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Do we all secretly want two lovers?
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In today’s most popular Hollywood films – especially the ones that cater to young, hormonal teenagers – the driving force that keeps these films going are simple: which side are you on? Team Edward? or Jacob? Peta or Gale? The Huntsman or William? Who deserves to win over the love of the heroine? Unless they…
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Grad numbers up, OUAC shows
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Monthly reports run by the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC) on secondary school confirmation statistics show that as of June 2012, 70,000 students had accepted an offer to an Ontario University, which is a 2.7 per cent increase from 2011. George Granger, executive director of Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC), believes this growth may be…
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How music embodies the summer
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What do you remember most about summer? Maybe it’s the annual trip to the cottage, lounging for days at the beach or, if you’re like me: watching all five seasons of The Wire in an infinite loop for the months of July and August. Whatever your summer memories might be, I bet they don’t include…
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Car Share grows
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Grand River Car Share is hoping to make that mysterious, perpetually empty spot in Wilfrid Laurier University’s parking lot the home to one of its newest vehicles during the coming months with recent changes to its membership policy. The non-for-profit car sharing cooperative has called Waterloo Region its home since 1998, but for insurance reasons,…
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Canada’s protest culture misunderstood
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If you turn on the news right now it won’t take long before you see something that registers with you on an emotional level. The phrase “If it bleeds, it leads” does more than just describe the tendency of using violence in the news to grab the public’s attention, it also indicates a broader symptom…
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School of business and economics hires new dean
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On April 30, Wilfrid Laurier University announced that Micheál Kelly was chosen as the new dean of the school of business and economics (SBE). Kelly looks forward to working with the SBE’s strong academic foundation to proactively develop its external networks as Laurier plans for the future. According to Deb MacLatchy, vice-president: academic and provost…
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Supply-side war on drugs was a failure
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At a recent regional summit of Latin American leaders last Saturday, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina announced his desires to end the taboo surrounding drug decriminalization and legalization to combat trafficking. He said the past 40 years of war against drugs in his country has been a failure. Guatemala’s domestic drug production and consumption is…
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Unthinkable acts, unspoken truths
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It’s an invasive, forceful act — one of the most traumatizing experiences someone could ever go through. And it’s also a punchline. Defined as sexual contact against someone’s will, the definition of rape should be clear-cut and tough to argue. But for a multitude of reason, the act seems to be deemed a moral grey…
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Rick Santorum’s naïve climate change denial
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The FactCheck Wire posted an article entitled “Santorum’s Science” on Mar. 14 in which the author challenges U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s statement that global warming is a “hoax.” In the same week news was also spread that HadCRUT, a record of global temperatures stretching back into the mid 19th century, has updated its…
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Diplomacy with Iran necessary for de-escalation
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As of yesterday, six world powers have accepted to restart diplomatic talks with Iran about its nuclear program. Also, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be allowed to inspect the Parchin military facility where IAEA chief Yukiya Amano is concerned high explosives testing has been undergone. These developments, however, have been overshadowed by Israeli…
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