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LizzDrew Take On The ‘Loo Edition 17: We Should Just Totally Stab Caesar!!?
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Look out, Laurier! Although everyone’s favourite karaoke bar has moved down the road, a new hot spot has arrived in its place. Perfect for friends, families, and those alike, 1858 Caesar Bar has opened in Waterloo at 90 King St North. Surprisingly, this restaurant does not serve caesar salads, but instead makes up in another, much more interestingly refreshing way. This restaurant has an extensive menu to satisfy any person’s Mott’s Clamato needs, whether alcoholic…
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Golden Hawk Taye Donald’s reign of the 2023-2024 basketball season
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Laurier is no stranger to impressive student-athletes adorning the purple and gold. However, sometimes, a notable Golden Hawk takes their league by storm. Taye Donald is a 6’2 third-year basketball guard who took a leap this past OUA season and became one of the best university players in the province. Following last season, where he…
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Should Earth Day only be celebrated in April?
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Earth day is celebrated annually on April 22 in support of environmental protection. Since 1970, it marks the commencement of events coordinated around the world by Earthday.org which reach approximately 1 billion people in over 193 countries. This year’s theme personally addresses my environmental gripe: “Planet vs. Plastics”. As the reality of microplastics dawn upon…
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Are the Ontario NDP’s TikToks effective?
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Youth voter turnout has been on the decline since the 1990s. Aside from 2015 and 2019, the first two times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected, almost every election since the 90s has brought fewer and fewer young people to the polls. This is clearly not a new issue, but since the new year, the…
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Editor’s Note: Closing out the year and reminiscing
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As the final issue of The Cord for the academic year comes to a close, I find myself reminiscing on how I felt this time last year. At this point, I was about to start my term as editor-in-chief. Part of me was terrified, feeling that I was greatly unprepared for the role. The other…
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How international films question and challenge North American perspectives
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Different cultures offer different approaches to life’s many questions. The Oscars’ international entries, including those that weren’t nominated, explore how human fundamentals—love and joy—take shape in the eyes of non-North American artists. Whether they’re subjectively good or bad is irrelevant – either way, they’ll expand your capacity to appreciate perspective and, I hope, offer new…
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Rooster Teeth: The end of an era
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If you dated a man who played video games in the 2010s, you’ve probably heard of Rooster Teeth. Initially a website for drunkenly reviewing video games, Rooster Teeth quickly became a leading force in machinima (creating narratives from computer graphics) with their series Red vs Blue. Unfortunately, on Mar. 6 of this year, Rooster Teeth’s…
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It’s the place to Gyubee
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You have heard of BBQ and KBBQ– now introducing JBBQ (Japanese Barbeque). Not sure as to why your writers have been opting for cooking their meals as of late, but LizzDrew decided to take this month’s reviewing escapade to Gyubee (which means high quality Japanese barbeque). Located at 235 King Street North (no more than…
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Exploring Queerness in Adaline’s HYMNAL
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In a modern musical environment towered over by the prayers, confessionals, and love songs of figures like Sufjan Stevens and Julien Baker, the trouble of reconciling queerness with the religious impulse is hardly unexplored. In light of hundreds of years of Christian rhetoric which grappled with the expressions of queerness, Hymnal, the most recent release…
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Exchange students take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford Upon-Avon
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On Feb. 28, a trip from the University of Birmingham to Stratford Upon-Avon for the English literature department left with two full buses of students. This trip was planned by two coordinators from the student exchange advisory and involved a jam-packed schedule in Stratford Upon-Avon where students were able to meet cast members of Shakespeare’s…
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