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Women’s basketball’s Shelby Kurt brings home the hardware
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It’s been a good year for Laurier’s hometown freshman females. After Waterloo’s Emily Brown was named the women’s soccer Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) West Rookie of the Year in late 2011, Shelby Kurt has garnered the same distinction, though more for her work with a basketball. Kurt was named the league’s top freshman in late…
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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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Mental wellness spreads on campus
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This year, through the help of Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union as well as Laurier Student Public Research Interest Group (LSPIRG), some of the mental health issues at the forefront of student life have begun to be addressed. Minds Alike, a student-led initiative and a working group of LSPIRG, provides an open space for students…
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Exposing Aboriginal culture
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Aboriginal Awareness Week kicked off its second year at the Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo campus this past Monday. Events will be running until Friday across campus and at the Aboriginal Student Centre located at 187 Albert Street. Aboriginal Awareness Week was implemented to generate awareness of the Office of Aboriginal Initiatives, and all of the…
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Charity Ball hopes for successful year
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Each year, Charity Ball throws an event that is different from anything else offered for students, but for the first time it was on campus. The semi-formal event, held this year on March 9 in the Turret, hosted “A Candy Coated Extravaganza”— a themed night of dinner and dancing for students while raising awareness and…
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