Miami’s Ultra Music Festival is one of the biggest weekends on any electronic music fan’s calendar. The event brings together hundreds of the world’s most popular DJs and producers for three days of the best live sets electronic music has to offer, from A-Trak to Zedd. This year, the festival[Read More…]
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Top Ten Canadian Hopefuls for London 2012
1. Adam van Koeverden – Kayaking Likely Canada’s strongest Olympic hopeful, van Koeverden is the reigning world champion in the K-1 1000m, and is a candidate to win a medal in the K-1500m as well. 2. Carol Huynh – Wrestling Huynh is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the 48[Read More…]
Around the Water Cooler
In case you were too busy trying to reclaim the Iron Throne, here’s what you missed this past week in the world of sports … NCAA BASKETBALL – March Madness wrapped up this past weekend, as New Orleans played host to the Final Four. The favoured Kentucky Wildcats took care[Read More…]
U.S. university applications process is far from ideal
Four years ago I sat down in my living room with a middle-aged woman who upon first impressions seemed kind and respectful. It was my Yale entrance interview. Palms sweaty and nerves high, I plodded through the first 25 minutes before she stopped me and said, “You’re not being very[Read More…]
Joke Issue: Exclusive interview with Mov Squad founder
Mourning the loss of Katimavik
Canadian identity has always been elusive; like a tentative adolescent, Canada seems unable to definitively grasp a self-image that resonates. But Canada, I sympathize. At only 21, I am more than familiar with that wrenching internal tension, swinging between the desire to conform while desperately seeking my own niche. Luckily[Read More…]
Joke Issue: The Student Guide to McGill’s Consultation Process
Internal review on asbestos research is inconclusive
On Tuesday April 3, Dr. David Eidelman, vice principal (health affairs) and dean of medicine, announced the completion of the preliminary internal review of professor J. Corbett McDonald’s research on the health effects ofchrysotile asbestos. The review was conducted by professor and chair of the department of epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupational health Dr.[Read More…]
Motion to censure SSMU VP JoÃl Pedneault fails by narrow vote of 11-11-1
VP External JoÃl Pedneault among three students excluded from McGill campus
On March 26, SSMU VP External JoÃl Pedneault and two other anonymous McGill students were excluded from the McGill campus for five days, until Friday, March 30. Pedneault’s exclusion from the campus followed an incident after a UQAM professor held his class in room 348 of the Frank Dawson Adams[Read More…]