The McGill Farmers’ Market has been a staple of the summer and fall seasons at McGill since 2008. It returns again to McTavish Street this year, open on Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Multiple vendors selling their signature products offer students a variety of food and flavour options,[Read More…]
Holly Wethey
Holly studies Honours English Literature at McGill. She is a Student Life Editor at The McGill Tribune. Aside from The Tribune, Holly is a founding editor of The Imagist and a reader for The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, and The /tƐmz/ Review. She is also Co-President of Mcsway Poetry Collective. Her work has been published in Yolk, The VEG, The McGill Tribune Creative Supplement, F Word, and Half a Grapefruit Magazine.
Posts by Holly Wethey
The return of Gerts
Many lower-year McGill students will draw a blank at the name “Gerts.” As a fourth-year student, I’ve only heard stories of the famous bar that’s been closed since 2018. However, with the student bar in the SSMU building reopening on Sept. 14, it’s worth reminiscing about its closure. Alana Dunlop, Arts[Read More…]
‘Dans ma cour ça du chien!’: The story behind the colourful dogs of Place des Arts
Walking through Place des Arts in the summer months, one is greeted by a variety of neon dog statues. These furry creatures are part of artist Mélanie Crespin’s interactive art piece “Dans ma cour ça du chien!” For me, the dogs have become an iconic part of strolling through the[Read More…]
Hidden gems of McGill: Favourite spots to eat, study, chill, and explore
Coming back to campus, it is clear that a lot has changed. But a lot has remained the same. The McGill Tribune reflects on some tucked-away spots—from familiar favourites to some more obscure—to visit, remember, and hopefully find our way back to. 1. Paddle Mac Located on McGill’s Macdonald Campus,[Read More…]
Adventures from my balcony
I have been spending a lot of time on my balcony this summer. It overlooks a parking lot that spills onto St-Laurent Boulevard, and at night, the bulbs spanning the street fill the whole place with light. I am learning that there is a lot you can do from your[Read More…]
Word on the Y: Zoom edition
One year into the pandemic that turned students’ lives upside down, The McGill Tribune’s Student Life team reflects on a tumultuous, yet occasionally triumphant, year. Holly Wethey; Contributor For the past two semesters, I have been living in my Plateau apartment, watching Montreal go from the orange zone to the[Read More…]
The unique student network of McGill Free and For Sale
Last year, my roommate and I hauled a dresser all the way from Avenue Coloniale to Rue Saint-Urbain. Struggling to carry it, we lugged it down the crowded sidewalk as the people lined up outside of Schwartz’s Deli watched. Like many McGill students, we had relied on McGill Free and[Read More…]
Wine(ing) about McGill: Cocktails, mocktails, and more
With warmer weather coming our way, nostalgia for the McGill campus and the now-distant era of OAP is officially setting in. This week, The McGill Tribune has compiled a list of some signature McGill mixed drinks™ to help you reminisce about the good old days. Big Suze Seltzer Who doesn’t love[Read More…]
Montreal lights up with Luminothérapie
Under curfew, the city sleeps early. The flame of Montreal’s infamous nightlife seems to have been extinguished, leaving no trace of the nocturnal glowscape it once was. If you have wandered downtown recently, you’ve likely encountered a series of spinning wheels in Quartier des Spectacles. These glowing rings are no[Read More…]
Diving deep into Datamatch
Last year, I let an algorithm decide the fate of my love life: My relationship with my now-boyfriend was not the product of a chance encounter, but rather the result of a mathematical calculation. The forces at play will always be mysterious to me; it’s hard to imagine how a[Read More…]
