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Overhyping the power of social media
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It’s almost hard to imagine what life would be like if we couldn’t click that login button on the Facebook homepage and be instantly connected to our entire world. Its ability to spread information while inspiring growth and involvement made its usages almost limitless. It was still a surprise that it came as an influential…
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University a degree factory
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Earlier this year, one of my professors ran the class through an exercise to gauge opinion on the quality of post-secondary education. Responses ran the gamut from views that universities were simply “degree factories” to depictions of graduation as the time when students receive “pieces of paper.” To be sure, I knew that there was…
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Coal reduction costs consumers
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An environmental initiative, which began in 2003 under premier Dalton McGuinty to eliminate coal as a source of energy, has displayed significant results. A recent press release indicates that the use of coal-fired power has diminished by 90 per cent in the first months of 2011 in comparison to output levels in 2003. This places…
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Youth may be absent in transit talks
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The Waterloo Region rapid transit debate, which will come to a close next month, has yet to achieve a consensus from citizens. In an opinion poll conducted in early May by the Waterloo Region Record, there was a clear division between the options presented. Only 38 per cent of people were interested in pursuing light…
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AIESEC Laurier brings WLU to global stage
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It was a proud moment in Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales — International Association of Students in Economics and Business — (AIESEC) Laurier history, as 27 delegates returned from the National Leadership Development Conference in Ottawa to debrief over the weekend. Considered one of the most spirited local committees, and a…
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‘Fixing’ Laurier through texts
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Soon students will have more than just the ‘Dear Life’ column to profess campus concerns. The Fix My Laurier (FML) text-to-Wilfrid Laurier University Students Union system is a new initiative launched by the university affairs committee and spearheaded by vice presidents Steve Franchetto and Sean Madden for students to advocate for campus issues. The concept…
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Herjavec inspires WLU
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Telling his story about becoming one of Canada’s most successful businessmen, television personality and computer mogul Robert Herjavec spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of Wilfrid Laurier University alumni as the keynote speaker at Laurier Development Day on May 6. “It’s the basic human condition that we want to better our lives,” Herjavec told the crowd.…
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A day to ‘Think Arts’
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For many graduating high school students, their leap into university life is only a few months away. As an opportunity for these potential students to explore the various arts programs offered by Wilfrid Laurier University, the faculty of arts and student recruitment office organized the first ever “Think Arts” event on Saturday, May 7. The…
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Telegdi comes up short again
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Liberal candidate Andrew Telegdi lost the Kitchener-Waterloo riding for the second time to Conservative incumbent Peter Braid on May 2 by 2,184 votes. “You know,” Telegdi said to the crowd of his devastated supporters, “I feel more upset for you than I do for myself. But I have to say, in all the campaigns I…
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MacLellan sinks from last election’s result
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The Kitchener-Waterloo Green party team fronted by candidate Cathy MacLellan and supporters camped out at Chainsaw Saloon in UpTown Waterloo for the results to come in. As MacLellan filtered through the bar glancing between her iPad and the regional and national news broadcasts, she appeared at ease, speaking to the many gathered as green beer…
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