Redmen Hockey: B The Redmen ended their season on a disappointing note with a loss in the rubber match of the OUA quarterfinals to Nipissing. However, this was a rebuilding year, after last year’s national championship squad lost numerous key members upon graduation. This year’s team only loses three players—goalie Hubert[Read More…]
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McGill announces salary and hiring freezes
On Mar. 26, McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum released an email to the McGill community detailing the first measures that the university will take to address the Quebec government’s recent cuts to its operating budget. Among the measures were salary and hiring freezes, a reduction in the operating budgets of senior[Read More…]
Faculty of Arts changes People, Processes, and Partnerships plan
Early last week, Dean of the Faculty of Arts Christopher Manfredi announced changes to the plan known as People, Processes, and Partnerships (PPP). While the project was initially slated to restructure how space is used in the Leacock Building, followed by similar reconfiguration in 688 Sherbrooke and the Ferrier Building,[Read More…]
Students worried about employment opportunities at McGill
15 people attended an open conversation about McGill’s budget cuts and Quebec tuition indexation in the Lev Bukhman Room in the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) building on Mar. 26. The event was hosted by SSMU Vice-President External Robin Reid-Fraser, and many of those in attendance were elected student[Read More…]
Divest McGill and economics students host Battle of the Profs
On Mar. 26, professors from the Faculty of Management and the departments of economics, environment, and geography met in Leacock 232 to debate the idea of McGill’s divestment from fossil fuels. The event, which was hosted by the Economics Students’ Association (ESA) and Divest McGill, attracted a large number of[Read More…]
Highlights from the Mar 28 SSMU Council
Guest speaker: Principal Heather Munroe-Blum The guest speaker for last week’s Council meeting was Professor Heather Munroe-Blum, principal and vice-chancellor of McGill. After giving a short introductory speech, she granted most of her allotted 40 minutes to a question and answer period. When asked how she felt about the new[Read More…]
What happened last week in Canada
Canada withdraws from UN drought convention Last Wednesday, the Government of Canada informed the UN of its withdrawal from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)—an initiative that builds resilience to land degradation and drought in developing countries while increasing security of essential resources. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird suggested[Read More…]
Sugar Babies at McGill
“What’s your price? This is Leroy.” The start to my phone interview with Leroy Velasquez, a press representative for SeekingArrangement.com, was startling at best. I am investigating a recent trend of university students using sugar daddy dating websites, like SeekingArrangement.com, to help them pay for their schooling. When asked what[Read More…]
Girls gone wild
For a movie featuring Selena Gomez as a church girl named Faith, and directed by a guy named Harmony, Spring Breakers sure contains a lot of godless chaos. Writer/director and cinema enfant terrible Harmony Korine returns with another movie about rebellious youth, with characters who seek the same variety of[Read More…]
Talking street, straight from the heart
It seems as though the notoriously slow Montreal hip-hop world is being jostled awake by up-and-coming powerhouse female rap duo Heart Streets. With their smooth voices, and bold but unassuming presence, they are beginning to create some serious waves on the scene. Heart Streets took to the stage last Friday[Read More…]
