5 years Shinerama wins third consecutive national award

On Feb. 12, Laurier was honoured at the Waterloo Tennis Club, winning the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Best Overall Campaign award for their 2004 Shinerama campaign. It was the third consecutive year Laurier’s campaign had won the award.

Printed March 3, 2005

25 years Beer strike threatens campus bars

A province-wide strike of brewers had many students panicking about the beer supply on campus. The Turret had stockpiled as much beer as...

5 years Students protest Rae’s tuition rise

Approximately 50 to 60 students gathered outside the Aird Underpass to rally against Bob Rae’s recommendation to lift the current tuition freeze. The protest was organized by the Graduate Students Association, who made the argument that increasing tuition would put students in greater debt, which would discourage them from pursuing graduate studies.

Printed Feb. 16, 2005

25 years Work program changes affect summer jobs

The proposed Challenge ’85 program – which the NDP...

5 years Financial woes closing local bars

Local bar Loose Change Louie’s, (which became Fubar and is now Taboo) closed on Feb. 4, 2005. When it closed it owed more than $170,000 in rent. Printed Feb. 9, 2005

25 years BACCHUS declared a success

After its first year at Laurier, Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) it was announced that the alcohol awareness program would continue. It began in the summer, following a donation from the...

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Former football players sentenced to house arrest

Two former members of the Laurie Golden hawks football team, Jeffrey Melis and Stephen Ryan McGuffin were sentenced to two years house arrest for pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault.

The charges came from a 2003 assault on a University of Waterloo fourth-year optometry student. The student was left in critical condition, however, has since fully recovered. The conditions of the sentence allow the accused to leave their houses for...

5 years Former football players sentenced to house arrest

Two former members of the Laurie Golden hawks football team, Jeffrey Melis and Stephen Ryan McGuffin were sentenced to two years house arrest for pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault.

The charges came from a 2003 assault on a University of Waterloo fourth-year optometry student. The student was left in critical condition, however, has since fully recovered. The conditions of the sentence allow the accused to leave their houses for...

5 years... WLUSU launches Research Internship Program

The Students Union unveiled a Research Internship Program, which will give students the opportunity to conduct research for a non-profit organization instead of writing an essay for a class. A student must have permission from his/her professor in order to take part, and demonstrate that taking part in the research is beneficial to your learning. At the time of its launch, there were only three research opportunities available for students to apply for.

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Senate and board of governors positions added to WLUSU election ballot

The Cord reported that for the first time students would be voting for the student board of governors and senate positions on the same day as the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president and board of directors elections. This was done in an effort to increase the incredibly low voter turnout for the governor and senate elections. Previously, when the elections occurred at separate times, it sometimes...

5 years Volunteer fired after showing students weed in Foot van

The co-ordinator of Foot Patrol on Laurier’s Brantford campus Ryan Duncan was fired after several allegations against him. Duncan was accused of telling students that it was acceptable to drink in the Foot office and being in possession of marijuana while on shift. On one particular occasion, Duncan showed his weed to students who were getting a ride home.

Printed Dec. 1, 2004

25 years Laurier hosts lecture on...

5 years Board of directors supports part-time professors The Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors passed motions of support for Laurier’s part-time faculty and librarians. The two motions expressed support towards the part-time faculty under their current working conditions, and a commitment to lobby administration to increase the institutional and financial support available for part-time professors. The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association had been in negotiations with the university administration since April. WLUFA was pushing for several changes...

5 years Laurier archaeologist wins cyberlibel case

A prehistoric archaeologist associated with Wilfrid Laurier University was awarded $125,000 in damages in one of Canada’s first “cyberlibel” cases. It was reported that a Canadian man had circulated a defamatory e-mail about the archaeologist, including that he was a grave robber.

Printed Nov. 17, 2004

25 years WLUSU adopts ‘peanuts’ slogan

“Nuts to underfunding” became the official slogan for the Wilfrid Laurier University’s protest against a lack of funding for post-secondary institutes...

5 years Laurier introduces co-curricular record

K-Os played to a full Turret, showing Laurier a different side of mainstream hip-hop. He played songs from his then new album, Joyful Rebellion, Wu-Tang inspired beats, Bob Marley covers and songs from Pink Floyd’s “Another brick in the wall pt.2.”

-Printed Nov. 10, 2004

25 years Students take landlord to court

A group of 40 students, two-thirds of which were from Laurier, banded together to take their landlord to court regarding his attempt...

5 years Laurier introduces co-curricular record

Laurier launched the co-curricular record, officially recognizing the volunteer efforts of students on campus. This record was an official transcript of volunteer positions held during a student’s time at Laurier that would go along with their academic transcript.

Students expressed frustrations because the record only listed positions from groups such as the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union, Laurier Athletics, Student Services, the Faculty of Arts and Residential Services, and therefore many groups were left...

5 years Fine arts program cut

It was announced that Laurier’s fine arts program would soon be cancelled. Students currently enrolled in the program would be allowed to finish their degree; however, no new students were allowed to apply and fine arts classes would no longer be offered at the school.

Printed Oct. 20, 2004

25 years Talks commence regarding a new Radio Laurier

In 1984, talks began about relaunching the Radio Laurier program as it was not a functioning...

Thursday, October 31st, 1991

Last week two second year Laurier students (and bona fide Leafs fans) spent several nights camping out on their roof.

Disgusted by the Leaf’s six game losing streak, Brian Geer and Fab Antinelli decided that they could no longer sit idly by. On Wednesday night they relocated to the roof of their 133 Albert Street residence and stated that they would not come down until the Leafs won a game.

They built a shelter with a...