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Pegah Jamalof elected Students’ Union president and CEO for 2021-22
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Pegah Jamalof has been elected as Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union president and CEO for the 2021-22 term. The results were officially announced shortly after 10 p.m on Jan. 29 via Zoom, after a Bingo with Twan event that started at 8 p.m. Jamalof won the election with 63.85 per cent of the votes with…
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Laurier loses number one spot in student satisfaction for Canadian universities
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The 2021 Maclean’s Magazine university rankings were released on Oct. 8, which ranks all universities across Canada in various categories related to postsecondary education and campus life. While Wilfrid Laurier University saw increases in reputational rankings, they dropped to number 5 in comprehensive student satisfaction. In 2019, Laurier was voted number one in student satisfaction for the fourth year…
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Fourth year Laurier students working to better the KWC community with help from the CCRLA
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Fourth year students in Laurier’s PS 492 class have been making an impact in their community with help from the Centre for Community Research Learning and Action (CCRLA) partnering with community organizations to help not only with students’ research but also furthering the betterment of KW-Cambridge. “11 years ago, this research centre was started by…
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Laurier students participate in final Communitech competition
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This January, three students from Wilfrid Laurier University have qualified for the chance to win $5,000 through Communitech’s Design to Win Challenge. Local non-profit, Communitech, offers two competitions which are open to all Canadian, post-secondary students. The Code to Win Challenge and the Design to Win Challenge. The final round of the competition takes place…
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Unlimited access to Lynda set to be available to all Laurier students and staff
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Wilfrid Laurier University has announced that within the coming month, students, faculty and staff will have free, unlimited access to Lynda, an enhanced online learning and education platform purchased by LinkedIn. Lynda offers a vast array of over 5,000 interactive video tutorials and curated content to help learners acquire new skills and advance their careers.…
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Editorial: Removing classroom distractions to focus on success
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Each year we go into the fall semester thinking “this year will be different.” You pull out your notebook, turn the Wi-Fi off on your computer and start listening to your professor preach about research methods and Plato’s theory of forms. You probably already know where this is going. Before you know it, you’ve watched…
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Exploring Selena Gomez’s summer single “Fetish”
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Looking for a summer song to obsess over? Selena Gomez has just released her steamy new single, “Fetish,” featuring rapper Gucci Mane. Earlier this season, Gomez tantalized us with a teaser of the tune at the end of her “Bad Liar” music video, the first release since her hiatus after the Revival era. So was…
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President’s note: Your voice, your media
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I’m Andreas, the 2017-2018 president and publisher of Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications. Throughout my time at Laurier I’ve become heavily involved with various WLUSP publications – such as The Cord – and I have come to appreciate the role that student media plays within any university community. As a first-year, new to the whole…
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