Trick-or-treat
The Pros - Jaclyn Stief As a child, trick-or-treating was what made Halloween “Halloween” – to have a bag or pillowcase of candy, chips and chocolate bars at the end of...
Campus clubs hopeful
Re: “Campus clubs still unable to access WLUSU money,” Oct 21, 2009 In response to the article written about the newly developed Campus Clubs and Faculty Associations...
Crime is crime, regardless
In a world in which people are divided into neat little categories like liberal and conservative, upper and lower class, criminal and law-abiding, it can be difficult for people...
Student-to-professor ratios unknown
It’s very obvious: Laurier’s enrollment has gone up There are more students than ever before and professors haven’t been hired to account for this Classes have students...
University is a place of opportunity
Post-secondary education, especially university, is highly valued in society; however, it seems that it is becoming more difficult every year to find a job with just an...
Religion has its merits
Re: “Religion pointless,” Oct 21, 2008 This article is a massive over-simplification of the theological debate and it provides no useful, or even insightful, arguments...
Family counts at all ages
Four years ago, when I was in high school, my grandmother moved in with my family I remember the day clearly Our basement, now “grandma’s apartment,” was overflowing with...
News tainted by tabloids
We live in a culture that is obsessed with celebrities Everywhere we turn, we are constantly being bombarded with celebrity news Because of this, we know less about real news,...
Christianity: It’s all in the imagination
I remember in the wake of Bill Maher’s film Religulous a few non-Christian colleagues said something of this sort to me: “I don’t like how Maher picks on religious people If...
Business values affirmed
Re: “Money isn’t everything” Oct 7, 2009 I am compelled to respond to Kimberly Elworthy’s article from last week in The Cord How you worded the problem, how “[you...