COMS Revamp
Hello COMS Students!
The COMS Guild website is currently under going a total revamp. Come back soon!
END OF YEAR SEMESTER BASH- NAUTICAL THEMED!
Hello COMS students,
After two weeks of awesome Prodfest events, we figured we’d throw one last party to celebrate all of our hardwork and successes this year.
Come by VINYL LOUNGE on Saturday, April 30th, to party with the Guild before the start of summer vacation! The party is NAUTICAL themed, so feel free to dress up like a sailor/mermaid/fish or whatever you think is appropriate, or come as you are!
There will be 2 FREE DRINK tickets PER PERSON until they run out!
Afterwards, enjoy some cheap drinks while listening to DJS Phil Creamer! The tip is included in the drink tickets, so its up to your discretion if you would like to tip more!
Your COMS Guild
PRODFEST!!
| March 30, 2011 18:31 | to | May 1, 2011 03:00 |
We are happy to announce that it’s that time of year again, PRODFEST, a festival showcasing all of the great work that students in the Concordia Communications department have created this year.
Below is the schedule of this two-week long series of events: see some amazing creative productions: films, videos, music, radio work, documentaries, print media, web design, and more.
To end it off, the COMS Guild will be throwing a huge end-of-year semester bash, on April 30th! More details to come, but save the date!
Hope to see you there,
Your COMS Guild
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VIDEO III
Sunday, April 17th
6:30 PM
The Sparrow, 5322 St Laurent (Metro Laurier)
SOUND II- “Jungle Vibes”
Wednesday, April 20th
8 PM – 3 AM
Il Motore, 179 Jean Talon Ouest.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197876793578749
INTERMEDIA II- “Work In(g) Process”
Wednesday, April 20th
5 PM – 7 PM
O Patro Vys, 356 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159564340769991
“Freqs, Geeks, & AudtioSuites- Catching Mono(tracks)” with SOUND III
Monday, April 25th
7:30 PM- 3AM
Vinyl, 2109 Bleury.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203604569661622
VIDEO II
Tuesday, April 26th
7:30 PM
Concordia University – Hall Building (H1.110 – Auditorium)
1455 de Maisonneuve (Guy-Concordia Metro)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210295952331824
FILM II
Wednesday, April 27th
7:30 PM
Concordia University – Hall Building (H1.110 – Auditorium)
1455 de Maisonneuve (Guy-Concordia Metro
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177052319014015
FILM III
Thursday, April 28th
7:30 PM
Concordia University – Hall Building (H1.110 – Auditorium)
1455 de Maisonneuve (Guy-Concordia Metro
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100580566695580
FIRST YEAR Showcase
April 30th
3-6 PM
CJ Building (Room TBA)
COMS GUILD End-of-Semester Bash
April 30th
Details TBA.
First Year Q&A
Hello COMS students,
Are you a first year? Tomorrow, Monday, March 28th, we are holding a first year q and a session in the Papa Studio in CJ, at 5:15 pm. This talk is in order to help you make your decision about which stream you would like to choose for next year. We know you already had the talk with the teachers, but we wanted to give you the STUDENT PERSPECTIVE!
You’ll have the opportunity to converse with fellow students, view creations from each stream and more importantly ask all the questions you want, okay maybe not all, to Third Year students & even Grad students!
You must be asking yourself WHY go to this event, I can ask questions on my own… Well can you get free FOOD AND DRINKS in the CJ Atrium afterwards? A cute reception where you’d be able to discuss with other students on all this new and inspiring information?
Your COMS Guild 
MARCH MADNESS
Hello COMS students,
In the week ahead, we have a few interesting events coming your way!
ST PATTY’S HANGOVER PARTY at THE HIVE
Friday, March 18th, 5 pm- 11 pm
This party is being thrown as a collective effort by many of the Loyola Member Associations of ASFA. Come nurse your hangovers back to health at Loyola’s very own The Hive. Beer, green beer, baked potato building stations. Everything you need for some good healin’. Tickets are 5$ in advance and can be purchased at the ASFA office or through your Member Associations Otherwise they are 7$ at the door. Don’t miss out on an awesome chance to party with your Loyola Member Associations – COMS Guild, JSA, Science College, BSA, CUPA, AHSC, ABACUS, the Physics Student Association and ESSA – and DJ Phil Creamer!
