The largest student group CLASSE say they do not have the power to force their nearly two hundred thousand members to stop demonstrating. But there are no major actions planned over the next couple days so there will be a de facto truce...
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Posted by Joel Balsam on April 24, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.
A bid to contest decisions made during this year’s Concordia Student Union elections failed at Thursday’s special council meeting.
The meeting was called to determine whether the Union’s Judicial Board acted according to its bylaws.
The JB was scrutinized over their decision to disqualify candidates Schubert Laforest and Lucia Gallardo and then reinstate them just two business days before polling.
Laforest went on to be elected President and Gallardo VP Academic and Advocacy.
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Posted by Joel Balsam on April 12, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.
Early Thursday Morning around two hundred striking students blocked the entrances to Valleyield College. The action caused the CEGEP to cancel classes for the day.
Wednesday also had demonstrations begin begin early in the morning. At about 7 am a group of a few dozen masked protesters blocked the entrance to the National Bank tower. Police rushed the scene and cleared the protesters with pepper spray. One 23 year old was arrested.
Students didn’t stop there. They held a marathon string of protests throughout Wednesday....
Posted by Joel Balsam on April 11, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.
Tuesday marked the end of classes for some, but for others it was just another day on the picket lines. Some striking students have been out of the classroom since early March...
The University held a town hall meeting on Tuesday to air student concerns.
Joel Balsam was there...
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Striking students didn't get the response they wanted from Concordia's interim President Fred Lowy at Tuesday's Town Hall meeting. He said he wants more money for the university...and doesn't oppose a tuition hike.
This striking student wanted to know if the university will accommodate those who have missed...
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Posted by Joel Balsam on April 10, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.
A guerilla action at HEC Montreal business school more than creeped out students and administration there. Hundreds of grasshoppers were let loose in the halls of the campus allegedly by pro-strike activists.
A letter left behind allegedly from the culprits said that HEC was being punished for voting against the strike. The letter claimed that the grasshoppers were meant to represent the vermin unleashed on the Egyptians in the Biblical story of Exodus.
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Posted by Joel Balsam on April 6, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.