Christopher Curtis
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SportsRich Franklin, Company Man
Rich Franklin was a company man. I can’t think of any other way to eulogize Franklin’s career as an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter.
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OpinionsJewish 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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NewsAn Activist in the Assembly
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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SportsKill, Kill, Kill
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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SportsTrapped in a Prison
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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SportsChud Fights in the Coliseum
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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NewsThe 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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NewsShow Me the Money
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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NewsYouth in Revolt
Heavily armored riot police banged their shields and batons together in unison, yelling “move!” with every step forward.
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NewsUnion Votes for Strike Mandate
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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NewsCEGEP Students Take Action
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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NewsThe Fee Levies
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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NewsPoster Controversy Cuts Campaign Short
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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NewsFine Arts Students Oppose Action Candidate
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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NewsTuition on the Rise
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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NewsAction’s Endorsement Blunder
Natalie Bocking was shocked to discover that the Action slate had listed NDP Concordia as one of its supporters.
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NewsIndependent’s Day
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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NewsAll Is Not Well
Another student union VP has resigned, putting forth serious allegations against the union’s executive:
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NewsProof of the Puppeteer
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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SportsGay-Bashing
When UFC middleweight Michael Bisping used a homophobic slur to insult his opponent before their Feb. 26 fight, he crossed a line.
