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There are predictions that half of all living bird and ‘ ‘Ll‘ admissions, financial aid and student life. tanner mammal species will be gone in the next 200 years. and 3‘, \ frailty. 5‘35 and students Will also be on hand to some experts are warning this rate of extinction may be as r. p . ,5 answer quadons. many as 100 to 1,000 times greater than normal. That's got ‘ Q. 1 ‘ " Students and their families are invited to start Druids. 23. and others her age worried. ,- their day at the headquarters booth in the Fred Drukis. a third-year geography and environmental stud- '- Nichols Campus Centre, where they can meet ies major at Wilfrid Laurier University. was one of 35 youth recruitment staff. get directions and ask questions. from around the world to officially launch the Global Youth ‘ l The Student Life and Student Services fairs begin Biological Diversity Network in Berlin. Germany, this past . ' .. ~ ‘ , '. ’ at 10 a.m. in the same location. Students can learn August and developed a fourâ€"page document they wanted ‘ i \ about the students' Union. campus clubs, getting to add lo the discussions being held at the UN environmen- ’ _ \ involved on campus. first year success factors and mi conference held in lridia in October. She was also one of " ' ’ the admissions process. A only two Canadian youth delegates chosen to attend COPll ‘ There will be an arts and science information to present concerns about biological Diversity loss from the ~ ' f3“ in the SCENE Building coward and a busi- perspective of a future generation that wanted more of . _. . ‘ ness and economics information fair in the KPMG those protections in place. , ' \ Atrium in the Schlegel Centre from 10 a.m. to 2 Druids had been to the previous (10PM) negotiations in it" " ' ~ pm. Students can experience Laurier's music pro- Nagoya. lapan in 2010 as a member of the-lane Godal] lnsti- ‘ - _ gram first-hand at the faculty of music open house. tute. The Ontario Council for international Cooperation A free Concert will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the named her Global (Lhangemaker for her efforts in 201 l. but Maureen Forrester Recital Hall. she wasn't satisfied by the limited role the world's youth For more information about the open house were having tight)“ important discussions visit www.wlu.calpage.phptgrp‘id=65&p=1313. ‘l discove that there were quite a lot of youth at the convention in the side events and the negotiation meetings. waterloo mstorical and we started connecting from there." said Drukls. ”We » scheduled nightly meetings in Japan so we could really work , - , SOCietY’S AGM NOV. 6 towards having a stronger presence at the meetings a. ‘ . , , , . “Although there was no official youth delegation. we real- .* " The Waterloo lltstorical Socrety m“ meet the ly worked then ,0 try to gm one" Becks of Baden at its annual general meeting. Nov. 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