Author: Eric Thompson
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Dealing with stress
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Once again, exam time has fallen on Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus. For the next three weeks the library will be filled all day as students cram for finals. No matter what their schedule is, it seems almost impossible for students to avoid stress during this time of year. Whether it is over-studying, under-sleeping or impromptu…
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Canada’s ‘other’ ice sport
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Erika Kiviaho has been on skates since she was four years old. But one of the newest members of Laurier’s women’s hockey team wasn’t raised with a hockey stick in her hands. The Sudbury native instead has been playing ringette since she was young, and found a great deal of success in Canada’s ‘other’ ice…
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Laurier takes battle of Waterloo
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It was business as usual for the Laurier women’s hockey team as they made easy work of the Waterloo Warriors winning 5-0 Sunday night. The game was the team’s only action of the weekend as they improved to 11-1-1 on the year. “We had four different lines tonight,” said head coach Rick Osborne. “We’re still…
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Hawks win three in a row
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The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team found some momentum this weekend, beating the Carleton Ravens 4-1 on Friday and the Concordia Stingers 7-4 on Saturday. The Golden Hawks are currently riding a three-game win streak and trying to climb out of the basement in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division. “We’ve got a…
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Annual ceremony absent this year
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Anyone who walked through the concourse on Sunday may have noticed a strange lack of activity. For the first time in nearly ten years, Wilfrid Laurier University did not have a Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony had been put on in the Concourse every year by the History Students’ Association. “I think the university kind…
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Swimming in style
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Wilfrid Laurier’s swim team will be welcoming a little bit more experience to the squad this year, in the form of new assistant coach Joe Bartoch. Bartoch brings with him experience from ten years on Canada’s national swim team and two appearances at the Olympics, including the London 2012 games. He will help coach not…
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Uncertain road ahead for rebuilding men’s basketball
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It’s called the Hawk Challenge for a reason, and this weekend the Laurier men’s basketball team definitely faced challenges. In the annual preseason tournament, the Golden Hawks finished 0-2 after dropping two close contests, 74-69 to the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday and 94-86 to Concordia Stingers on Saturday. Though the record doesn’t read well, the…
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Robert Griffin III changes face of Washington Redskins
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How do you become the face of a franchise without playing a game? Step 1, win a Heisman trophy; Step 2, go to a team with no recognizable players. This is the quick path quarterback Robert Griffin III took as he rose to king-like status in Washington. Griffin was a household name before he even…
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Men improve record
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It was a case of better late than never for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s soccer team this weekend as they solved their offensive woes in the second half against the UOIT Ridgebacks on Sunday to cruise to a 2-0 victory. This result came on the heels of 0-0 tie with the Waterloo Warriors…
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Men’s hockey opens preseason with 4-2 loss
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After a long wait, hockey was welcomed back to Wilfrid Laurier University on Friday night, as the Golden Hawks men’s hockey team dropped a home exhibition game to the Windsor Lancers 4-2. The following night, the Hawks 5-1 to the Guelph Gryphons in Brantford. The game was slated to start at 7:30 p.m., but was…
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