Student Spotlight: Alexandra Ogunsanya

Alexandra Ogunsanya is a fourth year Law and Society student from Brampton, Ontario. She graduated in 2018 from St. Thomas Aquinas and has since turned herself into a self-proclaimed entrepreneur.   “Technically my business is myself, I’m a nail tech,”…

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Roommate horror stories

GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   These stories are one sided and are the experiences of different Laurier students. No names have been mentioned to maintain privacy.    Many students have been fortunate enough to live with…

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Jae’s Spot: a quarantine hobby

GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   Jaeda Brefo is an outgoing and confident third-year Laurier Brantford student from Brampton, Ont.    Like many others, she has found a surprising hobby in the midst of COVID-19 and the…

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Izabella Corniel: Laurier’s female Van Gogh

GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   In honour of International Women’s day, a day to embrace and appreciate femininity’s beauty, The Sputnik interviewed Izabella Corniel.   Corniel is a fourth-year Laurier Brantford student from London, Ont., who…

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Miss Daisy: a model of Black excellence

GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   Serena Sutherland is a creator who is dripping in melanin and radiant in light but everyone calls her Miss Daisy.    Sutherland is talented, Black and beautiful without an apology.  …

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Enoc Hoppong: capturing Black excellence

GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   Shirley Chisholm once said, “you don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining, you make progress by implementing ideas.”    To Enoc Hoppong, a Black Laurier Brantford photographer,…

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Hunter Martin: Golden Hawk rockstar

Many Laurier students are quarantining in their dorms with a melody stuck in their head and dreaming of the day they get back onto the stage.    Hunter Martin, a Laurier student, is one of them.    Martin is a…

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Brant Music Festival

CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   The Brant Music festival is normally a talent-filled and fun-packed live music event in the community.    This year attendees can expect the same talent and fun, the only difference is that the…

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Dani Kristina: living the pink dream

Dani Kristina is a third-year student on campus, whose hopes and dreams to become a singer/songwriter began when she was only five years old.    “Since I was a kid I felt the desire to express myself this way, I…

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Jake O’Neil: Laurier’s soul lovin’ rising star

CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   Everyone knows that Laurier Brantford is full of talented students.    Jake O’Neil is one of those talented students—he is a star among us.    O’Neil is a fourth-year Business Technology and Management…

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