Letters

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  Caroline Bourbonnière for ASFA President

  – Published February 14, 2012

  I am writing to express my support for Caroline Bourbonnière’s bid for the Presidency of the Arts and Science Federation of Associations.

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  ASFA Apathy

  – Published February 14, 2012

  The Arts and Science Federation of Associations elections have arrived and the time for Arts & Science students to choose their next executive has come.
  Do you care? You should.

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  Maddy Griffin for ASFA VP Social

  – Published February 14, 2012

  As a close friend and fellow Council-member, Maddy Griffin’s energetic and charming personality has never ceased to amaze me.

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  Accept the Status Quo

  – Published February 14, 2012

  Remember, students—our elected representatives in Quebec City have our best interests at heart.

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  The ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Divide

  – Published February 14, 2012

  I am writing in response to two articles, one tackling the tuition protest and the other, homelessness in the Occupy movement. (“Bigger Is Better?” and “Out in the Cold,” respectively, Vol. 32, Iss. 20)

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  Practice What You Preach

  Iain Jessop – Published February 7, 2012

  As a longtime resident of Mackay St., and as an elementary school teacher who tries his best to teach the younger generation about the values of recycling and taking pride in one’s community, I found your recent issue on sustainability [Special Issue, Vol. 32, Iss. 19] quite laughable.

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  More Harm Than Good

  Michelle Moore – Published February 7, 2012

  The article written by Alex Woznica claims that “the tuition increases in question are quite reasonable.”

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  Fight the Power

  Richard Hinton – Published February 7, 2012

  The anti-hike campaign will do more harm than good? Can’t wait to read the next article asking the student reps to instead shell out for old-fashioned student-subsidized three-day beer benders!

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  Education Is a Right,  Not a Privilege

  Gene Morrow – Published February 7, 2012

  Alex Woznica’s article, printed in The Link last week, is so deeply uninformed that it could never have appeared anywhere other than the Opinions section—and even then it functions only on the loosest possible definition of “opinion.”

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  Demistifying Student Strikes

  Irmak Bahar – Published February 7, 2012

  There’s no doubt about it: a general student strike is on the horizon. Students have been pleading and negotiating for two years: petitions, letters, phone calls, conferences, protests, rallies, occupations—you name it, we’ve tried them all.