Follow that piper - Dean of Medicine Abe Fuks, Principal Bernard Shapiro, Montreal mayor Pierre Bourque and Chancellor Richard Pound were all on hand for an official ceremony marking the renaming of a portion of Drummond Street. The new moniker is Promenade Sir William Osler, in honour of one of McGill's most illustrious professors and one of the medical profession's most esteemed physicians. PHOTO: OWEN EGAN
Minister presents his views
BRONWYN CHESTER

Education minister François Legault's discussion paper on the future of Quebec's universities has been drawing compliments and criticisms from the university community.
More journals to go
DANIEL McCABE

McGill's cash-strapped library system has been forced to make major cuts to its budget for research journals. Professors are up in arms over the cuts as McGill's collection continues to dwindle compared to those of the country's other leading research universities.
A most stressful disorder
BRONWYN CHESTER

Medical anthropologist Allan Young is one of North America's top experts on post-traumatic stress disorder. He says questionable medical decisions and political lobbying of the worst kind form an integral part of PTSD's history.
Drunken monkeys hold a clue
TIM HORNYAK

Geneticist Roberta Palmour spends a good chunk of her time with boozed-up vervet monkeys. In observing the monkeys, Palmour hopes the process will help yield clues to the genetics of human alcoholism.
The countdown is on
DANIEL McCABE

Are you Y2K compliant? You're running out of time to find out. And if you're not, someone might be waiting to sue you for your negligence.
Machiavellian tennis
MARIA FRANCESCA LoDICO

Think success in sports is all about athletic ability, good training and close teamwork? Guess again. Skulduggery and superstition also play a role.
More in common than we think
SYLVAIN COMEAU

For two regions who just can't seem to understand one another, Quebec and the West have a lot in common.
Life between the borders
PATRICK McDONAGH

Caught between a doc and a hard place, post-doctoral fellows are neither students nor professors. They exist in a sort of academic limbo, but the contributions they make to their universities can't be downplayed.
Senate: Senators speak out on Tradition and Innovation
Letter
Kudos
At Issue: Selecting deans
On campus
News from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research


The unseasonably warm weather we enjoyed recently was motivation enough for many students to take to the fields with soccer balls, footballs and frisbees aplenty. Essays can always wait until the cold sets in. Unfortunately, according to weather forecasters, that will be soon. Look for a lot more students in the cozy confines of a library cubicle in the days to come.

PHOTO: OWEN EGAN