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Monthly Archive: March 2012

Pride set for referendum

By Matt Rabey  The mandatory number of signatures was collected to signify 10 percent of the Laurentian University student population being in favour of a new $1 per student incidental fee to fund the Laurentian University Pride Office. James Spires, Vice President of Pride at Laurentian University explains the importance[…]

Therapy clinic now available for students

By Ron Guillet Laurentian University students now have access to a therapy clinic, as included in the student levy, at ATRC Chronic Pain and Sports Clinic. Laurentian previously had a clinic on campus, the Voyageur Athletic Therapy Clinic, but it was shut down last summer when the university decided to[…]

Music Unifies LU Students

By Kallie Berens Ten thousand students at Laurentian University, from all around the world, have different interests and hobbies. One common past time of students is music – whether it be listening to an album while studying or playing an instrument with a group of friends it can be found[…]

Lane shares expertise at LU

By Ryen Veldhuis This year, Thorneloe University has had a new face in the halls: Dr. Bill Lane. “I basically answered an ad for the position of sabbatical replacement. Ian Maclennan normally teaches half the courses in the department and he was going on sabbatical,” Lane says, about how he[…]

Laurentian Math Professor Luis Radford wins international award

By Kallie Berens Dr. Luis Radford was in Frankfurt at the beginning of February with three hours to wait for his flight to Toronto when he decided to check his email. He was on his way back from Geneva, where he was attending a mathematics conference. After answering his correspondence[…]

SGA spends more than $168,500 on Pub Renos

By Ed Veilleux  By the time all is said and done, SGA members will have paid roughly $168,500 of their money to renovate the Pub Down Under, at least. The most recent figures released, at a Feb. 29 board meeting, show the SGA spent roughly $135,000 on Corriveau Contracting for[…]

Incumbent SGA President Charlie Andrews disqualified from election

An official letter from the former CRO, Dan Brunet, states SGA President Charlie Andrews was disqualified for committing several infractions over the campaign period. The first fine was for wearing campaign T-shirts that hadn’t been approved by the CRO, at the candidate open house on March 13. The candidate package[…]

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Corrections

On Page 3, the fourth box, bottom left, is entitled “VP Services candidates,” it should read “Senator candidates.” On Page 8, the photo should be credited by Terri Scherzinger, not Lianna Pisani. On Page 10, the photo caption has a typing error – the word should read “for,” and not[…]

SGA candidates in their own words

(PRESIDENT) (Note: All information submitted via email by candidates. It is unedited.) -Andy Rollins In my four years as a Laurentian student, I have always been extremely passionate about making students’ quality of living better! As a Residence Assistant in my third year, I helped the residents of the complex[…]