Nobody asked students. So we’re asking.
Ever wonder why it’s so hard to find a club lately?
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It’s not just you.
What happened?
There used to be a place where student life came and found you.
The Mezz.
Second floor of the Hall Building, steps from Reggie’s and the Hive.1 Free snacks. A spinning wheel. “Hey, want a sticker?” That’s how a lot of students found their people.
Four tables. Open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Booked by students, for students.2
“But Concordia owns the building.”
Sure. And you pay to be in it.
On top of tuition, a full-time student pays about $1,028 a year in Concordia fees.6
You’d think that buys you a say in your own hallway.
It’s a small decision. That’s the point.
If they’ll decide this without you, what else are they deciding without you?
Concordia’s excuse
“Traffic flow.” “Congestion.”3
Translation: too many students.
At a university.
When the CSU asked for proof
“We were given no concrete proof that foot traffic was an actual issue.”5
And Concordia’s own service desk, First Stop? Still tabling on the Mezz.4
What security told students, according to the CSU
“First Stop is allowed to table, but students are not allowed to table.”5
Too crowded for students. Not for Concordia.
This isn’t the first time
2002.2006.2026.
In 2002, the Board banned activist groups from the Hall Building’s first two floors.7
2006
The administration tried to turn the Mezz into a lounge, with two days’ notice. Students pushed back.8
By the 2020s, clubs were tabling there again.2
2026
Bookings ended. The Clubs Fair moved to EV. No consultation, according to the CSU.3
Students won it back before.
Who lost the Mezz?
Everyone.
Clubs. Associations. Teams. Co-ops. Newspapers. Every faculty.
Arts & Science. JMSB. Engineering. Fine Arts. Grad students. Independent groups. Groups that never share a room, all losing the same thing.
- LASO
- WSSSA
- SCAPSA
- PSSA
- MOCHI
- CUTEA
- African Students Association
- Pan African Student Union
- North African Student Society
- HackConcordia
- Master of Fine Art Studio Arts Student Association (MFASASA)
- Concordia Undergraduate Biochemistry, Chemistry And Physics Society
- SEIZE Together
- Yiara Magazine
- Centre for Gender Advocacy//Centre de lutte contre l'oppression des genres
- Canadian Institute of Mining
- Linguistics Student Association
- Art Matters Festival
- CJLO 1690 AM
- GAMMAS
- Brazilian Student Association Concordia
- ENGCOMM
- The Filmmaking Club
- Communication Graduate Students Society (CGSS)
- John Molson International Business Association
- Software Engineering and Computer Science Society (SCS)
- AIESEC Exchange
- CURE Concordia
- Improv Club
- HKAPSA
- Concordia Business Review
- Concordia Tennis Team
- Concordia Canadian Asian Society (CCAS)
- Arab Student Network
- Concordia Students Recreational Sports Club
- Concordia Sikh Students Association
- ASFA Loyola Committee
- Concordia Ukrainian Student Union (CUSU)
- Women In Engineering
- Self-Defense Club
- Concordia Italian Association Orginization
- Muslim Student Association
- Student Association of Graduates in English
- Shidokan Kendo & Iaido Club
- Le Frigo Vert
- L'Organe
- Garnet Key
- Chemistry Biochemistry Graduate Student Association (CBGSA)
- World University Service of Canada - Concordia
- JSEC: John Molson Sustainability Enterprise Committee
- VAV Gallery
- CUTV (Community-University Television)
- Best Buddies
- Concordia Outdoors Club
- Management Consulting Concordia
- Syrian Students Association
- Student Music Club
- Haitian Students' Association of Concordia
- Concordia Relay for Life
- John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition
- ASHRAE Concordia University Student Branch
- Concordia KPop Club
- Lebanese Student Association
- Sustainable Concordia
- Gina Cody Entrepreneurship Society
- CASA Cares
- Economics Student Society (ESS)
- QPIRG Concordia
- Alpha Epsilon Phi
- Intervarsity at Concordia
- Sustainability Action Fund
- The StartUp Nation
- Concordia Game Development
