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Switchfoot—Fading West

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With a rich catalogue of intricately-written songs and a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album in their back pocket, this Alternative Rock band from San Diego has delivered yet another brilliantly uplifting album. Right from the get-go, the thundering beat of the opening track, “Love Alone is Worth the Fight,” draws you immediately into the airy, stadium-sized songs that this album has in store for the listener.

However, it’s not all thumping beats; “Slipping Away” provides a slower, yet bubbly experience in which frontman Jon Foreman’s raw vocals demonstrate the lost and ‘lonely’ lyrics of the song. “Saltwater Heart” is somewhat reminiscent of The 1975’s work, with a definitive beat backing the driving 1980s synthesized sound behind multi-layered vocals. “All Or Nothing At All” is an exciting, head-bobbing track with synthesizers and guitars a-plenty, that, with the help of striking echoing vocals, is a testament to the band’s Christian roots; they want to live as either righteous beings, or not at all. It’s a simple yet gripping song that provokes existentialist thoughts on life itself.

This theme recurs throughout the album, with the opening track initially asking the question, “Is it fear that you’re afraid of?” Switchfoot then guides the listener on an 11-song journey through existence, love, and the importance of “being” as something we use to shape ourselves. It is “through the open door that we find what we’re made of.” The band drops the overwhelming question on the listener: “What are you waiting for?”

They then invite you to figure it out through self-realization and experiences. This album is an experience in itself, one that invites you to let the band tell you, “Life is short / We don’t’ care so let it out.” Fading West is a fantastic, exhilarating, and extremely well-made piece of work. You should do just what they say: listen to it, invest in it, and take from it all, or nothing at all—it’s your choice.

a, Arts & Entertainment, Theatre

Opera McGill opts for relocation in Shakespeare adaptation

by Kia Pouliot on

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s oft performed comedy of love, magic, and misunderstanding, was written more than 400 years ago and adapted by English composer Benjamin Britten in the 1960’s as an opera, which will be the format by which Opera McGill performs the story in their upcoming main stage production.

When taking on such a well-known classic it is always a challenge to make it feel fresh and original, but Caitlin Hammon—masters student, soprano, and portrayer of Helena in Opera McGill’s show—feels confident that their version will live up to that challenge, especially thanks to director Patrick Hanson’s bold decision to relocate Britten’s Shakespearian opera to pre-First World War India.

“There’s a few mentions of India that the fairy Tytania makes in the original play,” explains Hammon. “So [Hanson] kind of took that and ran with it [….] The fairies are all Indian deities, and the lovers are like British colonial royalty.”

Although the Athenian forest of Shakespeare’s script is replaced by an Eastern locale, Hammon believes that the production will retain its original magical feel.

“There are some absolutely beautiful moments, especially with the fairies,” she says. “It’s set to be  very ethereal and heavenly, and it’s really nice.”

Hammon is also particularly excited about the visual aspects of the production. All inspired by the Indian theme, the sets and costumes promise to dazzle the eye. The elaborate two-storey set is currently under construction, and it will include, among other wonders, a forest that lights up and a giant tree that the characters will be climbing during their performance.

The orchestra will be formed by musicians from the Schulich School of Music.

“We have the McGill Symphony Orchestra playing and they’re really doing a remarkable job. It’s really one of the best student orchestras we’ve had in a while,” says Hammon.

Not to be forgotten is the talented ensemble of voices that the opera format promises. Now in its 58th year of operation, Opera McGill is a prolific institution that is currently in the midst of an all-Shakespeare season. It staged an adaptation of Julius Caesar earlier this year, and is preparing a Romeo and Juliet adaptation for March.

When describing the sound and style of the upcoming production, Hammon is adamant that A Midsummer Night’s Dream will feel much more modern than what someone would typically envision.

“It’s not what you’re used to hearing if you flip on the radio and hear some guy singing opera in a strange language,” she assures me. “When a lot of people think of opera they’re thinking about things written in the 1800’s, but this is what we would consider contemporary.”

Anyone who may be hesitant or intimated about venturing out for a night at the opera should also know that this production is in English, and that there are projections above the stage with subtitles in both English and French to make sure that audience members can follow.  As Hammon explains, this won’t be a traditional opera.

