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Addressing the non-academic challenges
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s student code of conduct is undergoing a major facelift. The non-academic student misconduct policy, which focuses on unlawful use of alcohol, violence, theft, disruption of university activity and drug trafficking, was created in 1996 and updated again in the early 2000s. The new code seeks to update these issues with ones more…
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Smith gets ‘up-front and personal’ at the Turret
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There was a sea of plaid on campus Tuesday night as Canadian country singer Dallas Smith took to stage at the Turret to perform his latest hits. Inside the Turret, the energy was brilliant despite being crowded and hot. There were two bands that opened for Smith. One was a cover band who sang their…
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LRT lawsuit rejected by judge
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An injunction application to halt incoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) construction in the Region of Waterloo was rejected in court on Tuesday. The Region received a notice of application for judicial review on Mar.16 that sought an injunction to stop the first stage of the LRT. The notice claimed that the LRT project clashes with…
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Premier announces GO Train service increase
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The Ontario Liberal government is set to increase GO Train transit between Waterloo Region and the Greater Toronto Area—provided, that is, that the province is able to get its budget past the legislature this spring. Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Waterloo on Tuesday to announce the plan to bring “full-day, two-way” GO Train service between…
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Stripping citizenship won’t make us safer
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Jason Kenney, minister of immigration and citizenship, has proposed that Canadians who hold dual-citizenship and engage in an act of terrorism should be stripped of their Canadian citizenship. The Conservatives support a private member bill out of Alberta that would give Ottawa the power to revoke citizenship of dual citizens who commit acts of terror…
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You won’t find any buttons here
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Despite its name, you probably won’t find any buttons at The Button Factory in Uptown Waterloo. The Button Factory was named after its original use: built in 1886, it was a manufacturer of buttons. From its original incarnation, the space has seen numerous changes over 128 years, such as being a glove factory and an…
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Women’s hockey land the fourth spot in country
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FREDERICTON, N.B — The clock was fifth-year Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey veterans Devon Skeats’ and Candice Styles’ worst enemy. As they played their last game as a Hawk Sunday afternoon, Skeats and Styles skated every minute they could to try to salvage a bronze medal at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship. But a…
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Laurier’s first responders
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It’s a crisp, clear morning on Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus. The low throb of music and the silly, drunken laughter of students carry out from the residences onto the sidewalk, just giving a hint of the debauchery that will soon pour out onto the streets and create one of the busiest days of the year…
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Cyberbullying no longer a “teen issue”
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Cyberbullying — typically understood as a teen issue — has trickled its way into the lives of university students and adults. According to a recent study conducted at Simon Fraser University, 22 per cent of students, or one in 5, have claimed to be cyberbullied by someone else they knew at school. Amanda, whose name…
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Women’s hockey season comes to an end without a medal
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FREDERICTON, N.B – It wasn’t the end they wanted at all. It wasn’t even the performance they wanted, as the Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team dropped a 6-3 decision in the bronze medal game of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) against the Saskatchewan Huskies Sunday afternoon. Laurier, who came in as the second seed, couldn’t…
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