Claire Loewen
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NewsThreats Won’t Intimidate Our Muslim Students
A letter threatening to set off a bomb in two of Concordia’s downtown buildings was sent to MSA, and to various media outlets on Wednesday.
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NewsULaval Divests, ConU Rests
DivestConcordia has been around since September of 2013—ULaval sans fossiles formed only four months ago, in November 2016.
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NewsConstruction on Bishop St. Not Ending Anytime Soon
The construction has been problematic for many of the businesses on Bishop St., like the Concordia Co-op Bookstore and Misoya Restaurant. Blocked sidewalks, big holes in the street and heavy machinery have also been dangerous for passersby.
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NewsCSU By-Election: Your Guide to the Four Referendum Questions
The Concordia Student Union by-elections run this week from Nov. 15-17. Quorum for the by-election is 450 undergrad students.
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Fringe ArtsEmo Night MTL: A Testimony
It’s both a music genre and a subculture, and is generally associated with celebrating and accepting sadness. As one former emo kid told me at TRH bar, “It was a lifestyle.”
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News99 Arrests At Climate Protest in Ottawa
Ninety-nine protesters were arrested and issued citations for trespassing from the RCMP for climbing police barricades.
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NewsPit Bull Lovers Gather to Protest City’s Ban
If passed, the legislation would prevent any Montrealer from adopting a pit bull, and those already living here would be forced to wear a muzzle at all times while outside of their homes.
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NewsA Warm Welcome for Homa Hoodfar
The former Concordia professor had just stepped off a plane from Oman to greet press at the Montreal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. After spending over 100 days in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, Hoodfar is finally back in Montreal.
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Fringe ArtsA Week in Review: The Best of POP Montreal
So we got through POP—trust, it’s easier said than done. Among some of the unlikely things to happen, we managed to scrape by with few instances of drinking on the metro and peeing in alleyways. Here’s the recap on all the crazy shows we went to:
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NewsHoma Hoodfar Released
Former Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar was released from Evin prison in Iran on Monday, Sept. 26, after spending over 100 days in solitary confinement.
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NewsDemonstrators Gather for Imprisoned Professor Homa Hoodfar
The former Concordia professor has been imprisoned in Iran’s Evin prison for 111 days on unclear charges. She was accused of “dabbling in feminism” and collaborating with hostile governments.
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NewsHoma Hoodfar: A Global Effort
The conference, which was held at Concordia on Sept. 7, brought to light the great impact Hoodfar’s imprisonment had on her personal relationships, her fragile health, and the state of global academic freedom.
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Special IssueHow Concordia Can Help You
So, you’re new to Concordia—and maybe even Montreal. Everything may seem big, tall, and intimidating. Your first class is in H-649? What the heck does that mean?
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NewsHoma Hoodfar Hospitalized in Iran
Hoodfar had travelled to Iran in February to visit family and conduct academic research. Members of the Counter Intelligence Unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard raided her apartment in early March.
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NewsLaptop Thefts At Concordia
The investigation began when the string of thefts started in October 2015, according to Societe de Police de la Ville Montreal media representative Abdullah Enmar.
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Special IssueWomen and Wikipedia
Concordia professor Elizabeth Clarke gave her Women in Film class an assignment to create a Wikipedia page about a female filmmaker from any genre at any time in history. She wanted to make her students aware that the information they see online is selected by the people who are putting it there. In this case, the people are a high percentage of males and almost no females—a wide gender gap that cannot be ignored, even by Wikipedia.
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NewsBall Bustin’ Bitches Create Opportunity for Women in Male-Dominated Pinball Community
Ball Bustin’ Bitches, Montreal’s first women’s-only pinball league, had their first tournament on Tuesday at North Star machine à piastres on St. Laurent Street.
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NewsHundreds Gather to Remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
On this cold Valentine’s Day Sunday at St. Laurent metro, hundreds of people gathered to show solidarity for the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada.
