Images from Images from With the hockey season well under way, fantasy team managers are all looking for those hidden gems that will provide the extra punch they need for the upcoming fantasy playoffs. In this first installment of From Fantasy to Reality, I will identify an undervalued player from[Read More…]
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How to get experience when you have no experience
As graduation looms, I seem to have had thousands of conversations recently about what to do after university. What I’ve found is that there emerges one snarling, pesky paradox: you must have experience to get experience. This poses an obvious problem for even the most investigative of job-seekers, a problem[Read More…]
Inter-campus shuttles now web-enabled
Sofia Markusfeld / McGill Tribune This semester, the 30-minute commute between McGill’s downtown and Macdonald campuses will become just a bit more productive, as the buses now offer wireless Internet service. McGill announced on Jan. 9 that students and staff with McGill usernames and passwords can use the Wi-Fi free[Read More…]
Redmen prevail in tenth consecutive Carnival game
Anna Katycheva / McGill Tribune Winners of nine straight Winter Carnival games, the McGill Redmen hockey team managed to extend that impressive streak last Friday night as the boys came through with a spirited 1-0 shootout win over the Carleton Ravens in front of their raucous McGill fans. Hubert Morin[Read More…]
The demon barber gets a haircut
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune There are stories that are fun, pleasing, and uplifting to the soul and spirit. Then there are others that are dark, brutal, and challenging to watch unfold. And then there’s Sweeney Todd. One of Stephen Sondheim’s best known works, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of[Read More…]
Senate talks Nov. 10 report
Members of the university senate gathered last Wednesday in order to discuss the investigation and recommendations regarding the events of Nov. 10. The investigation was conducted by Dean of Law Daniel Jutras, and was released Dec. 15. In her opening remarks, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum stated that she accepts all six[Read More…]
There and back again
Vanessa Heins “Death country” might seem like an awkward pairing of words, but once you’ve heard the music of Elliott BROOD, you’ll understand how perfectly this self-labeled genre can work. Although the label is descriptive of their older work, the band’s newest album, Days Into Years, strays from this categorization.[Read More…]
Wait, what? Martlets winning streak in RSEQ snapped
Duncan Hood / McGill Tribune Fans at McConnell Arena were treated to an unfortunate hiccup this past Sunday as the McGill women’s hockey team lost for the first time in RSEQ conference play since Oct. 29. The Carleton Ravens looked both physically and mentally sharper throughout the course of the[Read More…]
Common: The Dreamer/The Believer
Common’s The Dreamer/The Believer is not just an album, but also a statement to critics and fans alike in response to 2008’s disappointing and generally dismissed Universal Mind Control. This time around, Common is defiant and triumphant; his sound enhanced by longtime friend and producer No I.D., who produced the[Read More…]
Laughter is the best medicine
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune My mother, like many, used to stress the importance of good manners. But what happens when yours has none to spare? Well, something like Hay Fever, apparently. Set in the bohemian period of the roaring twenties, the play follows the eccentricities of the Bliss family[Read More…]