Hard times for Habs. Men standing up for women. Cyber Monday. Shopping emotions.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• The Canadian Press quotes Moshe Lander, economics lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in a piece about softening demand for Canadiens hockey tickets and declining ticket prices as the team continues to struggle in the first half of the season. The story is picked up by CBC.ca, CTVnews.ca, Sportsnet, TSN.com, CJAD.com, Life in Québec and OurWindsor.
• Marc Lafrance, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is listed among the signatories to an open letter in Le Devoir calling on men to ally themselves with women to fight all forms of violence against women. 
• Concordia marketing lecturer Robert Soroka (MBA) was interviewed live for CTV News on Sunday (no link available) about online shoppers embracing "Cyber Monday" Holiday shopping.
• Radio Canada, reporting on the holiday shopping rush, links to a 'Téléjournal' report from December 21, 2012, where Jordan Lebel, associate professor of marketing in the John Molson School of Business, talks (at the 2:55 mark) about how consumers are driven by emotion when they go shopping.

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