Tag: university
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Ontario government passes Bill 33
How the new Supporting Students and Children Act, Impacts Ontario Universities On November 20, 2025, the Ontario government passed Bill 33. This bill, also known as the Supporting Children and Students Act,…
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What if not having a plan is the plan?
A 22-year-old’s take on figuring life out slowly. At 22-years-old, I feel like I’m constantly stuck between: I should know what I’m doing with my life by now; and, I’m still basically a kid,…
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Why mental health days should count as valid school absences
The debate around whether mental health days should be considered as valid school absences is becoming more urgent every year. With increasing academic pressure, competitive environments and personal stressors, students are navigating…
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Does university shift perspectives?
Does attending university alter the way that we view the world and everything in it? I still remember my first day of university, Sept. 8, 2021, when I was a student at…
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Quarantine cooking
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY With the lockdown ending for many regions in Ontario, students are eager to leave quarantine in the past. A lot of generation-defining…
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Common vices among university students
As this semester goes, common vices like procrastination and unbalanced eating habits start to rise again which disturb the students’ lives in Laurier Brantford. “I am really trying to avoid procrastination, that’s…
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#Halfahawknomore: Laurier students campaign for library
#Halfahawknomore is the popular hashtag swirling around social media after Luc Daviau, Aryan Arvandi and Victoria Wong’s effort to promote the idea of an academic library on the Laurier Brantford campus. With…
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Anna Osei named Outstanding Woman of Laurier
The tenth annual Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) banquet, hosted on March 25, 2015 at the Waterloo Conference Inn Hotel, was a huge success, with the largest turnout since 2008. The award…
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A cog in a capitalist machine: How Laurier is run like a business
With the recent job cuts and contract academic staff speaking out about unfairness, Laurier’s finances are under a microscope. But as staff, students and the community are trying to understand the decisions…
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Women’s basketball team loses in double-OT shocker
One of the best women’s basketball teams in Canada had their historic 2014-2015 season cut short on February 28 in a thrilling double-overtime upset at the hands of Queen’s University in the…
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Girls’ hockey team falls in the quarters on home ice
On February 6, Wilfrid Laurier Brantford’s extramural girls’ hockey team faced a disappointing loss in the quarter finals. The tournament, held at the Wayne Gretzky Complex, was the girls’ first tournament at…
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Powderpuff football sells its players short
When you think “powderpuff”, football isn’t what comes to mind. But year in and year out in one of the largest growing women’s sports, that’s what their brand of football is called,…
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Laurier community saddened after loss of former professor
Laurier staff, students and alumni were saddened after hearing the news about the death of Dr. A. Margaret Evans, a history professor at Waterloo College and Waterloo Lutheran University from 1940 to…
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Student stress and its consequences
The transition between life of a high school student to the life of a university student can be challenging for some. University is a stressful experience for every student and with it…
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Annual career fair for criminology and law students a success
The annual career fair for Criminology and Law students took place on Nov.14th in the RCW lobby. The event allowed for students to touch base with professionals, learn about career opportunities and…
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Where do you see yourself next year?
Believe it or not, fall semester is coming to an end. For many students, this means it is time to start planning where to go next year. We have compiled some tips…
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Student Food Bank serves sandwiches to students
Laurier Brantford’s Student Food Bank cracked out their grills on Tuesday for the first time this year, to hand out free grilled cheese sandwiches to eager students. Kathleen Bee, Laurier Brantford’s Student…
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Laurier’s fight on the mental health front
Mental health has become a topic of importance over the past few years, and Wilfrid Laurier University has acknowledged this more readily than most other Canadian universities; between their newly enacted fall…
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Putting a face to a bipolar disorder
Hillary Verardi is a bold, bubbly, beautiful YouTuber who usually posts videos reviewing the latest eye shadow palette or a tutorial on waterproof makeup. But recently, Verardi used her channel, Putabowon, to…
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Mental health does not define you
You will never make it to university! Why can’t you just be happier? I don’t understand why you’re like this! Just snap out of it! Sometimes, people do not have a wide…
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Netflix vs. studying: The student’s dilemma
It’s time for midterms. Workloads are mounting. You just finished eight hours of class, and no, you cannot go have a beer with your friends because you have so many readings to…
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Arkells rock out for Laurier Brantford’s new students
Hamilton’s own Arkells were at the Sanderson Centre last Wednesday to put on an awesome show for Laurier Brantford’s first year students – and the whole venue was rocking. The night got…
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Ontario government working to lighten student’s tuition
The Ontario Tuition Grant (OTG) has undergone its annual increase, and the Province is looking to encourage more post-secondary students to apply. For Ontario undergrads in University and College degree programs, the…
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Men’s baseball team carries championship momentum into 2014
The Laurier men’s baseball team had one of the university’s most successful athletic seasons last year, coming out of nowhere to win their first OUA championship. The hard road to defending their title begins…
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Time to get our hands dirty with the YMCA project
The long awaited YMCA is finally breaking ground as construction is set to start this fall and be carried out on schedule for the two-year build. “It’s what we’ve been planning from…
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The start of an O-Week for every type of first-year
That time of the year is here: Orientation Week! I can’t believe it was only a year ago that I was such a mixture of nerves and excitement at this exact time.…
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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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Foot Patrol ≠Taxi Service
When I applied to Laurier Brantford, the one major concern I had with school was my safety. Like some, I never stepped foot on Brantford soil until the first day of Orientation…
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Peer help line extended to the Brantford campus
Laurier Brantford’s first year promoting a peer help line has been announced a success; members hope for even more in the following years to come. The Waterloo campus has been providing a…
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The honest truth about the locals of Brantford
Since coming to Brantford, I’ve heard a lot about “the locals”. How someone pulled a knife at 2 a.m. on one of my friends, how someone started a fight at local nightclub…
