All hopped up: A match made in heaven
There are many theories as to why beer goes so well with barbeque. They range from the scientific (I’ve actually read that beer can absorb… Read More »All hopped up: A match made in heaven
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McGill Prof Levitin writes book, toots own horn
As un-scientific as it is, I started out reading The World in Six Songs with a bias. I had taken the author’s – Daniel Levitin… Read More »McGill Prof Levitin writes book, toots own horn
Life between layovers
Arrivals, departures, and the transience of airport terminals
Hyde Park: We can all take responsible meal actions
How Newton, Pythagoras, and morality come to dinner
Immigrants drawn to rural meat-packing
Brooks, Alberta is a slaughterhouse town. The town’s largest employer, Lakeside Packers – a meat processing plant acquired by American multinational Tyson Foods in 2001… Read More »Immigrants drawn to rural meat-packing
Hyde Park: Improving campus sustainability
On Saturday, October 18, McGill hosted the remarkable environmentalist James Speth, Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, as guest… Read More »Hyde Park: Improving campus sustainability
Campus eye
Fed up with drawn-out negotiations, about 150 of McGill’s non-academic workers picketed outside the Roddick Gates Thursday, shouting, “solidarity” and “What do we want? A… Read More »Campus eye
Errata
In “Quebec dismisses fired TAs’ grievances” (News, Oct. 23), The Daily reported that some teaching assistants (TAs) were unionized in their secondary positions; in fact,… Read More »Errata
Hyde Park: Finding solutions to red tape
When I began to run for a SSMU exec position in March, I was appalled by the amount of red tape surrounding the Students’ Society… Read More »Hyde Park: Finding solutions to red tape
Bringing organic meat to the city
Farmers harness creative tactics to reach a growing market
Eating on the streets
The challenges of Montreal food banks
Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia
Incoherence and contradiction is the norm with our attitudes toward nonhuman animals. We are, as Rutgers University law professor Gary Francione puts it, guilty of… Read More »Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia
Sustainable seafood swims into Chartwells
As of this month, McGill’s food service provider, Chartwells will offer a fully-sustainable seafood menu through its partnership with SeaChoice, a Canadian organization that helps… Read More »Sustainable seafood swims into Chartwells
The conversationalist: The case for irrelevance
I love Romantic poetry, but according to my uncle, it’s “completely useless, and contributes nothing to society. It’s a self-indulgent, self-satisfying area of study, and… Read More »The conversationalist: The case for irrelevance
Soïa & Kyo: Spring is closer than it seems
Fall’s chilly breeze has blown over the city of Montreal, retiring the year’s last leafy hues to the earth’s now sombre surface. Luckily, last week… Read More »Soïa & Kyo: Spring is closer than it seems