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Women’s soccer tops division
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Silencing those who claimed their season to be a rebuilding one, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team are not only surpassing expectations, but are also rewriting them. Last weekend, the purple and gold finished off their Ontario University Athletics (OUA) regular season with a 1-1 tie against Guelph Gryphons and a 1-0 win over the…
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Hawks make playoffs despite blow-out loss
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HAMILTON, Ont. — When it rains, it pours. With a last-second field goal from the Western Mustangs in Carleton Place, Ont., the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ playoff hopes stayed alive despite their 43-0 defeat to the hands of the No. 1 McMaster Marauders in Hamilton. Despite playing with a nonexistent offence, Laurier got help from…
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Open Cord: Most-watched movie
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Q: What movie have you seen the most times and explain why. Make sure to show your work. Stephanie Truong, Graphics Editor This is extremely embarrassing, but I have seen How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days an unspeakable amount of times. Anyone who is really close to me has probably also seen it…
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Baseball appeal gains ground
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In light of last week’s accusations by members of the Wilfrid Laurier men’s baseball community against the university, the school is currently following the procedure for the appeal process to move along with the allegations. As of Monday afternoon, the university had not heard directly from the team’s players or coaches on whether or not…
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Locals react to McGuinty resignation
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Ontario politics took a surprising turn Monday evening with the unexpected announcement by Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty that he was resigning from his post. He subsequently announced he would ask the lieutenant-governor to prorogue the legislature until the party finds a new leader. With his wife Terri by his side, McGuinty spoke to the…
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Tweets on trial
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Since July of this year, a website called nohomophobes.com has been live-tracking the use of four homophobic words and phrases on Twitter. The site counts the number of times “Faggot,” “No homo,” “Dyke” and “So gay,” to evaluate the prevalence of casual homophobia. So far, the word “faggot” has been used the most – over…
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Laurier Golden Years: Part 2
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The 1960s Waterloo Lutheran University was the place where Shinerama actually involved shining shoes and the library was a building with only two floors. In fact, much of the university’s infrastructure was not yet present during that time. However, some of its current professors were. Academics “Don Morgenson was around,” recalled alumni student David Oates…
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Playoffs still likely despite 56-3 blowout
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How do you play one of the worst games in team history, yet still not only be in playoff contention but see those playoff chances improve? You become the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. Despite an embarrassing 56-3 loss Saturday afternoon to the Western Mustangs, which included 56 unanswered points, six total completions from three different…
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Football Hawks overwhelmed in London
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LONDON, Ont. — “We just got beat badly.” Five of only a few subtle words that managed to leave Wilfrid Laurier head coach Gary Jeffries’ mouth Saturday afternoon after the final seconds counted down to the men’s football team’s fourth loss of the season. “We got beat in all phases. That’s pretty discouraging,” he said…
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Baseball team looking to appeal suspension
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On Thursday Sept. 20, the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s baseball team was suspended four games following a hazing incident at a rookie party. The team collectively put on a presentation for members of the Laurier community explaining reasons regarding why they should be allowed to continue their season. Three weeks later, after finishing their season,…
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