finding your purpose
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Finance or fulfillment? That is the question
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When we were young, we thought monsters were scary. We worried about imaginary creatures hiding in our closets or creeping under our beds with one sole purpose: getting us. I miss those days. Today, monsters are nothing compared to the existential concern of wasting years of my finite existence doing a job that I…
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How to know if your heart is really in it
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I was driving in my car listening to Life After Death, the posthumous masterpiece by The Notorious B.I.G., when I had an epiphany of sorts. It happened about two thirds of the way through track 20, “Sky’s the Limit (feat. 112),” a masterpiece I should add; right at the end of the final verse. “Stay…
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President’s note: Your voice, your media
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I’m Andreas, the 2017-2018 president and publisher of Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications. Throughout my time at Laurier I’ve become heavily involved with various WLUSP publications – such as The Cord – and I have come to appreciate the role that student media plays within any university community. As a first-year, new to the whole…
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