Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Adam Kalab The wait is finally over. Laurentian’s varsity athletes are gearing up for the fall sports season after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Voyageurs will have teams competing in seven sports this fall, and there will be plenty of action here in Sudbury. Most[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Robert Haché, President of Laurentian University, says the school is “taking the additional step to require all persons attending campus to be vaccinated against COVID-19” just days after announcing that only students living in residence and varsity athletes would need to be vaccinated. “With increasing infection[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Laurentian’s bookstore will be closing for good. On August 3rd, Laurentian announced the closure of the bookstore’s location in the Parker Building. “Many changes have taken place on campus during the time we’ve been away,” an email sent from Laurentian’s Communications team said. “An increasing number[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Students returning to Laurentian University will be required to have their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 4th and the second dose by October 15th. On August 11th, 2021, Robert Haché released a President’s Update saying “Laurentian University will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students[…]
By Molly Gaertner Hello freshman, and welcome to higher education! No, it is not as scary as your high school teachers made it sound like. Yes, it is difficult and incredibly rewarding. Here are some things I wish someone had told me during my first year of university. With many[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief The cuts made by Laurentian in the CCAA process have become finalized as of April 30th, 2021. Desks have been emptied, offices cleared out. This is not how any of them pictured ending their career at Laurentian. But the administration is not giving these grieving faculty[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Luc Roy, Chief Information Officer at Laurentian University said that “nothing was misbehaving” in IT after allegations that course material over a variety of different programs were suddenly deleted last week. “I remember there was a tweet over last weekend about access being removed or something[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief With over 150 accredited media personnel in the meeting, a virtual press conference with Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities, Ross Romano, was much anticipated. Reporters were hoping Romano would answer questions about Laurentian University’s insolvency process and address the cancellation of almost 70 programs, affecting[…]
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief Kristen Lavallee is completing her first year at Laurentian University in the Indigenous Social Work (ISWK) program. She was one of several students whose course material suddenly disappeared from D2L, a learning software used by Laurentian professors across programs. Lavallee said that online content was deleted[…]
By Molly Gaertner So, you’re feeling burnt out. As exam season comes to an end you are far from alone in these feelings. Not to mention with all the changes Laurentian has embarked upon, many of us are having to make decisions we never expected to, only further contributing to[…]