Author: Colleen Connolly
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Down With Webster revisits Laurier with energetic show at the Turret
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It was Orientation Week in 2010 when I first attended one of the many Down With Webster concerts that have taken place at Wilfrid…
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When the ‘real world’ hits
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The Masters Student Just a few short months after finishing his undergrad, Brandon Kuepfer was a first-year again. At the offset, the Institute for…
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Forecast danger in K-W
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While the city continues to tend to the damages and tidy the mess that July 19’s storm pitched upon Kitchener-Waterloo, we have to wonder…
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Three perspectives, one record
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The Rap Perspective Ever since Kanye West’s May 1 tweet announcing the date of his sixth solo studio album, fans and critics alike knew…
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Hockey, to headliner
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The first time Chad Brownlee performed for a university crowd was when Tim Mahoney played at a pub near Minnesota State during the country…
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Rolling into a new derby
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By day, Kat Hillier is a legal assistant working towards her masters in counselling psychology. But by night —Wednesdays and Sundays to be exact…
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Do you have what it takes?
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The various vocal sounds of Laurier Idol’s eight final contestants filled the Concourse last Wednesday, turning many a head as students made their way…
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Old Books in a New Age
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Floor to ceiling makeshift shelves, tightly packed with an ancient, musty medium, line the quiet, crowded rooms of Old Goat Books in Uptown Waterloo.…
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When foreign becomes familiar
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On Dec. 22, Michael Koziura looked out at the familiar form of Toronto’s CN Tower from the window of his plane as it dove…
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Social movements deserve our appreciation
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Last Wednesday, Jan. 16, a national day of action organized by Canada’s Idle No More movement stirred nation- wide protests in the name of…
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