During the academic year, McGill students often think of themselves as some of the busiest students in the world, and the summer is no different. Many McGill students, whether interning, working, or taking classes, kept themselves busy this summer combining travel and work experience. Danielle DaCosta, a U3 Anthropology[Read More…]
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Crossing the line
Unless, out of sympathy for international labour, you’ve rigged some kind of Rube Goldberg-esque device that delivers the Tribune straight from our printer in Saint-Leonard to your doorstep, it’s safe to assume that you picked this newspaper up somewhere on campus. That means you probably crossed the MUNACA picket line[Read More…]
Taking a gander at Goose Village
As I trudged by a workshop on Mill Street in the pouring rain, a kind-eyed, pony-tailed glassblower stared at me. He wore an expression of shock and sympathy, holed up in his abode of warm kilns and red-hot vases. I had little time to stop and commiserate, so I pushed[Read More…]
Carol Fraser – VP Clubs & Services
Tell us about your portfolio: We’re doing a lot of restructuring on the C&S portfolio, because it’s so huge and the VP of Clubs & Services just tends to burn out in various scenarios. In the past, there have been two major publications associated with the portfolio: Old McGill, which[Read More…]
Crazy, Stupid, Love
moviemarketingmadness.com The romcom has morphed into a formulaic genre so rife with well-worn clichés that there’s often little room for creativity, honesty, or genuine laughs. Crazy Stupid Love isn’t an entirely new story, but its clever script and a believable cast set it apart from the pack. Ryan Gosling plays[Read More…]
Maggie Knight – President
How did you prepare for this year over the summer? There are a lot of things that have to be accomplished over the summer, from just making sure you’re up to speed in your portfolio, transitioning from the person before you … as president, it’s really important to make sure[Read More…]
McGill trounces rival Concordia in pre-season lacrosse
Sam Reynolds As the sun rose on a new McGill lacrosse season, the Redmen confirmed what froshies learned all weekend: It’s better to be a Redman than a Bumblebee. A stunning 18-4 rout of their cross-town rivals signaled that McGill has reloaded and is gunning for glory in the upcoming[Read More…]
Jay-Z and Kanye West: Watch the Throne
Released exclusively online on Aug. 8, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne embraces a growing trend in the music industry that prioritizes digital music over the aging CD. With this release comes an album that, according to the duo, will bring commercial and critical legitimacy to another game-changing movement[Read More…]
Curb Your Enthusiasm
wallpapergravity.com Any native New Yorker or avid fan of Borscht Belt humour should know that Larry David is back in town. Does it really matter that Curb Your Enthusiasm’s return from a two-year hiatus features episodes shot in Larry David’s native environment? Of course not. If Seinfeld was shot almost[Read More…]
First frosh after revamp goes off without a hitch
Year after year, hundreds of new and returning McGill students spend their first days at university involved in Frosh. However, this year’s Frosh has undergone a number of changes: participants had to pay for alcohol, it was held in conjunction with Discover McGill, and took place over the course of[Read More…]