Articles by Christopher Curtis
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Jewish Guilt vs. Catholic Guilt
I’m really sorry about this. I’m just going to get that out of the way.
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An Activist in the Assembly
MNA Amir Khadir Wants Tuition Frozen and More Options in Politics
Although the province is a hotbed for progressive ideas, its political landscape is still defined by a 250-year-old language debate.
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Kill, Kill, Kill
The Cruel Fate of Paul Daley
As he stepped into the cage in the centre of a sparse Montreal crowd screaming for him to “kill, kill, kill,” it must have been difficult for Paul Daley not to realize how abrupt his fall from grace has been.
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Trapped in a Prison
MMA Fighter Nick Diaz and the Dark Side of the Ring
Here was a champion—one of the people who ushered the sport of mixed martial arts into mainstream consciousness, no less—quickly starting to fade.
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Chud Fights in the Coliseum
A Night of Profanity, Screaming and Language Politics
At some point in my adult life, it will no longer be appropriate to conceal a bottle of gin between my pants and pelvis in order to get drunk at a prizefight.
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The Endless Campaign
“We have a message of hope. [Prime Minister] Harper has a message of fear.” Liberal MP Marc Garneau’s blunt assessment of this year’s federal election embodies the balancing act his party has employed since the last time Canadians went to the polls in September 2008.
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Show Me the Money
Student Union Pays ASFA $10,000 After Ticket Gaffe
An event one Concordia Student Union executive called “cost neutral” on March 14 will instead set the CSU back $29,000. After failing to sell 950 of the 1,000 tickets it purchased for a conference called Youth Action Montreal, the student union decided to give away their remaining tickets, incurring a $19,000 loss.
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Youth in Revolt
CEGEP Students Lead the Charge Against Tuition
Heavily armored riot police banged their shields and batons together in unison, yelling “move!” with every step forward.
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Union Votes for Strike Mandate
Concordia’s Trade Workers Seek Better Wages
After months of stalled negotiations with the university, the 62 trade workers at Concordia’s Sir George Williams Campus voted unanimously in favour of a strike mandate on March 31.
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CEGEP Students Take Action
Another Budget Protest Turns Ugly
For the second week in a row, students clashed with riot police in downtown Montreal during a protest against Quebec’s new austerity budget. On March 31, thousands of CEGEP students blocked traffic, chanted in favour of a general strike and marched on Premier Charest’s office protesting tuition hikes and increases in user fees outlined in the Liberals’ 2011-2012 budget.
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The Fee Levies
Who Wants Your Money and Why?
Since 2008, when CJLO took to the city’s AM airwaves, the student-run radio station has been named one of North America’s best by The Huffington Post.
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Poster Controversy Cuts Campaign Short
Your Concordia Accused of Smearing Action
For the third year in a row, the final day of campaigning in the Concordia Student Union elections was marred by controversy.
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Fine Arts Students Oppose Action Candidate
Petition Against Tomer Shavit Signed by 150
A student is circulating a petition opposing the candidacy of Tomer Shavit, who is running to represent fine arts students on Senate in this year’s Concordia Student Union election.
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Tuition on the Rise
Cost of University Will Nearly Double by 2017
It’s official, your tuition is going up. Five years from now the average Quebec student will be paying nearly twice as much for a university education.
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Action’s Endorsement Blunder
Website Prematurely Assumes Support from 28 Clubs
Natalie Bocking was shocked to discover that the Action slate had listed NDP Concordia as one of its supporters.
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Independent’s Day
Student Union Council Candidates Want Change
With no budgets or glossy posters and without the support of the dozens of candidates that make up one of the two political machines running in the year’s Concordia Student Union election
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All Is Not Well
Another Student Union VP Quits
Another student union VP has resigned, putting forth serious allegations against the union’s executive:
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Proof of the Puppeteer
Former Student Union President Running Secret Slate: Student
A Concordia student is alleging that former Concordia Student Union President Amine Dabchy has been secretly cooperating with the CSU’s current executive to run a slate in next week’s elections.
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Gay-Bashing
Pre-Fight Slurs are Unsportsmanlike
When UFC middleweight Michael Bisping used a homophobic slur to insult his opponent before their Feb. 26 fight, he crossed a line.
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Editorial
The Board Wins
In the two months following former President Judith Woodsworth’s Dec. 22 firing, a movement for change swept through Concordia. Every major union and association representing the university’s 50,000 students, faculty and staff called for a dramatic overhaul of the university’s Board of Governors, which had dismissed two university presidents in the span of three years.