Semester
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The Strange Sadness of Almost Being Done with University
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Realizing that the days are counting down towards the end of the school year can be a very exciting time as you look forward to summer and not having to worry about essays, annotated bibliographies or exams. However, for me, it has made me realize that I am about to be entering my final year of undergrad, which is…
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Information overload: how Laurier’s first online semester has been overwhelming students
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We’re only three weeks into the semester and I’m already overwhelmed. I don’t know about you but I’m just about ready to coast. It’s easy to blame these feelings on yourself. It could just be your incessant anxiety, your habits of procrastination or maybe even your binging of cigarettes and soft pretzels. Who knows? But…
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“Me too” isn’t an effective internet movement
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This Monday, my Facebook feed blew up with young women setting “me too” as their status, showing that they are a survivor of sexual harassment and/or assault. The idea behind this initiative is that if every woman shared this as their status, people would understand how large the problem of sexual violence is in…
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Relaxing weekend? Not with exams!
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Now that we have been back to school for six weeks and we are about to enter another hellish midterm season, we have to address one of the big problems with midterm and exam season: exams on the weekend. I know some people will argue that exams on the weekend will help the process of…
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Unsigned: Sexual assault report statistics may deter survivors
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An investigative piece by the Globe and Mail released recently shows that a startling number of sexual assault cases in Ontario are dismissed as unfounded — meaning nothing is ever done after the assault is reported to police. There is so much emphasis placed on reporting the sexual assault that it’s incredibly disheartening to see…
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