News in Brief: Dec. 2, 2009
Group seeks to host music therapy conference A partnership between Canadian charity Room 217 Foundation, the Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research, the Laurier Centre for...
Class donates $1,200 to local charity
What started as a class requirement has become an incredible act of charity, as the 54 students in SY216, the Sociology of Aging, have raised $1,200 for the Alzheimer Society of...
Laurier student to attend Copenhagen
When the world’s leaders convene in Copenhagen, Denmark on Dec 7 for the beginning of the 15th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC), third-year Laurier...
Breaking up the old boys’ club
VICTORIA (CUP) – Corporate Canada is still mostly a man's world In 2007, a Catalyst Census survey found that women held only 13 per cent of board positions in Canada's 500...
The impact of larger class sizes
Despite MacLean’s magazine’s ranking of Laurier as fourth in the nation overall among primarily undergraduate universities, there is a lingering issue oncampus with regards to...
Board rejects serious reform for WLUSU elections
After a month hiatus, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors met last Friday and among other things discussed several election reforms for the 2010...
Creating dialogue on cycling
On Thursday, the newly formed Laurier Bike Network held their second official meeting Throughout the hour and a half, topics of discussion ranged from possible partnership...
Laurier Debating Society finds competition strong
Last weekend, members from the Laurier Debating Society competed in the National Championships for Intercollegiate Debate held at the University of British Columbia Two teams...
WLUSU to host Retro Rewind at Turret
Though the Turret has remained closed to the general Laurier student body on Friday nights since last March, this Friday it will be open for a special Retro Rewind event hosted by...
Student lobby group criticized
Of the over 80 student groups represented by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), 13 are petitioning to host referendums on their campuses to question the continuation of...