GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL Last week, Anna Buhr came in third place in Wilfrid Laurier University’s first virtual art showcase exhibition in which students voted for their favourite artist. Buhr is in her third year working towards her bachelor…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL Vandan Alpesh Thacker is a Wilfrid Laurier Student who is professionally known as The Oman Photographer. Thacker is in his first year at Wilfrid Laurier University studying computer science. Last week Thacker came first…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL Last week Wilfrid Laurier University Student Union held the school’s first virtual art showcase exhibition to honour all the amazing work that Golden Hawks have created this past school year from 2020-2021. Anna Winge…
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Class of 2020 went down in history as the class of COVID-19. Along with this title came an abrupt and unexpected end to what was supposed to be one of…
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY A year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic. Students remember hearing their email notifications going off later that week on the…
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When asked to summarize Canada’s history curriculum, students commonly mention topics like World War One, The Holocaust and Jacque Cartier’s arrival in Canada. Black history month, seems to be the…
PHOTO BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Future employees have been told the first thing to do during a job interview is to shake the employer’s hand. With the rise of remote work also comes remote interviews—how…
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Last Tuesday, January 21 marked the darkest day of the year. We are in the thick of winter and now more than ever students are struggling with their mental health. Winter…
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY For many students, 2021 feels like it has not arrived yet. This might be because we are still attending lectures through Zoom, and wearing our PJs way past noon. …
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY ‘Tis the season to be jolly— at least that is what we are told around this time of year. For those who are single and feel the pressure to find…
With snow on the ground and exams on the mind, it is beginning to feel like that time of the year again. As we approach the final weeks of the semester, most of us are excited about the holidays. …
PHOTO BY VARSHA SRIGANESH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the summer of 2019 a Laurier Brantford student was involved in an accident while working part-time in a local company. The student wishes that all identities of the parties involved…
PHOTO BY REUBEN JAMES SORIANO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY If you have ever worked in customer service, you would be familiar with the expression, “the customer is always right.” What happens when the customer is bigoted and racist—are…
Painting and photo by Sharna Emrith, The Sputnik Photography In the spring of 2013, couple Mike and Kelly planted 125 seeds. Little did they know, those seeds would bring much more than lavender. In the years to come the…
HYRRA CHUGHTAI / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Golden Hawks wrap up another remarkable dodgeball season with their last tournament on Feb. 6. Game one did not go so smoothly with Humber North in the lead at five and WLUB at zero. However,…