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ONLINE tackle security, traffic, entation concert met a new sub-bass tion to enjoy many events, but this “For me that’s kind of why I do public transit and youth and synth quota this year as thousands time she got to join in on the fun. that kind of stuff, just seeing sports on the campaign of Concordia students converged on “I got to go to the event and ac- everybody’s faces light up and hav- FRINGE CALENDAR trail. P6 Parc Jean-Drapeau last Friday. tually just experience it myself, ing a blast,” he said. Though sales figures and ticket which has been rare this week,” “Obviously on the back end, it’s Stay on the fringe with our tallies are yet to be released, estimates she said. “I have been running very stressful and there’s a lot of daily event calendar! CONU'S BEST-KEPT from organizers place the amount of around like crazy every other day. stuff which goes on, but I think SECRET concertgoers at around 4,000, the “I had a great time personally from the feedback I’ve gotten and largest turnout for an orientation and I got so much excellent feed- what I’ve heard from everybody it NEW CONTRACT FOR Hexagram-Concordia is concert in the past five years. back from [students] and also went really well.” TECHNICIANS' UNION staying ahead of the curve CSU VP Student Life Katrina other organizers,” she added. in new media arts. P7 Caruso says she’s been too busy Concert director Zak Lupu Continued on page 4. ConU and its technicians' union have reached a labour agreement “in prin- SCOURING THE ciple”. Find out more on- CITYSCAPE line later this week. Take the plunge with two urban forager artists ‘TIS THE SEASON and taste the Mile End on FOR MANIFS a hunting and gathering walking tour. 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CSU, CASA STAGE “PIKNIC” AT PARC JEAN-DRAPEAU Union-JMSB Partnership Results in Largest Orientation in Five Years by Andrew Brennan @Brennamen Eletronik, and they’re all trained in first aid come out [….] That’s a style of music a lot of John “It would only makes sense: why don’t and emergency security tactics,” she said, Molson students tend to like,” she continued. we partner with the school that has proba- Continued from page 3. adding that there were few cases of intoxi- Speaking with The Link from Virginia, bly the best marketing across all the faculty cation requiring medical attention. 2010-2011 CSU President Heather Lucas associations [and the CSU]?” said Carr. Due Diligence Both Caruso and Lupu also maintain said her year’s orientation, featuring Mon- So when it was time for Carr and Caruso to Put on by the CSU in partnership with the that gate security was diligent in performing treal funk duo Chromeo, hip-hop artist K’- hire a concert director for the CSU’s orientation Commerce and Administration Students’ As- pat downs and property searches in hopes Naan and Toronto DJs Keys N Krates, tried concert, one of the first candidates was Lupu, sociation—the faculty association for the John of curbing the proliferation of drugs inside. to cater to multiple musical tastes. who organized last year’s Asher Roth concert Molson School of Business—the “Frosha- “It wasn’t that we turned a blind eye to “Our goal was to appeal to as many stu- as well as other JMSB events. palooza” concert was headlined by electronic it,” said Lupu. “We took every step neces- dents as possible in order to reflect the di- According to Carr—who originally cam- music artists Dada Life and Tommy Trash. sary to control 4,000 people and to screen versity on campus,” she said. paigned for the VP Finance position on Two stages were set up on the grounds of them as best as we knew how. As for Lupu, who is also CASA VP pledges to fix the disconnect between the Piknic Electronik, an annual summer-long “[Concertgoers] would scan in, go through Events, he says he would have liked to in- business school and the CSU—coordinated music festival on Ste-Hélène Island. While a full pat down, their bags would be checked— clude more musical genres, but the “time- events between the CSU and CASA are nec- the atmosphere was far from the ruckus of an there was a full process to try to make sure no frame forced [his] hand” and stopped CSU essary to get the union’s efforts appreciated electronic music festival, drug use was visible one was coming in with [drugs].” from having more diverse acts opening for among the John Molson student body. at the Parc Jean-Drapeau venue. Dada Life and Tommy Trash. “I think that events like [Froshapalooza] are A Link reporter was casually asked if he The Commerce Gap According to CASA President John- what is able to bridge gaps, and create the rela- had 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphet- According to Caruso, the plan “pretty much Michael Minon, the faculty association’s tionships where we work together,” Carr said. amine—better known as MDMA, or Molly to since day one” was to highlight electronic major contribution came in offering its mar- “We can see that both sides are competent and the kids—to sell as soon as he was past the and dance music at the concert. keting and branding expertise, something both of our sides are open to working together. gate and into the main concert grounds. “It seems to bring the most students out, that CSU VP Finance Scott Carr says was an “So I think there are more events like this Caruso says that while she personally didn’t and it seems to be what most of our students important tool for the CSU to incorporate to come, more partnerships to come [….] see any using of illicit substances, organizers did tend to enjoy, and it was a little bit different into its Orientation plans.