COMS GUILD ARTS AND CRAFTS NIGHT
We know this has been a hectic month, with exams, projects, and deadlines. So, we came up with a nice way to relax and hang out before exams kick in. Come join us at the Bull Pub (2170 St Catherine), at 8 pm, on Monday, March 21st, for their weekly Arts and Crafts night, in a nice and relaxing atmosphere, where the alcohol is cheap and the music is nice and low. The arts supplies will be provided by the bar, so you can be creative while having a cheap beer with some friends!
Hope to see you there,
Your COMS Guild
COMS GUILD ELECTIONS
Get involved in your student association!
The COMS Guild is a student-elected group that organizes social and academic events for COMS Students, as well as helping their fellow students with any academic, departmental, or university-related questions they may have, and keeping them aware of important local issues, events, and ways to get involved. It’s a great way to make friends and make a difference in your program!
COMS Guild will have 7 positions available:
2 Co-Presidents
1 VP Social
1 VP Coms
1 VP Internal/External
1 VP Secretary
1 VP Finance
Nomination forms will be available in the main office (CJ 3.230), or request one through email to laurnewman@hotmail.com. They must be completed and returned by MARCH 8TH.
*completed forms must include at least 5 signatures from COMS students.
If you have any questions contact laurnewman@hotmail.com, our CEO.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114792715263380
COMS Games- General Rehearshal: Sunday, February 20th, 2011
| February 20, 2011 | ||
| 18:30 | to | 21:30 |
Hey COMS Students,
We wanted to let you know about the Pratique Generale/General Rehearsal, for our delegation for the COMS GAMES, taking place this Sunday, February 20th, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, in the Hall Building downtown, in room H 1.110.
The 31 members of Concordia’s 2011 Delegation will be heading out very soon (March 2nd to March 6th) for this year’s Jeux Franco-Canadiens de la Communication Infopresse in Sherbrooke.
The purpose of the General Rehearshal this Sunday is to showcase all of their hard work and awesome skills. And to show the rest of our department, friends, and family exactly what the COMS Games is! The rehearsal will feature 13 different events, in a game simulation.
These are:
- Television Newscast
- Radio Newscast
- Advertising and Strategy
- Event Planning
- Graphic Communication
- Journalistic Writing
- Journalistic Interview
- Improvisation
- Sports and General Knowledge
- Crisis Management (PR)
- Video Production
- Oral Debate
- And finally, Show Q, which will wrap up the practice.
We encourage you to come out this Sunday in order to see what these 31 students have spent months putting together, and attest to their talent. It will be a great way to support these representatives of our Department, and to send them off in style!
Check out more information
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131530946914320&ref=ts
Your COMS Guild
WHALE: Wintry Hot Accessible Love-In For Education
| February 14, 2011 |
Dear fellow Concordia students,
You may have seen the word WHALE around campus on posters, handbills, and Facebook. What is it about? It’s the Wintry Hot Accessible Love-in for Education! On February 14th, undergraduate and graduate students will both hold General Assemblies and then get together to celebrate at an awesome Valentine’s winter fair. There will be lunch, activities and heaters on the Hall building Terrace outside Reggies. So that’s:
CSU Special General Meeting:
February 14th, 11:30am
Hall building Terrace
GSA General Assembly:
February 14th, 11:00am
Java U, Hall Building
lunch and activities on the Hall Terrace following
Why should you come? The Quebec government has stated its intention to increase tuition fees substantially over the next four years both for Quebec residents and International students. While the exact increase is still being decided by politicians and Quebec University Presidents, one of the increases most often discussed is from the current roughly $2000 per year to $5000 per year, finally destroying the Quebec dream of accessible higher education for all.
Special General Meetings/General Assemblies are the highest level of government for students – with the required quorum, they are more powerful than either the council or executive. They involve voting on motions which if passed, become legally binding on the CSU and GSA. This means that your individual vote goes to directly affecting the policies of your union and your school. Currently the quorum for a CSU Special General Meeting is over 800 people, which is why one has not been held in years – there is no room big enough on campus to hold this many people. We don’t need to let this stop us anymore, but we need your help! With or without quorum, this will be a historic event at Concordia.
