Andrew Brennan
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NewsL’Organe Failure
Over two years after its last publication and despite two attempts to revive it, Concordia’s former French-language magazine L’Organe has had its fee levy suspended for three semesters—and it will be permanently removed unless students decide to bring the magazine back.
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NewsConcordia Officially Against Charter
After months of internal deliberation, Concordia University finally revealed its position on the Parti Québécois’s proposed Charter of Values, coming out in December against what it considers key elements of the possible public ban on religious symbols.
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NewsCSU Readies New Councillors for Committees
The Concordia Student Union is quickly adjusting to a council that has nearly doubled in size in the wake of the November byelections.
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Special IssueHumanity + Technology = 1
Before his death in 1957, Hungarian-American mathematician John Von Neumann said something that, even though it was only paraphrased, would profoundly shape the world to come.
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NewsDrainville Cancels Concordia Appearance
Despite Bernard Drainville’s last-minute cancellation over security concerns, Concordia held a debate on the proposed Charter of Quebec Values Thursday afternoon between members of other provincial parties.
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NewsCSU Takes Fight to CFS’s Front Door
Demonstrators from Concordia and nine other schools converged on the Canadian Federation of Students’ annual general meeting in Ottawa yesterday to protest what they say amounts to a lobster trap—student unions can enter the CFS, but they cannot get out.
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NewsQPIRG Concordia Member Takes P-6 to Court
A coordinator for a Concordia fee-levy group is gearing up to challenge Montreal municipal bylaw P-6 in court.
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NewsCSU Picks Up 12 Councillors in Byelections
The Concordia Student Union’s once dwindling council has eleven new councillors—including two directly connected to the referendum question which received the most votes during this week’s byelections.
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NewsDSSA Supplies Santa with Toys for Underprivileged
Americans have yet to sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, but thanks to a John Molson departmental student association’s second annual toy drive, Santa and his elves were on hand at Concordia on Thursday—if only for an afternoon.
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NewsFood Group Faces Opposition at Crunch Time
The last time undergraduates went to the polls, support for the Concordia Food Coalition seemed to be unilateral.
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NewsShepard Unveils Three-Point University-City Partnership Plan
Addressing his audience of some 600 people—including the mayor-elect and some of Montreal’s most prominent business leaders—Concordia President Alan Shepard said he thinks higher education is gearing up for a 21st century paradigm shift.
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NewsJohn Molson Group Raises Over $1,100 for Children’s Charities
Looking to prepare for an upcoming international business competition in Guelph, the John Molson Case Competition Committee staged a four-hour dance-a-thon fundraiser Thursday in front of Concordia’s GM building.
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NewsJMMA Pitches CUTV Rebranding
In line with the continued effort to rebuild Concordia’s campus television station, CUTV has sought the help of the John Molson Marketing Association to potentially rebrand itself, with a possible rechristening for the start of next semester.
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Concordia Climbs to 24th in 2014 Maclean’s Rankings
If the annual university rankings compiled by Maclean’s released last week are any indication, Concordia’s reputation is improving.
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NewsSenate Approves Curriculum Changes
Concordia’s senior academic body was co-opted last week—in a way.
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NewsCSU Has Thoughts for Food
The Concordia Food Coalition has passed one last hurdle in getting its fee levy question on the Concordia Student Union byelection ballot.
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NewsCharter of Quebec Values Continues Ongoing Dispute for Public Support
When Philippe Couillard took to the podium last Saturday morning to address his caucus, the Quebec Liberal Party leader said he was expecting the Parti Québécois government to call an election for this fall…
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CSU Council Continues to Dwindle Down
With the resignations of Hajar El Jahidi and Bilal Nasser, the Concordia Student Union has lost six councillors in the last two months.
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CSU Down Three Councillors in 10 Days
The Concordia Student Union council has lost three representatives in the last 10 days.
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NewsMontreal Shows Solidarity with Elsipogtog
Two days of spontaneous demonstrations emerged last week in downtown Montreal, protesting the tactics allegedly leveled by RCMP officers against members of the Elsipogtog nation…
