Jayson Tatum returned from injury to the Boston Celtics after 298 days out with a torn Achilles tendon, which required reconstructive surgery. As impressive as it is that Tatum—someone who is 6’8” and 210 pounds—was able to return in under a year, what is more impressive is that the Celtics[Read More…]
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Feeling lucky? The best St. Patrick’s Day bar crawl in Montreal
Montreal is about to turn green for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, kicking off on Tuesday, March 17. The city will come alive with music, raised pints, and celebrations—the perfect occasion for McGill students to blow off steam at the time-honoured Irish pubs serving up an exciting line-up of festivities. Eat[Read More…]
The thrift solution
Thrifting emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a response to industrialization and urbanization. Today, many characterize it as one of the easiest counterweights to overconsumption. Long before sustainable fashion became a buzz phrase, secondhand stores and donation networks formed a parallel clothing economy—part necessity, part community[Read More…]
Fasting at full speed: The extraordinary challenge of Ramadan for Muslim athletes
Picture this: You wake at 4:30 a.m. to eat a pre-dawn meal, knowing it’s your last chance to eat or drink until sunset. By evening, you will have run 10 kilometres or competed in front of millions of spectators, all without a single sip of water or morsel of food.[Read More…]
Panel examines Islamophobia and ICE enforcement
On Feb. 24, the Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice initiative held an online open classroom on Islamophobia to examine historical and contemporary forms of anti-Muslim racism, immigration enforcement, and political repression. The event, titled “Enemy Alien/ICE, Racism & Empire,” was the first session of their Ramadaniyat[Read More…]
What we liked this winter break
Shrinking – Loriane Chagnon, Staff Writer Shrinking returned to Apple TV+ for its third season, delivering a well-needed dopamine surge after midterms. Created by Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, and Jason Segel, the show follows the life of grieving therapist Jimmy, who begins breaking the ethical guidelines of his trade by[Read More…]
China’s Eileen Gu carves a new path at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
On Feb. 22, the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics came to an end. While the Olympic Games featured talented athletes from all over the globe, some aspects of the event sparked controversy. One of these conversations was centred on American-born freestyle skier Eileen Gu. Gu is an international superstar: A[Read More…]
GameDev McGill: From inspiration to invention
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a video game? The Game Development Student Society (GameDev) at McGill sets out to answer this question. Whether you dream of designing the next Super Mario, or you are simply interested in what actually happens in the digital universe, GameDev turns[Read More…]
Four years of full-scale war in Ukraine: McGill braces for more uncertainty
Tuesday, Feb. 24, was like any other day on McGill’s campus. Students crammed in final revisions before tackling their midterms and counted down the days until the long-awaited reading week break. But for Ukrainians, this date was of supreme importance. It marked four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion[Read More…]
Demonstrators rally outside City Hall demanding that Martinez Ferrada make Montreal a sanctuary city
“So, so, so, solidarité ! Avec, avec, avec les sans papiers!” On March 7, around 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Montreal City Hall for a rally demanding that Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada make Montreal a sanctuary city. According to Solidarité sans frontières—one of the organizations that held the rally—making Montreal[Read More…]