IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR!
MCSS MID-TERM EVALUATIONS ARE UPON US SO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Help your Profs become the Best they can Be!

When: November 9th - November 13th 2009

How to OPTIMIZE the POTENTIAL for SUCCESS:

• - Be specific
• - Provide practical suggestions/solutions
• -Realize that only positive feedback is likely to stimulate change/improvement

How to FAIL MISERABLY and WASTE TIME:

• -List ALL your prof's flaws & weaknesses
• -Tell them how little you think they are likely to be good profs
• -Don’t give them any useful suggestions
• -NOTE: By following the above items (and other similar ones), neither you nor your profs will benefit from the process

What TO DO:

1. Ask your profs to reserve 10-15min of class time for these evaluations
2. Select a Moderator and Secretary for each class
3. Discuss POSITIVE suggestions for your Profs and TAs to improve the course(see the MID TERM TIPS also attached to this MCSS listserv email)
4. Record the best ideas
5. Report to your Profs immediately after the class

It's important to get POSITIVE/CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions to your Professors and TAs to improve the course!

Thank you for your participation and good luck with your end of semester!!

Ariane Gauthier,
V.P. Academic
Macdonald Campus Students’ Society (MCSS)

Hey everybody!

There's something REALLY EXCITING coming up next week! Our first referendum of the year, and this time it's about something REALLY BIG.

As in,
A MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUSTAINABILITY BIG!!!

You have the opportunity to change the McGill culture around, and into a positive and greener future.

All it takes is 50 cents a credit per semester, to a maximum of 15 credits! This money will be collected by MCSS and given to McGill to hold in the Sustainability Fund. This fund will be accessible by Mac campus and all the other faculties in the school. We will make proposals for sustainability projects and receive funding based on the approval of a committee made of students (including a Mac student!), faculty, and the Sustainability Officer.

The sweetest part of the deal is that if Mac students wanted to raise this money just ourselves, we could only make about $20 000 a year. BUT since we're doing this with ALL of McGill, if all of us vote YES to this question, we're entitling ourselves to a fund which will be OVER $400 000!!!

On TOP of that, McGill has agreed to MATCH the funds raised, with an estimate of OVER $850 000 RAISED THE FIRST YEAR!

FANTASTIC! Check out:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167661394639&index=1

and

http://www.votesustainablemcgill.ca/

if you have more questions (but remember that those two pages are for downtown students).

How it works for Mac students is:
on Monday from 830-130 you have the chance to vote in advance in the MS lobby.
Then, on Tuesday, if you haven't voted yet you will receive an email with a link to an external survey with THIS ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION!
It will take you less than thirty seconds to click YES, and then YOU'RE DONE, and McGill is a BETTER PLACE! :)

So, when you receive that email in your inbox on Tuesday, make sure to vote YES!:)

Emily
VP Communciations

Mouthpiece - October 28

Here is this week's issue of the Mouthpiece!

Gotcha will be running it's course; the deadline has been lifted and it will come down to 'last man standing'.

It takes 10 years for Styrofoam to decompose!! Give us your opinion on biodegradable alternative cafeteria dishware.

Please complete this survey and drop it off at the MCSS counter in the Centennial Center.

And remember; the Halloween party is tonight! Pre-drinking in Ste Annes on Adams St and in EcoRez. Ballroom opens at 8pm for games. Tickets at the door are $7.

Mouthpiece - October 28, 2009 (PDF)

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Mouthpiece - October 20

Here is this week's issue of the Mouthpiece!

If you are still alive in the Gotcha game, remember that the last day is Thursday October 29th! The winner will be announced at the Halloween party, and the cash prizes will be given out.

It takes 10 years for Styrofoam to decompose!! Give us your opinion on biodegradable alternative cafeteria dishware.

Please complete this survey and drop it off at the MCSS counter in the Centennial Center.

Mouthpiece - October 20, 2009 (PDF)

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International Day for Climate Action

Saturday is the International Day for Climate Action. In this spirit, volunteers across Canada have been organizing an event called Fill The Hill. This event takes place all Saturday on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where youth will gather to demonstrate, perform, run workshops, and have a great time. This is in partnership with the Powershift conference occurring the same weekend. The overall theme is influencing our government officials to make binding agreements at the Copenhagen discussions in December!

In this spirit, we are organizing two events. This Friday October 23 at 11:25AM out front of the CC we are going to have a massive PHOTO SHOOT! We need as MANY people as possible to make sure our message has IMPACT:). We're using a Nikon D60 camera (pretty schnazz, eh?) to capture the spirit of our students with premade banners that will be promoting green jobs, taking climate action and reaching sustainable atmospheric CO2 levels.

These banners will then be taken to The Hill! On Saturday October 24 a bus will leave the CC at 9am and go directly to Parliament Hill to join the thousands of other students who will have already gathered. The bus will leave Ottawa at 9pm. You can have a place on this bus for only $5.00! Sign up at the MCSS counter starting this Tuesday.
If you can't make it to Ottawa that day, there are events going on downtown Montreal as well! Check out 350mtl.wordpress.com for more information.

For more info check out:

350.org
powershift.org
cday.atypical.ca
en.cop15.dk

Please spread the word!

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Dr. Wouter van Hoven and Vets in the Wild

On October 22, AESUS is honoured to present Dr. Wouter Van Hoven, who will be coming to Macdonald campus to give a talk about wildlife conservation and veterinary medicine in South Africa and the Vets in the Wild program. Dr. Van Hoven is the director of the Center for Wildlife Management at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, as well as the director of EcoLife Expeditions, an organization offering hands-on study abroad trips to Africa such as Vets in the Wild, Vet Nurses in the Wild, and Wildlife Management expeditions.

If you are interested in veterinary medicine, wildlife conservation, or environmental studies, you definitely do not want to miss this presentation by a recognized leader in the field of wildlife management throughout Africa. Among other things, Dr. Van Hoven has studied the management of wild elephant populations, the economics of wildlife ranching, the management of wildlife diseases, and spearheadedOperation Noah's Ark, an organization which re-establishes populations of wild animals in areas which have been devastated by war, drought, or poachers.

This three-hour presentation will take place on Thursday October 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Raymond 2-045. As there is a limited number of seats, please contact AESUS at aesusatmac@gmail.com to reserve your spot. Refreshments will be served!

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Mouthpiece - October 13

Here is this week's issue of the Mouthpiece!

Gotcha! play has commenced - the rules and game play are outlined in this document.

REMEMBER

You and your target must be alone in order to qualify for a successful kill. If there are witnesses, the kill does not count and your target has another chance of life!

When you are killed you must hand over your target. You must keep all of the target sheets you collect!

Prizes are given to the last assassin standing, and the person with the most targets collected!

Good luck!!

Mouthpiece - October 13, 2009 (PDF)

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