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2011: The Year of the Greedy Geezer

The Baby Boomer generation has been cal-led the “most narcissistic, self-indulgent,manipulative and effective cohort” in allof history.* And, once again, the Boomershave succeeded in drawing attention tothemselves as January 1st, 2011 headlinescautioned the public about an incoming“army of greedy geezers”: On New Year’sDay, the oldest members of the BabyBoom Generation turned 65. Indeed, theNew York Times lamented the fact that, forthe next 19 years, 10, 000 people will turn65 every single day in the U.S. That is, forthe next 19 years, the generation that suc-ceeded in obtaining everything they wan-ted on both public policy and economicfronts, will once more be restructuringtheir needs and wants as they head intoretirement and old age. And, chances are,as North America’s first mass market, theywill get what they want. Harvard BusinessSchool Professor, Regina Herzlinger,argues that we need only consider whatthe Boomers have already achieved:“They were in college in the ‘60s and ‘70s,and many of them were, shall we say, che-mically impaired. But they still got rid of(presidents) Nixon and Johnson, helpedpropel the civil rights movement andbrought about other substantive culturalchanges.”

Canada is no different. The Baby Boomercohort now represents one third of thecountry’s population. The percentage ofCanadians living to be 65 years of age orolder has grown from 5% in 1901 to 13.3%in 2006. By 2026, it is expected that over21.4% of the Canadian population willconsist of older adults — leaving behindmassive debts and stressed pension fundsfor both their kids and grandkids. Cana-dians are definitely used to hearing aboutthe impact of millions of retiring BabyBoomers. The media, politicians and thepublic in general have become accusto-med to the reality that a health care crisisis looming and we are all going to have topay big taxes in order to take care of the

country’s aging Boomers. Remember?Boomers get what they want; there are somany of them politicians cannot afford toignore them.

Between 1960 and 1980, the Baby Boo-mers entered the workplace en masse.Consequently, the number of workers ear-ning an income and paying taxes grew atan awe-inspiring rate. The Welfare Staterapidly expanded and, as Pierre Fortin ex-plains, Canada “successively implementedhospital insurance, health insurance, low-cost college and university education, so-cial services, public pension plans, moregenerous old age pensions and employ-ment benefits, etc.” The so-called GoldenAge of social programs was designed tomake the Boomers happy. What differen-tiates the governments of Diefenbaker,Pearson and Trudeau from the govern-ments of Chretien, Martin and Harper isthe fact that the former governmentswere extremely willing to beg, borrow andsteal in order to acquiesce to the specificneeds of the Boomers — a shift characte-rized by a transition from huge deficitspending to (at least a target of) zero defi-cit spending.

The Baby Boomers entered the market enmasse between 1960 and 1980. They willsimilarly leave the market en masse bet-ween now and 2025. As Boomers leavethe workforce, they will no longer be vo-ting for low-cost university tuition; rather,they will be casting their ballots for go-vernments promising more health carespending and payments to seniors. In fact,it is estimated that provincial spending onhealth care and social services will likelyincrease by 14% between now and 2020.This statistic is corroborated by the factthat, since 1975, per capita health carecosts have ballooned from $1,700 to$4,000; in 2009, health care costs repre-sented a record-breaking 11.9% of thecountry’s GDP.

Some analysts — many of whom are BabyBoomer themselves — have come to thedefense of the Boomer generation; theyargue that the real problem does not lie inthe fact that Boomers are getting older.Instead, the growth in Canadian healthcare spending is caused by the bad mana-gement of universal medicare in the coun-try. The Canadian Business Magazine

published an article this past October cal-ling Canada’s health care system theworst-run industry in the country: “if [theCanadian health care system] were a bu-siness, it would be out of business.” Thearticle states that if the Canadian healthcare system were a corporation, it wouldbe one of the biggest in the world; in 2009,the health care system pulled in $183.1billion in revenue, a dollar amount thatwould place the hypothetical corporationin third place on the Fortune 500, rightbetween oil company giants, Exxon Mobiland Chevron. According to health-policyexperts cited in the article, apocalypticpredictions about Baby Boomers bankrup-ting the system is nothing but “crisis rhe-toric”: “[O]ver the next 25 years, the agingpopulation will drive up health-care costsabout 1% per year, compared to 0.6% an-nually between 2000 and 2010.”

Perhaps the future state of Canada’shealth care system is uncertain. What re-mains clear, however, is that while dollarsare being funneled to support healthcare’s infrastructure, tuition fees continueto rise at double-digit rates across thecountry. Whether we like it or not, theBoomer Generation will remain the cohortof attention guiding government decisions– and the dollars that support those deci-sions – for years to come.

*Regina Herzlinger, as quoted in Dennis Harp, “Baby

Boomers Get Their Way - Again: They're Fueling

Change in Health Care as in Other Areas” (June 2004)

America’s Health Insurance Plans, online: AHIP

<http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?bc=31

%7C130%7C136%7C400%7C403>.

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CHARLIEFELDMAN

BY THE NUMBERS

When course offerings for this year wereannounced there was a chorus of gripingthat I’m sure is a perennial occurrence. Thisfirst week of school, having heard an abun-dance of complaints best described as vo-ciferous about the lack of open spaces, Idecided to crunch some numbers. I have nobackground in statistics, so my methodsmay well be flawed, but here we go!

In a nutshell, I’m looking at upper-year tra-ditional in-class lecture/seminar courses –courses I could take that are not papers,clerkships, etc. Are there fewer of them of-fered this semester? If not, is somethingelse going on? Why does this add/drop pe-riod feel more limiting than it has in thepast?

To start, I put the Faculty of Law course of-ferings for this semester as listed on Min-erva in Excel. I removed writing courses,clerkship courses, internships, law journal-related courses, clinic courses, moots, andthose credit-less university administrativethings (transfer, withdrawal, etc.). I then re-moved the required legal meth courses (in-cluding TL-ing) and the first-year requiredofferings, as well as the cancelled coursesfor this semester (Trade Regulation, Reme-dies, and Law and Practice of InternationalTrade).

With all these items removed, there are 76offerings this semester, a figure that in-cludes graduate sections of courses. Real-izing that these are, of course, the sameclasses, there are 44 distinct upper-yearlectures this semester.

Combining these 76 courses, there is atotal of 1970 seats that can be occupiedthis semester. I’m using the 76-course fig-ure because unused grad seats often be-come open seats for us undergrads;however, I realize this isn’t helpful to thoselooking at full courses at this moment. Ishould note that I lack data on student en-

rolment changes (grad and undergrad) sothis whole analysis is predicated on theidea that these numbers are steady – Ithink (and hope) this is a safe bet.

