Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Leanne Ofori-Atta In recent months, some questions have been raised regarding Huntington University’s Gerontology program: specifically, if the program will continue to be offered in the 2015-16 school year, due to a decline of full-time professors in the program. However, Krishan Venkataraman, the Chair of the Gerontology Department, stated[…]
By Jessica Robinson, Staff Reporter Armed with her textbooks, laptop, a large double-double, and her staple RezLife jacket slung over the back of her chair, fourth year Riley Bolt is the picture of a well-rounded Laurentian student. There’s hardly a facet of campus life that she isn’t involved with. And[…]
By Jessica Robinson, Staff Reporter You’ve probably seen him in the Great Hall at lunch, or on the starting lineup of the Voyageurs Men’s Basketball team; or you’ve passed someone wearing a sweater that spells out “North 705” in sparkly gold letters and thought, ‘Whoa, where did they get that?’[…]
By Kaitlynn Zygmont Laurentian University’s Safe Walk program celebrated one year of service on campus this fall, and program coordinator Jordan Pennington said plans to expand the program are “in the works.” “The architecture school has approached us about servicing their campus, and we think it would be a perfect[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief On March 16, a partnership between Huntington Univesity (HU), Greater Sudbury Utilities (GSU), and Northern Life was signed in an attempt to help fight fraud in Sudbury. The fraud prevention challenge was originally formed by the Huntington University Communications Studies student group, HUSC, and has since[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief After a Northern Ontario School of Medicine Board meeting on March 18, 2015, a five-year Strategic Plan has been approved for the school of Medicine. The plan, which spans from 2015-2020, was overseen by a 28-member Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, according to a media release issued[…]
By Gabriel Rodrigues, Sports Editor Although Laurentian’s women’s indoor track team didn’t win any medals at this year’s OUA Championships held at York University on Feb. 27 and 28, their coach considers his squad’s season “a great success.” “We gauge our results based on improvement,” said Dick Moss. “We saw[…]
By Jessica Robinson Thorneloe University’s Ernie Checkeris Theatre was nearly filled to maximum capacity for the Saturday night showing of Le Maschere Laurenziane, also known as Laurentian Masks’s latest production, La Sala Verde. The theatre troupe of the Modern Languages department had the audience, which was made up of Laurentian[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Johnny Humphrey will return as the Students’ General Association (SGA) President in the 2015-16 academic year. The SGA elections, which took place on Feb. 11 and 12, were held online for the first time at Laurentian this year. The final vote count, which was released on[…]
By Oliver Wilmot In January, the announcement was made that Emilie Carrey, a Laurentian University first year English student, will be the first Canadian female to compete in the World Beatbox Championship in Berlin, Germany. An esteemed competition, the Championships, which will be held in May, fill feature beatboxers from[…]