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Cheerleading: competitive sport or not
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When most people think of cheerleading, a certain image comes to mind. They think of skinny blonde girls, pom-poms and dancing on the sidelines at a football game. A cheerleader’s purpose is to amp up the crowd and motivate their team to win; they are the backbone of the teams they cheer on, holding them…
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Cheer, Country, and the Cowboys of today
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The streaming services we have today are the most recent innovation in the media landscape. With this being the case, platforms such as Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ have a closer association with modern lifestyle trends than older services, such as theatres, concerts or even the spectacle of live sports. This isn’t to say the latter…
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Laurier cheerleading team wins ninth national championship
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On Dec. 5, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks cheerleading team won the ninth national championship in their program’s history. The Hawks’ last title came in 2016 and after a third place finish last year, the purple and gold were looking to stake their claim at the top once again. “We knew that we were gunning…
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Witmeyer, Clarke & Heaps ready to take on the world at 2017 World Cheerleading Championships
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Every April, the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships are held in Orlando, Florida. Teams from around the globe come to compete in a variety of disciplines and to show their routines to the world. This year, the Canadian National Team will feature a little more purple and gold as three members of the…
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Why is bisexuality still misunderstood?
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Last semester, I remember sitting between BA102 and BA101 waiting for my next class, underneath a poster about a Rainbow Centre event. I was sitting nicely, doing a bit of people watching, when a pair of guys headed towards BA102. One of them stopped to look at the poster above me, snorted, and said, “It…
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