Thanks for the help
Dear Concordia Student,
First and foremost, the Concordia Student Union would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your efforts and involvement in various Haiti relief campaigns taking place all over campus. Your input, big or small, is greatly appreciated and we would like to share some ideas with you.
The campaigning is going very well, greater than what we had anticipated for and this is all because of your contribution.
The CSU has been partaking in a variety of events, besides from our collection and drop-off bins available on campus; we doubled the cover charge for Reggie’s Thirsty Thursdays, hosted Bollywood night at the Hive where all proceeds went to the relief fund. Alongside with individual donations, our two-week drive got us a remarkable $11,000, and still counting…which will be doubled! Yes, you heard us right! The federal government will be matching every dollar from personal donations.
However, we want to point out that 100 per cent of the money collected from fundraising and donations will be going to Oxfam Quebec. No member of the CSU will claim these as personal donations. Effective procedures are currently underway and we are taking steps to ensure the total fairness of the doubling procedures.
Coming up in the following weeks are Green month and Black History Month, both reflecting the openness and progressive stance of the entire Concordia community and the CSU. We encourage you to take part in numerous social events, workshops, and invite you to visit the CSU speaker series that will be ongoing throughout the month.
For all we get to achieve together and more,
Thank you.
The CSU Executives
re: “Shifting Shapes,” Jan. 26
The extensive and well-researched article on the extremely important and contemporary issue of eating disorders by life editor Valeria Nekhim is one of the finest pieces to appear in a student newspaper or any newspaper for that matter.
David S. Rovins
Independent Student
re: “TAs’ collective agreement goes to arbitration,” Jan. 26
In reading about the raw deal that the union executive and the university are attempting to push on the TAs and research assistants in the Jan. 26 edition of the paper, I was moved to natural sympathy. I did notice however, that most of the statements in the article from the TAs seem to refer to “the union”, as a kind of foreign body, while they are in fact part of this body. This attitude, and the divorce of the rank-and-file from the executive is a major problem plaguing unions throughout the country, with parallels in many other political arenas. At risk of sounding invasive, maybe it’s time to “take the power back.”
Dylan Fraser
Biochemistry
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