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Students’ society shows first years the ropes
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On the Sunday before term started, the School of Business and Economics Students’ Society (SBESS) held their annual ‘O-Day’ for first-year business and economic students. This event, which has been running for the past five years, gives first-year students an opportunity to attend specialized sessions for academic performance in areas of study such as accounting…
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Quad hosts fundraiser
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Monday in the Quad at Wilfrid Laurier University was a little more than just a first day back to classes for the Kappa Omega chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. It was a chance to raise money for Save a Child’s Heart and the Grand River Hospital Foundation. Burgers and hot dogs, as well as…
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Shinerama continues strong efforts
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Almost every student at Wilfrid Laurier University that took part in his or her first-year Orientation Week remembers the final day of that week: Shine Day. Waking up in the early hours of that Saturday to cheer enthusiastically may not be a common activity for most university students, but many let their personalities out to…
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Int’l office program grows
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When Solidarity in Action (SIA) was first launched at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2008, it was small program with only thirty members. Already a popular program at several other universities in Ontario, the organization hoped to have similar success at WLU. SIA’s two-week summer trips to Peru and Ecuador allow students to volunteer in a…
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Laurier SOS gives back
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20 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) students of the Students Offering Support (SOS) organization ventured to the city of San Pedro, Columbia, in the Toledo district of southern Belize to aid in the erection of a new high school and water well. SOS raised $116,600 this past year via student-led exam-aid sessions with an admission cost…
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The religiosity of education
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I suffer from no delusion that a lot of Laurier students desire going to university for great philosophical reasons. Some have pragmatic reasons — to follow a certain career path or earn a certain amount of money, for instance. Others appear to lack any sort of reason, with partying taking precedence over studying. And still,…
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Pedestrian injured at King and University
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At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian occurred at the intersection of King Street and University Avenue right in front of Wilfrid Laurier University. According witnesses, the pedestrian was rollerblading from the university towards the intersection and cut left onto oncoming traffic where a red Chevrolet pick-up truck…
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Playing platform politics
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With the recent release of the 2011 Ontario election platforms, the pace of the provincial party politics game has increased and the dynamics of each candidate’s campaign strategy are beginning to show through. Dalton McGuinty is running for his third-straight term as Liberal premier of Ontario while new leaders Tim Hudak (Progressive Conservative) and Andrea…
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Belak death cause for concern
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Wade Belak has been the most recent of three professional hockey players in a span of four months to be found dead in their homes. Belak along with Rick Rypien committed suicide while Derek Boogaard died from a drug overdose. Without a doubt the tragic deaths of these three Canadians have shook the hockey world…
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Sophomore slugger ready for prime-time
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Laurier baseball is one of the most competitive teams in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) this season. The expectations for the team are grand, but perhaps no player has more pressure to succeed than reigning OUA rookie of the year and team MVP Nathan Loehle. While the outfielder Nathan Loehle has been limited to playing…
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