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Breaking down misconceptions
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) has been promoting Islamic Awareness Week (IAW) this past week on campus. They have an interactive information booth set up in the Concourse, as well as various other events planned throughout the week, such as lectures and discussions. “Our purpose is to help everybody understand the true meaning…
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Bylaw change impacts audit process
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After the 2012 auditor’s report on the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union was released, it was revealed that WLUSU now owes over $5 million dollars in debt, which lead many students to begin questioning how this situation was able to occur. According to Jon Pryce, the chair and chief governance officer at WLUSU, without having…
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Awareness for Palestine
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This week, Laurier 4 Palestine (L4P), one of Wilfrid Laurier University’s working groups within the Laurier Students’ Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG), is advocating on behalf of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). IAW began in 2005 in Toronto as a way to shed light on the struggle that Palestinians have been experiencing. Isra Al-Thibeh, one of…
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Local and campus break-ins investigated
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In the past few weeks, students at Wilfrid Laurier University have been experiencing a seemingly increased amount of break-ins, both on and off campus. While both Special Constables and the Waterloo Regional Police have been constantly reminding students in all forms of student housing to be vigilant and lock their doors, not all of them…
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Service Laurier to see improvements
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Last month, Service Laurier sent out a survey to Wilfrid Laurier University students on both the Waterloo and Brantford campuses in order to analyze their satisfaction levels while using the resources provided to them. The students who had received the survey commented on their experiences between July 2012 and December 2012. 67 per cent of…
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University approves new sustainability course
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Next year, Wilfrid Laurier University students will be able to take a newly created, interdisciplinary course focusing on sustainability. The course, which has been in the making for roughly one year, will be offered at the first-year level and will be taught by multiple professors in order to offer diverse perspectives regarding the importance of…
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Turnout just shy of 5,000
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Out of the 16, 760 students that were eligible to vote in the Wilfrid Laurier Students’ Union elections this year, only 4, 994 votes were actually cast. However, this is only 81 votes less than what last year’s election saw. Business students cast the most votes this year with a total of 1, 579 votes;…
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WLUSP elects new administration
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Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications (WLUSP) had their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Jan. 13, where next year’s president and board of directors were elected. This year the two presidential candidates were Allison Leonard, manager of operations at WLUSP for the Brantford campus, and Autumn Smith, street team coordinator for Radio Laurier — with Leonard…
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Scholarships to be a month late
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Last week, student awards sent out an e-mail to Wilfrid Laurier University scholarship applicants announcing that this years scholarships will be revealed in March rather than early February. According to the registrar office, although students may not be pleased with this, it should not affect them in any negative ways, other than anticipation. Compared to…
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Hacked during campaign
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Last week during her campaign period presidential-elect Annie Constantinescu found that both her personal Facebook account and e-mail had been hacked. While nothing had been done to compromise her campaign within the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union elections, a report was still filed with Special Constables since her personal privacy had been breached. “At first…
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