THE CORD THE TIE THAT BINDS WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY SINCE 1926
VOLUME 59 ISSUE 6 • SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
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MENTAL HEALTH KITS
FOUNTAIN PENS
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COMPARING HARDSHIPS
LACROSSE IS LOOKING UP
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Discussing the most popular writing tools
Reviewing a book with an insider look
Having empathy and validating others’ struggles
Hawks hope to reach OUA title after eight years
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Feature, page 8
Arts & Life, page 11
Opinion, page 14
Sports, page 16
Laurier’s Library makerspace: A place to create MARGARET RUSSELL LEAD REPORTER
This year, Wilfrid Laurier University implemented the library makerspace: a facility with a purpose to encourage students to engage in hands-on learning and be able to simply create something with the great variety of equipment and materials made available. The Cord sat down with Darin White, the makerspace’s primary coordinator, the library’s communications and cultural programming associate, as well as a
self-identified maker, who is excited to share his passion for making with Laurier through open-space sessions and workshops. “It is primarily a space for making things with your hands — we like to have a really simple mission,” White said. “We just want to get people working on stuff that is beyond the two-dimensional world.” White has been a part of the maker movement for a long time, and has been active in creating and participating in makerspaces within Kitchener-Waterloo. “I helped create KwartzLab,
“We just want to get people working on stuff that is beyond the twodimensional world.” -Darin White, coordinator of the Library makerspace
which is a makerspace in the community, back in 2009. I helped found an event called Maker Expo, which draws thousands of people every year.” “We got our doors open here at the makerspace in January. The first and only tool was a sewing machine that I got from Value Village and I chose the sewing machine very purposefully,” White said. White explains that the sewing machine is something that everyone can learn to use and being able to sew is a skill that everyone can find a purpose for at some point in
their life. The makerspace has now expanded their inventory of mediums with multiple 3D printers, photography equipment, modelling clay, knitting, crocheting and robotics. “We were out at the Get Involved fair talking to a lot of people,” White stated. “We even taught a number of people how to solder.” “The space is mostly an incubator of creation, so you may have a plan and we have the tools to make it happen,” said Alex Vassel, a Laurier student and avid maker. Continued on Page 3.