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Dealing with stress
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Once again, exam time has fallen on Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus. For the next three weeks the library will be filled all day as students cram for finals. No matter what their schedule is, it seems almost impossible for students to avoid stress during this time of year. Whether it is over-studying, under-sleeping or impromptu…
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Canada’s ‘other’ ice sport
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Erika Kiviaho has been on skates since she was four years old. But one of the newest members of Laurier’s women’s hockey team wasn’t raised with a hockey stick in her hands. The Sudbury native instead has been playing ringette since she was young, and found a great deal of success in Canada’s ‘other’ ice…
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Laurier takes battle of Waterloo
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It was business as usual for the Laurier women’s hockey team as they made easy work of the Waterloo Warriors winning 5-0 Sunday night. The game was the team’s only action of the weekend as they improved to 11-1-1 on the year. “We had four different lines tonight,” said head coach Rick Osborne. “We’re still…
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Hawks win three in a row
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The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team found some momentum this weekend, beating the Carleton Ravens 4-1 on Friday and the Concordia Stingers 7-4 on Saturday. The Golden Hawks are currently riding a three-game win streak and trying to climb out of the basement in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division. “We’ve got a…
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Annual ceremony absent this year
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Anyone who walked through the concourse on Sunday may have noticed a strange lack of activity. For the first time in nearly ten years, Wilfrid Laurier University did not have a Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony had been put on in the Concourse every year by the History Students’ Association. “I think the university kind…
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Swimming in style
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Wilfrid Laurier’s swim team will be welcoming a little bit more experience to the squad this year, in the form of new assistant coach Joe Bartoch. Bartoch brings with him experience from ten years on Canada’s national swim team and two appearances at the Olympics, including the London 2012 games. He will help coach not…
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