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In His Really Lame Image

Existentialism posits that it is individuals who are ultimately responsible for the quality of their own lives and not some distant, omniscient deity. This is my last semester here at McGill and accordingly my final chance to submit something to The Red Herring. Why, you ask, have […]

Viva La Cigalution!

In my exponentially expanding list of people/groups that do me great psychological disservice, there is one group that I have been unable to dismantle, destroy, or dismember through the use of my meager vocabulary and crippling condescension: Cigots. Cigots, (aka people against the smoking of tobacco products) […]

Not Your Average Case of the Mondays

I don’t really have sex, but Monday fucks me hard every single week. Unfortunately, it’s not the passionate kind of hard that you see in movies such as Braveheart, where a firm, unshaven freedom fighter unleashes his manhood on you. Nor is it the kind […]

20 Interesting Facts Aboot Canadians

1) Canadians have over a hundred words for snow.
2) Canadians hunt in packs.
3) Canadian children as young as ten or eleven will have a glass
of maple syrup with dinner.
4) It is forbidden for a Canadian to sing the national anthem in
fewer than two languages.
5) Canadian food, while culturally distinctive and startlingly
original, does not exist.

Existentialism: The State of Formerly Having Been an Istential

I was excited to write an article for the Herring, but then I was told the topic: existentialism. I think it goes without saying that existentialism is a difficult subject for anybody to write about. This is particularly true for me, because it runs in my family. […]

Of Moustaches and Men

All I know about existentialism is that people in Cultural Studies throw it around like a Frisbee on the first day of spring. Pffft, Cultural Studies: get over yourselves guys, and stop telling me who directs the movies I watch. Anyway, I’ve been […]

Inside the Actor’s Insanity: Tom Cruise Edition

The Red Herring has finally matured to the ripe old age of 20. Finally, our dearly beloved satirical rag is old enough to have sex on film, for fun or profit, in nearly every country on earth. This means that if the market for “man-on-magazine” porn is […]

Just Beat It

Masturbation. No pleas for cuddling, no requests for child support, no awkward questions like “Do you love me?” or “How am I going to get this out of my hair?” Has mankind yet discovered anything quite so fantastic? Today, class, this is the subject at hand.
So you […]

The Funny One

Every group has one. At The Red Herring, we’ve culled them together and created a monster. We are, collectively, The Funny One.
To break it down SAT-styles:
The Red Herring: McGill-sanctioned publications :: My buddy Michael, man, he’s fucking hilarious : Your group of friends.
Now, The Funny One (hereafter […]

The Importance of Being Coolest

Everyone seems to be talking about global warming these days. It’s everywhere, even in North Korea (though limited to private conversations). And while global-warming-mania sweeps the globe, more and more people are asking themselves what they can do to help prevent further catastrophe. Now, I’m no Sierra Club member - I hate the environment, […]