Marissa Evans
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Fight the cold with face masks for dry skin
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I don’t know about you, but my skin is always in shambles once the winter rolls around. The cold, dry air mixed with exam season stress is enough to wreak absolute havoc on my skin, and unfortunately, I wasn’t blessed with good skin by anyone’s standards. But, I’d consider myself pretty good at spending money…
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The best winter boots to get you across campus
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Living in Canada with the harsh and unpredictable winters that we are hit with each year, means that having the perfect pair of winter boots to wear through the cold, snow and ice is essential. Finding boots that don’t leak, slip on ice, fall apart after a year of use or are simply not warm…
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Cold and Flu season hits Waterloo Region once again
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Cold and flu season is upon us once again. With it comes the annual period where offices are filled with the sounds of sneezing and coughing, hospitals are packed with patients — and people, especially university students, underestimate the dangers associated with influenza. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Laurier hosted a public talk that focused on…
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Campus under-pass blocked off due to falling glass
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Earlier today, Wilfrid Laurier University Special Constables blocked off the entrance located at the under-pass on the Waterloo campus. According to Special Constable Services, a tile of glass on the roof of the under-pass was broken and had fallen onto the ground. The glass broke as a result of an excess of heavy snow that…
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Defeating the growing stresses of ‘old man winter’
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The Starks were right: winter has come.
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New class scheduling system raises concerns of students, profs
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The new process for scheduling classes at Wilfrid Laurier University was intended to optimize space and make scheduling easier, but has resulted in students and faculty alike expressing concerns over the changes it has produced. “It seems like they really didn’t think about how it would affect their students or even their profs,” said Ivana…
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Discovering how to feel safe when dealing with anxiety
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When it comes to dealing with anxiety, it can feel almost as if there is nowhere you belong and you feel as though anywhere you go is dangerous in one way or another. In a way, it makes it so that every situation you encounter is a struggle and it only makes you more fearful…
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Living with anxiety: self-help
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Dealing with any sort of anxiety sucks, doesn’t it? You feel your heart beat faster, you get panic attacks, day-to-day activities are a challenge, you have a hard time talking to people and you always feel like there’s no one that understands what you’re going through. The truth is, there is someone out there that…
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Finding a healthy balance in the summer
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Last year for Orientation Week, I wrote a couple tips that first years especially should follow if they want to find a good balance between academics, health and sanity. I wrote seven different things that are important for the first-year student body if they want to make it through the year healthy, as well as…
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