“I’ve sat through rehearsals and rehearsals and rehearsals already and I’ve been entertained the entire time that I’ve been watching it,” she says. “If someone has never been to an opera before, I would really recommend this one to them because it’s very accessible, lighthearted, and fun.”

 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performed at 7:30 p.m. from Jan. 29—Feb. 1 in Pollack Hall. Student tickets are $25.

a, Sports

10 Things: Adventure sports at the Winter Olympics

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Ski cross was designed by a sports-marketer, Jim “Too Tall” Essick, in the late 1980s. He was inspired by NASCAR and decided that the four skiers would race simultaneously, all while having to execute jumps and negotiate gates along the way.

 

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It was initially to be called “Quattro Racing,” in conjunction with the new Audi Quattro. Thankfully, Essick chose not to confuse us with Italian numbers and stuck to the more self-explanatory name “ski cross.”

 

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There has been controversy over whether ski cross should be classified as an alpine or freestyle event. This is because most of the ski cross athletes are in fact alpine skiers as opposed to freestylers.

 

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Snowboard cross is the cousin of ski cross, with a snowboard swapped in for skis. Snowboard cross has been a staple of every X-Games since its inception in 1997, and debuted at the Turin Olympic Games in 2006. 

 

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There is a high propensity for danger in snowboard cross, as the athletes tend to collide with each other mid race.  As a result, all the contestants wear full-face helmets, just like motorcyclists.

 

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Unsurprisingly, the United States has dominated the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events with a total of 36 medals across the two disciplines. Notable athletes include Shaun White and Seth Wescott, who have won two gold medals each.

 

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The snowboard half-pipe event requires 22-foot high walls off of which the contestants perform their various tricks. For the time being, 22 feet seems to be the highest the walls can be built—any larger would be too big for winter resorts to accommodate.

 

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Slopestyle skiing and snowboarding are both new events to the Olympics that will be debuted in Sochi. They are notable for the use of twin-tip skis in case athletes land backwards. The course is generally filled with various types of jumps and obstacles such as rails.

 

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Half-pipe skiing has also been added to the 2014 Olympic Games. It has already proved to be potentially fatal, as skier Sarah Burke died during a training accident in 2012. As a result, helmets are now mandatory, and there are airbags on the sides of the walls during practice runs in order to reduce the chance of injury.

 

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Briton Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards competed in the 1988 Olympic games, where he placed dead last in all of the ski-jumping events. His performance forced the IOC to mandate that all Olympic hopefuls had to place in the top 30 per cent of participants in international competitions in order to qualify for the Olympics.

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Volleyball: Carabins overpower Martlets in three set sweep

by Osama Haque on

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The Martlets spent a tough weekend at Love Competition Hall, failing to climb past third place in the RSEQ rankings. The team started their weekend on Friday against the Montreal Carabins at home, losing in 3 hard-fought sets  (21-25, 26-28, 23-25), and continued to stumble on Saturday against Laval in Quebec City, dragging the Rouge et Or to four sets (16-25,14-25,25-19,24-26) before ultimately falling short.

To explain the Martlets’ downfall against the Carabins, one could pinpoint their inconsistent effort on the offensive end. The offence came out strong every set, but faded midway through. Setter Yasmeen Dawoodjee and middle Marie Pier Durivage worked seamlessly together to keep McGill in the game, but the no. 3 ranked Carabins were just too much for them to handle. Marie Cristine Lapoint and Durivage both led the team on the scoresheet for McGill. Lapoint recorded nine kills and two assisted blocks for 10 points, and a game-high 19 digs. Durivage chipped in 10 points of her own, with six kills and four blocks.

The three set sweep left McGill disarrayed after previously defeating Montreal in a three set sweep of its own earlier this year. The Martlets remain stuck in third in the RSEQ. Dawoodjee understands that the team must continue building on its performances if it wants to achieve its goals for the season.

“Our game against Montreal was bittersweet,” said Dawoodjee. “We applied our game plan in terms of defence against such big hitters and serving to certain players to take them out of the game offensively. Team chemistry-wise on the court, we were working together to earn point by point. Nothing went wrong to end up with a loss but it was [a] tough loss because we knew looking back that everyone could’ve given that extra little push to collectively pull out a win against a team that we had previously beaten at their home in three sets.”

