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Joshua Abaki – VP University Affairs: B-
Josh Abaki is nothing if not zealous. Sometimes, that translates into good results: Abaki followed through on his campaign promise to keep campus libraries open 24 hours a day for most of each semester. He was a committed defender of the student cause during the fallout of the Architecture Café’s[Read More…]
Swag, swagger, swaggest: the Fab Five
The term “swagger” is thrown around so much these days that it’s starting to lose value. If you saw a dog wearing a gold chain, you might think to yourself, “Man, that dog’s got some swag!” But does it really? Probably not. It might look cool, but the G’d up[Read More…]
Montreal’s son comes home
Mathieu Darche is the first McGill alumnus to play in the NHL in the past 50 years. In 2000, Darche’s final season at McGill, he led the CIS in scoring. Since then he‘s played professional hockey at both the AHL and the NHL level. Despite leading five different AHL teams[Read More…]
Maurice Richard sets Quebec ablaze
charlesforan.com Rare is the athlete whose cultural impact transcends the sport he or she plays. Charles Foran, the author of a new book on Maurice Richard for the Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians series, says his subject fits this select category. In the same sense that Jackie Robinson didn’t set out to[Read More…]
And that’s a wrap: Winter sports report cards
Ditch the self-obsession, McGill
McGill Tribune North American society has an intense focus on individualism and subsequently placing one’s self-interest and personal pursuits above all else. The consequence of this is a narrow, linear view of personal goal pursuit that does not always fit properly with our basic need for close intimate interactions and[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor
Dear McChill Brobune, SSMU’s open forums will be moved to Friday afternoons as opposed to Wednesdays after dark so as to avoid any scheduling conflicts (seriously, what were we thinking). Also, I finally figured out what OAP stands for. See you there in the fall! One last thing: who’s Broseph[Read More…]
Reflections from four years abroad
Almost four years ago, I helped my father load our station wagon with the basic accoutrements I needed to begin university life: clothes, bedding, and a new laptop. I also packed one more thing: my recently approved Canadian student visa. As a relatively apolitical New Yorker, I assumed going to[Read More…]
Scrap the mandatory Arts minor
A recent report from the Dean of Arts’ Working Group has suggested the removal of the mandatory minor from the current Faculty of Arts program. As it stands now, McGill Arts students are required to have at least one major and one minor. From both personal experience and a simple[Read More…]