Laurier’s SRAC: know your rights when leasing
File Photo When it comes to renting, students are an especially vulnerable demographic since the majority of them are first-time renters who do not have the expertise or legal...
Final review of the 2021-22 Students’ Union Board of Directors
The following reviews are based on interviews conducted with members of the Students’ Union board of directors as a means to reflect on the term and evaluate their performance...
Fire causes $40K in damages to The Turret
On March 24 at 8:20 pm, a Clubs and Associations event ended prematurely at The Turret in the Fred Nichols Campus Centre due to an active fire that was discovered in the...
Underprepared and unappreciated: Students’ Union executive reflects on a difficult, unfinished term
Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of suicidal ideation Before the end of the 2021 fall semester, two members of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union...
Shane Symington elected as 2022-23 Students’ Union president
Shane Symington has been elected as the next Students’ Union president and CEO for the 2022/2023 yearSymington won the election on the evening of Jan 27, with 1372 votes which...
What each Students’ Union presidential candidate has planned for student life
With the Students’ Union election closer than ever, the future of the undergraduate Laurier experience is in the hands of this year’s candidates; Shane Symington and...
Midterm review of the 2021-22 Students’ Union board of directors
The following reviews are based on interviews conducted with members of the Students’ Union board of directors as a means to reflect on the term and evaluate their performance...
Students’ Union by-election underway as student body votes in new board members
Voting for the Wilfrid Laurier University Student’s Union by-election opened on Tuesday, Oct 5 and will close Thursday, Oct 7 at 8:00 PM Students will have the opportunity...
Part 2 – Inequity at the board table: three students’ union directors quit in under two months
In the second part of The Cord’s investigative series, Editor-in-Chief, Emily Waitson, delves into the resignation of a third former director from the Students’ Union board...
Inequity at the board table: three students’ union directors quit in under two months
In a two-part investigative series, The Cord’s Editor-in-Chief, Emily Waitson, explores the resignations of three former directors from the Students’ Union Board of Directors...