2019 Review for Students’ Union Board of Directors
The following reviews are based off of interviews with the Students’ Union Board of Directors to reflect on the year and if they best represented Laurier undergraduate students.
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Laurier International’s Coffee Club Programs Help New Students Adapt
Coming to a new country can be an exciting experience, but it can also be a very nerve racking one, because there’s a lot of change. Laurier has approximately 1300 international students right now, so there’s no shortage of students on this campus who find themselves having to adapt to an unfamiliar environment. Laurier International is committed to making their […]
Eye To Eye hosts annual Dinner in the Dark to challenge visual impairment stigmas
On Wednesday, Mar. 13, an event called “Dinner in the Dark” was hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Eye To Eye club. The dinner was held in The Hawk’s Nest, and consisted of three courses that were catered by Wilf’s. The dinner, which aimed to reach the student body as well as the greater community, welcomed students and those with visual […]
The Cord’s 2019 Students’ Union Endorsements
The following endorsement was made through a discussion with The Cord’s Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief (13 members). These are not necessarily a reflection of WLUSP, The Cord’s volunteers or staff.
Sports Editor, Pranav Desai, wins national student journalism award
This past weekend, The Cord’s sports editor, Pranav Desai, won the JHM Sports Reporting Award at NASH, an annual student journalism conference. At NASH, student journalists come together to meet professionals in the journalism and media field, learning about trends and tips about various categories in the journalism industry. Desai was shortlisted for the award on Dec. 25, 2019. He […]
Review of the Students’ Union Board of Directors
These reviews were written collaboratively by News Editor Aaron Hagey, News Editor Hayley McGoldrick, Lead Reporter Margaret Russell and Editor-in-Chief Safina Husein. They are based on observations from board meetings and interviews with directors, chair and president.
You’ll never walk alone: Foot Patrol celebrates it’s 26th birthday
Foot Patrol, the volunteer operated service on campus where teams of two are sent out to help safely walk students home, turned 26 this year and held a celebration in the concourse to not only celebrate the success and legacy of the program, but also to inform students and recruit. “I’m a general volunteer, so I both walk people home […]
The Land We Are event aims to educate about Indigenous peoples in Waterloo Region
On Thursday, Nov. 7 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wilfrid Laurier University’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives teamed up with the library and the history departments from both Laurier and the University of Waterloo to create the event The Land We Are. The event took place in the library and consisted of different speakers from different departments and throughout the […]
Enactus’ strikes gold with their ethically made Hawk Honey
This past Friday, Nov. 10, students from the Laurier campus club, Enactus, set up a booth to sell locally made honey and “PolliNation kits.” These PolliNation kits were made by the students of Enactus in the Science Maker Lab and the honey came from on-campus hives, at Laurier’s Northdale location in Waterloo. The purpose of these kits are to aid […]
Laurier Student Poll results: Federal legalization of marijuana
Laurier Student Poll conducted a survey over the past two weeks asking Laurier students about their thoughts on the recent federal legalization of marijuana in Canada. The survey was conducted online and received 163 responses from students in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year along with graduate students across all the different educational faculties at Wilfrid Laurier University. […]
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