Olympic Park sits north-east of the downtown core and is tucked away on the edge of Viauville, right by Pie-IX station. The surrounding area is mostly residential, with a few stores sprinkled here and there, and main streets are often four lanes wide. There are very few attractions drawing crowds[Read More…]
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What we learned opening a student-run café
After two years of planning, 3,493 burritos, and 7,824 customers, the Student-Run Cafe (SRC), “The Nest,” is wrapping up its first semester of operation. It has been an exhaustingly exhilarating experience, one that I feel very lucky and proud to have been a part of along with many other incredible[Read More…]
Court grants student right to vote in provincial elections
A McGill student who filed a court challenge for being refused voter registration was able to cast his vote on Monday, following the ruling of Quebec’s Superior Court. Brendan Edge, U2 Arts, was one of five McGill students who filed the challenge against the Director General of the Elections of[Read More…]
April Fools Issue 2014
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…]
SSMU showcases continued incompetence, contempt for students on building fee
On March 21, 2014, students voted 53.6 per cent and 60.8 per cent, respectively, against both parts of the proposed SSMU building fee. Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) President Katie Larson, in a recent interview with the Tribune, condescendingly accused students of ignorance, saying students “did not do their[Read More…]
Continuing education students seek improved access to mental health services
Continuing education students are seeking to improve their access to McGill’s mental health services due to a lack of access to the university’s resources for part-time students. The issue is currently under review by the Student Services Office, in collaboration with the dean of Continuing Studies at McGill and the[Read More…]
Pop rhetoric: Keeping it real at concerts
It’s hard to explain why you do it. Why, at some point during a concert, you will feel the need to pull out your phone—with its lackluster picture and video-taking ability—and snap a picture or a 30-second video that doesn’t do the artist any justice whatsoever. Sure, part of it[Read More…]
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…]
Principal outlines research, learning environment as university priorities
Strengthening research, learning environments, and the university’s connection to society is at the forefront of McGill’s priorities for the next five years, according to a March 28 address by Principal Suzanne Fortier. In front of 180 members of the McGill community, Fortier touched on improvements that are necessary in the[Read More…]