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The Importance of University Athletics

I am privileged to be in a situation where I have experienced both sides of university athletics, as a player and as a spectator. Here is my story of how athletics shaped my life and how they can benefit all students.

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2019 Stories

Student Transformation: From First to Fourth Year
Five First-Year Myths
Top 5 things to do in Sudbury for $10 or less

2018 Stories

STEM fields are not just for the boys
Did we just become best friends?
Ready for a thrill?
How Travelling Has Influenced Me
Heartfelt Thoughts to BSW Students
How To Rock This Exam Period
HOW TO BE A STUDENT-ATHLETE (or ya know, if you just wanna work out and study)
Enjoy the outdoors at Laurentian
What should I think about when accepting an offer to University?
Unique partnership gives geology students international experience
Indigenous engineering student breaks down barriers

2017 Stories

You Say “There’s Nothing to do in Sudbury”…
Thank You – A Student Documentary
Kick Smoking in the Bud
Netflix and De-stress
Laurentian University Lingo – Part 2
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jesse Popp, Ph.D
Enjoy the outdoors at Laurentian
5 Things University Taught Me
What should I think about when accepting an offer to University?
Netherlands Adventure
SPAIN PART 2: SEGOVIA AND BARCELONA
Spain trip part 1: MADRID
BACKPACKING TRIP PART 4&5- Eitorf Germany and Paris!
Unique partnership gives geology students international experience
BACKPACKING TRIP PART 3: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Laurentian celebrates Ontario Biology Day
BACKPACKING TRIP PART 2: DUBLIN, IRELAND
BACKPACKING TRIP PART 1: ENGLAND
Euro Backpacking Adventure - Laurentian SPAD students
My Laurentian story
Reading Week: Keeping Busy
Vlog #5: #SPADexchange at Swarovski Kristallwelten
Cancer Awareness Series: Be Your “Breast” Self
Your Canadian Winter Bucket List
Vlog 4: #SPADexchange mountain adventures in Kufstein
Meal-Prep and Chill: A Student’s Guide To Healthy Eating

2016 Stories

Your Complete Sudbury Holiday Gift Guide
Vlog 3: #SPADexchange in VENEZIA
Myth Buster: Drinking and Driving Edition
#SPADexchange explores Neuschwanstein Castle
Applying to an Ontario Medical School: What to know
Vlog 1: WE MADE IT!
Riding The Waves: A student’s guide to loving talk-radio
What is a Cup of Coffey
Dear First Year Us
How To Explore Your Own City
Before you can love where you are going, Love where you are at.
A First Years Guide to Laurentian Lingo ?
Laurentian Pep Rally Vlog
Dear First Year Me
Picture Yourself Abroad
Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Artsy Sudburian
First Year Tips
Cancer Awareness Series: Sun safety tips from a Radiation Therapy student
Campus Tour / Visite du campus
Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Stylish Sudburian
Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Health-Conscious Sudburian
Canada Has Changed My Mind
The feeling of loss after graduation
Take a Chill Pill
A Convocation Snapchat Story
Travelling Through Canada, eh? : East Coast Edition
Oh the Places You’ll Go… in Sudbury, Ontario!
Finding my Italian Roots
10 #StudyBreak ideas
A Story of Lost Assignments
Teaching Placement in Sioux Lookout
Can’t Find a Study Spot on Campus? Check Out This Guide!
LIVING IN RESIDENCE // end of first year
7 Life Lessons I Learned by Going to School in Sudbury
Looking to Get Ahead This Summer? Become a Volunteer!
The Independence Fiasco
Graduation guide: 4 things to do before you leave Sudbury
Snow Pro – A Guide to Fun in the Winter Sun
Open House – Her Starbucks Giftcard
Top 5 Places at LU to Catch the Sunset
Building your CV – Part 1
How to rock reading week!
Confessions of a Small Town Ramsey Lake Bass Who Made the Big Brave Swim Across the North Atlantic.
Cooking in UC Rez
6 Study Techniques to Get You Through Midterms
Exploring Laurentian’s campus: the amateur’s guide
6 Awesome LU Clubs
Model Parliament When You’re not in Poli Sci
Top 10 Reasons You should attend Model Parliament Next Year
Holidays abroad
A Guide to Thrive in Your Last Semester

