Laurier Student Poll
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Everyone deserves the right to vote: even ex-felons
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By the time this article is published, Florida voters will have been confronted with 12 constitutional amendment proposals during their general election on Nov. 6. These amendments range everywhere from banning the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed spaces, to banning offshore gas and oil drilling, to increasing taxes. The fourth amendment aims to restore voting…
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Laurier Student Poll results: Federal legalization of marijuana
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[infogram id=”55cd7ab4-ef90-4c20-9522-f3e42e0fe963″ prefix=”KrX” format=”interactive” title=””] Laurier Student Poll conducted a survey over the past two weeks asking Laurier students about their thoughts on the recent federal legalization of marijuana in Canada. The survey was conducted online and received 163 responses from students in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year along with graduate students across…
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Social media as a graveyard for altruism
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On Feb. 16, 2018, Drake dropped his music video for his single God’s Plan, which depicts him donating his $996 631.90 video budget to Miami residents. Throughout the video he paid for strangers’ groceries, gave a teenager a new car, personally handed stacks of money to families on the street, took people on shopping sprees,…
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The controversy over Kehlani’s pregnancy
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On Oct. 12, 2018, R&B singer Kehlani announced her pregnancy on social media with her guitarist and partner, Javie Young-White. Earlier this year, Kehlani publicly came out as queer, saying she was attracted to women, and men—specifically queer men, non binary, intersex and transgender people. Kehlani also announced that her partner Javie was bisexual. She…
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