From Sept. 21 to 25, Divest McGill held Fossil Free Week, a series of workshops, professor talks, and rallies to ask the university administration to divest from oil and gas industries. Divest McGill is an organization whose goal is to urge the university to divest its endowment from fossil fuel[Read More…]
Author: Maya Reid
Drug price hike causes global outrage
Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, was harshly criticized last week after raising the cost of one of the company’s drugs, Daraprim, from $13.40 USD to $750 USD—an increase of 5,000 per cent. Manufactured exclusively by Turing, this price hike has reignited the debate on the ethics of charging patients for[Read More…]
The week that was for McGill Athletics: Sept 28
In this week's edition of the week that was for McGill Athletics the McGill Tribune Sports team looks at Rob Sedin and Rebecca Green, our athletes of the week, Redmen Lacrosse and Redmen Baseball, and our weekly edition of by the numbers. Beyond the box score REDMEN LACROSSE McGill came[Read More…]
Football: Redmen blunt Acadia Axemen to move to .500 on the season
McGill Redmen 45 Acadia Axemen 15 There was a dreamlike quality to McGill’s seamless[Read More…]
Soccer: Redmen fall to Rouge et Or, move to sixth in RSEQ
McGill Redmen 0 Laval Rouge et Or 3 The McGill Redmen (1-4-0) soccer team fell to the Laval Rouge et Or (1-3-0) 3-0 on Friday night[Read More…]
Soccer: No. 1 ranked Rouge et Or overpower Martlets
McGill Martlets 1 Laval Rouge et Or 3 The Laval Rouge Et Or (5-0-1) overpowered the McGill Martlets (3-2-1) 3-1 on Friday night at Molson Stadium. The Martlets struggled to[Read More…]
UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 review
The UEFA Champions League is back! This week marked the beginning of the group play, and all 32 teams left in the competition have completed their first matches. There was plenty of drama and goals to discuss and analyze. Here are the important takeaways from the first match day's biggest[Read More…]
Album Review: Pagans in Vegas – Metric
Metric is a band that has yet to make a misstep in their 17 year career, and they have become known as founders of the Canadian indie-rock scene. Their latest album Pagans in Vegas, the band’s sixth overall and first in over three years, attempts[Read More…]
Album Review: GO:OD AM – Mac Miller
It’s always darkest before the dawn, and while the slew of mixtapes, EPs, and two studio albums leading up to Mac Miller’s latest release, GO:OD AM, might not constitute darkness, it’s been a long-winded journey for the 23-year-old rapper. While his debut album Blue Slide[Read More…]
Album Review – Bob Moses / Days Gone By
Deep house is always a somewhat difficult genre to analyze. With its steady beats and minimalist instrumentation, it’s meant to set an atmosphere rather than move and inspire. Armed with a laptop and sound equipment, making mediocre deep house isn’t terribly difficult, and these days[Read More…]
