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Sitting down for extended periods of time taking its toll on students
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Students not only have to work their butts off, but also have to spend a lot of time sitting on them too. On any given day, you find yourself sitting in a lecture, then on your way home you either sit down on the bus or in the car. Once at home, it’s usually sitting…
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Another chance for Harmony Lunch building in Waterloo Region
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Harmony Lunch in Waterloo is set to reopen after its recent closure a few weeks ago. The historic restaurant has been owned by the Marks family for the past 86 years. The restaurant brought numerous regular customers to the building on Oct. 29 for their last meal before shutting down. Community members valued Harmony Lunch…
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Women’s hockey off to a slow start at WLU
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The Laurier women’s hockey team has gotten off to a rough start in their 2016-17 season, winning just one of their first seven games. Coach Rick Osborne addressed his team’s poor play. “We just haven’t played well enough yet,” he said. “We haven’t been able to play back-to-back games well. We seem to lose our…
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Surviving the Holocaust: Paula Goldhar’s Story
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“I would like to thank everyone for coming,” Paula Goldhar said after the microphone’s technical difficulties were sorted out. The presentation was held last Wednesday in a University of Waterloo Mathematics Auditorium, hosted by Hillel Waterloo, for Holocaust Education Week. Paula sat between her two grandchildren, Dayna and Eli Goldhar, in between two projector screens…
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2017 WLU Student’s Union election prep begins
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With the American presidential race winding down, Wilfrid Laurier University must now look ahead to their own upcoming election season. The Laurier student elections are held across campuses every new year, when the student body is given the opportunity to elect their own Students’ Union president, as well as the members of the Students’ Union…
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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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Unethical life hacks to use sparingly
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University is a busy time for everyone. Students are constantly juggling school, jobs, relationships and extra-circulars, not to mention trying to figure out what to do in life once university wraps up. With the constant busyness of life, it’s no surprise that “life hacks” circulate online daily. They provide shortcuts to make everyday tasks faster,…
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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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Laurier’s new sexual violence policy is one step closer to approval
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The Gendered Violence Task Force held a town hall meeting last Thursday on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus, to provide students a space to discuss and ask questions about the newly released sexual violence policy and procedure. Town halls were additionally held on both the Laurier Brantford and Kitchener campuses earlier that same week, ensuring…
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The ultimate pet showdown: Dogs vs Cats
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Dogs Dogs – Loyalty There is a reason dogs are known as “man’s best friend,” that reason being the innate loyalty of domesticated dogs. Dogs have been known to save babies from burning buildings, as well as achieving heroic feats such as starving after their owners pass on, rather than eating them like their feline…
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