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By Kayla Perry The rumours circulating around campus are true: the 2014-2015 school year will bring the beginning of mandatory meal plans to Laurentian residences. Meal plans will become mandatory for all students living in the LU residence complex, and will be added on to the residence costs – during[…]
By Kayla Perry On the weekend of Nov. 23, the Canadian Federation of Students held their Annual General Meeting. Mark Mancini, Vice President of Student Issues for the SGA, who attended the meeting on behalf of the SGA, said the meeting was “certainly stress-inducing.” The AGM is a four-day long[…]
By Vanessa Di Feo From Dec. 12 until Jan. 12, Cambrian College’s Open Studio will be hosting an exhibition of portraits of local homeless individuals, entitled Aboutface. The purpose of this exhibition is to challenge views of Sudbury’s less fortunate. In November, students, alumni, and faculty of Cambrian College’s Graphic[…]
By Kayla Perry Leave the Pack Behind, a program to support students who want to quit smoking, will soon begin its annual Would U Rather contest. The contest includes four categories: the largest of which include Quit for Good, a province-wide category for current smokers who want to completely quit[…]
By Gabriel Rodrigues Well, it’s that time of year again where growing facial hair plays a significant role in men’s health, and according to Laurentian University’s “Mo-manager”, this month “is a chance to have fun giving back.” “When you see someone with a mustache you know its Movember,” said Chris[…]
By Kayla Perry At the Nov. 13 Students’ General Association board meeting, the board voted to officially endorse the new version of the SGA constitution. The SGA has been in the process of re-vamping the constitution, which was last updated 20 years ago, since the beginning of this school year.[…]
By Kayla Perry On Nov. 14, students and Sudburians alike gathered in an attempt to raise the minimum wage. More than 30 protesters attended the rally, which headed to MPP Rick Bartolucci’s office upon arriving downtown. The rally, which was lead by LU’s Graduate Students’ Association, began in the student[…]
By Kayla Perry The remaining seven members of the SCAP-11 who had been facing trespassing charges were acquitted on Nov. 12, by Justice of the Peace Diane Lafleur. The crown had attempted to charge the SCAP-11 with trespassing after the group set up a mock homeless shelter in MPP Rick[…]
By the SGA staff It was with interest that we read the letter to the editor from Corey Grist, the Northern Commissioner for the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). In the article, Grist challenged a number of comments made in an article in which one of our Executive members, Mark[…]
By Kayla Perry The SCAP-11 returned to court last week, pleading not guilty to charges of trespassing in Sudbury MP Rick Bartolucci’s office. For four of those members, charges were dropped. “We are very relieved,” said SCAP-11 member Gary Kinsman. The SCAP-11’s first appearance in court this month was Oct.[…]