Serena Austin / WLUSP President & PublisherStudents enjoying one of the night programs at last year’s O-Week. This year’s O-Week at Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford will be running from Sept. 3 to Sept. 9. The approximate 400 first-year students will…
The new school year brings another wave of freshmen into residence, and with it the uneasy mumble of the “Freshman 15”. Leaving home without any real experience in living without parents is naturally daunting. With it comes responsibilities, one of…
1. Philip Kartos: Gold Program: Concurrent Education Hometown: Etobicoke, Ontario If you could be anyone for a day who would it be: Beyoncé, because Beyoncé Dream job: A guidance counselor/social worker If you could live anywhere in the world where…
Opinion Editor Brittany Bennett talks O-Week with Laurier Brantford’s newest students. Photos by Cody Hoffman Ariel Liu “I come from a larger city so it was nice having this tightknit community, O-Week made us a community, we all came together as…
That time of the year is here: Orientation Week! I can’t believe it was only a year ago that I was such a mixture of nerves and excitement at this exact time. I recall everyone being so welcoming the first…
Alicia Appleby, a fourth year student in concurrent education, is a very involved member on campus. She has continuously been involved, and now sits as associate Vice President of campus clubs and activities. What does that mean? “I like being…
From a modest MySpace page in 2005 to a Best New Artist Juno award in 2009, Lights has been a steady icon for electro-pop music in Canada since she debuted. The gifted musician has been creating music since she was 11 years…
A little mixture of spinach dip, Tragically Hip, and plenty of cheering highlighted the closing ceremonies of another successful Orientation Week at Laurier Brantford. Festivities were held indoors at the Research and Academic Centre-West wing on Saturday night for the second year in…
Orientation week last year sort of let me down, but in its defense, it may be partially my fault. I mean, it was cool seeing Shawn Hooke and Down With Webster. That day in O-Week was my first concert ever,…
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Red Team Ali Sukru: While he may be co-leading O-Week’s Red Team with Head Icebreaker Sabrina Ruffolo, Ali Sukru is in fact your genuine student, relatable on all levels. Sukru is a Hamilton-native, Contemporary Studies major, and a devout soccer…
“Your car is dirty. You should let us wash it,” read one sign outside of Lynden Park Mall Saturday where incoming first-years and O-Week icebreakers alike teamed up to clean cars for a cause. Shinerama, a national fundraising campaign for…
Not many musicians would allow you to interview them in a bathroom, especially one situated in a nightclub, but after an interview with Kay, I got the feeling that the female hip-hop artist wasn’t like a lot of musicians. Each…
