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Laura Beeston
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NewsControversy Over Development of Northern Quebec
Northern Quebec will soon be coming into some cash.
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NewsWho is @Peter_Kruyt?
During a heated Board of Governors meeting Sept. 28, while Chairman Peter Kruyt effectively killed future undergraduate student representation on the Board, another Peter Kruyt was born.
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NewsThe Ballerina and the Bull
Poised atop the bull, which is an iconic—and possibly ironic—symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, the ballerina extends her arms, her leg, serenely posed against the grey skies.
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Fringe ArtsCarnal Knowledge
“People ask me to describe my work and, wickedly, I tend to just write what I want for fun—you’re allowed to at my age. When I write about my workshops and pieces, I’m a bit naughty,” says Angus Balbernie.
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OpinionsOh Hell No, NatPo!
On Sept. 28, the National Post ran a full-page advertisement from the Institute for Canadian Values, a right-wing think-tank “dedicated to advancing knowledge of public policy issues from a Judeo-Christian intellectual and moral perspective.”
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NewsTalking With Presidents
After a particularly contentious encounter between Concordia’s administrators and students at the Board of Governors meeting last Wednesday, The Link arranged two, 15-minute interviews with the university’s presidents—Dr. Frederick Lowy and Concordia Student Union leader Lex Gill—to talk about the issues that came up. Here are some highlights.
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NewsThe Future of the Faubourg
For the administration at least, the Faubourg Ste-Catherine is not off the table.
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News‘There Will Be Losers’
Student representation is set to be slashed on the Board of Governors, the highest decision-making body at Concordia University, after a vote was passed to amend the membership makeup on Sept. 28.
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“There are going to be losers”
Student representation is set to be slashed on the Board of Governors, the highest decision making body at Concordia University, after a vote was passed to amend the membership makeup.
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NewsNo to the Faubourg
The Faubourg deal has been put to rest, after a unanimous vote from Concordia’s Student Union Council. After a presentation from the administration trying to convince Council of the benefits of the Faubourg site…
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NewsStill Four On The Board
Student representation on the Board of Governors—the university’s highest governing body—is in the process of being slashed.
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NewsBypass Bill 38
A provincial bill that was tabled in 2009 is being cited as one of the major reasons the Concordia Board of Governors aims to cut its student membership.
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OpinionsBlack Face, University Space
The group of white Hautes Études Commerciales students that were caught on camera last week donning blackface—in the name of ‘school spirit’—displayed mindboggling ignorance by claiming that they ‘did not want to offend anyone.’
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NewsLooking for a Leader
After an unprecedented administrative shakeup, Concordia is searching for yet another president.
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Special IssueConU WTF 101
There are a lot of things about Concordia’s past you would never find in the glossy, university-issued orientation pamphlet. This school has a long, active and damn crazy record of headline-making (for better or for worse) and inspiring mobilization and conversation from coast to coast.
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Special IssueWhere’s the Student Space?
You might assume, as the university is an institution for educating and enlightening students, that all the space that students occupy on campus would (technically) be considered “student space.” But this is simply not so, my friends. Not so.
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NewsBreaking Ground
Concordians for a Safer Community Now, a new operation run out of the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy, have big plans for November.
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NewsBylaws for Undergrads: What the Rules Represent
There are major, imminent changes to the Concordia Bylaws and Charter over the next few months that will affect the undergraduate student representation. Here is what will be reported to the Board of Governors on Sept. 28