Okay then, 1970 is the magic number. I re-alize that this number doesn’t mean all thatmuch on its face because one cannot beseated in more than one class at a giventime (in theory), and it’s worthless to sayone person can have 5 spots in the sameclass. However, it’s useful to me as a gen-eral idea of how many possibilities exist ina given semester. A low number meanswe’re all competing for a few select spots,a high number means everyone has achoice; the problem, of course, is that ahigh number may be misleading if there areexceptionally large course sizes. For in-stance, only having three courses eachseating a thousand students is still prob-lematic even though the seat count is high.

So … how does a seat count of 1970 com-pare with previous semesters?

If we look at the previous fall semester, wehave a total (with the same items removed)of 68 offerings. Removing duplicates (i.e.graduate sections) there were 45 uniqueofferings. The seat count of the 68 offeringstotalled 2561. That means we have 23%fewer seats total this semester comparedto fall, despite having virtually the samenumber of courses (45 v. 44).

Certainly, it may be argued fall and winterare different and it’s understandable wintersemester may require fewer courses sinceby that point the students on the 3.5 yearplan have graduated. Point taken – let’slook at last winter’s stats.

Last winter there were 74 upper-year offer-ings by my count, 49 of them unique. Totalseats: 2410.

If we look at the winter before that (Winter

2009) we have 67 total sections (excludingall the same items as before as well as thecancelled Legal Theory course). Removinggraduate and first-year only sections therewas a total of 44 unique offerings. Totalseat capacity: 2511.

I realize I’ve been throwing a lot of numbersout there, but what do they mean? It maybe surprising to learn that the number ofupper-year offerings has actually increasedover previous winter semesters. Of course,this isn’t really saying much because thisfigure includes graduate sections (thereseems to be more of these now). If we lookat unique offerings of courses, the numberhas been fairly steady, believe it or not.What happened this semester, however, isthat the number of total possible seats isdown; to me, this indicates classes are get-ting smaller.

To see if my analysis can be supported, Ilooked at how many upper-level lecturecourses in a given semester had enrolmentcapped at 25 or fewer students, includinggrads and undergrads. In Winter 2009 therewere six such courses, in Winter 2010 therewere eight, and now in Winter 2010 thereare nine. This only seems like a smallchange, so I looked at it the other way – aretraditionally larger classes becomingsmaller?

If we look at the number of courses withenrolment capped at 55 people or more(graduate plus undergrad) we have 15 thissemester, compared with 24 last Winter,and, in Winter 2009, a whopping 27courses. This is a huge change – comparedto two Winters ago there are 44% fewerlarge classes.

Why are larger classes becoming smaller?I’m not sure. Maybe teachers don’t likeusing the Moot Court or don’t enjoy feelinglike they need to shout in 101 and 102.Maybe it’s become harder to schedule

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upper-year courses around the first-yearclasses needing the larger rooms, in partic-ular given the addition of the Monday Uni-versal Break. Maybe teachers don’t wantto teach larger classes (and I know I prefersmaller classes generally) because it can beharder to facilitate a discussion. There areprobably a host of other reasons for thisshift.

Certainly, it didn’t help that a 75-studentclass like Law and Practice of InternationalTrade was moved to first semester. It alsomay be that having a giant Civil Law Obli-gations class last semester created a biggerdemand for spots this semester whereassecond-year students may have otherwisetaken a section of that course this semester(though in theory these sections wouldhave kept the seat number fairly steady).

But, maybe this large-class reduction is anillusion. Even if we look at the Winter 2009semester, Minerva shows an afternoonBusiness Associations class capped at 75,but only 39 students enrolled; the samegoes for a 75-capped Immigration andRefugee course that had 46 students. Re-call that the total number of uniquecourses that semester was the same asnow - it’s just as likely that when the dustsettles on drop-add this semester, therewon’t be nearly as many filled-to-the-brimclasses as appear now. In other words, thereduction may make sense: If we knowonly 30 kids really end up taking class X,why continue to cap it at 60?

While I cannot say for certain, I believe thisis what’s occurring: the new (reduced) capsare probably based somewhat on whatcourses have ended up being in the past(and while I could do the math to see if thisis really the case and calculate just howmuch slack we’re given, I have other thingsto do with my life, surprisingly enough).

While my explanation for the lower seatcount may be wrong, one thing’s for sure –because of it there’s less wiggle room forstudents when it comes to course selectionthis semester. Maybe these constraints aregood because they give professors a morerealistic idea of what they’ll be doing;maybe it forces students to pick more care-fully and course-shop less. Conversely, itbrings students more stress as their options

and flexibility are reduced. It’s also highlyproblematic when, as happened this se-mester, classes are cancelled. Certainly, astudent who missed the registration magicmoment (perhaps for a very good reason)is at a great disadvantage.

Certainly, part of the reason classes seemfull is doubtless students holding on tothings while course shopping - it would beinteresting to see how many people areregistered for 18 credits now vs. at the endof drop-add. I know I’m guilty of this, and Ifeel bad seeing the student in front of mefrantically refreshing Minerva hopingsomething opens up; while I don’t thinkopening more spots generally would stopspot squatters, it would surely give peoplea wider margin in which to manoeuvre.

All that said, there could be other factorsat work here – maybe our enrolment num-bers have changed. Maybe the faculty fig-ured more people would be on exchangeor writing papers. Maybe it’s just a reallyunfortunate confluence of circumstances –being American, my instinct is to blame therecession or Obama. I’m not sure what’sbehind it, and I certainly don’t mean to di-minish the work of the SAO, which I’m surehas a hard enough time as is figuring outwho will teach what when without theextra trouble of accommodating suddenchanges of plans caused by unforeseen cir-cumstances.

The point of this piece isn’t to start a witch-hunt for how this happened, it’s simply tolet you gripers know that the numbers backyou up, and to serve as a call to everyoneto think about what we might do differ-ently down the road.

Maybe 1970 is a fine number of spots. If weassume there are 400 (170 in 2nd, 170 in3rd, plus 60 on the 4 year plan) studentsvying for upper year spots, each gets 4.925.Assuming each seat is three credits(granted, there’s not an even matching of4- and 2- credit classes to say this), thisworks out to 14.775 credits. To me, thisseems low – while many variables are atplay, it feels like the rough approximationshould still be above 15, which I think is theaverage course load (although, again,maybe winter students with impendinggraduations take a lighter load, or maybe

many more of you take 12 or fewer creditsthan I realize).

