Opinions
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OpinionsWhy I Won’t Be Voting on October 19
What happens when no one represents your values? Worse yet, what happens when the parties competing for leadership become virtually indistinguishable from one another?
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OpinionsEditorial: These Student-Protester Tribunals Are Just for Show
As we fast approach the Sept. 29 tribunal to determine the fates of some of over 25 student-protesters from this past spring’s anti-austerity demonstrations, there is unmistakable apprehension and anxiety for all concerned.
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OpinionsDear CSU: Fanny Packs Are Not Hip
Dear CSU: Do us all a favour and stop trying to be hip. No matter how bright their shine, no matter how much they’ll up your insta-game, no matter how big the command “Take Action” is emblazoned on your faux-80s school spirit merch, the packs are #notback.
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OpinionsCanada Needs Electoral Reform
Canada’s plurality-vote electoral system, colloquially known as “first past the post,” is broken. Depending on which party forms government after Oct. 19, this federal election may well be the last to use this antiquated way of electing Members of Parliament.
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OpinionsNah’msayin?
I’ve eaten a full circle of pizza before. Yeah, I admit it. Sometimes when you play soccer for eight straight hours at Jeanne Mance park, you need a beautifully crafted carbo-load with cheese to prevent yourself from passing out.
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OpinionsJust Chill Out
Your chest tightens. You try to catch your breath but find yourself gasping for air. You grow anxious as your tongue turns to cotton. Your heart pounds. Your brain tricks you into thinking the worst.
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OpinionsBehind the Scenes of ASFA’s Launch Week
As an international student, I promise myself to live every experience that university has to offer me—one of them being “Frosh Week.”
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OpinionsJust Shut The Fuck Up
This week, I betrayed friends. I was wrong, and stubborn about it. I was not an ally, and I am deeply remorseful.
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Opinions
On Oct. 19, Canadians Need to Vote for a Universal Childcare Program
Most undergraduate students probably don’t consider affordable childcare to be a top issue in this federal election campaign. Faced with a challenging labour market, out-of-control housing prices and unstable employment, we are, on average, taking longer to finish school, enter into established relationships and have children of our own.
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OpinionsEditorial: No Question, a TA is a TA
TRAC’s record is slowly straightening out. Led by a new executive team—featuring some familiar faces—the Teaching and Research Assistants of Concordia held its first general assembly of the year on Wednesday.
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