Sam Reynolds Duct tape on the sidewalks by McGill’s entrances now demarcates exactly where MUNACA members on strike are allowed to march. Those aren’t the only lines on campus as a result of the labour conflict; these are divides which no one expects will be crossed anytime soon. New developments[Read More…]
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A user-friendly guide to surviving IKEA-mania
ibelieveinandy.com Last weekend, I went to hell for the first time in two years. In need of some lamps to combat the complete lack of sunlight during a Montreal winter, I decided to make the haul out to IKEA. Why buy a lamp from The Bay when you can assemble[Read More…]
Microsoft chief research officer comes to McGill
Ryan Resiert Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, spoke at McGill last Friday about the future of human-computer interaction and Microsoft’s contributions to the field. Many students anxiously awaited the talk, including Joel Cheverie, a U0 mathematics student. “I use Microsoft [products] everyday and so I want to[Read More…]
Where to study during midterms this semester
Ryan Reisert Ryan Reisert Midterm season is officially upon us. Everyone has a different study style, but sometimes getting into the groove is difficult, especially if the weather is as nice as it was over Thanksgiving weekend. To help get you started (or if it’s the night before your midterm[Read More…]
Ontario votes and Liberals win minority government
Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal Party of Ontario won their third consecutive Provincial election last Thursday night, clinching victory despite Ontarians’ preference for Conservative Party candidates in recent federal and Toronto mayoral elections. The result marks McGuinty’s third term as Premier but only the first in a minority government, after[Read More…]
Save Our Bluths?
“We’re gonna make the movie. Mitch Hurwitz is just starting to write it. It’ll be out in a year and a
Food expert David Morley discusses famine in Somalia
David Morley, president and CEO of UNICEF, opened the McGill Global Food Security Conference with a moment of silence commemorating those killed in a bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 4; a stark reminder of the everyday dangers of life in the region. The death toll from the bombing has[Read More…]
Arguably hits hard
Living alone in first year, pushed strongly toward my introverted side by the solitude, I found a strange kind of comfort watching the YouTube videos of essayist Christopher Hitchens lecturing and debating the opposition. An overweight, potentially drunk, white-suited, occasionally bearded, smart-aleck British ex-pat eviscerating rabbis and theologians, dropping opinions[Read More…]
Don’t burn down the justice system
They’re finally doing it. The Conservative government, despite the colossus of evidence brought forth by enraged Canadians and the warnings of our neighbours to the south, is cracking down on crime in the most draconian way possible. The Safe Streets and Communities Act, which will appear in Parliament this fall,[Read More…]
Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute solutions
I am not a lover of fashion, so when I had to visit the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for a French class, I tried to keep an open mind. I told myself that if all cultural education failed, at least the exhibit would[Read More…]
