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Not every family is Ohana: leave them behind
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There’s a commonly used phrase that always irks me whenever I hear it: “blood is thicker than water.” It’s thrown around in movies and on TV shows as a humbling way to teach values about familial bonds. In real life, it’s often utilized as a backhanded form of misplaced guilt. Proverbs like this tend to…
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Waterloo prepares for St. Patrick’s Day
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Wilfrid Laurier University, along with community services, have begun preparing for one of the biggest holidays of the year: St. Patrick’s Day. Over 5,000 people gathered on Ezra Street last year to commemorate the holiday. Laurier’s dean of students, Leanne Holland-Brown, stressed the importance of participating with Laurier pride in mind, but the first and…
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