Category: Features
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What if I can’t afford help?
It shouldn’t be any secret that a great number of university and college students struggle with their mental health. In 2016, the Ontario Canada Reference Group, reported that 65 per cent of…
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Through the Time Capsule: The mark of the Etheringtons
Meet Nathan Etherington. If that last name sounds familiar to you, you’re probably from Paris, ON. The Etherington family first migrated from England to Paris in 1877. Like many other families who…
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Why game design takes four years
It’s hard enough to avoid assumptions around an arts program in university. Many people don’t see the point in pursuing the arts as a lifelong career, especially when there’s the notion that…
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Through the Time Capsule: A Tuscarora New Year
2016 has been one hell of a year, and I’m ready for it to be wrapped up and over with. I embrace 2017 with open arms, in fact, this may be an…
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Shit parents say
“If you keep making that face, it will stay like that. Chocolate milk comes from brown cows. When you become a parent, you grow eyes on the back of your head.” Do…
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Oh joy… It’s the holidays again
Christmas is celebrated by millions of people around the world. Disliking Christmas is definitely not a popular opinion, but there are some who have it nonetheless. Everyone has a reason, whether it…
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Medicine making
Everyday products that we buy from grocery stores always have a cleaner and greener alternative. After sitting down with the medicine making class in Laurier’s Aboriginal Student House, learned how to make…
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Laurier Brantford tackles the embarrassing first crush cliche
Everyone should be able to recall their very first crush and how they felt when they were around them. It’s a feeling like no other, your heart starts to race when they’re…
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Through the Time Capsule: The importance of remembering
Every year, on Nov. 11, we remember. The world remembers. Though it was initially created to commemorate the lives lost during WWI, Remembrance Day has since been dedicated to honouring the lives…
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The trauma underlying trigger warnings
Triggered. I’ve seen this word circulating the internet over the last couple of months, in different environments and in different contexts. I’m sure you’ve seen it too. No one can forget the…
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Through the Time Capsule: The evolution of Brantwood Community Centre
Diseases have swept across the earth since the beginning of time. The tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the 19th century led to the creation of many sanatoriums in cities around the world, including…
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The pressure to perform: Musicians discuss mental health
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…
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“Macho macho man… I want to be a macho man”
The first thing you should ask yourself is what you think hypermasculinity really is. In many cases, this is the first time that some of you have even heard of the term. …
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Unearthing a new alternative for medicating depression
In a world filled with so many problems, there is always a pill for this or that. In the medical world, medications are constantly being improved to reduce side effects or to…
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The hidden face of global warming
A small Icelandic town, surrounded with jagged ice-age worn cliffs and glacier cold water falls. It is tumbling towards the ground below. Famous for its untouched northern lights and its fresh fish,…
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Through the Time Capsule: The Man in the Middle of Victoria Park
Joseph “Thayendangea” Brant is the name of the man whose form is erected in stone in Victoria Park. Born in March of 1743 by the Cuyahoga River in what is now present…
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Gamer girls vs. the gaming world
In an industry in which the consumers are split almost perfectly between men and women, one would think that the gaming world would make an effort to better appeal to both sides…
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“My costume is not consent”
With Halloween right around the corner, many students will be dressing up as their favourite characters this year. To paraphrase Cady from Mean Girls, Halloween is the one time of year where…
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Brewing with Bell City
Craft breweries are integrated in many local communities’ cultures and within student cultures. Brantford has its own craft beer culture with Bell City Brewing Company. Dennis Marijan is the co-founder of Bell…
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Through the Time Capsule: A phonetic moment in history
Details in this article were provided by Brant Historical Society The millennial generation spends a lot of time on their phone, it’s an indisputable fact. I mean how could they not? With…
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Tattoo Addiction
* Tattoo’s belong to Kelsey Anger Most people who have tattoos will agree that once you get one, it’s hard to stop. Over the past few decades, tattoos have made an increase…
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Through the Time Capsule: A showing of the Sanderson
The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts has stood on Dalhousie Street for nearly a century. As time has passed, the community has changed and so has the theatre. The theatre debuted…
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Students’ fashion around campus
What we wear is a form of self-expression, it’s how we want society to perceive us. Different religions, cultures, and beliefs have different individual attire to represent their values and/or character. Finding…
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Through the Time Capsule: Where Laurier Brantford Stands
Information and dates in this article were provided by Brant Historical Society board member Douglas Summerhayes and also from the book Reinventing Brantford: A University comes Downtown by Leo Groarke. For anyone…
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Shining through the meaning behind Shinerama
At the start of every school year Laurier Brantford’s students’ union alongside the university goes above and beyond to welcome the upcoming first years. O-week is supposed to be the most memorable…
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Through The Time Capsule, A Story of a Canadian Soldier
Sept. 1, 1939 is attributed to being the beginning of World War II. Germany invaded Poland and the rest as we know it is history. There are many brave soldiers that helped shaped…
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The Catfish Experience
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…
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Golden Hawks Around the Globe
Almost every person has a list of countries they want to travel to on their bucket list. traveling is more than just a chance to get some much needed R and R.…
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Laurier Brantford, here for survivors
“The person we’ve hired has really made the position, and I think that’s key to this. We have a caring, compassionate, smart, confident, strong, intelligent person,” says Adam Lawrence, Laurier Brantford’s dean…
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What’s your thing?
Meet Aaya El Zein, the photography artist El Zein has been labelled a Muslim, the Hijabi woman, and an artist. All of these titles have applied to El Zein at one point…