On Saturday, McGill went up against the CIS no. 7 ranked Laval.  Sophomore power hitter Ashley Norfleet continued her excellent streak of play as she scored a game high of 18 points, with an outstanding 17 kills. Despite the individual brilliance from various members of the team, the Martlets have been unable to put the pieces together. After a disappointing weekend, the squad is being tested both mentally and physically, and must respond as a unit on the court throughout the entirety of the game, rather than isolated spurts of solid play.

“It’s taken a lot of time and work to get to where we are mentally now,” said Dawoodjee. “The girls individually are much more solid at preparing themselves before the game and maintaining it through the game.”

The Martlets still need two wins to make the post-season with four games remaining in the regular season. They travel to Outremont to compete against the Carabins once again on Jan. 24 before facing off against Laval at home on Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. in Love Competition Hall.

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Provost speaks on government’s $1.7 billion reinvestment plan

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Provost speaks on reinvestment

At the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) Council meeting last Wednesday, Provost Anthony Masi spoke on the provincial government’s proposed reinvestment of approximately $1.7 billion in the Quebec university network over the next five years.

According to Masi, the reinvestment is more accurately described as a reimbursement of cuts faced by universities in the past year, although universities will be constrained in the way they spend the money.

“Around $20 million dollars will be back [in our budgets], but we have to spend it on very much restricted items,” he said. “[For example], the quality of undergraduate education, support for students with financial needs, support for students coming from backgrounds that are not traditional [….] Almost everything is driven in the undergrad.”

Of the total amount being invested in universities across the province, $954 million is the continuation of a policy by the previous Liberal Government to increase university budgets, and a further $810 million will be to compensate for the money universities lost when the Parti Québécois’ rescinded the previous government’s tuition increases.

The first round of reinvestment, valued at $20 million for McGill, is scheduled for the 2015 fiscal year.

 

Update on supervision reform

PGSS Secretary-General Jonathan Mooney detailed the progress on  the introduction of supervisor training, which prepares new professors on how to oversee students. Mooney said there are plans for a formal review of the process in March.

In the previous academic year, the PGSS conducted a survey for graduate students and professors to determine areas of conflict and discrepancies between perceptions of supervisory relationships by both parties. The survey found a few points of divergence, such as varying perceptions of conflict resolution.

“Most responding supervisors claimed that their conflicts were satisfactorily resolved (75 per cent),” the survey overview reads. “Only 34 per cent of [students] agreed with them.”

Furthermore, the survey demonstrated a difference between the ways both parties found themselves informed of their supervisor’s absence.

“Around 95 per cent of responding supervisors reported that they informed their [students] about short- and long-term commitments away from the university,” the overview reads. “In contrast, only 68 per cent of supervisees said that their supervisors informed them about being away.”

As a result, the survey prompted a number of recommendations to improve such relationships, including reform to introduce training and workshops for new supervisors.

“The dean of graduate studies [has] committed to moving forward with a lot of major reforms to supervision at McGill,” Mooney said. “Among those are making sure every new professor at McGill gets training and education on how to properly supervise students. This is something that we hope comes forward in March for formal approval.”

Masi also stressed the importance of professor-student relations at a research-oriented university such as McGill, and detailed the steps the university has already taken to improve supervision.

“Supervision is the single most important problem that we face at university,” Masi said. “Graduate students are a little more than a quarter of our population and […] the majority of those issues have to do with supervision [….] Research can’t be conducted without the support that professors get from grad students, and graduate students can’t do their work on their thesis unless they are supervised.’’

Erratum: a previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the provincial government plans to reinvest approximately $1.7 billion in the McGill budget. In fact, this amount will be reinvested in the Quebec university network. The Tribune regrets this error.  

a, Arts & Entertainment, Music

Rosanne Cash—The River and the Thread

by Max Bledstein on

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On Rosanne Cash’s latest album The River and the Thread—her first new record in eight years—the veteran country music singer-songwriter proudly displays her virtuosic talents as a vocalist, lyricist, and a tasteful composer with an acute sense of how to use musical devices to keep her tunes interesting.

