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  Distractible Minds

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated January 13, 2015 at 8:13am

  Attention and focus are implicated in everything we do, so how well we can harness our attention has a significant impact on our lived experience and quality of life.

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  Editorial: On Charlie Hebdo: Government Suppression and Media Hypocrisy

  – Updated January 13, 2015 at 7:54am

  While the attacks on Charlie Hebdo have raised support for free speech, the popular narrative has leaned more towards nationalism, demagoguery, and populist rhetoric.

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  Let’s Talk Academic Freedom

  Nakina Stratos – Published January 13, 2015

  To give some context to this question, we should shed some light on Concordia’s infamous Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, which is named after David Joshua Azrieli, a man who, according to the Financial Post, fought in the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 alongside the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.

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  Nah’msayin?

  Mattha Busby – Published January 13, 2015

  When one loads up on Greco greens at Al-Taib or any downtown deli, one may accidentally encounter an olive lurking somewhere in the belly of one’s Mediterranean smorgasbord.

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  Alternatives to Austerity

  Nadia Alexan – Updated December 2, 2014 at 11:43pm

  For the past thirty years, our governments, in collusion with the business sector, have been trying to sell us a bill of goods about how their coffers are empty, how they must cut down the size of the state and how they cannot afford the cost of our public services anymore.

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  Santa’s Shamanic Origins

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated December 2, 2014 at 9:33am

  With the holidays approaching, I would like to share an interesting take on the origins of Christmas mythology.

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  The Fires That Bind: Neoliberal Parallels From Ferguson to Montreal

  Pierce Nettling – Updated December 2, 2014 at 9:20am

  There will come a time in our lives when we will set our backyards on fire and watch them burn. In most cases, the fire will be extinguished. But sometimes the force of the blaze will burn unhindered and spread, connecting with other fires until there is nothing left to burn but the ground underneath.

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  Concordia’s Latest Greenwashing Half-Measure

  Trevor James Smith – Updated December 2, 2014 at 9:09am

  The Concordia University Foundation announced in a press release last week that it would invest $5 million in a fund adhering to “environmental, social and corporate governance” criteria. This is certainly a nice gesture, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

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  Change Is Spare

  Mattha Busby – Updated December 2, 2014 at 9:03am

  The scowl that many homeless people receive when asking “Vous avez un peu de change?” is one that I myself sometimes bestow upon them. Society at large needs to reexamine the ways in which we treat those that we keep on the margins. Otherwise we will only perpetuate a growing problem.

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  Editorial: We Need Electoral Reform at the CSU

  The Link – Updated December 2, 2014 at 8:55am

  Following last weeks decision to change the wording of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions question hours before voting opened, The Link and the CSU can finally agree on something: the electoral process needs reform.