The McGill Tribune TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 2022 | VOL. 42 | ISSUE 3
Published by the SPT, a student society of McGill University
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EDITORIAL
FEATURE
LAUGHING MATTERS
Show up to the polls—and for your community
Levelling the playing field
On becoming the Plateau Man
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(Jasmine Jing / The McGill Tribune)
Martlets and Redbirds soccer defeat UQTR in double-header
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Midnight Kitchen re-launches free meal program after COVID-19 hiatus Volunteer collective offers free vegan meals to all students out of University Centre Shani Laskin Contributor Midnight Kitchen re-launched its free prepared meal program on Sept. 15 after being forced to suspend its servic-
es for over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program provides 50 vegan and nut-free meals, distributed every second week, out of the University Centre cafeteria, located on the second floor. Midnight Kitchen is a volunteer-run collective that aims
to increase accessibility to healthy food in the McGill community. The collective is explicitly anti-capitalist and centres its work around the values of intersectionality, sustainability, non-hierarchical organization, and anti-oppression PG. 2
McGill alumni create world’s first carbon-negative concrete
‘INCIPIT - COVID-19’ exhibition is a jarring reminder of the past
CarbiCrete’s cement-free concrete promises to capture carbon in the built environment
Photography exhibition following early-wave pandemic reveals haunting perspectives
Sara Chiarotto O’Brien Science & Technology Editor After water, concrete is the most commonly used resource in the world. From the buildings we live in to
the roads we drive on, nearly everything in our built environment is made from concrete. Unfortunately, it’s also the most destructive material in the world, responsible for eight per cent of global carbon emissions. But, what if there was a way for us to construct our world
without killing it? CarbiCrete, a start-up co-founded by McGill alumnus Dr. Mehrdad Mahoutian, PhD ‘11, and Chris Stern, B. Eng ‘94, has figured out a way to produce the world’s first commercially available, carbon-negative concrete. PG. 13
Courtney Squires Contributor Photographer Michel Huneault’s latest exhibition, INCIPIT — COVID-19, was commissioned by the McCord Stewart Museum at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sept. 16, over two years later,
the display finally opened to the public. The exhibition features 30 photographs and three projections of over 150 videos and photos that capture quotidian early-stage pandemic life. To create an eye-catching multimedia aspect, Huneault collected anonymously handwritten notes from the chain
of subjects he photographed. Huneault used this word-ofmouth chain of subjects to evade isolation-induced creative myopia. INCIPIT is a beautifully raw collection of photographs showcasing diverse perspectives of the people impacted by the first wave PG. 7 of the pandemic.