Author: The Sputnik
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Why hazing is for losers
Most student athletes responsible for hazing would tell you they were just having fun, or that it wasn’t serious. Although this may be true in some cases, it certainly isn’t in all.…
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Laurier Homecoming 2012 kept under control
This year, despite the amount of enthusiastic fans at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Homecoming game, the event itself went surprisingly well. In order to ensure that the environment was as safe as possible,…
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YOBO – You Only Brantford Once
– Now that I’m entering my final year here at Laurier Brantford, I am fraught with the debilitating anxiety brought on by the fact that I am slowly, reluctantly, coming to terms…
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WUSC student refugee program: life-changing education
Wilfrid Laurier University has been working together with WUSC (World Universtiy Service of Canada), to support students in developing countries to enroll at universities in Canada. WUSC works with professionals, students, volunteers,…
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Q&A: Local musician at heart of Jazz Fest
Jazz is a music genre that encompasses the entire medium of music. There’s blues-jazz, jazz-rock, Cuban jazz, and, of course, smooth jazz. The abundance of sub-genres combined all together in to one…
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Oh-Lay, Oh-Lay: Homecoming raises multicampus concerns
Homecoming is a time when Laurier students get together and cheer on their team in a night of revelry and loyalty. What better way to commemorate such an event than with a…
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Laurier streamlines scholarship process
Money left untouched – that’s the unlikely issue Laurier Brantford faced, when it came to their scholarship roster; a real problem, which ultimately led to change. With the old way, students were…
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Public Criminology receives huge local interest
University of Hawaii professor Meda Chesney-Lind was in town last week to give a presentation to the fourth year Public Criminology class. The course includes guest lectures that are open to…
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O-Week in review
New people, exciting activities, and some less than sober fun are just some of the many ingredients that go into making a kick-ass O-Week experience. For Laurier Brantford students enjoying their first…
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The Mouthpiece: throwing the bus under the bus
-Alex Zima As a man who has never bothered to learn how to drive, I have been a strong support of public transit, and a frequent user. Back in Kitchener, I had…
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Q & A with Down With Webster
ME: How does it feel coming to a school and playing for students? Cam: Well it’s amazing I remember going to school. I went to Mac for a year, and I remember…
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BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
Hello and welcome to another exciting and fun packed edition of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, the revolutionary new column where you, the readers, get to read what I, the…
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Hockeyfest: class action lawsuit
The annual Hockeyfest’s event organization is suing the Grand River Conservation Authority for $12 million following last May’s alleged breach of contract after the GRCA cancelled the music festival six days…
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Laurier Brantford welcomes first-year students
– The first year of university is known to be the most exciting and memorable year of university years. A lot of the first year students are excited to meet new people…
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Chavril
“That awkward moment when ‘sk8ter Boi’ stops being a cautionary tale about not juding a book by its cover and starts being about a girl with permanent beer goggles”
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The useless UN
Over a year and a half has passed since the day the cradle of civilization was rocked once again with violence, when soldiers of the Bashar Al-Assad regime fired on Kurdish protesters…
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Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
Welcome to another exciting edition of “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia,” where movies and television of both past, future, and present are reviewed and analyzed by an esteemed panel…
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BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
For those of you who don’t know, “Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia” is one of many long forgotten films. This obscure title illustrates my obscene take on the past, present,…
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A city of history
Just outside the city limits, on a spot overlooking the Grand River, Alexander Graham Bell conceived the idea of a “speaking telegraph” in 1874. Over a century later, the world has marvelled…
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Painting a different picture: Contemporary Indigenous artists gather in Brantford
Part of the display of Indigenous culture, that is Planet IndigenUS, will take place at the Woodland Cultural Centre between Aug. 10 and 19. The festival takes place every three years and…
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Laurier’s Women’s Hockey Team Fall Flat on the Ice Once Again
– Kyle Morrison, staff In what is seemingly a season filled with win after win, one loss is all it takes, and Laurier’s women’s hockey team knows this sentiment all too well.…
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Laurier Brantford Extramural Results
– Kyle Denton, Sports editor 2011-2012 was a groundbreaking year for Laurier Brantford. With nine different teams participating in extramural sports, the future looks bright for Laurier Brantford athletics. Here is a…
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Extramural MVPs at Laurier
– Craig Hagerman, staff Extramural Female Athlete of the Year It was a very good year for the Laurier Brantford’s women’s hockey team. The team had a shot at two championships, losing…
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Are There Enough Teaching Jobs for Future Teachers?
– Aaleya Waslat, staff In order to find teaching positions, recent graduates of concurrent education programs have to be flexible. They need to be willing to teach outside of Ontario or specialize in…
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Hundreds of thousands of students protest tuition hikes in Montreal
– Marilla Steuter-Martin and Jacques Gallant, The Concordian MONTREAL (CUP) — Over 200,000 people took to the streets of Montreal on March 22 to protest tuition increases, many of whom were students from…
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A Sea of Unreasonability
– Leisha Senko, staff It’s often been said that the erosion of democracy is a subtle, creeping process, one ignored by the average person or veiled by those in charge. After a…
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Social Media and Health: Is tweeting your weight helpful or hurtful?
– Alison Bowerman, staff Would you tell all your Facebook friends how much you weigh? What about giving all your Twitter followers a play-by-play of what you eat or the amount of calories…
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Canadian youth struggle to find jobs
– Priscilla Popp, staff Canada’s unemployment rate for February was released this month and revealed information on Canada’s economy. According to Statistics Canada, Canada’s unemployment rate went down 0.2 per cent as…
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Protest at First Gulf Part of a Long-Standing Issue
– Oren Weiner, staff As part of a long line of land claims and protest to claimed encroachment on aboriginal lands, a group of Six Nations members protested a recent land development…
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The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift in the Education System
– Graeme Gordon, staff In 2004, Salman Khan was a successful hedge fund analyst when he began tutoring his cousin in mathematics. Using the internet, Khan taught his cousin, Nadia, long-distance by…
