McGill Tribune When Mohamed Bouazizi soaked himself in paint thinner and set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, it wasn’t just his body that erupted. It was an entire country. Bouazizi was a Tunisian who dropped out of high school in order to support his family of eight. He[Read More…]
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Back and forth battle decided by Bettez’s briliance
Maxime Sawicki The top ranked McGill Martlets (13-0-0) entered the third period tied 4-4, playing uncharacteristically disorganized hockey and in danger of having their 93-game Quebec University Hockey League winning streak snapped by the University of Montreal Carabins (7-7-2) on Sunday afternoon at McConnell Arena. The Martlets rebounded in the[Read More…]
The (too) many uses of random
The word “random” has never sounded right to me. It hits the ear in an awkward way and for whatever reason it makes me think that you were just too lazy to come up with a more specific word. But there are bigger problems with this commonly used term. To[Read More…]
In Goethe-inspired opera, a fatal attraction
Opera of Montreal Shortly after the curtain rises on Opera of Montreal’s production of Werther, a young boy wheels a bicycle across the stage, laughing and carousing with his friends. The bicycle remains onstage through the first act, occasionally pedaled by the boy but mostly left in a corner, untouched[Read More…]
Redmen’s first period barrage buries Carleton
John Kelsey John Kelsey What looked like an even matchup between the OUA’s two top goaltenders turned out to be lopsided, as the Redmen benched Carleton backstop Matthew Dopud in the first period after scoring three unanswered goals. The Redmen held on to win 4-2. Dopud’s counterpart, McGill freshman Antoine[Read More…]
Rewriting the classics
Perhaps inspired by the trials of his conflicted protagonist, director Max Zidel ambitiously attacks Aeschylus’ three-part tragedy in The Oresteia Rewritten, now on at Players’ Theatre. The result of his efforts: a powerful and unexpectedly fast-paced reproduction full of sound and fury. From early on in the play it is[Read More…]
Asian Chicken Soup
Monique Evans After a long day of skiing on Saturday, I arrived home with a serious craving for the spicy Asian-style soup my mom always makes. I’ve collected a significant number of Asian ingredients over the past year, so I figured I’d look up some recipes for guidelines. This soup[Read More…]
Protecting McGill since 2010
McGill Tribune As the self-proclaimed representative of the silent student majority, things have been tough here at Life Lines. There is no genuine statistical data on the political beliefs of this majority, so I am left writing heartwarming, greeting-card-line-drenched pieces that attempt only to make the average student smile. Although[Read More…]
Law School in Canada vs. USA
For students who have had their hearts set on going to law school since childhood, David Segal's recent New York Times article, "Is Law School a Losing Game?" offered a familiar but oft-ignored warning: Law school is difficult and expensive; proceed with caution. In his article, chronicling the overwhelming debt[Read More…]
Mentor program to launch
As an attempt to enrich the university experience and increase direct contact between McGill students, faculty, and staff, a Staff-Student Mentoring program is scheduled begin this term. Students will be randomly assigned to a mentor from a faculty different from their own, in order to build a non-academic relationship and[Read More…]