Safina Husein
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Bumpy road to success
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Undergraduate and graduate studies at Wilfrid Laurier University may coexist on the same campus and under the same dean of students, but the lives of their respective students are polar opposites. Undergraduate programs at Laurier are course based; students fill their schedules with classes which consist of a set of lectures and assignments, learning content…
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Questions raised regarding LRT
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Students’ Union has been advocating to increase accessibility to Seagram Drive LRT stop for students
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Aboriginal Education Week underway
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Festivities are underway for Wilfrid Laurier University’s office of aboriginal initiatives’ sixth annual Aboriginal Education Week. Beginning every year in the first full week of March, Aboriginal Education Week hosts events at both the Waterloo and Brantford campuses to facilitate engagement between the broader school communities and aboriginal culture. “We get a lot of requests…
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New interim coordinator for the Canadian Association for Peace and Conflict Studies
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Chair of WLU global studies department appointed as interim coordinator
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VP’s hired for 2016-17 Students’ Union exec team
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Vice-presidents for the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union executive team for 2016-17 were announced on February 12. The hiring process began on February 5, giving president-elect Tyler Van Herzele less than a day following his win to prepare for the task. “When I was looking for the VP team, I was looking for some very…
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Deeming announced as GSA president
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Deeming’s knowledge of key partners and her passion for the student experience led her to take on the role
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Breaking down tuition costs
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Lead Reporter Maddy Cutts investigates why students are charged certain fees in addition to tuition costs and where that money goes
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Small jump in 2016 elections
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Photo by Andreas Patsiaouros The results are in following the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union elections held last week on February 3 and 4, when students from Waterloo and Brantford were given the chance to make their voice count. Though members of the Laurier community have known since late Thursday evening the results of the…
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LazSoc to conduct hiring process
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Graphic by Josh Awolade The election process for Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis Students’ Society president came to a halt last week following the disqualification of candidate Jerin Baby. Though there were initially two candidates running for LazSoc president, news of Baby’s disqualification came midday on February 4, more than halfway through the election period, rendering…
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Caucus for a Democratic Union look to create a new independent union
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Graphic by Fani Hsieh An event was hosted last Wednesday, January 27, by the Caucus for a Democratic Union as part of their campaign for the establishment of a new independent union. The Caucus for a Democratic Union is an initiative begun months ago by a select group of Laurier’s contract academic staff in…
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