Letters

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  No BDS, No Campus Animosity

  Michoel Zajdel – Updated November 25, 2014 at 9:24am

  Universities should be places where students feel a sense of community and connectedness to their school.

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  Yes to BDS, No to injustice

  Christale Terris – Updated November 25, 2014 at 9:20am

  BDS aims to stop Concordia’s relationship with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and all other institutions that directly support the Israeli war machine against civilian Palestinians as a way to achieve peace.

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  BDS Quebec endorses “Yes to BDS” campaign at Concordia University

  Rushdia Mehreen – Updated November 25, 2014 at 9:13am

  Where the international community has failed to hold Israel to account, it is up to civil society to lay the grounds for change by supporting and engaging in the worldwide campaign to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the State of Israel.

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  No to BDS,  Yes to Peacemaking Actions

  Ariel Teboul – Published November 25, 2014

  I spent two years in Israel, living as part of the Christian Israeli minority. I’ve met pragmatic Israelis and Palestinians in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah who care more about austerity and the rising cost of life than politics.

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  Vote Yes to the CSU Housing Referendum Question

  Kyle McLoughlin – Published November 25, 2014

  Voting yes on the CSU referendum question to support student-housing initiatives will be the first step to making a tangible difference in the life of our community.

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  Concerns about the GSA Accreditation Process

  Alex Ocheoha – Published November 11, 2014

  I believe if a process is wrong, the result is also wrong.

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  Expressing Concerns about CSU Referendum Questions

  Michael Eugenio – Published October 28, 2014

  On Oct. 19, Conservative Concordia became aware of two referendum questions up for discussion at the Oct. 22 CSU council meeting that will directly affect Conservative Concordia. The first one is concerning budget cuts and the second one is concerning the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

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  Budget Cuts Affect the Educational Experience

  Leh Deuling – Published October 14, 2014

  This year I don’t have a single paper on my syllabus for the first semester. This leaves me feeling frustrated, and also apprehensive. I have no way of knowing that I understand the material if I don’t have a chance to analyze the ideas on a piece of paper.

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  An Open Letter to Concordia President Alan Shepard on Divestment from Fossil Fuels

  Alex Tyrrell – Published September 30, 2014

  Some of your recent statements on fossil fuel divestment show that you do not fully understand the reasoning behind the divestment campaign. For example, you have openly stated that the university would consider divestment only if it is shown that sustainable and ethical investments perform as well as the unsustainable and grossly unethical investments the university currently holds in the oil and gas industry.

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  Where Are the Mackay Bike Racks?

  Christale Terris – Published April 9, 2014

  Last week, I was bothered when I realized there were almost no bike racks on the Mackay side of the Hall Building. This space used to accommodate about 100 bicycles, and it was obvious that we needed more.