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Rap battles for social justice. Basketball split.

Concordia in the news
Posted on January 10, 2017

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Students

Current students at Concordia do outstanding academic work and get involved in community projects that improve our quality of life. See what they've been up to:  

  • The McGill Daily, previewing culture festivals coming to Montreal in the Spring, writes about The Rap Battles for Social Justice, a Montreal-based activist collective funded by student groups from Concordia and McGill and various grassroots community organizations. 
  • Actualités UQAM reports that the Stingers basketball men and women split a weekend at-home series against the UQAM Citadins, with the Concordia women winning 69-55 and the men losing 68-67. The games are also reported in The Concordian.