Laurier women’s basketball
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Hawks find their defense and turn things around against Algoma
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It’s been a rough 2018 for the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s basketball team. Going into the New Year 6-4, they were in good position not only in the OUA West, but also as far as getting time off to continue their momentum. Unfortunately, things didn’t quite go the Hawks’ way. The Golden Hawks would go…
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Golden Hawks finish 2017 with a victorious ‘Battle of Waterloo’
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For the final game of the first half of the season the Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy women’s basketball team faced up against the Waterloo Warriors in a contentious battle at home. The Warriors were looking to break Laurier’s win streak against them with it being 16 straight going into the contest. Starting out in the first…
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Thank you Trudeau for humanizing Muslim Woman
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On Nov. 8, 2016, I did something I don’t normally do: I made a brash Facebook post expressing my disgust for the results of this American election. I genuinely felt hurt that people were voting for someone I found to be a vindictive bully towards women, Muslims, Latinx, LGBTQ+, as well as those living with…
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Golden Hawks sweep the weekend
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Coming off of a tough loss to Windsor last weekend, the Golden Hawks showed they were determined to come out this weekend and end the semester on a high note. It started Friday night with Laurier handily beating the Laurentian Voyageurs with an 83-57 win, where the Voyageurs proved to be no match against the…
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Schenck is shining under the spotlight
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The Laurier women’s basketball team has gotten off to a hot start in their 2016-17 campaign thanks in large part to fifth-year guard, Kaitlyn Schenck, who leads the team in scoring. Schenck got into the game because of her father and began playing at the age of six in the Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Basketball League. “My…
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Who could trump Trump in 2020?
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Global markets, Saudi princes and almost anyone who looked at a major poll in the past couple of months had prepared for a Clinton victory. On Nov. 8, these preparations were foiled when Donald Trump became the president-elect. Since then, protests have consumed America’s largest cities and further deteriorated relations between the right and left.…
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