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Summit focuses on student space
Duncan Hood / McGill Tribune Last Friday, approximately 20 students gathered in the Shatner Breakout Room to discuss the future of student space on campus. The summit aimed to determine the meaning of student space and to brainstorm ways for students and staff to improve the quality of under-used space[Read More…]
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…]
