Students’ Union
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Three cheers for Pokémon Go
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By now you have probably seen people walking around Waterloo in groups, randomly stopping at intersections and landmarks, with their eyes glued to their phones. Although not an uncommon sight, its what’s on those phones that’s making waves. By releasing this augmented reality game, Nintendo has seemingly solved a video game’s biggest downfall: lack of…
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Students’ Union Board of Directors discuss plans for O-Week
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Board of Directors has begun preparing for the fast approaching beginning of fall semester. With training completed over the past weekend for the upcoming year’s cohort of O-Week ice breakers, attention at the July 9 Board of Directors meeting turned to the directors’ involvement with orientation activities. The primary…
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Laurier Student Life Levy committee members instated
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This past Saturday, in their first meeting of the year, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors voted and instated the members who are to sit on both the Brantford and Waterloo Student Life Levy committees. The Student Life Levy strives to support and fund special projects which enhance student life. Any Laurier…
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Students’ Union 2016-17 budget approved
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This afternoon, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors approved the operating budget for the 2016-17 year. The board approved the budget with six in favour, none opposed and one abstention. The first major motion was the approval of a one-time payment of $35,000 to go towards the Students’ Union debt. This one-time…
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Transitioning into presidency
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Tyler Van Herzele’s transition into being the next Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president has been anything but normal. Considering that Van Herzele, a fourth-year concurrent education student, started his teaching placement just one week after the election ended, this has been an especially unique transition. “This is definitely not a normal transition, but it…
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Gender parity problems most prevalent in economics
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Research project will be conducted this year to investigate the underlying reasons for the lack of interest in economics for women
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Acquiring a Laurier bursary
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More students are accessing Laurier’s tuition bursaries
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Is it WLUSU or the Students’ Union
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Students’ Union detaches from the ‘WLUSU’ acronym to send accurate message to students
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Changes pending to Laurier operating budget
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President Blouw alludes to potential layoffs and budget cuts in Students’ Union meeting
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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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