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NewsSex Workers Denounce Denouncement
Take Back the Night, a traditional march to denounce violence against and exploitation of women, usually unites all kinds of feminist groups around the world. This year, however, a rift has developed as the group proposed, among other activities for this year’s edition, that participant women “enter […] a place where there are images of sexual exploitation (sexualization) or body [sic] (sexual industries) of women and scream out loud, ‘Enough is enough.’”
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NewsCSU Minus Two
Less than a month into the academic year, two members of the Concordia Student Union Council have tendered their resignations. In an email regarding the agenda for the CSU meeting on Sept. 21 that was sent to other Council members and members of the Concordia media on Friday evening, CSU Chair Nick Cuillerier identified the two councilors as John Bellingham, who represents independent students, and Gregory Syanidis from the John Molson School of Business.
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NewsRacial Tension Builds
During the Vaudeville era nearly a century ago, one could have seen any number of what we would now consider rights violations paraded on stage for entertainment purposes. From little people boxing to manacled bears and physically deformed people labeled as “freaks”—there was no limit to who or what unscrupulous people would take advantage of for money, all of them humiliated simply for the amusement of the audience.
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NewsWake Up and Smell the Sustainability
Fall’s sharp chill has begun to startle students still stuck in summer mode into realizing their beloved season is a thing of the past. Without reason to rejoice the coming of autumn, most of us accept that it’s time to hit the books and wave goodbye to those things we called our “social lives.”
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NewsTwo Down
Less than a month into the academic year, two members of the Concordia Student Union Council have tendered their resignations. In an e-mail to other council members and the campus media, CSU Chair Nick Cuillerier identified the two councillors as John Bellingham, who represents independent students, and Gregory Syanidis from the John Molson School of Business.
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NewsRed in the Face
A group of white students painted in blackface offended onlookers in a misguided frosh event this past Wednesday at Université de Montréal. “I was very surprised that in 2011 we still see this kind of thing going on in a city as diverse, in a university as diverse as the University of Montreal,” said Fo Niemi, the executive director of the Centre for Research Action on Race Relations.
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NewsFASA, Finally
Executives of the Fine Arts Student Alliance can now lay claim to their job titles, as a near-unanimous vote resulted in the ratification of April’s election results at a special general meeting on Sept. 13.
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NewsDawson, Five Years On
Attendees gathered around the new ecological peace garden, which was inaugurated on the west lawn of the campus as part of the events. What started with a single flowering almond tree, planted in memory of Anastasia De Sousa—the one student who died in the shooting—turned into a garden with over 8,000 plants.
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NewsBack to Bernans
The Concordia Student Union courted controversy this year when planning Orientation events. Author and activist David Bernans was invited by the CSU to speak and read from his historical fiction novel North of 9/11. The book, which was originally published in 2006, was being launched as an e-book.
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NewsDivinity After Destruction
Wearing his trademark flowing saffron and scarlet robe and a matching visor to block out the bright stage lights, the Dalai Lama spoke of how religion can be a source of peace during the second Global Conference on World’s Religions After September 11.
