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THE ELEPHANT: KITCHENER MOVES SLOWLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTON
Despite a marginal drop in interest rates from the Bank of Canada and the minimal drop in housing prices, the housing market is slower this year compared to last year. The effects of rising costs of living and a stagnant unemployment rate in Waterloo Region are causing many to adjust their spending habits. With the…
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IN SOLIDARITY: WLU STUDENTS STRIVE FOR UNIONIZATION
If you’ve spent time at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) recently, you’ll have likely seen stickers posted around campus bearing this call to action. Maybe you’ve also seen posters, stuck to bulletin boards or taped up on the door of your favourite professor, exclaiming “I SUPPORT All Student Workers.” Or perhaps you’ve seen students hurrying to…
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NEW TUNE REVIEW: NATASHA RITCHIE I LOVE YOU UNTIL THE SUN DIES (2024)
Waterloo’s Connor Kurtz explores avante-noise subgenre’s under the name Important Hair. Their latest effort, Natasha Ritchie I Love You Until the Sun Dies (2024), is a meditative collection that sets a course for an experiential ritual in the art of noise. NRILYUTSD opens with an enchanting composition for melodica. Droning harmonies fold over each…
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LEVEL UP: REMEMBERING LOCAL MULTIPLAYER
As part of the Laurier Pride Society, I’ve been playing a lot of party games with my friends. I’ve also been playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with Laurier’s gaming club and Monster Hunter World with another friend. Playing games with friends is always a great time for me, even though I usually play single-player…
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HOW IT WORKS: HOSPITAL BOARDS IN ONTARIO
In Ontario, hospitals are independent corporations run by a localized board of directors. However, they are still part of an interconnected system of healthcare services offered by the government. Hospital boards work a little bit like school boards and municipalities in that they decide on their individual strategic plans, but they use the framework set…
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STORIES OF WR
It is October and three ghost friends decide to enjoy a night out in Kitchener. Their first stop is to see a spooky film at the Apollo Cinema. After the film, they float over to AOK to play arcade games. They then make their way to linger at one of Schneider Haus’ windows, watching the…
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COSMIC RELIEF: STRAP IN FOR AN ELECTRIFYING JULY
I love esoteric study because of its infinite correspondences to traditions, archetypes, and mythologies. I see it as an intricate web of connections that can offer us personal wisdom and insight—you just need to find the system and language that connects the dots for you. July brings us a powerful cosmic connection with the Mars-Uranus…
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QUEER SPACE: WCDSB INFORMAL POLICY CENSORS 2SLGBTQ+ BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) currently has an informal policy to re-catalogue certain children’s books in their school libraries to the professional collection, a staff-only collection that is reserved for teaching resources. These are age-appropriate 2SLGBTQ+ books selected by trained professionals relocated to teacher-resource collections that students cannot fairly access. Four titles…
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SEXPLANATIONS: SETTING BOUNDARIES, BIDDING FAREWELL
Recently, I explained to a neighbor who wanted to spend time with me that I needed some alone time on weekends. I thoughtfully reminded her of my multiple roles at the University of Waterloo and how much time, effort and care I put into them. I said I needed time on the weekends to reflect,…