How Much Does Google Know About You?
Imagine it. You’re browsing online for a few pieces of clothing. Google knows. You visit the websites of your favourite stores for the...
Ria Visweswaran (Wilfrid Laurier ‘22)
Ria Visweswaran (Wilfrid Laurier ‘22)
Ria is a second-year student with a passion for the arts and literature. Her favourite things include baby elephants, purple tulips and raspberry tea. When she's not reading, you can find her perusing the campus for good coffee spots.
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The Definitive Ranking of Every Disney Prince
Guess who’s single and ready to… rewatch every Disney princess movie and avoid all my real-life responsibilities? I think about the Little...
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Canadian Universities as Hogwarts Houses
The following article contains insults and coarse language. Reader discretion is advised. I’ve done it. I’ve created porn for nerds. I’ve...
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5 Ways to Hang Out With Friends Virtually
Staying at home doesn’t mean you can’t have a social life.
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How to Get Over Your FOMO
Everyone has two lives. There’s your real life, then there’s your social media life. Real-life you is eating a bag of Doritos in your PJ’s...
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Confessions of a Picky Eater
I’m a foodie who hates food. I love a good bowl of spaghetti, as long as the sauce is ground and it’s the exact pre-approved brand that I...
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The Pros & Cons of Having an Uncommon Name
Having a unique name is like wearing a fluorescent pink unitard in public, except you can’t change out of it nearly as easily. My name “Ria...
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P.S. I Still Love You Non-Spoiler Review
Dear Lara Jean, Send some men our way. Signed, All the viewers The day has finally arrived: The movie that made Noah Centineo a staple of...
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The Most Iconic TV Love Triangles of All Time
Love triangles. When you read those words, one of two things happens. A) You stare at the screen in disgust, then start writing a 50-page...
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Why We’re Afraid to Talk About Sex
Learning about sex in school was awkward. The teacher wrote clinical terms on a blackboard while prepubescent teenagers tried to hold in...
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How to Make Friends When You Have Social Anxiety
Having social anxiety is like diving face-first into an ocean of sharks and getting eaten alive. And then doing it again the next day. In...
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The Myth of Bird Courses
Hello, smart person. Yes, you. I’ve been trying to find a way to say this delicately, but they say honesty is the best policy, so: There’s...
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10 Most Controversial Characters of the Decade
It’s been a decade of geek nirvana, with movies and shows producing content faster than you can spell the word “media.” And the thing that...
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Best Celebrity Fights of the Decade
As the year comes to a close, we’re also celebrating the end of a decade. The 2010s have been a time of laughs, love and camaraderie but it...
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I Spilled Coffee on my Professor... Here’s my Story
Part I: Buying the Coffee Some people will try to convince you that coffee is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Considering the taste...
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Disney+ Review: Is It Worth It?
The day was November 12th, 2019. Netflix gulped, Hulu shuddered and CBS All Access cried. Amazon Prime did nothing, acknowledging its place...
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How Common is Common Sense?
It’s a chilly evening. The only sound on the street comes from the flurries of snow pelting against the ground. You’ve just finished...
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I Re-watched the First Episode of Your Favourite Teen Dramas
Teen dramas: they were a staple of growing up. In many ways, they matured along with us and so we judged them kindly. That ends today. My...
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3 Year University: Yay or Nay?
Have you ever had to force yourself through a math course while hating every second of it? Or taken a geography class that bored you to...
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Buying the Perfect Gift on a Budget
What they say: “No gifts this year. I know I said that last year, but this time I really mean it.” What we think: I mean, that’s great for...
