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Redemption on ice
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LONDON, Ont. – With yesteryear’s wringing of hands a thing of the past and after the rare taste of failure had washed out of their mouths, this had to feel good. Perched back atop the throne they’ve so mightily kept warm for the past nine years before they were thrown off by the Queen’s Gaels…
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From one side of the mic to the other
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Krista Cellucci knows arts degrees can take their fair share of beatings. “Yeah, they get attacked a lot,” said the fourth-year communications major and women’s soccer striker. But it’s what you do with that piece of parchment that defines whether you took advantage of your four-plus years in the endless essay extravaganza or whether you…
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Montréal welcomes swimmers
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Year one of the Franklin regime can be safely deemed a success. Wilfrid Laurier University swimming head coach Russ Franklin who took his position, along with the Region of Waterloo (ROW) head coaching job this year after moving from Québec, accompanied three of his finest water sprites to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships…
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Chambers, Bosch shine at CFL camp
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This past weekend, two of the best players from this generation of Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ football took part in the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) E-Camp, held in Toronto in front of scouts and coaching staffs from every CFL franchise. The two Laurier alumni participating were linebacker Mitchell Bosch and wide receiver Shamawd Chambers. Each…
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Kitsch and Stanton discuss John Carter
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Taylor Kitsch has worked with some of Hollywood’s greatest actors — from Kyle Chandler and Liam Neeson to John Travolta, Oliver Stone and Selma Hyeck. “I had to put them all on my back, all of them,” the actor joked in a conversation with The Cord from his home in Austin, Texas. Kitsch’s acting career…
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Double-bill of Comic Operas
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The faculty of music brought music fans a “delightful double-bill” of Canadian comic operas this past weekend. Audiences were treated to three showings on Friday and Saturday evenings with a Sunday matinee. The double-bill was a meticulously polished performance that highlighted the talent of students involved. Leslie De’Ath, musical director for the performances, touched upon…
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Laurier Free Film Series screens Broken Promises
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A movie inside a movie inside a movie – no, it’s not Inception II, it’s Broken Promises, the famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s romantic thriller. On Thursday Laurier’s department of english and film studies put on a showing of Almodovar’s most “meta” film as part of its Through The Looking Glass: 11 Films About Film…
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Waterloo Arts Collective: alternative for local performers
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“Groups like F’n’M or Musical Theatre Laurier or open mic night, they’re all great organizations ⎯ we’ve both done them, loved them ⎯ but you can’t really do your own thing and really assert your own artistry,” said third-year student Amy Grief about performing arts organizations at Wilfrid Laurier University. Interested in the arts scene…
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Season of hope fizzles
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The writing was on the wall and the team could see it a full court away. The Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team, probably the greatest of its kind ever assembled at the school had fallen in the first round of the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) playoffs. “It started probably two weeks ago,” a soft-spoken turned…
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Curling claims OUA crown
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Venture into the Wilfrid Laurier Athletics’ offices and one would be greeted not necessarily by a friendly desk agent, but by a large, shiny, metallic trophy gracing the front desk of the station at the Athletic Complex. Sitting atop the white and green Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) banner draped across the desk, the cup belongs…
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