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Ignorance is not an excuse
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What is the flu anyways? According to Health Canada, the seasonal flu is a respiratory illness that affects the nose, throat and lungs. The flu is caused when the influenza virus enters your body and finds its way to your respiratory tract. Once there, the virus binds to the surface of your cells and begins…
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The value of alternative media
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University students are encouraged by academia to analyze, question and challenge prevailing perceptions of reality. Particularly concerning, however, are those perceptions of reality that are formed by the mass media. In particular, foreign affairs and international news are topics that tend to be victims of mass media spin. In turn, spectators are left moving from…
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Reader submission: Nov. 4
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Andrew Highgate and his girlfriend carved this pumpkin for Halloween. Go Hawks!
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Toronto copy shop busted for copyright infringement
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TORONTO (CUP) – A photocopy store frequented by students at the University of Toronto has been shut down by a copyright enforcement and licensing agency for “illegal photocopying.” Boxes of course packs and textbooks were carted out of Quality Control Copy Centre in downtown Toronto on Oct. 15. The store’s photocopiers and binding equipment soon…
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International students contribute billions to Canadian economy
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OTTAWA (CUP) – A new study released on last week by International Trade Minister Stockwell Day has announced that international students generated a whopping $6.5 billion for the economy while completing studies in Canada in 2008. The report, entitled “Economic Impact of International Education in Canada,” was released on Oct. 28 and indicated that over…
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‘You should learn all your life’
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Over the past 23 years, Laurier has been home to one senior student whose time here is about to come to an end. Wilf Tschirart first enrolled at Laurier when he retired in 1986 at the age of 65. “My wife was very clever,” explains Tschirart, fondly referring to her as his “little Irish lady.”…
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Afghanistan’s newest front line
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Opium abuse in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries has cost five times more lives annually than the alliance’s eight years of fighting against Afghanistan’s Taliban. These latest statistics stem from a United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released last week. This report draws serious attention to a situation that appears…
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Questioning charitable donations
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It is easy to believe that a few-dollar donation to a non-governmental organization (NGO) will make a difference. While not to undermine the value of donating to beneficial charities, it is difficult to gauge the exact impact of these funds on the ground. Northern Uganda is a good example of this very uncertainty. In the…
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World in brief: Oct. 28, 2009
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MADRID, SPAIN CNN has reported that a 92-year-old woman was arrested at Madrid’s airport for attempting to smuggle nearly 9.5 lbs of cocaine. The woman, and her younger accomplice, had flown from Brazil and attempted to make a connection flight to the Canary Islands when civil guards apprehended the two at the gate. ATHENS, GREECE…
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Oct. 28, 2009
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Property damage; Date: Oct. 19 @ 8:14 a.m.; Location: Student Service Building, Grad Pub A SCS officer on foot patrol discovered damage at the a/m location. The Grad Pub door top panel had been smashed. Under investigation. Property damage; Date: Oct. 19 @ 8:21 a.m.; Location: Student Services Building A SCS officer on foot patrol…
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