- Palestinian Cultural Club
- Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History (CUJAH)
- Early Childhood and Elementary Education Student Association
- Concordia Naginata Club
- Nuclear Engineering Society
- Concordia Engineering Games
- Chess Club Concordia
- Mathematics, Actuarial Science & Statistics Student Association (MASSA)
- Hillel Concordia
- Revolutionary Communist Party
- Quantitative Research and Competitions Club
- Egyptian Students’ Association
- MBA Society
- MSc Society JMSB
- Science College Student Association
- Concordia Film Festival
- Concordia Photo Collective
- EngiQueers Concordia
- Otaku Anime of Concordia University
- Concordia Fashion Business Association
- Design Art Students Association (DASA)
- IEEE Concordia
- Islamic Relief
- Association Des Etudiants SAE A Concordia/Society of SAE Students At Concordia
- Chabad Student Group at Concordia University
- Shia Muslim Student Association
- Law & Society Student Association
- United for Literacy
- Filipino Organization of Concordia University Students
- John Molson Human Resources and Management Association
- Concordia University Building Engineering Society
- John Molson International Committee
- Concordia Ski & Snowboard Club
- Heart for Africa
- Economics Graduate Students Association (EGSA)
- Golden Key International Honour Society – Concordia Chapter
- Pakistani Student Association
- Concordia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
- Concordia Global Affairs Association
- Queer Concordia
- Concordia Dragon Boat Club
- Applied Human Sciences Graduate Student Association (AHSCGSA)
- Honey's Soupe Populaire
- Animation Student Alliance
- MEDLIFE Concordia
- Students of Philosophy Association
- Hexploit Alliance
- Fine Arts Reading Room
- Swab the World Concordia
- CultivAction Coopérative de Solidarité
- Community (Concordia) Food Coalition
- Concordia Greenhouse Project
- The Refugee Centre
- Concordia Caribbean Student Union
- Concordia University Tennis Club
- John Molson Women In Business Club
- Délégation Concordia aux Jeux de la Communication (JDLC)
- Coda Concordia Student Club
- Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
- Hive Cafe Solidarity Cooperative
- iGEM Concordia
- Stronger Than Stigma Concordia
- GDG on Campus Concordia University Student Club
- Bangladeshi Students' Association (BSA)
- Power to Change
- Concordia Hockey Club
- Finance and Investment Students' Association
- Right to Move/ La Voie Libre
- Aerospace Engineering Student Society
- Concordia Marketing Aid Clinic
- John Molson Women in Leadership
- Concordia Games Club
- 180 Degrees Consulting
- Black Students Career Development
- Delta Phi Epsilon
- Moot Law Society
- Ascend Concordia
- Urban Planning Association
- Concordia University Catholic Student Association
- The Link Newspaper
- The People's Potato
- Concordia Students' Nightline
- Concordia University Tamil Mantram
- African and Caribbean Synergic Interorganizational Network of Canada, Concordia University Chapter (ACSioN-Concordia)
- Concordia Cinema Politica Student Association
- Enactus Concordia
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- CEED Concordia
- John Molson Sports Marketing Committee
- ElectroCon
- John Molson Accounting Society
- Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
- Troitsky
- John Molson Marketing Association
- Sociology and Anthropology Student Union
- Concordia Student Exchange Association
- Geography, Planning and Environment Graduate Students Association
- Concordia Real Estate Club
- Concordia Students’ Blood Donation Association
- Ultimate Frisbee Club
- JOHN MOLSON SUPPLY CHAIN & BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION
- John Molson Doctoral Student Society
- John Molson Competition Committee
- Business Innovation & AI Committee
- The Concordian
- Concordia Society for Civil Engineering
- SCORE Association
From Concordia’s own directory: 179 groups.9 And that’s not even everyone. ASFA says its 33 member associations used the Mezz too.5
How do you find your people?