Some of you may be wondering if thiswhole thing is actually a problem at all. Cer-tainly, I don’t think it’s humanly possible tohave a perfect system whereby everyonegets every class desired. And, of course, Idon’t think profs should be forced to teachthings they would rather not teach to classsizes they don’t feel comfortable with attimes they hate or in languages in whichthey are not comfortable – nobody bene-fits from this.

What I’m worried about is that horror story– the student unable to take a full courseload in a given semester because he or shemissed the registration date – or worse, ifone is forced to extend graduation by a se-mester based on inability to take sufficientcredits or insufficient spots in requiredcourses. While I’d like to imagine this does-n’t happen and wouldn’t need to given pri-ority registration in upper-year, I think ifthe trend continues this could be a realproblem, especially given that the re-quired/most beneficial courses (in terms ofbaskets) tend to be the larger ones fromwhich spaces seem to be disappearing. I’mthinking here of a course like evidence - Iknow many students don’t use prioritycredits on a course like this in part becauseit seems with the larger class sizes thethought is ‘Oh, there will be room’ – youwant to use the priority credits on some-thing small and much more coveted. Theproblem is that this course fills up soquickly that one may not actually get thespot come full registration. Without wiggleroom, a priority credit mistake could bevery hard to overcome, but certainly notimpossible (especially given how studentstrade spots – thanks Facebook! Of course,the trading system is thrown off by waitliststhat may get in the way). The point is thatwith reduced caps, students are increas-ingly better off using some of their prioritycredits on a larger course that may fill upquickly; but it seems the prevailing wisdomis to use them on a smaller course one re-ally desires and hope the rest works itselfout. Of course, raising the seat cap onlysolves this somewhat (and I’m not trying tosay students don’t have an onus on them-selves to make wise course selections) -I’m just saying it’s something of which we


need to be aware. Maybe increasing thenumber of priority credits would be helpful,too.

Perhaps our seating phenomena haveother – perfectly logical – explanations thatI just don’t know. Were more clinic place-ments offered this semester than usual?Did an exceptionally high number of stu-dents go on exchange this semester,thereby reducing the need for more courseseats? Did our physical space capacity re-duce somehow? I simply don’t have this in-formation.

It will be interesting to see what happens -hopefully at most you’ll have only one un-desirable course (think of it as my momwould term it, “character building”). Frommy perch, I’m curious if more students takeon term papers this semester than usual (assome have suggested) as an alternative tobraving course-shopping.

Personally, I think we should raise the num-ber of course seats to give people increasedflexibility (although I’d also love more classchoices in general, particularly in French –of the 44 upper-year classes offered this se-mester only 7 are in French, more on thislater). I feel this whole thing is veryGoldilocks and the Three Bears – 2511 wasperhaps too loose, 1970 feels too tight.Who is to say where the balance is? Arbi-trarily I’ll throw out the 2200s, where theaverage student (assuming 3 credits a seatand 400 students) gets 5.5 classes.

I realize course offerings and sizes requirea complicated balancing with careful atten-tion to many factors. I’m sure the SAO isdoing its best. That said, if the formula fromnow on uses reduced caps, it may be usefulto consult and involve students, as I’m notentirely convinced a repeat of this particu-lar course selection experience is some-thing most students would find desirableeven if the final numbers reveal emptyseats in everything.

I’m curious to hear what y’all think aboutthis, and please accept my apologies in ad-vance if I did any math wrong – some thingswere not straightforward (e.g. How do Icount winter seats in full-year JICP?).

UN PETIT MOT PAR RAPPORT AUX COURSOFFERTS EN FRANÇAIS:

Ce semestre, 44 cours traditionnels sont of-ferts aux étudiants qui ne sont pas en pre-mière année (les détails sur cettestatistique et ce que j’entend par ‘tradition-nels’ est expliqué ci-dessus). De ces 44upper-year courses, seulement sept sontofferts en français :

1) Droit des personnes;

2) Droit des affaires;

3) Droit des biens approfondi;

4) Droit international privé;

5) Preuve civile;

6) Droit du sport avancé; et

7) Droit pénal.

Le nombre de cours est-il plus élevé oumoins élevé que les semestres précé-dents? À la session d’hiver 2009, il y avaitsept upper-year courses offerts en fran-çais, l’hiver dernier seulement cinqétaient offerts. Cet automne il y en avaitaussi cinq, comme à l’automne 2009 simes statistiques sont bonnes. Au coursdes derniers six semestres, pour les-quelles j’ai été étudiant à la faculté, lescours en français ont généralementconstitué entre 10% et 15% des upper-

year courses offerts.

Il faut noter que ces chiffres excluent‘legal meth’ et les autres cours (qui se li-mitent à un ou deux par semestre) dont ladésignation est ‘bilingue’.

La situation pourrait être plus probléma-tique si les places dans les cours en fran-çais étaient très limitées. Cependant, lesplaces offertes pour ces cours sont géné-ralement nombreuses. Ce semestre, troisdes cours en français ont un maximum de60 places (droit des personnes, droit desaffaires, et droit internationale privé), un(droit pénal) a 50 places et un autre(preuve civil) en a 40. Ceci dit, même s’ilest vrai que les places sont nombreuses,la réalité demeure que, généralement, lenombre de places prises est très restreint.Prenez par exemple mon cours de Droitde la consommation l’hiver dernier avec

le Prof. Saumier, où, selon Minerva, il yavait 19 étudiants dans un cours ayant unmaximum de 60 étudiants.

Plusieurs facteurs influencent notre sélec-tion de cours. Ces facteurs incluent la ma-tière, le professeur, la méthoded’évaluation et même l’horaire. La languen’est pas nécessairement déterminantepar elle-même (sauf peut-être dans le casdes étudiants qui ne sont pas vraiment bi-lingues, mais ça c’est une autre histoire).

Je soulève la question d’horaire ici parceque je trouve étrange que la moitié descours offerts en français ce semestre com-mence à 9h ou avant. En effet, trois descours en français ce semestre (droit desaffaires, droit des personnes, droit dusport avancé) commencent à 8h35 lematin et le cours de preuve civile com-mence à 9h le lundi matin. Je ne suis pasconvaincu que cela n’a aucun impact surle choix des étudiants.

Je ne veux pas m’éloigner de la question,mais j’aimerais suggérer que le choix decours offerts en français ainsi que lesheures à laquelle ces cours sont donnésne contribuent pas à convaincre ceux quisont on the fence de prendre un cours enfrançais. Par exemple, cet automne, lecours de louage était à 8h35. Seulementhuit étudiants y était inscrits, malgré lemaximum de 60 élèves.

