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Strangers are worth talking to
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The general social rule to not talk to strangers can be a hard one to follow. Although it is clear to stay away from those who may pose threat or danger to our lives, the act of fully ignoring our neighbours—whether they be the neighbours sitting next to us at a coffee shop or travelling…
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The fusion of Disney and fashion
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Leslie Kalbfleisch, creator of popular Tumblr blog DisneyBound, has had an exciting two years since the creation of her blog. From a travel blog to a Disney fashion blog, Kalbfleisch describes the inner workings of running one of Tumblr’s popular blogsites. Cord Arts sat down with Kalbfleisch to discuss the ins and outs of blogging,…
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The stigma situation
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Severe mental illnesses cut with a double-edged sword. On one edge are the biological and social factors that affect the course, which can lead to psychotic symptoms, diminished social competences and depleted social networks. The other edge of the sword is the stigma, leading to prejudice and discrimination. Such a stigma may be as damaging…
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A shift in finding sources
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For the first time in my four years at Laurier, I signed out a book from the library. I was unable to find the online version of a specific book and was left with no choice but to obtain the soon-to-be obsolete physical copy. This quest for knowledge was no simple feat. In addition to…
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Mazerolle earns honours
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Ex-Laurier point guard Felicia Mazerolle made a smooth transition to the Fanshawe Falcons of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) in 2012-2013. The former Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Rookie of the Year spent two seasons with the Golden Hawks women’s basketball team before transferring due to academic reasons to Fanshawe College in London, Ont. Mazerolle…
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Thomas King visits WLU
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Over 200 students, recreational book club members and community members from local reserves gathered in the Senate and Board of Chambers room at Wilfrid Laurier University last Thursday evening to listen to Thomas King discuss his most recent book, The Inconvenient Indian. In the third-year English course, titled “The Working Canadian Writer,” students are visited…
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New projects approved for SLL funding
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Last month, the Student Life Levvy (SLL) Committee approved 18 of the 33 projects that were proposed to enhance student life on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. The SLL is a pool of money that all undergraduates pay into in order to support these projects, which are chosen each year. The goals of these projects…
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Staying motivated
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Academic motivation reaches an all-time low during the last two months of the semester. The clocks move forward, the weather starts to warm up and thoughts of soon-to-be-summer flood your head. That mischievous little voice inside your head whispers “freedom is near.” Amid it becomes easy to let school priorities sit on the back burner.…
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OCD is more than a control issue
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Misconceptions are everywhere. Every day we are interacting and engaging with things we, admittedly or not, know nothing about. A case where this happens too often is with the mental illness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Not everyone who suffers from a mental health issue is the “crazed lunatic” from Rain Man and OCD is not…
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Bringing the farm into the city
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March has begun, yet on a Wednesday in Kitchener, the ground is still covered in two feet of snow and there’s a distinct chill in the air. It’s hard to believe spring is just around the corner. Inside the GROW Greenhouse and Garden, it’s another story. The small shed is awash in green thanks to…
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