Author: Elizabeth DiCesare
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Discussing Israel’s future
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On May 3, Amos Guiora, a professor of law at S.J. Quinny College of Law, gave a lecture at Wilfrid Laurier University, speaking about religion and counter-terrorism in the Middle East, specifically with regards to Israel’s future. He began his lecture by stating that he wanted to “lay out some basic ideas regarding simple issues:…
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Future prospects for grads
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While many students from Wilfrid Laurier University are still struggling to find summer employment, graduates are beginning their search for careers. Jan Basso, Laurier’s director for the co-operative education and the career development centre, explained that the career development centre has been doing an annual survey of graduating students since 1980 to find out how…
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Laurier students, faculty respond to Kony
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Last week, many people, including numerous Wilfrid Laurier University students, latched on to a YouTube video entitled Stop Kony 2012. The video went globally viral in a matter of hours. Made by the group Invisible Children (IC), the video aims to make the African warlord Joseph Kony a household name in order to spread awareness…
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WLUSU social network aims to increase student traffic
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In August of 2011, the Wilfrid Laurier Students’ Union (WLUSU) launched its new website, which included a new social network exclusively for students at Wilfrid Laurier University. WLUSU was able to create the new social network because it came in a package with the new website they purchased. Kat Lourenco, marketing communications manager at WLUSU,…
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Project Laurier art removed from wall
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Last week, the Project Laurier boards in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Concourse were wiped clean and painted back over due to offensive and inappropriate material being written on them. Wil Schreiber, a second-year student at WLU who started Project Laurier, explained the boards were wiped clean in order to appease the WLU Bookstore. The boards technically…
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