Tag: right
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Misusing the Soap Box – Issue 1
So here we are, it’s June and that means the start of another year! Well not really, but for us at The Sputnik it feels that way. For the first time in…
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A disgrace against our fundamental freedom to privacy
Something interesting happened in Quebec City. This actually shocked me. Something I never knew could possibly happen in today’s society with all Canada’s policies and legislations that protect us. At Neufchatel High…
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Songide’ewin: A Yellow Brick Wall exhibit
Rene Meshake is the latest artist to have an exhibit featured on the Yellow Brick Wall, located right here on the Laurier campus. This exhibit is called Songide’ewin: Ojibwe Narratives Art Exhibit.…
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The Canadian obsession with the face veil
Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands against the notion of Canadian women wearing a face veil during the oath of citizenship. His comments on the niqab have triggered a social media storm. Harper’s…
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No more taxes on tampons – period
What do products like milk, bread, vegetables, prescription drugs, and medical devices like contact lenses and hearing aids have in common? Canadians do not pay taxes on these types of “essential” products.…
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Keep busy in and around Laurier Brantford
Skating in Harmony Square Snow has finally fallen and the ice is ready and waiting for you. Head on down to Harmony Square for free skating from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. every day,…
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Sorcerers and Lattes: Brantford to get a board game café
Brantford’s downtown is about to get nerdier, as Devil’s Bench gears up to open its doors April 2015. According to Bill Dungey, one of three partners behind Devil’s Bench, the board game…
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How a simple toy can become a dangerous weapon
Laser pointers come in many shapes, sizes and colours; they are dazzling instruments that people love to play with. From Star Wars to Star Trek, laser pointers have an imaginative appeal to…
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The Middle East from the eyes of third culture kids
We are ‘third culture kids’ –we grew up in a culture that differs from the culture our parents were brought up in. While some of us go back to our home countries…
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Lights, camera, action: Murdoch Mysteries returns to Brantford
Carriages and horses filled the streets of Brantford last week as Murdoch Mysteries set up a shoot on Darling St. The shoot involved dressing up Laurier’s own Carnegie Building to look like…
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Off the clock: The effects of emotionally draining jobs
“You never know when you answer the phone if someone is going to die. If you don’t pick it up quick enough, are they going to kill themselves?” Debbie Matthews, 55, struggled…
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Shots fired: How the media covered Ottawa
We’ve all heard about it, it’s kind of hard not to when every major North American news network covered the story since its emergence. I am talking about the recent Ottawa Parliament…
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Use your voice in a positive way
Are you #depressed? According to the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario depression is one of the lead causes of disabilities around the world. It is also said that one in ten Canadians…
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Hawks dominate in Homecoming, earn second straight blowout victory
Two weeks removed from a big home win over the Waterloo Warriors, the Laurier Golden Hawks football team celebrated another huge victory in style at their Homecoming game against the University of…
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Looking inward: A conversation about self-esteem
Like everything else from childhood to adulthood, people’s views of themselves are constantly evolving, a fluctuating reflection from pride to shame and everything in between. Assistant Professor of Youth and Children’s Studies…
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Laurier offers students a wealth of sports clubs this semester
Not interested in the limited number of extramurals, can’t find just what you’re looking for in intramurals? Or maybe you want to bring a new sport to campus. That’s where sports clubs…
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Fenway Park: America’s most beloved ballpark
Sports Editor Kyle Morrison returns to Boston’s Fenway Park to rediscover what makes baseball great Fenway Park is unlike any baseball stadium or any sports venue, for that matter, that I’ve ever…
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A not-so-free freedom: Tattoos in the workplace
It is said that “everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers,…
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“We are all naked under our clothes, are we not?”
“[Being naked felt] more normal than normal,” Laurier Alumni Stephane Deschenes says. Ever since his “liberating” experience at a nude beach, Deschenes has studied and immersed himself in the naturism lifestyle. Decades…
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WLU piloting new program that records students
For just over a year, Wilfrid Laurier University has been using a program called Respondus Lockdown Browser to ensure that students do not look up answers while writing online tests. In response…
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Canada Day event expected to bring 25,000 people to Lions Park
On June 2, organizers of Brantford’s Canada Day celebration met with Mayor Chris Friel and held a media conference to unveil the festivities planned for Canada’s 147th birthday. Brantford Parks and Recreation…
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Humans of Brantford: Giving the city a face
A collaborative project by Brittany Bennett and Dillon Giancola Jaquie Daniel Jaquie Daniel has loved her life in Brantford for about 25 years now, and currently works at Grand Erie…
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Rourke Weaver’s story of triumph over addiction: Turning severe alcoholism into an athletic passion
Today’s athletes and the sports they play are constantly portraying a poor image, only garnering negative press. Whether it is the fact that sports are now unsafe and too violent because of…
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What’s the deal with addiction?
When we think of the word addiction, our thoughts go to all sorts of different places. Some people think of loved one’s that struggle with substance abuse, others think of alcoholism or…
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Canadian Spotlight: USS
What do you get when you mix quirky introvert Ashley “Ash Boo-Shultz” Buccholz with over-the-top extrovert Jason “Human Kebab” Parsons? Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, also lovingly known as USS. USS have been riding…
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Who’s afraid of the big, bad feminist?
I have never been the kind of person who is afraid to stand up for a cause because of the fear of backlash or rejection from others. After knowing that, it probably…
