Opinions
-
Opinions
The Two-Year St. Catherine St. Revamp
In June, the mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre, announced his plans to begin a massive underground reconstruction of Ste. Catherine Street. Expected to begin in 2016, 2.2 kilometres of the street, between Atwater Ave. and Bleury St., will be closed off to cars and partially to pedestrians. The construction work will take place in two phases, with the first phase expected to cost between $80-95 million.
-
Opinions
Editorial: Half-Measures Won’t Lead to a Safer Concordia
A Concordia University official dismissed a petition that called for mandatory consent workshops, going so far as asking the Centre for Gender Advocacy to take it down.
-
Opinions
The Thought Police Strikes Concordia
The most striking element about a disqualification is the finality of it.
-
Opinions
Editorial: Concordia Needs to Work with Students to Grow
Students are at the core of any educational institution, and if Concordia is going to “intensify,” it needs to continue to work closely with them.
-
Opinions
The Room Full of Phonies
I wasn’t prepared to feel unsafe. I wasn’t prepared to spend five hours on a Sunday “sucking it up” to anti-feminist chants. I wasn’t prepared to hear “because she’s a woman” jokes that stopped being funny before I started growing armpit hair.
-
Opinions
Editorial: A New CSU Concentrated on Sustaining Communities
The excitement of this year’s Concordia Student Union general elections has finally settled down. With one of the most controversial referendum questions in years and with over three times as many candidates as last year, this election has been one for the ages.
-
Opinions
Editorial: A Diverse CSU for a Diverse Concordia
In sharp contrast to last year’s Concordia Student Union election, which saw most positions go uncontested, three full teams, in addition to independent candidates, are vying for the paid spots on this year’s union.
-
Opinions
Sweeping Education Under the Rug
As Université de Montréal rector Guy Breton reminded us last week, the dire state of our universities’ funding hasn’t disappeared just because our elected officials have seemingly stopped looking for solutions.
-
Opinions
Out-of-Province Students Aren’t Trying to Steal the Election
Please believe me when I say that, last week, when I went to try to register to vote, I did not do so with malicious or dishonest intentions.