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Winning streak continues with homecoming game
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are 4-0 after defeating the University of Waterloo Warriors 68-7 this past Saturday for the annual homecoming football game. The Golden Hawks wasted little time in this one with Eric Guiltinan getting the game’s first touchdown less than three minutes into the game. Guiltinan did not stop there, as he…
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Nakas Onyeka ranks top 16 by Central Scouting Bureau
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Coming in at number 16 in the Central Scouting Bureau’s September rankings for the 2017 CFL draft, Laurier’s number 11, Nakas Onyeka, of Brampton, Ontario, has played an important role in Laurier’s 4-0 start to the OUA football season. For Onyeka, this path all started back at St. Marguerite d’Youville Secondary School. Playing mostly baseball…
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Laurier defeats Waterloo on Homecoming weekend
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are 4-0 as of this Homecoming weekend. The Golden Hawks played an all around strong game that was too much to handle for the Waterloo Warriors, defeating them 68-7 at home in front of over 7,000 fans for Laurier Homecoming. The Golden Hawks picked up 53 of their 68 points…
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Men’s Football team climbs the rankings to the fifth overall spot in the CIS
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Eric Guiltinan has been waiting four years for this. The fifth-year running back of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks was on the bench last season, backing up all-star running back, Dillon Campbell. But with the departure of Campbell to the Canadian Football League, Guiltinan picked up the starter role, and as the season goes on,…
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Laurier defeats Carleton 17-16
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks upset the No. 4 Carleton Ravens 17-16 at MNP Park this afternoon. The Hawks, nationally-ranked at No. 7 in the matchup, reignited their offence in the second half of the game and came from behind, erasing a 8-point deficit to upset the Ravens on their home soil. The win improved…
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An optimistic start for men’s rugby
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After opening the season with a perfect two wins from two games—38-24 over University of Toronto and 29-11 over University of Waterloo—men’s rugby head coach, Ian McLeod has achievable expectations and hopes for the 2016 OUA season. “As a program we’d like to see at least a .500 season. Better than that would be good,…
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Colin Kaepernick gives a voice to the under-represented
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Colin Kaepernick is a name many people wouldn’t recognize until a few weeks ago, when he made the bold move of sitting for the American national anthem at a football game for his team, the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick’s decision not to stand for the anthem stemmed from his belief that people of colour, particularly…
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Laurier men’s football blows York out of the water
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The Golden Hawks football team took steps in the rankings this week, earning the seventh spot on the national rankings. The team had a blow out win last week winning 74-3 against the York Lions. The team is going into their bye week, 2-0. Head coach, Michael Faulds, is thrilled to have his team on…
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WLU offers first complete online undergraduate program
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Wilfrid Laurier University has been making serious advancements in the development of online learning. Starting in September 2016, Laurier will be offering its religion and culture degree completely online. It will mirror the in-class degree already offered at Laurier under the same name. Students will be completing the degree full-time, with the same fall, winter…
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Men’s hockey looks hopeful with 10 new recruits
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Men’s head hockey coach, Greg Puhalski, and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks added ten new recruits to their 2016-17 class, to build on their progressive year that ended the three-year playoff drought. Puhalski said that the incoming recruiting class will address some of their concerns by bringing more size on defence and some players who…
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