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By Gabriel Rodrigues On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Career and Employment Centre held their first annual Volunteer Fair in the Great Hall, and according to Laurentian University’s Student Employment Advisor, Todd Gagnon, this event gives opportunity to students to get involved. “The idea of wanting to do a volunteer fair[…]
By Willie Poll On Friday, Sept. 13, the SGA presented their welcome back concert at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre. Hundreds of people crowded the stage in a sold out show to see Mac Miller, a 21-year-old rapper from Pittsburgh. “The concert was awesome,” Taylor Corboy, an audience member, said. “The[…]
By Kayla Perry For many LU students, the Sudbury transit system is the primary route of transportation – this is why, over the summer, SGA representatives have been working to improve the service for students. After conducting a summer study of LU students use of the bus routes, the SGA learned that the University Four Corners bus route was in[…]
By Kallie Berens At 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, dedicated pub patrons found their way down to Laurentian’s only watering hole on campus. Ordering Bud Light, Jordan Jackson, Jordan Faggioni and Eric Carriére in the Commerce program were the first customers of the day. “It’s a really relaxing environment to[…]
By Lambda Staff Mike Clarke will no longer serve as head coach of the Laurentian Lady Vees basketball team this upcoming season, instead taking on the role as coordinator of athletics and campus recreation. Former associate coach to both the men’s and women’s programs, Jason Hurley has been promoted to[…]
By Kayla Perry On Aug. 12, four Laurentian alumni hosted the first Golf Marathon for Hope at the Idylwylde Golf & Country Club. The 14-hour tournament, which ran from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., raised a total of nearly $25,000 for the Northern Cancer Foundation. Jean-Paul Rains, one of the[…]
By Kayla Perry During the summer months, the SGA began the construction of the V-Desk, which SGA President Andy Rollins believes will be a “one-stop SGA service desk” for students. The desk, which has replaced the vending machines in the Student Centre, will handle all the matters that were usually[…]
By Lambda staff Carling Zeeman expanded her trophy case with a silver medal she earned for Canada at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships on July 28 in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria. Last year, Zeeman earned a bronze medal finish marking the first significant women’s sculling victory at a World Championships or[…]
By Ron Guillet With a bevy of recruits imported to the Laurentian Lady Vees’ hockey team, the roster is beginning to round out as Oct. 5 inches closer. This will mark the first time in history Laurentian University has a women’s hockey team competing in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Head[…]
By Ron Guillet Shawn Swords returned from the 2013 Universiade Games in Russia in which he was an assistant coach for Team Canada. The coaching staff included former Toronto Raptors coach Jay Triano as head coach, current Waterloo Warriors bench boss Greg Francis, and the newest head coach in the[…]