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The juice cleanse: it’s not as great as it looks
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With reading week only a few weeks away, there can be a lot of pressure to lose those last few pounds and fit into that itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini. And there’s no end to the quick-fix diets promising results in days. The latest in a long line of weight loss trends is the juice cleanse. These juices are…
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Push through your own limits
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Sometimes I ask myself why I haven’t done anything, or at least any of the things that I planned to do. I was going to get in shape, finish writing that novel and generally do great things. But I didn’t. There was no big reason why I didn’t do them, I just didn’t. I had…
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Re-visiting an old tale
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If you forgot your towel to Thursday, Jan. 16’s staged reading of Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, don’t panic. The performance was the brainchild of a collaborative effort between the University of Waterloo’s Drama and Speech Communication program and local Lost and Found Theatre. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long…
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Active prevention for academic misconduct
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Handling academic misconduct is about more than just setting some rules down on paper. At least that’s what academic integrity advisors Lea Caragata and Judy Eaton believe. The position of academic integrity advisor was only recently created in January of 2013 at Wilfrid Laurier University and Caragata and Eaton have spent the past year developing…
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Students’ Union executive structure gets reworked
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In order to better operationalize changes made during the 2011-2012 academic year to move toward a multi-campus governance structure, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union announced a restructuring plan for the student executive last week. Changes will be made over a two-year period and have been incorporated into the strategic plan until a period of…
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Revealing your coffee personality
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Coffee has become a drink that is as commonplace in people’s lives as breathing. Some cannot start their day without having their morning cup, others have it as an after-dinner drink, and some simply love how it tastes. If you look at how someone chooses to drink their coffee, you get a glimpse of who…
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Meet Tova Davidson —SWR’s newest director
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Tova Davidson is committed to protecting the environment. She’s already plotting her soon-to-be daily commute to Waterloo from Guelph — and it will be green. “I like distance biking.” she said. “It would take little under an hour to bike in [from Guelph].” Though she admits that in the colder months, she will find a…
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Returning with a purpose
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One couldn’t ask for a better start to the season. In her season debut, fourth-year women’s basketball centre Whitney Ellenor scored 34 points throughout the Concordia Tournament, and was named the “all-star MVP” for Wilfrid Laurier. “Yeah, it wasn’t too bad. I was a little surprised honestly,” Ellenor said regarding her performance. “I didn’t think…
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The snubs, the jokes and the wins
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The second biggest night in Hollywood was held this past Sunday in Beverly Hills and celebrated the T.V. shows and movies of 2013. The Golden Globe awards are the one award show of the year that combines the talent of both television and movie actors and actresses. As usual there were surprises, laughs and lots…
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The politics surrounding prostitution
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The Conservatives have stayed in power for as long as they have by being as milquetoast as possible. Harper has dodged social issues for years, rejecting the proposed opening of the abortion debate by his own party and allowing a vote on same-sex marriage to happen relatively unimpeded. While their economic positions are hardly beyond…
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