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Dark, the first novel from Laurier Brantford student Lisa Gurney, is described by the author as supernatural fiction with a murder mystery thrown in. With vampires and werewolves and a sort of…

Unless you live under a rock, I’m sure you’ve realized the semester is wrapping up and the exam season is almost upon us. The increased pressure to do well and achieve good…

Many young boys dream of being a superhero – a Batman or a Superman. And although he’s not responding to signals in the sky or wearing red underwear on top of his…

Studies have shown that students gain an average of 3 to 10 pounds during their first 2 years of university. Most of this weight gain will be in the first semester of…

Contrary to what you might think, your professor is not some drone whose only interest in life is to teach, or whose only conflict is to try to get you to peel…

Students at Laurier Brantford finally got a chance to celebrate their campus with this year’s homecoming weekend. Events at Piston Broke, Boston Pizza and a varsity hockey game at the Brantford Civic…

What’s surprising about Guinea’s new leader isn’t that he came to power in a military coup, and not even that his highest rank in said military was just Captain – it’s the…

In recent meetings of the Student’s Union at Laurier in Brantford and Waterloo, Nippissing University’s iTeach fee has been called into question. “WLUSU is currently working on a review of the program…

A remarkable once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has been bestowed upon Alicia Sayers. The 20-year-old Journalism and Contemporary Studies student at Laurier Brantford was nominated and selected to be one of 12 Aboriginal role models…

For generations mainstream bands have been dominating the music scene. What many people do not know is that Brantford has a thriving underground music scene. “Nobody in the mainstream is bringing anything…

Laurier Brantford is strengthening its diversity with an Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) group on campus. Though LGBTQ groups are common in many universities as a part of various diversity…

All Kathryn Sleason wanted Saturday morning was a coffee. Instead, she was receiving a heartfelt explanation of Tibetan Buddhism. “It’s holding me here,” the petite senior said of Brantford’s first Local/Global Peace…

Pride: The Beach Boys once said, “Be true to your school. Rah, rah, rah, rah! Like you would to your girl. Rah, rah, rah, rah!” Wise words from four guys in Hawaiian…

One year after its inception, the 2009 Brantford International Jazz Festival returned this past weekend, even bigger and better than last year’s event. And if there was one thing to be learned…

Though newbies to Laurier Brantford probably won’t notice, observant students might recognize that the First Year Council, one of the many committees to fall under the Wilfrid Laurier University Students Union unbrella,…

Overall, the feedback was positive, and the volunteer ambassadors of Laurier Brantford saw lots of students come through the doors – more than last year’s numbers. The word from ambassadors was that…

I wanted this story to kick serious butt – in more ways than one. When I heard Spring Break Serving Brantford had been cancelled, I started to question the belief that Laurier…

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s that dreaded time of year again: final projects, essays and, dare I say it, exams. But a busy semester does not have to equal a mental breakdown.…