Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief If you’re a Laurentian University student, chances are you’ve become familiar with Laurentian’s campaign for a stand-alone LU campus in Barrie. At the very least, you’ve probably heard the slogan “it’s time” or visited itstimebarrie.ca, a website developed by the university, promoting Laurentian’s push for the[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief The price of operating and enhancing a university is arguably large: to be exact, for 2015-16 alone, the university’s operating budget has been approved at $147.7 million. The budget was officially approved on June 19 during a Board of Governors meeting. It’s approval marks the fifth[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Phase two of Laurentian’s School of Architecture master-plan began over the summer: the second phase includes further renovation to the school’s main building, as well as the construction of a neighbouring second two-storey structure. The finished product will be a 54,000 square feet building, located in[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief With technology becoming an ever-more prevalent part of the university experience, it comes as no surprise that the Students’ General Association (SGA) has decided to swap out the paper agendas usually ordered annually for a less expensive, interactive phone application for students to use. The application,[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief While campus modernization officially kicked off in the 2014-15 school year with the renovation of the Great Hall and the remodelling of the Alphonse Raymond building, over the summer months campus mod has spanned to other areas of relevance, including the Classroom Building. From April to[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief The University of Sudbury partnered with Trent University, in a collaborative effort to bridge the knowledge gap on urban Aboriginal issues. The partnership centers on two new online courses that will be offered Canada-wide, which will aim to create a better understanding of the issues. The[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief It’s no secret that the newspaper industry is rapidly changing. From print publications moving to primarily online content and charging for online access to publications staff being laid off in numbers too big to bear, journalism is changing: in an industry once loaded with fact checkers,[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief March 22 marked the official launch of Laurentian University’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW), which will take place across campus from March 22-27. Mental health awareness week is hosted at Laurentian Univeristy once each term, typically in the weeks leading up to the exam periods. This[…]
By Hugh Kruzel Are you overwhelmed by choice? Do you tremble when confronted by a wall of wine? Does your hair rise when someone screams “Riesling”? Are you pained by Primitivo? Well, fear not, gentle reader. There is pattern, organization, and logic to selecting a bottle for self, friends, family[…]
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[…]