Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune For the seventh consecutive season, the McGill Martlets are the RSEQ women’s ice hockey champions. The title came at the expense of the University of Montreal Carabins, as McGill swept the two-game series by scores of 5-1 and 4-0, respectively. Though the scores seem to[Read More…]
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And that’s how the cookie crumbled
Vermont’s gift to the world is undoubtedly their renowned Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. With a diverse line-up ranging from “Caramel Hat Trick” (a Canadian favourite) to “Chunky Monkey,” Ben & Jerry’s isn’t shy about experimenting with new and exciting combinations. Recently, their franchise near Harvard churned out a limited-edition[Read More…]
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McGill inaugurates new Desautels trading room
Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune On March 1, McGill University held the inauguration ceremony for the Alphonse-Desjardins trading room on the second floor of the Bronfman Building. The event drew McGill students, McGill alumni who work for Desjardins, senior McGill administrators, and Desjardins employees who were either directly involved with[Read More…]
McGill swimmers capture three bronzes at nationals
Adam Scotti / Flickr As this year’s CIS swimming championships drew to a close on Saturday, it was clear that the University of British Columbia’s Thunderbirds had dominated. The three-day swim meet at the University of Montreal CEPSUM pool saw the T-Birds win both men’s and women’s banners as[Read More…]
DJ ascends to the throne of popular music
Dove Shore Electronic music has always maintained a modest yet comfortable position in mainstream music’s landscape, but the recent explosion of electronic’s various subgenres—particularly house, dubstep, and breakbeat—has turned what was once a novelty into music that is now viewed, alongside pop, as pure social necessity. To what (or whom)[Read More…]
Tackling the health issues of the developing world
Written in an extraordinarily accessible and infectiously optimistic style, The Grandest Challenge: Taking Lifesaving Science from Lab to Village argues for the advancement of biotechnology, specifically genetic engineering, in order to solve the plethora of health issues that plague the developing world. Echoing the sentiments of recent years, Dr. Peter[Read More…]
Girls’ Generation: The Boys
The first North American album release by Korean dance-pop group Girls’ Generation (or SNSD), The Boys caps off SNSD’s five-year rise to stardom since their Korean debut in 2007, landing them a label spot with Universal—home to Lady Gaga and Eminem. The titular track is the album’s flagship, and the[Read More…]
How to study smart, not hard
It’s a busy, hectic time of year. Exams are breathing down your neck, and papers and reading are piling up impossibly in your planner and on the floor of your apartment. During this last push, it’s critical to make sure your study environment and habits are helping you instead of[Read More…]
Monkeys threaten crop production in Barbados
(inspiritmagazine.net)(travelpod.com)(Noah Caldwell-Rafferty / McGill Tribune) (inspiritmagazine.net)(travelpod.com)(Noah Caldwell-Rafferty / McGill Tribune) Every two years McGill’s department of geography sends a group of McGill students on an environmental field study in Barbados. Led by Professor Thom Meredith this year, 14 students touched down on Feb. 18 to spend reading week studying in[Read More…]