Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune The McGill Redmen hockey team exploded out of the gate Saturday night, scoring four times in the first period, en route to a 6-0 victory over the Queen’s Golden Gaels. Thirteen different Redmen made the score sheet, most notably Maxime Langelier-Parent, Marc-André Dorion, and Francis[Read More…]
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Senate discussion on Nov. 10 sees clash of viewpoints
The beginning of Wednesday’s Senate meeting focused heavily on the events of Nov. 10. In a departure from Senate’s tradition of a closed-door assembly, the first hour was streamed live over the Internet to the McGill community. In her opening remarks, Senate Chair and Principal Heather Munroe-Blum apologized for the[Read More…]
Precise performance propels Martlets in opening meet
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune The McGill Martlets blew the other teams out of the water at the Martlet Synchronized Swimming Invitational at Memorial Pool this past Saturday, placing second or higher in all categories, with some of the most entertaining choreography in the pool. The duet category started the[Read More…]
Ten Questions With Marie-Eve Martin, the Reggie Miller of Martlet basketball
The Tribune spoke with Martlet basketball player Marie-Eve Martin. Last year, the 5’7″ shooting guard led the team in made three-point FGs, with 50, and three-point percentage, at .403. She co-holds the team record for made three-pointers in a game with six. What’s the day-to-day training schedule for a Martlet[Read More…]
AUS GA endorses Nov. 10 national student strike
Ryan Reisert / McGill Tribune Last Tuesday, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) held its first General Assembly in recent memory. In a crowded Shatner cafeteria, over 200 arts students gathered to debate and vote on motions, including two separate endorsements—one of QPRIG/CKUT and one of MUNACA—and a faculty-wide student strike[Read More…]
QPIRG and CKUT survive, voter turnout up 9.5 per cent
The fall semester’s referendum questions passed with an overwhelming majority, announced Elections McGill last Thursday. Two of these questions were to determine whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT Radio should continue to receive student funding and if these fees should be opt-outable in person rather than online via Minerva. QPIRG’s existence was approved by a vote of 65.6 per[Read More…]
Thousands of students protest provincial tuition increases
Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune Elisha Lerner / McGill Tribune Over 20,000 students from all over Quebec gathered on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Place Émile-Gamelin near UQAM to demonstrate against the provincial government’s proposed tuition increases. The Quebec government announced that it would be increasing university tuition for local students[Read More…]
QPIRG, CKUT questions pass in fall referendum
The fall semester’s referendum questions passed with an overwhelming majority, announced Elections McGill at 6:30 p.m. The questions asked whether QPIRG McGill and CKUT Radio should continue to receive student funding and if these fees should be opt-outable in person rather than online via Minerva. QPIRG’s existence was approved by[Read More…]
Art beyond the canvas
Nick Petrillo / McGill Tribune Down on St. Catherine, a block east of Foufounes Électriques, is Cease It 2, a pop-up art gallery sponsored by Montreal’s CEASE art collective. Seventeen featured artists have taken over Fresh Paint’s open floor space for a free exhibition that’s open to the public. But[Read More…]
Why I’m voting no
This fall’s referendum features two questions which are almost identically worded; one regarding the McGill chapter of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group, and one about CKUT, a radio station run by McGill students. Both questions call for the renewal of the groups’ opt-outable fees, but both also demand a[Read More…]
