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Start-up helps web design
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Thanks to a new Wilfrid Laurier University student start-up, businesses will be able to better design their websites. First-year students and Teknically co-founders Andrew Paradi and Brandon Chow recently won Canada’s Business Model Competition at Dalhousie University on March 15. “It was pretty exciting to win. It was a big validation for us, just to…
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A personality revealed by lipstick
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The right lipstick has the power to change your entire look. This is a bold claim, but one that I believe wholeheartedly to be true. The right shade can make you look put together when you don’t have time to do the rest of your make up, and can make any outfit look substantially more…
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Chaput named Outstanding Woman of Laurier
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Bree Chaput knows how to capture a room. At the ninth annual Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) luncheon, Chaput, a fouth-year women’s basketball guard, took home the honour for 2013-14 and captured the room full of sponsors, athletes, donors and administration with her inspiring acceptance speech. The other three nominees for this year’s award were…
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Students push plaza to recycle
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Sustainable waste disposal practices may not be as readily available in Waterloo as we think. The ability to recycle was simply not presented as an option until recently for the businesses occupying the King and University plaza. Home to popular venues such as Starbucks, Menchie’s and Pizza Pizza, this plaza generates a massive amount of…
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Mayor delivers final State of the City address
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Mayor of Waterloo Brenda Halloran delivered the annual State of The City address at RIM Park last Friday, focusing mostly on the city’s finances. She also updated Waterloo on the various projects and pursuits that the city has taken under her administration. “For me personally, one of my favourite projects has been the supportive housing…
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Landing the job
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When university ends, the real world begins. The time is beckoning when university students go back home and set out to get work for their summer vacation. But for many graduating students, it is time to find full-time employment in the field that they spent the last four years preparing for. Before you envision yourself…
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Kitchener gets ready to rock
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School of Rock Kitchener-Waterloo (SORKW), a franchise with origins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is not your typical place to learn an instrument. With a strong focus on performing and collaborative effort, SORKW aims to give people of all ages a student-oriented experience outside of a practice room. “We really want to inspire students to rock in…
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Participate in The Cord’s reader survey
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Here at The Cord we are always looking for ways to improve the quality, reach and reputation of our publication. The Cord has evolved immensely since its inception 87 years ago and our publication will only continue to evolve in the (many, hopefully) years to come, especially in this digital age of smartphones and tablets.…
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Mulcair visits local resident’s home
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Federal NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, stopped by a Kitchener home on Tuesday morning to discuss the NDP affordability plan with area locals. The visit was part of a series of kitchen table talks nationwide that Mulcair is engaging in on his National Affordability tour, which started in January. The plan aims to reduce the pressures…
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Course selection system altered
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Course registration at Wilfrid Laurier University is getting an overhaul to better meet the needs of students this summer. For the 2014-15 school year, time tickets designating when students can register in courses will be based on the amount of courses completed, rather than their academic year. “We wanted to reduce the load on the…
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