L’hiver dernier pour le cours Fiducie et ad-ministration du bien d’autrui, il y avaitneuf étudiants inscrits, le cours commen-çait à 8h35. D’après moi, l’idée d’avoir uncours si tôt le matin, peu importe la ma-tière, est loin d’être idéale. Si je ne suispas complètement éveillé, ces sujets vontpotentiellement me mettre dans un étatde sommeil et je ne veux pas ronfler de-vant mes profs !

Pour revenir sur le sujet, alors qu’un bilansur l’état du français à la faculté pourraitêtre un bon sujet pour toute une séried’articles, je m’arrête ici en vous posantcette question : est-ce que la proportionde cours offert en français est suffisante?

EDITOR’S NOTE: After this article was

submitted, the SAO announced enroll-

ment cap increases for a number of

courses.

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A new dynasty was born in Quebec Citylast week at the Canada Law Games.Organizers and the great majority ofparticipants agreed that McGill’s team,which featured 20 first-year students,was undoubtedly the most rowdy, mostfun and best-looking (obviously).Throughout the Games, McGill showedits amazing spirit, partying with— andcheering for — all the other universi-ties. Lack of sleep, severe voice loss,sore muscles and nasty hangoversnever slowed the team down!!! WhileMcGill came in an extremely close sec-ond to Saskatchewan in the Spirit Cuprace, two important victories must bementioned. First, choreographersEloise Gagné, Michèle Lamarre-Lerouxand their incredible dance troupe wonthe Talent Show with a one-of-a-kindglow in the dark dance! Second, JulienGrenier and Michèle Lamarre-Lerouxwon the Mooting competition, provingonce again that while McGill studentsmay not win many sports or drinkingcontests, they are always the frontrun-ners in academics! Yet it must be notedthat McGill was the loudest and mostskilled team during the pub crawl, tothe amazement not only of otherschools but also of local Quebec Cityresidents who were woken up by theincessant cheers of “Beaver one,beaver one, let’s all have some beaverfun”, and “Oh Law Games are here atlast, my G.P.A. can kiss my ass”. McGillwas also semi-finalist in the most gru-eling of sports, namely inner-tubewater polo and dodgeball!

And now, with no further due, we pres-

ent to you the top 10 things that McGillstudents were asked during Law Games2011:

1. Where are your pants?

2. Whose room is this?

At the hotel, McGill got to party in anabandoned ultra-exclusive suite, fea-turing a breathtaking view of le VieuxQuébec, amazing DJs and a full profes-sional sound system. It was without adoubt the most legendary room partyin Law Games history!!!

3. Why are there no girls here?

One of the stops during the pub crawlwas at a gay bar called Le Drague.Barely 10 minutes after arriving, 15 ofthe McGill boys were on stage dancingwith no shirts on! The lonely old menpresent enjoyed it as much as theMcGill girls.

4. What’s your name? (the next morn-ing)

What happens at Law Games stays atLaw Games

5. You got a what on the dancefloor?

What happens on the dancefloor stayson the dancefloor.

6. What did you get that ticket for?

After a messy night of partying on LaGrande Allée, a certain student decided

to “relieve his natural needs” on theside of a car. What only seemed naturalwound up costing him dearly (seephoto).

7. What happened to your Talent Showtrophy?

After winning the trophy, McGill de-cided to share the joy with studentsfrom other schools by encouragingthem to drink out of it. Unfortunately,a few ruffians from a university thatshall remain unnamed stole the trophyfrom the hands of a McGill student. Itwas only after many complaints thatthe trophy was handed back 24 hourslater, to the great relief of all.

8. Can you send me your cheers?

McGill’s rowdy and not-so-politically-correct cheers were a huge hit, for allsorts of reasons. It might have been thereferences to beavers, to working at anold department store in Chicago, or todrinking and dancing without pants on.Both civil and common law schoolsagreed that McGill students sure knowhow to light up any boring kickballevent or bus ride!

9. Is that a pukesuit?

In order to save on costs, McGill de-cided to forego the traditional teamtracksuits, instead opting to wear fire-engine-red pukesuits (a.k.a. jumpsuits).These pukesuits were then christenedwith nicknames on the back, 95% ofwhich cannot be printed in this fine

LAW GAMESJEUX'RI-DIQUES

OH LAW GAMES ARE HERE AT LAST!(My G.P.A. can kiss my ass!)

by Chad Tarzan, Steve Tarzan, Jean-Guy Tarzan, Hippie Jane, Cl-Ass Act, Kinball Wizard, Waste

Case, Makeout Queen, Le Roi du Makeout, Bottles and Models, McGill Lounge, Blondie, Four

For Four, U of T Inner-Tube Water Polo Team, Wingwoman, Full Moon, Little Brother, Stick Lady,

Goth Chaser, White Guilt, McGilles, Upside Down University of Wisconsin, McGill Loverboy, La-

dykiller, Game Face, The Train Wrecks


newspaper. McGill was the coolestlooking bunch out there, fo’ sho.

10. What channel are you on?

At the end of the pub crawl, all theteams wound up at a “headphonesparty” at Le Maurice. Imagine walkinginto a bar with no music and everyone’swearing headphones, dancing andyelling. Partiers could choose from twodifferent channels playing live DJ sets ofvery different kinds of music. Half thepeople would be cheesy 80s dancing to“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” while theother half would be grinding to “Lol-lipop”. What a surreal sight it was!

Above all, the team would like to thankthe organizers who did a terrific job.Fun games, sports, the mooting, theparties, everything went as plannedand everyone had a great time!

With such an energetic crop of rookies,things will only get better in the yearsto come. Watch out for McGill in2012!!! The Spirit Cup is comingback!!!!

Honourable mentions:

Jumping and dancing on the bed duringthe massive room party, Paul’s bloodyshirt, 1st year girls beating upper yearguys at flip cup, Lee’s (permanently) un-buttoned shirt, Ian’s poutine eating,Michèle’s voice (or lack thereof),Jonny’s formal ball outfit (a.k.a. JerseyShore meets Miami Vice), Dalhousiesexy sailor hats, Sasky dudes’ hot pants,UQAM catwoman outfits, stumblingdrunk U.W.O. guy dressed in pajamas atthe banquet, Dominic the Godfather,mooning (repeatedly), Graham passedout on the bus, Jonny for sleeping sowell, Boxhead (his kidnapping and sub-sequent rescue), Turptacular mad cap-taining and dodgeball skillz, 3 freebottles of vodka and finishing them in15 minutes, glow sticks and “Club Can’t

Handle Me”.

In the words of Kid Cudi: “All the crazyshit I did last night, those will be thebest memories”. Here’s to hoping thatLaw Games in 2012 will be just asrowdy and fun! Get involved and starthyping it now!!!!

