Less than 24 hours after a dominant 4-0 win at home against Laurier, the McGill Redmen hockey team (11-1-0) won its eighth game in a row, defeating the Waterloo Warriors (4-8-0) 5-2 at McConnell Arena on Saturday evening. Despite surrendering the first goal to Warriors forward Colin Behenna, McGill stayed the[Read More…]
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SSMU VP Internal by-election results in “No” vote for Alexei Simakov
This article was updated on Nov. 16. Alexei Simakov will not be the next vice-president (VP) Internal of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). The by-election that was held to fill the position vacated by Lola Baraldi in October resulted in 51.7 per cent of students voting “No.” Voter[Read More…]
Trib mix: Changing of the seasons
Now that the temperature has settled below 10 degrees a dreaded fact can no longer be ignored: The seasons are changing, and winter is coming. The editors at the McGill Tribune are taking this seasonal defeat particularly hard, and have compiled 24 tracks to express their sorrow over the beginning[Read More…]
Rugby: Boyer’s late try lifts Redmen over Carabins in RSEQ Final
“I could tell everyone was exhausted,” captain Mitchell Cuillerier said. “But when I looked in their eyes, I could see nobody was going to quit.” With the RSEQ Championship on the line, the Montréal Carabins (5-2-0) held the McGill Redmen (6-0-1) in check for 80 minutes. But as the clock[Read More…]
SSMU VP Internal endorsement: Alexei Simakov
In order to present the most informed endorsements as possible, we attended the debate and conducted an interview in person with the candidate. The Tribune Editorial Board debated and discussed the candidate in depth and voted on our endorsement for the position. The endorsement required a two-thirds majority vote. Should[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: The balancing act of gender parity in cabinet
I distinctly remember the day this summer that then-leader of the third party Justin Trudeau announced gender parity in cabinet as a campaign promise. I also remember rolling my eyes, and muttering something about merit and tokenization, deciding this would just be a campaign promise I disagreed with. Now that[Read More…]
Past vs. Present: “This Charming Man” vs. “Hotline Bling”
On the evening of Oct. 19, 2015—a night when Canadians voted overwhelmingly for a party with a Hollister model as its leader and the Toronto Blue Jays scored 11 runs to win their first game of the ALCS—Drake dominated the internet. Now weeks removed from the initial release, vines of[Read More…]
Deep Cuts: Michel Gondry music videos
In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the music video was being redefined. A series of visionary directors were beginning to imagine the music video as more that just a means of promotion, but as an opportunity for artistic expression in itself. Last week, the Tribune took a look at[Read More…]
Remembrance Day ceremony met with protest by Demilitarize McGill
On Wednesday Nov. 11, students active in the Demilitarize McGill campaign unravelled a banner from the roof of the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex during the Remembrance Day Ceremony held by the Royal Canadian Legion on McGill’s Lower Field. “Canada kills: Colonialism here, imperialism abroad. End occupation, resist Canada,” read the banner,[Read More…]
Takeaways from the start of the NBA season
1. Stephen Curry and the value of pace and space Stephen Curry has by far been the most entertaining player of the opening week of the NBA. Through the first week he recorded a 28-point quarter, a 24-point quarter, a 21-point quarter, and 25 three pointers through his first five[Read More…]
