While Montreal is known for classics like poutine and bagels, there are many unexpected culinary delights to be discovered around the city. The Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood is brimming with chefs eager to share their creations, making it an ideal location to discover different types of cuisine. Deep within this diverse community,[Read More…]
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Top 8 things we can learn from our Kiwi counterparts
I have been in New Zealand on a student exchange for just over a month now. It’s interesting to notice the small things that are different from your home university, but that add up to make a hugely different and amazing environment, which makes being a student, shockingly, quite enjoyable.[Read More…]
Winter Sports Report Cards
Redmen Hockey: B The Redmen ended their season on a disappointing note with a loss in the rubber match of the OUA quarterfinals to Nipissing. However, this was a rebuilding year, after last year’s national championship squad lost numerous key members upon graduation. This year’s team only loses three players—goalie Hubert[Read More…]
McGill announces salary and hiring freezes
On Mar. 26, McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum released an email to the McGill community detailing the first measures that the university will take to address the Quebec government’s recent cuts to its operating budget. Among the measures were salary and hiring freezes, a reduction in the operating budgets of senior[Read More…]
Faculty of Arts changes People, Processes, and Partnerships plan
Early last week, Dean of the Faculty of Arts Christopher Manfredi announced changes to the plan known as People, Processes, and Partnerships (PPP). While the project was initially slated to restructure how space is used in the Leacock Building, followed by similar reconfiguration in 688 Sherbrooke and the Ferrier Building,[Read More…]
Students worried about employment opportunities at McGill
15 people attended an open conversation about McGill’s budget cuts and Quebec tuition indexation in the Lev Bukhman Room in the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) building on Mar. 26. The event was hosted by SSMU Vice-President External Robin Reid-Fraser, and many of those in attendance were elected student[Read More…]
Sugar Babies at McGill
“What’s your price? This is Leroy.” The start to my phone interview with Leroy Velasquez, a press representative for SeekingArrangement.com, was startling at best. I am investigating a recent trend of university students using sugar daddy dating websites, like SeekingArrangement.com, to help them pay for their schooling. When asked what[Read More…]
Girls gone wild
For a movie featuring Selena Gomez as a church girl named Faith, and directed by a guy named Harmony, Spring Breakers sure contains a lot of godless chaos. Writer/director and cinema enfant terrible Harmony Korine returns with another movie about rebellious youth, with characters who seek the same variety of[Read More…]
Talking street, straight from the heart
It seems as though the notoriously slow Montreal hip-hop world is being jostled awake by up-and-coming powerhouse female rap duo Heart Streets. With their smooth voices, and bold but unassuming presence, they are beginning to create some serious waves on the scene. Heart Streets took to the stage last Friday[Read More…]
Art Mûr goes for the jugular and leaves a bloody mess
With the pervasive yet varied theme of the human body, Art Mûr’s latest exhibitions push the social boundaries of comfort and originality. A striking feature of this free contemporary art gallery and studio is its intimate layout, which immediately takes hold of visitors ,and forces them into a new mindset[Read More…]