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Tyler Van Herzele starts his role as Students’ Union president
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Tyler Van Herzele, the new Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president and the Students’ Union staff team, officially took office as of May 1, 2016. Van Herzele explained that in the first week, the Students’ Union had a chance to participate in an office orientation with both Brantford and Waterloo staff, organize administrative tasks and…
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Tri-Pride festival coming to Kitchener-Waterloo
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Summer after summer we watch many cities gather to celebrate LGBTQ communities around the world. This year there is a pride festival coming to Kitchener-Waterloo, also known as the tri-cities. Alex Chunaco, the coordinator of this weeklong festival, expressed how meaningful this event is for our communities. “Since 1995, pride festivals have had traditions of…
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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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Laurier Student Life Levy committee members instated
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This past Saturday, in their first meeting of the year, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of directors voted and instated the members who are to sit on both the Brantford and Waterloo Student Life Levy committees. The Student Life Levy strives to support and fund special projects which enhance student life. Any Laurier…
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