“M-G-C-I-L we’re so drunk we cannotspell McGill, hey hey McGill, heyhey!!!!!!!!!!!!”

- The Law Games Team

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NICHOLASCHOINIERE

SPACE, MUSIC AND DUMPLINGS:APLAM INTERVIEWS D.C.L.CANDIDATE MICHAEL MINEIRO

The first time he went to China, the challenge wasjust getting the courage to go. The second time, thechallenge was to figure out why he was even goingand what he actually wanted to do with his life. Andwhen he goes this spring, Michael Mineiro’s chal-lenge will be finding a job at any one of the top uni-versities in Beijing.

For the first installment of the new Quid series, theAsia Pacific Law Association of McGill met with doc-toral candidate Michael Mineiro, one of the selectgroup of students who can say they turned down abudding career as an Asian pop star to do their barexam. To say that Mineiro has gone a long way sincefirst developing an interest in Asia, and more specifi-cally China, during his undergrad degree would be amajor understatement.

The path to getting where he is now was unconven-tional, to say the least. In 2002, Mineiro took a riskand left for a rural Chinese village, where he taughtEnglish for six months. Despite the hardships hefaced, his first exposure to Asian culture was a greatexperience. “I went back to law school, and was alittle bored in law school, and so I decided it wouldbe fun to take mandarin lessons. […] And then Ithought, well, this would be even more fun if I couldgo study Chinese law, so I set up a study abroad pro-gram with the University of Hong Kong for one se-mester.”

Mineiro’s interest did not stop there. He applied for– and received – a US government scholarship to dosome research on how the Rule of Law was develo-ping in the context of democracy. His work did notstop him from enjoying local culture: “To be quitehonest, I spent more time on trains talking to peo-ple than [talking to] academics.” He loved the expe-rience so much that he postponed his bar exam andtaught at Beijing’s Language and Culture University.It is during this time that he was approached to playthe bass in a pop band. “I turned it down – I’m notquite sure why – to go get my bar.”

Though he did not stay in China, he could not stay inNorth Carolina either. While in Hong Kong, Mineirohad discovered that space was a national priority inChina. Indeed, for technological, commercial, secu-rity and national pride reasons, China is interestedin space at least as much as the USSR and UnitedStates. “That woke me up.”

It comes as no surprise that he decided to takeMcGill’s Air and Space LL.M. program. “There is a re-search institution here that is premiere internatio-nally.” After a year of hard work, he decided to staypartnered with McGill’s Institute of Air and SpaceLaw as the Boeing Doctoral Fellow of Space Law.

Upon discussing his doctoral thesis on the coopera-tion of States in space, Michael Mineiro’s passion forinternational legal theory really shines. “Law is amanifestation of political willpower.” He notes thatfor many years, the United States had a technologi-cal hegemony and that they made it so their internalregime was applied internationally. Though his the-sis specifically discusses restrictions on space tech-nology trade, he keeps an eye on the big picture,namely how space is just another frontier in huma-nity’s continuing quest for energy. The issues heraises are timely as, “we are at an unprecedentedmoment in history” where we fully understand ourplanet and are able to fully utilize its resources.

With his thesis already submitted and pending re-view, Mineiro has made plans for visiting China du-ring March and during the summer. He hopes to geta job at a Beijing university. “I figure if I invest a yearor two now, it’ll pay off. […] It is a long-term play.”He adds that the rising economic powers like Indiaand China are in Asia, but that we should not forgetthat their story is our story too.

These career plans do not mean that Mineiro hasforgotten about Asian culture. The love he develo-ped for the food, music and art in China carries on.Upon being asked why, he notes that there is some-thing to the whole ‘East meets West’ that brings

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about renewed creativity. It does not take long before he isenthusiastically talking about a jazz scene where traditio-nal Mongolian and Chinese instruments such as the erhuare featured. It is also impossible to forget such expe-riences as the time he went to Tibet for ten days and visi-ted both the base camp at Mount Everest and what islocally known as the ‘Centre of the Universe’. “It is beauti-ful and there is no pollution,” which incidentally meansthat you have a better view at night of… space.

Mineiro does warn that even a basic knowledge of thelocal language is necessary to fully soak up foreign cul-

tures. This, however, should not stop you from rolling thedice and taking chances. “It’s about finding a way to makeAsia work with your vision.” Or to quote Jon Bon Jovi:“Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road aheadis as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.”

And for all those of you who are not quite sure what to dowith your degrees, here is one idea that he wanted toshare: “Follow your passion, place your doubt aside. Suc-cess is the brother of courage.”

SKIT NITEAND LSORCOMMITTEE

SKIT NITE 2011

The biggest and best night of law school is on the horizon -Skit Nite 2011!! Mark your calendar now - c'est le 15 mars à19h30 chez Club Soda!

What is Skit Nite? Think law school meets Saturday NightLive - it's a collection of hilarious skits and videos featuringyour fellow law students! AND, there may even be someProfs on stage poking fun at what happens here at NCDH!Here you'll find it all - impressions of Profs, law jokes, prom-issory estoppel... well, not so much that last one, but youwill get to hear the Skit Nite Band (they're awesome) - oh,and the skits are all LIVE, so ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!! Itpromises to be a great evening!

If you want to see examples of what has happened in previ-ous years, type “Skit Nite McGill” into YouTube. There you’llfind Profs. Janda, Jukier, Van Praagh, and Dean Lamettisinging (no, not all together – that’s this year’s goal!). You’llalso find a hilarious sketch about a day in the life of Lord Den-ning. For most of last year’s show, you can find links on myFacebook in a note (if you hunt for it!).

Si vous avez des idées de sketchs ou de vidéos, envoyer uncourriel: [email protected] Si vous voulez jouer

dans un sketch, contactez-moi et on vous trouvera un ouplusieurs partenaires qui recherchent des comédiens.

Venez en grand nombre - 1Ls, it’s after the Memo is due, and2Ls – it’s wayyyy after the Factum’s done!

Comme chaque année, les profits de Skit Nite iront à quatreorganisations caritatives: Chez Doris, Dans la Rue, Share theWarmth and Mission Old Brewery. Alors, participez ou assis-tez au Skit Nite - c'est pour une belle cause !

We also will need some volunteers for Skit Nite (helping tosell tickets, work behind the scenes) so let me know if you'reinterested!

On a vraiment besoin de vous pour faire rigoler tout lemonde.

Here's to the funny, and we hope to see you in March! If youattend one awesome event this year, make it Skit Nite!!!

