Author: Bailey Zimmer
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A Night Under the Stars
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY FLASS/HASSA welcome you to a night under the stars on March 25 for a mask-querade ball. On a dreamy Friday, Laurier students from…
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Level One Lounge Introduces Themed Games Nights
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUNTIK PHOTOGRAPHY Take a chance, roll the dice, sink some balls and feel like a winner in the Level One Lounge game area. The Level…
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WHODUNIT?
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Hold on to your magnifying glass, light your pipe and put on your thinking cap to solve the murder mystery at Laurier Brantford. The…
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Laurier elects Shane Symington as Students’ Union President
GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUNTIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Jan. 27., 2022, Shane Symington was elected as Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Students’ Union President and CEO. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday night,…
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad… Coyote?
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUNTIK PHOTOGRAPHY Live in fear of the big bad wolf, but be cautious of the quiet and hungry coyote. As the seasons change, the patterns of…
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History tends to repeat itself
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Golden Hawks are feeling dull as Laurier University moves classes online due to the Omicron Covid variant. On December 16 of 2021, an email…
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A look at the return to in-person classes in Winter 2022
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Zoom away from online Zoom learning as Laurier University returns to in-person classes for the Winter 2022 school term. As of January 4, students…
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Say it ain’t snow! Brantford’s first Holiday Carnival
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Put on your hat and mitts and get ready to jingle all the way down to Brantford’s first Holiday Carnival. On Nov. 27., the…
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Student Response to Journalism Assignment Blows up on Social Media
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier Brantford University students take to social media after a journalism assignment is released. On Wed. Nov. 3, @SpottedLaurier, on the social media platform,…
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The Halloween Event: Scare and be Scared
Put on your fangs, stir your cauldron, walk like a mummy and get ready to say ‘boo!’ as Laurier’s Hawk Team puts on its first Halloween event. On Friday Oct. 29., Brantford’s…
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Student Advocates for Accessibility host online ASL workshop
GRAPHIC BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier’s student collective Student Advocates for Accessibility (SAFA) is hosting a workshop for Laurier students and community members on Thursday Oct. 21 to learn basic…
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Anti-Vaccine Passport Protest Happens in front of City Hall
On Sept. 21, four women protested the Coronavirus vaccine passport in front of Brantford’s City Hall, on 58 Dalhousie Street. The women were protesting until 5:15 p.m. against the vaccine passport mandate,…
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Elections: It Takes Three to Tango
PHOTO BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As September 20 draws near, students at Wilfrid Laurier University prepare to vote in the federal election. Elections in previous years have been a race…
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@WLUchangeisdue retaliates against racism
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Group for equity WLUchangeisdue challenges Wilfrid Laurier University in a battle against racism. Students, staff, faculty and citizens of the Kitchener-Waterloo area of multiple…
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“Cross my heart”
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL “Cross my heart,” Walter Gretzky would always say. A man of bravery, resilience and humility, the most kind hearted, well known and adored individual. As…
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Students trying to keep up with Covid misinformation
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Golden Hawks are just trying to keep up and be informed, but it’s hard when misinformation is lurking everywhere. With such a…
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Pegah Jamalof wins SU Presidential election
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier welcomes Pegah Jamalof into her role as the newly elected Students’ Union president and CEO. The results of the presidential race–released…
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Student services stay cyber
PHOTO BY SARA SHEKIH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The coronavirus has taken a toll on the 2020-2021 school year and has changed what a typical school year looks like. Due to…
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Golden Hawks aren’t feeling golden
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Editor’s note: Even though the sample of the survey is small, we at The Sputnik have been hearing the same comments from our…
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Food4Kids auction goes remote
PHOTO BY MICHAEL PIRILLO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Going once, going twice, sold to the holly jolliest bidder of the holiday Food4Kids auction. As the holiday season draws near, Brant-Haldimand…
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Run run Rudolph, but Santa isn’t coming to town
PHOTOS BY JEREMY VYN / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The holiday season is a time where joy tinkles through the air, happiness radiates from family and friends, and laughter makes you jiggle…
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They fought together, we honour apart
PHOTO BY MICHAEL PIRILLO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Flashes of red poppies and chimes of “lest we forget” circle the air at the beginning of November for the heroes who served. …
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Cheer for Fear, for Halloween is Here!
PHOTO BY ALLIE LEASK / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Hearing a witches’ cackle, the low moan of a ghost, and the rustle of trees can only mean one thing; Halloween is right…
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Stressed Students Say Studying Sucks
PHOTO BY MICHAEL PIRILLO, THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As the leaves begin to change colour and fall to the ground, the chill in the air reminds students of the stressful part of…
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Behind the scenes of online teaching
CONTRBUTED IMAGE We have all wished for an everlasting summer, but have come to realize to be careful what we wish for, because it may just come true. With the rise…
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Fashion for Freedom raises funds
SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier Brantford rolls out the red carpet and struts their stuff for the fifth annual fashion for freedom fashion show. Roughly $2,000 was raised from…
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Laurier elects Devyn Kelly as Students’ Union President
REUBEN JAMES SORIANO / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY ORANGE you glad Devyn Kelly is the new Student Union president and CEO? On Thursday, January 30th of 2020, Devyn Kelly was elected by the…
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Skating season in full swing at Harmony Square
VARSHA SRIGANESH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Snowy evenings, frost bitten fingers and toes, rosy cheeks and red noses all mean one thing; winter is here in Brantford. Harmony Square, the heart of Downtown…
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Why there is no point to having a new year’s resolution
New years resolutions are mindless and dumb and the tradition of it has been circling our world for years. Although I do love the sentiment of tradition, the pledges to become a…




