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  Breaking Down the Budget

  Hilary Sinclair – Published November 8, 2011

  There are a lot of numbers flying around when it comes to the debate about tuition fees in Quebec right now—numbers like $1,625 and $325 and $850 million.

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  Another Way to Pay

  Andrew Brennan – Published November 8, 2011

  With students energized and united by student unions and lobby groups against the Charest government’s proposed tuition hikes, funding alternatives—like free education, or at least reasonable fees and better governance—are being proposed.

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  Probing the Propaganda

  Julian Ward & Andrew Schartmann – Published November 8, 2011

  “With tuition rates expected to skyrocket, it’s important for everyone to be informed about government cut-backs and tuition hikes,” reads a pamphlet distributed by the Concordia Student Union.

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  King of the Blogosphere

  Julia Wolfe – Published October 18, 2011

  Every morning at 7:00 a.m., François Hoang wakes up, checks his email, gets dressed and—without coffee—sits down at his home office. Then he makes sure that his blog is still running smoothly. With between 100,000 and 200,000 views a week, it’s a pretty important thing to do.

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  Developing On The Down Low

  Adam Kovac – Published October 18, 2011

  Despite the presence of the word ‘Arts’ in the company’s name, Yan Pepin found his time at Electronic Arts creatively stifling. T

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  Get In the Game

  Michael Cohen – Published October 18, 2011

  Of those who actually know the term, few take e-sports seriously. E-sports—also known as competitive gaming (as in, videogames)—will never be as professional or accepted as mainstream athletic sports.

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  Inside the Twisted Mind of a Webcomic Artist

  Jacob Roberts – Published October 18, 2011

  The world of online comic strips—or webcomics—has pretty much existed since the Internet was commercialized in 1995.

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  A Comic Book Store-Y

  Amanda Siino – Published October 18, 2011

  Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, the X-Men and Thor have all been big hits on the silver screen in the last few years, but before they were mingling with each other on the DVD racks, you could find them all spending time together on the shelves of comic book stores.

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  Katie Can Draw

  Amanda Siino – Published October 18, 2011

  Katie Cook likes cats. And robots. And monsters. And Star Wars. And Wonder Woman. And drawing. She really likes drawing—but what she loves is combining the things that she likes.

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  What Is Chiptune, Anyway?

  Corey Pool – Published October 18, 2011

  Chiptune—also called chip music or 8-bit—is one of the liveliest, most progressive, diversified, and wildly convoluted musical genres that you’ve probably never heard of.