Cirque life continues. Trudeau's first 100. Trudeau online. Petit Prince animator. Talking about writing. Student tours. Venus envy. Be my good valentine.

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:

• Patrick Leroux, an associate professor in the Department of English and in the Département d'Études françaises, is quoted in an article in The Globe and Mail on Cirque du Soleil's growth strategy under new ownership. The report looks specifically at the activities of the Cirque's corporate events and special projects division, 45 Degrees. The article is reprised by 24news.ca. 
• Guy Lachapelle, a professor in the Department of Political Science, writes in Le Huffington Post Québec about the first 100 days in power of Justin Trudeau. He  includes himself among observers who are not particularly impressed by Trudeau, thus far.
• Fenwick McKelvey, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, is quoted in aCTVnews.ca piece about Trudeau's first 100 days. He says Trudeau is smart to keep such a high profile on social media. The story includes a series of photos culled from Trudeau's official Instagram account. 
• Eric Goulet, animation instructor in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and an animator of the film Le Petit Prince, opening in theatres today, is featured in a Le Devoir article, among other Quebec creators who participated in the making of the film. A trailer is included.
• Beat Route writes that Jason Edward Lewis, a professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, is one of the keynote speakers at 'Where Next?: Creative Writing, Narrative, Film and Contemporary Art', a two-day symposium at the Alberta College of Art and Design, opening today. 
• Concordia student recruitment officer Karlene LaCombe is featured, along with several of her counterparts at other Canadian universities, in a piece in Maclean's about what prospective students should ask about when visiting a university campus.
• A Radio-Canada.ca article about the Ottawa sex boutique Venus Envy concludes with a transgenderism glossary it states was produced in part by the Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia. The article is reprised by Sympatico.ca.
• For the second time this week, the Montreal Gazette looks to Concordians for perspective on Valentine's Day. In the latest piece, the paper goes to Jim Pfaus, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Concordia Research Fellow, and Zeynep Arsel, an associate professor of marketing and Concordia Research Chair in Consumption and Markets. The article focuses on the pressure, notably from social media, for lovers and friends to constantly innovate for Valentine's Day. The reporter concludes that there's only one unforgivable mistake one can make on Valentine’s Day: forgetting it. 

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