Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Eric Chappell is running unopposed for president in the 2021/2022 SGA elections. Malek Abou-Rabia and Morgan Barry are also running unopposed for Senator and Vice President of Education, respectively. This will be Chappell’s third year as president after first being elected in 2018. The last SGA[…]
By Curtis Gordon On Tuesday, Laurentian’s varsity swim team returned to training after a two-month hiatus due to lockdown restrictions. The gaps in training have been difficult for varsity athletes, but Cameron McCabe, a fourth-year member of the team, says it can be especially hard for swimmers to take time[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Adam Kirkwood has been at Laurentian since 2014 and is not happy with how the university has been treating students’ concerns about its insolvency issue. Kirkwood completed his undergrad in Environmental Science and Geography, earned a masters in Biology, and is now working towards a Ph.D.[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Abbey Maillet, a second-year Sports Education and Concurrent Education student, has qualified for the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships after winning gold at the Canadian Indoor Rowing competition earlier this month. “It was really great to race for Laurentian again and to test my ability. It’s[…]
By Nick Durette Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, a few phrases have been repeated countless times. “Wear a mask”, “Stay home”, “Social distance”, and many others have become so commonplace in the vernacular that it sometimes becomes difficult to imagine a time prior. Of all of them[…]
By Curtis Gordon The women’s basketball team has recruited a new player from the Northwest Territories. Mali Straker, a 5’8 guard from Yellowknife. She is set to join the team next season. Straker, who began playing basketball in Yellowknife at age six, often found that the competition and access to[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Can we just agree that Canadian Party Life is not a news source? Canadian Party Life (CPL) is an Instagram page that features videos of university students from across the country doing dumb stuff (mainly while intoxicated). So of course when they posted a screenshotted tweet[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Laurentian University says there’s now a third case of COVID-19 in residence. This comes just under two weeks of the residence’s previous two cases being resolved. In an email sent to students, the school said “We currently have a third case of COVID-19 affecting an individual[…]
By Curtis Gordon Laurentian varsity sports teams took to social media last week to share important messages about mental health on Bell Let’s Talk Day. Although most teams are not physically together right now due to COVID-19, many felt that it was important to share a message of togetherness to[…]
By Francesco Tosini In February of 2020, approximately 20 Laurentian University Sports Administration (SPAD) students attended the Super Bowl LIV. Cassandra Cowan, a fourth-year SPAD student, got the once in a lifetime chance to volunteer at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Florida alongside some of her SPAD peers. “It was[…]