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Time management tips just in time for exam season
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As students and individuals, we may find ourselves in a constant battle against time. Our important tasks collide in a mosh pit with our personal lives, and suddenly we don’t know where our priorities lay. This blur of priorities can cause procrastination, which unfortunately, the days aren’t long enough for. What if you can live…
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Unsigned: Responding to Jamalof’s violation of COVID-19 regulations
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On Jan. 29, Pegah Jamalof was announced as the 2021-22 Students’ Union president and CEO during a live Zoom event where she appeared to be at an unsanctioned group gathering. In a follow-up statement, Jamalof confirmed that the gathering did not adhere to COVID-19 bylaws. Jamalof’s violation of COVID-19 bylaws coupled with her lack of…
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Debunking procrastination
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While every semester comes with its unique challenges, the most common challenge students face is procrastination. With the online delivery of both the upcoming Fall and Winter semesters, students have increasing anxieties about procrastination since they will be learning from home and will not have access to study spaces on campus or as many outlets…
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Time management resources available to students on campus
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Midterm season is in full-gear and with all the assignments, essays and midterms due this week, it’s not always easy to stay on top of things. Although Reading Week has just passed, you might feel as though you didn’t get enough work done, if any. Academics are easily the largest cause of stress for students,…
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Unsigned: Destroying our paper does nothing to silence our voices
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On Nov. 22, hundreds of copies of The Cord were destroyed at several of our distribution spots. Shortly afterwards, a pile of ripped up newspapers were left on our office doorstep. The response to these actions has been primarily beneficial, but it’s also provided others with a means to pick sides with their own…
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Unsigned: Do the St. Patrick’s day excitements outweigh the costs?
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Needless to say, St. Patrick’s Day isn’t like all of the other holidays throughout the year for Laurier students. It’s not like any other party day, either. St. Patrick’s Day is unique in its ability to cause mayhem and push boundaries of good decisions — but why? A lot of it comes down to social…
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Unsigned: Standing up for your beliefs can make a big difference
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For the first time since the protests began, it appears that the Dakota Access Pipeline may be diverted around Standing Rock. In this case, the relentless protests of the Indigenous people and their allies made a difference to their future. The protests against the pipeline were organized and direct. It attracted the attention of countless…
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Unsigned: “Study drugs” are a bad habit that should be avoided
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University is a competitive place to be. Everyone is balancing so many things at once — that’s not new information. In a sphere that directly compares us to one another, students seem to be willing to go to any means to get a competitive edge. In the same way that some students pull all-nighters and…
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Unsigned: Stealing from work is sometimes accepted in our culture
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A former bookstore employee is being charged with theft over $5,000 after $31,000 went missing from the bookstore safe in September 2014. Though the alleged act is obviously wrong, this led us to put theft on a spectrum. Do we see some kinds of theft as lesser than others? It seems to be a consensus…
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Unsigned: evaluating the role of the chancellor
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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 to still take a lot of those symbolic roles from Great Britain. This week, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children landed on the west coast…
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