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Nordic ski team to compete in their first race of the season

By Austin Lemieux, for The Lambda On the verge of one of the mildest winters that have been predicted in years past, the Voyageurs Nordic team headed East to North Bay in Dec., where the team participated in the annual College Drive Hill Climb at Nipissing University. The Voyageurs had a[…]

Women’s soccer team ends double-header home weekend with two wins

By Timothy Kraft, for the Lambda On Oct. 11, the Laurentian women’s Voyageurs soccer team defeated the UOIT Ridgebacks 1-0 to complete a successful double-header home weekend. Before game play, Richel Greenwood (goalkeeper), Kate Grant (trainer), Megan Ferguson (forward), Amanda Norrie (midfielder), and Gabrielle Conrad (center back), were honored, as[…]

LU awarded $1.3m in research dollars

By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Several members of the Laurentian University research community, including seven faculty members and three graduate students, have been awarded research grants and scholarships totalling $1.329 million. The Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), a government funding organization that aims to support Canadian discoverers[…]

Province denies proposal for stand-alone campus in Barrie

By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief If you’re a Laurentian University student, chances are you’ve become familiar with Laurentian’s campaign for a stand-alone LU campus in Barrie. At the very least, you’ve probably heard the slogan “it’s time” or visited itstimebarrie.ca, a website developed by the university, promoting Laurentian’s push for the[…]

School of Architecture’s phase two building underway downtown

By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief Phase two of Laurentian’s School of Architecture master-plan began over the summer: the second phase includes further renovation to the school’s main building, as well as the construction of a neighbouring second two-storey structure. The finished product will be a 54,000 square feet building, located in[…]

MHAW launches in puppy room

By Kayla Perry, Editor-in-Chief March 22 marked the official launch of Laurentian University’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW), which will take place across campus from March 22-27. Mental health awareness week is hosted at Laurentian Univeristy once each term, typically in the weeks leading up to the exam periods. This[…]

Kruzel: Buying wine does not need to be scary

By Hugh Kruzel Are you overwhelmed by choice? Do you tremble when confronted by a wall of wine? Does your hair rise when someone screams “Riesling”? Are you pained by Primitivo? Well, fear not, gentle reader. There is pattern, organization, and logic to selecting a bottle for self, friends, family[…]

Men’s basketball needs to bring ‘consistent intensity’: Swords

By Gabriel Rodrigues, Assistant Editor Although Laurentian’s men’s basketball team managed only seven wins throughout the 2014-15 OUA campaign, their coach believes the Voyageurs “progressed well” as the season moved forward. “We started off with a very tough schedule,” said Shawn Swords. “But, (we) learned a lot, which helped us[…]

Concerns of Gerontology program cancellation addressed

By Leanne Ofori-Atta In recent months, some questions have been raised regarding Huntington University’s Gerontology program: specifically, if the program will continue to be offered in the 2015-16 school year, due to a decline of full-time professors in the program. However, Krishan Venkataraman, the Chair of the Gerontology Department, stated[…]