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Monthly Archive: September 2013

An afternoon with The Almighty Rhombus

By Kallie Berens With just over two weeks shy of their album release party at the Townehouse Tavern, Carter and Clayton Drake of one of Sudbury’s “boy bands” The Almighty Rhombus took some time out of their busy schedule to talk to The Lambda about “Lucid Living,” balancing life and[…]

SGA opens student service desk, announces future plans

By Kayla Perry On Sept. 15, members of the SGA and Laurentian celebrated the V-Desk’s grand opening in the student lounge. The V-Desk acts as an SGA reception desk, where students can buy tickets to school and city events, get information on clubs and services such as the health care[…]

Voyageurs start preseason with victory over Lakers

By Gabriel Rodrigues On Sunday, Sept. 22, the Laurentian Voyageurs men’s hockey team kicked off their preseason with a 7-3 victory against the Nipissing Lakers at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex. The Voyageurs scored within the first two minutes of the game and continued their strong play by tallying[…]

Residence Life holds ball hockey tournament for students

By Gabriel Rodrigues Laurentian University’s Residence Life staff held a their second annual ball hockey tournament at the tennis courts on Sept. 20 to 22 in support of Easter Seals. “We thought it would be pretty cool to bring in a street hockey tournament,” said Ryan Hicks, program coodinator. In[…]

Volunteer Fair looks to give students head start

By Gabriel Rodrigues On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Career and Employment Centre held their first annual Volunteer Fair in the Great Hall, and according to Laurentian University’s Student Employment Advisor, Todd Gagnon, this event gives opportunity to students to get involved. “The idea of wanting to do a volunteer fair[…]

Mac Miller hits the stage in Sudbury

By Willie Poll On Friday, Sept. 13, the SGA presented their welcome back concert at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre. Hundreds of people crowded the stage in a sold out show to see Mac Miller, a 21-year-old rapper from Pittsburgh. “The concert was awesome,” Taylor Corboy, an audience member, said. “The[…]

SGA brings more bus routes for LU students

By Kayla Perry For many LU students, the Sudbury transit system is the primary route of transportation – this is why, over the summer, SGA representatives have been working to improve the service for students. After conducting a summer study of LU students use of the bus routes, the SGA learned that the University Four Corners bus route was in[…]

Pub Downunder opens for another year

By Kallie Berens At 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, dedicated pub patrons found their way down to Laurentian’s only watering hole on campus. Ordering Bud Light, Jordan Jackson, Jordan Faggioni and Eric Carriére in the Commerce program were the first customers of the day. “It’s a really relaxing environment to[…]

Hurley replaces Clarke as Lady Vees head coach

By Lambda Staff Mike Clarke will no longer serve as head coach of the Laurentian Lady Vees basketball team this upcoming season, instead taking on the role as coordinator of athletics and campus recreation. Former associate coach to both the men’s and women’s programs, Jason Hurley has been promoted to[…]