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McGill University's varsity teams are ditching a nearly century-old slogan following a student-led campaign decrying its discriminatory connotations. VanessaLeeCTV reports:

 

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VanessaLeeCTV I graduated from McGill in 1979 in the commerce program. Even back then we thought the name was dumb. Long overdue

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