Movember
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How Movember came to be (and where the money goes)
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Movember began from a shared quiet beer in Melbourne between Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, two friends who were joking about reviving the moustache trend. This was in 2003 — back when the moustache had long faded out of style (contrary to the red carpet appearances it makes today). Garone and Slattery wanted their friends…
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Sorrentino and Men’s Hockey running successful Movember campaign
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The Golden Hawks hockey team led by fourth year forward, Anthony Sorrentino are concluding their successful month-long Movember campaign this week. Sorrentino and his teammates have found various ways to stay connected this year even while being off the ice and have done an excellent job this month in raising money towards a great initiative. …
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Student associations come together to support the Movember movement
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Over the course of November, the “Movember” spirit has been strong on Laurier’s Waterloo campus. A global movement devoted to raising awareness and funding for Men’s testicular and prostate cancer, as well as men’s mental health and suicide prevention, Movember lasts the duration of the month of November and encourages men to grow out their…
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Movember at Laurier: What to know before growing your mo’ for men’s health
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For the entire month of November, the annual event of “Movember” asks its community members to come together to discuss and increase awareness for men’s prostate and testicular cancer, as well as men’s mental health issues — and especially suicide. Both The Movember Foundation of Canada and clubs at Wilfrid Laurier University, like the Lazaridis…
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Movember should mean more than the beard you grow
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You’ve seen it on social media, commercials, and even on live sporting events – buy a product marketed by big-name corporations, and a portion of your sale will go towards a good cause or charity. Turn on an NFL game and see the athletes with bright pink socks, helmets or shoes in support of the…
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Movember event at The Berlin hopes to shed light on men’s issues
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More than a hundred years ago, the moustache was considered the crowning finish of a sleek, modern look. Variations on the upper-lip ornament were plentiful and continued to flourish in the years that followed, solidifying the look of the many Mark Twains, Friedrich Nietzsches, Tom Sellecks and Hulk Hogans of history. Then our latest, greatest…
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Rotaract Club is set to host third cacti and succulent sale after two successful events
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Wilfrid Laurier University Rotaract Club will be hosting their third cacti and succulent sale on Dec. 1 weeks after having two majorly successful fundraiser sales in the concourse. Last winter term, the club held their very first fundraiser cactus sale, which was shockingly successful in regards to the huge buzz it created among students around…
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Gilmore Girls revival has opportunity to redeem itself
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Gilmore Girls first aired on TV in 2000 and was a fan favourite for seven years, wrapping up in 2007. Not only did this show provide a heart-warming, quirky narrative, but on the surface, the show is a bildungsroman — a coming of age story — for two characters: mother-daughter duo, Rory and Lorelai. Everyone…
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