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Born this way: Breaking gender stereotypes
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Jane* is not unlike any other young woman at Laurier. She loves her program, stresses about getting things done on time, spends a lot of her time with her friends, has a younger sister back home whom she adores and volunteers on campus. However, one aspect of the second-year music student’s identity has unfortunately made…
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Reconsider Values
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The current economic crisis has forced society into a pivotal place where the values that will follow us into a new era need to be affirmed. In a time where the auto industry garners the front pages of media outlets for their bailout cries, the focus on investing in education during the recession seems to…
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Students should be appreciated
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Unspoken contention between Laurier students and Waterloo locals has surfaced again with April’s Northdale Strategic Planning session. The compiled results of the session propose ways to solve the housing problems that arise within a student-dominated environment. Waterloo – hosting two major universities and a college – is undeniably a student city. For eight months of…
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