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The McGill LSA 2011

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CHARLIEFELDMAN

J.D./LL.B. - LE DÉSACCORDFAIT LA FORCE?RÉPONSE EN PARTIE À L’ARTICLE DE VINCENT RANGER

In the previous Quid, the wonderfulVincent Ranger responded to my articleon the J.D.-LL.B. issue with a piece en-titled “Peut-on enterer une fois pourtout le débat J.D. vs. LL.B.?” A reply (al-beit it a partial one) may seem oddgiven his article was published a monthago (it’s online in our PDF collection:http://quid.mcgill.ca/) and certainly foryou readers it can only be so interestingto read back-and-forth in our pages.The reason for this piece is that there’ssomething I want to say for everyone toread, sparked by something in Vin-cent’s article. Don’t worry - you don’thave to have read either preceding ar-ticle for this to make sense.

A la question “Doit-on changer le pro-gramme ?”, je répondrais par l’affirma-tive. Vous serez peut-être toutefoissurpris d’apprendre que je suis d’accordavec M. Ranger sur la plupart despoints qu’il soulève. (*S’il n’en tenaitqu’à moi, le diplôme garderait l’appel-lation de LL.B, mais serait susceptibled’être convertit en J.D. sur requête).

Notre désaccord se situe plutôt – etc’est ce qui motive cet article – par rap-port à l’argument selon lequel « Cedébat est inutile et l’absence de candi-dature pour siéger sur le comité deréflexion le démontre bien ». Il existecertainement des éléments ayant pos-siblement découragé certains candidatspotentiels. En effet, l’annonce a étéfaite tard dans le semestre et la chargede travail associée à une participationétait considérable. Il reste cependantqu’à mon avis, l’absence de candidatureest symptomatique de l’apathie

générale qui existe chez les étudiantsde cette faculté et ne constitue pas l’-expression de leur opinion sur le mérited'un débat sur cette question.

C’est d’implication dont il est question.La situation, particulièrement par rap-port à l’AED, est déprimante, et les ex-emples abondent. Au début, nousavons eu trop peu de candidats pourremplir tous les postes dans les comitéset ce, même pour au niveau de l’exécu-tif. Qui plus est, il est parfois difficile detrouver des personnes pour être prési-dent de classe (particulièrement en4eme année); on a du demander àplusieurs reprises avant de trouver unCRO cette année. Je ne crois pas queces postes soient considérés inutilespar la population étudiante, ou quecelle-ci souhaite secrètement l’aboli-tion de l’AED. À tout le moins, l’absenced’implication ne signifie pas que lesquestions dont l’AED traite sontdénuées d’importance.

L’apathie dépasse le cadre des positionsformelles. Force est d’admettre qu’onne voit pas beaucoup de monde auxévènements comme le Dean’s TownHall ou l’AGM de l’AED non plus. Onpeut présumer que ceux-ci sont perçuscomme étant moins importants. Soit,cela est vrai dans une certaine mesure,mais certainement pas au point de jus-tifier une participation aussi minimale.De plus, dans un autre domaine qui metient à cœur, le Quid, il y a des se-maines où le nombre d’articles est in-suffisant pour faire paraitre numéro.Doit-on en conclure que vous consid-érez notre travail comme étant inutile?

Vous me pardonnerez de m’êtreéloigné du sujet initial.

Revenons donc à l’article de M. Ranger,intitulé « Peut-on enterrer une foispour tout le débat J.D. vs. LL.B.? ». Celasuggère erronément que le débat adéjà eu lieu. Même si le conseil de l’AED(particulièrement l’an dernier) a en-tendu beaucoup sur cette questiondans le cadre d’un débat sur la créationde ce comité, il me semble prématuréde dire que le corps étudiant asérieusement abordé la question. Leterrain parcouru sur cette question estnul. À titre indicatif du progrès à faire,je serais emballé si le processusaboutissait au moins à un sondage(sous forme de question à l’AGM ou dequestion référendaire) présentant unequestion de base du genre « Voulez-vous que l’AED fasse de la recherche surla question LL.B.-J.D. ?».

Ce sont les étudiants qui doivent dé-cider. La question ne leur a même pasencore été posée formellement. À monavis, il faut que les paramètres du débatsoient fixés, ce qui revient à formulerune question, avant que le débat nepuisse être cohérent. Il importe dedéterminer, par exemple, si la questionfinale suggèrera de donner un J.D. àtous ou de donner le choix à l’étudiant?Est-ce que la question demandera sim-plement si l’AED doit continuer sarecherche par rapport à un change-ment? On ne peut présumer des résul-tats que présentera le comité. S’il nousrecommande « ne pas poser une ques-tion », ce sera la fin du débat et je l’ac-cepterai. S’il nous dit de poser une

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question simple à savoir si les gens veu-lent que l’AED aborde la question etque le résultat est négatif, je l’ac-cepterai aussi. La volonté démocra-tique sera respectée.

I entitled this “Désaccord fait la force”because I’m happy that Vincent tookthe time to reply to me in the Quid. Itreminds me that not everyone is apa-thetic on LSA issues. Frankly, I think ourdivergence on the issue reflects whatactually exists in the Faculty. I know I’mnot the only one in favour of a J.D. andI know Vincent is not alone in wantingto preserve the LL.B. Our disagreementshows (hopefully) there is some inter-est in the topic. Certainly, if Vincentthought ça ne vaut pas la peine of a re-sponse because the issue was that tri-fling, he would not have written.

What none of us knows for certain ishow the student body as a whole feelsand I don’t think there’s any way toknow unless this question goes to stu-dents in some form or another or un-less students start to speak up. I’mhappy Vincent spoke up in this forum –and I wish more students would assertthemselves (no, this is not a call forQuid submissions – just a reminder tolet your LSA rep know what he or she

can do for you and recall the LSA Con-stitution allows for SGMs if the Presi-dent, two VPs, or 10% of studentsdesire if there’s a burning issue orquestion).

The J.D.-LL.B. Committee (which is nowset) will make a recommendation toCouncil about whether a questionshould be posed and, if one should beposed, what it should address. Councildebates how and when to pose anyquestion, as well as its final wording.Hopefully this can all be done beforethe end of this semester. This may bepushing it, in which case the matter willbe passed on to another year to dealwith it, again.

Once there’s a question, students needto be informed about what the ques-tion means and have enough back-ground information to make aninformed choice, and this is also part ofthe committee’s work (its report willdiscuss in part what has happened atother faculties). I believe (if Council de-cides so) the report will be on our web-site, and I imagine it will serve as thebasis for a Quid article or two.

In sum, in three years, for all the chat-ter about a J.D., we have yet to be

asked as students formally what wewant. The LSA has no position on thisissue. I think it’s time to change that,and I hope the committee report findsthis as well. We haven’t been asked be-cause we are the ones who need to askourselves the question (whatever ques-tion it may end up being) and wehaven’t yet made that happen. Ulti-mately, I think this a must.

