An argument for Brantford

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor The Research and Academic Centre East. At some point in your time at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, you’ve probably heard some sort of comment about the quality of our campus. Such comments may range…

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What could TikTok bans look like for students?

Photo Contribution by Jeremy Vyn At the end of February, the Government of Canada announced that TikTok would be removed from all government issued devices. The Chief Information Officer of Canada deemed that TikTok’s data collection could result in cyberattacks,…

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Keep calm and celebrate on

Contributed Photo St. Patrick’s Day. The day of wearing green, the luck of the Irish and a few extra drinks.    St. Patrick’s Day is a day associated with a good time, and if we all remember to celebrate responsibly, it…

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Chat GPT: You can’t get away with it

Contributed Photo Maybe you live under a rock and haven’t seen the latest AI auto generator. If that is the case, allow me to introduce you. Chat GPT is a new AI software that uses writing prompts, such as “write…

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Black History Month at Laurier Brantford

Photo Contribution by Serena Anagbe Last month was February and Black History Month, a month dedicated to the learning and remembering of our Black communities.    After some research and speaking with Brianna Alexander, the co-president for the Black Student Collective…

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Valentine’s Day isn’t what it used to be

Photo Contribution by Jeremy Vyn Another season of love has passed. A special day of romance and friendship. The most romantic day of the year, Feb. 14.    Many people see Valentine’s Day as a day of love and happiness to…

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What the winter?

Contributed Photo It doesn’t take a meteorologist or scientist to know that something is having a big impact on our weather. With record high winter temperatures across the globe, all signs are pointing to climate change catching up with us. …

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Extra-curriculars & What They Have to Offer

Contributed Photo Extracurricular involvement is a part of almost all school communities from Pre-K to college or university. A way to be a part of the school community that is a little better than classes sometimes.   These activities give students…

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“Avatar”: A sequel worth waiting For

Photo Credits to Nida Shanar In 2009, Director James Cameron’s “Avatar” came out in theatres and broke box office records around the world for highest-grossing film. Now almost 15 years later, the sequel “Avatar: Way of the Water” has already…

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She’s back: A Review of SOS

Photo Credit to WikiCommons It has been five long years since SZA released her acclaimed debut album, Ctrl, and established herself as a defining voice of the 2010s. That’s one reason why the immediate success of her newest release, SOS—it…

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The best Christmas movies

It’s that time of the year! Time to light the fireplace, put on an ugly Christmas sweater, dust off your DVD player and remove the shrink wrap from those totally legally purchased Christmas classics!   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) –…

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Masks on campus: Yay or Nay?

Masks have been a large part of our everyday lives for almost the last three years now. While there has been some progress in the case numbers from the pandemic going down, there is still the threat of symptoms and…

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Park your expectations for campus parking

Photo contributed by Jeremy Vyn / Sputnik Photography Wilfrid Laurier University – you belong here. Just not your car…for more than two hours.  If you did belong here, you might be able to find a parking space that allows you…

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The Unfortunate Necessity of the Side Hustle

Contributed photo Abacus, a Canadian research firm, declared back in May that 59 per cent of Canadians have taken on or considered taking on a side hustle. Why wouldn’t they, with the cost of living and eating consuming most of…

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Minimum Wage? Minimum Effort.

Photo contributed by Serena Anagbe The MNP Consumer Debt Index assesses how Canadians are doing financially and every quarter, they publish a list of this. This year, they’ve determined that nearly half of all Canadians are on the brink of…

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In Defense of Plastic Surgery

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The year is 2022. Magazines and Instagram models everywhere are in the business of selling insecurity to the young and old people of the world alike. The prevalence of cosmetic surgery is…

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Why every child should have an education in music

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUNTIK PHOTOGRAPHY Hot cross buns.   Three words, many meanings. A delicious treat to many of us. The start of our glorious music education for those who remember.    Folks who grew up in…

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Why winter is the worst season

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Winter: the seedy underbelly of the annual calendar. Perhaps you are one of those people who finds this season to be a revitalizing period filled with hot soup and crackling fires. But…

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Landlords vs (Student) Tenants

Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels Ah, landlords. You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Fortunately, I have never been subjected to having to rent a living space in all the time I’ve spent on this planet, and I would…

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Dwindling Audience Attendance at Movie Theaters

Because of the modern power of streaming services combined with that pesky old virus COVID-19, movies premiering in theaters now undergo a period of only about 35 days before they are made available on platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+,…

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Enter the Metaverse

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When the pandemic hit, everything changed. It wasn’t just the victims of the virus, the surging of hospitals and the closing of countless businesses.  People’s lives were changed, and the world was…

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Why we shouldn’t “eat the rich”

PHOTO BY David Suarez / Unsplash  “Eat the rich” – this line has encompassed the current attitude of the world towards wealthy individuals in the past few years. In the west, a reckoning seems to be erupting as economic disparities have…

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Travis Scott Concert – Who is at fault?

PHOTO BY Alexander Londoño / Unsplash One of the most popular rappers of his generation, fans from everywhere line up for hours to see Travis Scott perform live. The Texan performer is perhaps best known for his 2018 smash hit album,…

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Invest rather than Fast Fashion

Fashion and the shopping that comes with it are both huge interests of mine. To the regret of my friends and family, I would rather spend hours walking around the mall with a Starbucks in my hand than doing anything…

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Halloween Takes Over the World

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY With October coming to a close, the streets go dark as it’s last night sets in, the streets run crooked with tall mischievous trees looking beneath as they stand guard for houses…

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