Despite what you might think, one can not just “live the Poké Life”. It requires years of dedication and hard work to catch them all – from collecting Pokémon cards as a kid to secretly playing the video games even today … oh wait, wrong poké. The trendy poké these days can be found at the recently opened Poké Box […]
Wilfrid Laurier University and Laurier International Global Engagement Opportunities is hosting a series of Workshops to bring together exchange students into a setting in which they can socialize and discuss experiences and opportunities of exchange. The workshops are scheduled on various dates between January to March. All of the workshop dates are scheduled from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. on […]
“A wild group of hellion velvet ravens influenced by a rising 1988 Bruce Willis and the innocent contractors who lost their lives working on the Death Star.” That’s how a local band, Death Party Playground, is described on their website. It’s not a description you often see with an upcoming band — there’s no forced sophistication or hints of the […]
The Wilfrid Laurier University men’s hockey team was in Guelph on Thursday night to play in their second consecutive Frosty Mug game against the Guelph Gryphons. Laurier fell to the Gryphons 2-1 in last year’s contest, and the Golden Hawk team was looking to spoil Guelph’s festivities as well as to extend their own three-game win streak. Unfortunately, this […]
Sometimes in life, the smallest of coincidences can have the largest impact. Jasmine Raines had one such experience, at an age when she could not have fully realized what the impact of her decision might be. “I started swimming when I was very young,” she said. “I was about six when I started swimming with the Region of Waterloo […]
A clean start to the New Year was not in the cards for the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s basketball team. Losing to the Mustangs 78-76 on a buzzer beating layup is not so much the ideal way anyone would like to enter the second half of a season. On the second night of back to back games, however, they went […]
Every holiday season, families get together and spend time doing what Hallmark commercials portray to be the picturesque norm. This includes little kids being dragged from house to house, thrust into the arms of eager and, often distant, relatives. Some kids obviously don’t mind this and physical affection from extended family members may not bother them. However, there are […]
On Saturday, Nov. 25 I had the pleasure of seeing Big Sugar for the first time. Finally. I say finally because I have been waiting to see them in concert since the first time I heard “Turn the Lights On” in the back of my uncle’s van when I was five. “This is my favourite song,” I declared. Big […]
April 4, 2018 The Cord’s 2017-18 team would like to thank the Laurier community and all of our loyal readers! Be back soon! (Photo by Paige Bush) March 28, 2018 (Tanzeel Sayani / Creative Director) Wilfrid Laurier University women’s curling team recently represented the Golden Hawks at the U-Sports National Curling Championships in Leduc, Alberta. March 21, 2018 […]
As the clock struck zero in the contest for the Yates Cup, the Golden Hawks fell short of being able to call themselves champions. But time has passed and perspective has been gained for Golden Hawks receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. “We’ve been through a lot of obstacles,” Gittens Jr. said. “But all those things … without us going through […]
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