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“How’s that rash, Chris?”
—Greg Evans, WLUSU director to fellow director Chris Walker
“I think I just hate money or something, because I’m in music and I’m also a student, so I must just have a deep-seeded hatred for it.”
—Shad, Juno-award winner and Laurier business grad
“It’s so funny, you have these amazing experiences all the time and then as soon as somebody asks you to explain one you go blank. It’s like walking into a video store and... Read more
Dear Life.
I am from Timmins Ontario, which is 9.5 hours north from here for those who don’t know, and I have only been home once at Christmas. I woke up this morning, looked out my window, and felt like I was home.
Thanks for the extra boost to get me through exams.
Sincerely, Wtf Is Up With The Weather?
Dear Life,
To the Mon/Wed business class that annoyingly comes in after my sociology class, you guys are really rude... Read more
“Someone would ask, ‘What are some of the issues with pensions?’ And we would say, ‘Well, not enough people are dying.’ It actually doesn’t work really well when you say that.”
—Allan Shapira, the senior actuary at AON Hewitt Associates re: the longer lifespan of pensioners and Laurier’s ailing pension plan
“My mom keeps asking me that too,”
—Megan Grant, women’s basketball re: what she plans on doing after graduating this year
“I got out in ‘85 for good behaviour.”
... Read more“I have long johns on but I may have to ditch those for some more conventional underwear.” —Shad re: playing Wilf’s
“I wasn’t really feeling Rev, it freaked me out a little bit. I’d go to Phil’s.” —Shad re: Waterloo bar scene
“I’m sure I’ll have fun seeing all the drunk people around campus stumbling around. I get to see it from a different perspective this year, so it’ll still be fun.” —Matt McGuinness, 5 Days for the Homeless student... Read more
I’m a former print girl so I come with dead trees."
—Shelley Ambrose Co-publisher of The Walrus re: bringing notes instead of slides to her TED talk
“I was creating my own realty. I was creating what I believed was possible and that’s why I believe I was successful.”
—Vicki Keith, marathon swimmer who holds 16 world records
“I have no idea what I’m doing most of the time, folks.”
—Ben Grossman, musician
“If there was one time that the... Read more
When I came here in the late 90s we were approaching Y2K and at that time everyone was concerned about the world coming to an end. Of course it didn’t...”
—VP student affairs David McMurray Re: The meal card in place before the OneCard, which would have apparently not worked after Jan. 1, 2000
“I feel relieved that I have access to language to make a shape for it for myself, it’s been profoundly healing for me to find a... Read more
“Just like the Packers we’re going to come in as the wild card and do some damage in the playoffs.” —Erik Kroman, Laurier men’s volleyball captain re: his team’s chances
“Ours is more fun, the girls are cuter and the rap is hotter.” —Brandon Greenwood, Laurier fourth-year communications student and one of the artists involved in the Laurier rap remix “Gold and Purple”
“He said: ‘Come work for a real board.’” —Jon Pryce, Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications (WLUSP) board... Read more
"So go and have fun, but watch out, you can get STDs from doing this, this and this — in fact, from doing everything.”
—Juanne Clarke Laurier professor re: the media portrayal of sexuality in Cosmopolitan magazine
"My body is telling me ‘you have done bad things to your body, haven’t slept very much — bad — you’re going to get a kick in the face now’.”
— Nick Gibson WLUSU president-elect re: post-election illness
"I got requests from students... Read more
"Please take a button because I spent my entire budget on them.”
—Saad Aslam Candidate for the board of governors
"I would have to follow the refugee question, of course.”
—Aneesh Lal SBESS president defending his referendum question
"The constitution is a public document. It’s not a secret, OK? This is not KFC’s chicken recipe.”
—Kyle Walker WLUSU president
“I have problems with saying words sometimes.”
—Nick Gibson, presidential candidate
“Brantford students have been promised shuttle busses, venues, the moon.”
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"I just think the world of all seven kids that came over and to have this happen to them now after everything else they’ve been through is just wrong.”
