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Stumbling out of the gate
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A leftover bitter taste from their 1-3 pre-season record had the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s hockey team (0-2-0) pumped and ready to go for their season opening game against the Nipissing Lakers on Oct. 7 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex. But it couldn’t save them from their first defeat, a 5-4 loss to…
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Religion no substitute for reason
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The case of Dale and Shannon Hickman is a tragically relevant example of the results of unsubstantiated beliefs being carried out to severely unfortunate conclusions. In 2009, Shannon gave birth to a three-pound baby boy at their Oregon home. While they both thought he looked healthy, his condition took a turn for the worst. Instead…
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Green party offers substandard candidates in recent election
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The Ontario Green party produced terrible results this recent provincial election across the board, earning a mere 3.9 per cent of the vote province-wide. Blame can obviously be placed on policies and affairs, but how inadequately does a party have to perform before some blame is directed toward local candidates? Sure a platform can be…
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Turning heads
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The minute Emily Brown joined the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team, she immediately felt the desire for a national championship. “[The team] got second at nationals last year which is a bit of a disappointment, but they wanted it so bad and they’ve passed on the fire to us.” Brown, a first-year business student,…
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Bills headline week five
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The Bills have shocked the football world so far, opening the year 4-1. Still, it would be easy to dismiss the fantastic start the Bills have had to the season. This team, for the last decade, has defined failure with only one winning season and zero playoff appearances since 1999. In fact in 2008, the…
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Hawks prevail in battle of Waterloo
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It seems, finally, that the dark days of the season are well behind the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. And good riddance, says head coach Gary Jeffries. “We just wanted to execute,” said the coach. “That’s the best running performance we’ve had this year by far and that bodes well for the future.” Last Thursday’s 69-3…
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Parallels exist between Hawks, Phillies
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Sometimes, university baseball can eerily mirror the goings-on of the major leagues. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and the Philadelphia Phillies are two such teams that share a few uncanny idiosyncrasies. Coming into the Major League Baseball (MLB) season, there was no team more highly touted than the Phillies. They had the best pitching staff…
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‘The Rad Pack’ and the Return of Cool
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Two years ago, I wrote an article that appeared in The Cord on the extinction of “cool” in Hollywood. I believed that as Paul Newman died, so did the notion of the hip and debonair leading icon, an image that audiences once upon a time strived to emulate. Today, people prefer to idolize reality stars,…
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Ra Ra Riot plays Starlight Lounge
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To see a band you highly enjoy perform at Waterloo’s Starlight is truly a privilege. The small, dimly-lit Starlight Lounge offers an intimate environment in which audiences feel connected to the performers (and can actually see the band members on stage.) That is exactly what occurred during the performance of Ra Ra Riot last Wednesday,…
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Laurier’s reputation seriously at risk
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Since I arrived here in 2005 I have been a proud part of the Wilfrid Laurier University community, confident that indeed we are “inspiring lives of leadership and purpose” as this year’s Laurier centenary celebrations have emphasized. Recently I received in my mailbox the colourful and attractive publication “100 Years” that the university has produced.…
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