Anti-tuition hike protest draws record numbers
Over 200,000 people took to the streets in the historic March 22 protest against tuition increases, but as far as the provincial government is concerned, the hikes are here to stay.
A Better Concordia on the horizon
Presidential candidate and affiliation leader Schubert Laforest stated that he was “shocked” and in a state of “complete joy” that all seven team members were elected.
A Better Concordia comes out on top
The A Better Concordia affiliation includes Andrew Roberts for VP sustainability, Stefan Faina for VP Loyola, Simon-Pierre Lauzon for VP external affairs, Lucia Gallardo for VP academic and advocacy, Keny Toto for VP finance, Alexis Suzuki for VP student life and Nadine Atallah for VP clubs and internal affairs.
Hundreds of thousands flood the streets
The Concordia delegation, which led the way for the better part of the three-hour event, congregated near the Hall building around 12 p.m. Over 500 students then began to proceed down Ste-Catherine Street lead by Concordia Student Union VP external Chad Walcott, and President Lex Gill.
Concordia students ‘spread the red’
According to NDP Concordia President Hannah McCormack, approximately 30 to 40 students were stationed along Ste-Catherine trying to educate people about the symbolic red square.
Laforest and Gallardo reinstated
At its March 16 meeting, the CSU’s judicial board ruled that A Better Concordia’s presidential candidate Schubert Laforest and VP academic and advocacy hopeful Lucia Gallardo should be allowed to participate in the elections, two weeks after being disqualified by the chief electoral officer when their student status came into question.
JB member resigns after filing public complaint
On March 14, judicial board member Nadim Kobeissi resigned following the very public discussion of his complaint concerning fellow JB member Shannon Thomas and the tension and lack of respect that he said exists between them. Kobeissi said that Thomas’ past behaviour towards him had been “insulting” and “passive aggressive,” making him feel unwelcome at meetings.
Laforest and Gallardo officially reinstated
Presidential candidate SchubertLaforest and VP academic and advocacy hopeful Lucia Gallardo of the affiliation A Better Concordia were notified of their ineligibility to run via an email sent March 7 by the chief electoral officer, Ismail Holoubi. He stated that Laforest and Gallardo were not registered students and thus barred from running.
A council meeting in turmoil
The meeting got off to a poor start when VP advocacy Morgan Pudwell was accused by former CSU councillor Tomer Shavit of not being a registered student. Pudwell left shortly after, citing illness as her excuse. Chair Nick Cuillerier said he would investigate Shavit's claims within the next 48 hours.
The strike is on
Last Wednesday’s general assembly got off to a rough start, after it began an hour late due to slow registration and technical difficulties with the live stream. Students filed into the four designated areas, H-110, the 7th floor Hall lounge, the LB building and Loyola’s The Hive, making for an estimated 1,500 students in attendance, out of a possible 35,000 undergraduates.
Theatre students strike outside the box
Last Thursday, half a dozen students wearing red t-shirts performed a “theatre of the oppressed”-inspired piece outside a classroom in the EV building, which consisted of steady movement and spoken word.
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