Laurentian University's English Student Newspaper
By Ron Guillet The Laurentian Lady Vees’ soccer team split their four-game homestand with a .500 record, but remain in the race for a top-four finish, which would grant the team a home playoff game. The Lady Vees started their homestand against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, ranked first in the OUA[…]
By Sean C. Thomas Laurentian University’s second annual Chess tournament was once again conducted by Sean Thomas and began early this year with several returnees and a lot of new faces. Matches started early this year and finally came to an end last month. This year’s semi-finals saw two returning semi-finalists: Raymond[…]
By Ed Veilleux The experience of waiting in a Tim Hortons line filled with dozens of students, stretching down the bowling alley, may soon be just a memory at Laurentian University. Starbucks is on the way, according to Carol McAulay, vice-president of administration at Laurentian. “We identified the library area[…]
By Ed Veilleux The SGA executive will have a new twist with a touch of the old for next year. The ballots are counted and the results are in for the SGA elections at Laurentian University. Newly-elected SGA President Andy Rollins, VP Issues Jarrod Shook and returning VP Services Iain[…]
By Matt Rabey The mandatory number of signatures was collected to signify 10 percent of the Laurentian University student population being in favour of a new $1 per student incidental fee to fund the Laurentian University Pride Office. James Spires, Vice President of Pride at Laurentian University explains the importance[…]
By Ron Guillet Laurentian University students now have access to a therapy clinic, as included in the student levy, at ATRC Chronic Pain and Sports Clinic. Laurentian previously had a clinic on campus, the Voyageur Athletic Therapy Clinic, but it was shut down last summer when the university decided to[…]
By Kallie Berens Ten thousand students at Laurentian University, from all around the world, have different interests and hobbies. One common past time of students is music – whether it be listening to an album while studying or playing an instrument with a group of friends it can be found[…]
By Ryen Veldhuis This year, Thorneloe University has had a new face in the halls: Dr. Bill Lane. “I basically answered an ad for the position of sabbatical replacement. Ian Maclennan normally teaches half the courses in the department and he was going on sabbatical,” Lane says, about how he[…]
By Kallie Berens Dr. Luis Radford was in Frankfurt at the beginning of February with three hours to wait for his flight to Toronto when he decided to check his email. He was on his way back from Geneva, where he was attending a mathematics conference. After answering his correspondence[…]
By Ed Veilleux By the time all is said and done, SGA members will have paid roughly $168,500 of their money to renovate the Pub Down Under, at least. The most recent figures released, at a Feb. 29 board meeting, show the SGA spent roughly $135,000 on Corriveau Contracting for[…]