New Jersey’s Real Estate and Brooklyn’s the Babies played a sold-out show last Wednesday at La Sala Rossa. Local trio Reversing Falls opened with their tuneful and distorted pop punk, using a drum machine so good that it took this reviewer about 30 seconds to realize there wasn’t a live[Read More…]
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SUS Academia Week (January 23 – January 28)
The Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) kicked off its seventh annual Academia Week on Monday, Jan. 23. The week-long series of talks, presentations, and networking events will showcase new and innovative research, while promoting science career paths beyond the arenas of medicine and academia. The highlight of the week will likely[Read More…]
Was it really worth it?
On Jan. 12, 2012, Mike Cammalleri was traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Calgary Flames for Rene Bourque. I am a die-hard Habs fan, but how are you supposed to react when your favourite player is traded? I have followed Cammalleri endlessly. Some would call me obsessed: I have[Read More…]
Montreal Winter Activities
Don’t let those winter blues get you down. Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you should stay inside all day at the library. So, to bring some variety to the snow-filled months that lie before us all, the Tribune has compiled a list of the winter activities Montreal has[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler
NCAA BASKETBALL — If this weekend is any indication of what’s to come in March, we might as well throw out our brackets now. Syracuse, ranked number one in the country, entered the game 20-0 on the season, but left South Bend with their first loss after the Notre Dame[Read More…]
John K. Samson: Provincial
John K. Samson has penned some impressive lyrics as the frontman for beloved folk-rockers the Weakerthans, but none may better capture the heart of his music than the simple refrain of “I hate Winnipeg.” It’s the half-joking lyrical crux of 2003’s “One Great City!” a song about Samson’s love-hate relationship[Read More…]
AUS discloses theft of $12,000 during Orientation Week
On Nov. 30, executives from the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) reported to the AUS Council the theft of approximately $12,000 of Orientation Week funds. The theft was discovered Sept. 1 by AUS VP Finance Marlene Benavides, who realized that an envelope with $12,000 in cash from Orientation Week registrations[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…]
MUNACA strike ends
The McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) voted to accept a collective agreement with the McGill administration on Dec. 5. The union members had been on strike since Sept. 1, 2011 and had been without a labour contract since November 2010. The five-year collective agreement was approved by 71.5 per[Read More…]
As SSMU Council reconvenes, Nov. 10 still top priority
The release of Dean Jutras’ report on the events of Nov. 10 was the main focus of the SSMU Legislative Council last Thursday. While slow initially, discussion branched off into varied opinions of the report itself and how SSMU should move forward. Several councilors and executives said that while they[Read More…]