Sports are a way for the toughest, most talented, fastest members of our society to claim superiority in various athletic competitions. Over the years though, sports have come to gain large popularity and have ultimately started affecting countries’ policy decisions. Looking back through history, sports have been a method for countries to try to express their dominance in the international […]
Since early last week, media coverage of the data breach that occurred at Cambridge Analytica (CA) has exploded due to a discovery that personal information from more than 50 million Facebook user accounts had been utilized for questionable means. Cambridge Analytica, a data mining and analysis company, has been targeted for criminal investigation regarding the extent of their involvement in […]
There is an abnormal amount of pressure in our society to figure out all aspects of our future. From the time we enter high school, a clock begins to quickly tick down to the moment that you will need to start having things “figured out”— a dreaded notion that makes a lot of young adults squirm and feel anxious. This […]
One of the responsibilities I put on myself is to look for opportunities where I can use my gifts and positions of influence to help other people and magnify their stories. However, while writing this editorial, I found that it only felt right to speak to something close to my heart. I have been very fortunate to learn tools from […]
I’m a diehard Maple Leafs fan. There isn’t any team I would rather support. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with me. My best friend, for example, is a Montreal Canadiens fan. Now, if you know anything about hockey, you probably know that the Leafs-Habs rivalry is fierce; it’s rooted in years of competition. When those two teams are on the ice, […]
On Saturday, March 24, 200,000 protestors gathered in Washington DC for the March for Our Lives demonstration to enact stricter gun laws in the United States. It was created and organized by #NeverAgain, a group of students who survived the mass shooting that occurred at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun […]
Ontario needs a different approach to the opioid epidemic that’s taking over communities, towns and regions like Kitchener-Waterloo. In 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths in Canada hit 2,861. An astronomically high number when comparing data from the previous decade. From January to June 2017 alone, there were at least 1,460 opioid-related deaths and Health Canada only predicts that this […]
Eat well, exercise, talk about your feelings, take care of yourself. Easier said than done for most of us right? But if you are the type of person who freezes up in the face of adversity, I would recommend not letting self-care fall to the back burner, because it can be a slippery slope. It’s so easy for us to […]
Since late December, I’ve seen my boyfriend in person a total of eight days. Between getting sick — again — being in and out of the doctor’s and then flying off to exchange in England for a semester, physically getting to one another is next to impossible. Our relationship was one of the biggest reservations I had about going on […]
Faith Goldy, a Canadian woman described as having alt-right leanings who was formerly affiliated with The Rebel Media, was set to be the first speaker for Laurier Students for Open Inquiry’s “Unpopular Opinions” series on March 20. Goldy gained attention for her coverage of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and has raised a considerable amount of local controversy […]
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