opinion
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Student fees can be lowered by WLUSU
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During the board of directors meeting on Nov. 20, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union announced that they currently have $96,000 more than was
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Communication needed between faculty and admin
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It appears as though there is a disconnect in communication between the faculty and the administration at Laurier. For instance, the problems surrounding the
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Walls still oppress millions of people
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It was quite disturbing that during the 20th anniversary celebrations for the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was little addressed about the walls
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Catholic Church wrong to protect child-molesting priests
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Catholicism is riddled with hypocrisy. The two have become so intermingled I can hardly discuss the religion that has dominated the world without becoming
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Violence against women needs to end
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December 6th, 2009 marks the 20th year since the Montreal Massacre, when a gunman named Marc Lépine entered Montreal’s École Polytechnique, shouted “I hate
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Find some doubt, it can be humbling
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There’s a story in the New Testament where Jesus happens upon a man whose son is afflicted with terrifying convulsions. Jesus, enigmatic as ever,
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The benefits of buying local and organic
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FREDERICTON (CUP) – Environmental degradation immediately brings to mind images of polluting smoke stacks, the Alberta oil sands and traffic in Toronto at 5:30
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Learn outside of lectures
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I truly started to value my university education when I realized that I was finally retaining information. After four-and-a-half years of high school, two
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Article redundant
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Re: North American capitalism causes global inequality, Nov. 11, 2009 What exactly was the point of Kimberly Elworthy’s article, “North American capitalism causes global
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Commending Laurier’s fanaticism
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Re: “Laurier Day unrepresentative,” Nov. 11, 2009 The notion that Laurier failed to demonstrate its purpose, as an institution of higher learning during Laurier
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