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Unionize WLU cancels the hate on campus
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Event held in front of Bricker Academic to express disappointment with hosted lecture Editor’s Note: This article was updated on May 24, 2024. On March 6 at 3:30 p.m., the Wilfrid Laurier Heterodox Academy brought lawyer Lisa Bildy to campus to give a presentation called, “How much of their speech rights must professionals relinquish to…
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Police killing renews calls to defund police in KW
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On Friday, Feb. 23, protestors gathered in front of Waterloo Regional Police Services headquarters in solidarity with Nicholas Nembhard, a schizophrenic Black man who was killed by an officer just days earlier. According to the Special Investigations Unit, which is responsible for investigating police-involved deaths, injuries, and shootings in Ontario, WRPS were called to a…
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Students rally for Palestine in the quad
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Unified Unidentified brings together students and inspires community for victims of war in Gaza On Feb. 13, students gathered in the quad on Laurier’s Waterloo campus for a rally for Palestine, which was organized by student coalition, Unified Undefined. Unified Undefined is a volunteer group that is focused on “building bridges between local post-secondary institutions…
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“For Mahsa Amini”: How to assist the people of Iran
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On Oct. 6, interested individuals in the community gathered on the University of Waterloo’s campus for the information session “For Mahsa Amini.” For those not aware of the ongoing crisis in Iran, Mahsa Amini was a 22-year-old Iranian woman whose life ended on Sept. 16 after being beaten for not wearing her hijab in accordance…
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Freedom Convoy Protestors Return
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On July 1, 2022, freedom convoy (convite) protestors returned once more to Canada’s capital city. Confident in their ability to once more make an impact on the city of Ottawa, Convites swarmed into the capital city, waving Canadian flags and holding signs emblazoned with “freedom” for their parade. “Freedom” from what exactly seemed to be…
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How athletes and leagues used their platforms to inspire change during an unprecedented 2020 season
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To put it bluntly, 2020 has been an unprecedented year for society. Calling it unprecedented would still be a massive understatement as the world has encountered so much hardship this year. In a year that was already going to be chaotic, given that it was an election year in the United States, the dial for…
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Indigenous ceremony and community protests held on campus in response to LSOI event
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The familiar campus controversy surrounding Lindsay Shepherd and the polarizing debate around freedom of expression was present once again this evening on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus. The controversy stems from another event in the “Unpopular Opinion Speaker Series” hosted by Shepherd and her new club, Laurier Society for Open Inquiry (LSOI) — an unofficial…
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Unhealthy kids trending due to lack of outdoor play
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Canadian kids are dangerously unhealthy. There’s no way around the issue — they simply don’t get enough exercise. ParticipACTION, in a recent study, gave Canadian kids a “D-” letter grade for physical activity, stating that they’re towards the “bottom of the pack,” alongside countries such as England and the United States in terms of children’s…
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Unsigned: Standing up for your beliefs can make a big difference
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For the first time since the protests began, it appears that the Dakota Access Pipeline may be diverted around Standing Rock. In this case, the relentless protests of the Indigenous people and their allies made a difference to their future. The protests against the pipeline were organized and direct. It attracted the attention of countless…
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Textual relationships
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Perhaps just a myth, but I’ve heard that guys used to call girls they liked to ask them out on a date. Before instant messaging, you knew a guy was interested in a girl when he actually decided to pick up the phone and call her. He had to think of something to say, form…
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