We have seen that Concordia is governed primarily by a small group of corporate executives who do not know or care what is best for students. In fact, they have supported tuition increases and appointed Presidents who support huge tuition increases. Despite votes of non-confidence from almost every student, faculty and staff union on campus, the Chair of the Board Peter Kruyt refuses to leave, as do the 13 community-at-large Board members who have overstayed their term limits and their welcome. We need to send a message that the will of students should be enforced.
The Concordia Students’ Union, Graduate Students’ Association of Concordia, Free Education Montreal, Peoples’ Campus Coalition, People’s Potato, Arts and Science Federation of Associations, and Political Science Student Association support this event, and the organizing committee, which has grown to almost 50 people, continues to contact more associations.
The assemblies will be short and sweet, with only a few motions including:
BE IT RESOLVED “That the CSU call for a Day of Action to denounce the Ministry of Education’s proposed tuition fee hikes, in solidarity with Quebec students and all those with a stake in accessible education. This Day of Action will be in effect immediately upon adjournment of the Special General Meeting, lasting for the entire day”.
AND a motion to reduce quorum for CSU Special General Meetings from 2.5 to 1.5 percent of members to make future meetings easier (and indoors).
All over the world and all over Quebec, people power is working! Be part of people power at Concordia…This Valentine’s Day, make a date with your union!
Visit our website: concordiastudents.ca
Contact us for more information: info@concordiastudents.ca
Join the pre-party on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=106240856118661
Fired up? Want to get involved in organizing? Fill out your contact info here: http://ow.ly/3ME4y
You can also help to mobilize in these last few days by doing any of the following:
- Tell your friends, get your friends to tell their friends
- Join the facebook page, change your profile picture & invite your friends
- http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106240856118661#!/event.php?eid=106240856118661
- Make announcements in high traffic areas (People’s Potato line, Cinema Politica, Loyola Luncheon, Friday prayers, on the shuttle bus, in the halls)
- Send invitations to mailing lists
- Talk to people
- To help with sign – up and giving out voting cards on the day of, email Hannah athannah.jean.morrow@gmail.com
ANNUAL SWEATER SALE
| February 6, 2011 15:00 | to | February 18, 2011 15:00 |
Hello COMS students,
Starting Thursday, February 3rd, the COMS Guild will begin to sell this year’s official Communication Studies sweaters. We took an old concept, and revitalized it: the sweaters are black zip-up Gildan hoodies (super warm and comfy ones at that!), with Communication Studies written on the front, and TRUST THE MEDIA written on the back. They cost 30 dollars (tax included). You can order SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE or X-L!
Check them out on our poster, or come by and see them in person Tuesday and Thursday’s at lunch time in the Atrium, between 12 pm and 1 pm, or you can e-mail us at cg.concordia@gmail.com
We will be accepting orders until February 18th.
See you soon,
Your COMS Guild
Check out the poster on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=175440995832934
MEET THE GUILD! And other fun stuff!
| January 20, 2011 | ||
| 11:00 | to | 16:00 |
Hey COMS students,
We are messaging you to let you know about many fun events happening around Concordia this month, including the ASFA MA Fair, the ASFA Academic Series, and also an opportunity to work for La Société de la Place des Arts.
First,
ASFA is holding an MA Fair this Thursday, January 20th. This event is a chance for students to learn about the activities of the different student associations, and to to speak to their representatives face-to-face. We, the COMS Guild, will be having our own booth in the SP Building on Thursday between 11 am and 4 pm, so come by, say hi, and see how you can get involved!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=141865435871361&index=1
Next,
ASFA will be hosting its very first Academic Series, consisting of two panel discussions featuring speakers such as alumni professionals from different fields in Social Sciences, Humanities and Science as well as current students and Concordia’s Counseling and Development.
The panels will take place in the Hall Building, H-767. The Social Science and Humanities panel is Tuesday, January
25, 2011 from 4:00-6:00 p.m, and the Science panel will be on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 4:00-6:00p.m.
This Series is intended to give a balanced perspective on career planning, by combining a variety of speakers from all stages in their studies and/or careers. The Panels are also a good chance to raise awareness among students about the importance of early career planning, and it provides them with basic resources, information, and tools to help them (YOU!) prepare.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=145008895557493&index=1
