Julian Haber Julian Haber When I read the tagline for Geordie Theatre’s MöcShplat—”Shakespeare … in a language you can finally understand”—I assumed they were being ironic. But this clown version of Macbeth, told only in gibberish, was not only easy to understand, it also made the plot and themes accessible[Read More…]
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Martlets and Redmen send Rouge-et-Or packing
Ryan Reisert After 15 years, Donald Love Competition Hall has finally seen its first capacity crowd. It may have been a long time coming, but both the Redmen and Martlets gave the sell out crowd of 872 exactly what they came to see, with big wins over conference rival Laval.[Read More…]
Making sense of contemporary British theatre
Alice Walker Alice Walker When trying to describe the underlying message of TNC Theatre’s newest production, Attempts on Her Life, the odds are stacked against you. Attempts on Her Life, directed by Laura Freitag, is the best-known work by modern British playwright Martin Crimp. Divided into 16 episodic segments, the[Read More…]
Photos from the Egypt rallies
The King is back, the Cavs are not
I like to consider myself an expert when it comes to recognizing futility and hopelessness in sports. Each season, every team I cheer for seems determined to find a way to be increasingly awful. But despite my familiarity with last place finishes and double digit losing streaks, I have never[Read More…]
Endorsements for Thursday’s GA motions
McGill Tribune Resolution Re: The Society’s Invesments – YES This resolution would amend the Students’ Society’s bylaws to include information regarding its investments in corporate shares and government bonds. As SSMU’s counsel has advised, this is necessary in order to bring the corporation in line with Quebec law. Resolution Re:[Read More…]
IPv4 no more
Last Thursday marked a significant event in the history of the Internet. While many people didn’t notice it, and it wasn’t nearly as publicized as Y2K, something happened that necessitates a major shift in the way the Internet functions: the Internet stopped growing. Internet protocol addresses, or IP addresses, are[Read More…]
Meaningful dialogue at McGill
McGill Tribune OMEQ is a student club that seeks to provide an on-campus forum for dialogue on Israel and Palestine. This brief description, however, does not tell the full story, nor does it address the critical issues that must be raised: what does dialogue mean? How do we do it?[Read More…]
McGill looks toward playoffs after disappointing finale
Robert Smith Robert Smith The McGill Martlets (10-10) let lead after lead slip as they fell 3-0 (21-25, 20-25, 22-25) to the fifth ranked University of Laval Rouge-et-Or (17-3) on Saturday night at Love Competition Hall. The Martlets held early leads in each of the three sets but were unable[Read More…]
Newburgh should apologize, but not resign
McGill Tribune The Students’ Society Council voted in confidential session on Thursday to publicly censure President Zach Newburgh. While this limited information was all that was initially offered to students, it is now known that the censure was the result of Newburgh’s involvement with a new company, Jobbook. Debate on[Read More…]