Zareen Ali / McGill Tribune On a visit to India in 2004, three sisters were struck by the inequality of the country’s education system and were inspired to do something about it. In a joint venture, Zareen Ali, U3 management, and her sisters Maria and Amena, a McGill alum[Read More…]
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Capolungo caps successful season for McGill
Sam Reynolds While McGill and Percival Molson Stadium play host to the CIS Women’s Soccer national championship tournament, another team of red-and-white-clad soccer players will be gunning for glory on the other side of the continent. A late goal from Yohann Capolungo made the difference as the Redmen secured their[Read More…]
A midterm adventure
Sometimes, during the middle of midterms when one’s diet consists of a problematic number of Tim Horton’s bagels and too much coffee, and the dirty laundry pile is functioning as a chest of drawers, one decides to take a small adventure. A small midterm adventure, to be precise. The small[Read More…]
AUS revamps Bar des Arts
Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune Over the last year, Bar des Arts (BdA), run by the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS), has seen a series of changes in policy that have frustrated many students. Founded in 2007, BdA is a staple service of the AUS, open Thursdays from 4:00 to 9:00[Read More…]
Montreal addresses the scrapping of the long-gun registry
On Oct. 25 Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government introduced Bill C-19 to the House of Commons. This bill, known as the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act, seeks to abolish the current long-gun registry. If passed, gun owners will no longer be required by law to register rifles[Read More…]
Confusing questions and unclear mandates
On Thursday morning voting in the Fall Referendum period closes, and in all likelihood the QPIRG-McGill and CKUT referendum questions will pass—as long as quorum is reached. It’s rare for a fee renewal question to fail, as these referenda are more a test of whether a group can mobilize enough[Read More…]
To be or not to be Shakespeare?
If Shakespeare didn’t write any of his plays, who did? That’s the scenario of Roland Emmerich’s newest film, Anonymous. The film pits Shakespeare the person against Shakespeare the bard, but barely scratches the surface of the complex history of Shakespeare and his works. Based on the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare[Read More…]
Invincible no more, Martlet winning streak ends at 107
Ryan Reisert It’s tough to write a story about the unthinkable, but that’s exactly what happened this past Saturday afternoon: the Martlets lost a Quebec conference game to the Montreal Carabins, 3-2. The loss capped the Martlets’ RSEQ win streak at 107 games. It was their first defeat since falling[Read More…]
McGill Medicine once again number one in Canada
McGill’s medical school was once again ranked as the best in Canada. The rankings, compiled by Maclean’s magazine, were published on Oct. 27. This marks the 21st year that Maclean’s has published medical school rankings for Canada. “We are gratified by this recognition,” McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum said in a[Read More…]
Paws off the beaver
1975 was one fine year for the beaver fan, especially for those with a particular fondness for the Castor Canadensis—the Canadian beaver. That year marked the start of the beaver’s official role, alongside the maple leaf, as a Canadian national symbol. However, 2011 has proved to be a much more[Read More…]