Articles by Laura Beeston
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Jillian Page’s Uncut Interview
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A copy editor at The Gazette for nearly 40 years, Page’s blog, Patent Pending, was the first of its kind in Montreal when it came into being at the beginning of her transition, from Bill to Jill, in 2008.
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Link Alum Lina Harper on Queers, Media and The Real World
Once a Linkie, always a Linkie.
At least that was the attitude of Lina Harper, Montreal-based journalist, blogger and Concordia alumna-turned-queer-media-maverick, when asked if we could pick her brain about our upcoming queer issue.
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Jillian Page: A Liberated Woman
Gazette Copy Editor Breaks Boundaries
Jillian Page is a Male to Female Montreal trailblazer.
Actually, let’s rephrase that: she’s a fierce, female pioneer at this point. -
A Bottle Panel
Experts from the Industry Weigh In on Water Bottles
Water privatization was the topic on the table at a panel on Nov. 24, as insiders from the beverage industry, academics and environmental researchers were invited to debate both sides of banning water bottles on campus.
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Editorial
A Dire State
Last week, for the second time in less than a year, a clear majority of Concordia students voted no.
No to real estate decisions made without student input. No to speeding up the process on a long term, potentially volatile and unprecedented commercial contract. No to increasing fees to fund a $50 million stab at student space. -
Retail to Pay the Rent
$700,000 to Keep Student Share of Student Union Building Cost Under $3M
Though both the administration and the Concordia Student Union admit the projected annual budget to buy and operate a Student Union Building is “very preliminary,” the anticipated cost to students is estimated at $2.6 million per year.
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Document, Decoded
An In-Depth Look At The Student Centre Contract between ConU and the CSU
The Concordia Student Union has no Plan B.
Plan A? A contract signed in 2009, which the administration has called “the roadmap” into the future of our student centre.
But acknowledging that the current 79-page contract between the CSU and Concordia administration “isn’t perfect” over the weekend, VP External & Projects Adrien Severyns set out to explain some of its stipulations regarding the operational cost, ownership and terms of agreement. -
ConU Inc. Author Speaks With The Link
According to Concordia’s administration, David Bernans is a risk to be assessed.
Making headlines after the university’s Risk Assessment Committee banned him from holding a book reading on campus in 2006, the author of Con U Inc. and North of 9/11 will speak on Wednesday as part of a week-long “Ask Why” awareness campaign organized by various student groups. -
An Affordability Issue: Property CEO
ASFA Meeting Dominated by Student Union Building Pitch
Adding two hours onto the Arts and Science Federation of Associations’ Council meeting on Nov. 11, Jonathan Wener, the chairman and CEO of one of the largest property firms in the city, told councillors that a proposed student union building was worth the price students would pay for it.
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Water Bottle Free Possibilities
One Week After Renewing PepsiCo. Contract, Concordia Says Water Bottle Free Campus Still Possible
Extending a proverbial olive branch to student leaders, campus activists and the press, Concordia’s administration sent an e-mail detailing the future of water bottle negotiations on campus a week after renewing an exclusive beverage contract with PepsiCo.
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Missing Women, Missing Money
Group Responsible for Publicizing Disappearances Given No Funds
Last week, the Minister of State for Status of Women Canada, Rona Ambrose, detailed the federal government’s $10 million national strategy to address the disproportionately high number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
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A ‘Breach of Trust’
PepsiCo. Contract Renewed Without Student Consultation
On his final Friday on the job, outgoing Concordia University VP Services Michael Di Grappa received a goodbye gesture he certainly won’t forget.
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Water Timeline
The Concordia Student Union is cut out from negotiations with PepsiCo. and the administration due to financial disagreements.
The CSU places a vending machine outside their offices “as a principled stand,” against Pepsi exclusivity. “We should have a say on what services are provided for us,” said the CSU. -
You Steep What You Sow
Food Systems Project Hosts Final Skill Share Before Winter
Crouched in the RealiTEA garden on Loyola campus amongst the Silver Absinthe, Leopard Lilly and Peppermint, a dozen students and community members harvested herbs for tea-making on Oct. 28 at the Concordia Food Systems Project’s final skill share.
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Nah’msayin?
Gettin’ Groovy With Granny
I picked up a copy of La Presse on Tuesday and read a screaming headline that old people—yes, old people—are smoking pot, getting high, and loving it.
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Bathroom Activism
Two weeks after 12 single-stall restrooms in the EV building were “gender neutralized” by an anonymous guerrilla sign maker, the Concordia administration stated that the project to create dedicated gender-neutral bathrooms on campus is currently “on hold.”
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Concordia Waits to Turn it In
Anti-Plagiarism Software Hits Security Snag
After testing the American anti-plagiarism software Turnitin on roughly 500 students over the summer semester, Concordia’s Centre for Teaching and Learning Services has postponed a school-wide implementation of the project until further notice, citing privacy concerns.
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The ASFA Report
Second Meeting Drags to Discuss Budget, Elections
It took two hours of debating and two rounds of voting, but the Arts and Science Federation of Associations narrowly passed its annual budget at an Oct. 14 meeting.
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Editorial
Students Still Aren’t Interested In The Student Centre
Perhaps you’ve noticed the catchy new poster campaign proliferating in the hallways asking what you want your student centre to look like. The posters offer suggestions to entice your imagination: a lounge, a kitchen, a study space, maybe even a massage parlour…
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Guerilla Gender Neutrality
he EV Building gets DIY Gender- Neutral Bathrooms
Before Thanksgiving weekend, 12 single-person bathrooms on each floor of the EV building were quietly “gender neutralized” by a guerilla sign maker.