As I trudged by a workshop on Mill Street in the pouring rain, a kind-eyed, pony-tailed glassblower stared at me. He wore an expression of shock and sympathy, holed up in his abode of warm kilns and red-hot vases. I had little time to stop and commiserate, so I pushed[Read More…]
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Jay-Z and Kanye West: Watch the Throne
Released exclusively online on Aug. 8, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne embraces a growing trend in the music industry that prioritizes digital music over the aging CD. With this release comes an album that, according to the duo, will bring commercial and critical legitimacy to another game-changing movement[Read More…]
Bringing Home the Hardware: MLB Awards
With the end of the baseball season near, many of the playoff races have already been wrapped up, and it’s now time to turn to the major awards and evaluate who the front runners are for the MVP and Cy Young, and if the season were to end today, who[Read More…]
Game of Thrones
sickchirpse.com Amidst all the madness of late spring season finales, television addicts like myself were treated to an unexpected surprise in HBO’s newest show Game of Thrones. Based on a critically acclaimed series of fantasy novels by author and screenwriter George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones has been highly anticipated[Read More…]
College Mindset
Every year Beloit College releases a new College Mindset List. Compiled by a professor and administrator, the 75-item list is a summary of sociocultural entities which the incoming freshman class may take for granted because of their age. The umbrella of topics is broad; some are banal, some insightful, and[Read More…]
McGill wins second straight over NCAA Div-I opponent
Sam Reynolds The McGill Redmen defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles 78-71 on Saturday evening, improving their record to 2-4 against NCAA Division I opponents this pre-season. This is the first time the Redmen have posted consecutive victories against American teams in seven years spent competing against teams from south of[Read More…]
The start of the fantasy football season… and school
As the relaxing summer comes to an end and the school year at McGill begins, a wave of responsibility hits students solidly in the face. I almost feel bad that while my friends are devoting their time to making sure they picked the right classes, I devote it to picking[Read More…]
Top stories from the last week
Monday, August 29 United States—Cleanup from Hurricane Irene began along the East Coast. The storm hit over the weekend, bringing down trees and power lines, causing flooding and evacuations, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Wednesday, August 31 Syria—The Attorney General of the Syrian city of Hama resigned to[Read More…]
NXNE
musicvice.com Back for its 17th year, the annual North by Northeast (NXNE) festival and conference brought over 600 bands to Toronto over the course of five sweltering days in June. One of the most anticipated shows was Toronto’s own Fucked Up playing a free show at Yonge and Dundas Square,[Read More…]
JoÃl Pedneault – VP External Affairs
What are the main issues you’ll be focusing on this year? As people know, the government announced that there will be a massive tuition increase starting September 2012. So my immeditate priority is to inform as many students as possible of that fact, what the effects of that might be,[Read More…]