January doldrums got you down? Take a look some of the Tribune A&E contributors’ favorite winter pick-me-ups. Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay: “212” Off-kilter delivery and confident lyrics make Azealia Banks rap’s most exciting star to watch this year. Take a seat, Nicki Minaj. Split Enz: “I See Red” Because[Read More…]
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Freud and Jung: a meeting of the minds
screeninvasion.com Whether you’ve taken PSYC100 or not, you have heard of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Modern psychology has grown into such a broad field that it’s easy to overlook how it all started: with verbalized thought and a couch. Director David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method is the epic[Read More…]
SSMU launches new Marketplace website
To coincide with the opening of a new year and school semester, SSMU has launched the SSMU Marketplace—an online resource designed to provide students with a new venue for the transaction of goods and services, including textbooks, furniture, tutoring services, and housing. SSMU VP Finance and Operations Shyam Patel was[Read More…]
The Tribune’s 2012 Sports Predictions
1. Tim Tebow loses his starting job in training camp when the league refuses to schedule every single one of the Broncos’ games on Sunday, the only day the Lord has time to help Tebow out. 2. The Toronto Maple Leafs eke out a playoff spot for the first time[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler
FOOTBALL — It’s America’s favourite time of year. The NFL Playoffs started with wild-card matchups last weekend. The only standout game was Denver vs. Pittsburgh, or Tebow vs. Pittsburgh. Divine intervention? Maybe, but Broncos quarterback and cultural icon Tim Tebow played his best game as a pro, as Denver took[Read More…]
Cunnyworth-less to Francophones
I once lived in a city where French and English people poked fun at each other regularly, with an exception occurring during a Habs game, where these two cultural groups were able to put their differences aside for 60 minutes of hockey. The Montreal Canadiens used to make the city[Read More…]
Jutras report must be the start, not the end
It would be all too easy to ignore the events of Nov. 10 at the start of a new semester. Dean Jutras’ report on the events of Nov. 10 was released to the general public on Dec. 15, just in time for most students to want to forget about the[Read More…]
From Montreal to Washington Washington: A McGill grad runs for Congress
Since Ilya Sheyman graduated from McGill in 2006, he’s returned to his home state to run for Congress as a Democrat in Illinois’s 10th district. The district, which encompasses the northern suburbs of Chicago, elected Republican Robert Dold in 2010. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, the 25-year-old Sheyman[Read More…]
Admin invalidates fall referendum results
Campus organizations QPIRG McGill and CKUT Radio face an uncertain future following the McGill administration’s announcement that it will not accept the results of the fall referendum. Last November, the fall referendum featured two questions on whether QPIRG and CKUT should exist and if their student fees should cease to be opt-outable via the Minerva[Read More…]
Two straight in 2012
When a team starts meshing, results will follow. The McGill Martlets basketball team is putting truth behind this formula, as the women have won two straight RSEQ conference games to open the New Year. On Thursday night at Love Competition Hall, the Martlets downed the Bishop’s Gaiters by a score[Read More…]