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Atsushi Ikeda

News

A Little Too Close to Home: Montreal’s Rise in Violence

By Atsushi Ikeda and Carlie Balcom

In 2018, Montreal was ranked the number one safest city in North America for its low homicide rate of 1.11…

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Arts & Culture, Culture

Tracksuit Yourself: Squid Game and Merchandise Politics

By Atsushi Ikeda

In so many words, Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama about gamblers and debtors of all stripes—a chauffeur,…

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News

Legislative Council adds representative from Faculty of Medicine’s new Outaouais campus

By Atsushi Ikeda

On September 30, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council met briefly to discuss the Motion Regarding Campus…

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sally rooney beautiful world where are you?
Arts & Culture, Books, Literature

Beauty Behind the Blind Spots: On “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” Sally Rooney’s latest and best

By Atsushi Ikeda

For all the authorial self-importance that seems to glow behind so much sleeper-hit autofiction, the question that these books ask…

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Arts & Culture

That Old Chunk of Coal: On Norm MacDonald and The Quiet Art of Vulgarity

By Atsushi Ikeda

I was hanging with one of my closest friends when the CBC news notification popped up on my phone announcing…

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@McGill, News

This One’s Optimistic: Fall 2021 Updates from Town Hall

By Atsushi Ikeda

On June 2, Christopher Buddle, Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs) and Fabrice Labeau, Deputy Provost, Student Life and Learning,…

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@McGill, Events, News

McGill’s Bicentennial is both a Celebration of Progress and a Call for further action

By Atsushi Ikedadisplay_nameEva Julia van Dam and Makenna Crackower

This year, 2021, marks the Bicentennial anniversary of McGill University. The school was built on a land bequest by James…

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News

Legislative Council postpones adoption of new Harm Reduction Policy, discusses four new motions

By Atsushi Ikeda

On March 25, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council met to discuss the Motion Regarding the Adoption…

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News

SSMU’s Who: A Guide to McGill’s Student Government

By Atsushi Ikeda

Whether you’re almost graduating or just stepped foot on campus for the first time, navigating McGill’s student government can seem…

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@McGill, News

Fall 2021 Semester Updates: Student Media Roundtable

By Atsushi Ikeda

Fall 2021 Reopening Q&A On 26 February, the McGill administration hosted a student media roundtable for questions about the fall…

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