I realize the resolution of this matterwill have no impact on me – I’m gradu-ating this semester with the LL.B.; I’mfully aware of this. I just think it’s ashame if we keep punting the issue offto future years, or waiting until the Fac-ulty foists a decision upon us, perhapsa decision that we would not havemade ourselves.

A student told me recently to ‘Keep upthe J.D. fight’. It’s a little tough to do sowhen you know neither what you’re upagainst nor how many people are onyour side. But as an LSA Council mem-ber – speaking for myself and no otherCouncil member or the Council as awhole – I would just like to suggest thatif you ever think the LSA isn’t listeningto you, it may be because your silenceis deafening.

Try filling out this sudoku! Each line,column and 3x3 square has to containevery number from 1 to 9.


The John P. Humphrey Lecture in Human Rights presents

Stephen Kakfwi A Dene Perspective in Canada: its Laws and its

Institutions

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Moot Court, Faculty of Law

3660 Peel St., McGill University

Stephen Kakfwi, former Northwest Territories Premier and Dene Nation President, has been at the forefront of the development of political, democratic, environmental, economic, cultural and geo-political transformation that

inal residents, has undergone in the past quarter century. Mr. Kakfwi played an instrumental role in the settlement of regional Aboriginal Land claims, and in the promotion of Aboriginal peoples as key players in the NWT economy. He ensured that a zero tolerance approach was taken on violence, particularly as it relates to women, children and elders.

Over sixteen years in Cabinet, a record in NWT history, he served as minister of Education, Housing, Justice, Personnel,

Safety and Public Services, Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development, Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and as the first Premier of the new NWT after division and the creation of Nunavut. During his term, he developed and implemented an NWT Protected Areas Strategy and a Mackenzie Valley Five Year Action Plan and actively participated in the formal establishment of Nunavut on April 1, 1999.

For more information: [email protected]

The McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal pluralism ispleased to invite you to the 2011 John P. Humphrey lecture in

Human Rights.

Stephen Kakfwi, former Northwest Territories Premier and DeneNation President, will offer a Dene perspective on Canada’s laws

and institutions, on Tuesday January 11th 2011.

The lecture will take place at McGill University Faculty of Law,3660 Peel Street, Montreal, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in the Moot

Court.We look forward to seeing you at what is likely to be an extraor-

dinary event.CHRLP

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The Dean will meet all interested students at a Town Hall to be heldWednesday, January 12, from 12h30 to 13h30, in the Moot Court. Le for-mat de la rencontre est ouvert: tous les étudiants et étudiantes sont invitésà venir discuter avec le doyen des questions qui les préoccupent, des succèsde la Faculté, et des aspects qui méritent une attention renouvelée. DeanJutras will not make a formal presentation, and welcomes questions anddiscussions on all aspects of Faculty life. Everyone is welcome.

Well folks, this is an exciting semesterfor the Graduation Committee (com-prised of your third- and fourth-yearClass Presidents: Charlie, Viviane, Firas,and Tim!). While you'll see more infor-mation soon enough on exciting thingslike the class gift, here's our guide forfiguring out when you do grad photosand whether this is your Grad Ball.

Please note that the Grad Ball we'll bereferring to is the one being plannedfor March 2011 (details to come!!).

NOT GRADUATING AT ANY POINT IN2011 OR 2012? No need to keep read-ing! :-D

GRADUATING THIS MAY? This is yourGrad Ball, and you should have takenyour photos last semester, unless youwere on exchange.

If you were on exchange and didn't takephotos before you left, you have untilJANUARY 15th to have your picturestaken. Veuillez appeler HF Photo au514-499-9999 pour prendre rendez-vous avec eux. Le coût est de 55$ (taxesincluses). This price includes both thesitting fee and the composite fee forthe Mosaic. HF Photo est situé au 2015rue Drummond, Suite 600 (à côté durestaurant MBurger).

GRADUATING IN DECEMBER 2011 ANDNOT PLANNING AN EXCHANGE FORNEXT FALL? This IS your Grad Ball, butyou can wait until next fall to have yourphotos taken. You'll be included in thephoto mosaic of the 2012 May gradu-ates but there's no need to delay thecelebrations until 2012. The 2011 GradBall wouldn't be the same without you!

GRADUATING IN DECEMBER 2011 BUTPLANNING AN EXCHANGE FOR NEXTFALL? This is your Grad Ball! While

there is no set deadline yet, be sure toget your photo taken before you leaveon exchange!!

GRADUATING IN MAY 2012? Thoughyou might be in a more celebratorymood when the 2012 Grad Ball rollsaround, you are still more than wel-come to join us for the 2011 edition! Asfor pictures, you'll have them takennext fall or winter. Don't forget to keeppotential exchange plans in mind.

WANT TO HELP PLAN THE GRAD BALL?Great, we'd love to have you on board.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?IDEAS FOR THE CLASS GIFT? Just let usknow!

Merci bien,Comité de Graduation

CABINET DUDOYEN DEAN’S TOWN HALL

When is my Grad Ball? Quand devrais-je faireprendre mes photos?

GRADUATIONCOMMITTEE


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ERDALGOK

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Welcome back, everybody! You’reback, and so is Droit a l’image – andit looks like there’s a person who willbe taking it over from me next year!YAY!!!!! In the meantime, submityour student or professorial over-heards to [email protected] HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER!!!

Recall: If the quote is from a Prof,please don’t redact his or her name– these are fun to print! Conversely,all things said by students areanonymous and to be indicated byyear only (or, if you don’t know, gowith ‘?L’). And Profs, if you don’twant to be in here, just let meknow!

Also, a huge THANK YOU to all of myspies – I couldn’t do it without y’all!

AWARD FOR MOST QUOTABLEPROF (FALL 2010): PROF. MOYSE!Runner-Up: Me. Mitchell

… Disons … (Overheard @ the fac)(Note: most of these are from theend of last semester – but weren’treceived in time to go in the lastQuid of 2010).

Prof. [Redacted]: I know that is nota persuasive answer. Perhaps that'swhy so many lawyers are alcoholics.

Prof. [Redacted]: The advantages ofteaching is that I don't have clients.Of course I have students. But I

rarely want to fire my students.

2L [To Professor, in class]: But youget paid for your pain. We have topay you to inflict pain on us.Prof. [Redacted]: I feel very littlesympathy for your [academic-re-lated] pain. Tuition in the US for toplaw schools is about $40,000 a year.You guys are paying $3,000. Profes-sorial salaries at McGill are abouthalf the level of the US. So your$37,000 subsidy is being paid by us,the professors. We're getting paid toinflict pain on you, but we're notgetting paid enough.