2015 Stories

Simple Ways to Stay Active When All You Want Is Netflix (Part 2)
Simple Ways to Stay Active When All You Want Is Netflix (Part 1)
An Open Letter to people who disagree with other people’s majors
I Graduated!!!
Expert tips on applying to graduate programs
Portage – A New Laurentian Tradition
How to (try and) deal with post-graduate applications
Countdown to Halloween
The Necessary Apps every Student Needs – Part 1
Student Awards – A Success Story
What do we do now? Overcoming Lethargy
Dear First Year Me
International Exchange: Travel Hacks
Moving Back Into Residence: The Dos and Don’ts
Why Choose LU? Part Two
7 Words to Describe an Ideal Student Traveller
Tour de Southern Ontario
First week of my Pan Am games volunteering
Essential Italian Phrases Every Canadian Traveller Should Know
5 Ways Italians Are Different from Canadians
Why Choose LU? Part One
5 Ways to Jumpstart Your International Exchange Dreams
Dear First-Year Me
The Pan Am Games Torch came to Sudbury!
On finishing the last exam of your undergrad
How to Prepare on the Day of Your Exam
The 2 Best Recipes I’ve Made at School + Others I’ve Tried and Loved!
LNAP: Free coffee, yoga, and everything else a university student could wish for
4 Entertaining Things to do on a Greyhound Bus
13 Reasons why being a Student is Great!
Myth vs. Fact: Your First Week in University
6 Steps to a Successful Group Project
5 Things to do in Montreal
Airbandz – The Queen of Dance Recitals
Research Week: The Final Two Days
Five Things to Consider When Living Like the French
5 Things I’ve Learned in the Year Since my Study Abroad
Research Week: A Two-Day Preview
Ways to re-kindle your motivation
My first Model Parliament experience
10 Reasons Why You Must Travel to Australia
Mental Health Awareness & More Feet on the Ground
Surviving the Cold and your Winter Blues

2014 Stories

The Top 5 Things to do on Campus
Top 5 Things to Do Over The Holidays
“Off the beaten path” campus study spots
A Few Basic Tips for Surviving Exams
How to Decorate for the Holidays: The Student Version
Late Night Against Procrastination
Studying to Music and Laurentian’s Late Night Against Procrastination
Easy, cheap gift ideas
Sudbury Apartments: What To Expect
Four Things You Learn When You Move Into Your First Apartment
Meeting with prospective students at Open House
It’s okay to go to Ben Avery Gym alone.
What to do when your parents come to visit Sudbury
Ontario Universities’ Fair 2014
Budgeting for Students
Tips From a Fourth-Year Student
7 Laurentian University Services to take advantage of.
Kickstart This
Six amazing weeks in Western Australia
Reflecting on my semester abroad
Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative
I am sure that the tale will not seem strange to you
Leggett & Platt Micro Gel Fiber Pillow
The beautiful Prologue is a new visionary design for Audi
Tips on Traveling to the Other Side of the World
One last Exam & a Trip on the way.
Get fit on Campus with Healthy Living and the SGA
On Dealing with Stress and Loving Where You Live
And the results are…
Apartment Hunting: The Do’s and Don’ts
I (finally) went to Paris!
Eating, Sleeping, and a lot of Rowing
Mental Health Awareness Week and Art at Laurentian
I’m Glad That’s Over/The Next Big Step/Love Where You Live
I wore my hair in ponytail and no one has stared
Am I really here for school?
Learning French is Hard
Bonjour from France!
Hello!
First Time for Everything!
#BellLetsTalk @LaurentianU
Laurentian University Model Parliament 2014
Journalism Conferences, and the Weeks Surrounding Winter Break
Consider Coaching

