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Lowy Takes Office

Christopher Curtis – Published January 25, 2011

Capping off a month that saw a wave of unrest sweep through Concordia, Frederick Lowy officially took office as the university’s interim president Friday.

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‘A Lot to Do, and Little Time’

Megan Dolski – Published January 25, 2011

One year after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, the country is in the midst of battling an ongoing outbreak of cholera and struggling with political unrest.

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The Art of Convincing People

Justin Giovannetti – Published January 25, 2011

Five months after new advertising boards started appearing around Concordia’s campus, new details have emerged about the five-year advertising contract that put them there.

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Turn It Down

Julia Jones – Published January 25, 2011

Concordia has implemented a policy on social networking that grants students the right to not submit their work to a third party website in an academic context.

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Con U Wants to Send Your Ideas Into Orbit

Christopher Olson – Published January 25, 2011

Unlike many calls for submissions posted around the Concordia campus—whether it be for fiction, essays or art—only one promises to launch the winning proposal into space.

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Counterfeit Textbook Ring Busted

Clay Hemmerich – Published January 25, 2011

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police cracked down on four photocopy stores that doubled as counterfeit textbook dealers in the surrounding Concordia area.

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A Room With a View

Clay Hemmerich – Published January 25, 2011

Concordia students are seldom sun-kissed in the winter as they commute in tunnels and are confined in windowless classrooms

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CSU to Boycott McDonald’s

Julian Ward – Published January 25, 2011

A boycott of a local McDonald’s is being set up by the Concordia Student Union in response to a spate of alleged gang violence in and around the restaurant.