News Obama reacts to “Barnan-gate” The SSMOO is homeless SciTech Researchers at McBill use embryonic stem cells to successfully clone HMB Arts & Entertainment Why I’m yelling about “Timber” going down Student Living My 2048 Obsession Sports Phone call proves turning point in midterm defeat Careers after athletics McGill Sports[Read More…]
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Student of the Week: Michaela Hirsh
When Michaela Hirsh was in grade 10, her teacher told her she wasn’t cut out to pursue a career that involved math. Six years later, she’s in the math-heavy finance program in the Desautels Faculty of Management, with a job at J.P Morgan lined up for this summer. “When people[Read More…]
President Obama reacts to “Barnan-gate”
WASHINGTON, D.C and McBill/Milton-Parc, MONTREAL QC After weeks of speculation, United States President Barack Obama made his first public comments on the campus political scandal that has divided partisans worldwide. Opining on the incident that has come to be known as “Barnan-gate,” Obama called the situation a “total gong-show.” The[Read More…]
Making the Jump
For 10 of these young men, the journey started when they first stepped onto a collegiate basketball court seven months earlier.
Careers after athletics
Reggie Bibeau and Cheryl Bibeau: Bibeau wonder-siblings decide to open up a fashion parlour due to their sick flow. Laurent Pro-Jour: Choosing to follow his beard rather than his heart, Pro-Jour decides to forgo his NFL career and promising medical career to lead the McGill Woodsmen to a four decade[Read More…]
The Students’ Society of McBill’s Offensive Overlords is homeless
The Students’ Society of McBill’s Offensive Overlords (SSMOO) has been forced to relocate to President Caty Arson’s apartment following the failure of a fee referendum which left the organization unable to pay rent on the Kirk Building. “We thought we would at least be given a room to operate from,[Read More…]
In provincial election, student issues absent
On April 7, Quebec will go to the polls to elect a new government. The campaign has been marked by claims and counterclaims of voter suppression, voter fraud, duplicity, and an overall tone of nastiness. What it hasn’t been marked by is attention to issues relating to university students. That[Read More…]
My 2048 obsession
As I write this, it has been 1 day, 13 hours, and 24 minutes since I last played 2048. For those who have never heard of 2048, the new single-player video game first launched in Italy in March, 2014. The objective of the game—started by 19-year-old Gabriele Cirulli—is to combine[Read More…]
McGill Sports Briefs – April 1
Badminton, Bro At 5’4”, Percy Shuttlecoque doesn’t exactly have the ideal build for a varsity badminton player. But what he lacks in size he makes up in finesse. With an arm like a whip, Shuttlecoque can fire the birdy anywhere on theabadminton court with ease. Along with an impressive vertical[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler — April 1
In case you were too busy trying to figure out the difference between Winter and Spring in Montreal, here’s what you missed in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight… Wisconsin Badgers — For the first time in Head Coach Bo Ryan’s career, the Wisconsin Buzzcuts have made the Final Four, knocking[Read More…]