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Finding funds for your future: Hints and tips for looking past undergrad
I think I speak for a lot of us considering post-graduate education when I say one of the scariest parts is the cost. After building up debt — and maybe some bad spending habits — throughout our undergraduate degrees, the price tag attached to further education, be it through university or college, is not a small one. Like everything else […]
Waterloo Region’s municipal election candidates
Features Editor, Madeline McInnis, talks to all of the candidates for Laurier’s ward and for Waterloo’s mayor this election season. Answers have been printed verbatim from interviews with the candidates but have been cut off at approximately 100 words per answer. Are you for or against expanding the ION? Why or why not? How can you ensure student retention in […]
A fountain for youth: University students and the writing renaissance
When you think of fountain pen users, you probably think of one of two categories: lawyers and politicians who can afford pens that cost thousands of dollars or the oddball novelist who writes exclusively in leather notebooks. Although these stereotypes have their merits, the “writing renaissance,” as this period in writing history is affectionately being called, is actually being […]
Putting a face to the homeless in Waterloo Region
I have lived in downtown Kitchener (DTK) for roughly 14 years of my life, residing steps away from central DTK spots like Victoria Park, Charles Street Terminal and City Hall. I’m also located near the less acknowledged, yet imperative, markers of social assistance that provide our city with places of refuge and much needed support for those in need. I’m […]
A decade of change in uptown Waterloo
Editor-in-Chief, Safina Husein, discusses the transformation of Waterloo’s core before, during and after construction Change — the one word that comes to my mind when I think back to uptown Waterloo a decade ago. Ten years ago, uptown Waterloo was a local-oriented location. The core held a certain small-town charm. Janice Welch, owner of Just For You Fine Lingerie, described […]
When does giving an apple turn into getting coffee?
Features Editor, Madeline McInnis, examines the relationship rules and essential etiquette for professor/student relationships Starting high school, my biggest fear was losing my footing and falling down the forum stairs in the main hall. Starting university, my biggest fear was, well, falling into a sea of students and never really finding my footing at all. I was friends with some […]
Suck it Up: Laurier’s Sustainable take on straws and plastics
“I’m sure you’ve seen the video of the sea turtle that gets a straw stuck in its nose and it’s just so sad.” Jenna Steadman, a recent Laurier graduate who convocated in June, explained to me her reasoning for cutting plastic straws out of her life. Like most of us who have ditched the old devices, her reasoning for the […]
Laurier alumna, Laura Douglas, discusses finding fulfilling careers after your diploma
Unless you’re in a major like accounting or engineering, your future career goals aren’t usually announced in the title of your degree, leaving a world of possibility and opportunity for the frightening world beyond your diploma. We’re told that degrees open up multitudes of doors, but I think it’s important to note that they also show you doors that you […]
NEWSFLASH: Biodiversity in university makes students thirsty
In 2007, Kate Middleton and Prince William ended their relationship after nearly four years in the spotlight. The BBC reported on this end of an era, claiming that the breakup was due to the grounding and locale of their relationship. William and Kate were university sweethearts. As per the article’s author, university relationships are often crushed when the members leave […]
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