Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
★★★★☆ By Nicholas Ntaganda , contributor When a truly thrilling genre picture comes along, a question often lingers in the mind of this critic when attempting to discuss its merits: is this film anything more than a wonderful piece of pulp? In some cases, the film in question is so delectable and ingeniously constructed[…]
By Jordan Gaudreau Applying to graduate school can be scary. Each school has different requirements and world-views which can make creating your curriculum vitae (CV) almost impossible. One of the best ways to improve your chances at getting into a great graduate school is to publish your writing in a peer-reviewed journal.[…]
By Shanleigh Brosseau, Editor-in-Chief The Students’ General Association (SGA) is requiring non-SGA students to pay a $200 access fee to the Student Centre. The SGA opened the doors its new Student Centre building in October. The building was accessible to anyone on campus until November 3rd 2019. But an email released by[…]
By Shanleigh Brosseau, Editor-in-Chief The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the York Federation of Students won a court battle against the Ontario government, where the Divisional Court unanimously ruled the Ford Government’s Student Choice Initiative (SCI) unlawful. The Student Choice Initiative (SCI) was implemented this past September by the[…]
The new GOVA Transit marks the first change to Sudbury Transit in 20 years, however students are expressing concerns with this new system.
By Lexey Burns Moving away to school is difficult, but many students are willing to take that jump to experience their first real taste of independence. For Jacob Brothers, that move away from home was farther than most. Jacob moved to Sudbury, Ontario from Auckland, New Zealand to study Business Administration. What[…]
By Shanleigh Brosseau, Editor-in-chief A team of four Laurentian students won second place in the finals of the International Business Competition at SolBridge International School of Business in South Korea. The competition included a total of 24 teams representing various nationalities. The team, which included Sarah Napoli, Maxime Leduc, Daniel Boileau, and Stephane Lauzon, was selected[…]
By Kaillin Samuels Laurentian University’s Cameron Perdue entered his drone map project in the Red Bull Basement competition in which he has proposed a 3D map of Laurentian University to help students navigate the campus. “Since transferring to Laurentian last year, I got lost a bunch,” Perdue said. “It’s not the easiest[…]
by Kaillin Samuels and Maddie Savage A Laurentian University maintenance worker is more than two weeks into a protest in the form of a hunger strike. The protest piqued the curiosity of students and members of the Laurentian community passing by George Van Embden and his signs at the campus entrance. […]
By Shanleigh Brosseau, Editor-in-Chief Eric Chappell, President of the Students’ General Association (SGA) offered Lambda an inside tour of the Student Centre that is now set to be opened on October 28th, 2019. “From a construction perspective, we are slightly behind schedule,” Chappell said. The Student Centre was originally expected to be completed this September, and[…]