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What you missed: Summertime in downtown Brantford
Summer Events for the Brantford Locals There are events put on by the city all throughout the year; because students are not on campus for the summer holiday there were several events…
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel
Went on a date to a dinner with a guy, super awkward I had to make all of the conversations…He still wants to go out…don’t know how to tell him that I’m…
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The Lady with the Ruby Glove
An aspiring artist’s experience within a haunted gallery The gallery looms over Vinny, shrouding her in shadow. Ivy runs up its ruddy walls, in the veins of the brick, holding it together.…
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Editor’s Note: A final say
Karen Savoy / Sputnik PhotographyA person writing in a notebook. Another school year comes to a close. The rain washes away the snow and greens the grass. You hear birds chirping outside…
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Laurier’s DMJ program “not getting ‘cancelled,’” says dean
Umaymah Suhail / Editor-in-ChiefThe Laurier Brantford campus. Wilfrid Laurier University’s digital media and journalism program recently took a pause on enrollment in 2023 and students are curious if this is the end…
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Brantford Bulldogs prepare for play-offs
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor The Brantford Bulldogs on the ice. It’s been an exciting opening year for the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs to say the very least. The team had…
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A dive into tea
Contributed Photo / CongerdesignA cup of tea in a porcelain cup. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on May 6 to correct a spelling error. Susan Ikpeama, a Toronto local, excitedly showed…
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A reflection on the Laurier-Sussex program
Jada Phillips / Lead Opinion WriterUniversity of Sussex campus, Brighton U.K. I had always known that I wanted to go abroad for school. My first flight was at three months old and…
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Femme Supreme and the Vangels — Issue #1: The Raid
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer Sehrin, 1973, Africa Minor I High up in the black sky with twinkling stars, the wind whirled, spun and swirled, warning. We heard the call, the cry…
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Editor’s Note: Am I proud to be a Canadian?
Karen Savoy / Sputnik PhotographyGraphic of the month. If you had asked me one year ago, I would have told you that I am a proud Canadian. I was born and raised…
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Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII
Contributed Photo / Michael OwensThe Super Bowl LVIII stadium 2024. For the first time since the 2004 season, a team has won the Super Bowl in back-to-back years. In a thrilling back-and-forth…
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Welcoming back Jane Goodall
Contributed Photo / City of BrantfordEnglish primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall. On April 8, 2024, the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts will welcome Jane Goodall back for the second time, thanks…
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Why car-centric urban planning sucks
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorCars on a highway. During the 20th century, the transportation system completely changed life as we knew it. Gone were the days of horse-drawn carriages, streetcars or walking.…
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Lady Day and the Dark Dame
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer The story I’d been planning to write took me to the Republic of Fauxland, located just off the Eastern coasts of Canada and the United States.…
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New Laurier restaurant opens in One Market
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Belmont restaurant in One Market. The Belmont restaurant recently opened on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus as a new one-stop-shop for students to grab coffee and food…
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Editor’s Note: Word choice matters
Niyati Pancholi / Sputnik PhotographyA protest for Gaza in Brantford People have always cursed and complained about bias in the media. Especially recently, Western newspapers are constantly under fire for racist reporting…
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ICJ judges make ruling in South Africa genocide trial against Israel
Contributed Photo / Michel PorroThe trial at the International Court of Justice in The Hague On Dec. 29, 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel and brought forth genocide allegations to…
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NHL proposes “World Cup of Hockey”
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorHockey fans have mixed reactions to the new idea International hockey hasn’t seen a best-on-best men’s hockey tournament in almost a decade, but that may be changing next…
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Is speed dating making a comeback?
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographyValentine’s Day is right around the corner Swipe right, swipe left. How tall are you? How much money do you make? How recently was this photo taken? Swipe,…
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Black joy and suffering
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorFrom left, Jane Desmond and 2023 alum Trinity Wilson at the Laurier International Multicultural Gala Thomas Shipp. Abram Smith. Emmett Till. Rodney King. George Floyd. Philando Castile. Sandra…
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Love as Lines of Code
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA colour wheel. As he was always meant to do, Carter thought about love. This time, he was sitting in a dimly lit, warm café. Rain pattered against…
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WLUSP 2024-25 Election Candidates’ Platforms
Editor’s Note: This page was updated on Feb. 7 to include two more platforms for student director. Thea Biallas – President, Publisher & Chair Photo unavailable. Hi, my name is Thea Biallas,…
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Editor’s Note: Journalism, a “dying” profession
Celina Shamon / Sports Editor A protest sign with a poem by Refaat Alareer. When I first accepted my offer into the digital media and journalism program four years ago, my uncle…
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Action against the closure of public healthcare services
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe emergency department at the Brantford General Hospital. A recent Ontario Health Coalition report says there have been 1,199 hospital service closures in the province alone last year up…
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A look at this year’s World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Contributed Photo / Habs Eyes on the PrizeTeam Canada at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are an annual tradition every hockey fan can look forward…
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A new year, a new me: Setting sustainable resolutions
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA New Year’s resolution typed on a laptop. Out with the old and ringing in 2024, a new year and time again for New Year’s resolutions. While speaking…
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Building Brantford better
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik PhotographyHistorical map of Brantford. A common denominator of any interaction I have had with any student on the Brantford campus is that the negative aspects of the city…
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Eve’s Parable
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer I As Eve stared back at the computer, she saw the white spaces of the page, the world reflecting back, possibilities as infinite as the story…
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Editor’s Note: Hate rising on campuses
Umaymah Suhail / Editor-in-Chief Brantford City Hall and the Canadian flag. Finals are shuffling from the back of our minds to all we can think about, especially with the well-warranted break waiting…
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Hamilton community mourns the loss of lives in Gaza with candlelight vigil
Celina Shamon / Sports EditorTwo girls commemorating the lost lives with a candle. Local residents and families from different communities came together to mourn the lives lost in Gaza at a candle-lit…
