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2012 Culture preview: what’s ahead in music and film
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Music Though seemingly improbable, 2011 marked a revenue increase in the music industry. The overwhelming success of young artists such as Adele, The Black Keys, Drake, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj breathed new life into a struggling market. Will 2012 continue to see record sales increase? It remains to be seen. In the meantime, here…
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Mascioli makes immediate impact
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It was as if a whole new team stepped onto the ice. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team battled the visiting Brock Badgers Saturday night, capturing a 6-1 win and snapping their five-game losing skid. The Hawks seemed like a new team as they bounced back from a tough 7-4 loss against the…
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Street style at Laurier
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Even with the surprisingly mild weather we seem to be having, it’s unfortunately still winter outside and that means everyone has to stay bundled up. Thankfully, it appears that once the coats and scarves come off, we’ve still got some great looking students walking around. I don’t know if it was just the people I…
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McWhinnie headlines holiday recruiting class
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Gary Jeffries knows this is an exciting time for Laurier football. The head coach of the pigskin squad was able to rope in the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSA) 2011 MVP defensive lineman Andrew McWhinnie, the first MVP to play locally after the previous three Doug Shuh award winners chose to head west…
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Tuition grant within reach
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A large majority of students are looking forward to the end of January in order to receive the 30 per cent tuition grant Premier Dalton McGuinty promised during this past provincial election. Last October, while every political party aimed to include improvements to post-secondary education within their platforms, the liberal party proposed an offer much…
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Killabits shut down Titanium
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The Killabits are an electro-house twosome from Toronto, ON, who have been a fixture on the local music scene for some time and have recently grown to expand their fan-base throughout Canada and the U.S. with their extensive international tour schedules. Killabits members Sam KBz and Biz Davis spent the early stage of their career…
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KW native stars in American Idiot
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Kitchener-Waterloo native Scott Campbell developed theatrical aspirations at a young age. “It just came from an involvement at an early age in music and that translated into an enjoyment of the stage,” Campbell said in an interview with The Cord. “I did some intensives when all those summer theatre programs were around, back in the…
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WLUSU board under review
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With extensive training and preparation, as well as the strong leadership of a competent president, the 2011-12 Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors, so far, have conducted themselves quite well in terms of policy and procedure. Over the summer, reforms were made by WLUSU in terms of policy and governance and as a…
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Explaining the early start
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Tuesday morning saw students at Wilfrid Laurier University heading back to class, while students at most other Ontario universities continued enjoying the luxury of sleeping in. McMaster University, York University and the University of Waterloo were the only other Ontario universities to return to class on Jan. 3. Many students and professors have been wondering…
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Debating copyright fees
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For most students at Wilfrid Laurier University, photocopied course packs with their required course material can be pricier than originally thought, especially when most articles today can be found online. But out of sheer convenience, most will pay the price that is given. These prices and copyright materials, which are supplied to WLU by Access…
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