From Anatomy 101 to the zombie apocalypse: Bring a Child to Work Day has something for everyone
By Neale McDevitt
It’s like a checklist for every cool activity even the most demanding kid could ever want. Examining dinosaur bones and caveman tools? Check. Up-close encounters with creepy crawly insects? Check. Making towering architectural structures out of marshmallows? Check. Robots? Cartoons? Zombies? Check, check and check.
Raising the roof
By Neale McDevitt
The McGill skyline has some added bling thanks to the new copper cupola that was installed atop the Macdonald Stewart Library Building Monday afternoon.
The 3.5-meter tall cupola was hoisted by crane to its perch capping the tower of the Macdonald Stewart in a matter of minutes. Workers on scaffolding secured the cupola as dozens of curious people watched below.
The loveliest of all (was the unicorn)
Unicorn Day at the Redpath Museum on April 7
By Neale McDevitt
For a creature that does not exist, unicorns are pretty ubiquitous members of our modern culture. They appear in film (such as Legend, an early Tom Cruise vehicle) and works of fiction (in the Harry Potter series drinking unicorn blood can make one immortal). Unicorns are featured in our songs (from the Irish Rovers’ Unicorn Song to Lady Gaga’s Highway Unicorn) and on our coats of arms (Canada, United Kingdom, for example).
Marina Nemat: Testifying for Iran’s dead political prisoners
Echenberg Family Conference Series on Human Rights runs from March 21-23
Mediation @ McGill offers a kinder, gentler way to resolve conflicts
By Dan Lawlor
Sleeping rough for a good cause
By Jim Hynes
A group of McGill students slept out in the rain last night, and more will be sleeping in the great outdoors every night this week. No, it’s not a case of shortages in Rez. These urban campers are roughing it by choice.
The students are participating in the nationwide 5 Days for the Homeless campaign from March 10-15 to raise money for Montreal’s Dans la rue, a grassroots, community-based organization that works with street kids and at-risk youth aged 12 to 25.
The campaign started at 5 p.m. Sunday and concludes at the same time Friday, March 15.
Crowd at student centre catches Justin fever
Federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Justin Trudeau was at McGill Tuesday, Feb. 19 to share his vision for Canada with students. Approximately 100 people crowded into the University Centre’s Lev Bukhman room to hear his views on, among other things, higher education and the thorny issue of tuition fees.
After his speech, Trudeau stopped to chat with those who were unable to make it into the room.
Outdoor hockey, recreational skating return to Lower Campus
By Jim Hynes
Hockey is back.
Not the on-again, off-again variety played by the league of millionaires who will be gracing us with their return this weekend, but the “shinny” type played by thousands of Canadians on outdoor rinks and frozen bodies of water across the country. And, more precisely, it’s back at McGill, one of places organized hockey got its start more than 130 years ago.
Arthur Szyk: Ink and Blood
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada and the McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections present Ink and Blood, an exhibition on the works of Polish-born graphic artist, book illustrator, caricaturist and stage designer Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). The exhibition, in place at the Redpath Library Building since Nov. 26, runs until Jan. 31, 2013.
Vision 2020 to McGill: “Did we hear you?”
By Julia Solomon
Since kicking off in February 2012, Vision 2020: Creating a Sustainable McGill has engaged thousands of McGill community members to share their visions for a sustainable future. Dozens of events have generated countless ideas. The Vision 2020 team has done their best to incorporate those ideas into a draft Sustainability Vision & Goals report and now is asking the McGill community: Did we get it right? Does what’s in the report match your vision for a sustainable future?