Sam Reynolds The Martlets came back down to earth this past Friday night. Two weeks removed from a bronze medal finish at the Martlet Invitational where they ended Montreal’s 23-game winning streak, McGill suffered a crushing 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-15) defeat against the Carabins in their regular season opener. Head[Read More…]
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Referendum period opens with ballot on CKUT and QPIRG
The fall referendum campaign period opens this week, and features two questions on whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT’s student fees should cease to be opt-outable via the Minerva online system and instead be refundable directly though each organization. Students will be able to vote on the questions from Nov 4-10.[Read More…]
McGill doctors honoured
Last week, two McGill alumni were announced to be among the 2012 class of inductees to the prestigious Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame comprises 88 laureates and recognizes inspirational figures who have made remarkable and innovative contributions to the field of medicine. Dr. F.[Read More…]
Halloween for Hunger
Ryan Reisert In the last week, over 100 young people participated in a Free the Children campaign called Halloween for Hunger organized by the Montreal Mobilizers (MOB) and the McGill Free the Children group. With the goal of collecting canned goods instead of candy for local homeless shelters, Mobilizers, McGillians,[Read More…]
A foodie’s paradise found across the world in Singapore
Just two degrees north of the equator is a small island in South East Asia that is home to more than five million people and an infamous law forbidding chewing gum—Singapore is an unheralded paradise for foodies. I have traveled quite a lot in my life I’ve had some of[Read More…]
Cyber-bullying a growing concern in Canadian schools
Alissa Fingold The issue of cyber-bullying has increasingly become the subject of media attention, particularly after the recent suicide of 15-year-old Jamie Hubley. Hubley’s parents attribute his death to cyber-bullying targeting his sexual orientation. On Oct. 21, the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association released a study that revealed that almost 70[Read More…]
Students exonerated for protest
McGill students Joel Pedneault and Micha Stettin were exonerated Friday on charges of disrupting university activities due to their involvement in a demonstration in support of MUNACA on Oct. 11. Pedneault, VP External of SSMU, and Stettin, Arts Representative to SSMU, were originally accused of violating two sections of the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor
I read with interest your editorial regarding union tactics, and I must say I am surprised you got the position you are in. Did you check your facts? Are you just repeating ad naseum what you have been told by the administration? Has McGill provided you with proof that these[Read More…]
One McGill graduate’s fruitful job hunt
Last week, my one-time co-editor at the Tribune, and now full-time friend in real life, wrote about his post-McGill life and argued that McGill really is an amazing place. Something he mentioned, and I’ve been thinking about for the past five months, is that you don’t realize how great it[Read More…]
McGill Medicine once again number one in Canada
McGill’s medical school was once again ranked as the best in Canada. The rankings, compiled by Maclean’s magazine, were published on Oct. 27. This marks the 21st year that Maclean’s has published medical school rankings for Canada. “We are gratified by this recognition,” McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum said in a[Read More…]