Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Pittsburgh Penguins: With Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh can beat anyone. Without him? Who knows. While Sidney Crosby’s health is vital, a good sign is that even without Crosby and Malkin for large chunks of last season and the playoffs, the Penguins finished fourth and pushed Tampa[Read More…]
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J. Cole: Cole World: The Sideline Story
Praise has been showered upon J. Cole, the youngest and most promising signee to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation record label, for exceptional lyrical skills that have drawn comparisons to rap legend Nas. As a debut, The Sideline Story seeks to tell the tale of how J. Cole, who grew up[Read More…]
Redmen roar back with five from Rohrbach
Sam Reynolds Sam Reynolds It was a rainy, cold Saturday evening at Molson Stadium when the Redmen registered their most resounding victory of the season, a 15-6 trampling of second- ranked University of Toronto. Fifteen goals is the second highest number of goals McGill (7-0) has scored in a[Read More…]
Developing story: Students and faculty rally in support of MUNACA
Several hundred McGill students and faculty met at the Y-intersection Wednesday, Sept. 29 for a rally in solidarity with MUNACA. This rally is a follow up to Monday’s, when members of the administration directly confronted students outside the James Administration Building. Wednesday’s protest began at 11:30 a.m. and was[Read More…]
The evolution of Chinatown
Noah Caldwell-Rafferty Ryan Reisert “Is it religious, what you’re doing?” I asked the young man who had just finished a stint of standing meditation in a plaza off of de la Gauchetière Street. His fellow practitioners milled about nearby, either preparing for another session or taking a well-deserved rest. [Read More…]
MUNACA: strike update, week three
Sam Reynolds Sam Reynolds McGill was granted an injunction by Quebec courts Friday to control protesting at campus entrances. Striking MUNACA workers are now forced to stay four metres away from the university gates. The number of protestors will also be capped within the four metre boundary. Additionally, noise makers,[Read More…]
tUnE-yArDs
tUnE-yArDs is a project orchestrated by Merrill Garbus, who respects musical conventions about as much as she respects typographic rules. The band played (in this writer’s opinion) the best show of POP Montreal on Friday night in the hottest and most humid venue of the whole festival. Despite the discomfort,[Read More…]
The big bad wolf
myabodeni.com Although fairy tales have given wolves a bad name, it may be unwarranted. Canada’s First Nations population has revered the wolf for thousands of years: Traditional Yukon First Nations’ social and political organization is based on two clans—the Crow and the Wolf. Contemporary culture is also steadily providing the[Read More…]
Japandroids
POP Montreal got off to a loud start Wednesday night with a sold-out set from Vacouver rockers Japandroids. With a new album to be released at the beginning of next year, the band took the opportunity to preview some new songs, promising to “get them out of the way first” [Read More…]
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