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Kelsey Tikka achieves Canadian dream
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Standing on a soccer field half way across the world, Kelsey Tikka looked up to a stadium of fans and heard her national anthem play. That was the moment when the 21-year-old soccer player realized she wasn’t just representing her university. She was representing Canada. “It was definitively a life changing experience,” Tikka explained. “That…
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LPGA Classic shines for second year in a row in Waterloo region
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“Welcoming the world” was a common phrase this past weekend as Waterloo hosted the LPGA Manulife Financial Classic at Grey Silo Golf Course. The four-day long golf tournament saw a spectacular collection of 145 female professional golfers, 1,200 volunteers and thousand of enthusiastic spectators. “I love Canada,” said Hee Young Park, this year’s LPGA Classic…
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Is Tinder the next “big thing”?
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Let’s face it; we are living in a generation where organic, verbal communication isn’t as prominent as it once was. With social media outlets available left, right and center, it seems appropriate that the next “big thing” to happen to iPhone is to collaborate it with dating, sex, and flirting. Ergo, we present to you,…
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Youth unemployment on the rise
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One hand holds the degree, the other holds the résumé, and a graduate steps foot into the working world — that is, if they can actually find work. A new report by Statistics Canada evaluating the comparison of unemployment rates between youths and adults revealed that youth were 2.4 times more likely to experience unemployment…
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WLUSU board of directors could go down to 12 directors in 2015-16
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Student’s Union (WLUSU) is beginning to do a little spring-cleaning of their own. For starters, the WLUSU board of directors is looking at reducing its number of elected members from 15 to 12. “There was a committee struck in January that looked at what the board side should be in the…
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Sex trade a local issue
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Living in one of the most developed nations in the world, it is hard to believe that crimes against humanity happen within our borders. However, on a different scale of human right violations, activist Jacqui Linder revealed that sex trafficking not only occurs on Canadian soil, but also within our communities. “I was working at…
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MyLS gets an upgraded look
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s online learning environment has undergone a transformation. The new MyLearningSpace (MyLS) went live at the beginning of May and has demonstrated a variety of systematic changes and upgrades. MyLearningSpace is a product of Desire2Learn (D2L), an enterprise in eLearning solutions and developer of online Learning Management Systems. The changed appearance of the…
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Sixth year for Laurier recreation
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The sixth time’s the charm. Since 2006, Wilfrid Laurier University’s athletics and recreational program has received recognition from the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) Ontario for excellence in intramural and recreation programming. The CIRA, formerly a national organization, is a non-profit organization that focuses on encouraging, promoting and developing active living in Ontario schools. The…
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Lettermen donate $7,000 to Breast Cancer Foundation
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Seven long months of event planning, organizing and recruiting finally paid off Wednesday as Andrew Barbati, the acting president of Laurier Lettermen, handed over a $7,000-donation to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF). The donation came after Lettermen hosted two successful PowderPuff tournaments, which occurred Jan. 24-25 and March 8-9 of this year. Barbati was ecstatic…
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Finding your active self
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10) Dance it out at a music festival If you’re going to be drinking this summer, why not work off those empty calories with a night of dancing and moving? Instead of sitting in a basement or at a booth in a bar, get your feet moving and work up a sweat. There are tons…
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