Despite the four years of negotiations on the lease, most students know relatively little about the new contract signed by the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) and the McGill administration for the SSMU Building. More recently, the lease has prompted criticism from the student body, following the failure of[Read More…]
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April Fools Issue 2014
News Obama reacts to “Barnan-gate” The SSMOO is homeless SciTech Researchers at McBill use embryonic stem cells to successfully clone HMB Arts & Entertainment Why I’m yelling about “Timber” going down Student Living My 2048 Obsession Sports Phone call proves turning point in midterm defeat Careers after athletics McGill Sports[Read More…]
SSMU showcases continued incompetence, contempt for students on building fee
On March 21, 2014, students voted 53.6 per cent and 60.8 per cent, respectively, against both parts of the proposed SSMU building fee. Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) President Katie Larson, in a recent interview with the Tribune, condescendingly accused students of ignorance, saying students “did not do their[Read More…]
President Obama reacts to “Barnan-gate”
WASHINGTON, D.C and McBill/Milton-Parc, MONTREAL QC After weeks of speculation, United States President Barack Obama made his first public comments on the campus political scandal that has divided partisans worldwide. Opining on the incident that has come to be known as “Barnan-gate,” Obama called the situation a “total gong-show.” The[Read More…]
Principal outlines research, learning environment as university priorities
Strengthening research, learning environments, and the university’s connection to society is at the forefront of McGill’s priorities for the next five years, according to a March 28 address by Principal Suzanne Fortier. In front of 180 members of the McGill community, Fortier touched on improvements that are necessary in the[Read More…]
SSMU building gets an art attack for Nuit Blanche
There aren’t many places—the Tribune’s Arts & Entertainment section being excepted—where one can find visual art, performance art, interactive art, and live music all together at McGill. In order to reconcile the lack of a formal fine arts program at the school, each year the Arts Undergraduate Society’s (AUS) Fine[Read More…]
Making the Jump
For 10 of these young men, the journey started when they first stepped onto a collegiate basketball court seven months earlier.
Careers after athletics
Reggie Bibeau and Cheryl Bibeau: Bibeau wonder-siblings decide to open up a fashion parlour due to their sick flow. Laurent Pro-Jour: Choosing to follow his beard rather than his heart, Pro-Jour decides to forgo his NFL career and promising medical career to lead the McGill Woodsmen to a four decade[Read More…]
The Students’ Society of McBill’s Offensive Overlords is homeless
The Students’ Society of McBill’s Offensive Overlords (SSMOO) has been forced to relocate to President Caty Arson’s apartment following the failure of a fee referendum which left the organization unable to pay rent on the Kirk Building. “We thought we would at least be given a room to operate from,[Read More…]
My 2048 obsession
As I write this, it has been 1 day, 13 hours, and 24 minutes since I last played 2048. For those who have never heard of 2048, the new single-player video game first launched in Italy in March, 2014. The objective of the game—started by 19-year-old Gabriele Cirulli—is to combine[Read More…]
