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Student associations to challenge Bill 78

Two student associations will file a lawsuit to challenge the newly adopted Bill 78. According to the Montreal Gazette, FEUQ and FECQ will be aided by a non-profit legal clinic when they go to court next week.

The general manager of the Clinique juridique Juripop Marc Antoine Cloutier stated that the group may ask for an injunction against the law.

The lawyers will use a tactic similar to the one used by the Quebec government to prevent the abolishment of the long gun registry.

Cloutier stated...

Posted by Aisha S on May 21, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

Yahoo replaces CEO amid resume controversy

Yahoo!Yahoo has replaced its CEO after only four months on the job due to an embellished resume.

CBC reports that Scott Thompson is being replaced by Yahoo’s global head of media, Ross Levinsohn.

At issue were Thompson’s academic credentials.

Thompson’s biography states that he has an accounting degree and a computer science degree from Stonehill College near Boston.Yahoo admitted that he only has an accounting...

Posted by Aisha S on May 14, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

Student associations and Quebec governement reach tentative deal

La foule qui souris à la presseIt’s the beginning of the end for the Quebec tuition fight.

Leaders of Quebec student associations and education minister Line Beauchamp have come to a tentative agreement after round-the-clock closed-door negotiations.

According to the CBC, under the new deal students will get a temporary tuition freeze for the fall semester.

A committee will look into...

Posted by Aisha S on May 7, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

North Korea vows for action on South Korea

North Korea’s military intensified their recent threats against South Korea Monday.

The military promised to launch undetermined “special actions” to bring down the South Korean conservative government and media companies in less than four minutes.

According to the CBC, North Korea alleges the South Korean president insulted the April 15 celebrations of the national founder Kim Il Sung. It is rare that a military statement from the North vows for imminent...

Posted by Aisha S on April 24, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

100 students stage a sit-in near Concordia president's office

About 100 students staged a sit-in on the 15th floor of the MB building Monday where President Frederick Lowy’s offices are located.

The students demanded academic amnesty and for the school to publicly oppose the $1625 tuition hike.

Lowy came out to speak with the students, but wasn’t willing to immediately comply with the demands. He stated that tuition hikes are necessary; universities don’t have enough funding...

Posted by Aisha S on April 3, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.