Marie Leaf I almost feel disingenuous about my volunteer experience, as if my whole trip’s purpose was to answer the dreaded question: “So, how was your summer?” I keep my answer brief and superficial: “Great, yours?” A month hardly seems sufficient for what I had set out to do. I[Read More…]
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McGill banks on George for home opener victory
Ryan Reisert Ryan Reisert The tenth-ranked McGill Redmen registered their second regular season victory in a fan-filled Molson Stadium for their home opener last Friday evening. Fifth-year striker George Banks proved unstoppable, lighting up the scoreboard with three headers that found the back of the net. Head Coach David Simon[Read More…]
French to become a minority language in Montreal
A report published earlier this month by the Office Québécois de la Langue Française (OFQL) stated that in 20 years, French will be a minority language on the Island of Montreal. According to the report, only 47.4 per cent of those living in Montreal will speak French at home by[Read More…]
Engineers without borders
In 2000, two engineering undergraduates finished their studies and asked themselves “What do we do now?” But the most important question to them was, “how can we put ourselves to good use in order to serve society?” Out of these questions, and the burning desire to do something other than[Read More…]
McTavish under water
Sam Reynolds McGill students enjoying the warm weather early Thursday evening on McTavish Street found themselves along the banks of a gushing river. Around 5:30 p.m., a burst pipe at a pumping station on Dr. Penfield Ave. sent thousands of gallons of water flowing down McTavish Street. Water flooded a[Read More…]
Cheese for dummies
Sam Reynolds I know I’m not the only student who laments the price of cheese. How can such a comforting staple like a grilled cheese sandwich cost as much as a piece of chicken? The tiniest amount of cream cheese costs up to $5 and when you’re a student on[Read More…]
Don’t put this conscious comic in a corner
sophiek.com If comedians were meals, Hari Kondabolu would be the delicious, home-cooked variety. Other stand-up comics are frequently almost equally tasty, but often, I find myself enjoying a routine only to feel nauseous looking back at what I’ve tacitly endorsed with my laughter—exactly how I feel after eating McDonald’s. Following[Read More…]
The free tuition fantasy
What a way to start the year. The first sight that greeted many returning students was that of striking MUNACA workers picketing outside the major entrances to campus. The general strike means that many students are facing reduced services across the university. While the strike will hopefully have only temporary[Read More…]
Peace signs and stink bombs: Paul Watson and his war
artistsconfederacy.com As far as activism goes, Paul Watson could be considered an outlaw, especially after Greenpeace voted him off of their team in 1977. He has since been called the bad-boy of the Canadian environmental movement, a professional radical ecologist, and the ocean’s very own Rambo. Yet pacifists feel he[Read More…]
McGill safety event takes a bite out of crime
Holly Stewart Holly Stewart “It gives me great pleasure to welcome all you brains,” opened Wayne Wood, McGill’s Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety in the Frank Dawson Auditorium, at a screening of Zombieland on Monday that was originally intended to kick off Safety Week. Due to the MUNACA[Read More…]