On March 9, the SSMU hosted a strategic summit on the needs of international students in the SSMU Building. The event included a discussion of Juhi Sujan’s research on international student services at McGill, followed by a student-only discussion about the problems facing international students at McGill. Sujan, the president[Read More…]
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Rose Cousins: We Have Made a Spark
Part of what makes Rose Cousins’ music so touching is its deeply personal nature. While her slow and folky strumming might be a far cry from Adele’s upbeat pop ballads, the two songstresses’ music have one thing in common: raw emotion. Like Adele, Cousins grants her listeners an all-access pass[Read More…]
When normal experiences become pathological
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)—the primary reference tool for psychologists and psychiatrists—is undergoing a makeover. The DSM-5, set to be released in May 2013, may include a newer, more exclusive definition of autism, and the inclusion of the soon-to-be-defined absexuality and relational disorders. However, one of[Read More…]
The return of the Jets
Any self-respecting columnist writing on Canada cannot let this year saunter by without spending at least one—I pitched ten, but my editor emphasized one—column on the Winnipeg Jets. This story of prairie power should be trumpeted from the rooftops, but given the country’s current milieu of potential election fraud and[Read More…]
Bathroom break
After four long years of an abusive relationship with McGill campus public restrooms, it’s time for me to speak out about the frustration, the repulsion, and the anger they have caused me. Too many times have I entered the facilities on the ground floor of Redpath across from the fishbowl[Read More…]
Nature Medicine editor talks science journalism
Last Wednesday, Elie Dolgin (BSc ’03), the associate news editor at the prestigious journal Nature Medicine, returned to McGill to speak about science journalism and reflect on his time at McGill. “I did my undergrad in this very building. If you go upstairs, you’ll see one of the window boxes-I[Read More…]
Becoming fond of ski-du-fond
Strolling past the McGill gym window last week was a deeply unsettling experience. The sight of weightlifters was worrying enough, with each lifter solemnly hulking over vast weights, staring themselves down in the mirror for lengths of time that would have impressed Narcissus. But what really disturbed me was the[Read More…]
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Around the Water Cooler
In case you were too busy getting mentally prepared for the debauch of the year, here’s what you missed this past week in the world of sports … FOOTBALL — The football world was shaken twice over the last week as two major stories dominated NFL headlines. First, the New[Read More…]