Author: Justin Smirlies
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Students’ Union approves budget
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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 governance budget, which primarily deals with expenses regarding elections and the board of the directors, was approved at $71, 516, a $7,900 decrease from last year. One of…
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G(irls) 20 summit an inspirational experience
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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 go back, or even better, to do more for women’s issues from home. “It was amazing. It was absolutely incredible,” said an enthusiastic Charness, a…
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Parties prep for byelection
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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 and its upcoming byelection. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has not mentioned when he plans on holding the election, but he has until Oct. 27 to call the…
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Soaring above stereotypes
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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: uneasiness, awkwardness and confusion. But, for him, there was something a bit more. “In my first year at Laurier, when I didn’t know too much about East Meets…
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Classes cancelled for Congress raises concerns
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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 wasn’t. “Some people were happy about it and some people weren’t too happy that we were going to be missing quality class time with our professors; quality…
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WLUSU GM McMahon steps down
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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 corporation to move on to a career in the health-care field. “Certainly it isn’t easy because I love working at Laurier and I love serving students,” said…
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‘Casserole’ demonstration hits Kitchener
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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 Downtown Kitchener to show their support for the student protests in Quebec. “It’s important for the rest Canada to show their solidarity for the students, poor and working…
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Up against the wall
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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 print copy and I like being able to read articles for free. However, like many of my counterparts, I was hurt and saddened to…
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Scholars discuss uncertain future
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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 Waterloo community for Congress, an annual convention that discusses the academic fields of the social sciences, liberal arts and humanities. Congress 2012, which was also put together…
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