Letters to the Editor: September 19, 2012

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Donโ€™t walk on the hawk

Dear Editor,
As a second-year, but a newcomer to the Waterloo campus, I was warned ahead of time by a friend of the Laurier tradition of walking around the Golden Hawk emblem near the bookstore. Unfortunately managed to forget and incur the momentary wrath of some bystanders when I ambled my way down the hall during O-Week, beating the bookstore line by a week.

After apologizing and swearing to walk around next time, I had a good chuckle at this tradition and Iโ€™ve decided I quite like it. However, with the beginning of classes, Iโ€™ve seen at least three people unwittingly walk clean across the Hawk, without any attention from bystanders.

Perhaps some mercy should be given to ignorant first years. Or perhaps weโ€™re all just becoming to apathetic, but our Laurier traditions should be upheld, though we may not be Oxford, Cambridge, or some Ivy League school with a much deeper culture and tradition.
-Joseph Brannan

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