Opinions

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  Nahm’sayin

  Julia Miele – Published August 31, 2015

  I get that when you’re in a relationship, you feel the urge to show your partner some affection by kissing them or holding their hand—or just expressing it verbally. Sure, that’s really sweet, and I encourage it.

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  Editorial: We Need a Code that Better Supports Sexual Violence Survivors

  The Link – Published August 31, 2015

  There are past and current complaints of sexual violence still largely unaddressed by the university’s existing procedures and policies.  

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  How to Travel to South America, or Elsewhere, on a Student Budget

  Mattha Busby – Published August 31, 2015

  In case you’re planning on an extended Christmas jaunt with limited funds, we’ve created this fun fact-filled guide.

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  Journal de Montréal Handles Ashley Madison Hack Coverage All Wrong

  Roxanne Baril-Bédard – Published August 30, 2015

  It enrages me that a newspaper would publish such garbage and contribute to gender inequality. Women are sexual beings! They are just nowadays taught to repress them, in fear of the shame that comes with fully assumed and possessed desires, with such terms as slut or whore.

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  Editorial: Concordia’s Food Contract Shows Improvements, But Still Isn’t What We Need

  The Link – Published August 27, 2015

  Students wanted a refund; instead they got some free juice and snacks, and by May 31, 2002, Sodexho was out of the Concordia food-providing business, replaced by another multinational corporation: Chartwells. What followed was 13 years of uninspiring menus that were actually punishment for students with dietary restrictions.

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  Nah’msayin?

  Michelle Pucci – Published August 24, 2015

  It’s hard to breathe, standing on your platforms.

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  Pregnancy: Horror Incarnate

  Blare Coughlin – Published August 24, 2015

  I feel a total lack of maternal instinct and the idea of gestating something feels like a betrayal to myself, like purposefully introducing a parasite into a part of me that I have been categorized by all my life.

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  Police Violates Student Journalist’s Rights

  Matt D’Amours – Published August 24, 2015

  So it finally happened. After covering dozens of Montreal protests with—relatively—little incident for The Link and 99% Media, I was detained on the evening of July 24 by a police officer and given a ticket under Article 500.1 of Quebec’s Highway Safety Code, for a sum of $504.

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  I Wanna Walk Around Town in a Skirt Without Being Fucking Gawked At

  Zachary Goldberg-Mota – Published July 17, 2015

  I think silk was the first thing I loved.

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  Austerity is a Fiction

  Seán Amir Hayes – Published June 29, 2015

  A Concordia student recognizes Ontario’s Common Sense Revolution in current Quebec austerity politics.