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The pros and cons of the student health and dental plan
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Each year as students scan down the list of fees on their fall invoice, they come across something that they can actually opt-out of paying. The health and dental plan, which is offered to students by Wilfrid Laurier University Students Union, offers students the choice to opt-out if they have alternate health care. However, many…
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Potluck recipes for the roommates
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The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music constantly circulating in shopping malls, crowded department stores filled with frantic shoppers and the ever constant worry that your weekly beer budget will instead need to be used to buy gifts for family and friends. The buildup to the holiday season at Laurier however is often clouded…
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‘It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine’
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Whether it be global destruction brought on by forces beyond our world or psychological enlightenment evoked by powers beyond our time, the earth is predicted to undergo a catastrophic change within the following month. But do the prophecies surrounding Dec. 21, 2012 possess any real substance? The Universe The least supported of these myths are…
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The Naughty Prude’s gift list
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Let me guess, you have no idea what to get your partner for Christmas. This type of conundrum happens every year as you frantically rack your brain for the perfect, memorable, mind-blowing gift. Left to the last minute, you punish yourself knowing that your gift is going to be crap. While you are debating a…
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Flying solo for the Holidays
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If there is one thing that I am dreading about the holidays it is the inevitable question that all of your relatives will ask at family dinner, and what continues to ring in your ears for afterwards: “Are you dating anyone?” For me, this has always seemed like an annoying and somewhat embarrassing question since…
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Do you feel safe living in Waterloo?
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A number of recent crimes taking place in Waterloo, specifically in the student community of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, have raised concerns about the safety of students. While out of town for the weekend in late Sepetember, third-year Wilfrid Laurier student Chris Allam woke up to a call from his roommates,…
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Spring start for GIE construction
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The school of business and economics and the department of math at Wilfrid Laurier University may finally see some progress on the Global Innovation Exchange (GIE) building this spring. With offers for contractor bids starting in Jan. 2013, Laurier hopes to have construction begin in March once the contractor is chosen — if all goes…
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Exploring future options
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Last Thursday, 120 elementary school students filled the Turret for a day of interactive learning that allowed them to get acquainted with Wilfrid Laurier University. Four classes of students in grades five and six were invited for The Community Outreach Event with Wilson Avenue Public School, which was organized by the Laurier Sociology Student Association…
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Basketball drops to 1-2
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After going 6-1 during preseason, including defeating two previous Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) contenders, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team was ranked No. 9 nationally going into their home opening weekend. But after the Toronto Varsity Blues defeated Laurier 58-54 Friday and the Ryerson Rams won an overtime match 72-69, the Hawks dropped to 1-2…
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Sharing the diversity of animation
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Over three days in November, the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (WFAC) will show off the whole scope of the animated film medium, playing movies from across the globe. Chosen for the fest were films that ranged from colourful anime with feel-good storylines, to somber depictions of the weakness of humanity. In 2002 WFAC was…
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