O-Week…just the beginning

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorStudents at the Get Involved Fair. Orientation week sets the stage for the rest of the year. Better known as O-Week, it is usually catered towards the incoming first-years, although there are a few events that…

Categories: Arts & Culture

Freestore grand opening

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Students at the Freestore. Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford’s Freestore had its grand opening on Sept. 3 at the Level One Lounge in One Market.   The Freestore is open at 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. every…

Categories: News

Laurier’s Brantford campus building and spaces

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Carnegie Building. Our campus buildings have been carefully crafted to be a safe space for all Laurier Brantford students. Seeing these buildings as we come back on campus for the 2023-2024 academic year reminds us…

Categories: Photography

The Milton mistake

Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography Construction on the Milton campus. It may be news to some that Wilfrid Laurier University is opening a campus location in Milton. This campus has been designed to be a STEAM campus, which is to…

Categories: Opinion

Park your expectations for campus parking

Photo contributed by Jeremy Vyn / Sputnik Photography Wilfrid Laurier University – you belong here. Just not your car…for more than two hours.  If you did belong here, you might be able to find a parking space that allows you…

Categories: Opinion

Laurier unveils future plans for One Market

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SERENA AUSTIN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY During the Open House on Sept. 29, Wilfrid Laurier University invited students and community members to attend the unveiling of their future plans for One Market.  Once plans are completed, One Market…

Categories: News

To drink or not to drink, that is the question

My favorite vice is what makes me my father’s son. It begins with the distinct fear that if I don’t get drunk with my boys tonight, I’ll be stuck with this fear of missing out. We call this ‘FOMO’ for…

Categories: Opinion

Field of Dreams on exhibit at Yellow Brick Wall

Field of Dreams,a collection by 43-year old Aaron Robins is the current exhibit at Laurier Brantford’s Yellow Brick Wall. Scarbrough born and raised in Markham, Robins has a passion for Canadian landscapes. Driving across country multiple times, most of his…

Categories: On Campus

Student night life summed up at one bar

For whatever reason, there only seems to be one student bar for Laurier Brantford. For years, NV night club has controlled the monopoly when it comes to the student night life. They have been able to do so thanks to…

Categories: On Campus

Charitable offer symbolizes bridging of campus and community

In an effort to support the Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletics and Recreation complex plans, Edith and Roger Davis, founders of the Davis Fuels distribution company, donated $1 million to the cause of its construction. The formal announcement of the donation…

Categories: On Campus

EcoHawks help out in a Residence downtown cleanup

Laurier Brantford’s EcoHawks motivated students in a downtown cleanup event. Yesterday in the Carnegie foyer, Laurier Brantford’s EcoHawks handed out garbage bags, gloves, and hot chocolates for students that participated in the downtown cleanup event. The EcoHawks used pop tabs…

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Laurier tests new fall semester reading week

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. As registrar Ray Darling explains, the…

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The Students’ Union struggles to engage students

What is the Students’ Union? What do they do? These are just some of the questions that went unanswered when students were asked about WLUSU. The Students’ Union is actually responsible for many campus clubs and events, and their mission…

Categories: On Campus

WLUSP campaign platforms

President Dani Saad In the past year, I have built relationships with people I work with at The Cord and in other departments. As an editor, I have learned how hard volunteers work to produce quality work and how much…

Categories: On Campus