Paying up front
For some students in Ontario, it looks like they’re going to be paying more for copyright fees this upcoming academic year At the Wilfrid Laurier University board of...
Justin Smirlies
Students’ Union approves budget
On June 18, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union (WLUSU) approved their annual governance and operations budget, with a few minor changes from the year before The...
G(irls) 20 summit an inspirational experience
After coming home from the G(irls) 20 summit in Mexico City, an international youth women’s issues conference that ran from May 31 to June 4, Claire Charness couldn’t wait to...
Parties prep for byelection
Now that the Liberal Ontario budget has passed, the threat of a provincial-wide election has now been averted and the spotlight has been realigned to the Kitchener-Waterloo riding...
Soaring above stereotypes
During his first week at Wilfrid Laurier University, Gaurav Kapoor felt the similar feelings that most first-year students would feel in a totally new and unknown environment:...
Classes cancelled for Congress raises concerns
Not everyone was happy about Congress 2012 rolling onto the WLU campus last week Semra, a fourth-year business student who chose not to disclose her last name, particularly...
WLUSU GM McMahon steps down
After 16 years of being involved with the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union, Mike McMahon, the current general manager of WLUSU, has decided to part ways with the...
‘Casserole’ demonstration hits Kitchener
The ongoing movement in Quebec is starting to show itself in various parts of Canada, including Kitchener-Waterloo Wednesday night, around 200 people took to the streets in...
Up against the wall
Like any other student journalist in Canada, I can spend hours upon hours reading articles on The Globe and Mail’s website, primarily because I have no money to subscribe to a...
Scholars discuss uncertain future
The campuses of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (UW) definitely felt a larger presence this week, as 7,000 scholars from across the country flooded the...