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NewsParty Planning 101
Throwing a two-week long party for over 30,000 students filled with concerts, speeches (and, of course, beer) doesn’t come cheap. The final budget for this year’s Orientation is due to come in at over a quarter million dollars.
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NewsCash Business
After a summer of controversy, McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management got the okay from the Quebec Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports to hike up the price of their MBA program on Aug. 19.
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NewsCommemorating a Tragedy
Older and grayer, survivors, friends and family of those who perished in the second-worst fire in Montreal’s history came back to the site of the Blue Bird Café, where an act of arson claimed 37 lives almost four decades ago.
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NewsBuzz Kill
Despite hopes that the long-awaited Hive Café would be ready for Orientation Week, Concordians will have to wait a little longer to use the only student-run food service on the Loyola campus. After over a year of planning, it was discovered that the electrical consumption of the café would exceed the capabilities of the building and would therefore prevent it from opening until at least October, according to Concordia Student Union VP Services & Loyola Melissa Fuller.
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NewsWhile You Were Out
Student Union elections, presidential loans, tunnels and bridges falling apart. A lot has happened since you left school in April, both on campus and off. Here’s what The Link thinks you should remember. -
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NewsRemembering Layton
Though his death has sent shock waves through the federal government, former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton’s death was equally shocking to those who supported the NDP at the grassroots level.
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NewsBlowin’ Up the Budget
If you think running the Concordia Student Union comes cheap, you might want to take a look at this year’s CSU budget. With a preliminary budget of almost $5 million, most of which comes from student fees, your money gets spent in a lot of ways.
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NewsHall Reno On Track
Students can finally say goodbye to the unpredictable escalators in the Hall Building as the first of four phases of renovations is set to wrap up by Sept. 12. “We are right on target, and I’m extremely pleased with how it’s going,” said John Fisher of Concordia’s Facilities Management department.
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NewsBeer Buzz
In years past, students’ ability to get their drink on at our campus watering hole was tragically limited, as Reggie’s Bar had an exclusive contract with Molson. With the expiry of that contract earlier this summer, samplers of suds may see a long due diversification in their choice of chilled chugging beverages.
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NewsNovember 10: Tuition Day
Don’t like the idea of paying even more for your already-expensive post-secondary education? Then mark your calendars for Nov. 10, where a massive, province-wide mobilization of students against tuition increases is set to take place in Montreal.
Recently announced by Quebec’s largest student lobby group, the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec, thousands of students are expected to turn up and show the provincial government their disapproval.