2013 Stories

Exciting news!
A Laurentian Student’s Day in the Life: A Photo Gallery
The end of the semester and some ideas to help cope with stress and all the nice things that...
The V-Blogs: A tour of second floor Huntington University!
Delicious Food Part Two: What to Cook (Part One!)
Fall Open House 2013
Job Searching? Tips for Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews
Delicious Food Part One: Where To Eat
Tweets are mini-blogs
Halloween in Huntington
LU Voyaguer Rowing (We’re crushing it!)
Third year placement
A Torontonian Guide to Reading Week
Reading Week = Pure, School Free Bliss
Laurentian-themed Halloween costume guide (with artistic paint pictures)
It’s flu/cold/feeling horrible season!
Quotations
Voyageur Rowing takes on HOTT
Kayla’s guide to dealing with mid-term stress: Part 2!
Kayla’s guide to dealing with mid-term stress!
Ontario Universities’ Fair 2013
How to get through autumn if your mood freezes when the ground does
The anti-guide to managing stress from school, work and volunteering
Rose Apple Restaurant and getting off campus
More Laurentian to Love
The looming question “what is there to do in Sudbury?!” answered by yours truly
What parents should teach their kids before university
Food at LU
Busy bees and busier courses
Jazz Festival
Welcome Home!
Gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of the Road
The week of the BBQ: A summary
For my own part, I had been feverishly excited all day
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta aka BBQ WEEK
Sudbury “Trap Streets” – possibly the coolest thing that I’ve found out in a while.
More SupportOARS
This city is a magnet.
(Potential) Future Voyageurs!
Honouring Dr. Pat Pickard
Back in the swing of things
The Living’s Easy
Summer Time in Sudbury
Saying Goodbye
All Grown Up
Top 10 Things I Will Miss About LU
Fieldnotes
Last Days At LU – A Video Blog
For anyone with a dream
Stanley Cup Predictions
How proud I am
The icing on the cake
A Reflection on Teaching
Just Another Easter: Post-Apocalyptic Prison Assaults and Eunuch Slave Soldiers
Maple Syrup Making
And a very artsy week it was…
10 Really Awesome School Related Feelings
10 Really Awful School Feelings
St. Patty’s Day with Human Kinetics
Festa Fiesta and Lads N Lashes
Android Bounty Hunters Part 2
No matter where you live, adventure is much closer than you think
And my true talent is…
Petrolicious – The Winningest Ferrari Ever
Today, I walked outside in just a sweater
And Now For Something Completely Different
CANIMUN (Laurentian Delegation) Thank You!!!
CANIMUN: An Amazing Weekend and Experience Concludes
You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…
Sleep is a choice not a necessity…
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!
Madagascar in DISEC
CANIMUN Heats Up On Day 3
CANIMUN Continues
Helen Clark to Address CANIMUN Delegates
‘Hail Caesar, Baby!’…Among Other Things
Believe it or not…
Water dependencies debated as technological concerns boil-over
Tensions Explode at United Nations Security Council
Personal relations in United Nations Committees
GA3 Committee Working Paper
You do not truly know someone until you travel with them….
A funny thing happened…
CANIMUN- Day 1 (Revised)
LU in Ottawa for CANIMUN 2013!
All set for CANIMUN 2013!!
CANIMUN 2013
Reading Week Occupations: Android Bounty Hunters and What-Not…
Tuning out
Beauty & the Beast comes to Sudbury!
Snakes, Breaking the Stereotype
Le bocce della morte
Hectic Times for a Fourth Year
Zombies have feelings, too
Interesting Discoveries
Puppy Apocalypse
Smiles of my week!
Off to the theatre!
Model Parliament featuring added excitement
Hockey Is BACK!
Top Fun, Healthy Activities Tips for Your Family
New Year, Same Me
For the second time that day this girl proved her quality.
Cheers to 2013, and all the dreams it can hold!