—Gary Jeffries Laurier football coach re: former Waterloo football players being unable to play at either Laurier or UW next year
“It was just extra days for kids to party and get drunk and stuff and we’ve been happy with our longer period but realize we can’t have both.” —Ray Darling,... Read more
"I think there will be fewer of me around, more of you and you’ll probably be more frustrated than you are now.”
—Geoff Stevens Laurier political science professor describing how he sees the university environment in 2020
“Now everyone and their mother has seen Eat Pray Love which is kind of travel porn in a way and I think that does a lot of things to open women up to the possibility and opens them up to the strength [of... Read more
Bring them to brown Jesus; I have them right here!” —Saad Aslam, VP of university affairs for WLUSU, asking board members to take their Secret Santa presents to him for distribution
“When I was just starting in the band, I didn’t have a whole lot going for me. I was into hacky sack and smoking weed, so who knows where I’d be now. Probably in jail.” —Rich Beddoe, Finger Eleven
“You’d pay these huge amounts of money for tuition and... Read more
"This is a 13.5 million dollar corporation and should work that way but sometimes it doesn’t because this is student government.”
—Asif Bacchus, former chair of the WLUSU board of directors re: WLUSU
“Obviously one of the elements we made all the artists aware of was that people will be hanging off this, it must be sturdy, it must be drunk-proof. Shit happens.”
—Barry Ries editorial/communications officer in Laurier’s research services office re: the newly announced statue of Sir Wilfrid... Read more
Some people don’t take much pride in their show, they just follow the status quo. I’m all about trying to have one of the craziest shows ever.” —Kardinal Offishall, Canadian hip-hop artist
"And my response to it is that you should come back with love.” —Diva Divine, co-host of the Rainbow Centre’s Drag Domination show re: her reaction to transphobia
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"It’s what I always wanted to do. I didn’t want to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone, I just wanted to make music.”
—Royal Wood
“I think they should be told to leave and let us get on with it.”
—Pauline Campbell, Waterloo resident re: protest
“You can’t defend yourself against allegations like that, it’s like asking somebody ‘ when did you stop beating your wife?’ so I’m not going to dignify that with an answer.”
—Christie Blatchford,... Read more
"I said before the game to all the girls, ‘I want one too’.” —Midfielder Alyssa Lagonia on winning her first OUA championship at Laurier despite being on the team for four years
“I remember us scoring on the next play but after that there’s a five or ten minute period that I just can’t remember.” —Shane Kelly, Laurier quarterback on his injury during Laurier’s semifinal game vs. Ottawa
“I’ve got a year [of eligibility] left but I don’t want to... Read more
"There’s something terribly attractive about information about other people."
—Aimée Morrison, assistant professor of English at the University of Waterloo re: Facebook
“No one really wants to live in downtown Hamilton, right?”
—Zac Spicer on student housing issues at McMaster University and why students need to participate in local politics
“All the elements in any given day will influence how that song gets recorded, including whether you ate granola or Froot Loops for breakfast.”
—Jason Collett on the randomness of... Read more
Love, tolerance, self discipline; these come from the basis of warmheartedness. Now is a time to look inward, not to external factors.”
—His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
“When I knocked on students’ doors I asked them more about the questions asked of them. Rather, not so much whether they should vote for city council or even mayor, but the amalgamation question and fluoridation in the water because I think those questions were important to them. You’re busy with school,... Read more
We have a large amount of money that sort of ‘oops’ we forgot.” —Ted Brown, WLUSU director re: the union being $430,000 over budget for the Terrace expansion
"I can’t speak to what the next president is going to say we need to cut inorder to save room to pay for the line of credit interest which I took out this year.” —Kyle Walker, WLUSU president on how the union will make up the money spent on the Terrace expansion
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The police is a force that’s really stifling dissent.” —Rachel Avery, member of AW@L
"Laurier is a community where any disrespectful behaviour directed at any student, staff or faculty will not be tolerated. “ —Leanne Holland Brown, Laurier Waterloo dean of students
“You know, you have to use some common sense in today’s world because you know there are some bad people out there.” —Rod Curran, director of Laurier’s special constable services
“We have educational programs we follow up with... Read more
