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Regime change at TAs union

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:06:37 -0600

TRAC members remove executive in surprise move at general assembly

When the members of the union of the Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia sat down for their general assembly on Feb. 18, the only item on the agenda was “The status...

Student union puts question to quit CFS on ballot

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:07:23 -0600

In response to the million-dollar bill sent by fax from the Canadian Federation of Students’ head office, Concordia Student Union President Amine Dabchy issued a presidential...

‘Loyola Renaissance’

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:11:19 -0600

Student union’s Loyola VP talks about transformation over past year

Prince Ralph Osei, the Concordia Student Union’s VP Services and Loyola, calls the campus’ rejuvenation the “Loyola Renaissance” as he pours coffee for students on a...

Pact of Quebec leaders call for tuition hike

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:12:12 -0600

A group of former Quebec political leaders, student leaders and business leaders are calling for an end to the province’s tuition freeze. Lucien Bouchard, former...

Innovation wins ASFA election, ‘abstain’ comes close second

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:15:45 -0600

Student apathy high as Innovation wins majority of ASFA executive seats

At the end of voting on Feb. 18, Concordia’s arts and science students elected Aaron Green as president of the Arts and Sciences Federation of Associations. His Innovation...

Frigo fee levy question on the ballot

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:17:19 -0600

Presidential decree required after rule error in student union Council

After Concordia Student Union President Amine Dabchy issued a presidential decree on Feb. 18, a question will appear on the student union’s ballot in the March general...

Tempers flare at final Sustainability Mashup

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:18:15 -0600

The atmosphere was intimate, heated. Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill’s Office of Science and Society, quickly cut through the question period in the middle of the...

Montreal to host international citizens’ summit

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:19:21 -0600

Over 1,000 delegates to contemplate economy, climate and international aid

The World Alliance for Citizen Participation—also known as CIVICUS—announced on Feb. 25 that Montreal will host the non-governmental organization’s world assembly for the...

Science and sensibility

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:23:33 -0600

Dr. Joe’s crusade against quackery continues in new book

There’s a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes on Dr. Joe Schwarcz’s desk bearing his likeness, right beside a rubber duck wearing a stethoscope and a digital picture frame...

The Johann Liberation Army

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:27:20 -0600

In Ontario journalist Adam Thomlison’s downtime, he self-publishes his fiction through 40 Watt Spotlight, a publishing house he founded to release his first book of short...

Quick Reads

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:31:24 -0600

Jonesing for Amy What Boys Like and Other Stories Amy Jones Biblioasis 190 pp $17.95 In her Metcalf-Rooke Award-winning...

Lit Writ

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:33:40 -0600

My Stranger

I rarely pay attention to what’s going on around me while I’m walking. I know this is terrible and may account for the many bruised knees I’ve suffered and fervent...

Funny face

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:21 -0600

Clowns Sans Frontières prove that laughter really is the best medicine

To most children, a red nose brings to mind one of two things: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, or a runny nose courtesy of the common cold. But to those in orphanages, refugee...

March 8

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:44:30 -0600

The times keep up with us

March 8, 1857: Women from the garment and textile industry in New York staged a demonstration protesting low wages, the 12-hour work day and increasing workloads. They...

I watch therefore I am

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:47:10 -0600

Putting the ‘man boobs’ in ‘boob tube’

Tonight on Everybody Loves Raymond, Ray tricks Debra into letting him play golf. Then on According to Jim, Cheryl cajoles Jim into attending a couples cooking class, which...

Gender beyond genitals

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:50:43 -0600

Drag queens: wolves in sheep’s clothing or progressive gender benders?

One Saturday night a few weeks ago, I was sitting in my room deciding what to wear out to a bar. Two dresses were hung on my closet door, makeup was scattered about and a pair...

Matriarchy or bust

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:55:29 -0600

Time for The Link’s brand of feminism to become fully inclusive

Welcome back to 2005. It was a different time: there was a Bush in the White House, Stephen Harper hadn’t yet seized power and “Change” meant more than just a...

A Guide to Gender

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:58:10 -0600

A collaborative effort onthe part of stereotypes everywhere

Men Survive a bear attack. You’ve been cornered by one or more black bears. It’s man versus bear and you’ve gotta throw down. Distract the bear and strangle it...

No baby, no cry

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:14 -0600

So I don’t want kids, what of it?

A lot of people don’t understand when I tell them that I don’t want to get married and most definitely don’t want to have children. The reaction I elicit is similar to...

Baby blues

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:19:47 -0600

Pop culture’s unhealthy obsession with motherhood

The fixation on motherhood in pop culture and media is one that is wrought with terrible messages for people who pay attention to weekly trash mags you can find at the...

The baby and the breadwinner

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:22:33 -0600

Stay-at-home dads band together, form a community

Joking together and shooting the shit, 50 men of varying economic, religious and political backgrounds gathered for a weekend last October to pound back brews and talk...

Love in the age of H1N1

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:24:36 -0600

GFE/BFE, consumerism and monogamy

In the modern age of speed-dating, Facebook “poking” and Internet pornography, the concept of finding a soul mate seems increasingly disposable. Constant...

The repackaged revolution

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:27:28 -0600

Women’s studies reframed

Across Canadian universities, a debate is raging over the recent trend of renaming women’s studies institutions and courses to include gender and sexuality in their...

White male for hire

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:30:42 -0600

Academics discuss reverse discrimination

When the Royal Canadian Mounted Police caught flak in 1996 for deciding not to hire any more white males, spokesperson Gilles Moreau came quickly to the force’s defence....

La reine de RDI

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:33:03 -0600

Anne-Marie Dussault opens up about women in broadcasting

“This is a question of equilibrium,” asserted Radio-Canada journalist Anne-Marie Dussault when asked about the role of women in broadcasting. “Four out of five anchors at...

Sex and baggage

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:36:36 -0600

An interview with The Link’s women’s & men’s special issue cover artist

Robin Wattie started sketching the day she learned to hold a crayon. However, after dropping out of her second year in illustration and design at Dawson College, Wattie stopped...

Fêting esthetics

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:38:42 -0600

Concordia’s Art Matters festival turns 10, brings the party

Art Matters is awfully precocious for a 10-year-old. This year’s incarnation of the art festival brings the work of almost 200 artists into professional galleries all over...

The beautiful and damned

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:40:12 -0600

Pop culture takes a look in the mirror in Art Matters show

Concordia student Jerome Nadeau is searching for someone: someone named Jerome Nadeau. “We all go through a phase in our life where we try to find out who we really...

Moving in the right direction

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:41:48 -0600

All-female dance company strikes back at conjugal violence

What’s a girl to do if she wants luxurious lashes, a clear complexion and luscious lips? Simple: all she has to do is make them up. A little Maybelline here, some Cover Girl...

The Down Low

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:44:56 -0600

Event listings March 2-8

ART MATTERS VERNISSAGES Drawing the Line in Painting Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. VAV Gallery 1395 René-Lévesque Blvd. W. Cent Titres...