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New Waterloo-based startup aims to make grocery shopping more efficient during COVID-19
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For people who spend too much time looking for the items they need while grocery shopping, a Waterloo region-based tech start-up claims to be a potential solution to this problem. With the onset of COVID-19, “Spot It” CEO Caleb Opersko saw an opportunity to utilize his company’s software in order to help people in need.…
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Editorial: Is it too late to talk musical physics?
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Damn. No idea what to write about. But this is already super late (hopefully Emily won’t fire me) so it seems as good a time as any to let my mind wander and type whatever I’m thinking. If I’m lucky, this may turn into a transcript of an interesting internal dialogue or monologue about something.…
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Editorial: Discovering the benefits of personal connections
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It has recently come to my attention that other people, even strangers, are in fact worth the effort of getting to know. Throughout my life I’ve developed an appreciation of the peace that comes from being alone. There’s so much less chaos when the only person in your environment is yourself. It’s also made me…
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Editorial Cartoons 2018-2019
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Editorial: To believe or not to believe
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You are about to read something hypocritical. I’m going to try to convince you that a belief I hold dearly is true, but if at the end you believe it, I will have failed. I want to write it regardless, because it changed my outlook on life. If I wasn’t against clichés, I would claim…
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The evolution of sexual health through the ages
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People have been having sex since there have been people. In general, the act has remained unchanged — though I’m sure new techniques have emerged since Fred and Wilma Flintstone went at it. What has changed quite a bit is the way people perceive sexual activity and sexuality. These changes in perception have had a…
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The path to poutine: Smoke’s Pountinnerie CEO Ryan Smolkin speaks at Laurier
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On Thursday, Nov. 15, Ryan Smolkin, the founder and CEO of Smoke’s Poutinerie, spoke at the Wilfrid Laurier University Lazaridis School of Business & Economics to kick off their Entrepreneur Speaker Series. Smolkin is not only the founder of a massive company, but also graduated from Laurier’s BBA program in 1995. During his presentation, he…
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Editorial: Morality differs from person to person
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We don’t often think too deeply about moral dilemmas, and I imagine you couldn’t care less about what I have to say on any given moral issue. That’s alright. What I’m interested in is the fact that we undoubtedly have different views — the fact that, presented with the same set of moral dilemmas, you…
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