is Demilitarize McGill? Demilitarize McGill: We’re a group of students, past…
EUS President Resigns
The Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) no longer has a President. Zac Moreland, who was elected in March and had been serving since May 1, presented his resignation to the EUS Council during the first session of the year on October 7, citing personal reasons. As is stipulated in Article 20.2 of the EUS Constitution, the…