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Laurier’s Self-Identification form launches, aims to identify barriers to equity on campus
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On Feb. 23, Wilfrid Laurier University launched the Student Self-Identification (ID) Form. The Self-ID form is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) data collection initiative, that will use and analyze evidence-based information to help identify barriers to equity on campus. “The aim of it is to create a more comprehensive understanding of the student population,”…
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Editor’s note: TikTok is changing how creators give and get credit for their work
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Maybe it’s just me—although I hope it isn’t—but I’ve been obsessed with TikTok lately. With this obsession, I’ve seen a lot of young creators transform the app, namely through the practice of crediting other creators for their ideas. For example, while famous TikTokers such as Charli D’Amelio and Addison Easterling are popular for their dance…
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Editor’s Note: Athletes don’t have to stay out of politics
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In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, the NBA began to allow players to display approved slogans on their jerseys while they play. Some of the slogans included Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name, I Can’t Breathe, Equality and Education Reform, all of which are pointed messages about racial injustice and other interrelated…
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Editor’s note: Going back to the gym during COVID-19
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I was working out at Laurier’s Fitness Centre when I heard that Laurier was suspending all in-person classes. After all my initial panic about classes had subsided, one of my major worries was how I would be able to continue working out if the gym ended up closing. In the official press release on Mar.…
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Editor’s note: Studying from home
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Students are gearing up for a new school year and with classes being delivered remotely this fall, it’s safe to say that the university experience will be drastically different. Namely because students will be required to study from home and if you’re anything like me, you’re already dreading it. While I only have one class…
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Editor’s Note: Closing a chapter without closure
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Out of all of the experiences I thought I would have during my undergrad, I never thought I would be completing my final issue as Editor-in-Chief of The Cord in the midst of a global pandemic. It’s difficult to find the right words to conclude a year that’s been challenging in more ways than I…
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Editor’s Note: New year, same me
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With each passing year, I’ve always set impossible standards and “resolutions” for myself to meet in order to improve myself. Inevitably, these resolutions have been too broad and grand so that I can never accomplish them for more than a month or a few weeks at a time. I’ve typically seen this as a failure,…
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Editor’s Note: Let people enjoy things
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Widespread popularity of the latest television and movie streaming service, Disney+, there have been countless memes praising the new entertainment subscription. But with that praise, I have also seen quite a fair share of critcisim about it. Not regarding the quality of the new service, but rather, the age of the people who seem to…
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Editor’s Note: T.I. isn’t fatherly, he’s creepy
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American rapper T.I. recently made headlines and regained some of his lost relevance since 2010 for the troubling comments he made regarding his teenage daughter on the podcast Ladies Like Us. During the episode, he told the two hosts that he accompanies his daughter to her annual gynecologist appointments to make sure that her “hymen…
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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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