Author: Marisa Cerasoli
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The best uses of music in television
Photo Contribution by Serena Anagbe There have been some pivotal moments in fictional television that have struck the cultural zeitgeist in significant and unexpected ways. Ross and Rachel’s first kiss, the Game…
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How AI impacts art
Photo Contribution by Jeremy Vyn From language patterns to 3D protein structure remodelling, artificial intelligence has made some significant strides in the past few years. One stride that has been the source…
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2022: Year in film
Photo Contribution by Jeremy Vyn As we bid so long, farewell to 2022, it’s always fun to look back at the artistic heights reached by countless talents who gave their all to…
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WCC’s Artfest
This past Saturday, Nov. 26, the Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC) hosted its first Winter Artfest. A delightful (and free!) celebration of Indigenous artistry, complete with tasty food and tons of incredible items…
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Canada’s historical World Cup run
Nothing is more exciting to soccer fans everywhere than the quadrennial event that will be gracing our screens until mid-December. The FIFA World Cup, hosted this year in Qatar, is consistently one…
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Student Musician Spotlight: Evan Vandenberg
Photo contributed by Marisa Cerasoli / The Sputnik Evan Vandenberg, a fourth-year business technology management student and co-president of the BTM Students’ Association, stays busy with his studies and other business-related activities. Breaking…
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Attending Ontario’s Premier Arts Festivals
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MARISA CERASOLI / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Three festivals, each alike in dignity, in fair southern Ontario where we lay our scene. Over the past few weekends, I have been lucky…
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Between a Rock and a Hurt Face: An Opinion on Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock
I know, I know. Not ANOTHER unasked-for opinion thrown into the chaotic hellfire of public discourse surrounding Will Smith’s notorious Oscars’ moment. I’m sorry to beat a dead horse but I simply…
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My March Favourites: The Best of Music, TV, and Film in March
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEREMY VYN / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY I cannot believe that we’ve already lived through the entire month of March 2022. I am deeply troubled by the rapid passage of time.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Taylor Swift’s All Too Well is One of the Greatest Breakup Songs of All Time
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the process of re-recording her entire catalogue in order to gain ownership over her masters, Taylor Swift recently topped the charts and broke…
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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…
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Why Co-op Programs Should be a Mandatory Component of Almost All University Programs
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY What is the main reason most people decide to pursue a university education? While there is certainly the benefit of general intellectual development…
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Squid Game is the Most Culturally Important TV Show in Recent Memory
PHOTO BY AYSE ARAS / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Just in case you haven’t heard enough Squid Game discourse these past few weeks, I’m here to provide another opinion that only my editors asked…
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The Incompatibility of Online School and Mental Illness
PHOTO BY MOLLY SIMPSON / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As we trek on towards the halfway mark of our fall 2021 semester, I can’t help but think about how at this time last year,…
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Vaccine Passports at Laurier and In Canada
CONTRIBUTED BY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The question surrounding mandatory vaccine passports on university campuses and throughout the country is quite the hot topic these days. Call me a sheep. Call me…
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Slow internet in a virtual classroom
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY “You keep cutting out.” “Your screen is all blurry.” “There’s an echo in your audio.” “It must be your Wi-Fi.” At this…
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Same tuition cost; lower educational quality
MICHAEL PIRILLO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As we make our way through another online midterm season, I’m realizing just how little I have learned since last March. This time last…
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Exploring the widespread lack enthusiasm for online clubs
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Beyond the obvious negative effects that being forced to earn our university degrees from our bedrooms has had on all of us, the pandemic has…
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