My family takes a lot of pictures, so many that I sometimes lose count. Pictures give us a way to share our memories — good and bad — with those around us and each photograph expresses something different. You will never be able to capture the same exact moment twice and, in many ways, that’s the beauty of it. However, […]
How many times a day do you check your phone? Most of us own a smartphone that has become a part of our everyday lives. Understandably so. After all, they are convenient. Today, you might feel more connected than ever before, but the reality is that many of our interactions are done through a machine. For example, instead of talking […]
You wake up one morning, enthused and ready for the full day ahead. But then you miss your bus. Now, you’ll be late. You decide to walk. After all, it’s only 10 minutes. You get to wherever you need to be, only to realize you forgot your wallet at home. Looks like you will be skipping lunch this afternoon. You […]
On Nov. 24, The Laurier Law Society announced that it would be creating a moot court team to take part in the Osgoode Cup. The Osgoode Cup, a National Undergraduate Mooting Competition is Canada’s oldest national mooting competition and is run jointly by the Osgoode Debate Society and the Osgoode Mooting Society. A team of Wilfrid Laurier University students will […]
On Nov. 8, the province of Ontario announced that they would be providing $551,100 in funding to Waterloo’s Low Income Transit Program. The money will come from the Ontario Poverty Reduction Fund. “The local poverty reduction fund will see more than $16 million going to 30 projects across Ontario. These projects focus on community partnerships and include third-party evaluation with […]
Society often has such rigid expectations of who you should become. We are constantly blasted with strict ideologies about what jobs are respectable, what hobbies are more popular and which lifestyle choices are acceptable and which ones are not. With that being said, I am here to tell you that it is completely acceptable to do what you truly enjoy. […]
As fall reading week quickly approaches, so too does midterm season: a time when all of us are busy reading and reviewing our notes in preparation for the long days ahead. For first-year students like myself, this is a time that can feel overwhelming, as we slowly begin to get used to the demanding schedule of university life. At the […]
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