Prof. Gold: Don't get your law wrong[on exams]. Also, don't waste mytime with irrelevant stuff.

Prof. Fox-Decent: Participation maynot be fun for you – but it’s very funfor me!

Prof. [Redacted]: The exam questionformat will depend on my wife'sopinion of whether my current ideais crazy or not.L2: What's your wife's name anddoes she like jewelry?Prof. [Redacted]: She doesn't mark.But she does like jewelry. Really ex-pensive jewelry, sadly. But she does-n't mark. She has a lot of controlover my life, but for some bizarrereason she doesn't want to takeover my marking.

Prof. Fox-Decent: If you aren’t in theright class, feel free to get up – don’tbe embarrassed. I don’t want you tosit through something that’s not di-rectly related to your immediate in-terests.

Prof. Rabinovitch: Just remember,for the exam, there’s no right an-swer… per se

3L: Did the authors of the new CiteGuide just not have a period key ontheir computer?

1L: I want to get a dog and namehim Azi-mutt. Maybe HE will be ableto find something for me, like myslippers or a cigar.

3L (Francophone): Worst course se-lection in YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!3L (Anglophone): Je m’en caulissedes cours.

2L: Great. All my classes on the firstday were canceled. WHY DID I EVENBOTHER SHOWING UP?

3L: You know what I miss most?Matteo’s - I didn’t appreciate itwhen it was here, and now it’s goneforever and the new caf sucks!!!First they came for the caf, and I did-n’t speak up...

2L: Apparently ‘3rd and 5th for LawStudents only’ is a hard concept.

CHARLIEFELDMAN

I n - H o u s e D i v a

DROIT À L’IMAGE


Actus reus preparing for the spring play: Seven Stories. Tickets are on sale this week - $8 in advance, $10 at thedoor. The play will be presented on January 19, 20, and 21 in the Moot Court.

Were some profs skippingclass? It seems a fairnumber were playing firstday hookey!

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Le Quid n’a pas réalisé jusqu’à quelpoint les gens parlent au téléphonedans la toilette de Nahum-Gelber.

Dear atrium printer, thank you for being there. Sorrywe abuse you so much. You and your friend in the Li-brary are very good to us....


The Quid’s new hobby: Counting

the number of people on face-

book during class - is it bad form

to add your prof as a friend during

his or her lecture?

Credit where credit is due: good job,

folks on the Airplane! quote board.

Leslie Nielsen, RIP.

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You may not have missed school - but school missed you!!!! Did you ever stopped to think

about how lonely the Moot Court feels on Christmas morning?!?

Why so many pictures this edition? Well, some of y’all were

hating on my lack of them last semester... but, more impor-

tantly, we just needed to fill up space in order to go to

press...


CAPRICORN

(DECEMBER 22 TO

JANUARY 19)

You are like a crisp

January day: harsh, but

good for those around

you.

AQUARIUS (JANU-

ARY 20 TO FEBRU-

ARY 18)

Next month you will fall

in love with a mysteri-

ous stranger.

PISCES (FEBRUARY

19 TO MARCH 20)

Look straight ahead

and fortune will smile

upon you.

ARIES (MARCH 21 TO

APRIL 19)

You will destroy every-

thing that stands in the

way of your greatness.

TAURUS (APRIL 20

TO MAY 20)

Tread carefullybut

steadily towards your

goals.

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO

JUNE 20)

Your dark temptations

are strong this week.

Do not easily be

swayed.

CANCER (JUNE 21

TO JULY 22)

Shine with your inner

warmth: things seem

grim, but spring is just

around the corner.

LEO (JULY 23 TO AU-

GUST 22)

This new year is the

perfect time for you to

get a head start on life.

VIRGO (AUGUST 23

TO SEPTEMBER 22)

Your selflessness

makes you vulnerable

in these winter months.

Protect yourself and it

will help others.

LIBRA (SEPTEMBER

23 TO OCTOBER 22)

Be not as driven by

your own ambitions.

You have a talent for

getting people together.

SCORPIO (OCTOBER

23 TO NOVEMBER

21)

Things may seem a bit

crazy, but if you stay

the course you will

come out stronger.

SAGITTARIUS

(NOVEMBER 22 TO

DECEMBER 21)

A misunderstanding will

lead to a fortunate

situation.

It’s coming ... the

QUID READERSHIP

SURVEY!!!!

If you want to check the Faculty pulse on an issue, let us know - we’re drafting

questions now. From whether you think your locker is big enough to course se-

lection to food services, we want to know what you think on a range of faculty-

related topics. What’s your favorite method of evaluation? Do you actually do

your readings? Is a 100% final ever an accurate measure of ... anything?

If you have suggestions, e-mail [email protected]!

Le Quid Novi tiendra des entrevues pour

les postes de co-éditeurs-en-chef

Are you interested in leading the next Quid dynasty? Si

votre réponse est oui, n’oubliez pas de soumettre une

application incluant les documents ici-dessous. Applica-

tions can be sent to [email protected] by Friday, Jan-

uary 14, 2011 at 5 p.m.:

1) Curriculum Vitae

2) Letter of intent explaining why you want the posi-

tion of Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Quid Novi and what ex-

perience (if any) you have with publishing.

Please take note that the Quid Novi Executive is ac-

tively seeking a pair of Co-Editors who, together, are

capable of both writing and editing the newspaper in

French and English. It should also be noted that prior

experience with publishing or the Quid itself is not nec-

essary (both, however, are obviously assets).

Bonne chance!

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Stikeman Elliottinvites McGill law students to our open house event...

OPENdoors

Tuesday, January 11, 20114:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Stikeman Elliott1155 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, 40th floorMontréal, QC

Tour...

Learn...

Meet...

If you would like toattend, please emailJosée Beauclair, ourStudent ProgramsCoordinator, [email protected] include your nameand e-mail address.

Visit our newly renovated office facilities, including our state-of-the-artLawyer’s Lounge.

Attend a great presentation by the unique Erik Richer LaFlèche and get an insider’s view on Project Financing.

Find out more about our exciting and cutting edge business law practice and the kinds of matters you would be involved in as a student and a stagiaire at Stikeman Elliott.

Find our about the robust training program that is designed to help you succeed, including our extensive support resources and mentoring programming.

Mingle with a cross section of our lawyers, students and stagiaires from our different groups of practice during a casual cocktail.

Meet our lawyers, students and stagiaires in their offices and see first hand what makes our culture and environment so special.

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