globalism
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Reviewing the new health hotspot The Poké Box
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Despite what you might think, one can not just “live the Poké Life”. It requires years of dedication and hard work to catch them all – from collecting Pokémon cards as a kid to secretly playing the video games even today … oh wait, wrong poké. The trendy poké these days can be found at…
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Remembrance Day: What it means and why we reflect?
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Every year on the eleventh month on the eleventh day at the hour, we remember. It is a day immortalized in time to look back and reflect. We take a minute of our time every year to look back upon the conflicts that caused the countless deaths of those who could have been. A statement…
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Comparing popular burrito places around Laurier
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Ever since arriving at university, I have fallen in love with the epic creation that is the burrito. So, when my girlfriend – who happens to be an editor at The Cord – suggested I try and find the best one in Waterloo, I didn’t just agree – I enthusiastically took it on as a…
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The case for terminating all technology
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The past few years have been weird and our culture has seen a meteoric rise in inverted values. Globalism has evaporated to nationalism, the universally held value of an education has transformed into anti-intellectualism, etc. What’s valuable about this type of role reversal is that it suggests a reframing of our unquestioned values. By applying…
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Comparing Marvel and DC superheros
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A superhero has been defined by major media as someone with extraordinary abilities who ensures the protection of others, sometimes by putting themselves in harm’s way. The superheroes that have been a part of so many childhoods, however, do more than that. The superheroes we see in the major companies, DC and Marvel, provide an…
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