magpictures.com The apocalypse has never looked so beautiful. Melancholia, the latest from maverick Danish auteur Lars von Trier, is magnificent. With a script that joins human introspection with nihilistic celebration, von Trier creates two hours of rich, thought-provoking and breathtaking cinema. Its long journey from Cannes to Canada now complete, Melancholia is assuredly one of[Read More…]
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McGill community gathers to reflect on events of Nov. 10
Sam Reynolds Over 1,000 people gathered yesterday in James Square to discuss the riot police presence of Nov. 10 and its impact on the community. In an open-mic session, students, faculty, and community members offered their own experiences with the riot police and made suggestions on how to move forward[Read More…]
Thailand floods may cause a major technological shift
In the computer industry, major paradigm shifts occur when new technology appears which outperforms old technology at a similar cost. One of these technology shifts may take place very soon, as the flooding in Thailand has caused the price of rotational hard disk drives to skyrocket in the past few[Read More…]
Third annual TEDxMcGill held on ‘Redefining Reality’
Alex Tran / alextranphotography.com The third annual TEDxMcGill Conference took place on Sunday Nov. 13, and included talks from 15 inspiring speakers including world-renowned neuroscientist Brenda Milner, Olympic figure skater-turned-McGill MBA student Craig Buntin, and Alain Tascan, co-founder of Ubisoft Montreal. Themed “Redefining Reality,” and broken into three sequential “acts”[Read More…]
Tuition Protests
Elisha Lerner
Letter to the Editor
The referendum on continued student funding for QPIRG is important, because QPIRG—the Quebec Public Interest Research Group —has been a key campus organization at McGill advancing alternative ideas on environmental, political, and social issues. The need to explore alternative ideas has always been important, but perhaps never more so than[Read More…]
Tough yet inconsistent on human rights
For anybody who has been paying attention, it’s clear that the current government is injecting a new kind of fuel into Canada’s foreign policy. Prime Minister Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney form a trifecta of tone transformation: they give bang for their rhetoric’s buck,[Read More…]
Third strategic summit held on equity and diversity
Last Friday, SSMU hosted the third in a series of strategic summit meetings, this time addressing equity and diversity at McGill. Each of the monthly strategic summits are designed to tackle a different problem that affects SSMU, McGill University, and its students. Prior to the event, organizers had low expectations[Read More…]
The McGill (students’) Tribune backs the MoA
Sometimes you have to give in order to get. That’s exactly what SSMU’s Legislative Council did last Friday by voting in favour of signing a new Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), (see “MoA”, page 1). This particular MoA has been in negotiations for a long time, mainly because of a section[Read More…]
Societies co-host discussion on province’s ties to China
Last Thursday, the Hong Kong Canada Business Association, Junior Division (JHKCBA), Global China Connection McGill (GCC), the Asia Pacific Law Association of McGill (APLAM), and SSMU partnered with the Ministère dudéveloppement économique de l’innovation et de l’exportation (MDEIE) to host a speaker event titled “Quebec’s Venture into China.” The MDEIE, a branch of the Quebec provincial government, exists to promote economic well-being, specifically by[Read More…]