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March 30, 2011
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Dear Life. I am from Timmins Ontario, which is 9.5 hours north from here for those who don’t know, and I have only been home once at Christmas. I woke up this morning, looked out my window, and felt like I was home. Thanks for the extra boost to get me through exams. Sincerely, Wtf…
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Amid a revolution
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For most Laurier students, ongoing news of revolution, humanitarian disaster and brute repression in Libya have been fleeting thoughts amid imminent concerns for final term projects and examinations. To Mohammed Etleb, a dedicated third-year business student and former resident of Libya, the crisis has been highly personal and distressing. “What we have in Libya,” he…
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Japan in crisis
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The Japanese crisis has been the result of the Tohoku earthquake which hit on March 11. The earthquake subsequently triggered a tsunami that hit mere minutes after. The string of natural disasters has resulted in nearly 10,000 confirmed deaths with almost 15,000 missing and injured. The nearby Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant sustained a large…
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March 23, 2011
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“Someone would ask, ‘What are some of the issues with pensions?’ And we would say, ‘Well, not enough people are dying.’ It actually doesn’t work really well when you say that.” —Allan Shapira, the senior actuary at AON Hewitt Associates re: the longer lifespan of pensioners and Laurier’s ailing pension plan “My mom keeps asking…
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March 23, 2011
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Theft Under $5000: Location: The Concourse Reporting Date: Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 10:27 am SCS is investigating the theft of a portable kiosk (Display stand) that was taken in the early morning hours on Sunday, March 13th . This is a display used on a regular basis by a Bank of Montreal sales representative…
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March 23, 2011
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What’s up Chuck? Cord alum and TV writer Chuck Tatham provides students with a “Handy guide” to navigating campus in his column, originally published Feb. 2, 1984. Go past the escalator, down to the hall on the right. Go down the hall, and into the computer terminal room. Yell “IMMIGRATION” at the top of your…
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World in brief: March 23, 2011
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia The Minister of Tourism issued a public apology last Monday to three American males who had been attacked inside their vacation home on March 2. All of the men are homosexual and claim the attackers had anti-gay motives for beating, robbing and threatening their lives if they stayed on the island. They…
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The last just man
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“Are all humans human?” inquired Lt- General (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire, appearing in J. G. Hagey Hall at the University of Waterloo on Mar. 18. “Are all humans human or are some more human than others?” “Why was it that in Rwanda where there were more people killed, injured, displaced and raped in 100 days than…
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Redefining the sex trade
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On Mar. 21, Rutvica Andrijasevic gave a talk in the Laurier Graduate Lounge discussing her book concerning the agenda of sex trafficking. Andrijasevic’s view of the topic, however, was quite contrary to common associations with the term. “Women who have been involved in sex trafficking are typically seen as victims,” she explained, going on to…
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March 16, 2011
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“I have long johns on but I may have to ditch those for some more conventional underwear.” —Shad re: playing Wilf’s “I wasn’t really feeling Rev, it freaked me out a little bit. I’d go to Phil’s.” —Shad re: Waterloo bar scene “I’m sure I’ll have fun seeing all the drunk people around campus stumbling…
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