http://theredherring.net The Red Herring is a comedy newspaper run by students at McGill University. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:20:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just so you know we're still here for you, dear reader:   http://theredherring.net/2008/05/17/fuck-it-well-do-it-live/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/in-his-really-lame-image/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/viva-la-cigulation/ 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. ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/not-your-average-case-of-the-mondays/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/20-interesting-facts-aboot-canadians/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/existentialism-the-state-of-formerly-having-been-an-istential/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/of-moustaches-and-men/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/inside-the-actors-insanity-tom-cruise-edition/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/just-beat-it/ 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 ... http://theredherring.net/2008/05/14/the-funny-one/