Cancelled before their time

Television shows exist to make money, and critical acclaim or devoted fan-bases are poor substitutes for advertising revenue.  Number of viewers aside, here are five shows that didn’t deserve their cancellations.  All of these selections ran for twenty episodes or less; while shows like Arrested Development or Deadwood might have[Read More…]

Senate talks Nov. 10 report

Members of the university senate gathered last Wednesday in order to discuss the investigation and recommendations regarding the events of Nov. 10. The investigation was conducted by Dean of Law Daniel Jutras, and was released Dec. 15.  In her opening remarks, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum stated that she accepts all six[Read More…]

Investigation into the events of Nov. 10 released

Dean of Law Daniel Jutras’ report on the events of Nov. 10 was made public on Dec. 15. The 60-page investigation, originally commissioned by Principal Heather Munroe-Blum in the days following the incident, sought to establish a record for what transpired that evening, and determine what led to the presence[Read More…]

Around the Water Cooler

FOOTBALL — It’s America’s favourite time of year. The NFL Playoffs started with wild-card matchups last weekend. The only standout game was Denver vs. Pittsburgh, or Tebow vs. Pittsburgh. Divine intervention? Maybe, but Broncos quarterback and cultural icon Tim Tebow played his best game as a pro, as Denver took[Read More…]

Revisiting 1997: a generation apart

Amid the many varied accounts of Nov. 10 offered by occupiers and administrators over the past two weeks, many have forgotten past successful, peaceful occupations. The events of April 2, 1997 juxtapose this month’s occupation, and offer a shining example of a peaceful student protest done correctly. Beginning on a[Read More…]

News analysis: the riot in perspective

Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune The McGill student body is large and diverse, with a multitude of different interests that infrequently overlap. Rarely does an event on campus carry enough weight and importance to unite the entire school in  discussion. Thursday, Nov. 10 is an[Read More…]

Top Ten of 2011

Ryan Reisert #10 – Rugby World Cup #9 – Manning’s Injury #8 – St. Louis Cardinals #7 – Green Bay Packers #6 – Women’s World Cup #5 – Tragedy in the NHL  Tragedy struck the NHL this past summer with three NHL player deaths. Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien, and Wade[Read More…]

With new novel, Jeffrey Eugenides is keeping it real

interviewmagazine.com Jeffrey Eugenides began his new novel, The Marriage Plot, with a single idea: his female protagonist, an English student at Brown University in the early 1980s, is discovering love while the postmodern theorists she reads in her classes are deconstructing the very concept. The book, as he conceived it,[Read More…]

Why I love Tim Tebow

Ezra Shaw / Getty Images My love for Tim Tebow doesn’t make any sense. I don’t usually care for players whose success is credited to intangible skills; things like grit, toughness, or ability in the clutch. If a player is great, numbers should be able to prove it. I believe[Read More…]

Introducing the hashtag

  They’re called hashtags, and they’re a phenomenon that started on Twitter and are now appearing all over the Internet (and even outside, with the appearance of ‘air hashtag’ hand-signs). Before explaining what hashtags are, let’s examine the social media that started it all. Twitter was launched in July 2006,[Read More…]

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