Category: Opinion

In the midst of these horrible winter months when blankets of snow cover our once green and colourful neighbourhoods, many people have turned to houseplants to get them through these dark times.   Windowsill…

Winter is known for many things: icey roads, a copious amount of shovelling, cancelled classes, and being a nearly impossible season for fashion. However, the most sinister result of this time of…

An opinion article last week warned students to audit their on-screen heroes and be wary of one’s attachment to TV shows. I challenge you to do the opposite, celebrate your passion without…

It’s almost an unspoken rule amongst Canadians that vacations are meant to take place when the weather is at its most unbearable.   Primetime for these holidays are planned anywhere between November until February or March.  I distinctly…

Banning a piece of religious apparel is a form of oppression, simple as that. Refusing public service to those who do not comply with Quebec’s Bill 62 is the exact same thing.   The bill, which was passed…

A wise poet, George Santayana, once said, “Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them”, but what if this focus on our predecessors is also a mistake?  In North…

How many times have your friends said to you “I need to catch up on this show” or “I can easily finish this season by the end of today”?   We spend so…

It’s that time of season again when the leaves turn orange and yellow, the air gets a little chilly and university students appropriate cultures of all kinds.   That’s right folks, it’s Halloween!   The one time of…

Everybody loves Disney. And if you happen to be a Millennial than you probably feel a close personal connection to their movies.   If this is the case then you might be excited…

So, what are you going to do after you graduate? Where do you want to work when you’re finished school? Are there a lot of jobs in that field? Have you thought about…

To this day, we have spent most of our lives inside the classroom, learning new material then being judged on how well we have learned it.  Education has been brought up in…

Game of Thrones is awesome, and it’s about to end.  It has long been speculated, but now confirmed, that the next season of this hit show will be its last. Befitting such awesomeness, each episode will be equivalent to a feature-length…

Hackers have proven yet again that we will never be safe.  If you have OSAP, a credit card or any sort of loan, you will likely have your identity stolen in the…

It’s 2017 and now, more than ever before, we’re using technology to communicate with others in our everyday lives. Along with all the conveniences technology has brought society, it has also made it easier to separate ourselves…

Laurier has two passionate, hard working and highly skilled varsity hockey teams. For now I’ll refer to them as Team One and Team Two.   Team One was established in 1921. Since then, they’ve won a total of three OUA (Ontario University Athletics) championships,…

Twin Peaks: The Return has been every bit of weird and spectacular fun as a fan of the original series may expect. Some truly horrifying and wonderful things have been aired on television…

Welcome to life away from home.   For many of us, university is our first experience living on our own, apart from maybe a few weeks of summer camp here and there.   Even…

I have only seen Captain America: The First Avenger once, and beforehand my roommate had promised me this would be the single greatest superhero movie of our generation. I was greatly disappointed.…

Two years ago the laughable ‘rumour’ of Donald Trump running for the Republican Party was a short-held conversation amongst most intellects. The very idea of taking this extravagant publicity stunt seriously was unthinkable, never mind believing…

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…

People say, “Jennany…. Is that like Jen-ay? Jenny? Janani?” So I say, “Just call me Jenn.” “Are you Indian?” “Do like curry?” “Do you already have a marriage proposal?” “Is that like…

As I look back at all my years of experience as a student journalist, I wonder if they were worth it. I came into Laurier Brantford excited to study journalism. I snatched…

Growing up, there are two kinds of individuals we may become. An individual who has everything handed to them and an individual who has to earn everything for themselves. Let’s name individual…