The McGill Tribune TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 2022 | VOL. 42 | ISSUE 6
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EDITORIAL
FEATURE
SPORTS
Hockey culture must be dismantled from the bottom up
Leaving the starving student behind
The biggest flops of the 2022 MLB season (so far)
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What we liked this fall reading break
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Construction begins on New Vic site without consent from Mohawk Mothers Arkéos breaks ground two weeks prior to the Mothers’ Oct. 26 court date Jasjot Grewal Staff Writer Arkéos, an archeological firm hired by McGill, began excavating the Royal Victoria Hospital site, slated
to become McGill’s ‘New Vic’, on Oct. 12. The firm is investigating claims that there may be unmarked graves of Indigenous children on or near the property. This work commenced without the consent of the Kanien’kehà:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) who raised concerns about unmarked graves in October 2021. The Mothers
Loving my Black hair back Matthew Molinaro Managing Editor Last April, I attended a birthday party for a friend. Rather than looking back at the shared laughter and happiness of this gathering, I remember this night for a white person who, after complaining at length about their “difficult” straight hair, gestured toward me and my “easy” curls. Without my consent, they
touched my hair. After two years of COVID19 measures that kept us all physically apart, this interaction almost seems funny. Veering into old stereotypes, this encounter relies on direct, imposing, and racializing contact. More seriously, it reminds me of my childhood, where countless non-Black people would touch my hair––invading my space and reducing my humanity to that of a spectacle. I don’t
share stories like these often. I’m too culpable of forgetting, of giving second chances, of rolling my eyes (later). That said, this is the brief history of my relationship with my hair. I was born in Toronto in the early 2000s with curly hair budding off my head. I have stark hair-related memories of kindergarten and elementary school, especially those that involved a carpet, a shared and “open” space for learning. PG. 5
are also embroiled in an ongoing lawsuit against McGill over the potential burial site. The next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26. Following the most recent hearing for the lawsuit, the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) postponed archeological work until an information session was held with Arkéos. PG. 2
‘Scenes from the Underground’ centres queer rave culture around the world McGill alum Gabriel Cholette shines light on rave dark rooms in new memoir Suzanna Graham Staff Writer McGill alumnus Gabriel Cholette (MA ‘17) started his writing career by publishing true vignette-style stories about queer sex and party culture on an anonymous Instagram account for his
friends. The vignettes range in length from a single sentence to a threepage whirlwind, with settings from Montreal to Berlin, but all take place in the queer underground rave scene. Cholette wrote about these experiences from 2017 to 2018, as he was going to various clubs and parties. Since then,
Cholette has taken ownership of his zesty prose and intriguing stories through the composure of his 2021 memoir Les Carnets de l’Underground. On Oct. 4, local Montreal publisher House of Anansi released an English edition—translated by Elina Taillon— titled Scenes from the Underground. PG. 7