Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Gabriel Rodrigues Following the Laurentian’s men’s basketball home weekend performances on Jan. 16 and 17, Voyageurs’ captain, Tychon Carter-Newman, was named the Pioneer Energy Ontario University Athletics (OUA) male athlete of the week. Carter-Newman, who is in his fourth-year, compiled back-to-back 20+ point performances to help the Voyageurs earn[…]
By Jessica Robinson The Laurentian Women’s basketball team had a tough weekend, losing to the McMaster Marauders and Brock Badgers respectively in back to back games. On Friday, Jan. 16, the Voyageurs lost to the Marauders 91-60. Though Laurentian started the first quarter strong, scoring the first points of the[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief This Q and A is the fourth and final interview in the President Series. In each issue, I had the chance to sit down with a president from each of the federated universities, discussing what makes each of the universities unique: we’ve discussed everything from programs[…]
By Gabriel Rodrigues As the Laurentian men’s basketball team reaches the half way point of the OUA season, their coach believes the first half of the campaign provided his players with “a learning experience.” “It took us sometime to figure out how this group of guys were going to work[…]
By Taylor Squires I think one of the most interesting concepts in the world is culture shock. Many people claim to know what it is and if you were to ask them to define it, they would probably give you something along the lines of ‘a feeling of disorientation that[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief The LUL Outdoor Centre is committed to introducing Laurentian University students to the Northern culture: currently, the centre is attempting to do so by renting out an ice hut for students’ use. “(The centre) wants students to rent the hut so they may be able to[…]
By Kaitlynn Zygmont Since it’s introduction this year, Laurentian University’s new grading scheme has been the cause of many questions for students. Although Secretary of Senate and Registrar, Serge Demers, said that students “should not worry” about the new grading scheme, there has been confusion regarding how the new grading[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Matt Dasys, Entrepreneurship Coordinator at Sudbury Youth Entrepreneurship Hub (SYEH), believes there is a growing problem with youth unemployment – something he hopes the Future Entrepreneurs Education Dinners (FEED), can combat. The first FEED Seminar will take place Thursday, Jan. 29 at 5:00 p.m. in the[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Black Forest, an indie horror film that was shot and produced exclusively in Sudbury, will premier this Saturday, Jan. 31 in Sudbury Secondary School’s Sheridan Auditorium. David Briggs, director and co-founder of Distant Field productions, said the premier will be a “celebration of local art and[…]
By Anthony Crozzoli A Laurentian Voyageurs men’s cross-country running team will make its return to the Voyageurs Athletics family in September 2015. The announcement came this past week, revealing the reinstatement of the men’s team to compliment the women’s cross-country/track and field team. The decision to axe the original program[…]