Culture Briefs
On the road Jack Kerouac and Vladimir Nabokov wrote about it. Bob Dylan sang its praises. David Lynch and Dennis Hopper made films in which… Read More »Culture Briefs
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Piñata diplomacy: Anarchist masturbation in downtown Montreal
“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” – Luke 6:43 Last week I wrote… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Anarchist masturbation in downtown Montreal
What’s the haps
Living with our neighbours Monday, March 23, 4:30 p.m. Strathearn Cultural Centre Room 428, 3680 Jeanne-Mance Become a better neighbour by participating in a workshop… Read More »What’s the haps
New web site helps students cram
UniversityJunction aims to link students from 56 campuses
Editorial: Canada must abolish security certificates
Two weeks ago, Adil Charkaoui enjoyed his third victory in his six-year fight with the federal government. Following months of public hearings, Judge Danièle Tremblay-Lamer… Read More »Editorial: Canada must abolish security certificates
Elections McGill staff resigns
Electoral office chastises SSMU for public bickering
Designing for tuberculosis
Early 20th century sanatorium architecture reflects dominant treatment paradigms
Life Lines: Sunshine on an unanswered mind
I started at noon, delving through Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Burns. Then I exhausted my famous quotes collection, reading one-liners by Jefferson, Galilei, and Huxley. Still… Read More »Life Lines: Sunshine on an unanswered mind
As for me and my tent
Niko Block travels to Nashville, TN to witness life in Tent City, a shanty town that attests to the drastic rise in homelessness in the… Read More »As for me and my tent
Hyde Park: Clarifying the kitchen’s plans
Unbeknownst to anyone involved with the Midnight Kitchen, the proposal for its expansion recently became a focal point in Marshall Peters’ campaign for SSMU presidency. In… Read More »Hyde Park: Clarifying the kitchen’s plans
Road trippin’: SFU privatizes residences; students find dinosaur, $10,000
North America’s smallest dinosaur uncovered EDMONTON – It was an adventure that began back in 1982, but 27 years later, Philip Currie, a paleontologist and… Read More »Road trippin’: SFU privatizes residences; students find dinosaur, $10,000
Letters
Some questions for the provoking profs Re: “Boycotting profs have it all wrong” | Commentary | March 9 We initially hesitated to reply to the… Read More »Letters
An orchestral homage to the physics of light
Sam Shalabi reprises his latest epic composition
Rethinking raw concrete
Exploring the ideals behind brutalist architecture