Features
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Hidden in plain sight – an exploration of Waterloo’s role in Canada’s prohibition era
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Over the years, Wilfrid Laurier University has obtained a reputation as a party school. Magazines Narcity and Macleans have cited Laurier as one of…
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The benefit of interdisciplinary study: What we can learn about metabolism from music and rats
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News Director Madalyn Mostacci explores a study detailing the role rodents can play when considering studies for metabolism. The Mozart Effect claims that listening…
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Laurier’s notable alumnae: Keegan Connor Tracy
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Editor-in-Chief Bronte Behling interviews one of Laurier’s featured female alumni. March 8 is International Women’s Day, and the theme this year is “invest in…
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Communication and Confidence: Advice from an Adult Film Star
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It is cold, frigid February. What a else could that signal but romance? Ah, yes, it is the season of love. It is a…
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2024-25 STUDENT PUBLICATION ELECTIONS: CANDIDATE PLATFORMS
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President, Publisher and Chair Candidates Thea Biallas Hi, my name is Thea Biallas, and my passion is drawing psychedelic art. Outside of my passion,…
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“De-influencing” and me: becoming an educated consumer in the age of SHEIN
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Fast fashion companies like SHEIN also contribute to climate change through their unethical business practices. “There are unethical business practices for the people who…
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The Blue Ribbon Panel: The financial health of Ontario’s universities
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Laurier — like everyone and everything else in this province, it seems — is struggling financially. Not just Laurier, but the financial sustainability of…
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Exposing our “GUTS”
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On Sept. 8, 2023, gen z musician Olivia Rodrigo’s second album GUTS was released around the globe to widespread praise. Labeled formally as a…
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History of The Cord
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On Sept. 26, 1926, the College Cord published its first issue as a campus newspaper for the students at Waterloo College. Over many years,…
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Love, or the lack thereof
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Media, corporations and nosy relatives alike tend to portray love (specifically the romantic kind) as a necessity. But there’s less consensus on what it…
The Tie That Binds WLU Since 1926
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