Colin Harris
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Opinions
Nah’msayin?
There was once a time where you had to do very specific things to be exposed to memes.
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News
No Trucks Go
A group of about 300 blocked an entrance to the Port of Montreal the morning of March 28.
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Opinions
Editorial
We had planned to write this editorial about Thursday’s Day of Action, where a historic number of students marched in the streets to voice their anger over the impending 75 per cent increase in tuition fees for Quebec undergrads.
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News
Making Cents of the Strike
CSU Councillors voted last Wednesday to set aside $9,000 for striking student associations.
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Fringe Arts
Weekly Spins
Any band that can pull off covering Gucci Mane and James Blake in the same set deserves some serious respect. Include the fact that it’s done in a dirty, hard jazz style and it becomes a must-listen.
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News
#manifencours March 13, 2012
Over 1,000 students marched through Montreal today in protest of the Charest’s government’s proposed tuition hikes. The Arts Undergraduate Society of McGill University is now holding an general assembly to vote to adopt a strike mandate.
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Opinions
Editorial
We’ve learned the hard way this week that democracy is no guarantee, even when everybody wants it.
We could dwell on a General Assembly marred with logistical failures and short attention spans, but to do so would be counter-productive at this point. It’s done; and we are in the middle of something big. -
Fringe Arts
Beyond the Picket
Activism can be visualized in bodies dressed in red, rippling waves of movement and free cookies. Because that’s exactly what happened for an hour on the first floor the EV building; a small student performance inclined passers-by to stop and watch and inevitably take part in the strike debate.
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Fringe Arts
Frame to Frame
Budrus tells the story of a village’s struggle to keep its land amidst Israeli fences being constructed between the West Bank and Israel in 2004.
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News
Class Cancelled by Consensus
A standoff between first-year theatre students and their professor ended in a majority vote to cancel class on Tuesday afternoon.
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News
“They Never Killed My Spirit”
The fight for the participation of women in Kenyan politics has been an uphill battle, one that member of parliament hopeful Flora Terah has paid for dearly.
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Fringe Arts
The Long Road Home
Though he’s been in the Canadian music scene since the late ‘80s, this week marks a first for the Weakerthans frontman.
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Fringe Arts
Steve’s Music Founder Dies at 65
Steve Kirman, founder and owner of Steve’s Music, passed away on Saturday. He was 65 years old.
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Fringe Arts
Filling the Silents
Believe it or not, three-dimensional space in film has much more potential than a flaming Nicolas Cage face flying towards you.
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Fringe Arts
Narrating the Space & You
They may seem interchangeable to many, but the words ‘space’ and ‘place’ are very different terms. It is a difference that Levi Bruce wants you to investigate.
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Fringe Arts
Weekly Spins
A look at the 4AD Records debut from local synthstress Grimes, for the lovers and the haters.
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Special Issue
Kinky Cover Art
For Elise Dawson, flipping through a skin-mag with her mom over her shoulder was the start of a very comfortable sexual lifestyle, which has now transitioned to producing porn.
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News
To End the Double Standard
Valentine’s Day may be a time for most to celebrate love between two people, but for those who will be assembling in Cabot Square this Tuesday, it’s a time to show love for community.
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Fringe Arts
POP Montreal & CCA Team Up For Nuit Blanche
POP Montreal and the Canadian Centre for Architecture are collaborating for the second year in a row for a night combining the best both organizations have to offer—and in true Nuit Blanche spirit, it’s offered for free.
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Fringe Arts
Life of the Promoter
It’s funny how things can turn around on you in the music business sometimes. When local concert promoter Noah Bick first started out, he was so hard up for shows that he would take up any offer given.