LMT review inaccuracy insults hundreds involved
Re: LMT impresses with theatrical talents Last year the The Cord reviewed the annual Laurier Musical Theatre production and made the absurd observation that “LMT is the last...
Presidential endorsement: Michael Onabolu
With strong research, a feasible platform and an approachable demeanor, Michael Onabolu has emerged the most suitable choice for next year’s Wilfrid Laurier University...
WLUSU board of directors candidates
Unlike last year, the turnover over for the WLUSU board of directors will be substantial even if the returning directors are elected While many candidates are enthusiastic and...
Canada’s outdated Indian Act is a ‘painful obstacle’ to co-operation with First Nations
This past week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, cabinet ministers, bureaucrats and over 400 aboriginal chiefs met in Ottawa at the Crown-First Nations Gathering Since the...
Christianity: Neither ‘religion’ nor protestantism
Recently, an online video in which a young man named Jefferson Bethke claims that Jesus is opposed to “religion” (defined unusually) went viral Although Bethke comes from the...
Union limits unobserved by some candidates’ campaign promises
Inevitably, with any election, unattainable promises are a given This is no different in the current WLUSU election The platforms of some candidates for WLUSU president and board...
2012 arrives and old police corruption trials are revisited
Last week, five former Toronto police drug squad officers appeared in court to address charges of theft, assault, perjury, extortion and conspiracy to obstruct justice by...
Does Soviet era propoganda still maintain a distorting effect on Western conceptions of today’s modern Russian Federation?
In Soviet Russia — insert annoying, backwards scenario Why is it that this incredibly irritating “joke” became so popular The answer is quite simple: we see the Soviet Union...
Can too much information be a bad thing?
People complain about the stress of limited time, the anxiety around multitasking, and while many things compete for our attention, we find it much more difficult to concentrate...
Woes of a starving student
Every Sunday morning I wake up with that same stomach ache that anchors itself right into the pit of my stomach Recalling my weekend festivities, I check off the assumed factors...