Is friends with benefits worth the risk?
In this day and age, more and more people prefer hooking up and being friends with benefits than having a boyfriend or girlfriend The reason behind this is that relationships...
When common figures of speech become inappropriate
Looking for the right words to express your frustration at your third midterm this week Stressed about the latest essay proposal and don’t know how to properly complain We...
Mainstream appropriation gets tangled with black culture
I don’t know about you, but earlier in September I was too busy navigating my new classes and their requirements to bother with the obvious mess of cultural appropriation...
Removing the director from the film
We are nearing the release of The Birth of a Nation into theatres, a Sundance Festival smash that is somehow proving more controversial than the 1915 cinematic love letter to the...
New WLU library art exhibit addresses consent
On Wednesday night, the Graduate Students Association and the Wilfrid Laurier University Library had their official opening of #ConsentED, an interactive exhibit focused on...
Unsigned: supporting free transit for lower incomes
The Alliance Against Poverty is attempting to get the Grand River Transit Commission to allow low-income people to ride the bus free of charge Obviously, this is a good idea...
Unsigned: evaluating the role of the chancellor
Laurier recently elected a new chancellor, which seems to be a figurehead role in our university, though the average student doesn’t know what this job entails Canada does seem...
Laurier’s DEO offers safe space
As a response to the police brutality against black people in the United States, as well as the increased presence of racialized violence in the media, Wilfrid Laurier...
Time management is essential to university success
As fall reading week quickly approaches, so too does midterm season: a time when all of us are busy reading and reviewing our notes in preparation for the long days ahead For...