Reading week
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GO Train Updates Service for Reading Week
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The GO Train service will be shifting its schedule to offer two-way service between Kitchener and Toronto during reading week on Feb. 17 and Feb. 25. This change comes to assist students in their travels both to and from their week on vacation as GO service to Toronto does not often take place over the…
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Men’s soccer focused on improvement and consistency through their final four games
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After losing its first three games of the season in their return to the pitch, Coach Mario Halapir and his men’s soccer team has shown improvements throughout the last two weeks, picking up four points over their previous three games. After a year away from competition, and absent exhibition games, the men’s soccer team struggled…
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Making the most of your Reading Week
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Reading week is fast approaching. For the students who moved off-campus for their class, they have a chance to go back home this coming week. Of course, it can be challenging in deciding whether to catch up on all school work or take the whole week off to treat yourself. The truth is … you…
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Laurier women’s hockey team in a bit of a slump
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After starting the season with five straight losses, the Golden Hawks women’s hockey team has picked up points in four of their last six games including their first two wins of the season in that span. Coming off of two wins in a span of three games, Head coach Kelly Paton believed that her team…
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After being ranked 6th nationally Laurier men’s basketball team drops 6 of their last 8 games
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Coming off of a franchise-best season last year, head coach Justin Serresse and his basketball team had high expectations for this season. The Golden Hawks entered this year as the sixth ranked team nationally, which was their highest ranking in nearly a decade and came out of the gates as expected with two impressive wins…
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Returning home for the holidays
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Reading week consists of little reading and productivity. I can confidently say I haven’t even considered academia since early October. Who has time for studying when you’re shoveling turkey down your gullet anyways? Reading week is a time to spend with family, a time to get just a little too drunk in front of your…
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Editors Note: Treating yourself with kindness
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As we approach the fall Reading Week, I’ve been starting to think more and more about the ways that I can begin cramming as many productive hours and simultaneous chunks of relaxation time into my schedule as humanly possible. I’m the kind of person who can’t stand the possibility of “wasting” my precious week off…
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Why October is the best month
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If I were to conduct a sample census on campus asking students their favourite month, at least 8 out of 10 would say October. October is the most common month depicted in college movies; autumn is simply is setting one pictures when thinking of a university campus. This cannot be by chance; autumn is the…
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Golden Hawks Women’s Rugby team falls 78-7 to York
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After a disappointing first three weeks of the season, that saw the women’s rugby team winless, the Golden Hawks were hoping to turn around their efforts against York University in their final regular season game last week. Unfortunately, York, who entered the match undefeated on the year, were too much for Laurier to handle,…
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Laurier gold team set to compete
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ mixed varsity golf team had an eventful weekend at both the Western Invitational and the Brock Invitational, with the men’s team scoring a third place win at Western and then a second place finish at Brock. The women’s side finished fifth in the Western tournament and improved to a fourth…
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