Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Each year, the Laurentian University Political Science Association (LUPSA) hosts one of LU’s biggest events: Model Parliament. The mock parliament experience includes a four-day and three-night trip to Ottawa, where students participate in a mock parliament experience on Parliament hill, as one of only three other[…]
By Kyle Kelley, for The Lambda There comes a time of year when getting out of the house isn’t just fun, but is also therapeutic. How you choose to spend your time can range from sledding on the nearest bank, attending weekly activities, to anything in-between. Or, perhaps volunteering is[…]
By Jessica Robinson, Staff Reporter Upon returning to LU for the Winter 2016 semester, students immediately began asking each other, “Have you gotten your marks back yet?” Now, as we enter the second week of classes, some students still find themselves looking at a partially-empty WebAdvisor grades page. The later[…]
By Danish Alla, for the Lambda Millions of Canadians currently live with hypertension, a disease that is characterized by an individual’s abnormally high blood pressure. This disease also affects many people living within Northern Ontario: this is precisely why Rebecca Mailloux, a first-year MSc student at Laurentian University, decided to[…]
By Jessica Robinson, Staff Reporter Parallel to Premier Wynne’s request for every institution across Ontario to develop a separate policy for procedures regarding sexual harassment and violence, a committee has formed to create such a policy unique to the needs of Laurentian University. Until now, like many college and university[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief A petition which has been circulated online calls for the removal of the mandatory meal plans from Laurentian University. The petition also asks for a new food services provider for campus. Created by Chris Hilborn, a third-year ADVL student, and officially titled “Stop Mandatory Meal Plans[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief A brief interruption of water services on campus occurred across Laurentian University on the afternoon of Nov. 17. The water outage, which took place between approximately 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., was the result of one section of campus’s water services being mistakenly turned off by the[…]
By Alexander Mayhew, for the Lambda If you’ve walked by the bowling alley lately, you’ve most likely seen the bent-wood structure in Founders Square. That structure is the result of the Laurentian Architecture Laurentienne (LAL) students’ design-build workshop, which was a class project for the Indigenous Precedents course. The course[…]
By Alexander Mayhew, for the Lambda On Oct. 23, the LU Free the Children club held their first fundraiser event, Drive for Change. During the event, which was held in the NOSM parking lot, Laurentian students were given the opportunity to test drive brand new Ford vehicles – for[…]
By Danish Alla, For the Lambda Members of the Laurentian University community may have noticed the numerous birdhouses located around campus: what they may not have noticed is that this is an attempt to save the decreasing songbird population. Songbird populations are decreasing – not just in Sudbury, but all[…]