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LettersA Stronger Community
You are reading this letter today on the first day of an extremely important Concordia Student Union byelection. I have written many letters in the past about CSU elections, each one full of hope and promises—but this byelection is possibly the most important culmination of all of these promises: an opportunity to finally institutionalize meaningful change in our union.
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LettersBetter the Bylaws
Recent times have been characterized by widespread loss of confidence in the legitimacy of our democratic institutions, at every level of government.
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LettersCUTV Needs You!
Real-life TV heads may have caught your attention roaming Concordia’s campus this week. This attempt at 3D TV is no joke; these TV heads want you to know that CUTV is your TV. Students’ concerns deserve more attention in our media and this is why we want to become the first REAL campus-community channel in Quebec.
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LettersGet CJLO on the FM
It’s time to get yourself heard. CJLO 1690 AM is looking for you to approve a nine-cent fee levy during the Concordia Student Union byelection on Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1.
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LettersNo, Bro
I’ll admit it: I am a brave man. I am consistently blazing new frontiers in my area of expertise: inaction. I am all about not doing things, especially things that could potentially help others. I’m just a handsome rebel that way and there’s nothing society can do about it.
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LettersWrong Focus
The article “No to Movember” published in Vol. 32 Issue 11 of The Link—despite having a great headline—commits a big fallacy by stating the idea that suffering can be measured and compared.
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LettersA Disappointing Read
Alex Manley’s piece “No to Movember” published in Vol. 32, Issue 11 of The Link was a very disappointing read.
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LettersThe Secret CSU
Our Chief Electoral Officer Bram Goldstein was fired last Tuesday at no fault of his own. I defended Mr. Goldstein in the Judicial Board hearing where his fate was decided. President Lex Gill filed the complaint to the Judicial Board, on behalf of the Concordia Student Union.
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LettersContaminating the Board
Reducing the number of undergraduate students on the Board of Governors from four to one is a slap in the face to the student body. What makes this decision worse is to keep Baljit Chadha on the board.
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LettersViolence and OWS
The Occupy Wall Street movement has caused such a strong reaction from people, and it is to this that I would like to speak.

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