Arts and Life
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Seeking out psychics
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In a weekend of typical entertainment, visiting with a psychic doesn’t usually make the cut. However, on Sept. 5, I made the trip to
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Surviving lectures
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In my three years at Laurier, I’ve never seen a student’s attention span survive a three-hour lecture. Nor a two-hour lecture, now that I
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Culture at WLU Part 2: Music faculty concerts
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With so much happening at Laurier every day, concerts organized by the school’s faculty of music often go unnoticed. But if one looks a
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Comic creator speaks to grad students
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“Grad school is a state of mind” are words spoken by fictional character Michael Slackenerny. Taken from the popular comic “Piled Higher and Deeper”
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Sept. 16, 2009
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Dear Life: I hate when girls who put no effort into being thin show up at the gym to support their fat friends but
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Arts Bites: Sept. 16, 2009
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Gallagher leaves … again Surprise! Everyone’s favourite feuding brothers have been in another band-splitting fight. Noel Gallagher claims he can no longer work with
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Marianas Trench rocks O-Week
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Laurier’s on-campus celebration brought the Tyler Schwende Band, Inward Eye and Marianas Trench to Orientation Week last Tuesday. The three bands performed at the
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Polaris picks
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Not short-list worthy Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels While the new Great Lake Swimmers album is a valuable offering to Canadian music, the
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Festival news
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Female directors an undeniable presence With films Jennifer’s Body directed by Karyn Kusama, An Education directed by Lone Scherfig and Bright Star directed by
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Metric ends O-week with a bang
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Proving to be one of the most memorable moments in recent Laurier history, Metric’s performance tonight had several thousand lucky first-year students on their
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