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Engineers need English

The Faculty of Engineering will add a new course to its curriculum beginning in the 2012-13 academic year.  This addition will not affect any current students but will be grandfathered in. The change means that all Engineering students, beginning in September 2013, will be required to take an English course[Read More…]

National League Central

1st—Milwaukee Brewers: This could be the year where the Brewers become legitimate contenders. Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun will both be 27 this year, which is an age when players traditionally fulfill their potential. This means that the “Brew Crew” could have two MVP candidates on the same team. Milwaukee[Read More…]

Don’t fight racism with racism

I always thought there would be glory in being quoted by a major publication. But when an American Spectator blog reposted the opening paragraph of my article last week (“Anti-Semitism is real”) in their own coverage of McGill’s threatening tweets affair, I was disheartened—though not terribly surprised—to see that readers[Read More…]

National League East

1st—Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies are undoubtedly the class of the NL East after assembling one of the greatest pitching rotations in baseball history. It’s always risky to prematurely label something “great” before the season begins but these pitchers are just too good—Roy Halladay is the best pitcher in baseball and[Read More…]

The basics of good performances

When a performance of his favourite Mozart concerto failed to hit the spot, McGill psychology Professor Daniel Levitin decided to find out why. “I love the piece,” Levitin said. “He’s playing all the notes, but I found myself thinking, ‘Why is it that some recordings and performances move us to[Read More…]

The idea of drugs

I’ve never considered myself a psychonaut. The prospect of taking any drug usually frightens me more than it excites me. I’ve dabbled, though.   In my first few years of high school, I smoked pot semi-regularly—partly because I wanted to and partly because I thought I should. I grew out[Read More…]

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