charlesforan.com Rare is the athlete whose cultural impact transcends the sport he or she plays. Charles Foran, the author of a new book on Maurice Richard for the Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians series, says his subject fits this select category. In the same sense that Jackie Robinson didn’t set out to[Read More…]
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Zach Newburgh – President: B
President Zach Newburgh started the year strong, acting as the ever-present public face of the movement to re-open the Architecture Café. Shouting through a megaphone outside of Leacock prior to the September McGill Senate meeting, Newburgh presided over one of the most significant and coordinated displays of student engagement and[Read More…]
Redmen Basketball – B
Alice Walker When McGill brought in Head Coach David DeAveiro to lead the men’s basketball team, it was hoped that he would recreate the consistent success that he found at the University of Ottawa. The combination of a new coach and an exciting young core contributed to a season that[Read More…]
And that’s a wrap: Winter sports report cards
SSMU REPORT CARDS
Redmen Hockey – A
Holly Stewart Holly Stewart What used to be an anomaly is now the norm: the McGill Redmen are perennial National Championship contenders. The 2010-2011 season was a historic one for the Redmen hockey team as McGill qualified for its fifth National Championship in six years and played in the national[Read More…]
Ditch the self-obsession, McGill
McGill Tribune North American society has an intense focus on individualism and subsequently placing one’s self-interest and personal pursuits above all else. The consequence of this is a narrow, linear view of personal goal pursuit that does not always fit properly with our basic need for close intimate interactions and[Read More…]
Year in review: The stories that mattered on campus
ARCH Café: This fall, students returned to McGill to find that the beloved Architecture Café wouldn’t be reopening for the school year. In early September, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson claimed that the café had been losing money for the last several years but refused to cite[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor
Dear McChill Brobune, SSMU’s open forums will be moved to Friday afternoons as opposed to Wednesdays after dark so as to avoid any scheduling conflicts (seriously, what were we thinking). Also, I finally figured out what OAP stands for. See you there in the fall! One last thing: who’s Broseph[Read More…]
Alumni Association launches Greatest McGillian campaign
McGill has plenty of famous alumni, from prime ministers to Grammy winners, but who is the greatest of them all? With McGill”s 190th anniversary approaching, the Alumni Association has decided to seek the answer to this question. The Alumni Association began its search for the greatest McGillian by creating an[Read More…]
