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a, Men's Varsity, Sports

McGill keeps calm to blow out Concordia

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Despite going punch for punch with the Redmen (2-1) through two hard-fought quarters, the final score read 69-38 in an embarrassing road loss for the Concordia Stingers (2-1). (more…)

a, Campus Spotlight, Student Life

Campus spotlight: CASCO

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The Commerce and Administration Student Charity Organization (CASCO) celebrated arts, comedy, and philanthropy at its 14th annual dance and fashion show at L’Astral Theatre on Nov. 22. (more…)

a, McGill, News

SEDE hosts workshop on gender identity and sexual orientation

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Last Wednesday, the McGill Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE) organized a Safer Spaces workshop on gender identity and sexual orientation. The interactive event offered an introduction for participants graduate students, faculty, and staff members to address issues of marginalization in sexual diversity. (more…)

a, Arts & Entertainment

Album Review: Andy Stott – Faith in a Stranger

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Warmly lugubrious, Faith In Strangers is Manchester electronic producer Andy Stott’s follow-up to 2012’s Luxury Problems. (more…)

a, Arts & Entertainment, Film and TV, Music

Pop Rhetoric: Got Blues?

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“I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley/ To do black music so selfishly/ And use it to get myself wealthy” — Eminem (more…)

a, Arts & Entertainment, Music

Deep Cuts: Turning Points

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He’s Gonna Step On You Again (aka Step On)

Artist: John Kongos

Album: He’s Gonna Step On You Again

Released: 1971

Sampling is such a staple of modern music that it has become almost an overused nuance—unless, of course, you’re Kanye West. While the origins of sampling are blurry, largely because of the intensive legal confusion that arose during their early use, the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes “Step On” as the first song to ever use sampling. While that fact is hotly debated—and has incidentally been denied by the artists—the introduction of sampling to popular music allowed for a blossoming of creativity through the rejuvenation of past beats and lyrics.

Fa All Y’all

Artist: Da Brat

Album: Funkdafied

Released: June 28, 1994

Da Brat proved that Hip hop wasn’t just a man’s game when her solo album, Funkdafied, went platinum. Following in the footsteps of hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa, Da Brat proved that girl power was more than enough to make it to the big leagues. As for “Fa All Y’all,” it perfectly encapsulated Da Brat’s style: Fun, funky, and fierce.

“Believe”

Artist: Cher

Album: Believe

Released: October 19, 1998

Cher is a queen. She also just happened to be the woman that brought auto-tune into pop music. “Believe” was a groundbreaking song for the music industry and remains one of the best-selling singles of all time. Now autotune is getting constant facelifts, and depending on how it’s used it can either make (Kanye West: God) or break (T-Pain: Failure) careers.

Maggie’s Farm

Artist: Bob Dylan

Album: Bringing It All Back Home

Released: March 22, 1965

Even though Dylan had released the semi-electric Bringing It All Back Home four months prior to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, those in attendance were hardly ready to accept the folk icon’s new stylistic choices with open arms. The opening licks of “Maggie’s Farm” marked the first time that Dylan had performed publicly with an electric guitar across his chest, and many fans took it as an act of unimaginable betrayal. The refrain, “I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more,” is just right for a song whose legacy is tied to an act of defiance towards the close-minded members of his fanbase.

Walk This Way

Artist: Run-DMC ft. Steven Tyler

Album: Raising Hell

Released: May 15, 1986

Hip hop had been around for a while, but during the mid-’80s it was increasingly looked at as a fad as opposed to a serious musical genre. That viewpoint changed when Run-DMC’s third album, Raising Hell, went triple-platinum and proved that Hip hop was here to stay. Beyond solidifying rap as a true form of popular music, “Walk This Way” also introduced the new genre of rock-rap to the music industry by successully covering an Aerosmith classic.

Heebie Jeebies

Performed by: Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

Album: Heebie Jeebies

Recorded: February 26, 1926

If you google “Heebie Jeebies,” one of the first options that will come up is a discussion on whether the song is racist and representative of the oppression black artists faced in the early 20th century. Yet, putting aside the murky history of America’s treatment of black professionals, “Heebie Jeebies” is representative of a much larger achievement on behalf of jazz musicians. Louis Armstrong became jazz’s first dominating soloist, and he transformed the genre by introducing scat for the first time in this 3-minute recording.

