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NewsCommunity Occupation
With over 1, 000 people camping out in New York City’s Zuccotti Park as part of the Occupy Wall Street protests, tight organization has become a necessity. “The organization of the park has grown immensely over the last couple days,” said one organizer going by the name Paul of the protests, now entering their third week.
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NewsWhy Are You Occupying Wall Street?
The occupiers of Wall Street are now in their third week of protest against… well, too many things to name. Setting up camp since Sept. 17, the collection of people camping out in front of the New York Stock Exchange have set off a movement that has grown beyond the Big Apple.
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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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News‘How Many Missing Before you Start Listening?’
The sixth annual March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women took over Cabot Square Oct. 4, raising awareness and demanding government money for their cause.The march began with a drum circle and a prayer before Bridget Tolley, who founded the annual event …
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NewsGoing Through the Motions
The second motion the student representatives put forth was to separate Article 23 from the rest being voted on. They argued that this would allow for continued debate on the Board makeup. “People didn’t think we were going to take this seriously,” said de Santis. “But we are going to move forward. […] Other than respect to the one issue…
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NewsActivism, Aboriginal Women & Alternative Ideas
Violence against aboriginal women is a problem in Canada, and according to Andrea Smith, it is not one that can be understood, studied or solved as an issue in and of itself.
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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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NewsFaubourg Finally Finished
They sat, asked questions and listened. When it was all over, the councillors of the Concordia Student Union voted as one, killing the $54 million deal that would have turned the Faubourg into a student centre.
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NewsMobbin’ Like That
The Concordia Student Union’s Mob Squad is putting out a hit on tuition hikes. The group—headed by CSU VP External Affairs Chad Walcott and open to any and all interested students—was assembled to combat a proposed province-wide increase in tuition, and is aiming to mobilize 5,000 students by the Nov. 10 protests against the proposed tuition increase.
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NewsVow of Silence
A crowd of students and faculty amassed outside McGill University campus Friday at 1:00 p.m., their mouths covered with green masking tape, as they protested in support of the striking McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association.
