Students suffer from “food desert” at Macdonald campus

Recent closure has left Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue with no grocery stores

Shani Laskin Staff Writer

the closure of McGill’s Barton and Macdonald-Stewart buildings due to asbestos on Jan. 31, students at the Macdonald campus have been left with few options to access food.

The Twigs Café on campus has also closed, leaving

Don’t buy into the myth of selling out

Yash Zodgekar Staff Writer

The accusation of “selling out” cuts deep within independent music. “Indie” fans often pride themselves on the genre’s self-positioning against the mainstream music industry’s commercialism. Selling out is hence defined by an artist’s relationship to the profit motive. Artists perceived to court sales by pursuing a more popular sound, heavily marketing their music, or licensing it for corporate advertising are accused of prioritizing financial interests over the creative integrity of their work.

By displaying a greed that contravenes a romanti- cized notion of what and who music serves, these artists are purported to have betrayed the very fans who made them successful. Yet, in an age in which the dominance of music streaming makes earning a living as an artist extremely difficult, seeking alternative commercial revenue seems characterized less by greed than necessity. only one on-campus eatery: The Ceilidh. Any students hoping to buy groceries now have to either order them online through a delivery service or use the bus service that takes students to the nearest grocery store once a week.

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Think twice before taking a drag from your friend’s vape

Raymond Tu Contributor

Most students at McGill have encountered a vape pen: Whether they’ve taken a hit from someone’s JUUL at a party, walked through a cloud of grape-scented vapour in front of McLennan, or bought one from the depanneur on the corner. In Canada in 2021, 13 per cent of youth aged 15 to 19 and 17 per cent of young adults aged 20 to 24 reported vaping at least once in the past 30 days. Among these people, 55 per cent said that they vape on a daily basis.

The side effects of ecigarettes—colloquially called vapes—are largely unknown despite their widespread usage. Alarmingly, chronic and highvolume usage of vape pens has resulted in hospitalizations of many otherwise healthy individuals, with some cases ending in death.

But, what about the effects of infrequent vaping? Researchers at McGill are asking themselves this very same question.