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A walk to improve mental wellness
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Mental Health Education Group took another step toward eliminating stigma with their annual “Love My Life” walk on Oct. 1.
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Family uses $1 million to give back
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The Marslands, whose business has been based in K-W since 1929, donated to the GIE building
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No damages from on-campus homecoming festivities
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As students at Wilfrid Laurier University recover from Homecoming, services such as Emergency Response Team and Special Constable Services are relieved to know the campus did not suffer damages from the weekend.
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Initiative for safer living
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A new initiative at Wilfrid Laurier University called Skills for Safer Living is helping students who have experienced depression and thoughts of suicide. Allan Strong, the team leader for Skills for Safer Living and the Centre for Excellence in Peer Support, said the initiative is a 20-week intervention program, starting Sept. 30, that tries to…
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Her Campus to bring awareness
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Her Campus chapter opens at Laurier
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A new focus for the DEO
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Laura Mae Lindo, the new director of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Diversity and Equity Office, has already been blown away by the school’s involvement with social justice.
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Shine Day total hits $86,000
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Six-figures raised in annual O-Week Shine Day fundraiser
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Demand for service at Writing Centre
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Over the last school year, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Writing Centre has seen a dramatic increase in the number of students using their services and the number of scheduled appointments. According to an annual report written by Writing Centre manager Boba Samuels and writing consultant Jordana Garbati, there was a 16 per cent increase in students…
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O-Week changes in review
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Instead of having a full week of frosh activities, students were required to attend class on the Thursday and Friday, which ran simultaneously to passive O-Week programming.
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Residences get Wi-Fi upgrade
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s residences have received an Internet upgrade for incoming first-year students. Laurier’s information and communication technologies department put Wi-Fi into all the residences and common areas on campus in August. Ken Boyd, director of information and communications technology solutions, said this project has been in the works for over a year and a…
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