Brianne Berry
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Laurier continues textbook rentals
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This is the second year that the Bookstore will be running a textbook rental service for Laurier students, as an alternative to buying textbooks. Last year, the Bookstore implemented a web-based textbook rental service, through an opportunity offered to them from Paulett Higher Education,a large used textbook retailer that they had already been doing business…
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WLU meets admission targets later in summer
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Wilfrid Laurier University admissions office appears to have met most of its targets for enrolment this coming year, but it took the whole summer to do so. The Waterloo campus, however, suffered a slight dip in admissions. “We met our target of 4,580 confirmations for Laurier overall,” Holly Cox, director of recruitment and admissions for…
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Searching for alternatives
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Students may not get the same St. Patrick’s Day party they were hoping for next year. The St. Paddy’s bash that has occurred on Ezra Ave. for the past two years — where approximately 7,000 young adults gathered on the street just behind Wilfrid Laurier University — has sparked a discussion between the two local…
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Building that occupies McMullan’s, Night School at risk of collapsing
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Princess St. between King and Regina was shut down and construction crews were evacuated Thursday afternoon after it was discovered that the building at 56 King St. North — which houses McMullan’s, Night School, The Thief and the Idiot and Loop Clothing — was at risk of collapsing. McMullan’s was undergoing construction to remove the…
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Local servers face off in ‘tray race’ to raise money for MS
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The servers, cooks and mangers of Waterloo Region’s restaurant industry gathered at Ethel’s Lounge in Waterloo Monday afternoon to face off in the annual ‘tray race,’ an event that raised $14,615 for the Waterloo-district chapter of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Canada. Over 20 teams from various restaurants participated in the event where they had…
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Getting prepared for first-year
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School is quickly approaching. For some, this means the end to relaxing on the beach and the start of long nights and even longer essays. Don’t let the thoughts of exams get you down: half of the fun of school is getting the chance to prepare. However, there are some tips and supplies that will…
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Food services agreement in sight for Laurier
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Wilfrid Laurier University and Aramark, the food operator that manages all food services on campus aside from Wilf’s and Veritas, appear to have a deal in sight in their recent negotiations. According to Dan Dawson, the associate vice-president: student services at Laurier, negotiations have been occurring this past year to strike a five-year contract –…
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Man caught making purchases with fraudulent credit card at WLU Bookstore
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A 30-year-old man from Brampton led the Waterloo Region Police Services (WRPS) and the Special Constable Services (SCS) on a foot chase at the Wilfrid Laurier University campus yesterday after he was caught attempting to make purchases with a fraudulent credit card at Laurier’s bookstore. This was not the first attempt by this individual and…
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Residents get a first glimpse of the ION
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A version of an ION train was parked in front of the Region of Waterloo headquarters on Friday for residents, local media and government officials to get the first glimpse of what the $818-million light rail transit (LRT) project will look like in 2017. A model of the first part of an ION light rail…
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Laurier Brantford journalism prof to lead J-Source
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Bruce Gillespie, a journalism professor at the Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford campus, is hoping that more students get involved in J-Source, an online website that reports on the Canadian journalism industry in which he was recently named the editor-in-chief of. “I’m really excited, actually. It’s a site that I followed pretty much since its inception…
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