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Making the most of your Reading Week
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Reading week is fast approaching. For the students who moved off-campus for their class, they have a chance to go back home this coming week. Of course, it can be challenging in deciding whether to catch up on all school work or take the whole week off to treat yourself. The truth is … you…
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Burnout has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Burnout is enough of a problem in a regular year, but amidst the COVID-19 pandemic—where workloads have increased and social interactions are few and far between—many may find that the burden is becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Balancing school, work, extracurriculars and maintaining social connection can lead university students to feel fatigued, emotionally or mentally…
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How our social lives will look after the pandemic
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One can only imagine how dating, partying and bar life will look after the pandemic. The bars are already disgusting. God only knows how many viruses were devised between the cocktail of germs and disease on the Phil’s stripper pole. Dating life is no better. The constant fear of STIs is a strong enough deterrent…
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Editor’s Note: Figuring out friendships
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At 24 years-old, I feel like I’ve learned a lot from my friendships, and in some ways, more than I have from my romantic relationships. That’s not to say that I haven’t learned anything from my relationships, I certainly have, given that I’ve been with my boyfriend for over five years now. But my friendships…
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Some television shows just need to come to an end
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Earlier this month, season ten of the zombie apocalypse series, The Walking Dead, debuted on AMC. The show also recently announced that it’s being renewed for season eleven. Since it premiered for the first time in 2010, The Walking Dead has been one of the most popular cable television shows of all time. Season five…
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