In the first year of my undergrad I spent more money paying off parking tickets than I did on books. Easily. As it turns out, it would have been more financially beneficial for me to just buy a parking pass,…
In 1613 the Five Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) presented a group of Dutch government representatives with a wampum belt. This act, which has become known as the ‘Two Row Wampum Treaty’, was meant to symbolize an alliance between the two…
When I saw that Drake finally dropped his More Life playlist, I instantly began clearing space on my phone to make room for it. You hear a lot of people say things like ‘I’m going to wait for the hype…
For some reason the word hipster often brings up disdain when brought into a conversation – especially when that conversation is with a hipster. Don’t get me wrong, hearing the word hipster in a sentence with my name used to…
If you’re settling down for the night by yourself, chances are pretty high that you are going to be on your phone. We all get lonely, right? It’s something we try to hide for fear of being needy or bothersome,…
“I’ve seen the X-Files…” he quips as he paces the room and ponders my question. I ask him if the following event confirms his belief and he nods in agreement. Sadat is a criminology student at Laurier. He also strongly…
Members from various student publications recently gathered in Fredericton for the 79th annual NASH conference, organized by the Canadian University Press (CUP). Representatives from Laurier included various editors and photographers from its respective student publications, including ten from The Cord,…
Five to one odds, a 48 second fight that saw about 24 clean punches to the face, a relatively divided crowd (excited nonetheless), and a fallen champion with a bruised ego… Doesn’t it always seem like the most happens in…
I think we should all take a post-game knee as 2016 comes to a close and reflect on what has been one of the most eventful and exhausting years of the 2010s – we all took the ‘L’ on this…
It seems like we go through the same cycle of celebrity mourning every year; aging icons pass away and we all act dumbfounded, like death isn’t some essential of being alive or anything… But man, this year was different… right?…
Now that the clown thing has finally blown over and we are worried about a different clown, I thought it might be a good time to deposit my two cents on the issue. There is no doubt in my mind…
You get sad, you bust out the Zune, and you jam to some good tunes. There is no real science to it. In fact, it’s second nature; music is often times the emotional crutch that we all need. But what…
“Don’t get suicidal like ya friend, here’s a casket/Steez burning in hell” Earlier this year fans of hip hop music were taken aback when they heard these bars, which were from the song Badass by the Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave.…
Brantford’s downtown is home to a wide variety of shops and small businesses. These businesses define Brantford, but what defines the businesses? This is the inspiration behind “Clerks”; getting to know those who know us so well. From our shoe…
Chances are if you have been on Twitter in the past month (or live on the planet Earth) you have probably noticed the hype leading up to and preceding Frank Ocean’s highly anticipated follow up to the 2012 smash, ‘Channel…
With their profile pictures curated from Google images, their short contact list which might have one or two common friends, and a wall completely devoid of any actual social interaction, it’s almost as if they made the account yesterday just…
