Emilia Curcic
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Golden Hawks top Warriors in the battle of Waterloo
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On a rainy Wednesday evening, the Battle of Waterloo was just heating up as both the Laurier Golden Hawks and the Waterloo Warriors men’s hockey teams travelled down the road to play in the Battle of Waterloo, hosted at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, home of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers. Early on, the teams exchanged chances…
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Unsigned: Handshakes and cultural greetings are overcomplicated
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The idea behind shaking hands is all a social construct. You think your firm grip asserts dominance and makes you seem powerful. All it really does is make someone else’s hand hurt. It’s all in the culture of your area. Some places kiss cheeks, others shake hands. There’s no one universal way to greet another…
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WLUFA negotiations with the university continue
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association is in the midst of negotiating a collective agreement with the university, which began on May 16. Since then, the two bargaining teams have met approximately 20 times and last met on Oct. 28. Both parties are scheduled to meet again on Thursday. Michele Kramer, president of WLUFA, explained…
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Sadness can draw out people’s creative side
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An extensive study of British artists and writers revealed that highly creative people often suffer from a mood disorder. The data confirmed what letters, diaries and biographical accounts of well-known poets, artists and composers reveal — creative people tend to experience extremes of mood, which in turn, fuels the creative process. Little remains of the…
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Ghosting people over text; It’s taking the easy way out
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When I was a kid, my mom, like most parents, told me to treat people how I would want to be treated; don’t be a bully, don’t poke fun, show respect. This ideology, treating others how you would like to be treated, is a fairly common approach to being a decent human being. So why…
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The importance of having Zayn Malik, a public figure, speaking up about mental illness
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Very recently, Zayn Malik announced that he dealt with an eating disorder during his time with One Direction. This came very shortly after his acknowledgement of his anxiety from consistently being critiqued in the spotlight. I think this is an extremely important representation for our students. Admittedly, I don’t know a lot about eating disorders.…
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Velocity Garage opens in downtown Kitchener
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Velocity Garage, one of the largest startup accelerators in the world, recently hosted its grand opening in downtown Kitchener. Attaining 37,000 square feet of space and with over 80 startups working in the garage, Velocity Garage is located at the Tannery building at 151 Charles St. W. Many individuals from government, academia and the tech…
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Arts under fire
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There has never been a worse time than our own to be an arts student, but not for the reason you’d expect. Ask some arts students and they’ll probably say their greatest problem is securing a job. No big surprise there. The starving artist is an enduring cultural fiction, personified in literary figures like James…
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University is about finding yourself and what you truly love
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Society often has such rigid expectations of who you should become. We are constantly blasted with strict ideologies about what jobs are respectable, what hobbies are more popular and which lifestyle choices are acceptable and which ones are not. With that being said, I am here to tell you that it is completely acceptable to…
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Letter to the Editor: U.S. elections
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There is something that has been bothering me for the past few weeks and it all stemmed from the event hosted by the Laurier Political Science Association, for the American Election Results Party. But in order to understand this, you have to rewind to the Canadian Federal Election that happened last year. The night of…
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