Opinion

When I was younger I had this foggy impression that adults had everything figured out. I was sure that my mom, my dad, my teachers and my babysitter k...

Memes have become a daily part of modern society. We thrive on them. They express emotions in ways our faces cannot. Have a midterm exam that you have...

I’m sure most students have experienced three-hour lectures sometime throughout their career at Laurier, since they seem impossible to avoid. I per...

I don’t think it will come as a surprise to anyone when I say I have been catcalled more times than I can count. Now that I’m in my fourth year at...

“Brantford” and “beautiful”: two words that are never used in the same sentence, as I learned very quickly as a first-year. Coming from a s...

In a YouTube video uploaded by the National Post on September 6, writer Christie Blatchford discussed the idea of who should and shouldn’t be allowe...

Leaving Laurier means leaving behind a part of my identity.   This coming June my graduating class and I will walk across the stage at the Sander...

Brantford doesn’t suck.   As a Laurier Brantford student myself, I understand the weird relationship between Laurier students and Brantford as ...

For a long time it was hard for me to tell people that I met my boyfriend on Tinder. In all honesty, I still don’t feel completely confortable when ...

One in four women and one in five men is sexually assaulted in North America, but not everyone who is assaulted handles it in the same way. Every ex...

As a young person it seems as though having sex is everything. We tend to feel like we’re unattractive if we don’t have a sex life. The girl or ...

I’m sick of people saying Hufflepuffs are whoozies and I’m tired of stuck-up sacs of scum calling our sacred badgers pushovers. This cocky worl...

In the midst of these horrible winter months when blankets of snow cover our once green and colourful neighbourhoods, many people have turned to hous...

For many, Canada has been a land of openness and accessibility – a land with freedom of the press, equal opportunity, and democracy. However, this c...

An opinion article last week warned students to audit their on-screen heroes and be wary of one’s attachment to TV shows. I challenge you to do the ...

It’s almost an unspoken rule amongst Canadians that vacations are meant to take place when the weather is at its most unbearable.   Primeti...

A wise poet, George Santayana, once said, “Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them”, but wha...

How many times have your friends said to you “I need to catch up on this show” or “I can easily finish this season by the end of today”?   ...

Everybody loves Disney. And if you happen to be a Millennial than you probably feel a close personal connection to their movies.   If this is the...

So, what are you going to do after you graduate? Where do you want to work when you’re finished school? Are there a lot of jobs in that field? Have...