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Concordia Student Union is taking the Canadian Federation of Students to court. A motion will be filed Thursday asking the CFS to recognize the CSU as no longer a member.

Students overwhelmingly voted to leave in a referendum last year. However, the CFS refused to recognize the vote due to unpaid fees. 

Previous CSU president Keyana Kashfi signed an acknowledgement agreement in 2009. She was agreeing to pay over a million dollars in fees. Thursday’s motion will also ask for that to be declared null and void because she signed without consulting the council.

The CSU is also asking for punitive damages of one-hundred-thousand dollars due to a violation of its right to disassociate. 

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Two hundred hockey fans demonstrated outside the Bell Centre before Tuesday’s game. The protesters want the NHL to have tougher injury rules. 

The demonstration was in response to a game hit last week. The hit sent Habs forward Max Pacioretty to the hospital. Pacioretty suffered from a concussion and fractured vertebra.

Bruin’s player Zdeno Chara, who made the hit, did not receive any punishment.

The demonstrators want the NHL to have have tougher measures against head hits. Montreal hockey fans say the league is not properly addressing how to deal with serious injuries.

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Nearly thirty students felt what it was like to be homeless Monday night. They are participating in a national campaign called 5 Days for the Homeless. The Montreal chapter raised a record thirty three hundred dollars yesterday.

All the funds will be donated to local charity Dans La Rue. Three nights remain. Tuesday night CTV Montreal's Christine Long and former Montreal Canadien Georges Laraque will be sleeping over.

The first day of meetings with NHL General Managers focused on the issue of head shots in hockey.

The commissioner of the NHL has proposed a five-point plan to deal with the rise in concussions. One change is to modify the concussion protocol and have doctors look at injured players in a quiet area. GMs will also be looking at what makes a hit legal or illegal.

The league is under pressure after Canadians forward Max Pacioretty received a concussion in a game against Boston last week.