News in brief: March 17, 2010
Final stage of students’ union market research project delayed At the Wilfrid Laurier University Student’s Union board meeting last Friday, it was announced that the third...
Female MBAs underprivileged
Catalyst, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to gender equality in the workplace, recently released a study which reveals that female graduates with a masters of...
Lobbying for education
The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) lobbied the federal government during the week of March 8 in light of the presentation of the 2010 budget CASA, representing...
Dining hall to close for summer
Food services, who usually maintains limited hours during the summer term for students and faculty on campus, will be closing down all operations this summer, including the dining...
Discussing Canada’s role in torture
On Saturday afternoon, a small audience gathered in the Conrad Grebel Great Hall at the University of Waterloo for a panel discussion regarding Canada’s role in torture in...
Laurier participates in 5 Days for the Homeless
From Sunday, March 14 to Friday, March 19, four students from Wilfrid Laurier University are participating in the national 5 Days for the Homeless campaign The purpose of the...
KW in brief: March 17, 2010
Woman arrested for biting On March 15, police arrested and charged a 25-year-old woman with extortion for threatening to bite two men The threats, including infecting the men...
Canada in brief: March 17, 2010
Government refuses to fund First Nations University After the federal government announced its refusal to provide funding for the First Nations University of Canada, stakeholders...
King Street ‘not sinking’
Despite rumours that King Street Residence is “sinking,” the university has stated that this is not the case “It’s not sinking,” said director of news and editorial...
Federal budget plans for recovery
The past two weeks of the last session of parliament have been dominated by discussion related to the federal government’s 2010 budget This budget is characterized by its wrap...