A new beginning seems to transpire with the emergence of the summer months. Longer days and warmer nights, initiate the golden season to simply slow down and forgo the hectic student lifestyle. However, that is not to say the warm season is a breeze for us hustling university kids. Between full- time summer jobs, afternoons with friends and weekends spent outside, summertime can bring a high level […]
If you haven’t taken the time to watch at least a few episodes of Marie Kondo’s new Netflix series, “Tidying Up,” then I would highly recommend doing so. Kondo first introduced her method of keeping one’s home tidy and clean through a book she published. The book and her concepts surrounding tidying were then made into a Netflix series last […]
On Jan. 17, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Paul Martin Centre on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus, the Faculty of Arts, Muslim Studies, Religion & Culture and Office of Research Services organized a “Transnational Dialogue on Islamophobia” event, evaluating how Islamophobia is continuing to impact America, the United Kingdom and Canada. Speakers at the panel included Salman […]
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 endeavours. I’ve battled with this […]
Intramurals play a huge role in shaping the student body at Laurier. They give students who aren’t part of varsity sports a chance to get involved in athletics. The variety of sports offered gives everybody a chance to choose whichever sport pleases them. The inclusivity is what makes intramurals so special and at Laurier, the program is arguably more expansive […]
A new energy supplement has been developed for students by third-year Wilfrid Laurier University student, Andrew Stubbs. ‘Klarity’ is a Health Canada approved natural health product, developed and sold through studentXel. Klarity was approved by Health Canada on Aug. 15. Stubbs is the founder and CEO of the company, which also works with brand ambassadors at the University of Waterloo […]
Many of us would agree that being outdoors is often a positive aspect of our day, even if it is in the dead of a Canadian winter. Do you enjoy the walk to school simply because of the changing leaves in the fall? Do you feel an unexplainable joy when you see a swan in Waterloo Park? That’s because the […]
A few days ago, I was nonchalantly scrolling through my Instagram feed when I came across a photo of a girl was leaning over a table at McDonald’s and the view was focused clearly on the underside of her dress. Little was left to the imagination and it was probable that she didn’t know what people on the other side […]
In the world of dining halls, all nighters and Pizza Maniac, it can seem almost impossible to eat healthy while in a university residence. For those skeptics out there who think they don’t have time to make a homemade meal in residence, or think it’s too expensive to eat healthy, think again. Whether you are a seasoned chef or don’t […]
Staff writer Manjot Bhullar explores the world of fitness and how you can get involved
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