The end of the semester is fast approaching, and with that, an influx of graduation parties and end-of-year get-togethers await you. Don’t get too ahead of yourself though: Finals are also right around the corner, so you can’t slack off just yet. Excessive drinking and hangover symptoms can ruin that[Read More…]
Author: Dante Ventulieri
Tribune Explains: Winter 2022 exams amid sixth wave of COVID-19
McGill’s Winter 2022 final exams will take place in a hybrid format from April 13 to 29, amid increasing COVID-19 cases and waning restrictions. Experts say that Quebec is officially in a sixth wave fuelled by the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant, a trend evident in McGill’s rising case numbers. At[Read More…]
McGill Residences face COVID-19 surge as preventative measures loosen up
Between March 20 and 26, McGill reported 473 COVID-19 cases on campus, an increase of 330 from the previous week. Along with the rise in cases, many preventative measures are being lifted by both the Quebec government and McGill. After the province disabled the vaccine passport application, McGill announced it[Read More…]
Exam-season survival guide
If there’s one thing we can learn from Montreal’s frigid winters, it’s that they always beget spring; a period of stasis, then, is essential for growth. As we enter a new season—as well as exam season—remember that amid the hustle culture of academia, rest itself is a radical act of[Read More…]
McGill Psycho
260946387 is handsome, well-educated, and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own McGillian dream. He studies by day, achieving a grade point average of 4.0. Staff Producer Kate Gelinas documents a day in the life of a 4.0 GPA student at McGill University in this parody of Patrick Bateman’s[Read More…]
The Best Places to Cry on Campus
In spirit of the upcoming finals season, Staff Producer Kate Gelinas interviews students about the best places to cry on the McGill campus.
On becoming the It-Girl
With the spring weather suddenly upon us, it is time to look wistfully forward to summer…or more specifically, the summer aesthetic. It doesn’t matter that it is barely spring, or that the spring solstice was only last Sunday—it will never be too early to start working on your bikini body! [Read More…]
Know Your Athlete: Varsity ghosts of McGill
After the Athletics department brutally murdered a slew of varsity sports last fall, many athletes on these fallen teams lost their minds, some of them literally. The scores of ghostly figures haunting the entrance of Love Competition Hall, the corridors of McConnell Arena, and the bleachers at Percival Molson Stadium[Read More…]
Study on naked mole rats makes SHOCKING discovery (18+)
A recent study published in Nature dived into the behavioural patterns of the naked mole rat. The 18-year study was led by Salamander Zizek, a professor in the Department of Biology at McLung University. As with all of Zizek’s work, the paper generated a fair amount of excitement in the[Read More…]
Cuffing season is over: Best places on campus to break up with your significant other
Whether it’s the green spaces, reading rooms, restaurants, or historical architecture, there’s no shortage of places on campus to fall in love. However, when deciding where to break up with someone, things get a bit muddier. To help out with these nerve-wracking decisions, The McGill Tribune has identified the best[Read More…]
