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By Lambda Staff Broadcast journalist and author Steve Paikin will succeed Aline Chretien as Laurentian University’s new chancellor, taking over the job from Aline Chretien. Paikin is perhaps most well known as the anchor and senior editor of the current affairs program The Agenda, on TVO. He has spent more[…]
By Lambda Staff Laurentian University’s Single Students’ Residence (SSR) will undergo an 18-month renovation program worth $5.9-million. The SSR, which holds close to 400 students each year, was built in 1973 and stands as one of oldest residences on the Laurentian campus. “This residence complex is so important to our[…]
By Lambda staff Student confirmations at Laurentian University grew by 21 per cent for the upcoming fall semester, standing above the provincial average of 2.5 per cent. The Ontario University Applications Centre (OUAC) released figures showing an increase of 26.6 per cent in college student transfers confirming Laurentian, as well[…]
By Ed Veilleux On June 21, Laurentian University’s Board of Governors approved a six-year, balanced budget up to the 2018-19 school year “This is an exciting time for Laurentian as we embark on the second year of our 2012-17 strategic plan,” Robert Kerr, vice-president academic and provost of Laurentian University,[…]
By Ryen Veldhuis Few shows at the Sudbury Theatre Centre take on a darker tone filled with otherworldly mysticism and twisting plots. Not often is this kind of ambition on stage taken as it was with Stephen Massicotte’s The Clockmaker; however it pays off in the form of strong performances[…]
By Matt Rabey The SGA executive will have two of the same faces representing students next year and one new one, Mark Mancini. Mancini competed for the position of Vice-President of Student Issues with incumbent senator Chris MacCullough. “I am very excited about the election results and the team that[…]
By Matt Rabey Iain Park has been re-elected as the Vice-President of Services for a third term. Park was competing with David Kvelashvili for the position. Throughout Thursday night’s count Park remained ahead in the vote with the final count being 507 for Park to Kvelashvili’s 283. “I would like[…]
By Kayla Perry Andy Rollins will return as the SGA President in the 2013-14 academic year. The final vote count was announced at approximately 3 a.m. this morning. Rollins posted on Facebook early this morning that he “could not be more excited for a second year as President,” and thanked[…]
By Nevio Cristante This report is written to clarify the argument that, for uncontrollable reasons, was not stated explicitly in the debate I had with Prof. Brain MacLean, the Chair of the Economics Department at Laurentian University. The debate was entitled “Should the American government have bailed out Wall Street?”[…]
By Willie Poll Laurentian University and the Vale Living with Lakes Centre, along with 10 other Canadian universities, received $4.4 million dollars in funding to create the Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services. “Up on the Hudson Bay coast we’ve been working with first nations communities addressing some of their[…]