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Contract academic staff unequal to profs
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Laurier has recently been ranked as one of Canada’s six higher education institutions that employ the largest amount of Contract Academic Staff (CAS) by
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Students shouldn’t rush to earn a degree
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Universities are often known for their rigid deadlines, complicated bureaucratic systems and for the pressure they impose on students to graduate with unparalleled honours.
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WLUSU board attendance dismal
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Last Friday the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors meeting was cancelled due to an inability to meet quorum. In simple terms:
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International women’s Day still crucial
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On March 8 countries across the globe will celebrate and appreciate women for International Women’s Day (IWD). Observed since the turn of the 20th
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Community Service Learning still has a long way to go
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Since its inception in 2006, Laurier’s Community Service Learning (CSL) program has attempted to integrate community service within an academic classroom context. With over
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WLUSU keeping students in the dark
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The vast majority of students pay their mandatory student fees to the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union begrudgingly, without ever knowing exactly where that
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Citizens’ mobile privacy threatened
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Last week when the Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled that police officers have the authority to search a cellphone that is not password
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The Cord’s 2013 WLUSU election endorsements
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President Despite there being a strong presence from all five candidates on both campuses, this year’s Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union election was plagued
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Independent media essential to campus
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University of Western Ontario’s (UWO) student news- paper, The Gazette, has been put in a critical spotlight ever since its ongoing struggle with UWO’s
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Student politics impact all of us
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Readers of The Cord will most likely notice an immense amount of coverage on the upcoming Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy Students’ Union election over the
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