Articles by Julian Ward
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Rub-a-Dub-Dub We Studs in a Tub
Bathhouses Still Steamy in 2012
Tall, athletic, handsome, an easy fit for the ‘jock’ label when it comes to gay subcategories, 21-year-old Concordia student “Connor” visits Sauna Oasis in the gay village every couple of weeks with his boyfriend, also a university student.
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To Grindr / Not to Grindr
A Back-and-Forth About a Homo-App
People have long dreamt of having a better, more technological means of picking up than awkwardly approaching someone in a bar.
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What’s to Come
You might have been shocked by our cover.
You might have also asked yourself, is this how The Link actually sees queer identity?
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Highlights From The Feb. 8 CSU Council Meeting
The Simone de Beauvoir Institute is set to vote on Feb. 29 to go on strike against the impending tuition increases. The SDBI is the first department association at Concordia to rally enough support in their department against fee-hikes to actually set a strike-vote day. During the meeting, all sexuality studies or gender studies students working to attain a certificate, a major or a minor from the institute were encouraged to vote on Feb. 29.
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Bigger Is Better?
Protesters Expand Focus of Tuition Fight
Yelling, “Fuck the police!,” and, “Don’t fuck with our education!,” a group of radical anti-tuition protesters made their way through Montreal’s downtown campuses on Feb. 2.
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ConU Board Under the Microscope
Next BoG Meeting to Be Filmed by Student Gov., Protesters
In the wake of Concordia’s Board of Governors’ refusal to broadcast its own meetings, student-governor A.J. West decided to take matters into his own hands—quite literally.
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Gag Order
Why Activists Shouldn’t Engage in Self-Censorship
The student-led movement against tuition hikes in Quebec is set to take a turn that is both hypocritical and quasi-fascist.
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HIV+ First Nations Peoples Encouraged to Tell Their Story
ConU Lecture Series Continues with Prominent Activist
Members of the Aboriginal community living with HIV and AIDS need to speak up and share their stories in order to gain strength and persevere, was the message delivered to Concordia students last week.
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Tenants Go Fish at the Rental Board
Rights Group Demands Shorter Wait Time for Hearings
Angry tenants went fishing today at the Régie de logement office in Montreal in hopes of catching a break from the province.
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Highlights from the CSU Council Meeting
Petition Against Gill and Filming the BoG Among Points Discussed
A petition and website launched by Tomer Shavit in an effort to impeach Concordia Student Union President Lex Gill was dismissed out of hand by councillors and executives as “unnecessary and a waste of time.”
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Editorial
This Ain’t What Democracy Looks Like
If you haven’t heard, the Concordia Student Union wants you out of the classroom and in the streets fighting against the impending tuition increases yet again.
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Thank You, Stephen Harper
How the Press Manufactured Last Week’s Same-Sex Marriage Debacle
In case you missed the ear-splitting cries of activists and journalists alike, a civil rights ‘crisis’ erupted in Canada last week. Thousands of foreign gay couples who tied the knot in Canada awoke to news that their marriage had been annulled.
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CSU to Strike Again
Student Union Amps Up Anti-Tuition Efforts
Concordia students will be returning to the streets this March as part of a general strike against tuition-fee increases, that is, if all goes according to a new plan released by the Concordia Student Union.
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BoG Approves ConU Academic Plan
Unanimous Vote in Favour, Save Two Abstentions
Concordia Provost David Graham had many a reason to smile after the Jan. 12 Board of Governors meeting.
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Resistance to Transparency
BoG Chairman Kruyt Cited as ‘Rude,’ ‘Condescending’
Student Governors were dealt a disappointing, yet probably expected, blow today from Concordia’s Board of Governors.
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Charter Troubles
Members of Concordia’s Senate—the highest academic body at the university—are often left powerless next to the Board of Governors, the ultimate authority of the school that has veto power over all Senate decisions.
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Editorial
Omni-bust the Bylaws
Byelections are coming—are you going to be paying attention?
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Money Matters
Even a cursory glance at the auditor’s report and statement of salaries of Concordia’s upper management, presented to the Board of Governors on Nov. 17, reveals one fact immediately: a lot of dollars come through the university door.
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CUTV Seeks To Reinstate Full-Scale Live-Stream Project
Students looking to live-streamed Concordia Student Union meetings lately have undoubtedly noticed a decline in the quality of service.
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Currently Concordia Kicks Off
A new radio show on CJLO is hoping to hit home with Concordia students.