David Murphy
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SportsRep, Rep for the Home Team
Rugby player and Concordia Student Union Councillor Emran Ghasemi was left frustrated after several councillors brushed aside his idea for more representation in the CSU.
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SportsPucks Across the Pond: National Squad Overpowers Stingers
The women’s hockey team didn’t win one game on their Japanese tour this winter break, but looking at the opposition faced, their struggles are understandable.
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SportsPucks Across the Pond: Mountain Pressure
Not half the professional hockey players in the world can say they’ve experienced playing in an officiated outdoor game, let alone one nestled in the Swiss Alps—a mini European Winter Classic just three days before the NHL’s version between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers.
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OpinionsNah’msayin?
Everybody needs to chill the fuck out when it comes to swinging doors open to get into the washrooms.
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SportsConcordia Clinks
Temperatures dropped sharply in the past two weeks, but the steps leading up to Loyola’s The Hive were packed Nov. 16, the students divided into those shivering impatiently to get inside and those out enjoying a smoke. That night, a few hundred Concordia students migrated to The Hive to partake…
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SportsObey the New Drinking Rules
The first ever nation-wide drinking guidelines in Canada were released by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse on Nov. 25. The new guidelines come on the heels of information released this year about higher consumption-related cancer risks, and higher risks of liver diseases attributed to the frequency of drinking.
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SportsRitual Psych-rifice
Pregame rituals and superstitions could help build mental strength on the playing field.
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SportsScissor Kick
Nothing sums up American soccer better than a crowd of 25,000 rowdy college fans taunting the opposing goalkeeper with a chant of, “Hit the weight room, skinny.” It’s a scene from Red Bull Arena, home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer, which opened its doors…
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SportsThe Health Mobsters
Finding the motivation to work out can be difficult when you take into account the cost of a gym membership and finding the willpower to lift weights or run on your own.
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SportsShow Some Spirit for the Home Team
In three lines, more than a dozen sweat-covered female Concordia students drop, bend, and shuffle to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” right next to the entrance of the athletic complex at the Loyola Campus.
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NewsLife Among the Occupiers
The murmur of political banter is heavy in the air, reflecting upon the day’s struggle at the stock market. Some put their feet up to take a load off, others laugh and enjoy a beverage in the lounge.
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SportsUnhealthy Hab-session
On Thursday night, the bars were packed. Beer was shared, nachos were ordered and a good time was had, though the Montreal Canadiens ultimately fell 2-0 to their archrivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. It wasn’t just the beginning of a new National Hockey League season, though—it was also the start of another unhealthy body season.
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SportsHow To Work Out When You Can’t Work Out
There’s nothing better than slotting a nice hour-and-a-half workout into your day to spice up the monotony of your routine. Getting your workout in the morning is a great idea, you think—or maybe after class.
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SportsCutting The Caf
Health Canada clamped down on energy drinks last Thursday, now classifying the caffeine-infused drinks as food, so more regulations and rules can be imposed on them.
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NewsA Mountain of Shoes
Don’t be worried if you heard an explosion and saw a mountain of shoes at Phillips Square the afternoon of Sept. 24. The fifth annual Shoe Pyramid in Montreal took place to raise awareness of victims of landmines and cluster bombs around the world.
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NewsMore Than a Free Show
Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne spoke about the rebuilding of Haiti at the closing of Concordia’s Homecoming speaker series.
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SportsStingers Fall Apart in Fifth
A disastrous fifth inning led to the Stingers’ third defeat of the season, losing 6-4 to arch rivals McGill in Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association action on Wednesday night.
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NewsDershowitz Defends Israel in Montreal
World-renowned lawyer, Harvard professor and author, Alan Dershowitz—who is best known for defending O.J. Simpson in the infamous 1995 murder case—came close to Concordia on Thursday, but seemed to distance himself from what he once called the “bigoted” university.
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NewsBooks With Spines. Literally.
Though the notion of renting a person might seem a bit unseemly, Katherine Hall, coordinator of the Human Library project, insisted the event is not at all like slavery.
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