Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Jessica Robinson, Editor-in-Chief Welcome to winter semester 2017! Hopefully by now you’re getting settled into the pattern of your new schedule, and have a handle on your classes, etc. The past month has been an eventful one on and off campus, between the 25th anniversary of Model Parliament and[…]
By: Riley Brooks Last year around this time, I remember walking through campus in awe, not because of all the changing leaves, but rather the lack of one colour – red. There is a generation that precedes us considered to be the greatest generation to ever exist. This generation of[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief This month has been a rather controversial one at Laurentian University. To begin, many students began the semester and their new courses without knowing their marks from the previous semester. Well into the first week of classes, some were still left without grades, and, as is[…]
I used to proudly say that I create safe spaces in academia. In fact, the Sexuality and Gender Diversity Committee that I co-chair worked for 2 years to bring the new LGBTQ2S Safe Space Training to Laurentian. I have now provided that training to well over 100 administrators, faculty, staff,[…]
I would like to preface this piece of writing by stating I am not in any way associated with Aramark. In fact, I rarely even use their services. Aside from grabbing a coffee from Tim Horton’s, I may use the food services on campus about once a month. I’ve been[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief As many students have learned by now, university is a balancing act. Often, we’re juggling social commitments and academic goals, all the while managing to fit in part-time work, volunteering, or extracurricular actives. Now that we’ve officially passed the halfway point of the semester, it’s clear[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Among the typical memes and food-hack videos that are constantly flooding my Facebook newsfeed, one particular picture has stood out in the month leading up to the federal election. The picture features Rick Mercer, host of the Mercer Report and a relatively popular Canadian comedian and[…]
By Daniel Melchior, Staff Columnist Over the weeks since my last column, I have yet to see anyone who has stood out style wise; it’s the same old, same old. Therefore, this week I am going to talk about getting into a style funk, and how to get out of[…]
By Taylor Squires Have you ever noticed how the word ‘summer’ instantly brightens up a conversation? Regardless of what you’re talking about, adding the fact that summer is around the corner seems to remind us all that school is worth the struggle. The weather starts getting warmer, days start becoming[…]
The Laurentian University Jewish Students Association strongly condemns Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) and the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on our campus and as a whole. Though IAW’s stated intent is to advocate for Palestinian human rights, their actions serve to demonize and delegitimize Israel. First and foremost, the[…]