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“It feels like fraud…”
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If the Laurier community demands a lavish ball, like Charity Ball executives claim, then last year they received their wish at the expense of
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Nine years. No degree. No problem.
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2000-01 (First) first year: Asif and the all-girl residences “Do you mean my first first year or my second first year?” Asif asks when
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Laurier’s most balanced student
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Monday 7:30 a.m. – Wake up This might seem like an awful start to the week, but studies consistently show that successful people wake
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Made in Romania
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For centuries, Romania was home to a collection of self-sufficient and successful rural communities. The country was a picturesque homestead akin to the likes
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The lifestyle of leaders
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A student’s abrupt transition into the chaos of residence has the ability to shock, frustrate and upset even the most adaptable individual. But one
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Talking grades with WLU profs
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1 Do the readings and do them at the right time. This may seem like common sense, I know. But according to English professor
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Smuggling to survive
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Victoria Isadrru, now a middle-aged woman with five children, was born in the “Pearl of Africa:” Arua District, Uganda. Vicky witnessed Uganda’s most recent
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Travel advisory
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Examining how many students abroad are underprepared for the hardships of overseas volunteering and how Laurier’s global studies department is working to change this
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The evolution of Laurier O-Week
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There are considerable differences in the Orientation Week experience as you journey through your years at Laurier. O-Week tends to be one of the
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A giant’s wasteland
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KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA – Two decades ago, the elephant was the poster child for conservationists worldwide when the ban on ivory was initiated in
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