Last Week's Story Features
NEWS:
Iranian students embrace tradition with Persian New Year egg painting event
by Rojiar Ghezelbash
The Iranian Student Association of Concordia organized an event for Iranians to be able to celebrate tradition by painting eggs for the Persian New Year.
Egg painting is a traditional practice of Iranians in anticipation of Nowruz.
Photo by Rojiar Ghezelbash
Montreal’s REM: Revolutionizing urban transit in Quebec
by Isabella Belafi
With the launch of the Réseau Express Métropolitain, urban connectivity is about to reach new heights. Say goodbye to traffic and parking issues downtown as traveling to city centers will become easy and convenient!
Photo by Isabella Belafi
SPORTS:
Get to know the Concordia women’s flag football family
by Emily Douris-Blondin
The Concordia women’s flag football team is having a very successful season after exciting new moves, such as the additions of defensive coordinator Alexis Labonté, offensive coordinator Lovinski Geli, assistant coach Sydney Roche. They won the Provincial Flag Football Tournament in Laval on Feb. 10, and are hoping to carry their success into the third edition of the third edition of the ConU Tournament on April 7 at the Stinger Dome. Read about it in Get to know the Concordia women’s flag football family by Emily Douris-Blondin, in the sports section.
Photo Credit: Athena Marsilio
ARTS&CULTURE:
An interview with Heather O’Neill
by Dalia Nardolillo
This week for Arts & Culture, the Concordian's editor-in-chief sat down with celebrated author Heather O'Neill to chat about her writing process! Check out the full interview in our final print issue of the semester!
Photo by Dalia Nardolillo
MUSIC:
Vault: The best new sustainable music platform?
by Tabéa Benlakehal
This week, music editor Tabéa Benlakehal breaks down the brand new music platform Vault initiated by British artist James Blake and his team. Since its launch in mid March, Vault assembles pages for artists to share unreleased songs through a private access in order to create a sustainable stream of revenue. Read to learn more about this new addition that just might shift the music industry in a better light alongside being an evolving solution within music and streaming.
Photo by Kaitlynn Rodney
OPINIONS:
Dive into summer with these five easy reads
by Alexandra Blackie
Summer break is almost here, and there’s no better time for fluffy romance novels and other relaxing reads. If you’ve started wondering what to read for fun this summer, Alexandra Blackie has a stack of page-turners for you to check out—there’s a book for everyone!