The first major entertainment story of 2011 was undoubtedly that of Ted Williams, also known as “the homeless guy with the golden voice.” Down on his luck and left panhandling to various passersby, Williams demonstrated his incredible silky smooth voice, which was subsequently recorded and uploaded to YouTube. Literally hours[Read More…]
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The (too) many uses of random
The word “random” has never sounded right to me. It hits the ear in an awkward way and for whatever reason it makes me think that you were just too lazy to come up with a more specific word. But there are bigger problems with this commonly used term. To[Read More…]
The CBSC f#&s up
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)—a non-governmental organization committed to applying the standards of Canadian broadcasting to its members, made up of over 700 broadcasters—has recently ruled that the 1985 Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing” must be edited for radio play. The problem? The word “faggot,” which is used[Read More…]
There are kirpans, and there are kirpans
Should daggers be allowed in the national assembly, Quebec’s legislative body? That’s the gross oversimplification that Quebec politicians are debating in the latest conflict between Quebec and religious minorities over the issue of religious accommodation. Earlier this week, four Sikhs carrying kirpans—small symbolic daggers carried by most Sikh men—were denied[Read More…]
Council should let students vote on the GA
McGill Tribune A bit earlier than usual this year, the General Assembly is already making waves on campus. A proposal to create a referendum question seeking to abolish the GA and replace it with two (bi-)Annual General Meetings and so-called “private members’ bills” has spurred several Facebook groups and a[Read More…]
Death of a dictatorship
McGill Tribune When Mohamed Bouazizi soaked himself in paint thinner and set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, it wasn’t just his body that erupted. It was an entire country. Bouazizi was a Tunisian who dropped out of high school in order to support his family of eight. He[Read More…]
Protecting McGill since 2010
McGill Tribune As the self-proclaimed representative of the silent student majority, things have been tough here at Life Lines. There is no genuine statistical data on the political beliefs of this majority, so I am left writing heartwarming, greeting-card-line-drenched pieces that attempt only to make the average student smile. Although[Read More…]
Drop the laptop? Not so fast
For my first three years at McGill, I hand-wrote my notes in class. Every semester, I would restock my supply of coloured notebooks, labeling each with the proper course code. It worked well—I would go to class, write down everything the professor scrawled on the board, and then review it[Read More…]
Give discourse a chance!
Last weekend, the McGill Daily and Le Délit hosted the Canadian University Press’s annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Montreal. The conference was a huge success, providing a unique opportunity for student journalists from across the country to meet one another and engage with professionals in the[Read More…]
Recrastinators of the world … unite!
I was a day late coming back to school, and thus, was behind in my classes before my final semester at McGill even started. Despite this, I don’t feel an urgent need to catch up. But why do certain people seem to actually prefer regularly repeating cycles of falling behind[Read More…]
