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April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Fear and Loathing at Concordia

The Link talks to Hunter S. Thompson (published 11/19/1985)

by Dwayne Perreault

Seven-thirty on a Thursday night, and it's snowing like a bastard. I'm standing outside the Hall building, convinced that Hell must be a very cold place. We're supposed to pick... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

30 is the new 20

The Link looks back at 30 years

It was the spring of 1980 when a single vote from a merged editorial staff decided that this newspaper would become The Link. A love child between two... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

‘I got shot—I thought I was going to die’

Josh Perl re-lives hiding five metres away from shooter’s gun (Originally published Sep. 19, 2006)

by Giuseppe Valiante

Josh Perl was already having a bad day. Three weeks into school and he hadn’t bought his textbooks yet. He hadn’t had a bite to eat all day and was in the “Italian”... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

The best of “since 1980”

by The Link's masthead

We don’t have lolcats. Or a Trololo man. The closest thing we have to a viral sensation is our... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Conference quotables

“If we’re sending our sons, our daughter and our money over to Afghanistan, we’re also going to send our reporters.” —Gloria Galloway, The Globe and... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Between The Lines

Looking at the social implications of journalism through the eyes of journalists

by Terrine Friday

First there was the Loyola News, the weekly newspaper of Loyola College, which published its first issue in November 1924. Then there was The Georgian,... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Mind-blowing cunnilingus: it's what's for dinner

Originally published Feb. 22, 2004

by Kaya Anderson Payne

When this article originally ran, it was accompanied by a labelled diagram of a vagina that resulted in a myriad of angry letters in the following issue, one accusing the... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Reaction to The Link's first Queer Issue

Letter published November 26, 1982

by Artin Gogovian

Dear Editor: After reading The Link issue on the cruise missile and the issue on queers (sic), I think I have come up with a solution to everyone's problems. We go... » Full Story

April 13, 2010 Special Issue

Taking that first important step

Originally published in The Link's first Gay Issue on November 19, 1982

by Laura Foster

Coming out is often a difficult, lonely process. It involves identifying yourself as a lesbian or a homosexual man, as part of a group that has a negative image. As well,... » Full Story

March 30, 2010 Special Issue

Death of the Canadian pineapple

Why local farming can’t support local people

by Sarah Ladik

No matter how many people start cultivating string beans on their balconies in Montreal, the city will never be able to feed itself. The challenges of food sovereignty and food... » Full Story
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