Author: The Sputnik
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Brantford Campus Council facing the axe
Priscilla Popp, staff The Laurier Brantford division of Wilfrid Laurier University Student Union suffered a shocking blow following a controversial decision to disband the Brantford Campus Council. The council, which served as…
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How hackers do their work
Matt Mente, News editor For many still, computers are a complex object whose operations are unfathomable. To hackers, however, breaking into a computer system is an art. The first part of this…
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Ontario promises three new campuses
Lee Richardson – Ontario Bureau Chief TORONTO (CUP) — The Ontario government is planning to build three new campuses that would offer undergraduate degrees in the province, with locations to be selected…
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Gay rights in society: still a taboo issue?
Marina Budd, staff Few topics have been more discussed and more controversial over the past decade than the conversation surrounding gay rights. However despite this controversy, the LGBTQ community is starting to…
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Getting ink done: the culture behind tattoos
Jill Courtney, Features editor Needles and ink have become something TLC viewers are used to seeing. From seeing the antics of Kat Von D and her crew over at LA Ink, otherwise…
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A cultural shift through language: Taboo words
Marco Brasil, staff People nowadays sprinkle their conversations with colourful words. When you get a D-, that’s really gay. When you’re doing really well in Call of Duty, you’re raping everyone. Your…
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Our love-hate relationship with live music
Kazeem Kuteyi, staff Laser lights, monstrous sounds, and high definition background videos of nature images were all elements of the Kanye West and Jay-Z “Watch The Throne” concert last November. The show…
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Comparing films to their paperback counterparts
Samantha Szilagyi, staff The age-old film and literature question: are books better than their movie counterparts? In almost every case, the answer is yes. Now don’t get too far ahead of yourselves,…
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Keeping up with beekeeper
Layla Bozich, staff “Someone said at one point that Devon’s song writing is like a little kid with ADD, and I think that is very true to the sound of our music,”…
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Women’s Extramural Hockey Team Ready to Finally Hit the Ice
– Craig Hagerman, staff The Laurier Brantford women’s hockey team is finally ready to hit the ice this Friday and hopes are high for a winning season. The ladies will make their…
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There’s Always Next Year for the Laurier Football Team
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor In a season of ups and downs, Laurier could never gain enough momentum to keep the season on track. The men’s football team was thought to be…
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The Trews Are Coming
– Layla Bozich, staff Club NV will be booming to a different beat when The Trews take the stage Thursday. With special guests INAMBUSH and Steven Branchaud, Club NV is sure to…
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The Octagon
– Anthony Fusco, staff The first UFC card on Fox took place Nov. 12 and it did not disappoint. It was a historic card for the UFC as it was the first…
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The hacking culture: Who are the hackers?
– Matt Mente, News Editor Since the creation of the internet, it has continued to expand and become an increasingly important part of society. This has lead to an all new kind…
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The Disconcerting Shift in Electronic Music
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor Over the past five years there has been a shift in mainstream music involving a new-found partnership with hip hop. Artists such as Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco…
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Sounds Good – Wish List Edition
– Kyle W. Brown, Editor-In-Chief In our last Sounds Good of the semester, editor-in-chief Kyle Brown decided to review some of the Canadian albums that have hit the shelves in the past…
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Rising tutition costs are crushing students
– Marco Brasil, staff It’s fair to say that everyone feels they are being overcharged for their education, but those in Ontario appear to be the hardest hit. According to Statistics Canada,…
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Putting The Euro Debt Crisis in Perspective
– Ahmed S. Minhas, staff For many months now, Europe has been facing troubling financial times. With the bailout of Iceland in 2008, and Greece in 2010, it has put pressure on…
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Outerbridge misses the mark at Sanderson
– Melina Major, staff Ted and Marion Outerbridge are a magic duo who perform a Time Capsule tour, in which they attempted to turn back time. On Saturday, the show came to…
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Occupying one month later
– Lin Abdul Rahman, Opinion Editor Occupy Toronto protesters have been ordered to leave St. James Park immediately, following a ruling by Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown. After hearing arguments from…
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Mo Bros of Laurier Brantford: Staches for a cause
– Graeme Gordon, staff For the entire month of November, men across the world have donned moustaches in support of men’s health and the Movember movement. The global phenomenon has reached the…
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Mixing It Up At Mixdown
– Kazeem Kuteyi, staff The Mixdown, a local record store on Colborne Street, attracted quite a bit of attention from people passing by last Thursday, as beating drums and fast paced guitars…
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Many Positives in Men’s Extramural Hockey Team’s First Tournament
– Craig Hagerman, staff The Laurier Brantford men’s extramural hockey team took part in their first tournament of the year last Thursday. Despite not coming out on top, the boys made it…
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Liberals follow through with tutition promise
– Matt Mente, News Editor During the provincial election one of the Liberal party’s biggest promises was a 30% tuition cut, and last week they came through…sort of. McGuinty has passed a…
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J.R.R Tolkien at Laurier Brantford
– Caleb Godin, staff The works of J.R.R Tolkien came to life Laurier Brantford last Friday. Students enrolled in the Tolkien and Fantasy course exhibited projects celebrating Tolkien’s legendary series, “The Lord…
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Going under the knife: Ourselves and our pets
– Alison Bowerman, staff How many times have you walked past magazines at the front of the grocery store and snuck a peak at the headlines? Sure, you may have rolled your…
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For the love of money
– Marina Budd, staff We’ve all done it, gone to a store and wanted something so bad that we just can’t leave the store without it. That is until you saw the…
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Farmers feed students: A week of living locally
– Aaleya Waslat, staff This past week, I set out on a week-long adventure of eating as much local food as possible. I saved money and felt healthier because of this experience;…
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A Step in the Right Direction for Laurier Baseball
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor With a year that consisted of 12 regular season wins, and a Laurier baseball school record, the men’s Laurier baseball team has nothing to be disappointed about.…
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Driving safely in Brantford
– Priscilla Popp, staff The city of Brantford has experienced an alarmingly high number of car accidents in recent weeks, leaving many residents concerned for their safety and security in a city…
