February 7, 2008
February 7, 2008 McGill University
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Owen Egan
Katisha (Christina Holmes) tries to throttle Ko Ko (Jonathan Patterson) after she learns he has executed the son of the Mikado during the McGill Savoy Society's production of The Mikado. The production will run from Feb. 7-16. For more information or to reserve tickets go to www.mcgillsavoy.ca.
Are we American?
The annual MISC conference will gather cultural leaders from Canada, the U.S.
and Mexico.
Founder's Day at Mac
What's green, growing and more vibrant than ever at 101 years old? Why,
Macdonald Campus, of course.
Growing older, growing stronger: Mac turns
101
Welcome to Macdonald Campus, where the key word is "growth."
A river (of passion) runs through
her
Canadian activist Maude Barlow delivers Mac's Founder's Day speech.
Brilliance in business
The Desautels Faculty of Management honours five of Canada's top business
leaders.
Headliners: From Stanley Cups and Super Bowls
to deep, deep thoughts
Lots of sports, a smattering of video games and one of the world's top
philosophers.
P.O.V.: Lifestyles of the rich and famous; why do we
care?
Tom Mole, assistant professor in the Department of English, tells us that our
obsession with Britney and Paris has precedents that are centuries old.
Profile - Lambert Chen: Accidental musician has big
plans
So he's just won the "Stanley Cup of classical music." What's Lambert Chen to
do for an encore?
McGill web gems: Words vs.
games
Vocabulary survey takes on the McCord.
Green Corner: Recycling
stations
In the first installment of this new regular feature, we learn what can and
can't be recycled.
Entre Nous with Sylvia Franke, Chief Information
Officer: Old school excellence delivered by new school
technology
She went from Toronto bike courier to lawyer to McGill's Chief Information
Officer. She's Sylvia Franke and she has a high-tech story to tell.
Cobbett hops "on board" as Vice-Chair,
BoG
The Board of Governors gets a new Vice-Chair.
McGillians up for Junos
We're a very musical bunch, indeed.
Who you gonna call? 3000!
The University Safety unit will soon issue an emergency measures guide.
Le français sur la sellette à la
Francofête
À la Francofête les Mcgillois ont eu l'occasion de participer à une foule
d'événements.
Research and Discovery: The language that
wasn't
More than 30 years ago, Lise Winer fell in love with Trinidadian English
Creole. Now she's getting ready to publish a dictionary of it.
Kudos
A trio of McGillians make our kudos list this issue.
Around campus
Wolves and pyramids and a whole lot of stuff in between.
Neale McDevitt
HEWER OF WOOD
Lise Cobitz, U3 Human Nutrition and a member of the Macdonald Campus women's woodsmen team, takes a mighty swing during the Standing Block Chop competition during Mac's 48th annual Woodsmen Competition. The Mac men and women finished second in their respective team competitions.
