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Open Cord: Pump-up songs
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There are many reasons we need to pump ourselves up. Whether it’s a championship intramural ball hockey game with the coveted t-shirt on the line, an intense workout (after repeatedly bailing on the gym for two months), or an exam you just couldn’t quite make yourself study for, the best way most of us find…
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Laurier kin students at risk of transmitting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV
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Kinesiology students who took KP322 (Physiology of Physical Activity) at Wilfrid Laurier University between 2002 and 2011 may be at risk of transmitting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV, the university announced Tuesday afternoon. According to the university, about 200 of the 1,189 students who took the course at WLU in those nine years are…
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Annual ‘Tray Race’ raises $16,200 for MS
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Waiters and waitresses from various local restaurants showed off their serving skills Monday afternoon and raised $16,200 for charity at the annual “Tray Race” hosted by Ethel’s Lounge in Uptown Waterloo. 25 teams, including some from as far away as Cambridge, competed in the event to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.…
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Independent groups increase action in Quebec protests
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By: Erin Hudson — CUP Quebec Bureau Chief MONTREAL (CUP) — As anticipated back-to-school/back-to-strike actions draw closer; independent groups are stepping into the spotlight to take on more prominent roles in on-the-ground organizing in the resistance against tuition hikes. Throughout the course of the six month-long student strike in Quebec, the four major student federations…
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Field set for K-W byelection
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Eric Davis will get a second chance at a seat in the Ontario legislature a little sooner than most. Less than a year after placing second in the Kitchener-Waterloo riding in last October’s provincial election, Davis will once again run for the Liberals in the K-W byelection, which, as Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Wednesday, will…
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‘They came, they listened, they conquered’
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If Osheaga 2012 had a motto, it would be this: they came, they listened, they conquered. The seventh and largest festival Osheaga has ever put on (ticket sales were approximately 125,000), Canadians no longer need to save up and fly down to attend Coachella if they are craving the ultimate music festival experience. The biggest…
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McGuinty sets date for Ontario byelections
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The residents of Kitchener-Waterloo will be going to the polls for a third time in 18 months on Sept. 6. Premier Dalton McGuinty ended speculation surrounding the date for the byelection Wednesday morning, announcing that both the K-W and Vaughan byelections will be held that first Thursday in September. The two ridings were left without…
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The Hillside Experience
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Max Kerman of the Arkells belts it out on Friday night. (Photo by Kate Turner). For more Hillside photos check out Photography Manager Kate Turner’s photo galleries. Through blistering heat, extensive lack of sleep and borderline cases of dehydration, each year volunteers and patrons gear up for what is quite possibly the biggest arts and…
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Dining hall to offer ‘all-you-can-eat’ meal plan
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This year Wilfrid Laurier University will see a newly renovated dining hall coupled with an entirely new meal plan system for first-year students. The new system will operate on a board meal plan rather than the declining balance system which has, until now, been utilized. Dan Dawson, assistant vice president of student services at Laurier,…
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WLU prof looks to give Olympians mental edge
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When marathoners Eric Gillis and Reid Coolsaet, steeplechaser Alex Genest and 1500-metre runner Hilary Stellingwerff take to the road and the track at the London Olympics, Kim Dawson will know that she helped get them there. Starting in January of 2011, Dawson, a professor of kineisiology and physical education at Laurier, provided sports psychology consulting…
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