Christopher Olson

  • Special Issue

    The Third Dimension

    Like some gothic horror story, 3D makes a bold return to prominence every few decades, feeding on theatre-goers’ dollars before entering a period of slumber, to return again and feed when the planets have properly aligned in their preordained cycles.

  • Fringe Arts

    Expozine Alternative Press Awards

    Literary honours, even among published authors, are hard to come by. For zinesters and the so-called self-published, awards are something of an impossibility.

  • Opinions

    Cameras Offer Security

    On February 11 of this year, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., my laptop was stolen from the JavaU inside Concordia’s Hall building.

  • Fringe Arts

    The End of the Bookstore Cat?

    The Link’s Literary Arts section isn’t the only literary institution that’s on the way out these days.

  • Fringe Arts

    Out With the New, In With the Old

    Concordia students already have good reason to be jealous of the McGill campus, with its lush green space and enduring architectural design (sorry, Hall building).

  • Opinions

    The Seven Deadly Sins…  Need an Update

    It’s become increasingly evident that one person’s sins are another person’s constitutional rights.

  • Special Issue

    Cultural Calendar

    This year on March 8, The Link joins community groups across the city, country and world to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

  • Fringe Arts

    Viral Hit Machine

    Like lightning and chicken pox, viral videos rarely strike the same place twice. But unlike either lightning or the flu, you’re damn lucky if you get even one.

  • Fringe Arts

    Lean Mean Zine Machine

    Nothing says commodification quite like a vending machine, and nothing except maybe escalators typifies our culture’s sense of leisure and lack of patience.

  • News

    Con U Wants to Send Your Ideas Into Orbit

    Unlike many calls for submissions posted around the Concordia campus—whether it be for fiction, essays or art—only one promises to launch the winning proposal into space.

  • Opinions

    ‘Fuck It, I’m Still an Aquarius’

    The recent news that people’s zodiac signs may have changed due to the slow migration of the constellations in the night sky has conjured up strong feelings of denial, skepticism and disbelief.

  • News

    The Student Union Thinks You Look Cold

    The Concordia Student Union’s Winter Orientation may lack the glitz and glamour of its Fall offerings, but the CSU doesn’t want to leave newly arriving students out in the cold.

  • Fringe Arts

    One of These Jokes is Not Like the Other

    Everyone stretches the truth now and then.
    Maybe that funny anecdote we told at dinner was exaggerated a teensy bit, and maybe This American Life contributor David Sedaris didn’t really work as a staff clerk in a mental hospital at age 13 to great comedic effect.

  • Fringe Arts

    “Just Watch Me”

    Heralded for the “sheer range of her career” by Maclean’s magazine almost 20 years ago, Canadian playwright Linda Griffiths says finding the time and the energy to attend live theatre nowadays is hard work

  • Opinions

    Nah’msayin?

    People need to stop using “luck” to mean its exact opposite.

  • News

    A Ha-ha That’s Halal

    The phrase “Muslim comedian” might sound like an oxymoron to some, like “free parking,” or “Mennonite rapper.”

  • Fringe Arts

    It Still Matters

    “Art is sometimes the only vehicle of communication and expression available to artists,” said Helen Arceyut-Frixione, a coordinator for this year’s Art Matters Festival.

  • Fringe Arts

    Montreal Improv Explore Spontaneity for a Clock’s Full Rotation

    If anything was missing from director/writer Paul Haggis’ inspirational 2004 film Crash, which features an ensemble cast of characters exploring race relations in America, it was improvisation. At least according to Montreal acting coach Kirsten Rasmussen.

  • Fringe Arts

    Montreal After Mordecai

    Take a poll of readers, critics and authors on which writer’s work is most strongly associated with Montreal, and watch as the hands go up to proclaim Mordecai Richler king of the city’s literature.

  • News

    Concordia in Space

    Electrical and computer engineering professor Scott Gleason wants to launch Concordia’s first satellite, and he wants his students to do it themselves with little or no assistance.