CW: Mentions of colonial violence, abuse On Sept. 20, the Kanien’kehà:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) attended a case management hearing at the Quebec Superior Court as part of their ongoing lawsuit against McGill over the New Vic project. Exceptionally, federal and provincial representatives were brought onto the case as third parties.[Read More…]
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Students march in protest at annual climate strike, renew calls for McGill to divest
Divest McGill, a student activist group on campus, held a rally and march for the climate on the afternoon of Sept. 23. They started at the bottom of McTavish Street before leading sign-wielding and chanting students up to the George-Étienne Cartier Monument at Parc Jeanne-Mance. There, the McGill group joined[Read More…]
Greek life, behind closed doors
“Welcome to the club. You’re, like, one of the few pretty girls at McGill. Use it wisely.” No, that’s not a quote from a Mean Girls production at McGill. That’s a genuine thought expressed to me by a sorority girl at my first—and only—frat party. Following that linguistic beauty and[Read More…]
Ushering in a new future for McGill’s museums
Museums: A quintessential aspect of family vacations, school trips, and artsy dates. For centuries, they have offered visitors the chance to explore conceptual, social, scientific and artistic heritages. But museums hold more weight than most realize; they are inherently political and consistently perpetuate racism. Non-Western cultures are frequently misrepresented in[Read More…]
On becoming the Plateau man
Yeah, I’m a Plateau man. No no, I don’t live on the McGill side of St. Laurent, not near Jeanne-Mance; I’m on the other side, the real Plateau. There are, like, no McGill students here, not like if you’re on Aylmer or something. I crave authenticity and you just don’t[Read More…]
Redbirds rugby power to victory over Gee-Gees in front of whiteout home crowd
On Sept. 17, the Redbirds (2–0) took the field to face off against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees (1–1) for their second RSEQ game of the season. After a win over the Carleton Ravens last week, the Redbirds dazzled a rambunctious whiteout crowd with a 31-19 victory on home turf. [Read More…]
Mo representation, Mo problems
Mo, a Netflix comedy-drama show released in late August, centres around the life of Palestinian-American Mo Amer in a story based on his lived experiences—navigating legal illegitimacy by selling bootleg merch, working at a strip club and a Texan olive farm—as an asylum seeker in the U.S. The show has[Read More…]
Cross country teams open season with a bang at McGill Open
McGill’s cross-country squads opened their seasons on Sept. 17 at Parc Mont Royal. The weather was cool and sunny as the women started the day, with their race kicking off at 12 p.m. The six-kilometre race went into the mountain and included four repeats of a one-kilometre loop before spitting[Read More…]
Martlets and Redbirds soccer defeat UQTR in home double-header
Sept. 16 was a particularly good night for McGill soccer teams as both the Martlets (2–3) and Redbirds (1–1–2) recorded shutouts on home turf. The evening began with the Martlets winning 2-0 against the Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)’s Patriotes and ended with the Redbirds taking a 1-0 win[Read More…]
From humans on Mars to the expanding universe
Staring at an image of the Milky Way, James Peebles, the 2019 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, verbalized what his audience was thinking: “Isn’t that beautiful?”Just about everyone can agree that our galaxy is a remarkable sight. It was Sept. 16 and Peebles was visiting McGill to deliver the annual[Read More…]
