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Life beyond the screen
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“I remember a time when the Internet was just the Internet and real life was cooler,” reads a recent tweet from Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore. This brief memento of a thought sheds light on an important subject that concerns the majority of the student body at Wilfrid Laurier: technological dependence. Today, technology enters…
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‘Can we still be friends?’
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The fact about dating is that sometimes people just don’t click. It’s inevitable that not everyone you date means that you two are meant to be compatible. But when this happens the best thing is to be honest or you will just end up looking and feeling like a “plastic”. After conversing with one male…
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‘5 Days for the Homeless’ begins on WLU’s campus
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On Monday, March 11, five Wilfird Laurier University students gave up their amenities for for the annual “5 Days for the Homeless.” Their goal this year is to raise $15,000 for two groups: Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (ROOF) and Argus Residence. The students participating this year include Pat Donnelly, Nicholas Goodfellow, Yanna Klimenko, Hannah Lee…
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Eating healthy for dummies
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Who has time to eat healthy these days? With our hectic schedules, it can be almost impossible. Student life is so easily inundated by busy work that it’s the little things that are left undone; eating healthy is one of them. Something so small, yet so crucial, is left in the back of our minds…
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Picking the right brew
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Heineken? Mill Street? Budweiser? When it comes to selecting the perfect beer for a night out, people often are stumped with the choices that they have to make. It all comes down to the price, the taste and overall mood that one is willing to invest when carefully selecting their beers for the night. With…
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Need to control
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“If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” Sound familiar? If you or someone you know says this then there is a good chance they are a controller. Controllers are often perfectionists who insist on completing things themselves to ensure they are done right. While most controllers think of themselves as…
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Life panel: love and dating at university
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Pat Benatar once sang “Love is a battlefield.” With juggling work, school, and a social life, along with an understanding subjective rules and deciphering unreadable texts, dating at university appears to be a war zone we work through. I’m not going to pretend to be an expert, especially since over the weekend I walked around…
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“I Can’t Explain”: A night with The Who
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As The Who came on stage, the stadium quickly filled with the sound of hundreds of ex rockers who cheered for the band that was the voice of their generation. On Feb. 19, they were transported back in time to 1973 when Quadrophenia was the album of their youth. Quadrophenia was The Who’s 6th studio…
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Survivor fails to ‘outlast’ competition
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“Outwit, outplay and outlast.” Sound familiar? Does this catchphrase make you think of your pre-teen TV habits? If you answered “yes” then you have undoubtedly witnessed the once popular reality game show known as Survivor. If you answered “no,” then let me bring you up to speed. Survivor is a reality game show that maroons…
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Does my face look funny?
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Judging appearances always starts at the face. It’s the first thing we like to analyze. Is it weird? Is it pretty? Is it familiar? Is it funny? What facial aesthetics determine whether or not the face that you’re staring is considered a good-looking face? What about when two different faces get together and they become…
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