For the second straight year, the McGill Redmen travelled deep into Ontario and emerged Queen’s Cup champions. The Redmen put an exclamation point on their final OUA match with a 6-2 rout of the Western Conference champion University of Western Ontario Mustangs, the fifth time in eight playoff matches that[Read More…]
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Areas likely to be effected by climate change mapped
Jason Samson Earlier this month, McGill PhD candidate Jason Samson and a number of other researchers released the world’s first map of human vulnerability to climate change. Samson, who studies climate change ecology, originally conceived of the idea while studying species adaptation to climate change. With his team, he[Read More…]
SSMU Election Results
Anna Katycheva Anna Katycheva Students’ Society Councillor Maggie Knight was elected SSMU president Friday night, beating opponent Cathal Rooney-Céspedes with 67.2 per cent of the 4,172 votes cast. Chief Electoral Officer Tais McNeil made the announcement in a two-thirds full Gert’s, which erupted in celebration at the announcement. A number[Read More…]
He’s just a small town boy, living in a lonely world
keepthisthought.blogspot.com In Cedar Rapids, Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), a small town insurance salesman with a heart of gold, is the picture of Midwestern naiveté—a man, as his boss says, who was going places and then never did. He’s never flown on a plane before, doesn’t drink, and wears a sweater[Read More…]
WebCT quotation of the week
Subject: Assigned Readings Author: Student 1 What are the assigned readings for the mid2? when can we have the list of readings? Subject: Assigned Readings Author: Student 2 Seriously? We just had a midterm yesterday… YESTERDAY!
Lupe Fiasco: Lasers
Controversy broke out after Lupe Fiasco admitted via Twitter that he is experiencing creative differences with his record label, who asked him privately not to “rap too deep” on his latest album. Lupe may have taken this advice to heart, or he might be preparing himself for a disappointing release.[Read More…]
How to rear children
You might think it’s a bit early to start thinking about rearing children, but it’s not. Kids are everywhere and need to be dealt with in the right way. If you make a mistake raising a child, you are effectively giving the middle finger to the future, and that’s just[Read More…]
Stefan Prokopetz – VP Finance & Operations
What experience do you think you bring into this position? I'm currently doing work for the assistant director of finance here at McGill, I'm doing research on IPOs. So people definitely trust my financial expertise, I understand financial statements, I did budgeting this summer for work. I did a lot[Read More…]
Lauren Hudak – VP University Affairs
What do you think would be the most important issues facing the VP UA next year? One of them will be tuition for sure, it has been shown that tuition increases seem to be inevitable for this upcoming year, however as VP UA I will definitely take a very hard[Read More…]
From velour tracksuits to cardigans and class
The National Basketball Association, my friends, is back. The turnaround the NBA has made over the past few years is truly remarkable considering the dark days it suffered for most of the 2000s. While a number of factors have accounted for the comeback, much of the credit should go to[Read More…]