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Fringe Arts
The Danger Girls of Skateboarding

Shaun Michaud – Published March 10, 2015

A little over two years ago, Rezko, a human relations student at Concordia, helped found Get Born, a non-profit online magazine dedicated to supporting the skateboarding culture in Montreal and Chicago. She persuaded co-founders Christerson and Liv Seidel—a green-hair-don’t-care idol—to make their mark documenting a lifestyle dominated by men.
Hacking The Patriarchy

Posted by Shaun Michaud in Hyperlink on March 6, 2015

The Pyladies are an international membership group formed to help women learn Python, a programming language, in a safe, friendly environment. While men are still welcome, the group enables ladies to network without having to deal with the usual trappings of patriarchy.
UFC 186 Workout

Posted by Shaun Michaud in Pic Picks on March 3, 2015

H2O MMA instructor Richard Ho trains with fighter Olivier Aubin-Mercier at the UFC 186 press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.
News
Self-Love Conquers All

Shaun Michaud – Updated February 17, 2015 at 8:24am

For the third straight year, the co-op Café L’Artère hosted the Self-Love Cabaret: l’amour se conjugue à la première personne, a show designed to challenge the consumerist auspices of Valentine’s Day.
Red Belly Dancer

Posted by Shaun Michaud in Pic Picks on February 17, 2015

This year’s Self-Love Cabaret featured Nada Khashaba, a belly dancer whose moves under the red lights held a packed audience captive at Café L’Artère on Valentine’s Day.
Opinions
Nah’msayin?

Shaun Michaud – Published February 9, 2015

People don’t enjoy victuals anymore. They only eat to nourish their empty stomachs. Nobody makes time to get a second helping. I often dream of days past, when people would have those communal Friday food orgies. Gastric satisfaction has never been the same since.
Sports
The Pope of Peace Park

Shaun Michaud – Updated January 20, 2015 at 5:54am

“Boots” sits as if he has just realized the full weight of his decade-long labour of love. He won’t even crack a smile. I cannot fathom how such a curmudgeonly man could be so admired.
Special Issue
Will Androids Dream of Killing Electric Sheep?

Shaun Michaud – Updated January 13, 2015 at 8:25am

As we inch closer to elucidating the mystery of artificial intelligence—the Holy Grail of robotics—and accelerating the clock on technological singularity, scientists and laymen alike have warned that birthing the ghost in the shell could spell tentative doom for humankind.
Vigil for the Polytechnique shooting

Posted by Shaun Michaud in Pic Picks on December 13, 2014

Last Saturday, a vigil was held on top of Mount Royal in homage of the victims of the Polytechnique Shooting.
Special Issue
OK Computer Riot

Shaun Michaud – Published October 28, 2014

Concordia University, which took its name from Montreal’s motto of “well-being through harmony”, was once the site of flagrant strife. From the way the university’s administration treats its own history, a more accurate inspiration would be “well-being through sticking your head in the sand.”
News
Hunger Strike on the Mezz

Shaun Michaud – Published September 25, 2014

Biology student Aneil Prasad fasted for 72 hours in the Hall Building to protest Concordia University’s investments in fossil fuel.
Opinions
Nah’msayin?

Shaun Michaud – Published September 23, 2014

It started with a murmur—students speaking in hushed tones in the hallways, talking about a revolution.
Fringe Arts
Dance Theatre Fusion

Shaun Michaud – Published September 15, 2014

Choreographer Fabien Prioville’s new performance art piece h3. Reverse_Me will take-over the Montreal location of the German non-profit Goethe-Institut this week.
ATCR Electrifies CSU Orientation Concert

Posted by Shaun Michaud in FringeBlog on September 15, 2014

A Tribe Called Red rocked the Corona Theatre at the Concordia Student Union’s annual orientation concert Friday.
Sports
The Link Meets Coach Donovan

Yacine Bouhali & Brandon Johnston & Shaun Michaud – Published September 5, 2014

We met with new coach Mickey Donovan to discuss his plans for the football team and what it takes to be a Stinger.
Sports
Ultimate Royalty

Shaun Michaud, Martin Mateus & Jordan Faries – Published April 13, 2014

Hold on to your hats! Montreal has a new professional team in ultimate frisbee.
Opinions
The Thought Police Strikes Concordia

Shaun Michaud – Updated April 11, 2014 at 7:52pm

The most striking element about a disqualification is the finality of it.
CASA Cares 11th Annual Fashion Show Raises Funds for a Cause

Posted by Shaun Michaud in FringeBlog on April 4, 2014

With the help of their runway models, CASA Cares’ 11th Annual Fashion Show, benefiting the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation, shattered the $100,000 mark on Thursday night.