COVID-19 friendly side hustles

GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH/ THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   COVID-19 has caused a lot of destruction worldwide, such as the loss of lives and the strain on healthcare. However, there are many indirect implications of COVID-19, such as the loss of…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Getting a pet might save your life

PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY     Many students find it hard to keep their sanity in the middle of all the chaos COVID-19 has caused, and continues to cause.   According to the Centers for Disease…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Support Black LB businesses

GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY   It is Black History Month; a time to embrace and empower local Black entrepreneurs.    There are multiple ways students can support the Black community, such as by educating themselves on Black…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Overcoming Fear

Fear is an emotion we all know the struggle of managing and overcoming. Some fears are relatively small but they can still be inhibiting one’s life.  Communication is a huge fear for many people, something as small as eye contact…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Closure.

Photo of Alexander Singh /Contributed Image I want to thank the Editor-in-Chief at The Sputnik for giving me the space to grieve and create healing.    To Alexander Singh; Gone too soon; this is a cliché, most people say this…

Categories: Features

How to grow with self-development

  THOUGHT CATALOG / UNSPLASH PHOTOGRAPHY   I thought I learned my lesson, I’m doing my assignment a day before the deadline again.  This habit continues to follow me from high school and it gets worse and worse yearly. I…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Successful annual showcase for the Laurier KAOS Dance Team

  PHOTOS BY NATASHA O’NEILL / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Laurier Brantford’s KAOS dance team shows off their dance moves for the annual showcase.  The sport club holds the showcase every year for friends and family and to fund raise for their…

Categories: Sports

Laurier holds a moment of silence for plane crash victims

PHOTO: SPUTNIK ARCHIVES Wilfrid Laurier was among multiple universities in Canada to gather on Jan. 15 at 1p.m., to remember those who lost their lives in Flight 752.   Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, left Iran and was going towards…

Categories: News

Trying to find more effective New year resolutions

Another new year is upon us and many people associate it with resolutions, commitments, goals, projects, and yearly pursuits.   The time for creating and executing yearly 2020 resolutions are here. Many students start with a long list of goals…

Categories: Arts & Culture