Talk:Wilfrid Laurier University
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Third revision by PeterK (24.112.245.31), just wanted to let you know.
Just so you know, I just got off the phone with one of the folks at Laurier and he would like to send me some accurate content that can be put on this page. This was in response to my request for a logo to put on the page. He said that any content that he sends me can be publicly released on this page. Timc 20:57, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I have pasted in revised text as received from WLU. Unfortunately, I cannot get any images of the University crest for this page. My contact at WLU says: "We deal with requests on a case-by-case basis and if the logos were to be used only on your site, we'd have no problem with that. However, if all images and text are to be made available, we'd prefer to have no logo." Timc 16:38, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Weasel words
"The school is known particularily for its business program, political science department, graduate school of social work, and faculty of music." Ardenn 04:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Team Names
You can check the laurier athletics site. The Golden Hawk name was used long before 1981. In fact team in the 60s were the golden hawks
I went to WLU from 1973 (When it was Waterloo Lutheran) to 1978. The athletics teams were the Golden Hawks for years before I arrived. The Laurier Athletics site the previous poster refers to is www.laurierathletics.com. As evidence, at the bottom of the page on this link (http://www.laurierathletics.com/alumni/hofmembers.asp?inductyear=1995) there is a picture of the 1967/68 basketball team. Notice that their uniforms say "Hawks", not "Mules". My SPECULATION is that the name Mules was used for a time during and/or possibly following Waterloo College's affiliation with University of Western Ontario, whose teams were the Mustangs. The Golden Hawk name was adopted no later than the mid-60s.
BTW, I am now a faculty member at WLU. 69.196.9.156 01:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC) amarshal@wlu.ca
I found the information on the team names. Wilfrid Laurier was founded in 1911 as Waterloo College of University of Western Ontario. Western's teams were the Mustangs (men) and Colts (women) and Waterloo College teams were the Mules and Mulletes for the men and women, respectively. In 1957, the teams were definitely the Mules and Mulettes. In 1959, The Province of Ontario established three universities: Waterloo Lutheran University, University of St. Jerome's College and University of Waterloo. It was the University of Waterloo that continued to use the names Mules and Mulettes. The name Mules was dropped quickly and replaced with Warriors.
was chosen solely because of the initials were the same as Waterloo Lutheran University. I went to Laurier in the late 80s-early 90s - many believed that this was the case, but the university always maintained that the school was named to honour Laurier. Blotto adrift 17:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
