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    • One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: McGill’s 9th Official Black History Month Celebration
      One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: McGill’s 9th Official Black History Month Celebration
    • McGill Joins in the Heat: How Heated Rivalry has Seeped into Campus Culture 
      McGill Joins in the Heat: How Heated Rivalry has Seeped into Campus Culture 
    • 30 Years Later, Is Quebec Moving Towards a Third Referendum?
      30 Years Later, Is Quebec Moving Towards a Third Referendum?
    • SSMU Elections 2018 Candidates
    • SSMU Elections 2021 Candidates
  • Business & Economy
    • The Price of Information: Prediction Markets
      The Price of Information: Prediction Markets
    • The Hidden Costs of a Cashless Society
      The Hidden Costs of a Cashless Society
    • What is the Financial Impact of Winter on Major Canadian Cities?
      What is the Financial Impact of Winter on Major Canadian Cities?
  • Arts & Culture
    • Where is the PLUR? Inside a Sold-Out Night at Igloofest
      Where is the PLUR? Inside a Sold-Out Night at Igloofest
    • Charli XCX’s “The Moment”: Outgrowing Your Own Art
      Charli XCX’s “The Moment”: Outgrowing Your Own Art
    • “Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812”: A Review
      “Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812”: A Review
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  • Opinion
    • Sticking the Landing: How Heated Rivalry Won Me Over
      Sticking the Landing: How Heated Rivalry Won Me Over
    • Main Background Characters
      Main Background Characters
    • Tips for a Not-So-SAD Montreal Winter
      Tips for a Not-So-SAD Montreal Winter
    • Podcast: The Varsity Voice
    • Podcast: Office Hours
    • Satire
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  • Sports
    • An Official Guide to Helping Your Child Become an Olympian
      An Official Guide to Helping Your Child Become an Olympian
    • 150 Years in the Making: How the historic Harvard vs McGill rugby game set the stage for the whole year
      150 Years in the Making: How the historic Harvard vs McGill rugby game set the stage for the whole year
    • Imane Khelif and Racism within Women’s Sports
      Imane Khelif and Racism within Women’s Sports
  • Media
    • Let’s go down a rabbit-hole of deps together!
      Let’s go down a rabbit-hole of deps together!
    • Reflections of Her
      Reflections of Her
    • MVSA: More Than Just a Club – A Bridging of Cultures, A Strengthening of Bonds
      MVSA: More Than Just a Club – A Bridging of Cultures, A Strengthening of Bonds

Marisa Samek

Arts & Culture

Recalibrating our Values

By Marisa Samek

A couple weeks ago, I sat in a group and discussed how to rebalance, reform, and redefine society. Although we…

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Arts & Culture

Nuit Blanche Five Ways

By Marisa Samek

Kimberly Evans Lifestyle Writer If you’re like me, exploring anything beyond your home-to-campus journey is immediately considered a maniacal thought….

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Arts & Culture

Breathe Deep and be Awesome

By Marisa Samek

Julien Smith is the CEO of Breather, an app that allows to mobile phone users to access beautiful office spaces…

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Arts & Culture

Winter Break Bucket List

By Marisa Samek

Missed your flight to Punta Cana? Staying in town for the holidays? Here are ten ways to stave off seasonal…

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Arts & Culture, Social

Re-Thinking Business

By Marisa Samek

One of Canada’s top 40 entrepreneurs, Jeffrey Baikowitz, discusses his journey, the social economy, and how he still isn’t really…

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Why Help Doesn’t Flood In
Commentary, Opinion

Why Help Doesn’t Flood In

By Marisa Samek

Although no one was seriously injured during the flood on January 28th, and the girl in the YouTube video riding…

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Baring it All
Commentary, Opinion

Baring it All

By Marisa Samek

Are you resolved to revamp your life for 2013? Have you promised yourself to hit the gym at least three…

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