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Chavez tours world

Hugo Chavez’s trip to Spain on Friday marked the end of his nine-country tour The final stop was one of the least controversial, as discussion between Chavez and Spanish Prime...

World in brief: Sept. 7, 2009

Iran elections turn into revolt TEHRAN, IRAN – Riot police and immense crowds followed the June 12 Iranian election, as the results were widely contested According to CNN,...

Equating evils in the year 2009

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic” - Joseph Stalin Today, many younger generations in the Western world have little concept of the horrors and...

The tie that binds

In the Jan 24, 1969 edition of The Cord, the editorial board placed a call-out for newspaper name suggestions because of the irrelevance of “The Cord” This was a response...

Sept. 7, 2009

"No matter what you get your degree in, no matter what your subject or you major is, make sure that you are doing something that you love” –Allison Williams, “Isabella” of...

World in Brief: July 22, 2009

Veto ends UN mission TBILISI, GEORGIA– By the end of July, United Nations monitors who have been stationed in Georgia since 1993 will leave the country entirely Originally sent...

July 22, 2009

“Let’s all celebrate and say hallelujah” –President of WLU Max Blouw regarding federal and provincial money to repair the WLU pool "The ghettos of my experience are...

Lines on a map: Tangier, Morocco

Many Western travelers in the Muslim world have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with Islam As a faith, it is much more present in the public space than Christianity is in...

Reporting from conflict zones

Today’s globalized society is one characterized by a near neutralization of time and space Modern means of travel and instantaneous forms of communication are transforming the...

A glimpse of Canada

The days have come and gone; I have been here for one month Canada was once just a place on the map Those beautiful maple leaves, wonderful views, great waterfalls and broad...