Abigail Dombrovsky
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Contracts Hurt Staff, strikes hurt students
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Attending higher education promotes the expectation that there will be adequately prepared auditoriums, sufficient support from staff and enough professors to deliver lectures. It’s easy to take advantage of that image. We are familiar with our daily routines that seem to make the days blend together; we can expect the same professors carrying on their…
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Our Virtual Realities
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As the COVID 19 pandemic becomes a distant memory for some, many are still living in a world that incorporates safety measures that radically forced many of us to reevaluate our day-to-day lives. The way we fundamentally navigated our daily lives was brought into question and reconfigured – for better or for worse. As more…
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Updating athletics will improve campus greatly
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Kate McCrae Bristol’s ambitious rejuvenation project is set to tackle Laurier’s Athletics and Recreation department. Bristol has worked to kickstart substantial improvements to playing fields, gyms and community gathering spaces. This is an aspect of Laurier that I believe truly needs revamping. Bristol’s transformative endeavor is precisely the kind of change that campus needs to…
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Laurier’s campus dilemma
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Wilfrid Laurier University is known for its intimately sized campus and tight-knit community. Although the school boasts a solid selling point for certain folks looking to apply, those boasts may be coming to an end. As available space reaches an all-time low and the need for refurbishment and improvement draws near. Dr. Joan Clos, Executive…
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Stop the sprawl
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Young Ontarians are consistently voting less and experiencing more doubt in politics. Many exhibit a more nihilistic approach regarding the magnitude of their impact, assuming they’re just one person, and how much of a difference could one person make? This, in retrospect, reiterates a self-fulfilling prophecy in which nothing will ultimately be accomplished. I caught…
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Back to school woes pressuring students
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Back-to-school is all the buzz, but is it more of a concept upheld by capitalist culture as opposed to honest feelings towards an upcoming endeavour? Companies can’t seem to let the remaining warm summer months fizzle out organically before unveiling their obstructive eye-sore adverts exclaiming that you need the next best thing to help you…
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