Province gives $3.6 million
The government of the province of Ontario has given Wilfrid Laurier University $36 million as money towards filling the debt from the 2008-09 fiscal year “In previous years,...
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MLSB opens season
The boys – and girls – of summer are back and playing (ie drinking) harder than ever, as Major League Summer Baseball (MLSB), Laurier’s student-run summer baseball league,...
Third time the charm for Balsillie?
Canada’s favourite renegade billionaire is up to his old tricks once again, as Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Waterloo-based Research in Motion (RIM), has put in a bid to buy the...
Pair of Hawks CFL bound
Two of Laurier’s own Golden Hawks have been drafted to the Canadian Football League (CFL) by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Offensive lineman Adam Bestard and fullback Peter Quinney...
H1N1 across the globe
In recent weeks, this virus has garnered a flurry of worldwide attention As early as April 24, reports began to emerge of an influenza-like illness First detected in the...
The silver lining of the recession
Even in bleak economic times, important lessons can be learned There are many unfounded criticisms that Western culture receives from the rest of the world and from self-serving...
KW biking community on the rise
I fell off my bike for the first time last April It was in the middle of my first Critical Mass, a group bike ride through the streets: my first-ever city bike ride I was shaky...
Vancouver Olympics: exploiting the exploited
With the Vancouver Olympics around the corner in 2010, there has been an increasing momentum in marketing efforts to create the buzz that will capture the attention of the...
Reconsider Values
The current economic crisis has forced society into a pivotal place where the values that will follow us into a new era need to be affirmed In a time where the auto industry...
Students should be appreciated
Unspoken contention between Laurier students and Waterloo locals has surfaced again with April's Northdale Strategic Planning session The compiled results of the session propose...