Two weeks ago, the Students’ Society held its annual General Assembly. The whole thing was depressing. I went at precisely the time it was to begin, and the first thing that struck me was the line. Remember the GA last semester? If you weren’t there at least an hour early,[Read More…]
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In Concert: Halloween – Rocky Horror Picture Show
Holly Stewart A cold Saturday evening and the first snowfall of the season didn’t stop the line for the Rocky Horror Picture Show from extending around the block. It’s safe to say that those who like it, like it a lot. Dedicated fans were dressed in drag and dishabille, even[Read More…]
Incapacitated instruction
Due to an incident of drunken buffoonery and stupidity, I spent the better part of last weekend, from October 22nd until the 25th, lying around my apartment on couches and beds with a tensor bandage around my swollen, bruised, painful left ankle. Ice was applied. Medicine was taken (as was[Read More…]
Talking to euthanasia opponent Margaret Somerville
Logan Smith Margaret Somerville, founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics, and Law, recently testified at the Quebec National Assembly hearings. She sat down with the Tribune to share some of her thoughts on euthanasia. Why have you taken such an active role against euthanasia? It is the[Read More…]
Bird courses, Boise State, and the BCS
We all know them. Some of us might even be them. Those people who brag about the kind of GPA that you could only dream of. These aren’t necessarily the best and the brightest, but they’re the people who have found perfectly legitimate ways to use the system to their[Read More…]
NBA Preview – Southwest Division
Dallas Mavericks: The Mavericks have three bench players who could start on any other team: Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler, and Shawn Marion. Point guard Jason Kidd continues to defy age and Dirk Nowitzki remains one of the most consistent power forwards of the decade. If the Mavs want to make[Read More…]
Looking Montreal in the Eye
There’s an exhibit of Jenny Holzer’s sometimes-incendiary conceptual art on view at DHC/ART until November 14. But you needn’t have seen it to attend Early Warning Systems: Inflammatory Poetry by Six Montreal Poets, a poetry reading honouring her work. Holzer has often used text as images in her art,[Read More…]
Journalist or jester: Is Jon Stewart relevant anymore?
On Saturday, October 30, Jon Stewart hosted his Rally to Restore Sanity
on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Today, two Tribune editors face off on whether
Jon Stewart has anything important to contribute to American political debate.
Rowers finish strong
This past weekend, the McGill rowing team competed at the Ontario University Association Championships. Despite a rocky season, the team performed well at the regatta and six McGill boats made it to the OUA finals. The women’s lightweight four was McGill’s only boat to qualify for the Canadian Championships. Their[Read More…]
Sperm donors must remain anonymous
The Supreme Court of British Columbia is currently deciding whether Olivia Pratten’s inability to access the identity and medical records of her unwitting biological father—a sperm donor 28 years ago—violates her constitutional rights to “life, liberty, and security of person.” Pratten, a reporter for the Canadian Press, sued to[Read More…]