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Professor Profile: Dr. Thomas Fleming
With a Master’s degree program expected to arrive in September 2011, Criminology is one of Laurier Brantford’s largest and most well known programs. However, for all that the program has brought to…
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Stress Be Gone
Essay and paper season is upon us at Laurier Brantford. Thus, stress is in no short supply, and as temporary and innocuous as this may sound, letting it get to you could…
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Youth Trends
Disturbing Andrew Shirvell, an assistant Attorney General in Michigan, was fired earlier this month after targeting the openly gay student body president at the University of Michigan. The Washington Post reports that…
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Cambridge YouTube vlogger takes on the world
In 2007, a local teenager from Cambridge, Ontario signed up for a YouTube account. Little did she know, in three short years, it would change the course of her life and she…
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Gypsy folk rocker performs at Station Coffee House
Lionel Lodge describes his music as “gypsy folk rock” and his look is one to match. With long, scraggly hair and a worn face, it’s easy to sink into the believable storytelling…
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What the f**k is a DDP?
The decentralized dance party (DDP) is a unique movement that’s been gaining popularity since 2009 when it came to life through co-creators Tom Kuzma and Gary Lachance. Lachance explains the origins of…
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The true meaning of Movember
In 2003, a group of friends were having a round of drinks in Melbourne, Australia when an innovative, new idea for mustaches came to mind: using them to raise awareness. So while…
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One Change: “simple actions matter:
The environmentally focused, non-profit organization One Change came to Laurier Brantford on November 2. From 11 AM to 2 PM, Angela Libby, outreach and volunteer coordinator for the fuel efficiency program, Michelle…
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“Here’s the problem with turning it in…”
Turnitin.com, the plagiarism detection website contracted for use by numerous high schools and universities, including Wilfrid Laurier, has been facing severe criticism. Issues ranging from the practical to the ethical have caused…
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Youth Trends
Disturbing Yale University’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity pledges, as part of their hazing, were forced to walk around campus shouting not-so-subtle rape innuendo. Vancouver’s Online Source reported on October 25 that the…
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Reviewing new music
Cradle of Filth – Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa Cradle of Filth takes their newest album another level further into hell. It is a mix of beautifully spine-tingling orchestra pieces that are complimented…
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Sex101 – Having Sex with Someone New
One of the biggest hurdles when meeting a new mate is the first sexual encounter. When feelings are involved, this can be one of the most memorable nights of the relationship—or the…
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“Due Date” is right on time
With last year’s The Hangover being one of his biggest successes to date, director Todd Phillips needed to show he can still bring the laughs with his latest comedy, Due Date. Phillips’…
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Eat So They Can: Food for thought
Several dozen Laurier Brantford students attended the ‘Eat So They Can’ fundraising dinner, held on Oct 20 at Wellington’s Presbyterian Church. It’s central purpose was to collect money to support orphans in…
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Story and Art: Hand in Hand and One in the Same
What makes a good story? What makes something art? These are the kinds of questions Dr. Edward Chamberlin raised in his October 19 lecture at the Sanderson Centre where dozens of students,…
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Dan Losier is Brantford’s BFF
“Put on long underwear!” Mrs. Losier worriedly reminded her son over the phone in one scene from In Their Shoes: The Experience, the documentary film made by Laurier Brantford student, Dan Losier.…
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Harvest Noon brings food and hope to Harmony Square
Downtown Brantford was filled with an air of excitement as Harvest Noon took over Harmony Square on Saturday afternoon. The event was held in order to raise awareness of poverty in Brant,…
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Project Empathy makes “changes” on campus
Last Friday night, Project Empathy hosted the “Concert for Change” at the Alexander’s Tavern to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS in Botswana and Canada. Project Empathy is a not-for-profit organization that…
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Walking with a purpose
Walkers were poised and ready in Victoria Park for the fourth annual Relay for Life, which happened on October 15. Around 150 students, faculty and guests gathered for the 12-hour march in…
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“Bond does everything wrong”
“Bond does everything wrong,” said Michael Ross, a former Israeli spy, when recounting his complex and often unglamorous past. He spoke in front students and faculty on October 21, at the Research…
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Music Therapy
Laurier students with a love of music and a craving to perform were invited to Therapy Lounge last Wednesday October 20, to participate in “Music Therapy”: an open-mic event that creator and…
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NaNoWriMo hopes you hit 50,000
November is National Novel Writing Month (also called NaNoWriMo) where people from across the world sign up in an attempt to produce a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days. Writers need to…
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Have the happiest Halloween
Halloween and sex have had an increasingly close relationship, especially as we’ve become a more liberal society. All you have to do is head to a party or bar on Halloween night…
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Cold Reception or Normal Process?
The Young New Democrats of Brantford, for all of their vigor, enthusiasm and star power in the form of a popular MP candidate, haven’t been able to penetrate Laurier Brantford’s club life.…
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Blood: It’s in you to give?
Giving blood is an experience that can be both fulfilling and terrifying. The truth though, is that no matter the emotion you feel, that little donated bag has the potential to save…
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Johnson’s Rules
If her fans haven’t forgotten her, by the time she gets to Brantford, Carolyn Dawn Johnson will have some songs to play for them. Johnson, who released her fourth album Love Rules…
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DWW hits the stage in Brantford
The red drink cups were flying and the music was pumping as pop/hip hop infusion group, Down With Webster, brought their electrifying energy to the Sanderson Centre on September 30. The night…
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Sex – it does a body good
I’ve been taking some heat lately for the things I write in Sex 101. Mainly, it’s from over-eager guys who add me to Facebook with the hopes of hooking up. It’s also…
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Vinyl turning the tables on CDs, MP3s
The 20th-century – parent era to the vinyl record. A place in time where a record collection helped you build your inner identity and determined to your peers whether you were “hip”…
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“Ongoing History of New Music” creator speaks at Laurier Waterloo
One would be hard-pressed to find someone with more musical minutia crammed into their head than Alan Cross. And when it comes to music history lessons like the one that was given…
