Alexandra Ogunsanya is a fourth year Law and Society student from Brampton, Ontario. She graduated in 2018 from St. Thomas Aquinas and has since turned herself into a self-proclaimed entrepreneur. “Technically my business is myself, I’m a nail tech,”…
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIHK / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Socializing is good for your mind, body and soul. The benefits of having strong social connections include lower rates of anxiety and depression, higher self-esteem, and greater empathy. It is important for…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY These stories are one sided and are the experiences of different Laurier students. No names have been mentioned to maintain privacy. Many students have been fortunate enough to live with…
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Jaeda Brefo is an outgoing and confident third-year Laurier Brantford student from Brampton, Ont. Like many others, she has found a surprising hobby in the midst of COVID-19 and the…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In honour of International Women’s day, a day to embrace and appreciate femininity’s beauty, The Sputnik interviewed Izabella Corniel. Corniel is a fourth-year Laurier Brantford student from London, Ont., who…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Serena Sutherland is a creator who is dripping in melanin and radiant in light but everyone calls her Miss Daisy. Sutherland is talented, Black and beautiful without an apology. …
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Shirley Chisholm once said, “you don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining, you make progress by implementing ideas.” To Enoc Hoppong, a Black Laurier Brantford photographer,…
Many Laurier students are quarantining in their dorms with a melody stuck in their head and dreaming of the day they get back onto the stage. Hunter Martin, a Laurier student, is one of them. Martin is a…
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The Brant Music festival is normally a talent-filled and fun-packed live music event in the community. This year attendees can expect the same talent and fun, the only difference is that the…
Dani Kristina is a third-year student on campus, whose hopes and dreams to become a singer/songwriter began when she was only five years old. “Since I was a kid I felt the desire to express myself this way, I…
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Everyone knows that Laurier Brantford is full of talented students. Jake O’Neil is one of those talented students—he is a star among us. O’Neil is a fourth-year Business Technology and Management…