Author: The Sputnik
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Laurier Brantford’s eco-friendly expansion
Is going green really worth it? The environmentalists will say yes, but what about those business owners who have to pay for these costly “environmentally friendly” upgrades? According to a study done…
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Japanese nuclear crisis has global implications
A 9.0 earthquake in Japan that nearly destroyed one of the country’s nuclear facilities two weeks ago has re-ignited a global debate over the safety and validity of nuclear power. The Fukushima…
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Eco Fashion Week promotes sustainable fashion practices that last
Over the last few years, with the looming threats of global warming and climate change, many countries have begun to shift toward a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Canada is one of these…
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Talks between city, Six Nations off to a rocky start
Last Friday, Brantford mayor Chris Friel put forward a new proposal to create a new “Six Nations Consultation Committee” – something that, in Friel’s words, would be a “mechanism for the City…
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Fresh faces to country music
“We have wanted it our whole lives,” says Carly McKillip, one half of the country music duo, One More Girl (OMG). “You get to a point where someone looks you in the…
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So You Think You Know
Looking at the news items for any given day, you will always have the big stories that make the front page of multiples newspapers and news websites. Each of these stories will…
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Highest grossing stoner flicks
**Gross Sales Year Released** Knocked Up $148,734,225 2007 Pineapple Express $87,341,380 2008 Dude, Where’s My Car? $46,729,374 2000 Cheech and Chong: Up In Smoke $41,590,893 1978 How High $31,155,435 2001 (Figures retrieved…
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A hello and a goodbye
This is my hello: to Allie Leonard, our incoming Brantford Manager of Operations at WLUSP Brantford, and to Kyle Brown, our outgoing, long-time Sports Editor and incoming, long-overdue Editor-in-Chief. These are two…
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Trashy art
Finding your inner environmentalist as an artist can be tough. Shylene Calla is a mosaicist and sculptor who enjoys the challenge of creating works of art using old and recycled things. Calla’s…
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Balancing the unbalanced
There were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. – Thomas Carlyle; “On Heroes and Hero Worship”; 1787…
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The meaning of colour
When you’re a child, one of the most serious questions you can ask a potential friend is, “so what’s your favourite colour?” Whether we knew it or not, there is meaning in…
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Ten “green” newsmakers of 2010-2011
10. Green “P” for parking Parking can be a complicated issue for Laurier Brantford students. Getting tickets is common and parking for class can be difficult. Let us be thankful though, that…
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Gaming for green “Exposed”
“I make about $3000 a month. Sometimes I make more.” Jeremy Booth (name changed) buys and sells money – game money. He’s been in this lucrative business for three years now, and…
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Comcast rakes in more green
When it comes to massive companies that are practically swimming in pools of their own money, media giant Comcast tops the list. As America’s largest cable company, Comcast has a market value…
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An ethical take on a coffee-ringed culture
The man ahead of me orders a standard coffee: large with regular cream and sugar. The employee, in one motion, pours the beverage with lightning-fast speed, mixing in sugar and cream equally…
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Why I can’t look you in the eye
Normally, I don’t consciously remember. But when strangers, usually men, approach me on the streets, I notice. Sometimes the encounters happen while travelling between buildings, but most often they occur on the…
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They spent how much?!
Money makes the world go ‘round, and what better way to take advantage of a big cash payout then to splurge on something– a nice purse, dinner for you and a friend,…
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Paper cranes for Japan
On March 16, in the entranceway of the Carnegie building, Laurier students and Journalism Guild members Katelyn Wong and Victoria Roth set up their booth. Both were teaching others how to fold…
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“Ancient” entertainment as captivating today as it was millennia ago
This week, the Sanderson Centre played host to the Peking Acrobats, a traveling troupe of obscenely talented performers who dazzle their audiences with a balanced combination of Eastern authenticity and spectacular physical…
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This is a poster-free zone
A relatively unknown Brantford bylaw makes it illegal to post a sign without approval from the city. In order for a Brantford citizen to post a sign, they must go through an…
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Youth Trends
Disturbing: Only whites need apply? A new independently funded Texas scholarship offered by a group called the Former Majority Association for Equality is raising controversy by limiting allowed applicants to a certain…
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The new news source
Commercials, repetition, and pointless “fluff” sold as serious content – with all of these distractions, it’s no wonder that so many young people are investing in alternate news sources for their information.…
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Lady Hawks fail to medal at nationals
The support of a hometown crowd was not enough to help Laurier’s women’s hockey team capture a gold medal at the 2011 CIS Women’s Hockey Championships in Waterloo last week. In fact,…
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Deconstructing the chick flick
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, students gathered at the Student Center to watch the film Legally Blonde as part of the three-part film series called “Deconstructing the Chick…
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Campus event brings Middle East issues home
Laurier Brantford held its first ever Israeli Apartheid Week event last Tuesday. The get-together focused on the conflicts between Israel and Palestine, bringing to light issues that many Palestinians deal with on…
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Bracket busting
It’s the time of the year when all of those people who have never watched a single game of college basketball come out of hiding and get the chance to show off…
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Fit File
Over the next five years, my gym membership will cost me about $2500. That amount could buy me an awfully nice strength training setup or cardio machine to put in my parents’…
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The forgotten struggle in Palestine
On March 12, Israeli media reported that five Israeli settlers were murdered in the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli authority immediately arrested 20 Palestinians and, as if in revenge, the Israeli…
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Filling the coffers of those that feed the hungry
Growing up in London, Ontario and working several part-time jobs in the downtown area, I would often see homeless people asking for money on the streets. I would often give them a…
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Gaddafi promises a “fight to the death”
Libya is a country in turmoil, poised on the brink of civil war. Protests began in the country in mid-February, at least partially prompted by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. By the…
