Kombucha craze: The importance of gut health
Contributed image Over the past few years, kombucha has exploded across the health food market You can’t walk through a grocery store without being force-fed GT Dave’s...
The importance of a healthy lifestyle for mental health
File photo Before I get started, I should add that I’m not a doctor nor a medical professional—I’m barely an arts major Everything I’m writing on below I have learned...
The vices with vaping: A dangerous habit that’s taking over teen and young adult culture
“Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray” I remember this poster hanging up in my high school health classroom If you smoke, no one will want to kiss you Oh, the...
Finding answers: the debilitating journey of women who seek solutions for their pain
"We were all just too sensitive Fatigue too thick to make sense of phone, Trader Joe's, Laundromat, let alone meeting, party, dance floor We go away Sick" — Dirty River Girl...
Kitchener receives twelve month exemption to open safe consumption site
On July 26, Kitchener received a federal exemption from Canadian drug law to open a safe consumption site in the downtown sector The exemption will last for a duration of 12...
All of Laurier’s campuses are now smoke-free
On Monday, July 1, Wilfrid Laurier University implemented their new smoke-free policy across all campuses, replacing the interim cannabis policy that was instituted when...
Tips for staying healthy this summer
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...
Tidy up your home, but don’t throw away your books
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...
Fighting Islamophobia at Laurier starts through transnational conversations
On Jan 17, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the Paul Martin Centre on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus, the Faculty of Arts, Muslim Studies, Religion & Culture and...
Breaking out of the imposter syndrome mentality
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...