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Looking for Lulu
by Joel Yanofsky, BA’77, MA’81 On the final day of class last spring, students in my magazine writing course at Concordia University asked if they could take me out for a beer. They’d liked the class,...
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Look Out Below!
by Bruce Gravel, BED’79 TZIGANE When I attended McGill decades ago, all of 18 and flush with the heady freedoms of new adulthood, I craved unique experiences. Already a scuba diver, I reasoned that if...
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The Primacy of Pleasure
by Megan Williams, BA’88 The other day, my 13-year-old daughter was lurching about the house like a bull in the ring, emitting heavy sighs and trapped glances. “I’ve got a science test tomorrow,” she...
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Inside Bordeaux
by Andrew Steinmetz, BA’89 Tzigane Sometime in 1992, I went to Bordeaux to lead my first creative writing workshop. By Bordeaux, I don’t mean the wine region in France but the medium-security prison...
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The North becomes her
By Hélèna Katz, BA’87 TZIGANE I had just returned home from walking the dog when I heard a rustling sound too loud to be a squirrel. I turned to see a big black bear, 15 feet away, staring at us. If...
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It’s her turn now
by Noah Richler, BA’83 Just think, I could be living in Kingston!” said my daughter, as we walked the lively streets of Montreal under a shining full moon. Well, she’s my stepdaughter, actually, one of...
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What I did on my summer (also winter, spring and fall) vacation
by Cleo Paskal, BA’90 Oh, I’ve heard the rumours going around. So let me set the record straight. Sure I’m always on the move, travelling to obscure corners of the world, but contrary to popular...
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Four trees out of so many
by Bronwyn Chester with photos by Claudio Calligaris This European spindle is one of McGill's most recognizable trees Back in March, 1998, when Daniel McCabe was interviewing me for the position of...
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Lessons in Learning in Leacock 132
by Louise Fabiani, BSc’80 Jane Goodall pant-hooted like a chimpanzee. Ralph Nader got us laughing at radiation. An avuncular Linus Pauling repeatedly rose on his tip-toes behind the podium. Two-time...
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Remembering Jack Gelineau
by J. Peter Roberts, BEng’55 Jack Gelineau tending net for the Boston Bruins in 1950 It was the autumn of 1951 when I entered the Faculty of Engineering. An item on the notice board motivated me to...
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