McGill Electric Snowmobile Team In the age of electric cars, there is less focus on regulating emissions from other vehicles. From Sea-Doos to Ski-Doos, the small vehicle market is largely immune to the hybrid revolution. The McGill Electric Snowmobile team, a group of 12 undergraduate engineering students, is looking to[Read More…]
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Being Elmo pulls on heartstrings
Many of us would define success by how recognizable our face is. Imagine how puppeteers must feel, since their main responsibility is to stay entirely out of their audience’s eyesight. Kevin Clash, the innovator behind the world’s most popular puppet—Elmo—doesn’t seem to mind. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey documents Clash’s[Read More…]
Fall Sports Report Card
A-: Redmen Lacrosse The McGill Redmen lacrosse team had high expectations for this season, considering that they managed to recruit freshman Alex Rohrbach and faceoff wizard J.J. Miller, to strengthen an already good core. The team didn’t disappoint, as they went on to finish the season with a 9-0-1 record while[Read More…]
A semester without MUNACA
Marri Knadle / McGill Tribune When the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) began striking on Sept. 1, many members of the community were unsure of how the strike would affect them. Almost three months later, after numerous staff shortages and contingency plans, community members have felt the effects of[Read More…]
Can you write 50,000 words in 30 days?
This month, men have been wearing their charitable aspirations on their upper lips, sporting Movember ‘staches of all sizes and descriptions. Meanwhile, across the globe, a vast cohort of people have been letting their imaginations, rather then their facial hair, run wild. Less visible than sporting a ‘stache, but no[Read More…]
Common ground comedy
Do you ever feel left out during the holiday season because you don’t celebrate Christmas? Why not cure this alienation with comedy? This was precisely the thought that sparked Kosher Jokes for the Halaladays, a comedy show intended as a Christmas present, if you will, for Jews and Muslims. Featuring[Read More…]
Why I love Tim Tebow
Ezra Shaw / Getty Images My love for Tim Tebow doesn’t make any sense. I don’t usually care for players whose success is credited to intangible skills; things like grit, toughness, or ability in the clutch. If a player is great, numbers should be able to prove it. I believe[Read More…]
The Tribune holiday wishlist
Everyone on campus is too busy these days to make holiday wishlists. The Tribune wants to make your exam and shopping season a little easier, so we’ve written your wishlist for you and suggested some ideas for other characters on campus. *The McGill football team wants a win in the[Read More…]
Holiday Movie Preview
Usually the movies that come out during the holiday season fall into one of two categories: Big budget blockbuster flicks sure to draw in restless crowds emancipated from work and school, or last minute Oscar bids hoping to become critical darlings. Either way, December is a good month for movies.[Read More…]
For a ruthless criticism of everything existing
I started writing Pinata Diplomacy three and a half years ago in the McGill Daily. I had included in my columnist application a few clips from high school, where I used my position as opinion editor of the student paper to complain about the many hypocrisies of my suburban New[Read More…]