Colin Harris

  • Fringe Arts

    Caribou Plays The Sentimental DJ

    Accessibility is a tough art to master. Writing music with universal appeal can come off as pandering, or just outright bland.

  • CROSSS Hones New Crafts

    The mystic indie metal of CROSSS is coming to Montreal before taking its new form in Toronto at the end of the year.
    Originally from Halifax, singer and guitarist Andy March credits his interest in things spiritual in part to his time at a Shambhala Buddhist high school.

  • Fringe Arts

    Under the Microscope with Nick Zammuto

    “I can’t repeat myself. It makes me ill if I feel like I’m doing the same thing I’ve done before.”

  • Fringe Arts

    Finding Inspiration with Chad VanGaalen

    Chad’s home studio in Calgary is his playground and his laboratory, and the kind of creative space he always dreamed his kids would have.

  • News

    Per-Faculty Fee-Levy Question is About More than Voting

    The “yes” campaign is arguing that a majority of Concordia undergrads deciding at the polls what groups all students automatically pay into has led these groups to focus on arts and sciences students. They want votes to be counted on a per-faculty basis instead.

  • Fringe Arts

    A Film Noir Disco Fantasy

    Fame and fortune sounds just fine to Jef Barbara, he’s just not in a rush to get there.

  • News

    CSU Judicial Board Upholds Per-Faculty Fee Levy Question

    The Concordia Student Union Judicial Board has approved a modified version of a referendum question passed by CSU council asking undergrads if they want fee-levy group…

  • News

    #CSU2014: Meet your Executive Candidates

    Last year’s election was a “no contest” but this year’s Concordia Student Union elections are gearing up to be a free-for-all—or is it more of a team battle?

  • Letters

    Response to ‘An Unfair Critique’

    We must always be cognizant of the different ways our words can be read.

  • News

    Math Error Prevents Fee-Levy Opt-Out Question From Getting on the Ballot

    Twenty-nine cents have gotten in the way of a petition for all business students to stop funding six fee-levy groups.

  • News

    Congress Is in Session

    As the university community consists of some 35,000 undergrads in dozens of departments, within four faculties and on two campuses, sharing ideas with the entire Concordia student body is no easy task.

  • News

    Business Students Want Some Change

    Business students are looking to opt-out from six fee levy groups en masse, and to change how new groups get their funding.

  • Special Issue

    Towards a Greener Concordia

    At an institution as big as Concordia, in order to be truly “sustainable,” long-term efforts must come from all corners of the university.

  • News

    Two Tenants of St. Cathy’s Taking Legal Action After Eviction

    When Gabriella Wilsker was looking for a place to live for her first year of university, St. Cathy’s student residence seemed like the perfect solution.

  • News

    Boots Riley Talks Optimism, Occupy and Revolution

    With an immaculate afro and razor-sharp sideburns, Boots Riley looks like a Black Panther frozen in time, or a long-lost member of Sly and the Family Stone. But the lifelong activist and musician’s politics are only looking forward, ever searching for the path to revolution.

  • Searching for that Golden Internship

    The plight of the unpaid intern has been well-documented, having to fight for measly, unpaid hours to get some all-important exposure. From finance to fashion, the ubiquitous “non-remunerated position” (a nice way of saying “we’ll pay you in coffee and experience”) has been spotted even for luxury hotel busboy positions.

  • News

    The Case for an Independent Montreal

    The idea of turning Montreal into a “city-state” was pitched to an audience of about 30 in the School of Community and Public Affairs basement on Jan. 29.

  • Opinions

    Nah’msayin?

    I’m considering abandoning my lease, or at least registering for eConcordia and contently doing all my class hours aboard this dream vessel.

  • Fringe Arts

    Hardcore Heresy

    The biggest difference between a black metal record and the latest from anthemic anti-Christian punk band Crusades is that only one compels you to sing along.

  • News

    Programmed to Learn

    With an ever-growing number of eyes glued to screens and a seemingly ubiquitous Internet connection, no one can deny the impact computer technology is having on our daily lives.