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Lack of civil service jobs in Bangladesh causes unrest
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In early July, the high council of Bangladesh instated a job quota that reserves one-third of civil rights jobs for children of fighters who acted during the liberation movement in 1971. This left few jobs for others, with 400,000 students in Bangladesh competing for 3,000 civil service jobs every year. Angered by this quota, Bangladeshi…
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Some benefits of journaling
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Journaling has ample benefits, most of which are associated with improving mental health. In our fast-paced world, especially as students, we get too caught up in our daily lives and take our mental health for granted. I find journaling is a healing and accessible tool that helps us get an idea of how we are…
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Demonstrators gather in Waterloo Town Square for anti-mask “freedom rally”
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An anti-lockdown “freedom rally” took place in Waterloo Town Square on Saturday afternoon, despite the rally reportedly being moved to Dundas Square in Toronto. By mid-afternoon, approximately two dozen people were reported to have gathered uptown to protest the provincial COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The rally was a cause for concern for many businesses uptown, who…
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Hong Kong is under attack and Canada lies dormant
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When we think of the past, it is easy to imagine ourselves in the boots of righteous rebels and martyrs, fighting to the end against all odds in pursuit of noble goals like democracy. We would like to be Lafayette, sailing across the Atlantic from France to the United States to help those with little…
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Waterloo walks out in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en protesters
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This past Friday, Feb. 28 at 11 am, students and faculty at the Wilfrid Laurier University faculty of social work in Kitchener gathered to prepare for a walkout in solidarity with Indigenous communities across Canada who are currently protesting. A Facebook page for the “Student Led Wet’suwet’en and Tyendinaga Solidarity Gathering” wrote that the walkout…
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Coming together to oppose the new president
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On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn into office, marking the official beginning to his first presidential term. Over the past year, we stood in awe as Trump effortlessly overwhelmed the Republican Party’s most accomplished politicians. The rise of Trump represents something different to each person. If you are an admirer of Trump, you are…
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Responding to LifeLink’s demonstration
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Religious activists need to stop caring about sex I’m sure by now that everyone saw or heard about the demonstration in the quad last Thursday. Laurier LifeLink, a Students’ Union club, put little pink and blue flags all over the grass in the quad. Each flag is supposed to represent ten fetuses that were aborted…
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Unsigned: Creative writing is a pathway to success for students
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Creative writing has many benefits for the average student. Whether expressing your opinions or using writing as an outlet, personal writing has a positive impact on your everyday life. Writing outside of the classroom can also be essential to getting a job after university. Essays are great in a certain context, but the real world…
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