I hit a slump. By Thanksgiving break of 2021, I could barely get out of bed, make breakfast, or even sum up the strength to scroll on TikTok. Just a couple of weeks earlier, I was planning out every hour of my day, executing all my tasks with flying colours,[Read More…]
Author: Valentina de la Borbolla
Alert: Parasitic invasion in your intestines
If you have ever watched the television series Monsters Inside Me, you may be familiar with parasitic worms. Each episode features a dramatization of an infectious disease case, with an accompanying explanation of its cause. Cases dealing with parasitic worms range from a teenager infected with the parasitic worm, Trichinella[Read More…]
McGill student and professor host discussion with Peter-McGill Community Council director
A discussion featuring Stéphane Febbrari, the director of the Peter-McGill Community Council, and co-hosted by Megan Uderian, U3 Nursing, and Mary Anne Poutanen, a Concordia affiliate professor who teaches interdisciplinary courses on Quebec and Canada at McGill, took place on Oct. 25 over Zoom. The event was part of the[Read More…]
A price freeze won’t fix inflation
On Oct. 17, Loblaw Companies Ltd., Canada’s largest grocery retailer that owns and operates Loblaws, No Frills, Provigo, Maxi, Pharmaprix, among others, announced that it would be freezing prices on all its No Name branded products for the next three months. This means that approximately 1,500 No Name grocery items[Read More…]
How to deal with noisy library-goers
r/McGill: u/deskaquatic: “You can’t make this up” u/lolakitty: “If it’s been said once, it’s been said a thousand times?” u/ragingpoeti: “STFU on the quiet floors of McLennan” Let’s set the scene. It’s midterm season. Your four professors convened and decided that the best course of action would be to assign[Read More…]
Artist Spotlight: Silverstein and emo rock revival
Picture the summer of 2007: Posters of Linkin Park and Green Day plaster teenagers’ rooms, hair gel is used excessively to style straightened comb-overs, and MP3 players still exist. The emo wave rocked an entire generation and defined the scalps of Skrillex, early-career Cristiano Ronaldo, and so many more. Even[Read More…]
Accessibility on campus is shameful
Nobody enjoys trekking from New Residence Hall to McMed in subzero temperatures to make it to an 8:30 a.m. lecture. Most people take their ability to walk into class or a library building for granted. Montreal’s winters are particularly brutal, and the city is infamous for its never-ending construction. For[Read More…]
‘The Loneliest Time’ offers up a mixed bag of delights and let-downs
As a long-time Carly Rae Jepsen lover, I have been eagerly awaiting new music since her last project, 2019’s Dedicated and the accompanying Dedicated Side B (2020). While Jepsen’s sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time, certainly doesn’t disappoint, it doesn’t quite knock your socks off either. Released on Oct. 21,[Read More…]
McGill’s Farmer’s Market builds a community of passionate vendors and students
The McGill Farmer’s Market has been a signature component of the McGill community since 2009. Every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. until this Thursday, Oct. 27, McTavish Street overflows with local food producers and excited students. The passionate vendors at the McGill Farmer’s Market come weekly, eager to[Read More…]
The raw, ubiquitous power of body horror
Mild spoilers ahead for Raw and Saint Maud With weak plot lines, underdeveloped characters, and often cliché moralistic endings—such as the least-likely-to-survive character ending up as the final girl—slasher films serve one purpose: To disgust. Films like the cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and constant rehashings of Evil Dead[Read More…]