More than “support” – McGill cheerleaders are top athletes in their own right By Jim Hynes Although they’ll occasionally ask you to give them an “M”, especially when they are leading the cheers at football and basketball games, McGill’s cheerleading team really wants you to give them an “R” – as in “Respect.”
Athletics
By Neale McDevitt For Mike Babcock (BEd 86), it was the perfect confluence of hockey events. In town for the NHL’s Jan. 25 All-Star Game as one of the assistant coaches of the Western Conference team, the former Redmen captain also laced up his skates for McGill’s Open House alumni hockey game (“My groin is [...]
Other News
Undergrad and buddies take a magical mystery tour of carpe diem By Neale McDevitt Graduating from university is a major milestone, an achievement of the highest order and often the point from which a world-changing career is launched. When Jonnie Penn finally earns his BA in History at McGill later this year, it will also [...]
Other News
By Cynthia Lee The tent is ready to be erected on the lower green (or, more appropriately these days, the lower white), the activity schedules are printed and the volunteers have been mobilized. McGill’s annual Open House is ready for prime time. On Sunday, Jan. 25, McGillians will showcase the University for visitors from countries [...]
McGill Web Gems
By Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. The Dollarware Project www.dollarware.org Some 15 or 20 years ago, Saturday Night Live aired a hilarious parody of TV science documentaries. A stuffy, self-important archaeologist of the far-future shows off her [...]
Around Campus
Lumberjacks and Jills back at Mac Get out your plaid lumber jackets and steel-toed boots and head out to Macdonald Campus to take in the 49th annual Intercollegiate Woodsmen Competition on Jan. 31. The event, in which some 180 lumberjacks and Jills from eastern Canada and the U.S. compete for woodsy supremacy has become a [...]
Green corner
Last week’s brutal cold snap only served to highlight our dependence upon hydroelectric power. Finally making it home after battling the bitter cold, many of us cranked up the heat in order to thaw out. Wrong move. The sudden increase in demand put on the province’s power grids can cause major problems for the people [...]
Kudos
Michael Woloschuk of the Faculty of Science Development Office recently won silver in the annual Communications Awards given by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District 1. Woloschuk won in the Annual Reports category for his work on the Life Sciences Complex Commemorative Booklet.
Other News
By Laurie Devine When “I do” becomes “You can’t” On Jan. 7, two men in Bountiful, B.C. were charged under the Criminal Code with practicing polygamy. The men are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which encourages polygamy.
Athletics
Bob Gainey and Don Meehan discuss the legal side of Canada’s game By Pascal Zamprelli As the most successful player agent in all of hockey sat down to give a talk in the Faculty of Law Moot Court on Jan. 8, Don Meehan was hit by a wave of nostalgia. He recalled learning about constitutional [...]