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Hawks split weekend with Lakehead
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The Wilfrid Laurier University’s men’s hockey team welcomed the nationally eighth-ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves this weekend for a two-game set. The Thunderwolves (7-3-0), led by Ontario University Athletics’ leading scorer Matt Caria would provide a tough test for the Hawks, who were fresh off their first win of the year against Waterloo. On Friday night, the…
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Collett plays intimate Starlight show
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Starlight Lounge underwent a transformation on Nov. 2 when it hosted Jason Collett in concert. Starlight concert and discotheque goers have become accustom to the venues’ small but open space. However, on Wednesday night, to accompany the soothing vocals of Collett, the club was transformed with couches, chairs and candles on tables, all contributing to…
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Porter Robinson sells out Beta
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This past Saturday, Porter Robinson spun a high-energy set to a sold-out Beta nightclub crowd in Uptown Waterloo. The 19-year-old electronic virtuoso exuded enthusiasm as he dropped fragment after fragment of electro-house music into his mix at a frenetic pace. With a full capacity of keenly interested youth responding to the big-room sounds of a…
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Blue Slide Park: Miller’s Debut
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Mac Miller released his first album Blue Slide Park on Nov. 8. After a string of successful mix tapes, such as K.I.D.S and Best Day Ever, Mac Miller has become a recognizable name among many teens and young adults across the U.S. and Canada. As a testament of his success, he is featured on the…
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Laurier music grad releases new album
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The Jazz Room, Waterloo’s newest music venue, has played host to a wide array of musical genres, contrary to it’s name. Nick Storring proved an exception to the name at his album release party on Wednesday night, with his brand of experimental music. Armed with a cello, a computer and a plethora of digital gadgets,…
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Surviving the graduation bug
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If you could describe this year’s Wilfrid Laurier University’s women’s basketball team in one word it would be simple — rookie. After losing Renata Adamczyk, Megan Grant and Mallory Kohlmeier to graduation, their current roster shows a cast of ten out of 13 girls in either their first or second year. Last year’s surprisingly successful…
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A chance to make history
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With returning key players, a strong recruiting class and an impressive season only a year behind them, Wilfrid Laurier University’s men’s basketball team is one of the most highly anticipated teams on campus. The expectations for the team are large and as the season comes closer, the excitement only grows. The team has all the…
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Making a difference in a child’s life
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Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador are only seven countries among the poorest in South America. I list these because they have the highest rates of poverty seen in the Latin continent according to Project Mercy, an American not-for-profit development agency. What is most heart wrenching about the lives of people living in…
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In time of relative peace, war still survives
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Oscar Wilde once said: “As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.” War is both wicked as well as vulgar and yet it survives. Adolf Hitler stressed that “true manhood” is won through armed combat. In…
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Obama betrays American Constitution
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On Sept. 30, President Obama was making remarks at Fort Myer in Virginia. During these remarks he spoke about the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki held dual citizenship with Yemen and the United States. The administration likes to euphemistically refer to it as a targeted killing but to put it bluntly, the Obama administration ordered…
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