Dave Sandford / NHLI As any Ottawa native knows, the 417 is as close as you can get to a parking lot before Sens games. It’s packed, parking sucks, and only a rookie thinks that taking Terry Fox Drive is a shortcut. However, last week for the NHL All-Star Game,[Read More…]
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There’s no “Team” in Politics
On Jan. 23, the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins made a commemorative visit to the White House in order to have their accomplishment recognized by the country’s commander-in-chief. This ritual dates back to 1865, when President Andrew Johnson invited baseball teams to the White House to celebrate their victorious[Read More…]
Making it look easy: Martlets win seventh straight
Sam Reynolds / The McGill Tribune Winning is becoming routine for the McGill women’s basketball team, as the Martlets defeated the Laval Rouge et Or on Saturday night in a game in which they never trailed. The 69-64 victory was McGill’s seventh straight to start the new year, and the[Read More…]
Science & Technology Calendar Feb 7-10
EUS Academic Week The Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) is holding its annual A-week—a week-long series of talks by professors, and other faculty events aimed at promoting post-graduate career options for engineers. On Tuesday evening, the EUS will host a wine and cheese networking event for engineers interested in careers in[Read More…]
Let’s put the Sans back in Comic Sans
thebarking.com When God, or Buddha, or the Fontmonster, or whoever created the standard computer fonts—actually, it was probably Al Gore—started typesetting font after font, he (or she—I’m all for gender equality in the typeface world), created most of them equally. From Times to Tahoma, Arial to Verdana, most fonts are[Read More…]
The prime minister’s blinkered vision
McGill Tribune Speaking last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper announced his vision to “undertake major transformations to position Canada for growth over the next sustainability.” And it was just as disappointing to note that Harper remained vague about the exact measures[Read More…]
UN Women Canada president calls for gender equality
Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune Roughly 100 students gathered last Friday, Jan. 27, in Shatner’s Lev Bukhman room to listen to speeches by Almas Jiwani, president of the UN Women Canada National Committee, and humanitarian activist Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. Hosted by the newly created McGill chapter of UN Women Canada,[Read More…]
Business leaders share success with students
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune On Jan. 27, students, faculty, administration, and alumni came together at the Omni Hotel for the 32nd Management Achievement Awards. The event honoured four individuals in the business world who had exemplified entrepreneurial skills, using their success to give back to the community. The event[Read More…]
AUS GA to vote on joining CLASSE
On Jan. 27, approximately 100 university and CEGEP students created a human barricade outside the Montreal offices of the Ministry of Education to protest the Quebec government’s proposed tuition fee hikes. The protest was organized by the Coalition Large de l’Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (CLASSE), a temporary coalition[Read More…]
Bob Rae encourages youth to get involved in Liberal party
Duncan Hood / McGill Tribune The Honourable Bob Rae, the interim leader of the Liberal party, completed his five day tour of Quebec with a speech at Concordia University on Friday, Jan. 27. As he crosses the nation, Rae aims to remind Canadians of what the Liberal party represents, restructure[Read More…]
