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What you didn’t know about your body
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You don’t need to have genitals to have an orgasm. You don’t even need to be alive. According to a Ted Talk where writer Mary Roach presented on orgasms, you don’t need to have genitals to have an orgasm. “An orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic nervous system,” she said. “The orgasm reflex can…
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The value of your arts degree – Post graduate reflections
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Amidst a diverse schedule of academics, extra-curricular activities, part-time jobs and partying, it’s hard for the average Laurier student to remember the bigger picture. Why university? Is this experience valuable? What’s the next step? For the undergraduate arts student facing a variety of experiences and newfound independence, these broad but important questions often go unanswered.…
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Backup plans: Moving on when your intended path doesn’t work out
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I expect to laugh through my tears when I find out that I haven’t been accepted to graduate school for a master’s in clinical psychology, my first choice of available post-graduate programs. What makes me so sure I wont get accepted? For one, it’s one of the most competitive psychology programs in Ontario. Let me…
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From the frontlines: New Orleans in the wake of the BP oil spill
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New Orleans, USA – Aug. 29 marks five years since the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on the Southern coast of the United States. The anniversary of the natural disaster was marked by President Obama’s visit to New Orleans, who was met with another catastrophe – this time man-made. Facing the aftermath of the recent…
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Student life: A balancing act
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As a student, it seems as though people are always throwing advice in my direction. A lot of it seems obvious, a lot of it seems useless, but some of it is helpful. Sometimes it’s hard to sift through and separate the good advice from, simply, the advice. So instead of providing recommendations, this piece…
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Navigating the grad school application process
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It is never too early or too late to think about graduate school. Whether you’re gearing up for first year and want to know what extra-curriculars will help you with your impending application or entering your fourth year, it’s time to start planning for life after Laurier, and for some that means continuing their education.…
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Surviving the first-year learning curve
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First year at university provides such an exciting, sometimes overwhelming, wealth of new experiences. And with the full agenda of meeting new people, spending time in residence, getting involved in extra-curricular activities and going to parties, the importance of academic commitments can sometimes get lost in the fray. It is easy to lose sight of…
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A Canadian summer
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Summer is almost here, and if you don’t already have plans to go skydiving in New Zealand or mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps, then make the most of the warm weather right here in our beautiful nation. Here are some very Canadian ideas to get you through the heat. Road trip If you didn’t…
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The honours degree’s uncertain future
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The problem For the 2010-11 academic year, the arts department has been asked to find $440,000, or 1.5 per cent of their budget, in concessions as a result of campus-wide budget cuts. The department has chosen to seek out alternatives to losing faculty and/or programs in the hopes that they will be able to find…
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