Brianne Berry
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WLU’s new multi-campus model
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In order to ensure more cohesion between the Waterloo, Brantford and Kitchener campuses at Wilfrid Laurier University, the institution has implemented a new academic multi-campus governance model that will see some faculties stretch over multiple campuses as opposed to each of them being divided by geography. Approved at the last Laurier senate meeting on Oct.…
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Arts raises entrance averages
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The faculty of arts at Wilfrid Laurier University has implemented various initiatives over the past year to ensure the level of quality in the faculty is optimal. More recently, on Friday, the faculty unanimously decided to bump the entrance average for arts from 74 per cent to 75. This motion, while passed by the faculty,…
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Light Rail Transit enters early stages
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The Region of Waterloo is finally beginning to enter the early phases of their construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that will connect the three main municipalities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge by 2017. Until the end of November, the region will accept requests from developers to determine who will design the approximately…
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Locals react to McGuinty resignation
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Ontario politics took a surprising turn Monday evening with the unexpected announcement by Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty that he was resigning from his post. He subsequently announced he would ask the lieutenant-governor to prorogue the legislature until the party finds a new leader. With his wife Terri by his side, McGuinty spoke to the…
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‘A work in progress’
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There has been something lurking among university students as of late and it isn’t always easily detected or described. However, it can be felt. Felt in a way that impacts numerous of students — or just people in general — to a point where it drastically hinders their normal and daily life, impacts their will,…
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Fife first to declare in NDP nomination race
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Current chairperson and trustee for the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB), Catherine Fife, announced Tuesday morning her desire to seek the New Democratic Party candidate nomination for the Kitchener-Waterloo byelection. Fife is the first to announce her decision to run for the NDP nomination. “This is really exciting for me, there’s so much energy…
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RIM board faces tough audience
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Struggling Waterloo-based company, Research in Motion (RIM), is not hearing the message it wants to hear from its shareholders. At their annual general meeting (AGM) for their shareholders on Tuesday at the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfrid Laurier University, RIM addressed its shareholders about the concerns and challenges facing the smartphone operator in the…
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