To the AUS Executive Committee: We would like to congratulate you on an extremely well-attended General Assembly last night. We would also like to express our extreme disappointment and frustration concerning the poor communication, organization, and attitude which shaped your response to the unexpected numbers and thus took[Read More…]
Author: Admin
EUS President Josh Redel wins SSMU presidency by 23 votes
The position of president of the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) was decided by just 23 votes in the winter referendum, announced on March 14 in Gerts. With 40.9 per cent of the vote, Engineering Undergraduate Society President Josh Redel defeated Shyam Patel, current SSMU VP Finance and Operations,[Read More…]
Motion to strike defeated at AUS GA
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Arts undergraduates voted against entering an unlimited student strike at a special General Assembly (GA) held on Tuesday, March 13. The motion, which was defeated by a vote of 609 to 495 and included 16 abstentions, would have allowed the[Read More…]
Is art moral?
Though crooked celebrities are in no short supply, controversy shook the Grammys last month when Chris Brown won Best R&B Album for his latest release, F.A.M.E. He may be a good R&B artist, but many were outraged—how could the music industry endorse someone who physically abused his girlfriend (in his[Read More…]
Endorsement: Allison Cooper
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…]
Big K.R.I.T.: 4Eva N A Day
Big K.R.I.T. is a rapper with very few vices. Sure, his carefree attitude and occasional codeine references are consistent with most up-and-coming MCs, but besides these infrequent mentions, he’s the closest thing to what hip-hop fans could call straight-edge. While the rest of southern rap remains fascinated by drug-themed lyrics,[Read More…]
Haley Dinel
Irish lace cookie recipe
For many McGill students, St. Patrick’s day means green beer and an excuse for a little Irish mischief. It’s the one day a year that everybody and their dog claims ancestry from the Emerald Isle, because being Irish means one heck of a good time come March 17. But think[Read More…]
Montreal students launch UniYu
A group of Montreal students have launched a new university-centric website which encourages students to share advice on professors, classes, and student groups. The site, called UniYu, launched a beta version last week. Unlike existing online resources, which often only focus either on note-sharing or course advice, UniYu hopes to[Read More…]