The Cyclone of Satire
In her book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard says, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend…
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Choose Your Own Cinema Adventure!
“Going out” is overrated. It only took you halfway through the semester to realize it. The national pastimes of Upper…
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A Poppy by Any Other Name
This past Saturday morning as I walked to synagogue, I was wearing two unusual accessories: a poppy and a kippah,…
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A Pre-Post-Grad’s Problem
Growing up, my parents never shied away from introducing me to their friends, nor did they shield me from partaking…
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The Fallacy of McGill Bird Courses
We have all been there: sitting in the lecture hall, ready to ace your elective’s midterm, when you open the…
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Breaking into the Bubble? Montrealers at McGill
I remember the moment I got accepted to McGill University, how I anxiously logged onto Minerva for the thirtieth time…
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Good Riddance, Redmen
Tomas Jirousek is a third-year athlete on the rowing team at McGill and a member of Kainai First Nation in…
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Children of the Sport
There are many milestones in life. Some of these involve personal achievement, like graduating from university or getting your first…
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Practice Safe Scrolling
It’s the first thing you reach for when you wake up in the morning. It’s the reflexive urge you get…
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Education vs. Celebration: The Trouble with Colonial Statues
In 1883, Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, mandated the removal of First Nations children from their “savage”…
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