Collaborative quilting project promotes student creativity and healing By Erin Collins News Editor Last Tuesday, Aboriginal Student Lounge proudly presented a quilt that involved over 65 people throughout two semesters in its creation. Most of the contributors were Lakehead students. The project was spearheaded by Lakehead’s Aboriginal Cultural and Support Services (ACSS) and intended as [...]
Zack & the Morrises launches their EP By Amy Szybalski Arts & Culture Editor Last week, The Argus had the opportunity to sit down with three members of the up-and-coming Thunder Bay band, Zack & the Morrises. We talked about their music, their influences, their hockey teams, and where their sound is going. Zack Santerre, [...]
By Scott McGill The Argus How much thought have you put into what you do? Do you love your job? Is your education going to lead to a career you will actually love doing? This is a question I am sure we all ask ourselves, and it is not easy to answer. When I left [...]
Inuit culture discussed in Lakehead University Study By Ellen Stevens Staff Writer Relationships are more important than candy. On Tuesday, March 19, the Study welcomed fourth-year Indigenous Learning student, Romani Makkik, and the Regional YouthProgram Coordinator for the Quikiqtani Inuit Association,Becky Quilavvaq, to discuss Inuit culture. They focused on life in Igloolik and Iqualuit in [...]
By Gary Musson Photo & Graphics Editor It’s not every day when you hear someone say they want to hang from hooks pierced through their own flesh, although I suppose I’m not exactly the most conventional person in the first place. Nonetheless, I recently saw myself standing with a friend of mine at the foot [...]
LU Visual Arts Students take the spotlight By Ellen Stevens Staff Writer On Friday March 15, the Lakehead Department of Visual Arts was proud to host the opening of The Juried Student Art Exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. The exhibit showcased pieces of many different art styles including interactive, realism, surrealism, abstract, and [...]
By Ben Lundy The Argus The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team’s Cinderella run in the CIS Final 8 tournament came up one game short in Ottawa last weekend. The seventh seeded Thunderwolves took out the second seeded Cape Breton Capers in the quarter finals, then beat the third seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees in the semis, before [...]
Progress through student protest, gains support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation By Stephanie Simko Staff Writer Students have been camping in the waiting room of President Brian Stephenson’s office since the end of Reading Week, demanding the reinstatement of the Indigenous Learning 2805: Native Canadian World Views class into the Lakehead University Faculty of Law. Outrage [...]
By Alicia Alves The Argus Two Lakehead students, Adrian Arts and Megan Clark, will be participating in FoodRide, a cross-Canada biking trip to raise awareness about “food security,” a community’s access to sufficient and nutritious food. “The whole idea of FoodRide is to help stock food banks, but as we’re riding we hope to create [...]
By Erin Collins News Editor A Lakehead student was recently selected as one of eight Canadians to attend the 2013 International WUSC (World University Service of Canada) Conference. WUSC is a worldwide network of professionals, students, volunteers, faculty, and community leaders who collaborate to provide opportunities for disadvantaged youth. For more than 65 years, the [...]
She’s just a girl trying to find a place in this world By Amy Szybalski Arts & Culture Editor Have you ever felt the world pushing in on you? The crushing feeling that everyone not only doesn’t understand you, but thinks that there might be something fundamentally wrong with you because you don’t seem to [...]
By Scott McGill The Argus Lake trout have always held one of the top spots on my winter hit-list. How could you not enjoy catching these fish? They are more aggressive than anything else under the ice! They hit hard, peel line off your reel, give violent head shakes and if you are lucky enough [...]
Liana Frenette explains her labour of love By Amy Szybalski Arts & Culture Editor As part of Ontario Heritage Week, the City of Thunder Bay set up a series of events from February 18th to 24th in the city’s south core. The Thunder Bay Museum hosted one of the busiest events of the week, a [...]
By Sebastian Murdoch-Gibson Last week, Lakehead University’s Senate cut the only mandatory indigenous learning credit from the curriculum of the new law school. Lakehead’s initial application for a law school was rejected by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities as well as The Federation of Canadian Law Societies. In their second application, Lakehead promised [...]
By Erin Collins News Editor The recent ballot count revealed the 2013-2014 leaders of the Lakehead University Student Union. Ian Kaufman looks forward to serving students as President, while Ayoub Ansari claimed the Vice President Finance title, and Charmaine Romaniuk earned Vice President Student Issues. Ian McRae secured the Orillia Executive position − the first [...]
By Erin Collins News Editor A Lakehead University basketball athlete demonstrated heroism and kindness when he was first on-site to assist a survivor of a serious car accident. On Saturday, February 9th, a three-vehicle collision along Balmoral Street flippeda woman’s car upside down. Close by, varsity basketball player Jay-Jay Jones had been driving home with [...]
Recent studies analyze the benefits of psychopathic traits in the world today By Ellen Stevens Staff Writer When considering large corporations like Monsanto and BP, one may very well speculate that ethical deficiencies and lack of empathy thrive among those at the top. Yet, [...]
By Scott McGill 10. Go Fishing! You can’t catch them sitting at home on the couch. The only way to build your knowledge-base and improve your catch consistently is practice. If you were to [...]
VPSI candidate and current VP Finance candidate disqualified, asked to resign By Gary Musson Photo & Graphics Editor A security breach surrounding LUSU elections that occurred on February 1st, the day after advance polls were held, caused general polls to be postponed until February 11th and 12th, and advance polling to recommence on February 7th, [...]
Four-day multicultural event runs without a hitch, despite fire next door By Erin Collins News Editor This year’s International Development Week was well-attended and enjoyed by all, Multicultural Centre director Ayoub Ansari was happy to report. A food day was one of the many add-ons to the annual week, which was hosted by the Agora [...]
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