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Silent House delivers suspense, fails to payoff
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On a normal day, shelling out ten dollars to not have to endure a scary movie would seem like a small price to pay. So when I asked the teller at the movie theatre if the ticket I was purchasing was for “the movie with Denzel Washington,” I was largely unprepared for the two hours…
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The newest Belle
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Alyssa Lagonia has worn the red and white before, but never quite like this. The former Team Canada women’s soccer midfielder and ex-Laurier Golden Hawk has traded in the maple leaf for the barber-pole look of the Doncaster Rovers Belles in England, and the business graduate feels her last three weeks across the pond have…
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Manning not the only answer to Broncos’ prayers
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In the immortal words of Dennis Green, “If you want to crown them, then crown their ass.” And it appears that’s what many people are doing to the Denver Broncos after they made the largest splash in NFL free agency history, signing four-time MVP quarterback Peyton Manning on Monday. Shortly after signing with the team,…
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Biz students get new tools
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Students of the Wilfrid Laurier University business program will be excited to learn that the department has recently purchased 11 new Bloomberg terminals. The terminals allow for up-to-date financial information that is more in-depth than data available through regular Internet sources. The new terminals are located in the School of Business and Economics and are…
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Hawks finish in fourth at CIS tourney
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It was a team they were chomping at the bit to play, but a game they wanted nothing to do with. And it all equated to the finest display of moxie that the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks could muster. Though, the end result was tragically the same as last year’s. A fourth-place finish in the…
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A new space for local music
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Waterloo’s music scene leaves much to be desired in terms of a community. Paul Maxwell of Maxwell’s Music House is looking to reform this. “Being in a band at Laurier, I was always looking for somewhere to practice,” explained Maxwell. Maxwell’s Music House, located on King St. directly facing Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus, is a…
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Student protest ends in violence
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MONTREAL (CUP) — An impromptu and lively student protest against tuition hikes worked its way through Montreal’s busy downtown streets March 7. The protest started at Square-Victoria where urban studies students from the Université du Québec à Montréal wrapped trees and other objects in the park in red fabric, a symbol of the student movement…
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KONY 2012 gives a false sense of accomplishment
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Thanks to the immense success of the Kony 2012 viral video, it is likely that you do not have to be told about who Joseph Kony is. In the span of just a few days, this documentary piece by the charitable organization Invisible Children has gone viral to an unprecedented extent. The film has made…
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Is university still a relevant experience?
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“University students borrowing their way into unemployment” — such was the title of a recent National Post article. After reading it, I was not at all shocked to find that it varied very slightly from the current mindset regarding university. You would be pleased to know that, over the course of this article and others…
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St. Patrick’s day celebrations a threat to West
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This time of year I hear an extraordinary amount of discussion about getting drunk on St. Patrick’s Day — not exactly an appropriate way to celebrate a saint’s feast. The best way to characterize this cultural response to St. Patrick’s feast is as signifying a return to paganism — a new paganism threatening Western civilization.…
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