Finance
-
The Blue Ribbon Panel: The financial health of Ontario’s universities
/
Laurier — like everyone and everything else in this province, it seems — is struggling financially. Not just Laurier, but the financial sustainability of post-secondary institutions in general is “at serious risk,” according to a panel of experts. On Nov. 15, the Blue Ribbon Panel on Postsecondary Education Financial Sustainability released a report making recommendations…
-
What to do when you’re worth billions of dollars
/
What can someone buy with $1 billion? Approximately 1,100 houses in Toronto. 140,000 years of tuition at WLU. A luxurious steak dinner, for three meals a day, for 9000 years. It’s hard to comprehend, but a billion dollars is an absurd amount of money. More than any individual can spend in a year, maybe a…
-
Final issue: reflecting on the year in Arts & Life
/
This year has been, in a word, a whirlwind. Full of ups and downs, it has been a learning experience for everyone involved in The Cord. But through it all it has been my wholehearted belief that none of it would have been possible without volunteers. If you’re unaware, volunteerism is one of the top…
-
Lazaridis Hall is officially open for business
/
Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated the official grand opening of Lazaridis Hall on May 24. The event was held in the atrium of Lazaridis Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and was attended by numerous dignitaries from the federal and provincial governments. Various special guests featured at the event also provided speeches, including Max Blouw,…
-
The case for terminating all technology
/
The past few years have been weird and our culture has seen a meteoric rise in inverted values. Globalism has evaporated to nationalism, the universally held value of an education has transformed into anti-intellectualism, etc. What’s valuable about this type of role reversal is that it suggests a reframing of our unquestioned values. By applying…
Featured stories
The Tie That Binds WLU Since 1926
Serving the Waterloo campus, The Cord seeks to provide students with relevant, up to date stories. We’re always interested in having more volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers.