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Golden Hawks Fall to Mustangs in OUA Semifinals
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The Laurier men’s football team travelled to London on Saturday to take on the defendingYates Cup champions, the Western Mustangs. Despite being in the month of November, thetemperature pushed 21 degrees Celsius. The weather would end up being a key factor in thegame where both teams would have to minimize mistakes playing into the strong…
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An in-depth look at what makes the Laurier-Western rivalry so special
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s rivalry with Western is something that brings all the Laurier students together. If you ask Laurier students, they’ll state numerous reasons for why they don’t like Western and why the rivalry exists. For starters, Laurier was affiliated with Western until 1960. The school’s colours, purple and gold, are an extension of the…
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Hawks season ends at the hands of Western
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Brightest lights, biggest stage, highest stakes. These are the moments you live for in sports, especially as an athlete. In the biggest game of the year, with their season on the line, the Laurier Golden Hawks took their biggest loss of the year against the number one ranked Western Mustangs, 46-13. Western having not lost…
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Win or lose, Faulds and Laurier football have exceeded expectations
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Four seasons ago, Michael Faulds was hired as the new head coach of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team. He was young — only 29-years-old — and spent the years prior to joining the Hawks as a coordinator for the once 1-7 York Lions. He came in at a time Laurier was on the…
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Hawks winning streak comes to an end
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The Laurier Golden Hawks faced off against the Western Mustangs in what ultimately was a competitive game, but the Hawks fell out of contention late in the third quarter. The final score was 45-26. This puts the Hawk team into a 4-1 record. The team’s defence kept them in the game, with a fumble returned…
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Changes to Western’s homecoming does not affect Laurier
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With the increased popularity of street parties associated with events such as homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day, universities have been taking drastic measures to discourage students from planning activities that will disrupt the community. In 2008, Queen’s University made the decision to cancel their homecoming altogether for a two-year period, which was later extended to…
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Inn of Waterloo opens doors after closure
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The Waterloo Inn, a landmark that has been in Waterloo for over 40 years, will be opening its doors on Friday June 17 as the Inn of Waterloo. The hotel and its property, located at 475 King St. N. in Waterloo, were bought by Drewlo Holdings Inc. last year. Shortly after its doors closed last…
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