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Reflections on working with first-years
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Almost at the end of my first month in this position, I’m reflecting on what has transpired during this period. I’m learning new things and I have broadened my perspective about who we are as an arts faculty. Even as a department chair, I never had this perspective. One of the things I love most…
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Hawks shocked
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Saturday afternoon at the Athletic Complex, the nationally sixth-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball squad hosted the McMaster Marauders in what should have been another routine victory for the Hawks. Instead, Laurier struggled to match the Marauders intensity and after falling into foul trouble, struggled tremendously on the boards in a 92-82 loss, just…
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Mazerolle out but Laurier still victorious
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With the season winding down, it’s crunch time. The Wilfrid Laurier University women’s basketball team is currently tied for second in the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) west division after a tight, physical battle against the fourth place McMaster Marauders Saturday afternoon. Despite only shooting 40 per cent, the Hawks took the game 81-71 and improved…
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Women’s health debated
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On Feb. 6 Kitchener Centre MP Stephen Woodworth filed a motion with the clerk of the House of Commons asking Parliament to look over the Canadian definition of what it means to be a human being in an attempt to reignite the abortion debate and change abortion regulations in Canada. Also recently, Ontario’s health minister…
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BOD sees 12 new directors, two from Brantford
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Moments before Mike Onabolu was named Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president, the men and women charged with keeping him in check were elected to their positions. 15 students were elected to the 2012-13 WLUSU board of directors and most of them will be new faces. Jon Pryce and Scott Fleming are the only holdovers…
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Candidates fight for student vote
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One candidate had withdrawn, but for the other three, it was game on. After the shock of candidate Zahra Sultani’s last minute resignation wore off, the remaining three candidates in Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union presidential election had to get back to the initial reason they gathered in the Concourse Tuesday afternoon. For Nolan Kreis,…
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The NDP race is on
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Sunday afternoon candidates for the NDP leadership race gathered in Halifax, N.S. for their second official debate of the year. This all-candidate debate was an opportunity for NDP leadership hopefuls to separate themselves from the pack by outlining where they stand on relevant Canadian issues. One of the many themes of the debate was the…
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The Otesha Project
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Though the sentiment that ‘the world is full of amazing opportunities if only you’re willing to grab them’ is cliché, it is also very true. The Otehsa project, created by Jocelyn Land-Murphy and Jessica Lax is one of those very opportunities. That is, if you like cycling around 1,000 km over Canada. The Otesha Project…
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Board hopefuls represent diverse spectrum
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The candidates for Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors were in the hot seat on Tuesday afternoon. On the day before polls officially opened, the 21 director hopefuls answered questions in the Concourse at the Waterloo open forum about their experience, promises and aspirations if they were to be elected. Students filtered their…
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The new learning curve in business
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Most students in second year have enough to keep themselves occupied with simply trying to maintain a reasonable GPA, while others engage themselves with minor extracurriculars in order to fill the time. Jesse Fragale, in the midst of balancing academics, playing on the school football team and part-time employment, decided to start a company. “I…
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