McGill has plenty of famous alumni, from prime ministers to Grammy winners, but who is the greatest of them all? With McGill”s 190th anniversary approaching, the Alumni Association has decided to seek the answer to this question. The Alumni Association began its search for the greatest McGillian by creating an[Read More…]
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Maurice Richard sets Quebec ablaze
charlesforan.com Rare is the athlete whose cultural impact transcends the sport he or she plays. Charles Foran, the author of a new book on Maurice Richard for the Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians series, says his subject fits this select category. In the same sense that Jackie Robinson didn’t set out to[Read More…]
The ink on your fingers
Why do we read student newspapers? Why do we, every week, pick up any of the campus publications and question, judge, accept, or concur with the articles inside? We are offended by them. We are amused by them. They give us something to do between classes, while sitting down for[Read More…]
Martlets Basketball – B
Alice Walker Throughout the year the Martlets had a bad habit of letting themselves fall behind early in games only to rely on extraordinary clutch play to pull out victories. They finally ran out of magic in the first round of the playoffs against a Laval Rouge-et-Or team that, despite[Read More…]
Open Mic at the Wax Museum
She’s looking across the table at me, but only because she’s trying not to look at him. We met a couple weeks ago at some friend’s friend’s party and got to talking about our mutual hatred of our Russian Lit. conference. (I recognized her right away but I let her[Read More…]
Rebels with a cause
damonwise.blogspot.com As a wave of revolutions sweep the Middle East, Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside The Law arrives in North America at an important time. The film relates the traumatic experience of the movement for Algerian colonial independence, anchoring its viewers in both French and Algerian settings. Outside the Law is the[Read More…]
Saag Paneer
recipes.oriyaonline.com This is my mother’s easier and healthier version of the classic Indian spinach dish that can be adapted to suit whatever you have in your kitchen. Paneer is an Indian fresh cheese that is fully vegetarian and a good source of protein. If you want a vegan alternative, substitute[Read More…]
Rustock Botnet Takedown
If you typically stock up on “V1aGr4” and “C!AL!$” from suppliers who email you individually, expect to have a bit more trouble over the coming weeks. Last week, Microsoft shut down the largest source of spam emails on the Internet, the Rustock botnet. A botnet is a large collection of[Read More…]
Why you should stay in Montreal for the summer
It’s not unusual to hear complaints from McGill students that Montreal in winter is simply “uninhabitable.” On a recent jaunt up the mountain, a friend and I looked out over the frozen city and the icy expanse across the river wondering what early settlers could have been thinking when they[Read More…]
Tax filing for students
As exam time coincides with tax season, filing a tax return is the last thing on students’ minds. It’s unlikely that many students will file before the deadline on April 30. Furthermore, many students think they don’t need to file a tax return because they don’t make enough money to[Read More…]