Fani Hsieh
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Unsigned: supporting free transit for lower incomes
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The Alliance Against Poverty is attempting to get the Grand River Transit Commission to allow low-income people to ride the bus free of charge. Obviously, this is a good idea. However, the logistics of such a program are harder to understand, especially from our standpoint as university students. Each semester, we pay a greatly reduced…
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Unsigned: evaluating the role of the chancellor
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Laurier recently elected a new chancellor, which seems to be a figurehead role in our university, though the average student doesn’t know what this job entails. Canada does seem to still take a lot of those symbolic roles from Great Britain. This week, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children landed on the west coast…
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Laurier’s DEO offers safe space
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As a response to the police brutality against black people in the United States, as well as the increased presence of racialized violence in the media, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Diversity and Equity Office, along with other campus partners, created a safe space for students this past Monday. Laura Mae Lindo, executive director of the Diversity…
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Time management is essential to university success
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As fall reading week quickly approaches, so too does midterm season: a time when all of us are busy reading and reviewing our notes in preparation for the long days ahead. For first-year students like myself, this is a time that can feel overwhelming, as we slowly begin to get used to the demanding schedule…
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Candidates answer questions before election day
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Photo by Will Huang The Waterloo open forum for the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union, which took place in the Concourse from 10:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., gave students, faculty and staff their last opportunity to freely ask candidates questions on their platform and role in this year’s election period. Starting the open forum were…
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