Online education a ‘tsunami’ of change
Stanford University president John Hennessy was invited to the University of Waterloo (UW) on Oct 19 to share his perspective on online education At the request of UW president...
Region addresses cyclist responsibility
Avid cyclist Ryan Fox can remember the events of his biking accident back in 2010 like it was yesterday Though he survived his injuries, his regret haunts him every time he...
IPRM discussion delayed
With the new Integrated Planning and Resource Management (IPRM) system being implemented at Wilfrid Laurier University, many staff and faculty have been publicly expressing...
Light Rail Transit enters early stages
The Region of Waterloo is finally beginning to enter the early phases of their construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that will connect the three main municipalities...
Addressing future concerns
Post-secondary education has been a highly contentious issue in Ontario over the past few months following the release of the Liberal party’s discussion paper on education...
Resignation could have effect on students
A week after former premier Dalton McGuinty announced his resignation, questions are rising about how this could impact the province’s students A new premier could mean big...
Locals react to McGuinty resignation
Ontario politics took a surprising turn Monday evening with the unexpected announcement by Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty that he was resigning from his post He...
Tweets on trial
Since July of this year, a website called nohomophobescom has been live-tracking the use of four homophobic words and phrases on Twitter The site counts the number of times...
From the editor: Bringing The Cord into the community
A community is made of stories Since 1970, Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications has been telling some of these stories through its premiere weekly campus paper, The...
WLU GSA announces new president and CEO Laleh Samarbakhsh
On Oct10 the Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) announced the acclamation of their new president and CEO, Laleh Samarbakhsh Benjamin Hesch...