Ethan Kulik
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Is the News Harder to Keep Up With?
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As the 2020s roar on, world events seem to pile up faster than people can process them, leaving people feeling perpetually behind the flurry of breaking news. While Canadians
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Gambling Virus: Reducing Canada’s addiction in Sports Betting
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In today’s sports-viewing experience, you’re bound to encounter an array of aggressive gambling sponsors. Commentators will reference point spreads, FanDuel will have its logo everywhere, and if you’re lucky you’ll even get a sponsored parlay. On social media, posts sponsored by betting sites are ingrained into
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Taking Care of Seasonal Depression
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Exam season in the dead of winter can feel like a perfect storm—not only is the work piling up, but the days are getting shorter. You might walk out of a 2:30 to 5:30 class and realize the sun has already
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The Brain-Training Cost of AI Shortcuts.
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What happens to critical thinking when we outsource the very process that cultivates it? AI is a slippery slope. Over the past half-decade, Generative
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Toys or Transport? Waterloo’s E-Scooter Program at a Crossroads
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The biggest threat to Waterloo’s e-scooter program isn’t mechanical failure or a lack of demand — it’s how people are riding them. The Waterloo
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Speed Cameras: Safety Measure or Revenue Machine?
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Road Safety vs. Record-Breaking Ticket Distribution Within a single year, speed cameras have gone from a niche concern to one of the most highly
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Child-Proof or Street-Proof? The Green Industry’s Plastic Problem.
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On any given afternoon in Waterloo, the walkways and parking lots surrounding Laurier’s campus have become littered with the colorful and bulky bags, tubes
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