Opinion
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Football under-promoted
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This Saturday, Laurier’s football team will be playing its biggest rivals, the Western Mustangs, in the provincial semi-finals. Is this the first you’re hearing
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Protesting banned at 2010 Olympics
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In preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the city of Vancouver is creating by-laws to prevent dialogue on the negative externalities of the games.
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Don’t let education hinder self-reflection
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Albert Camus, a French author and philosopher who received a Novel Prize for Literature in 1957, once wrote that “beginning to think is beginning
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Chicken eating contest uncivilized
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I am writing in order to address some particularly troubling ramifications of the annual Chicken Eating Contest this past Thursday. All vegetarian based arguments
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Political correctness is superfluous
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Political correctness is overrated. While good intentioned, this movement places too much emphasis on the usage of correct terms and terminologies. What bothers me
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Trick-or-treat
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The Pros – Jaclyn Stief As a child, trick-or-treating was what made Halloween “Halloween” – to have a bag or pillowcase of candy, chips
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Religion has its merits
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Re: “Religion pointless,” Oct. 21, 2008 This article is a massive over-simplification of the theological debate and it provides no useful, or even insightful,
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Family counts at all ages
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Four years ago, when I was in high school, my grandmother moved in with my family. I remember the day clearly. Our basement, now
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News tainted by tabloids
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We live in a culture that is obsessed with celebrities. Everywhere we turn, we are constantly being bombarded with celebrity news. Because of this,
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Campus clubs hopeful
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Re: “Campus clubs still unable to access WLUSU money,” Oct. 21, 2009 In response to the article written about the newly developed Campus Clubs
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