Sheryl Madakkai
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Laurier Students Run from Waterloo to Guelph to Raise Awareness for Colorectal Cancer
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Three students from Wilfrid Laurier University are turning personal loss and lived experience into action, organizing a long-distance run from Waterloo to Guelph to raise awareness and funds for colorectal cancer research. What began as a small, student-led initiative quickly grew into a large community event, drawing an unexpectedly strong turnout in support of the cause. “I…
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A Final Note: What This Paper Gave Me
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I don’t think there’s a clean way to write a final editorial. For something that has taken up so much space in my life, my time, my energy, and often my thoughts long after I have closed my laptop, it feels strange to try to summarize it in a single piece. Being editor-in-chief was never just a role I…
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International Women’s Day: A Personal Reflection on Strength and Change
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Every year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. For many, it is a day of social media tributes, floral gestures, and inspiring quotes. For me, it is something far more personal. It is a day that reminds me of the women who shaped my life quietly and powerfully—without awards, without headlines, and…
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Family Day on Campus: More Than Just a Day Off
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For many Laurier students, Family Day arrives as a pause in the middle of an already demanding semester. It’s a long weekend marked by mixed reactions: relief, indifference, gratitude or even stress. Some students head home to familiar routines and home-cooked meals, while others stay on campus, catching up on assignments, working shifts, or simply trying to…
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January: A Beginning That Asks Something of Us
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January arrives quietly but firmly, like a clean page that still smells of ink. Page 1 of 365 pages that you are going to write your goals and ambitions on. It carries the symbolism of beginnings resolutions, fresh calendars and the hopeful idea that we can start again. Yet January is not only about optimism. It is also a…
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Presence Over Perfection: A Holiday Message
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December has always been a month of contrasts. It arrives quietly, on the heels of a long semester, yet brings with it some of the busiest, most emotionally charged weeks of the year. The days grow shorter and colder just as our responsibilities intensify. We move between late-night study sessions and holiday gatherings, between feelings…
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The Poppy: A Bloom of Memory and Gratitude
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Every November, Canadians begin to wear a small, red poppy pinned to their jackets, sweaters and coats. Some hang them from rear-view mirrors; others place them gently on cenotaphs or graves. The simple, bright flower—made of fabric or crepe paper—appears everywhere in the weeks leading up to November 11th: Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy…
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Our Culture Isn’t a Trend. It’s Our Identity
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It’s Not Appreciation, It’s Appropriation: The Theft of South Asian Culture South Asians have long been the target of racism and mockery for simply expressing their culture. We’ve been called names for oiling our hair, wearing a dupatta, eating with our hands, adorning with a bindi and most importantly, for simply having brown skin. But…
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Charlie Kirk, Trump’s ally was assassinated on Wednesday at Utah University
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Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist, media personality and the co-founder of Turning Point USA organisation was shot dead at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. The rally was Kirk’s conservative political college appearance in a series of events that took place from Colorado to Virginia and was called “The American Comeback Tour”. Kirk, 31 was…
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