The themes of travel, love, and family dominate on The River and the Thread. Though none of these subjects are particularly foreign or original in the country music genre, the ways in which Cash addresses them allow her to stand out. On “World of Strange Design,” she convincingly embodies the voice of a xenophobic patriot in a way that makes him seem sympathetic without endorsing his statements. Cash earnestly writes from the perspective of a soldier leaving his lover behind in “When The Master Calls The Role.” When the soldier says, “I will never travel back to her / But not for lack of trying,” Cash’s words genuinely convey his sorrow and passion.

Cash’s vocal chops help to bring out the pathos evident in her language. Her husky contralto gives her lyrics a tough, world-weary feeling that allows her characters’ emotions to register prominently. When writing from her own perspective, as in “Etta’s Tune,” her voice carries a certain warmth that emphasizes the authentic nature of the feelings she expresses.

Cash also makes smart musical decisions that reveal her ability to maximize her songs. The jarring chord at the end of the chorus of “Modern Blue” interrupts the tune’s seemingly straightforward blues-rock feel to provide it with a new depth. Contributing guitarist Derek Truck’s (The Allman Brothers Band) fiery slide solo on “World of Strange Design” helps to further express the passions hinted at in her words. Renowned sitarist John Leventhal’s licks on “Money Road” show the possibilities of that instrument to present blues language without feeling ostentatious.

The River and the Thread reaffirms Rosanne Cash’s status as a master of country music, and wonderfully documents her many talents.

a, Science & Technology

New class of hypervelocity stars discovered

by Abhishek Gupta on

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At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lies a black hole—a gravitational sink so strong that not even light, which travels at speeds of close to 300 000 km/s, can escape its pull. However, a recent study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee observed a new class of hyper-velocity stars, that have a sun-like mass and are ejected from the black hole.

Hypervelocity stars, first described in 1988 by Jack Hills, a scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, are solitary stars that move fast enough to escape the gravitational pull of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

“These new hypervelocity stars are very different from the ones that have been discovered previously,” said graduate student Lauren Palladino in an interview withVanderbilt University. Palladino was the lead author of the study “Hypervelocity Star Candidates in the SEGUE G and K Dwarf Sample,” published in the Jan. 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal and reported at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C.

Palladino is currently working under the direction of Vanderbilt assistant professor of astronomy Kelly Holley-Bockelmann.

According to the study, the stars move at speeds of close to 1.5 km/hr—fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way. However, what makes this discovery interesting is that although hypervelocity stars have been previously identified, these newly identified stars possess significant differences in composition. The other hypervelocity stars are blue stars—young, hot, bright bodies—which originated at the galactic core, the composition of Palladino’s hypervelocity stars does not reflect a similar birth.

“The most commonly accepted mechanism for [kicking a star out of its galaxy] involves interacting with the supermassive black hole at the galactic core,” said Holley-Bockelmann in a press release. “That means when you trace the star back to its birthplace, it comes from the centre of our galaxy. None of these hypervelocity stars come from the centre, which implies that there is an unexpected new class of hypervelocity star, one with a different ejection mechanism.”

These stars are of significant scientific value because they may help elucidate the mechanism by which stars escape the gravitational force of galaxies. Additionally, dust clouds usually obscure the area where stars originate, making it difficult for scientists to study their formation. However, since these stars are ejected from that space, they offer a window and shed some light on the process.

“The big question is ‘What boosted these stars up to such extreme velocities?’” said Holley-Bockelmann. “We are working on that now.”

a, Editorial, Opinion

York accommodation quandary highlights institutional failure

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Religious freedom is one of a host of rights, like freedom of speech and freedom of association, that are protected as “Fundamental Freedoms” under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Like those rights, the neat ideal of religious freedom is frequently confronted with the messy reality of its implementation. The recent controversy at York University is a perfect case in point of this tension. The basic outline is well known; a professor of an online course received a request from a student asking to be exempted from a group project, claiming that his religious beliefs did not allow him to work together with women. After initially rejecting the request, the professor was compelled by his superiors in the university to reverse course and accommodate the request, triggering a national uproar. Owing to its place as a university with a notably diverse student body, it is worth looking at the policies McGill has in place for these sorts of situations.

