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Drug-related violence escalates in Mexico, U.S.
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“We will persevere until we leave Mexico free of the cancer of organized crime,” said Mexican President Felipe Calderón in a speech in late November. On Dec. 8 in a shootout with police, drug lord Nazario Moreno of the “La Familia” drug cartel was gunned down, this being the most recent event following a string…
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The rise of the Golden Hawks
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We all know the Golden Hawks and the purple and gold. But over the years, the face of sports at Laurier has changed dramatically. The school’s athletic teams have gone from being part of a Lutheran seminary, to being known as the Mules, to one of the most respected university athletic programs in the nation.…
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Finding the future
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The future really freaks me out. Thinking about where I’ll be in just five years after I graduate is enough to paralyze me in worry and fear. Will I return to my 10th year reunion unaccomplished, still living in my parents’ house? Or will I have the success and recognition I so longingly desire by…
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Words of wisdom
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All too often we are guilty of forgetting what a wealth of knowledge and experience our elders can give us and as Wilfrid Laurier University turns one hundred years old, I couldn’t help but think of what its earliest graduates would have to say about the system they left behind that we are a part…
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Top 100 films of the century
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To celebrate 100 years at Laurier, Cord editors Wade Thompson, Rebecca Vasluianu and Sarah Murphy decided on for the best films of the last 100 years. The earliest film to make an appearance on our list is the 1925 Soviet masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, while 2010’s Inception closes out the compilation. Read on to find out…
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Learning to educate
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While the face of Laurier has altered dramatically in the last century, the ever-changing world it exists in has played a large role in defining where the university is today. Lectures now incorporate slideshows, videos and recorded interviews as the classroom becomes increasingly high-tech. The campus overflows with students as obtaining a university degree becomes…
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Dec. 1, 2010
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Then Five years ago today, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks did what only nine other teams in CIS history had ever accomplished when they edged the favoured Saskatchewan Huskies 24-23 to cap an undefeated season with Canadian university sport’s most sought-after crown. It all came together for one of the most thrilling finishes in Vanier…
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Dec. 1, 2010
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“This is a 13.5 million dollar corporation and should work that way but sometimes it doesn’t because this is student government.” —Asif Bacchus, former chair of the WLUSU board of directors re: WLUSU “Obviously one of the elements we made all the artists aware of was that people will be hanging off this, it must…
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Dec. 1, 2010
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Arrest Location: Concourse – Waterloo Campus Date: Nov. 26, 2010 @ 1:30 a.m. Male student arrested for being intoxicated in a public place. Male unable to care for himself, and subsequently transported to WRPS Division #1 where he was held until sober. PON issued, and matter sent before JAC. Theft Under $5000 Location: Lot 12…
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World in brief: Dec. 1, 2010
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SAO PAULO, Brazil Dr. Roger Abdelmassih, a leading fertility doctor, was charged for the sexual abuse of 39 of his patients. He has been subsequently sentenced to 278 years in prison. Each patient claimed the abuse occurred either while in a recovery room, during an exam, or as sedation wore off. Abdelmassih will serve a…
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