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Presidential Candidate: Terrence Mroz During my time as an undergraduate at Wilfrid Laurier University I have had the pleasure of holding several positions within WLUSP including: Arts & Life writer for Th...

Adam Kovacs* Laurier is a community that has experienced events trying to divide us. With what has happened recently we need leaders to act as role models to unite us. However, the people we have elected to ...

Christopher Donnelly* My name is Christopher Donnelly and I am doing a double major in history and political science. I am running for both a position on the Board of Directors as well as the Senate. The ...

Osman Alwi My name is Osman Alwi and I am a first year Criminology student at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus. I am running for a position in the board of directors to reassure improvements in ...

    Ryley Fletcher I am a 5th year Concurrent Education student seeking election for the role of President & CEO of the Students’ Union because I believe in creating the best stude...

  Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year old survivor of the Hiroshima bombing during WWII, will be jointly accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (IC...

On Nov 1, the Sanderson Centre become the training grounds for an armed Emergency Response Team (ERT) from the Brantford and Waterloo Police Services.   The training consisted of a mock active killer situ...

  “The best revenge is success.” I always remind myself of this quote when I encounter people who judge and doubt me. Being in my last semester of my undergraduate degree, I have faced many doubts, ...

Recently, I noticed a claim made on my paper had been contested by whoever marked it. Referring back to my source, I found the author was in agreement with what I had stated. To be fair, the claim is in the rea...

The holiday season buzz is back in full swing. It’s energizing the atmosphere as we become preoccupied with thoughts of holidays, gifts and families. Nonetheless, threats of terror, death and war continue to ...

It’s all happening again. Another tragic event has occurred and has encouraged people to leave racist comments all over social media. People have already made their minds up about whom the killers were becaus...

The moment you pop your headphones in and click on “Off/Beat”, you are serenaded with a hypnotic siren song reminiscent to Pink Floyd’s “Great Gig In the Sky”. “Off/Beat” is the first song off ...

This year's playoffs managed to make Lebron James a sympathetic figure (Sai Gnanaharan/ The Sputnik) Something completely out of the ordinary happened during the course of the 2015 NBA Playoffs. It wasn’t ...

By Jacob Dearlove & Taylor Berzins Black History Month programming has virtually disappeared from Brantford and Brant County this February, leaving the community without access to the diverse celebration...

How about that fucking weather eh? Oh shit, pardon my “French”. There I go again! Dammit. Okay, as you can tell the occasional swear word may slip through my filter now and then… Or maybe a little more of...

Fox 40 and Fluke Transportation Chair and CEO Ron Foxcroft with Brant Community Fountation Executive Director Joanne Lewis (photo by Amber Richardson). On June 10, The Brant Community Foundation hosted its ...

Starting next year, a new fall reading week will be introduced as a three-year pilot program. Students will receive a full week off following Thanksgiving weekend in addition to the existing winter reading week...

  The debt crisis is affecting more than student’s pocketbooks, as deficits grow, health and grades are also at risk of collapsing. With scores of students at Laurier Brantford working full-time jobs,...

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The Golden Hawks will play in Brantford Saturday night for Laurier Brantford’s homecoming, and it could not come at a better time. After dropping three close games on the road to start the year, the Hawks wil...

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Hey all! The Sputnik is bringing you some great new things through cyberspace lately. Check out our new HALLOWEEN issue here! We're still working on getting rid of all the cyber-gremlins, so please be patient!...

Last Friday, the Brantford Arts Block held an opening reception for its latest exhibition, “Rabbits and Other Issues,” created by artists Heather Verplanke and Dwayne Mahoney as a way of showcasing their pi...

The Sanderson Centre became a place of laughter, inappropriate jokes, and overall rowdiness as comedian Howie Mandel took the stage in front of a full house last week. The main theme of the evening was poking...

As the temperature begins to drop and the leaves start to fall, now is the time to reevaluate your wardrobe for the upcoming season, focusing on a few easy-to-pull-off trends for autumn. 1. Fur Every time fa...

I’m not exactly sure what I was hoping for as I walked up the subway steps towards the Scotia Bank Theatre on Richmond St. for the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival, but I was both excited and n...

Throughout the past couple of years, Wilfrid Laurier University has had some amazing Canadian musicians perform on both Waterloo and Brantford campuses. Back in 2009, Juno-winning, platinum-awarded, indie rock ...