What you didn’t know about your body
You don’t need to have genitals to have an orgasm You don’t even need to be alive According to a Ted Talk where writer Mary Roach presented on orgasms, you don’t need to...
The value of your arts degree – Post graduate reflections
Amidst a diverse schedule of academics, extra-curricular activities, part-time jobs and partying, it’s hard for the average Laurier student to remember the bigger picture Why...
Backup plans: Moving on when your intended path doesn’t work out
I expect to laugh through my tears when I find out that I haven’t been accepted to graduate school for a master’s in clinical psychology, my first choice of available...
From the frontlines: New Orleans in the wake of the BP oil spill
New Orleans, USA – Aug 29 marks five years since the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on the Southern coast of the United States The anniversary of the natural disaster...
Student life: A balancing act
As a student, it seems as though people are always throwing advice in my direction A lot of it seems obvious, a lot of it seems useless, but some of it is helpful Sometimes...
Navigating the grad school application process
It is never too early or too late to think about graduate school Whether you’re gearing up for first year and want to know what extra-curriculars will help you with your...
Surviving the first-year learning curve
First year at university provides such an exciting, sometimes overwhelming, wealth of new experiences And with the full agenda of meeting new people, spending time in residence,...
A Canadian summer
Summer is almost here, and if you don’t already have plans to go skydiving in New Zealand or mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps, then make the most of the warm weather right...
The honours degree’s uncertain future
The problem For the 2010-11 academic year, the arts department has been asked to find $440,000, or 15 per cent of their budget, in concessions as a result of campus-wide budget...