2012 Stories

This just in: I am one lucky kid
End of the year post
I can smell the chestnuts; I just can’t eat any yet
Man my upper lip is COLD!!
Discover 8 Tracks
Update on Malala Yousufazi
Books (and why I love them)
Basketball games and coffee houses
Margaret Atwood: Literary genius and Zombie expert
OPEN HOUSE!!!!!
Creepy Crawlies at Science North
Parli italiano?
Ukulele Flash Mob!
Jian Ghomeshi does LU
Laptops and Water Bottles Do Not Mix
It’s never too late
2075 seems so far away…
World MasterCard Fashion Week: Round 2
On the road like Kerouac (kind of but not at all)
Must Have Coffee
Stresses about schooling
Advocating for Peace Through Health: My Journey Halfway Around the World to Change Things Here at Home
Happy long weekend!
Pinterest Makes: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ontario University Fair and Surprise Visits to Pub!
Be My Valentine – Filming in the North
Joe Avati visits Laurentian and makes me famous
The Importance of Having a Not-Ridiculous E-mail Address
Lists upon lists!
Let the craziness begin!
Cinéfest Sudbury
University of Sudbury Life
Goals I will/probably will/might/hope to accomplish this year
Oh, Look How We’ve Grown!
Trading Textbooks for Ukeleles
Dear First Year Me
Giving up bikinis for books
Back to School Bike Story
There, among some young pine trees and furze bushes
Dear First-Year Me: A Guest Letter by Charles Wilson
Dear first-year me
Behind this first charging demon trailed nineteen others
I should have had the surprise of my life, but I did not know at that time
Dear First Year Me!
Dear First-Year Me: A letter to past Kallie in 2009
A Great Place to Watch the London Games
Big Bad Exams
Pinterest Makes: The Strawberry Sandwich
Things to do in Sudbury #2: Greek Festival
Bucket List for 1st Year
Who knew the train was so comfy?
Rocks rock!
GIVEAWAY – It’s been too long!
How to Stay in Touch
My Journey
Things to do in Sudbury #1: Sudbury Rocks
A Summer in Sudbury
Sweet music to my ears
The NLFB
You’re a firework
Canada D’eh! (see what I did there?)
Sports Talk!
She’s alive!
Ryan makes a quick trip to Ottawa!
Skills conference/trip to Parliament!
A Science North Adventure
Heart and Stroke Big Bike Race, and Jays Game!
I hit the record jackpot!
Lunabotics Conclusion
Keeping Busy and Loving Every Minute of It!
The Return of The Mosquito
Last Day of Competition
Friday – May 25, 2012
Thursday – May 24th, 2012
Testing out the Lunabot (Pictures)
Coolest cat around! (You will understand at the end…)
Dr. Instagram (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the app)
Wait. Am I a 20-something now?
Working away in Cap. City aka O-Town aka Ottawa
How to be Productively Creative
Beginning of summer….creative, right? ;)
5 Books You May Want to Read this Summer
Summer in Sudbury
Sudbury festivals: A best of list on a scale of 1-food coma
Internet snobbery (and biting your tongue when it comes to slowpokes)
If I could major in procrastination…
Another year has flown by
It’s going to snow tonight.
Sudbury concerts!
One more day of class!
The Annual Gerry Lougheed Jr. Volunteer Appreciation Dinner!!
Between the Sheets
Looking Ahead to a Beautiful Summer in Sudbury
Vintage Living – Flower casa in São Paulo
If you can vote, do it! E’rywhere!
March Madness
LATE NIGHT PROCRASTINATION!
The art of Facebook creeping
Weekend trip to the SAULT!!
The art of Facebook creeping
Busy month ahead! (Top Ad update!)
Canada’s Next Top… Ad Exec?
How to find the best pizza in Sudbury
Real-life REC in Victoria, B.C.
Reading Week!
Airbandz….nuff said!
Tips on staying awake…late.
The 16th of December was the seventy-fifth day
Rez Conference 2.0—-Trent University
Attracting great musical talent at Laurentian !
A Loonie for Your Library, Sir?
One of Sudbury’s Hidden Gems; Pond Hockey Tournament!
Winter is Upon us
Nor did wild rumors of all sorts fail to exaggerate
Am I the only one still on HOLIDAY MODE?!
What it’s like to work in REZ!
Crazy December!

