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K-W in brief: September 19, 2012
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New MPP starts position, officially Newly elected Member of Provincial Parliament Catherine Fife is being sworn into her position on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The NDP representative was elected in a byelection that took place on Sept. 6. She came out ahead of Conservative candidate Tracey Weiler and Liberal candidate Eric Davis, after a highly contentious…
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City happy with Open Streets outcome
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Celebrating their second year promoting sustainable living within the community, Open Streets will be discussing the possibility of returning to Uptown Waterloo this upcoming summer. Open Streets, originally named Car Free Sunday, promoted self-sufficiency by closing off King Street for three hours once a month on a Sunday during the summer to allow Uptown West…
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Laurier prof analyzes stereotypes of Muslim youths
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Earlier this month, Wilfrid Laurier University sociology Professor, Jasmine Zine, spoke about her research on Muslim youth post 9/11 and the negative stereotypes that this “war on terror” has created for them. While talking with over 100 Muslim youths across Canada, Zine has conducted vast research on this topic, focusing on how Muslim youth are…
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Unreliable CAS contracts spark independent tour company
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While Jason Sager, a part-time history professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been lucky enough throughout the past few years in securing work, he has recently stretched out from his academic profession and started up a tour company with a friend, Chris Enns, called Capetian Tours. While he has secured academic work for the upcoming…
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Urging students to take precaution
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Precautions for student safety don’t just remain within the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. The Waterloo Region Police Services (WRSP) are urging that all students who live within the Waterloo community to take extra preventative measures to avoid assault, robberies and other incidences. According to Matthew Halliday, the community resource officer for WRPS, more incidents have…
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New dining hall system continues to be ‘divisive’
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While many students at Wilfrid Laurier University have continued to rally against both the new dining hall’s physical appearance and overall operational system, they have now been joined by upset professors and have come together to express themselves on a Facebook page entitled “Mr. Blouw, tear down this wall.” The creator of the Facebook page,…
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CIGI hosts former US agent
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Last Thursday, as part of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) signature lecture series, Washington insider, former CIA analyst and Brookings Institution fellow Bruce Riedel addressed a local audience on the state of Iran’s political affairs. This lecture came just days after the Canadian government, in an unprecedented political move, severed diplomatic ties with…
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U of W cheating scandal
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Academic integrity and honesty, two of the University of Waterloo’s (UW) most defining values, are being called into question amid a plagiarism scandal that has plagued the university in recent weeks. Dongqing Li, a professor at UW, who holds the Canada Research Chair in microfluidics and nanofluidics, and Yasaman Daghighi, a graduate student of UW,…
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Starlight to host benefit
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A fire that engulfed and destroyed a building in Uptown Waterloo in August containing independent business Ish and Chips, has hit close to home for other local entrepreneurs, who have thrown their support behind a benefit concert organized by neighbouring club Starlight. The idea came about, said Starlight Lounge co-owner Josh Koehler, within a few…
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Laurier ‘maxed out’ on study space
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Looking around Laurier’s Waterloo campus, one thing is clear: there are students everywhere — and the university is quite aware of this. “We know we are maxed out on space on the Waterloo campus overall,” said David McMurray, vice president of student affairs at Laurier. The more pressing concern is not so much the influx…
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