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Waterloo Brewing loses 2.1 million in cyber attack
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Waterloo Brewing was the victim of a “sophisticated” cyber-attack where the thief impersonated a creditor employee and requested fraudulent wire transfers resulting in over $2 million in losses for the company. The brewery, which is located in Kitchener off of Bingemans Centre Drive, has also initiated analysis of all other activity and transactions across all…
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Breaking out of the imposter syndrome mentality
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Impostor syndrome, for those of you who are blissfully unaware of it, is quite literal to the term. It means that you feel like you’re going to be exposed as a fraud, a phony or a fake in a job, at school or in a variety of things that are typically meant to be positive…
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Former University of Waterloo VP charged with fraud
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Former University of Waterloo vice-president, Kenneth McGillivray, has been charged with fraud. McGillivray has been accused of taking numerous personal trips over a two year span under false pretenses, while acting as the university’s vice-president, advancement. The former VP is alleged of being reimbursed for over $12,000 after submitting personal expense claims to the university.…
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Self-driving cars offer more complications than ease
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So, self-driving cars exist now. How fantastic that we live in a time where things that were once thought to be impossible, are becoming a reality. As great as that is though, it is a technology that hasn’t been seen before. I have to wonder about the possible implications of self-driving technology and where it…
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Ignoring the signs of online scams
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Where I’m from, online scams are something everyone knows about—the young, the old the—everyone. We all know, or think we know, that if someone contacts you and asks you to send them money, that you’re most likely being scammed. If you won the a draw but don’t remember entering, it’s probably a scam. If you’re…
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Giving all voices platforms to speak
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In late May, controversy erupted over conservative political pundit Milo Yiannopoulos’s “Dangerous Faggot” tour at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois in which he gave a speech he calls “Feminism is Cancer.” During his presentation, two student activists by the name of Kayla Johnson and Edward Ward, associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, walked onto…
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Are comedians our modern philosophers?
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Can anyone who has not studied philosophy name any philosopher other than Plato, Aristotle, or Socrates? And could those who do know them discuss the beliefs that those philosophers put forward? Probably not, which is fine. Philosophy doesn’t pay the bills, or ease the pressure of debts, so it’s not an absolute essential skill to…
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Prestigious beyond the Ivy League
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So don’t worry if you didn’t get into the school of your dreams. Worry about the person earning the degree first.
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Is the value of university tuition worth it?
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Is university really the key to success?
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