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North by Northeast expands

Running from June 14-20, this summer marks the 16th year that North by Northeast (NXNE) has taken place Managing director and co-founder of NXNE Andy McLean, alongside fellow...

Arts bites: May 19, 2010

Christina Aguilera releases hot mess of a song, video Trying to stay relevant and rip off every edgy artist in the past 30 years, Christina Aguilera released her new flop single...

In review: Summer releases

Together The New Pornographers Label: Matador Release Date: May 4 Listen to: “Your Hands (Together)”, “Daughters of Sorrow” 7/10 Together opens strong with “Moves”...

Live preview of Stars’ new album

As frontwoman Amy Millan pointed out, it takes a lot of trust for an audience to buy a ticket to see a band play songs that they’ve never heard before That’s exactly what...

In review: The Five Ghosts

Stars Label: Soft Revolution Release Date: June 22, 2010 Listen To: “Dead Hearts”, “Fixed”, “Changes” 85/10 Two years after the success of the Polaris Music Prize...

Turning the pages

Last Saturday, children’s and teen’s authors, illustrators and poets from across Canada came together at the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum to explore new worlds, tell...

May 19, 2010

Dear Life, I am ashamed by and disappointed in some of the students here at Laurier I am thoroughly disgusted by the amount of cigarette butts around our campus (ie the library!)...

Sloan rocks Starlight

Sloan took to the stage at Starlight this past Tuesday as part of a small Ontario tour with Toronto band Modern Superstitions Modern Superstitions opened the show to a slightly...

A successful end to the semester

Laurier’s annual Year End Celebration took over campus last Saturday to celebrate the end of another school year True to WLU (We Line Up) tradition, students braved the enormous...