Three ways in. Now there are two.
And the third was the only one that works if you don’t know anyone yet.
Where did they go?
Concordia’s offer: kiosks scattered across campus.4
In practice? For a student association, the small table in the MB atrium is about the only one you can actually get, unless it’s club week or an open house.10
“There is no other space on campus where students from all four faculties cross paths with one another.”
CSU, ASFA and FASA petition4
What you lost
Free snacks.Free coffee.Bake sales.Games and prizes.The club you didn’t know you’d love.
Walk through the Mezz now. It’s couches.11
Came with friends? You sit with your friends.
Came alone? You sit alone.
Womp womp.
A table is how a conversation starts.
“Hey, want a sticker?” turns into a club. The club turns into friends. Friends turn into the event you never would have heard of.
The CSU’s campaigns coordinator
“For so many students, [recruitment at the mezzanine] is an entry to student life.”4
Why it matters
The movements that changed history didn’t start with speeches.
They started with people finding each other.
That’s how Concordia students have won before.
On October 1st, something started.
Students tabled on the Mezz anyway, then put the furniture back.5
A new mojo was born.
And another:
What happens next?
This was never just about tables.
It’s a piece of student life, taken.
- No tables
- Clubs can’t recruit
- Fewer members
- Fewer events
- Fewer people hear about them
- Even fewer show up
Reggie’s. The Hive. The Mezz.
All on the same floor.1
Every one of them exists because students fought for it.
Thirsty Thursdays at Reggie’s is the last bit of student life left.
Today, it’s the tables.
Who decides what’s next?
Takes about 30 seconds. Opens a Google Form run by the CSU.
Sources
- Jonathan Caragay-Cook, “Reggie’s to open in late October, CUSACORP to dissolve in winter,” The Link, Aug. 24, 2015 (Reggie’s is “located next to the Hive Café on the Mezzanine level of the Hall Building”). thelinknewspaper.ca
- Concordia Student Union, “Mezzanine Information Tables” booking page: 4 tables in the Hall Building mezzanine (H-220-90), bookable 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. by student groups. csu.qc.ca
- Sabina Bellisario Giglio, “Tabling at the Hall Building mezzanine banned by Concordia,” The Concordian, Sept. 22, 2026. theconcordian.com
- Helena Reyes Teruel, “Mourning the mezzanine,” The Link, Sept. 20, 2026 (CSU’s Julianna Smith; the CSU, ASFA and FASA petition; other tabling spots listed by Concordia’s Julie Fortier). thelinknewspaper.ca
- Sean Richard, “Tabling in defiance of mezzanine ban,” The Link, Oct. 18, 2026. thelinknewspaper.ca
- Concordia University, “University fees,” 2026-27 rates: administrative fee $13.38/credit, undergraduate student service fee $12.07/credit, technology infrastructure fee $6.31/credit, copyright fee $0.45/credit, registration fee $31.10/term. Totals are our math for 30 credits over two terms. concordia.ca
- Iness Rifay, “50 years of Concordia student activism: a timeline,” The Link, Sept. 5, 2023 (1981 divestment, 2002 Hall Building ban, 2012 strikes). thelinknewspaper.ca
- “Concordia ‘evicting’ students from mezzanine,” The Link archives (events of 2006). thelinknewspaper.ca
- Concordia University, student groups directory, viewed November 2026: 179 groups listed (not counting associations that list themselves). On this page, groups students suggested come first; the rest are shuffled so no faculty is on top. WSSSA is an ASFA member association that isn’t in the directory. concordia.ca
- What student associations told Alpha about booking the alternative kiosks, November 2026.
- What the Mezz looks like now: Alpha’s own walk-through, November 2026.
- Maria Cholakova, “Concordia University discloses full $454 million investment portfolio,” The Link / QCNA, Sept. 30, 2025. qcna.qc.ca