What made the case at York University so disconcerting to observers—including the original professor, who characterized his reluctance to accommodate the request as not wanting to be an “accessory to sexism”—was the fact that carrying out the request required acceding to the wishes of an individual student to not interact with an entire demographic of other students. While the media controversy may have been inevitable, York University’s conduct on the matter was made worse by the clear institutional failure.

For one, from the start of this situation back in September, there was a lack of a unified front on the matter as conveyed to the student. After the student made the request to not complete a group assignment for an online course, the professor, according to a report in York University’s Excalibur, wanted to decline the request and looked to superiors in the university for a more formal response. Instead, the order to grant the request was made not because of any apparent doctrinal validity to the request, but because another student in the class had received accommodation on the grounds of living too far away to commute for campus.

What makes the decision to compel the professor to comply with the request even worse is that it was simply predicated on the granting of an accommodation to another student for wholly different and arguably unrelated reasons, thus showing considerable intellectual laziness in considering the optics of the decision.

Were such a situation to arise at McGill, it is imperative that all of the institutional actors be not only informed of the situation but engage in consultation as to a unified stance before responding to any such requests. Additionally, these issues should be handled in a more timely manner than displayed by York University; outside of the most frivolous requests, taking over a month to render a decision that has yet to be settled shows a lack of respect for the time and beliefs of the student in question.

McGill’s own policies on religious accommodation vary. For final exams in the centrally scheduled exam period, students have two weeks before any listed date on the calendar of holy days to raise conflicts. Situations such as the one at York, however, are far more complex.

McGill will soon give a presentation at the Quebec government’s hearings on Bill 60, also referred to as the Quebec Charter of Values, outlining the university’s opposition to the bill and its commitment to freedom of religious expression. Whatever the future of the charter, in implementing policies and practices on religious accommodation, the university would do well to remember the lessons of this debacle; at the intersection of issues of gender equality, religious accommodation, and access to education, care should be taken to ensure that not one of those three values is disregarded in the process of formulating solutions.

 

a, Science & Technology

Soup and science leaves students inspired, curious

by Caity Hui on

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What would you say if you were asked to communicate your life’s work in three minutes? On Friday Jan. 17, five researchers attempted to complete this task over lunch at the Redpath Museum, where students listened as professors gave snapshots of their research.

“I wanted to attend Soup and Science to acquaint myself with some of the ongoing research at McGill and to meet and chat with the professors who conduct the research,” said Lily Li, a U0 Science student. “Hopefully [I can] get my foot in the door.”

Soup and Science is a bi-annual event where undergraduate students are invited to see and hear a selection of professors give short presentations on their work. Within these fast three minute segments, the speakers give just a flavour of their research, leaving the audience curious, inspired—and a little out of breath.

Unlike other departmental talks and research presentations, Soup and Science is unique in the fact that it is aimed towards peaking the interest of undergraduate students in research and providing them with resources concerning how to get involved. Victor Chisholm, the undergraduate research officer at McGill, and his team ensured students had access to various links with more information on the topic.

“We want to expose students to all sorts of areas of science they may never have thought or heard of,” said Chisholm. “We want to demystify research and researchers [and for undergraduate students to] feel comfortable talking to professors about research. We want our world-class students to know that they, too, can generate world-class knowledge and discoveries.”

Although the three-minute cap makes it difficult for professors to fully explain their research, this does not seem to be the purpose of the event. Rather, presentations are organized like a scientific teaser, filled with stimulating questions and interesting data.

Anna Naoumova, whose research focuses on the interaction between genetic and epigenetic factors—the study of how our genes are affected by both DNA sequences and inheritance—began her presentation with the question of whether we could blame our grandparents for our lifestyle today; Elena Bennett, specializing in managing landscapes for multiple ecosystem services, demonstrated her approach to sustaining agriculture for the next thousand years through what she liked to call a “‘What if’ machine.”

The presentations allowed students to gauge what topics might interest them, while providing the time afterwards to ask the professors questions about their work, which, by virtue of these micro-presentations, undoubtedly sprung up. Considering most students’ interactions with professors are limited to their time in class, Soup and Science provides a forum where they can comfortably inquire about research.

