university life
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University milestones and eliminating guilt
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The minute you begin your first year at university, there are a number of expectations (both spoken and unspoken) that you are supposed to fulfill. By the end of first year, for a number of programs, you may feel like a failure if you have not come out with a great internship for the summer. …
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How to stay motivated throughout online courses
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As the global pandemic looms over us, it may feel difficult to focus on our university courses. In addition to the regular stress of university, there are feelings of anxiety and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and its effects on our daily lives. Now that courses are delivered online, we have shifted to a synchronous and…
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Appreciating your parents
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As I get older, the more I that I’m realizing just how much of a sentimental person I really am. And to acknowledge that I’m becoming even more of a sap is truly saying something—I regularly cry over innocuously trivial things like holiday commercials and videos of baby sloths—so aging into my mid-twenties has clearly…
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When student life and married life intersect
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How’s married life?” I get asked this question about twice a week these days, since I got married just before school started back up this September. For the first few weeks after we got back from our canoe trip honeymoon, the question was “how was the wedding?” This was an easy-peasy question to answer, because…
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Moving away from your childhood home
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I grew up in a small town, went to a small school and hung out with a small group of friends. It was great. About 25,000 people call Orangeville, Ontario home, and a few dozen of those residents included my mom and dad, my teachers, my acquaintances, my doctor, my dentist, my mailman, my childhood…
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Editorial: University Independence
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I always knew I wanted to live away from home when picking a university, what I didn’t know would happen would be the independence I gained from doing so. This allowed me to find time for myself and tap into who I am and find what I love doing. Growing up, we are always rushed…
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Editorial: Finding happiness in university
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Finding consistent happiness when multiple aspects of your life are uncertain can be challenging at times, especially during your time in university. I’ve changed my mind about what it is I want to do with my life after I’m finished school too many times to count and spent more time than I’d like to admit…
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Leave your teenage arguments in high school when you go into university
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I’ve been at Laurier since September 2014 and I’ve noticed something during that time: while we all may be in university now and are now young adults, some people refuse to let go of old, unimportant dramatics from high school. More specifically, I’ve seen people go out of their way to chirp others for their…
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Tips for succeeding and doing better in school
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I wish that I was one of those people who had the natural motivation to keep up with my classes, readings and assignments, on top of work, extracurriculars and a thriving social life. As someone who has always struggled to keep those priorities in focus, it has been one of the hardest things about university…
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The Centre for Women in Science hosts simultaneous chess exhibition
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On March 13, 2018, the Centre for Women in Science at Wilfrid Laurier University hosted a simultaneous chess exhibition at the Science Building Atrium. Woman International Master Natalia Khoudgarian took on 30 students at the same time, playing chess against each student simultaneously. The 30 chess boards were organized in a rectangle in the Atrium…
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