An online declaration calling for support from Concordia’s faculty in the fight against tuition hikes has already gathered more than 160 signatures in less than three weeks.
A resolution proposing accepted terms between student associations to improve common action against tuition hikes triggered a heated debate during the Concordia Student Union council meeting last Wednesday.
Last Friday’s Board of Governors meeting ended abruptly even before its open session began. The meeting came to a halt toward the end of its hour-long closed session, when three student governors, undergraduates AJ West and Cameron Monagle and graduate student Erik Chevrier, walked out in protest over a motion to discuss the presence of cameras in the meeting.
A grim report of Reggie’s financial state exposed at last Wednesday’s Concordia Student Union council meeting could possibly result in increased drink prices at Concordia’s student bar.
Student representatives who sit on Concordia’s highest decision-making bodies are imploring students to bring their own cameras to offer live broadcasts of Board of Governors and Senate meetings.
“WHEREAS president Lex Gill orchestrated the illegal dismissal of the Chief Electoral Officer; WHEREAS in an interview to the Link, president Lex Gill publicly attacked the competency of the ASFA executives of the last 3 years; WHEREAS under Lex Gill’s presidency, there was a record number of councillor resignations” And the list goes on.
The Concordia Student Union council reaffirmed their confidence in their chief electoral officer Ismail Holoubi last Wednesday at a special meeting held midway through the byelections.