a, Football, Hockey, Sports

10 Things: Turning points in Montreal sports history

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  1. March 3, 1875: The first organized game of indoor ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink on René-Lévesque between Drummond and Stanley, where the Sheraton Hotel now stands. Civil engineering student James Creighton organized the game, and many of the players were McGill students. The current standard dimensions for a hockey rink are still the same as those of Victoria Rink.
  2. 1891: A McGill alumnus had a hand in the creation of another major sport: Basketball. James Naismith was working at a Massachusetts YMCA in 1891, and was instructed to invent an “athletic distraction for rowdy kids trapped indoors by the harsh winter.” The rules of basketball have changed significantly since Naismith’s original game, but it is now one of the most popular professional sports around the world.
  3. 1929: The name “Redmen” was used for the first time to describe McGill sports teams. The origin of the name is a topic of debate. Regardless, the name stuck and has since been an integral part of McGill’s sports identity. McGill women’s teams adopted the “Martlets” moniker in 1976.
  4. 1978: The Formula One Canadian Grand Prix moved to Île Notre-Dame in Montreal, where it has been held every year since. In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the third most-watched sporting event worldwide, behind only Super Bowl XXXIX and the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final. The race attracts over 300,000 spectators each year, 25 per cent of whom are from outside of Quebec.
  5. August 12, 1994: The 1994 Montreal Expos held a Major League Baseball-leading 74-40 record when a players union strike cut the season short, cancelling the playoffs and World Series. This hurt the Expos’ campaign for a new stadium, and the team owners decided not to invest in retaining star players such as Larry Walker and Moisés Alou. Attendance declined over the next decade and financial troubles compounded, prompting the team to move to Washington D.C. in 2005 to become the Nationals.
  6. 1995, 1996: The Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordiques moved from Canadian cities to cities in the United States, exemplifying a gradual league-wide shift in the NHL to the American market. The Montreal Canadiens are the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup, having done so a record 24 times up until the 1992-1993 season. This accounts for a whopping 25.3 per cent of all championships contested since the founding of the NHL.
  7. 1996: The Baltimore Stallions CFL expansion team moved to Montreal to re-establish the Montreal Alouettes. Montreal had been without a CFL team since the 1987 season and had not had much success on the field since the 1970s. In more recent years, the Alouettes have been a dominant force in the CFL with seven Grey Cup appearances between 2002 and 2010, as well as four titles.
  8. 2005: Marty the Martlet is chosen as the official kilt-wearing mascot of both the McGill Redmen and Martlet teams by a student vote. He was officially unveiled at the 2005 Redmen football homecoming game.
  9. 2005-2006: The McGill administration cancelled the last two games of the Redmen football season following public revelations of inappropriate hazing that younger members of the team had been subjected to. The team struggled in the seasons following their suspension, winning a total of only three games from 2007 until 2011, including four winless seasons.
  10. 2012: The Montreal Impact joins Major League Soccer and become Montreal’s first top-tier soccer franchise. The Impact has won two CONCACAF Champions League-qualifying Canadian Championships in the last two seasons, representing Canada in both competitions. The squad has been key in growing the sport both within Québec and Canada as a whole.
a, Arts & Entertainment, Theatre

Look Back in Anger

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Sharing a one-bedroom apartment with four emotional young Brits for two and a half hours as they push through the most difficult part of their lives does not sound like an ideal night out, but the fluid direction and engrossing emotion of TNC’s Look Back in Anger make it a soirée you will not want to walk out of. (more…)

a, Sports

2014 holiday wish list

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I wish that the Knicks master the triangle offense and the Zen Master brings in a competent partner for over-used Melo; for the Red Bulls to convince superman Thierry Henry to stay on board until he’s 50; and for the Giants to stop being associated with the terms “losing streak” or “downward spiral.” —Nicholas Jasinski

My rather lofty wish is for my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs on the back of stellar goaltending from Jonathan Bernier, moulding him into dark horse contender for the Vezina. And if that’s not possible, I want the Leafs to draft Connor McDavid and develop him properly (because the Leafs have a horrible track record of ruining decent prospects or trading them away before they get good—Tuukka Rask anyone?) —Nicole Spadotto

For as long as I can remember, it has been very little fun to cheer for Toronto sports teams. My wish for 2015 is simple: That Drake–the obvious key to the Raptors’ recent success–is named Global Ambassador for all of Toronto’s franchises, immediately putting each team on the path to glory. ­—Wyatt Fine-Gagné

I wish for the Buffalo to beat the Patriots during their last face-off of the season. But I’m not a little girl anymore. I know not all dreams come true, so instead all I want is for them to lose by 10 points or less. —Morgan Alexander

I wish for Adam Lind to be bullied by Ryan Braun and the rest of his new teammates on the Milwuakee Brewers until he comes running home to his real fans in Toronto. Sorry Jonathan Lucroy, I know you’re a nice guy deep down. —Elie Waitzer

I wish for rumours of beef between Marshawn Lynch and the Seahawks team to be put to rest. I wish the beautiful, doe-eyed Russell Wilson improvement in his passing game. I wish Seattle the best of luck in San Francisco this Thursday and send Doug Baldwin Jr. my love and best wishes this holiday season. —Jess Fu

All I wish for in the new year is for the Brooklyn Nets to finish above .500 and make the playoffs in the atrocious Eastern Conference. I’ve decided that having low expectations is the only way to be satisfied with the performance of the most expensive team in basketball—the Nets have taught me that money doesn’t buy wins or happiness, only injuries and disappointment. —Mayaz Alam

a, Arts & Entertainment, Theatre

How Exile Melts

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Written by McGill alumnus Dane Stewart and directed by Patrick Neilson, How Exile Melts is the latest production by the McGill Department of Drama and Theatre. It follows the story of four siblings as they reunite at their old home in Nova Scotia to visit their ailing father, only to dredge up hidden demons, old and new. (more…)

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