Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Taylor Squires Before I start writing columns concerning anything else, I’d first like to write one last piece about my semester abroad. Even as I type this out, the fact that my exchange has come to an end is such a bizarre feeling to me; it seriously feels like[…]
By Gabriel Rodrigues On Jan. 3, Laurentian’s women’s indoor track team kicked off the 2015 season at the University of Toronto’s Sharon Anderson Open, and according to their coach, this competition was a “good start” to their OUA campaign. “With our athletes spread all over the place during the holidays,[…]
By Gabriel Rodrigues Despite only managing two wins out of its first 14 games of the 2014-15 OUA campaign, Laurentian’s women’s hockey coach believes her squad is learning valuable lessons and “maturing as a team.” “We have a lot of work to do,” said Stacey Colarossi. “This is not where[…]
By Daniel Melchior Although last year’s Masquerade Ball was deemed to be “extremely successful,” Student Theatre Association (STA) President, Vanessa Di Feo, said the association is “stepping things up” this year. According to Di Feo, this year two hundred and twenty people will be able to get tickets, and the[…]
By Kaitlynn Zygmont With a new semester comes a new grading system at Laurentian, and, as has been made clear on campus and on social media, there have been many questions and much confusion surrounding the new system. The grading scheme, which was implemented at Laurentian University in September 2014,[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor in Chief With five apps created thus far, including the Laurentian Dining App and Laurentian Book Sale App, Logan Pytyl has spent almost three months creating his entrepreneurial company, Laurentian Apps. A third year Laurentian University Computer Science student, Pytyl is sole designer and owner of[…]
By Jesse Smith Jesse Smith is a third year Geography student at Laurentian University. When he is not studying, he likes to pursue his passive interests in hitchhiking, learning Spanish, pretending he can cook, and most important of all: travelling far and wide. He has a special interest in pushing[…]
By Anthony Crozzoli The last weekend of November did not bring success for the Laurentian men’s basketball team. On Friday, Nov. 28, the Voyageurs played at home against the Guelph Gryphons, and in a tightly contested yet ultimately unsuccessful performance (despite a very early lead), the team fell to scores[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor in Chief After a series of photos picturing what appears to be food contamination have surfaced on the popular Facebook page UMentioned Laurentian, an “investigation” is being launched into the food safety protocols of the Great Hall’s cafeteria, said Jean-Louis Guyot, Food Service Director of Aramark at Laurentian. Currently, four photos have been published: the first[…]
By Kayla Perry, Editor in Chief This Q and A is the third of four interviews in the President Series. In each issue, I’ll be sitting down with a president from each of the federated universities, discussing what makes each of the universities unique: we’ll be discussing everything from programs[…]