“I came for the food. But also more seriously to see what different types of careers are open to me after I finish my undergrad,” said U0 Science student Vivian Lynn.

As Soup and Science runs for a week, each session consists of different professors whose work spans a variety of research areas. According to Chisholm, he sends out invitations to approximately 50 professors each semester, of which about half express interest in attending the event. Chisholm aims to feature newer members of McGill’s faculty, as many of these researchers are conducting exciting new research programs but are less well-known than McGill’s more established professors. Whether it is the soup or the science that draws students to the Redpath Museum each semester, undergraduates continue to make an effort to attend.

“I always try to make it to Soup and Science whenever I can,” said U2 science student Susan Wang. “It’s a short time commitment that’s educational, engaging and also involves free food. I think it’s harder to find a reason not to go.”

For more information on getting involved in a lab, students are invited to attend the event “Science students: Want to know how to get involved in research?” held in Leacock 232 on Wednesday Jan. 29 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

a, Football, Sports

Taking the Lambeau leap

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I can’t exactly pinpoint the time I became a Green Bay Packers fan. I simply remember being fascinated by the notion that a small town in Wisconsin of only 102,000 people could support one of the original NFL franchises. That, or I subconsciously really enjoyed Brett Favre’s Wrangler jeans commercials.

Whatever the reason, it had been a life-long dream of mine to visit the historic Lambeau Field to see a Packers game. So when I discovered that Green Bay was playing my uncle and cousin’s beloved Pittsburgh Steelers this season, I wasn’t passing up the opportunity.

We were treated to an amazing view of Lambeau as we exited the highway to Lombardi Avenue. The stadium sits in the middle of the town surrounded primarily by residential housing. If it wasn’t already clear, Green Bay lives and breathes football. Heaven, for the rest of us.

We grabbed lunch at a local “Packer bar” filled with fans and memorabilia celebrating the team’s storied past. Pride oozed from all around—numerous Ray Nitschke and Bart Starr jerseys were in view; plaques and photos from championship seasons covered the walls.

After arriving at the stadium, we proceeded to our seats and watched the pre-game warm-ups. As snow began to fall, seas of green and yellow slowly inundated the stadium. A dangerous amount of cheese was also present—Cheeseheads, that is—the triangular foam cheese hat and official symbol of Packer fans.

Modeled after the Big House in Ann Arbor, Lambeau is constructed in a traditional style and its bowl shape traps the sounds of the stadium. I experienced the effect immediately as the Packers took the field to an echoed chorus of “Go Pack Go”.

Lambeau is limited in its modern features as there are no upper or lower decks; instead, the stadium contains benches that spread from the first row to the top of the stadium. As a tour guide had told us the day before, each individual is entitled to 18 inches of bench space. Bundled up and looking like the Michelin Man, I found this restriction quite difficult to follow.

Though the Packers entered the game with only slim playoff hopes, the atmosphere remained electric. Rookie running back Eddie Lacy stole the show in the first half, tiptoeing his way on the snowy field through holes in the Steeler defence.

Packer fans have adopted Lacy as a fan favourite, which is not surprising given Lambeau’s unique position as a true communal space. The Packers are the only publicly owned franchise in professional sports and have nearly 300,000 owners from all over the world. These are our players and Lambeau is our home. The strength of that bond was clear from the camaraderie of the crowd.

The snow dragged on as the teams exited the locker rooms to start the second half. Pittsburgh came out hot, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger gashed the Green Bay secondary for some big gains.

The crowd rallied around the Packers as the team made a push to cut Pittsburgh’s 10-point lead in the final quarter. Every Matt Flynn completion and Lacy run was met with that “Go Pack Go” echo. The comeback bid culminated in a last minute drive with the Packers needing a touchdown to tie. Green Bay marched down to the 10-yard line, leaving just a few seconds for a final play.

As the crowd bustled with excitement and anxiety, I glanced around to take one final look at Lambeau, the sea of green and yellow, and the cheese. The game ended with an incompletion and Steelers win, but I didn’t care too much. I had made it to heaven.

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