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Waterloo Region named a new hotspot for millennials
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In the coming years, the Region of Waterloo may see a steady increase of millennials deciding to buy homes and settle down in this thriving city. According to real estate website Point2Homes, the city of Waterloo ranks number seven overall out of 85 Canadian cities as an up-and-coming millennial hot spot for 2018. Quebec City…
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Keeping up with the evolving world of technology
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Early on in my life, I came to the realization that my peers and I were being rebuked for our constant engagement with technology. All around me I saw parents saying things such as “get off your phone, it’ll give you a headache,” or teachers advising us to “do research in libraries, not online.” At…
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Millennials receive too much unnecessary flak
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Apparently, it’s a trendy thing to hate millennials now. While I have never experienced this in my day-to-day life, it seems to be rather prevalent on the internet. Now, I have to defend my generation. Millennials are so easily offended. Like I went up to one and yelled NOBODY WILL EVER LOVE YOU and he…
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Unsigned: Being young doesn’t provide alcohol immunity
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In the university culture, drinking is an accepted reality of our lives. A large number of students binge drink and it’s seen as acceptable for students to head to the bar every weekend. There’s a social aspect to drinking and alcohol is closely associated with sex. It seems that when students abstain from alcohol consumption,…
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The jungle juice jinx
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Last Saturday night I invited a couple friends over to pre-game. I had found an intensive Jurassic Park movie drinking game online and was prepared to become intoxicatingly mesmerized by the 993 dino-CGI. I prepared two large servings of jungle juice. “Jug A” contained two 295 millilitre berry concentrate packs, 885 millilitres of water and…
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