Earlier today, Wilfrid Laurier confirmed the passing of second-year student Jenna Lorente. Lorente passed away suddenly earlier this week while she was at home studying for exams. Lorente, 19-years-old, was a kinesiology student at Laurier. In honour of the loss to the campus and community, Laurier has lowered their flags to half-mast across the university. “A celebration of life will […]
Zemar Hakim has been elected as Wilfrid Laurier University’s 2019-2020 Students’ Union president and CEO. Hakim was officially elected into the position on the evening of Jan. 24, at the #LaurierVotes Results Night hosted at Wilf’s, with over 50 per cent of the vote. Voter turnout this year raised to 23 per cent, in comparison to last year’s 22 per […]
The results of the 2018 provincial election are in; Doug Ford, PC party leader, is the new premiere of Ontario. The PC party has earned a majority government, currently holding over 70 seats. Behind Ford, NDP leader Andrea Horwath has currently acquired over 35 seats, while Wynne — the premiere of Ontario since 2013 — has only received 6 seats overall. Mike Schreiner, […]
Speaking to address a submission that was recently published in The Cord on September 20, 2017, we would like to voice that Dear Life’s do not reflect the opinion or beliefs of The Cord or WLUSP. They are anonymous submissions meant to provide students a space to engage and submit their own content. With every submission of Dear Life we inform contributors that we […]
It’s that time of year again and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s curling team were back at the U Sports National Championships trying to defend their title from a year ago. Unfortunately, the men fell short after a disappointing loss to the Regina Cougars. This year’s edition of the championship was hosted by the Lakehead Thunderwolves in Thunder Bay, […]
The 2017 campaign season continues as candidates for the Wilfrid Laurier University Senate and Board of Governors, as well as for the Students’ Union Board of Directors and president, participated in the Waterloo Open Forum on Jan. 18. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Concourse candidates answered questions pertaining numerous topics, such as the Students’ Union structure and […]
It’s Christmas morning. You’re sitting with your family, gathered around the Christmas tree, enjoying each other’s company. The floor is littered with gift wrapping, and the time for opening presents is coming to an end. As you take the last sip of luke-warm hot chocolate, you can feel the holiday cheer begin to fade as you realize that Christmas has […]
In 2014, the FIDE World Chess Championship attracted a viewership of more than 1.2 billion people. That means that over 1/7th of the world’s population hit pause on their varied, normal lives to dedicate their meager attention to a series of long, straining sessions of mental combat involving a limited number of options within a field of rigid parameters. This […]
For the last two years, life has taught me a valuable lesson about narcissists. Within the last year alone, I have dealt with enough self-righteous speech and dramatic antics from these people to make Donald Trump look like a kid having a temper-tantrum (although I believe he has already shown that). People who are narcissistic crave to be the centre […]
For the first time since 2009, the Golden Hawks hosted an OUA football playoff game this past Saturday. The Hawks earned themselves a first round bye in the playoffs because of their impressive regular season record of 7-1. This was good enough for second place in the regular season, with only Western having as many wins. The McMaster Marauders were the […]
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