Size and experience proved to be the difference as the Montreal Carabins shut out the McGill Martlets three sets to none in the Martlets’ home opener on Sunday afternoon at Love Competition Hall. The Martlets (3-3) kept it close in the first half of the first set, but Montreal (4-2)[Read More…]
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Promising season ends too soon; Martlets eliminated
The 2012 soccer season ended tragically for the Martlets on Friday night, as they lost on penalty kicks to the Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or in the RSEQ semifinals. McGill’s Hannah Rivkin put the Martlets ahead 1-0 in the 34th minute, before Sherbrooke’s Marie-Eve Jacques tied the game just before the halftime whistle.[Read More…]
McGill wins first Baggataway Cup in school history
Despite qualifying for the CUFLA semifinal five out of the past six seasons, the McGill Redmen lacrosse team has been used to disappointment. Frustration turned into fuel for these Redmen, who were determined to claim a title this past weekend at the CUFLA championship in Peterborough, Ontario. This time, they[Read More…]
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Photos by Alexandra Allaire / McGill Tribune.
McGill students host “Who Needs Feminism?” week
The launch of McGill’s first “Who Needs Feminism?” week—an event organized by McGill students, took place last week. As part of the event, photographers took photographs of students and members of the McGill community holding signs reading, “I need feminism because…” followed by their personal explanations of its importance. Inspired[Read More…]
CKUT and M-SERT to run fee increase referendum questions
This fall’s referendum period for the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) will include questions on increases in SSMU base fees for both the McGill Student Emergency Response Team (M-SERT) and CKUT, McGill’s campus-community radio station. The campaign period runs from Nov. 1 to 11, and polling will take place[Read More…]
J-Board upholds AUS Referendum
Last week, the Judicial Board (J-Board) of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) ruled to uphold the Winter 2012 referendum for the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS). Chris Bangs, U3 arts, filed the case against former AUS president Jade Calver and former AUS Chief Returning Officer (CRO) Victor Cheng last[Read More…]
SSMU GA motions ratified
Last Thursday, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) released the results for SSMU’s first online ratification period, in which students voted for motions passed at the Oct. 15 SSMU General Assembly (GA). Both motions were ratified—one calling for the installation of a bouldering wall in the SSMU Building, and[Read More…]
SSMU plans for McGill education summit move forward
On Oct. 22, members of La Table de Concertation Étudiante du Québec (TaCEQ) met for a preliminary meeting in Quebec City to discuss the upcoming Quebec education summit, which the provincial government has slated to occur in early 2013. As the provincial summit draws closer, McGill students are also working to[Read More…]
Daily Publication Society to hold existence referendum in winter
The Daily Publication Society (DPS), the student-run publisher of the McGill Daily and Le Délit, will not run its existence referendum until the Winter semester, at which time it will do so independently of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). McGill requires student associations to hold existence referenda every[Read More…]
