Opinions
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OpinionsBody Dump
Earlier this week, I had to endure one of the most traumatic and triggering experiences of my life at the hands of a local art collective called Fecal Matter.
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OpinionsResisting Cuts In and Out of the Classroom
This autumn marks the beginning of yet another round in the fight against the Couillard government’s continuing budget cuts.
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OpinionsEditorial: Embracing the Human Side of the Anti-Austerity Movement
When you see anti-austerity banners in the Hall building, do you think of the many public sectors suffering from extreme budget cuts? Do you think of what austerity has done to doctors and subsequently, their patients, who cannot receive the same level of treatment as before?
We don’t have a united front, and we’ve lost touch with the core of the movement.
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OpinionsConcordia’s BDS Week: The Right Approach?
Though its bylaws and regulations allow it, the CSU should not be taking hard political stances on non-university issues, but should instead work to promote healthy dialogue on the subject among students. The following is a list of problems and potential solutions relating to the CSU’s approach to BDS week.
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Opinions
From the Perspective of a Liberal Arts Student
How Concordia should handle the austerity strike, from the perspective of a directly implicated student.
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OpinionsMartin Shkreli: Bad Egg in a Rotten World
The point of Martin Shkreli should not be that he is a monster, a singular bad egg in the otherwise delicious egg salad of capitalism. The point of Shkreli should be a terrifying, end-of-a-horror-movie type realization about who prospers in the system we’ve built for ourselves, and who gets the short end of the metaphorical stick literally every time.
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OpinionsA False Idol
If you had the option to drink a magic potion that allowed you to learn everything for your exam in one day, would you take it? What if it was illegal with extremely dangerous and vastly unknown consequences?
Well folks, this hypothetical potion exists, and demand for it is only going up.
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Opinions
How to Deal With Stress When Your Life’s in the Shitter
*University can be über stressful. Here’s how to deal.
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OpinionsLiberal Policy on Student Loans: Small Steps in the Right Direction
Under the current system, loan payments begin six months following the end of studies, whether you graduate, quit or suspend your studies. There are currently a few ways to defer those payments, but interest continues to accrue and the debt stays with you. Much worse is the propect of default.
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OpinionsEditorial: New PM, Same Song and Dance
The BDS Week organized by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at Concordia is a way to initiate the international movement within the university: through education. By bringing in journalists, thinkers and witnesses of the events in Palestine to speak, Concordia students will have the opportunity to learn about a movement that is too often skewed by mainstream North American media.
