Underscored by chaos and life in flux, Sean Price Williams’ The Sweet East is a picturesque tale of a teenage girl’s voyage across the East Coast of the U.S. amid turbulent political and personal landscapes. Lillian (Talia Ryder) is a South Carolina native, separated from her classmates during a high[Read More…]
Author: Gabrielle Cole
Redbirds’ basketball falls to rival Concordia in seventh loss of the season
The Redbirds (1–7) basketball faced off against the Concordia Stingers (6–2) in a disappointing loss on Jan. 13 at McGill’s Love Competition Hall. The game remained largely evenly matched, with the Redbirds and Stingers exchanging shots to keep the point differential within a couple of baskets for much of the[Read More…]
SSMU revokes permission for SPHR to use McGill’s name
On Dec. 18 the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) announced that it has revoked Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill’s right to use the McGill name. The decision comes after the Office of the Deputy Provost, Fabrice Labeau, delivered a notice to SSMU on Nov. 6 which stated[Read More…]
Trib Explains: Shohei Ohtani’s contract, net present value, and MLB’s competitive balance tax
On Dec. 9, the day after a social media frenzy where Toronto Blue Jays fans tracked a Shark Tank investor’s private jet from Anaheim to Toronto, thinking that prized free-agent Shohei Ohtani was on his way to sign with the Jays, the reigning AL MVP announced his signing with the[Read More…]
McGill appeals reinstatement of archaeological panel overseeing work on New Vic site
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi emailed all students and staff on Dec. 20, providing an update on McGill’s New Vic Project and a “clarification of salient facts.” This came as the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera’s (Mohawk Mothers) ongoing investigation into the New Vic Project site, where they fear that there[Read More…]
Post-secondary education is a right that must be asserted
Is McGill already not expensive enough? For many, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ)’s announcement of a tuition hike and the requirement of French language proficiency is a definitive sign of the increasing precarity of higher education. Potential out-of-province students will simply be priced out of attending university in Quebec. This[Read More…]
McGill divests direct holdings from Carbon Underground 200 fossil fuel companies
On Dec. 14, the McGill Board of Governors (BoG) voted to divest from all direct holdings in Carbon Underground (CU) 200 fossil fuel companies, which currently constitute 0.5 per cent of total McGill Investment Pool (MIP) holdings as of December 2022. CU 200 companies include the world’s top 200 coal,[Read More…]
Montrealers pay tribute to the over 100 journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza
On Jan. 11, about two hundred people gathered in the streets of Old Port to pay tribute to journalists who died in Gaza in a vigil organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Montreal. According to Al Jazeera on Dec. 23, authorities in Gaza have stated that at least 100[Read More…]
Cherry-picking in biostatistics research reveals a deeper-rooted problem
On Jan. 10, 2024, the Epidemiology Monday Seminar Series kicked off the new year with a presentation by Anne-Laure Boulesteix, professor of biometry at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her research focuses on metascience and evaluating research methods in the fields of bioinformatics, machine learning, and medicine. The seminar[Read More…]
Quebec needs to rethink its French tuition agreement
Since 2018, an agreement between the governments of France, Belgium, and Quebec has exempted francophone students from France and Belgium from the skyrocketing international tuition fee supplement. Under this collaborative initiative allowing Quebec to maintain the Francophonie, these undergraduate students are subject to the Canadian rate of tuition, while graduate[Read More…]
