Author: Justin Fauteux
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University presidents hail importance of humanities and social sciences
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For Wilfrid Laurier University president Max Blouw, seeing 7,000 academics descend on his school’s campus this week will be five years in the making. When Blouw was applying for his position at Laurier in 2007, then dean of arts David Docherty — now president at Mount Royal University — approached the prospective president about co-hosting…
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Aborginal art exhibit opens at Laurier
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Adam Marsh never thought he’d see something he painted displayed publicly, let alone in a gallery. But when he got to Wilfrid Laurier University’s Robert Langen Art Gallery Tuesday morning, sure enough there was his painting, along with the work of his classmates. “It’s overwhelming,” said Marsh, a grade 12 student at Sir John A.…
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Provincial government invests $1.5 million in local research
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11 local research projects will be getting a helping hand from the Ontario government. Kitchener Centre MPP and Minister of Community and Social Services, John Milloy, joined representatives of Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute at UW Friday morning to officially announce the recipients of this year’s Early Researcher Awards (ERA).…
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Laurier’s Chambers taken 6th overall in CFL draft
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Golden Hawks men’s football star Shamawd Chambers has a new home out west. In Thursday’s Canadian Football League (CFL) draft, the Edmonton Eskimos chose the wide receiver, sixth overall, to join their program, with general manager Eric Tillman who described Chambers as, “tremendous upside, [and] excellent speed.” Chambers, standing at six-foot-three, 210 pounds, has been…
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New ownership coming to student neighbourhood
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A major shakeup could be coming to a student neighbourhood just south of Wilfrid Laurier University. Nine properties on Ezra Avenue, another one on Bricker Avenue and an additional property on Hickory Street are in the final stages of being sold by Studenthouses.ca, a real estate company that specializes in renting to students. The tenants…
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A new Beatle-mania
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Genn Buhr thought he was just going to watch one of his former students play with a local band, but what he got was an idea. It was November of 2010 and local ‘60s-inspired group the Urban Monks were performing the Beatles’ White Album, in its entirety, at the Button Factory in Kitchener. That’s when…
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Four arrested for armed robbery
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Waterloo Regional police have arrested four Kitchener men in connection with the string of armed robberies that hit the primarily student-populated neighbourhood adjacent to Wilfrid Laurier University in January and February. According to Olaf Heinzel, public affairs co-ordinator for Waterloo Regional Police Services (WRPS), the arrests took place between March 2 and 10, with the…
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Human rights issue raised
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A new rental bylaw that is set to come into effect in Waterloo on April 1 may be in violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code. It was announced last week that the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) will be launching a public inquiry into the new bylaw, which will limit the number of bedrooms…
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Turning into ‘media zombies’
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Our almost-constant use of media is turning us into zombies. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing – at least in Mark Deuze’s eyes. Deuze, a media researcher from Indiana University, was at Wilfrid Laurier University Monday afternoon giving a lecture entitled, ‘Living in Media = Creating Art with Life’ as part of the communications…
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WLU cancels classes as region goes dark
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Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on the afternoon of Feb. 29 Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus lost power. It quickly became apparent that the power outage affected most of Waterloo Region with reports of a blackout as far as Guelph. Between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m., power began to be restored to areas surrounding WLU, as well…
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