2011 Stories

What now?
Goodbye, Ulrich
Two weeks of crazy
No Mo Mustache!
CHRISTMAS!
Support your team!
Laurentian Talent Shown Off…..What A Show!
Parliamentary shenanigans!
Holiday Hues
Final Thoughts On the Last Day of CUCOH
Glitz and Glam at CUCOH
On Regional Disparities in the North: Kian’s Conversation with the Hon. Dr. Carolyn Bennett
Yaeji’s Experience on Second Day of CUCOH
Kian and Yaeji arrive in Kingston, ready for a night of mixing and mingling!
Zoom Zoom
Laurentian’s Ambassadors to CUCOH arrive in Toronto!
Margaret Atwood Birthday Dinner
Reality Check!
November Wishes
Some racing next tuesday
Laurentian is jazzing it up!
Remembrance Day in Ottawa, What an experience!!
Studying tips for Final Exams!
Happy weekend!
I need a breakthrough… ASAP
3 hours that were
Back to the Grind
Back on the grind, with a moustache!
Gotta get moving
5 THINGS YOU MUST DO ON READING WEEK!
Busy week
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Back on track
All moved in
Alcohol Awareness Week!
Off to California
Say Goodbye to Mom and Dad
Starting to get into routines….ITS ABOUT TIME!
If You Don’t Do It Now, You’ll Regret It!! [Video!]
Gettin’ to be that time again!!
Finishing up Nationals
First Day at Nationals
National Championships next week
Tell the world, I’m coming home…(corny)
10 Reasons Why You Must Travel to Vietnam!
Racing in Portland
Great way to celebrate Canada’s BDay
To Portland, Oregon next week
Happy Canada Day!!
Worst. Luck. Ever.
Hola from Guadalajara!
My Life in Complete Opposites
Xin Chào
Summer update anyone??
The Start of an Adventure!
Good News, Bad News… Cross Your Fingers!
Reflections :)
Imagine
I’m on a boat!
Last Day…
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Training-full time job
Life Is Miraculous
Chilmenau
It’s all About Freedom!
The search for Freedom: Day 1!
Well Hello Germany!
Farewell For Now, They Say
Bittersweet ending to an amazing year
Safe fun happy summer take home messages!
Homeward Bound
The end of living the “dream,” brings birth to living “the reality”
Pan Am trials report
In the news
I am the MASTER of studying….Get it?
Another day at the office
World Championships-The First Step
Like A Chicken Caesar Wrap, But An End-of-Year Wrap
The Jays are back!
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For FREE FOOD!
It’s crunch time + exciting news!
Let the STRESS begin!
A Vote For You Is A Vote For Tim Campbell
The One and Only KIN GAMES!!!
Back to reality – the final stretch of events!
Do you know your mohawk isn’t in the middle?!
So that’s why they call it READING week!
Curling, Ice Fishing, Gotta love Sudbury!
Learning Something from Egypt
Age ain’t nothing but a number
It’s beginning to look a lot like……AIRBANDZ!!
Laurentian is a pure BROTHERHOOD!
New people? Definitely not what’s lacking.
What a “Brian” weekend
Please Check Your Brain In At the Door and Someone Will Be Here to Help You
Networking Is the Key Word Here
Laurentian University = Love
And the Wheels Keep Turnin’!
Semester 2, Round 2
My (Almost) Golden Holidays
New and Fresh Beginnings