Category: Opinion
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Influencer or celebrity: How the tides of fame are turning
Photo Contribution by Olga Steblyk It’s that time of year where our social media feeds are full of the fashion and winner lists of annual awards shows. Who wore what, who came…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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 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…
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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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Standardized Testing and Objectivity Within a Subjective World
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In the wake of COVID-19, the world was plunged into a hysteria of change. Life as we know it would never be the same…
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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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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. …
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
