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      McGill Appoints New Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Saini
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    • Storytelling in <em>Preacher’s Daughter</em>
      Storytelling in Preacher’s Daughter
    • The Comfort of Music: How Kid Cudi Transcends Pain and Struggle
      The Comfort of Music: How Kid Cudi Transcends Pain and Struggle
    • Cop Secret: an Under-the-Radar Icelandic Gem at the Image+Nation Film Festival
      Cop Secret: an Under-the-Radar Icelandic Gem at the Image+Nation Film Festival
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    • Myanmar: the Big, the Bad, and the Forgotten
      Myanmar: the Big, the Bad, and the Forgotten
    • In defence of Olivia Wilde — The difference in treatment of ‘cancelled’ men and women in Hollywood
      In defence of Olivia Wilde — The difference in treatment of ‘cancelled’ men and women in Hollywood
    • <strong>Twitter is Too Important: The Case for Regulation to Enforce Free Speech</strong>
      Twitter is Too Important: The Case for Regulation to Enforce Free Speech
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      Todd Boehly’s Plan for Chelsea
    • Dare to Venture: Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit at McGill
      Dare to Venture: Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit at McGill
    • How McGill Alumnus Peyush Bansal Gave India a Vision
      How McGill Alumnus Peyush Bansal Gave India a Vision
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      Todd Boehly’s Plan for Chelsea
    • <strong>The Tragic Over-Commercialisation of Mount Everest</strong>
      The Tragic Over-Commercialisation of Mount Everest
    • Why Did Ronaldo Join Al Nassr?
      Why Did Ronaldo Join Al Nassr?
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Jacob Sponga

Jacob Sponga is an undergraduate student at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. He's passionate about everything from Twin Peaks to John Coltrane.

Arts, Arts & Culture, Music

Kurt’s Ghost: Reflecting on Nirvana and the 21st Century

By Jacob Sponga

On October 9th, 2018, sometime after 3 p.m. EST, I listened seriously to a Nirvana song for the first time….

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Arts & Culture, Culture, Literature

Gen Z: Don’t Digitize the Thrift Store

By Jacob Sponga

Every day, Generation Z—colloquially known as Zoomers—are subject to an increasingly virtual world: one needs to look no further than…

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@McGill, Arts, Arts & Culture, Culture

McGill student play “The Elephant” delivers a fresh perspective on a difficult subject

By Jacob Sponga

Content warning: this article discusses sexual abuse and trauma.   This November, Montreal’s theatre scene saw The Elephant, a McGill…

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@McGill, Arts & Culture, Culture

The Peel Street Cinema Experience

By Jacob Sponga

Peel Street Cinema—formerly the Film Society—shows classic movies every Tuesday inside of a nineteenth-century townhouse on Peel Street. On September…

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