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And the results are in! It appears that students were in a giving mood for the holiday season as everything passed in the CSU By-Elections.

A ‘no’ campaign a week before the election stirred controversy but all the bylaw changes were put through.

The biggest one being that candidates for executive positions will run independently instead of with a slate.

Also, quorum for general meetings was lowered to four hundred and fifty and the currently inactive Senate of Faculty Associations was eliminated.

Fifteen year old Marjorie Raymond committed suicide on Monday in Eastern Quebec. The cause : bullying. The cause of her sudden death was hinted at in a note she left behind for her family. 

Marjorie's mother, Chantal LaRose, had planned on transferring her daughter into another school once she turned sixteen.

The school will implement short term suspension for suspected student bullies and therapy sessions for the rest of the school.

CSU Council voted to shoot down allegations of collusion and conflict of interest on the behalf the CSU Judicial Board chairman Ceejay Desfosses and Chief Electoral Officer Ismail Holoubi at a special meeting Wednesday night.

Former CSU Councillor Tomer Shavit filed the complaint, which led to the special meeting. According to 9.3f of the CSU Code of Procedures, a special meeting can be called if it is allegedge that a Judicial Board ruling "was manifestly unreasonable or was motivated by racism, sexism, collusion, bribery, homophobia or conflict of interest."

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Concordia University's own Michael Noonan is headed off to Oxford University next year.

The Chateauguay resident and competitive wrestler has won the prestigious 2012 Rhodes Scholarship. It is valued at $50 000.

Noonan will be pursuing a PhD in zoology with a focus on fish conservation in the prestigious scholarship. He also will be working on how to make dams more ecologically friendly.

Noonan is one of only two Rhode Scholars from Quebec. The other is Philippe-Andre Rodriguez from l'Universite de Montreal.

Two million public sector workers walked off the job this morning in the UK. They are protesting widespread government cuts to pensions.

Over half of the schools in the UK had to shut its doors this morning due to the strike. But the airports appear to be unaffected.

Negotiations over a deal with civil servants have been going on since February. But the government has vowed not to budge from the current proposal.

Conservative Party Prime Minister David Cameron called the strike irresponsible and damaging.

The largest civil service union said that if the government doesn’t make concessions the UK will see even larger scale strikes.

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A London newspaper is reporting that the British government is working with Canada to fight a European proposal targeting oilsands. The proposal would label fuel from Alberta oilsands as dirtier than conventional sources.

With major oilsands projects in Alberta, Shell and BP lobbied the British government to support Canada against the EU proposal.

Kirk Muller will be replacing coach Paul Maurice of the Carolina Hurricanes after being fired for the second time in less than a decade. 

Muller previously coached the Nashville Predators’ AHL affiliate in Milwaukee. He also spent five seasons on the Montreal Canadiens staff.

Muller lead the Canadians to their last Stanley Cup win, made six all-star teams and has played 19 seasons in the NHL.

A 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday.

He had stolen car and lead police on a high-speed car chase through N.D.G.

Police say they knew the suspect. He is due to appear in court today and will face armed robbery charges.

A twelve-year old girl escaped after three teenagers tried to light her on fire on Friday evening in Saguenay.

The young girl showed up at one of the suspect’s home with her friend when the teens attacked her.

The teens doused the girl with gasoline contained in empty beer bottles and lit multiple matches at her.