Author: The Sputnik
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Women’s basketball team enters season of development
– Craig Hagerman, staff Although basketball fans may feel a sense of withdrawals without the National Basketball Association playing this year, they should find solace in the fact that the OUA season…
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Golden Hawks Men’s Basketball Team Poised to Have Great Season
– Kyle Morrison, staff The Golden Hawks men’s basketball team will hope to have a repeat of last season, albeit with a better finish in the end. After a strong season that…
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The Octagon
– Anthony Fusco, staff UFC 137 took place on October 29 and was a Saturday night filled with fights, retirements and a little trash talk. After Nick Diaz won his fight against…
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The Fit File
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor Whether you are a beginner, novice or expert at weight lifting, you have your own opinion when it comes to supplemental preparation. Any given person can be…
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Daniel Everett Discusses “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” at Grand River Forum
– Caleb Godin, staff This year’s Grand River Forum gave Laurier Brantford students, as well as the Brantford community, insight into one man’s adventure in the Amazon. The Grand River Forum, now…
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Tech and printing shop to descend on campus
– Kristen Curtis, Student Life Editor There is a new addition to Laurier Brantford’s retail options – a tech and printing shop has opened on the first floor of the Research and…
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Laurier Brantford professors opffer unique opportunity for community discourse
– Aaleya Waslat, staff Wilfrid Laurier University is giving back to the community through a new intimate and engaging method that allows professors to speak with community members and create a public…
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Ending sexual abuses in the DRC
– Aaleya Waslat, staff The Democratic Republic of Congo has a population of 71 billion and is the second largest country in Africa. Ever since the Second Congo War of 1998, the…
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Another Barbie controversy
-Alison Bowerman, staff On October 13, tokidoki Barbie was released. The doll is styled with short pink hair and tattoos covering her arms, neck and chest. Since her debut, there has been…
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Is it balance or bigotry?
– Leisha Senko, staff When does respecting a legal or ethical standard become a societal expectation? More specifically, when will it be considered a truly bigoted stance to condemn homosexuality? It seems…
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The Expositor building becomes… Expositor Place
– Ahmed S. Minhas, staff In hopes of expansion and accommodating the growing Laurier Brantford student population, Laurier plans on adding a new residence building located on the corner of Dalhousie St.…
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US government study shows carbon emissions are at all-time high
– Matt Mente, News Editor The U.S. Department of Energy has released the final numbers on global carbon emissions in 2010, and with a massive increase they are the worst numbers on…
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From cinema onward: A history of Sanderson Centre
– Jillian Courtney, Features Editor The Sanderson Centre has always been a pivotal part of the Brantford downtown core. It’s the hotspot for live entertainment in town, and has hosted many different…
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Always an extra, never a star
– Marco Brasil, staff The movie business is a multi-billion dollar industry with major stars earning paychecks in the high millions. But not every actor in a movie is a star, or…
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October’s Best Dressed Student
Kingsley Iwenofu Law and Society Program, Fourth year What are you wearing? Blue cardigan, H&M Deep v-neck shirt, American Apparel Jeans, H&M Shoes, Floyd Duffle Bag, American Tourister Do you have a…
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Top 3 foreign films
– Kiley Bell, Arts & Entertainment Editor If you’re not accustomed to watching films with subtitles or even films based on a country whose historical background you aren’t entirely familiar with, then…
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Drake set to unleash Take Care
– Kazeem Kuteyi, staff “Take Care” is an album that Drake fans have been anticipating since 2010 when MTV first speculated that he was recording his sophomore album. While critics have argued…
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BFF impresses in sophmore year
– Venetia Bodanis, staff The Brantford Film Festival is a fun and exciting festival that doesn’t leave you overwhelmed by the amount of films, or intimidated by the sometimes snobby, self-proclaimed cinephiles…
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The Plus Size Ghetto
– Alison Bowerman, staff While shopping for Halloween costumes recently, I couldn’t help but notice how revealing the costumes were. In order to find a costume that gave decent coverage for my…
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A Loss of Civil Liberties is Contagious
– Leisha Senko, staff France is not a country known for being passive. Even when mildly peeved, Parisians make their voices heard, and often in the most overt fashion possible. The 1789…
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Lacrosse Team Falls Short
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor The women’s lacrosse team finished up their season this past weekend coming up short of the OUA championship by losing in the quarter-finals to Toronto, 9-8. Not…
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The Golden Hawks’ Youth Movement Experiencing Growing Pains to Start Season
– Kyle Morrison, staff The first month of the OUA hockey season has almost reached an end and I’m sure the Golden Hawks mens hockey team are more than happy to see…
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The Octagon
– Anthony Fusco, staff The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is currently taking the sporting and fighting world by storm. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the world’s fastest growing sport, but what exactly…
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The Fit File
– Kyle Denton, Sports Editor There is more to working out than just lifting weights and running on the treadmill. No matter what exercise a person chooses to do, your body has…
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Laurier Women, Ready to Prove They Are Champs
– Craig Hagerman, staff A new season is under way for the Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team and, following an impressive season last year, the girls are hoping that this year will…
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Laurier Reveals Its New Look
– Kyle W. Brown, Editor-in-chief Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated both its past century, and the potential for future growth Friday, with the public release of Andrew M. Thomson’s book on the school’s…
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Laurier Brantford Grad Wins Prestigious Journalism Honours
– Kristen Curtis, Student Life Editor Meagan Gillmore, the previous Features Editor for The Sputnik, has won the David S. Barr Award from The Newspaper Guild of the Communications Workers of America…
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Learning about the LEAF Students
– Kristen Curtis, Student Life Editor As Laurier Brantford’s student population increases, so do the number of international students. The LEAF program offers the opportunity for foreign students to study here in…
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Laurier Low-down
– Kyle W. Brown, Editor-in-chief Senate Pulls Motion Following an uproar from the student body and a petition signed by approximately 1300 students, Laurier President Dr. Max Blouw pulled a motion concerning…
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When Two Sets of Rights Collide
– Matt Mente, News Editor The case of William Whatcott is once again being reviewed this time by the Supreme Court of Canada. The case began back in 2001 and 2002 when…
