Features
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Student life: A balancing act
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As a student, it seems as though people are always throwing advice in my direction. A lot of it seems obvious, a lot of
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Navigating the grad school application process
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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
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Surviving the first-year learning curve
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First year at university provides such an exciting, sometimes overwhelming, wealth of new experiences. And with the full agenda of meeting new people, spending
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A Canadian summer
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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,
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Your university checklist
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The honours degree’s uncertain future
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The problem For the 2010-11 academic year, the arts department has been asked to find $440,000, or 1.5 per cent of their budget, in
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A successful St. Patty’s Day in 8 steps
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St. Patrick’s Day is a pretty big deal for students. It is a day to say “screw responsibilities” and go out with friends for
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The psychology of sport injury
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Athletes train incredibly hard year-round in order to have their bodies in peak physical condition. But no matter how many hours they spend in
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Sophistication on a budget
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If you love pre-drinking, there is a good chance you’re a fan of wine. Who doesn’t love being thought of as extremely mature (pronounced
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Realities of a global water crisis
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A few weeks ago, this features editor had the bright idea to write a story on water. “How unlike anything we’ve published this year,”
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