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A Final Note: What This Paper Gave Me
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I don’t think there’s a clean way to write a final editorial. For something that has taken up so much space in my life, my time, my energy, and often my thoughts long after I have closed my laptop, it feels strange to try to summarize it in a single piece. Being editor-in-chief was never just a role I…
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Prestigious SHAD Program Closes at Laurier
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On Jul. 28, the prestigious Shad Canada program wrapped up after being hosted on both Laurier’s Waterloo and Brantford campuses. For grade 10 and 11 students across Canada, Shad provides university level science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics mentors and entrepreneurship content. “We always say Shad is where the magic happens. We provide an opportunity…
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I truly love my weird frakenstein degree
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One of my favourite conversations to have with someone I just met is the “What program are you in?” conversation. The easy answer for me is film studies, but the real answer gets great reactions. So, during my first two years at Laurier, I was actually in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program at…
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Editor’s note: saying goodbye
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On Sunday night, I attended my last ever Editorial Board meeting with The Cord. For the past two years, that’s what I’ve done on Sunday nights, much like the other people who work for The Cord. But after Sunday’s meeting, I went home and got into bed and kept thinking about how my time as…
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Lessons learned beyond the classroom are important
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Recently, I’ve had many discussions with one of my roommates about what we have actually learned in university. Aside from economics, accounting and calculus, I have learned many lessons that I never would have learned in high school. First off, university is a great, humbling experience because I realized I’m not as smart as I…
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