Three McGill students won silver in the second Great Canadian Appathon earlier this month. Resistor5, a team of U4 engineering students, developed the second-best mobile video game in a 48-hour long competition that included over 400 students from across Canada. Mike Hoffman, Mike Darwish, and Stephane Beniak’s game, titled Ludicrous[Read More…]
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An open letter to Principal Munroe-Blum
Dear Principal Munroe-Blum, On behalf of more than 8,000 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, I would like to express the concerns that were raised since the beginning of the MUNACA strike on Sept. 1, 2011. It is certainly true that it is not “business as usual” at the university. Our[Read More…]
McGill’s Goodman Centre dances for cancer research
Earlier this year, researchers at McGill’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre were looking for funding. Getting creative, they combined a serious message with hip-hop music, dancing, and lip-syncing tenured faculty in a YouTube video titled “McGill Dances for Cancer
Grocery list essentials for your vegan baking endeavours
Marri Knadle / McGill Tribune Whether you’ve got environmentalism and animal ethics on the brain, or you’re contending with food allergies and a vegan relative or ten, there are lots of good reasons to make your baked goods vegan this season. Die-hard bakers of the chemist-gastronomist persuasion may be wary[Read More…]
BioConnect summit
McGill held its second annual interdisciplinary biotechnology symposium last Tuesday. The symposium, held at New Residence Hall, focused on bridging the gap between industry and academia. and included presentations by speakers from both fields, a student poster competition, and a networking session. The event was organized by the BioConnect 2011[Read More…]
SSMU Council discusses co-signing letter with MUNACA
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Councillor resignation The session began with an announcement that Fenimore Love, the representative to SSMU Council from the faculty of religious studies, was resigning from his position. He did so without any explanation; the council expects a replacement. Libraries Colleen Cook, Trenholme Dean of Libraries,[Read More…]
Redmen light up Golden Gaels in shutout win
Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune The McGill Redmen hockey team exploded out of the gate Saturday night, scoring four times in the first period, en route to a 6-0 victory over the Queen’s Golden Gaels. Thirteen different Redmen made the score sheet, most notably Maxime Langelier-Parent, Marc-André Dorion, and Francis[Read More…]
We, too, are McGill
McGill Tribune We are seven staff members who were working in the fifth floor offices of the James Administration Building on Thursday, Nov. 10 when 14 protesters broke in and forcibly occupied our workspaces. We would like to add our voices and experiences as staff members to the public record[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler
Ryan Reisert FOOTBALL — The playoffs have begun on the Canadian gridiron and the CFL will officially crown a new champion at the Grey Cup in Vancouver. In a David-meets-Goliath semi-final, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats slayed the two-time defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Allouettes in a back-and-forth 52-44 victory. In the[Read More…]
AUS GA endorses Nov. 10 national student strike
Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune Last Tuesday, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) held its first General Assembly in recent memory. In a crowded Shatner cafeteria, over 200 arts students gathered to debate and vote on motions, including two separate endorsements—one of QPRIG/CKUT and one of MUNACA—and a faculty-wide student strike[Read More…]