Last month marked a significant milestone in the history of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, as the community celebrated its twentieth anniversary with Laurier’s Homecoming on Sept. 21. The satellite campus, which was founded in 1999, kicked off its birthday…
Sunday, July 3, I and thousands of other individuals gathered in a sea of rainbow in downtown Toronto. As 3 a.m. grew nearer, the parade slowed down. We all bowed our heads in silence for the victims of the Pulse…
Laurier Brantford students can have a better sense of security with the new 24 hours a day, seven days a week access to the Special Constable Service. Wilfrid Laurier University Students Union announced that Wilfrid Laurier University Board of Governors…
The fourth annual Leadership Summit took place on the Waterloo Campus at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 10th, 2015, and was sponsored by Laurier Alumni. The theme for this year was to ‘inspire lives of leadership & purpose.’ One of…
Nipissing University has officially announced its plans to end its partnership with Wilfrid University to reduce the increasing numbers of teachers entering the workforce. The decision made by Nipissing will bring the Concurrent Education program at Laurier Branford to a…
On Thursday night, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus purchased the Market Square building on Market St. for $5.8 million. With the school year just beginning, Laurier Brantford’s community is quickly expanding to a bigger and better campus with this new…
They all tell you, “live in residence for your first year, for the experience” when going to college or university. I am not sure what experience everyone is talking about, but mine seems to have been a lot different than…
This is it. After about four years of trying to stay awake during long, bland lectures, rushing to class after your printer failed while printing out your final sixteen page essay, refilling your fifth cup of coffee to pull another…
A PhD candidate of Laurier Brantford showcased a thesis very close to her heart Friday afternoon. Laurier Brantford PhD candidate, Bharati Sethi, shared her research thesis to the community through a photo voice exhibit titled, “Do You See What I…
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 Week. It seemed great; the school was awesome,…
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 peer help line for about six years now,…
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 NV, just because one of my friends made…
Every great team has to go through hardship at some point; disappointments and heartbreak provide great teams with motivation and things to learn for next year. Some grow from those moments like the NHL’s Boston Bruins who won the…
It has been an up and down season for Laurier’s women’s ice hockey team; they’ve been tournament champs this year, mixed in with early tournament eliminations. At Seneca College, the Golden Hawks failed to regain their winning ways. The women…
A growing university and a revitalized downtown core have worked to create a sense of community that Brantford hasn’t seen in almost 20 years. The economic recession in the early 1990’s and the loss of the city’s main industry left…
In an effort to support the Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletics and Recreation complex plans, Edith and Roger Davis, founders of the Davis Fuels distribution company, donated $1 million to the cause of its construction. The formal announcement of the donation…
Hey students, do you recall those annoying evaluation things you have to do at the end of each course that take up a whole, what, five minutes of your time? Have you ever considered where those papers disappear to after…
The Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team hosted a tournament on Friday, February 14, and they had one goal in mind after their last disappointing tournament: to win. The start of the tournament didn’t go according to plan; Laurier allowed the first…
The accessible learning building on Dalhousie no longer feels like an old dungeon. Works by local artist Elizabeth Gosse hang on the Yellow Brick Wall (YBW); colourful canvasses display the culture of several cities, adding an elegant touch to the…
Starting next year, a new fall reading week will be introduced as a three-year pilot program. Students will receive a full week off following Thanksgiving weekend in addition to the existing winter reading week. As registrar Ray Darling explains, the…
By Brittany Bennett & Hannah Brunsdon The new fad of Nek Nominations has swept across Facebook, and Laurier has been challenged to change it for the better. Nek Nominations are rumoured to have started in Perth, Australia and have spread…
This past week was International Development Week and it was celebrated at Laurier Brantford by a number of events put on by WUSC. But what is International Development Week and what, exactly, is WUSC? International Development Week is a…
Our small and intimate campus is home to a surprisingly large number of international students. The LEAF program, which draws the most international students to our campus, is designed to build English skills for those who meet the academic requirements…
The Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team hosted a tournament on Friday at the Wayne Gretzky Centre and if there is one word to describe how the tournament went, it would be frustrating. Laurier opened up the tournament against Conestoga College…
After a solid finish to begin the season, Laurier’s extramural soccer team had a rule mishap at Redeemer on Friday that cost them a possible win and a chance to climb up the tournament standings. Instead the Golden Hawks finished…
What is the Students’ Union? What do they do? These are just some of the questions that went unanswered when students were asked about WLUSU. The Students’ Union is actually responsible for many campus clubs and events, and their mission…
A shootout is a tough task to handle for any team, as most people believe it’s a 50/50 chance at best and some teams that are built to grind out wins are not suited for the shootout. For the men’s…
Players win games, teams win championships. This is one of the most used clichés in all of sports. When most people hear this they roll their eyes and give it no attention. After the Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team won…
As Student Union elections are on, current Union President Annie Constantinescu, as well as students around the Brantford campus, took some time to reflect on the current administration’s tenure. “It’s honestly been such a rewarding experience. Every day I’m working…
Only a few short days away from the election, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union (WLUSU) presidential candidates continue to campaign, hoping to lead the Students’Union in the 2014-2015 academic year. This is their chance to create their own vision…
