Sept. 22, 2010

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“If a comet or asteroid hits the world and itโ€™s big enough it could
destroy life as we know it. I donโ€™t
know if anything could be done about
that.โ€

โ€”Garry Potter, Laurier sociology professor

“We can hook you up with some mad discounts at our business operations.”
โ€”Kyle Hocking, WLUSU board of directors chair speaking to the board about discount cards

โ€œHeโ€™s the new Laura Allen, she used to second everything.โ€
โ€“Chair of the WLUSU board of directors Kyle Hocking likening director Ted Brown to 2009-10 director Laura Allen

โ€œIโ€™m here for another two years, well likely three with the way things are working out.โ€
โ€“Chris Walker, WLUSU board of directors

โ€œProbably if you took a survey on the street, 95 per cent of people will have heard of global warming. Whether they believe it really exists is another question.โ€
โ€“Garry Potter, Laurier professor of sociology regarding the popular perception and existence of climate change

โ€œFree ride on a coach bus? Iโ€™m down.โ€
โ€“Kyle Hocking, Chair of the WLUSU board of directors

โ€œYou probably wonโ€™t be surprised to find out that when they market it, students come. When we market it students think, โ€˜yeah right thatโ€™s like meet the dentistโ€™.โ€
โ€“Kim Morouney, associate dean of business: academic programs and assistant professor regarding SBESS marketing a potential โ€œmeet the profsโ€ night

โ€œIf you think about it, our economy is insane.โ€
โ€“Garry Potter, Laurier professor of sociology speaking about international commerce

โ€œAbortion rights, everybody seems to be afraid to talk about so the best you get is things like men and women having equal rights in family planning…. Iโ€™m with Hilary Clinton and a lot of other people, I think women have to have access to safe legal abortions.โ€
โ€“Rhoda Howard-Hassman, Laurier global studies professor and Canadian research chair


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