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NewsThe CEO Saga Continues
Amid accusations of bias due to unclear allegiances in last year’s Concordia Student Union general election, the CSU Council voted on Nov. 30 to maintain support for Chief Electoral Officer Ismail Holoubi.
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News2011: A Concordia Odyssey
Classes are over for the semester, which means 2011 is drawing to a close at Concordia University. Thank God. This has been one of the screwiest calendar years in the university’s history, literally from start to finish. Students have been told at pretty much every level of governance that their opinions don’t matter—in one case, even by their own student leaders.
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NewsAll Things Must Pass
When the ballots were all tallied up a little past midnight Dec. 2, the new Concordia Student Union bylaws got a passing grade.
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Doctors, Lawyers and Business Executives, OH MY!
Concordia will see the faces of three new members added to its highest governing body for the first time this Thursday. While the new members will be warmly welcomed, the contentious issue continues to be the Board of Governors’ selection criteria. Community-at-large representatives of the Board of Governors …
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NewsApocalypse Now?
Grizzled international affairs journalist Gwynne Dyer was the first speaker brought in by the Concordia Student Union this year. Before captivating an unfortunately mostly-empty auditorium in the MB Building Dec. 5, Dyer briefly sat down with The Link to talk climate change.
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NewsMUNACA Ends Three-Month-Long Walk-Out
After almost three months, the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association ended their strike with a ratification vote on a new collective agreement on Dec 5. “I feel relieved because I was able to present this offer to [MUNACA workers],” said union President Kevin Whittaker. “I wanted them to understand the offer. We’ve been here since 9:00 a.m…
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NewsThanksgiving for the Anti-Colonialists
An unconventional Thanksgiving feast was held to remember and acknowledge the effects that the colonization of North America has had on the First Nation peoples.
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Rapid HIV Tests for World AIDS Day
Head and Hands, a youth organization with a preventive, non-judgmental and holistic approach to helping people, held a rapid HIV testing clinic at their NDG location for World AIDS Day on Dec 1.
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NewsByelections of Approval
All four new councillors to the Concordia Student Union Council have been approved, and the new bylaws have passed after Concordia undergraduate students voted in the November byelection.
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NewsMUNACA Back to Work?
Out of work for exactly three months, the 1,700-member McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association appears set to get back to work.
