opinion
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Business program idealistic, unrealistic
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In last week’s Cord, a front-page news story, “BBA program reviewed,” captured my attention. Being a former business student at Laurier, I will be the first to admit that the SBE faces an enormous task in redesigning the BBA program. I am speaking from the viewpoint of a student so frustrated with the BBA program…
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Inspiring lives of leadership and purpose
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“Inspiring lives of leadership and purpose.” These words, President Max Blouw announced (WLU web site, Campus Update, 09/08), will be “more than a marketing slogan;” they “…will be the starting point and the foundation for telling the Laurier story.” So let’s begin. I am sure the Laurier experience and Laurier’s faculty have indeed sometimes done…
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This is The Cord
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This edition of The Cord marks an important moment in the rich history of our 84-year-old publication. At 44 pages, not only is it the largest issue we’ve ever printed, but it also marks the launch of an important change in the design and content of the publication. After introducing new sections of the paper…
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Purpose of imprisonment misunderstood
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The recent release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, has angered many people over the past few weeks. Words like “shocked,” “heartbroken” and “depressed” have been the stuff of headlines, particularly in the U.S., where most of the flight’s passengers were…
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Appalled by Asif
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Re: “Nine years. No degree. No problem,” Sept. 30,2009 I am appalled by last week’s features article “Nine years, no degree, no problem” about perverted, and pathetic slacker Asif Bacchus. Why should an article glorifying a peeping tom who gets a kick out of spying on unsuspecting women in their own dorms, be permitted in…
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What has Wilfie done for you?
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada, has many tributes to him across the country; high schools, avenues and electoral districts are all named after him. Then there is Wilfrid Laurier University. The university was known before as Waterloo Lutheran College until 1973 when it adopted its current name. There was some outcry…
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From the archives: 1968
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The rate at which the new “Coke” machines have been taking in money without dispensing drinks in return should result in the accumulation of funds of such magnitude that it will no longer be necessary to have an Office of University Resources. –Prof G.F. Durst, Sept. 27 Rivulets of water originating from a cooler in…
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Cultural Relativism is irrelevant
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Oppression and human rights abuses should not be accepted under the guise of cultural differences. The notion that cruelty and oppression should not be allowed under the blanket of cultural and religious differences is something that should go without saying. To me, it sounds ludicrous to argue that various forms of discrimination and oppression are…
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Waterloo bans skateboarders
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I don’t care for skateboarding; rolling around on a wooden board, attempting to defy gravity with tricks, has never appealed to me. Neither does the “Bell for Kepler” sculpture located in the new Uptown Waterloo Public Square. The difference between the “marinated” corten steel and rust on a car door is beyond my understanding of…
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WLUSU market research project will move union forward
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Re: “Board failed students,” Unsigned editorial June 24, 2009 Throughout my time at Laurier the Cord has been invaluable in pointing out the disconnect in priorities between student representatives and the student body. With this in mind I was thrilled to hear that the new WLUSU Board has taken the initiative to invest in market…
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