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Laura Beeston
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Special IssueCultural 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.
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NewsThe March to March
March 2009: The Concordia Student Union election is one of the most controversial in recent history, seeing the spending of vast amounts of unaccounted money and the end of a six-year dynasty.
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NewsThe Contested Positions
After a year that saw financial issues take centre stage at the council of the Arts and Science Federation of Associations, perhaps no position was as relevant to the 2011 Campaign as that of VP Finance.
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News“The Frontrunner”
Months after the student centre referendum question overwhelmingly failed last November, university administration and the Concordia Student Union opened up to student media on Feb. 22 to disclose a more detailed plan moving forward.
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Fringe ArtsWhy Trans Art Matters
Religious symbolism, art space and the curating process in Concordia’s student-led Art Matters Festival are some core questions at the centre of recent speculation following a decision to deny local trans artist Johnston Newfield’s installation “Embark” into the exposition “Enter the Foam & Achieve Second Sight.”
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NewsThe Man Behind The Curtain
Forty-eight hours before Concordia’s undergraduates overwhelmingly rejected a $43 million bid to place the long-planned student centre in the Faubourg,
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NewsOf Posters and Politics
ASFA VP Communications Natasha Launi, who created the posters, said she was “really shocked” that the original image ignited such strong debate,
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OpinionsIs the STM Selling Out?
Last week, the deadline passed for corporate sponsors to tender their company’s bid to plaster Montreal’s Metro lines with logos
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NewsVP Internal to Reach Out
Vying for one of the few contested positions in the Arts and Science Federation of Associations elections, VP Internal hopefuls Tanya-Michelle Contente and Shubert LaForest took some time with The Link to speak about their platforms.
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NewsPutting Finances in Order
With budgetary issues central to many of the challenges faced by the Arts and Science Federation of Associations council this year, the three-way race for the position of VP Finance should make for an interesting campaign.
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NewsFirst Violation Of The Season
The Arts and Science Federation of Association’s Chief Electoral Officer Nick Cuillerier issued the first sanction of the election period Monday, but the candidate in question, Pier-Luc Therrien Peloquin, doesn’t seem to be too hindered by it.
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NewsThe Race for VP Academic
Often seen as the source of all things Frosh, a more important part of the ASFA mandate actually concerns scholastic initiatives. Vying for the position of VP Academic and Loyola, Diana Sitoianu and Christina Gentile are two candidates with big ideas.
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Special IssueA Tale of Two Student Centres
The Daytime Student Association of Sir George Williams University started collecting a fee levy of $5 per year at registration in 1965 for a Student Centre
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NewsAll You Need Is WHALE
A group of students gathered in the Hall Building lobby on Monday, donning sparkly red hats and feathered boas, passing out Valentines and flyers as part of a “Flash Love-In.”
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NewsThe Return of the Student
Two months before students elect new representatives, the administration of Concordia Student Union President Heather Lucas was confronted with a drastically different brand of student politics on Thursday.
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OpinionsGovernment Pulls Plug on Egypt
A group of young men run along the smoke-filled streets of Cairo as the sound of choppers echo above.
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Fringe ArtsRe-Rewind
Creating a canon of VHS excellence for rediscovered classics like, Enjoying Lovemaking Through Hypnosis, Ventriloquism For Fun & Profit or Rent-a-Friend, the Found Footage Festival—screening in Montreal Feb.
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OpinionsHenry Aubin on Us Damn Kids
Seasoned Gazette columnist Henry Aubin wrote an opinions piece on Jan. 22, tackling the “self-absorbed, less caring Canada of the future” by outlining the findings from a seriously stacked poll.
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NewsMath students assocation won’t leave asfa
The last two council meetings were like night and day for the Math and Statistics Student Association, who are actively seeking accreditation.
