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New plans for Terrace
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In an email to all students June 9, Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president Nick Gibson announced that, effective immediately, the Terrace Food Court would be operated by Aramark — the same corporation that currently manages the university’s dining hall along with food service operations at numerous other campuses. The Terrace, once it reopens in…
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World-class Hawks are China-bound
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Alyssa Lagonia and Kale Harrison are trading in their purple and gold for red and white. But thankfully for Golden Hawks fans, it’s only temporary. It was announced last month that Lagonia, of Laurier’s women’s soccer team, and Harrison, of the men’s basketball team, would be a part of Team Canada for the upcoming International…
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G20: one year later
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While the streets of Toronto are no longer filled with riot police and protestors, for many, the effects of last year’s G20 summit are still all too tangible. So on Sunday, June 26, to mark the one-year anniversary of the G20, members of the Kitchener Waterloo Community Support group gathered in the Waterloo public square…
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Celebrating multiculturalism
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Despite the overcast weather this past weekend, Kitchener’s Victoria Park was filled with hundreds of people participating in and celebrating the beginning of summer with the Kitchener-Waterloo multicultural festival. For the past 40 years, KW has been hosting this fair, dedicated to ethnic diversity from around the world— and it has been nominated as one…
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WLU grad runs for office
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On June 26, in preparation for this fall’s provincial election, Liberal supporters gathered in Waterloo to officially recognize Wilfrid Laurier University alumnus Eric Davis as the Liberal nominee for Kitchener-Waterloo’s Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). The nomination was presented by former Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp. Kitchener Centre MPP and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities…
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CAS strike avoided
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In the winter of 2008, a large portion of Wilfrid Laurier University’s classes and tutorials were abruptly put on hold as the university’s contract academic staff (CAS) went on strike. However, a repeat of that situation has, for the time being, been avoided. Early in the morning of June 16, university administration and the Wilfrid…
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Second term for Blouw
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For Wilfrid Laurier University president Max Blouw, the past five years have been all about planning and laying groundwork. But last Thursday, he found out that he’ll be around to see plans be completed. On June 24, the WLU Board of Governors appointed Blouw to his second term as Laurier’s president and vice-chancellor, meaning he’ll…
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In defense of foreskins
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On Nov. 8, residents of San Francisco, California will be voting on an issue that has raised a number of strong voices and opinions. Since reaching the required 7,100 signatures in May, the November ballot is set to include a proposal for a circumcision ban, which would make it “unlawful to circumcise, excise, cut or…
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Hurtful, hateful and homophobic
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Comedian and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan is undeniably a homophobe and should face consequences for it. I’m referring, of course, to Morgan’s recent rant on stage in which he stated that homosexuality is a choice, that gays should not be upset about bullying (which he called trivial) and that he would kill his own…
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Did WLUSU get the best deal for students?
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What is perhaps most troublesome about the sale of the Terrace food court is not that there are several more full-time positions being laid off than are being publicized, which there are, nor that the ones who were immediately laid off were given no notice, which they weren’t, nor that student managers are not being…
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