Emilia Curcic
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Laurier beats York 74-3 in second game of the season
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The Golden Hawks football team had themselves a field day versus the York Lions on this past long weekend game. The game featured a score of 74-3 in favour of the Golden Hawks, as well as over 500 rushing yards for the home side. The game was the most points put up for Laurier since…
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Laurier welcomes 4,000 new students
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus is set to welcome a new cohort of first-year students, come September. Opening ceremonies for Orientation Week will be held on September 5, in the evening, allowing time for students moving-in that day to unpack and familiarise themselves with their floors, before launching into O-Week activities. First-years will begin the…
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Laurier’s football season starts strong
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team is looking to build upon their 2015 campaign, when they made it to the semifinal game but lost to the Western Mustangs in a hard fought battle. The 2016 season marks the departure for star player Dillon Campbell, who for years had been at the forefront of the…
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Few changes made to programming and services
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This coming year, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union will not be seeing many changes in the services and programming department. With no addition of completely new services, students can only expect existing services to be improved. According to Kimberly Hutchings, vice-president of services and programming at the Students’ Union, students can look forward to…
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Men’s basketball brings forth new talent
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In addition to a fresh face behind the bench, Wilfrid Laurier University’s men’s basketball team has added a wide range of talent this offseason. Newly appointed head coach, Justin Serresse, topped up his roster with six new recruits for the upcoming season, consisting of four guards and two forwards. For Serresse, the new position, as…
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Unusual start to the season for women’s soccer
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The Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team had an unusual start to their 2016 Ontario University Athletics season, last weekend. Facing off against the Guelph Gryphons and the Waterloo Warriors, the Hawks picked up two points, earning a 2-2 draw against the Gryphons and a 1-1 draw against the Warriors. “I think we were good. We…
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Misogyny in Batman: The Killing Joke
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Note: This article contains content that that discusses sexual and gendered violence. Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s 1988 graphic novel, The Killing Joke, has recently been adapted into film. Produced by Bruce Timm, written by Brain Azzarello and directed by Sam Liu. Both the graphic novel and the film are widely seen as controversial for…
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UW finds pay inequity among faculty members
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As of September 1, the University of Waterloo will be making adjustments to faculty salaries to account for anomalies found in a recent pay equity review. UW will be spending about $1 million to account for these anomalies. The review, which was conducted by a committee comprised of six members from both the university’s administration…
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Deborah Dubenofsky to take over as VP: finance and operations
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This summer, Wilfrid Laurier University appointed Deborah Dubenofsky as the new VP: finance and operations, taking over for former vice-president of finance and administration, Jim Butler, who served in this role for 14 years. In November 2015, Laurier president, Max Blouw, hired Dubenofsky as the executive director and senior project lead for Laurier’s bid for…
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GSA prepares for ‘Graduate Student Orientation’
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Things are gearing up for Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students’ Association’s ‘Graduate Student Orientation,’ which is set to take place on the Waterloo campus over September 6 and 7. Programming over those two days is open to all of Laurier’s graduate students and will be packed full of informational opportunities. September 6 will include a…
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