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Bingemans hosts drive thru light display
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This year, Bingemans is hosting a two kilometre drive-thru light display in partnership with the Gift of Lights. Located just off of Bingemans Centre Drive, the light show includes 30 animated and static light displays that consist of over one million twinkling lights. The Gift of Lights has arranged similar displays in throughout the states,…
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Etsy Holiday Market more popular than organizers expected
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As a very conscious spender, I have always been taught to really evaluate my shopping decisions. I think deep down, my parents just believed me to be the child to uselessly spend $100 on trinkets. And they weren’t wrong. My motto is, more is more. So when the Etsy Holiday Market came to the Waterloo…
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BLOC BY BLOCK rocks LSPIRG
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Last Wednesday, Laurier Students’ Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) hosted K-W Launch of BLOC BY BLOC: The Insurrection Game. The game was created by Rocket Lee and Tim Simons as a semi-cooperative strategy board game inspired by twenty-first century urban rebellion, according to the Out of Order Games website. Together, the pair have many years…
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The Skints bring the groove back to Starlight
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Arriving at Starlight Social Club in Waterloo to an intimate crowd of admiring fans, the Skints felt the love as they took the stage to loud cheers, before even picking up their instruments. The Skints, a reggae-ska-punk rock-funk-hip hop fusion band from London, England cannot be contained to one genre of music. “We began as…
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Student Life Levy fall 2016 winners announced
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The Student Life Levy committee at Wilfrid Laurier University has released the projects approved for funding for the fall 2016 term. The Student Life Levy approved eight Waterloo projects this term, with an additional five Brantford projects and both multi-campus applications. “[Student Life Levy projects must] enhance student life whether it be physical or mental…
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Piano donated to concourse for student use
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This past week, Wilfrid Laurier University’s faculty of music hosted an event in the Concourse to inaugurate the newly donated piano for all students to use. The piano is located in the Fred Nichols Campus Centre beside the Starbucks on the Waterloo campus. The concert took place on, the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 17. The…
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It’s okay to feel a bit lost
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Everyone, at some point in their lives, will feel lost and astray about their future and that inevitably comes with a side of melancholy. But this state of mind — this gloomy feeling — isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Since early grade school, I have always wanted to have a career in tech, mostly because…
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Everything women do is greeted with hate
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A few days ago, I was nonchalantly scrolling through my Instagram feed when I came across a photo of a girl was leaning over a table at McDonald’s and the view was focused clearly on the underside of her dress. Little was left to the imagination and it was probable that she didn’t know what…
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Costco opening disrupts garbage collection
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Garbage collection in the Waterloo Region was recently delayed as a result of the grand opening of the new Costco store in Waterloo. Costco’s grand opening took place on the same day that many residents in Waterloo were to have their garbage collected. The high volume of people coming into the Costco parking lot, which…
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GSA introduces new Leaders of Laurier awards
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students’ Association recently announced that they will rename their Researchers of Laurier program to Leaders of Laurier. The change comes with the introduction of two additional categories that graduate students are eligible to apply. The three categories include Researchers of Laurier, Innovators/Entrepreneurs of Laurier and Community Champion of Laurier. The…
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