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Mental Health Matters for Everyone
Mental health is a highly important topic that, frankly, should be discussed more often across all groups of people. It's time to destroy...
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(Literally) Dancing Your Way to Success
I wouldn’t call myself a professional dancer. I have no idea what I look like while I’m jumping around, but I’m just going to assume that...
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Feeling "Depressed" Is Different From Being Depressed
I recently came across one of Prince Ea’s videos titled “YOU ARE NOT DEPRESSED, STOP IT!” that featured some flawed logic that I felt...
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Five Netflix Shows You Need to Watch Over Semester Break
Finally, finals are over. It is time to rejoice, it is time to celebrate, and it is time to finally catch up on all the Netflix shows you...
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Treat Your Skin: Tips for Taking Care
We have all been there: it’s the end of the day and we do not have the energy to wash our face as it seems like the most daunting task. But...
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A Hundred Years of Women in Protest
Throughout the ages and in various places around the world, women have been in protest. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
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How Not to Go Insane in Finals Season: 5 Healthy Stress-Coping Mechanisms
I’ll admit I have had a few near mental breakdowns this semester. The increasing panicked feeling when the pressure of getting good grades...
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Living Away from Home: 5 Ways to Avoid Homesickness and Find Happiness in Independence
Living away from home for the first time is difficult no matter how far away you move. For me, it didn’t help that my first time truly...
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Meet Zoei: Aspiring, Creative, and All-Around Cool Girl
Zoei Nijjar is a passionate communications major, originally from California. She is laid-back, cool, ambitious, and an ultimate sweetheart...
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4 Tips to Survive the End of Semester
We’re reached the most taxing time of the year. Yes, Finals season is here. If you're reading this to procrastinate, be my guest. If you’re...
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Foods to Eat for Working Out
One of the best workout/diet pieces of advice I’ve received was pretty obvious. Start seeing food like fuel for your body . Like…duh! That’...
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Spring Has Sprung: Embrace the Sunshine
Being Vancouverites, it seems like we have all become accustomed to spending at least two-thirds of our year in constant rainy and grey...
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Stop Calling Me That: On Calling Strong Women Rude Names
We have all either seen it or been a part of it. There’s a girl with ambition. She’s got actual concrete plans about what she wants to do...
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Why Students Should Not Feel Obligated to Graduate Post-Secondary in Four Years
Many students go through post-secondary, carrying the expectation of graduating in four years. Although, as years go by and with constant...
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A Coloured Response to the Beauty Industry
We've grown up in a world where the hegemonic ideology of beauty is equated to a Eurocentric ideal of beauty. Many of you may not think...
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Meet Sarah Kwan: This Girl Is On Fire
Hometown: Richmond Major: Communication Year: 3rd Year Age: 20 What ignites your fire? Seeing that what I do actually helps others, whether...
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15 Things I Learned From My First Year at SFU
Moving away from home for the first time and transitioning from high school to university is an experience that offers much room for growth...
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Spring Forward in Style
“It's hot. It's cold. It's lukewarm. It's amazingly hot again. No, we're not talking about a steamy on-again, off-again romance. We're...
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I Don't Look Like a Kardashian and That's Okay
I wish I could change a million things about the way that I look. I wish my cheekbones were more defined, I wish I had larger lips, I wish...
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How to Deal With Difficult Roommates
Roommates are a fact of life for nearly all of us have to have, unless we are blessed with the finances to live on our own. Here is the...
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The Politics of Hair
Hair has always been an interesting topic for me. I’ve got naturally wavy, frizzy hair, which occasionally carries the perfect ringlet curl...
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An Open Letter to a Teenager Who Lost a Parent to Cancer
Dear ________, I am so sorry. Though, I'm sure the word 'sorry' has become numb to you now. I am sorry that you have had to go through such...
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How to Lead a Positive Life
When things do not go the way that I had planned, my initial reaction is to always think about it in a negative manner. Staying positive in...
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There's More to Working Out Than Losing Weight
Having spent my entire high school life as a competitive soccer player, working out or going to the gym was something that was not even in...
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