I know, I know. Not ANOTHER unasked-for opinion thrown into the chaotic hellfire of public discourse surrounding Will Smith’s notorious Oscars’ moment. I’m sorry to beat a dead horse but I simply must talk about it (also, I have so […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The year is 2022. Magazines and Instagram models everywhere are in the business of selling insecurity to the young and old people of the world alike. The prevalence of cosmetic surgery is […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUNTIK PHOTOGRAPHY Hot cross buns. Three words, many meanings. A delicious treat to many of us. The start of our glorious music education for those who remember. Folks who grew up in […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Winter: the seedy underbelly of the annual calendar. Perhaps you are one of those people who finds this season to be a revitalizing period filled with hot soup and crackling fires. But […]
Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels Ah, landlords. You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Fortunately, I have never been subjected to having to rent a living space in all the time I’ve spent on this planet, and I would […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the wake of COVID-19, the world was plunged into a hysteria of change. Life as we know it would never be the same again, from lockdowns and isolation to a world […]
Because of the modern power of streaming services combined with that pesky old virus COVID-19, movies premiering in theaters now undergo a period of only about 35 days before they are made available on platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the process of re-recording her entire catalogue in order to gain ownership over her masters, Taylor Swift recently topped the charts and broke records with the revisiting of her 2012 album, […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When the pandemic hit, everything changed. It wasn’t just the victims of the virus, the surging of hospitals and the closing of countless businesses. People’s lives were changed, and the world was […]
PHOTO BY David Suarez / Unsplash “Eat the rich” – this line has encompassed the current attitude of the world towards wealthy individuals in the past few years. In the west, a reckoning seems to be erupting as economic disparities have […]
PHOTO BY Alexander Londoño / Unsplash One of the most popular rappers of his generation, fans from everywhere line up for hours to see Travis Scott perform live. The Texan performer is perhaps best known for his 2018 smash hit album, […]
Fashion and the shopping that comes with it are both huge interests of mine. To the regret of my friends and family, I would rather spend hours walking around the mall with a Starbucks in my hand than doing anything […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY With October coming to a close, the streets go dark as it’s last night sets in, the streets run crooked with tall mischievous trees looking beneath as they stand guard for houses […]
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY What is the main reason most people decide to pursue a university education? While there is certainly the benefit of general intellectual development occurring over the four years spent interacting with […]
PHOTO BY SERENA ANAGBE / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As reading week comes to a close, the pressure of university is likely to skyrocket as classes resume and bring with them a mass of soon to be due assignments and midterms. […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY University students are hardworking, fun-loving and also broke. We love a good deal and student discounts are something we look forward to. Whether that be 10% off with an SPC or the free […]
PHOTO BY AYSE ARAS / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Just in case you haven’t heard enough Squid Game discourse these past few weeks, I’m here to provide another opinion that only my editors asked for. If you have not watched the entirety […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The first weeks of university can be very hectic for students, especially first years. On top of having to be thrown right into the frontlines of university tier education, students have a lot […]
GRAPHIC BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY University classes are demanding on the student body, and in the last year and a half with COVID-19 thrown into the mix, they became even more difficult. Classes began to shift their focus […]
PHOTO BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As we trek on towards the halfway mark of our fall 2021 semester, I can’t help but think about how at this time last year, we were all just beginning to realize how […]
CONTRIBUTED BY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The question surrounding mandatory vaccine passports on university campuses and throughout the country is quite the hot topic these days. Call me a sheep. Call me a sucker. Call me a victim of Big […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY “You keep cutting out.” “Your screen is all blurry.” “There’s an echo in your audio.” “It must be your Wi-Fi.” At this point in the online school year, we have […]
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHIEKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Disclaimer: This is Humberto’s personal opinion and does not reflect the opinions of current or aspiring police officers. He is currently at Laurier Brantford in the criminology program. The phrase […]
MICHAEL PIRILLO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As we make our way through another online midterm season, I’m realizing just how little I have learned since last March. This time last year, I was fully engaged in most of […]
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Beyond the obvious negative effects that being forced to earn our university degrees from our bedrooms has had on all of us, the pandemic has resulted in an overlooked yet equally unfortunate consequence: […]
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Trigger warning for mention of hardships experienced as a result of the pandemic as well as LGBTQIA+ discrimination from systems of power. Please self-care and reach out for support if needed. It […]
PHOTO BY MICHAEL PIRILLO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY November 11 is here. You are hopefully going to take a pause for the solemn day of remembrance and gratitude for those that laid down everything in service of this country. […]
Photo of inside Ottawa high school during COVID-19 pandemic./ Contributed Image, The Sputnik Photography. Christian is a recent graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University with a BA in the Dept. of Human and Social Sciences. As you all have just […]
Sara Sheikh, The Sputnik Photography Music is something everyone enjoys, unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic people have not been able to experience live concerts anymore. September 26 of this year I had the pleasure of attending a concert […]
Photo by Tejas Singh, The Sputnik Photography Upon signing up as a writer for Laurier Brantford’s student newspaper, I was unsure as to what my first article would be about. The Editor-in-Chief brought up the idea of speaking on my […]
