Alberta Pandas Conference: Canada West Why they’re here: Conference runners-up Regular season record: 9-4-1, 3rd place National championships won (last): 3 (2001) Leading scorer: Heather Lund, 11 goals Head coach: Liz Jepsen Fun Fact: The University of Alberta has won more national championships in all sports combined than any other[Read More…]
Author: Adam Sadinsky
Top fashion blogs for every level of style expertise
Getting into online fashion news and street style photography is not as overwhelming as one might think. Whether you’re just trying to stay ahead of monthly magazines or are considering starting your own site, here are five blogs for any level that will help kick off your newest hobby: Essentials[Read More…]
Badgers take a bite out of Redmen’s title hopes
Barry Miller LONDON, ON — As I embarked on the team bus heading out to London, Ontario, for the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association’s (CUFLA) championship weekend, I couldn’t help but notice the smiles on the faces of each Redmen player I encountered. Spirits were high as the bus left[Read More…]
From James McGill’s crest to Molson stadium
During the national soul-search last week surrounding the dire question of “beaver or polar bear,” I felt left out. National symbols embody the spirit of a distinct people, and despite three glorious years now spent in Canada, I am still indubitably and irrevocably American. Thus, forgoing the right to soliloquize[Read More…]
Martlets welcome nation’s finest
Canada’s best women’s university soccer teams and their fans will descend on McGill University this weekend as the school prepares to host the CIS Women’s Soccer National Championship Tournament. As tournament hosts, the Martlets punched their ticket to the big dance before a ball was even kicked this season. The[Read More…]
Building health from the ground up
See footnote. Our environment has a deep impact on our mental, physical, and emotional health. A new exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) called Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture explores the numerous ways in which this truism has, and could, manifest itself in the arenas of structural[Read More…]
Why I’m voting no
This fall’s referendum features two questions which are almost identically worded; one regarding the McGill chapter of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group, and one about CKUT, a radio station run by McGill students. Both questions call for the renewal of the groups’ opt-outable fees, but both also demand a[Read More…]
There is never a case for bullying
Bullying awareness and ‘it gets better’ campaigns have been gaining momentum this year. So when I read the news that the state of Michigan passed an ‘anti-bullying’ bill, I was shocked and greatly disappointed. This bill essentially justifies bullying if it’s based on a strongly held religious belief or moral[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor
The referendum on continued student funding for QPIRG is important, because QPIRG—the Quebec Public Interest Research Group —has been a key campus organization at McGill advancing alternative ideas on environmental, political, and social issues. The need to explore alternative ideas has always been important, but perhaps never more so than[Read More…]
Tough yet inconsistent on human rights
For anybody who has been paying attention, it’s clear that the current government is injecting a new kind of fuel into Canada’s foreign policy. Prime Minister Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney form a trifecta of tone transformation: they give bang for their rhetoric’s buck,[Read More…]