After finally trying beer for the first time this past week, freshman Steven Karp has officially announced his plans to abandon his intentions of going to med school to become a doctor. Karp said that during recent weeks of “experimentation” with beer, he has decided that drinking and partying is[Read More…]
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The McChill Brobune
No room for brocism
The Brobune wants to talk about some of the stizzle in Deputy Brovost (Student Life and Ballin’) Gorton Pendelson’s recent Diversity Survey. One thing that sucks is that whole thing about the “underrepresentation of and discrimination towards the bro community at McGill.” Dude, what the frick, guy? Even though there[Read More…]
Engineers need English
The Faculty of Engineering will add a new course to its curriculum beginning in the 2012-13 academic year. This addition will not affect any current students but will be grandfathered in. The change means that all Engineering students, beginning in September 2013, will be required to take an English course[Read More…]
Retired NHL player wins Nobel
Retired NHL player of the Ottawa Senators, Allan Starford, has just won the Nobel Prize in physics for his advances in quantum theory. The Brobune was granted an exclusive interview after the award ceremony. Q: So, Mr. Starford, now that you’ve won this Nobel prize some people are saying[Read More…]
The Mac vs. PC debate
Over the years there have been a number of lively computer debates, many of which remain unsettled. There’s Vim versus Emacs, C++ versus Java, and whether or not P is equal to NP. All of these arguments pale in comparison to the most disputed topic in both geek and non-geek[Read More…]
A McGillian Gone South
Elisha Lerner Elisha Lerner Tall, stern, and with a prominent scar on his right cheek, Guy Boucher looks like the prototypical hockey coach. He speaks in short, to-the-point sentences, yells at his players and uses phrases like “all piss and vinegar”—things you could only hear in a hockey dressing room.[Read More…]
Chocolate Crepe cake
whatsforlunchtodayhoney.net This past Saturday night was a surprise birthday party for a friend of mine, and naturally an opportunity for some baking fun. I had another friend over to help out, and together we made a very cute, reasonably simple, and impressive looking cake: Chocolate Crepe Cake. This cake is[Read More…]
St. Patrick’s day in Boston alone
If you’re like me, being alone is one of those things you spend most of your time avoiding. Unless I’m in some kind of intensive study disposition or having one of those occasional 20 minute introvert moments, I do very little by myself. Walking and talking, eating, grabbing coffee, even[Read More…]
WebCT quotation
Subject: Assigned Readings Author: Student 1 Will we require calculators for our midterm tomorrow? Author: Student 2 You might, I won’t Author: Student 3 Douche.
