students
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No need to chase your own tail when you can destress with dogs
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As the semester progresses and students balance midterms, looming assignment deadlines and the fast approach of exams, school becomes more and more stressful. Luckily, there are resources and events on campus that are designed to help students manage their stress and unwind, even if it’s just for a few minutes out of their day. On…
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Unknown bands you need to know about
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1. Hop Along Hop Along, originating out of Seattle, is one of the best indie rock bands on the scene today. Lead singer Frances Quinlan brings a raspy yet delicate head to front the band. In their song “How Simple,” Quinlan writes about her realization of aging and healthy relationships coming to an end. “Don’t…
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Let your guilty pleasures no longer be guilty
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A lot of the things I enjoy in life may be things that the average person might find strange or weird. To fall asleep every night, I love listening to YouTube videos of people tapping on random items, also known as autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR. I don’t like listening to people eat, but…
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Editorial: Are conspiracy theorists really as “crazy” as we make them out to be?
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I love conspiracy theories. I could go on and on about ones that many people are well aware of like the Mandela effect or how Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by a clone named Melissa. I can also go on and on about older conspiracies like how Shakespeare didn’t write any of his plays…
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CCRLA Student Mental Health Matters series
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The Centre for Community Research, Learning and Action (CCRLA) held the first speaker in their student mental health series that will be ongoing throughout the 2019-2020 school year. The event was a talk from Simon Coulombe, an assistant professor at Laurier and director of CCRLA’s Flourishing Communities research group. The series is focused on dealing…
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Stark and Perri rebranding to ‘The Prohibition Warehouse’ under new ownership
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Uptown Waterloo’s beloved restaurant and bar, Stark and Perri, is getting rebranded. Now under new ownership, the restaurant closed down on Oct. 7 and renovations have been underway since. “We took it over about a month ago and we’re refurbishing and we’re looking at going in a different direction with the food,” said Wayne Montgomery,…
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Being unapologetically “that bitch”
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Over Thanksgiving, my dad’s side of the family sat down around the cottage dining room table and we got into a couple of heated conversations (actually, it was mainly my dad and I arguing about politics – which is always fun). But from this conversation, we somehow got to the topic of why a woman…
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The death of fast fashion
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Last week, fast fashion giant Forever 21 announced that it would begin closing all of its Canadian locations effective immediately. 44 locations in all will be closing their doors as a result of the company’s bankruptcy, and thank goodness for that. Although hundreds (if not thousands) of jobs will be lost, as our society moves…
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Welcome to Thrive Week!
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Laurier’s bi-annual Thrive Week is taking place for the fall semester this week, beginning Oct. 7 and finishing on Oct. 11, with events and giveaways all week long to bring awareness to the resources available to students on campus struggling with their mental health. Events are happening throughout the week range from multiple different athletic…
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Editorial: Decisions, decisions
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In a world full of contradicting ideas, it is hard to clearly identify what you believe in and what is best for yourself. Whether it be personal ideas or the style to try and keep up with, as it is difficult to always differ if you’re aiming to please yourself or others. I find I’m…
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