By Arman Izadi What lurks beneath the floors of the EUS office? In the dark decrepit corners of McConnell basement, there lies a fantastic secret, allowed only to students of the Engineering Faculty. Behind the great wooden double doors of MC 030 lies the Engineering Common Room. Mistakenly called “Blues Pub” due to the namesake…
Profiles in Engineering: Morgan Grobin
By Arman Izadi The Ledger took the opportunity to sit down with Morgan Grobin, an Electrical U3 (technically) student who has been heavily involved in the EUS since her first year, to talk about her involvement and what it’s like being a woman in engineering. Ledger: First things first. What motivated you to get involved?…
EUS Debates in Review
By Arman Izadi If you didn’t get the chance to attend the EUS Executive Committee Debates that happened this past Thursday, fret not! The Ledger had a chance to go and summarize some crucial points of the candidates responses. As the uncontested positions mainly consisted of their platforms, we skipped them, but read our condensed versions…
Profiles in Engineering: Mitch Dumont
By Arman Izadi The Ledger is back with another profile of involved engineers! This week we sat down with Mitch Dumont, a U4 Electrical Engineering student who has been extensively involved within the EUS, holding many positions and coordinating events such as Frosh and E-Week. Ledger: So what made you get involved in the…
What happens when Canadian engineering students come together
By Arman Izadi To most people reading this article, the acronym CFES will mean absolutely nothing. While, in engineering, there is an inhumane amount of acronyms, pay attention to this one: the Canadian Federation for Engineering Students. In simpler terms, the CFES allows unity and solidarity between the majority of engineering undergraduate student societies…
Engineering Life and How To (almost) Cope
By Arman Izadi Fall 2014: A young student starts their first semester at McGill. Instantly drawn to the new social environment and extracurricular, he begins to rapidly make friends. Names and faces fly by. He feels like this is the beginning of a new stage of his life. He feels invincible, over confident and socially…
Another Day, Another Tragedy
By Arman Izadi Mosleh Pirkhezranian/Islamic Republic News Agency, via New York Times Iranian citizens woke to grave news on the morning of the 13th following a devastating earthquake in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah, on the border with Iraq. The earthquake, which was recorded to be around 7.3 in magnitude, (according to the US Geological…
Our campus beneath the first: A look into the vital underground network of our university
Slowly the fall leaves drift towards the cold, hard ground as the earth gradually dies to be reborn. The ground ages and grows white, the trees strip bare and the icy cold winds start whistling. Winter brings an abundance of joy. However, the below-zero temperatures and bone-chilling winds often bring quite the opposite. To escape…