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Information overload: how Laurier’s first online semester has been overwhelming students
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We’re only three weeks into the semester and I’m already overwhelmed. I don’t know about you but I’m just about ready to coast. It’s easy to blame these feelings on yourself. It could just be your incessant anxiety, your habits of procrastination or maybe even your binging of cigarettes and soft pretzels. Who knows? But…
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Ways to stay healthy and active beyond the gym
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Gyms have began re-opening their doors after the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in March 2020. Even with gyms open, many people have many understandable objections for going to the gym. Here are some fun ways to stay active at home! If you are back at your university housing or staying at home this semester, it…
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Wilfrid Laurier University confirms that four students have tested positive for COVID-19
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Wilfrid Laurier University confirmed that four Laurier students have tested positive for COVID-19, in a news release published on Sept. 20. The release stated that all four individuals are now in quarantine and that none of them live in a Laurier residence hall. Two of the confirmed cases are being managed by Region of Waterloo…
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Student budgeting never gets easier, but here’s how to do it anyway
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Face it, we are all culprits of spending money that isn’t in our budget, and managing your personal finances can be daunting, even if you have a steady income. While you may have ordered one too many times from Uber Eats, some students are faced with bigger budgeting challenges as a result of the COVID-19…
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Study conducted by Laurier researchers finds most tech firms are planning to have employees return to office
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Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business and Economics conducted a recent research study that found that 75 per cent of Ontario technology firms surveyed would opt to have a portion of employees return to work in office if COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were lifted tomorrow. The Laurier research team had been surveying tech…
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Laurier’s Orientation Week goes online: How to make the most of your O-Week
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O-week, frosh week or orientation week, whatever you call it, is one of the best experiences in university. O-Week is where students develop their first friendships with other university students, get a taste for living away from home, experience university social life, and more. This year will be especially unforgettable since the events will be…
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The positive and negatives of online learning for first year students
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Due to the current state of our country, post-secondary learning has been moved exclusively to online platforms. Some of us got a taste of it in the spring, but how exactly will Laurier’s first year students adapt to the university lifestyle through their laptops? It will be a different year for all of us —…
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Six tips to assist you during Laurier’s first online semester
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Whether you’re going into your first or fourth year, this semester will be unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before. It’s completely understandable to be worried about how you can succeed academically this term while still making time to take care of yourself — all while working from home. These six tips will hopefully help to…
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The closures caused by COVID-19 show us that our habits are important
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If you’re like me, you were a little relieved by the closures caused by the COVID-19 shutdown. You may have been trying to get started on that one thing you wanted to do, but let’s face it, with everything closing, you had a harder time getting started than you’d like to admit. Our reactions to…
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The commodification of face masks
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Face masks have very quickly become a global necessity. The Regional Council of Waterloo recently passed bylaws requiring the wearing of face coverings on public transit as well as all enclosed spaces. Those who are found guilty of disobeying bylaw are subject to fines upwards of $1,000. Prices for face masks have skyrocketed since the…
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