A symbol for the supporters: why you should wear a green circle if you support the tuition hike The tuition hike is a polarizing subject. On one side, you have those who accept it, believing it will help maintain the quality of education and that the degree they are[Read More…]
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Misery loves company
Karla Stasiak For the single and broken-hearted, the days prior to Valentine’s Day are filled with annoyance, bitterness, and a dash of jealousy. While single students rebuff all things red and heart-shaped, making plans to burn their ex-lovers’ things, the couples of the world smile, frolic, and get to[Read More…]
Woody Harrelson rampages in Rampart
collider.com In his second directorial feature, Oren Moverman firmly eschews the rules of hard-boiled cop cinema. Instead, he offers a surprisingly human story of a man born 30 years too late—Rampart is what Dirty Harry may have been if Eastwood’s Harry Callahan, .44 Magnum, and trademark of the “Do[Read More…]
The new pipeline offers little but a sticky situation
McGill Tribune Why should we, as global citizens, be concerned about a new $5.5-billion pipeline flowing from the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta to Kitimat, a coastal port in north-western British Columbia? First, we are consumers of oil. Second, we need to move from fossil fuels to clean[Read More…]
Three breakfast venues to keep your bellies full
annaisafoodie.blogspot.com In Montreal, we are spoiled with an eclectic mix of quality eateries. Considering the fact that the island of Montreal has slightly over 5,000 restaurants, combined with the shameful truth that, if my student budget allowed, I would gladly eat out for every meal, I have done my[Read More…]
Observations of a new England patriot
The ref made two diagonal motions towards the turf, raised his hands in a point above his head, and with that the crowd was lost. Or maybe they were just falling asleep. Such was my experience on Super Bowl (mostly) Monday at an Australian pub … in England. Although[Read More…]
Martlets brush with elimination but win thrilling upset
Sam Reynolds This weekend’s faceoff agains Laval’s Rouge et Or in the RSEQ semi-finals was undoubtedly the greatest challenge the Martlet volleyball team faced this season. Coming off a 5-10 season and sporting a minus 11 set differential, the team barely edged out a weak Sherbrooke team to qualify[Read More…]
Phèdre: Phèdre
Though I was alone when I first watched the video for Phèdre’s “In Decay,” I still threw some nervous glances around. The scene was nothing less than Dionysian paradise: golden elixir pouring down naked bodies, followed shortly by sex-plumped lips, all within a panoply of thick verdant vegetation and[Read More…]
The power and perils of anonymous protest
Approximately 2,500 years ago in a democratic Athens, Socrates said, “Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their
Van Halen: A Different Kind of Truth
Supposedly created from Eddie Van Halen’s scrapped guitar riffs and discarded studio tapes, Van Halen’s A Different Kind of Truth marks the band’s first record in 14 years, and the first to feature original lead singer David Lee Roth in almost 30. The album faithfully reconstructs the band’s early[Read More…]