Talking mental health: Striving for success
Will it ever be good enough If you struggle with perfectionism then the answer is likely no Many university students strive for excellence, but those with perfectionism set...
Canada awaits Harper’s input on UN recommendation
Aboriginal rights and treatment have long been issues in Canadian society Recently, however, the issue has received new levels of attention and the plight of Canada’s Aboriginal...
All-consuming competition
In the classroom or lecture hall, competition among students touches every part of the educational experience We compete for the best marks, the most attention and the most...
School should take note of baseball team’s redemption
The Laurier men’s baseball team won their first-ever Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship with a win over the Brock Badgers on Sunday night It’s been a long road...
Animals deserve better
Ever since starting, and admittedly finishing, at the Burlington Humane Society (BHS) as a volunteer, I have not been able to shake thoughts of animal cruelty out of my head...
Social media: we’re doing it wrong
A helicopter landed on Alumni field at Wilfrid Laurier University and I had the privilege of prime seating from the third floor science building As you’d expect, a crowd...
Shutdown brings out the worst in us
The American government shutdown has brought out the worst in all of us It has revealed the arrogance, stupidity and childish ignorance of not only the US...
The experience of reading is beneficial and incomparable
I recently had the pleasure of participating in the first annual Waterloo Reads 2013 a couple weeks back, which is a friendly competition where “local celebrities” from...
Hard to see fairness in profit-first flat-rate tuition policy
There are currently nine universities in Canada that subscribe to a flat-rate tuition policy which includes a threshold that if passed, requires students to pay a full-time rate...
Smoking ban a product of public health care
A few weeks ago, I came across a plan by the City of Waterloo to ban smoking in public places It’s not exactly groundbreaking — there are plenty of federal, provincial...