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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017
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“Cross something off my bucket list.” –Leja Franjic, second-year sociology
“To get an International Internship with the United Nations.” – Fitesa Osdautaj, fourth-year criminology
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Approximately 12,000 people gathered on Ezra Avenue to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Friday. 208 charges were laid by police, 11 were criminal offences.
Dear Life “For my favourite prof Robert McLeman to came back from Ireland by the end of the year.” -Niki Samya, fourthyear environmental science
Dear Life is your opportunity to write a letter to your life, allowing you to vent your anger with life’s little frustrations in a completely public forum. All submissions to Dear Life are anonymous, should be no longer than 100 words and must be addressed to your life. Submissions can be sent to dearlife@thecord. ca no later than Monday at noon each week. Dear Roommate’s boyfriend, Can you please explain to me why it’s funny to leave an ISIS joke on our whiteboard when you leave for the weekend? I sincerely don’t understand the humour. Sincerely, Terrorists are hilarious, apparently
“To pass all my classes.” Jane Kwan, second-year business administration Compiled by Nathalie Bouchard Photos by Marco Pedri
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Dear Life, My mental illness prevents me from feeling accomplished at anything. No matter what, I’ll never be good enough for my own mind. That’s not something everyone experiences and I hate being reduced to that. Wanting to die because I got an 85% instead
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of a 90% isn’t healthy. What’s even more unhealthy is other people belittling my experiences because I got an 85%. Yes, it’s a great mark, I know that. It’s not good enough, and you’re making me feel worse. You’re not helping. Sincerely, Drained Dear Life, Is it too late to drop out and be a professional horse archer? Sincerely, Seriously considering Dear Life, It just hit me that I’m going to have to deal with my feelings over the summer instead of just writing Dear Lifes about them. That’s a scary thought. Sincerely, Keep publishing and validating me please Dear David Millard Haskell, prof at Laurier Brantford, What a pompus ass hat you are sir. What a disservice it is to know you exist. I loved the part in your article where you imply that all these students are children. When you
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“Eating disorder in a calorie counting age” by Shyenne MacDonald “Kevin O’Leary visits WLU” by Karlis Wilde
in fact, are acting like a bitter old man. Then again looking at your academic interest and focus on religion, I am not surprised. You also seemed to gloss over the fact that the speech was set for International Women’s Day, making the speaker a very poor choice. I’m sure you just managed to forget this. Yeah, oops. How you managed to become a prof at a Laurier campus will forever astound me now. Sincerely, I’m very glad you dont teach in Waterloo Dear Life, Do yourself a favour and date a feminist. Sincerely, The lucky one Dear Life, The light of my soul, the glow of my face. The joy of my life, the essence of my grace. The peace of my mind, the cheer in my heart. The one without which, I cannot stand to part. The person whom with my heart does lay,
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I am grateful for you beyond what words can say. Thank you for blessing me with the people I am fortunate enough to call family. Sincerely, The Luckiest Girl in the World Dear The Cord, When did you guys become more concerned about appeasing every single group on campus and less about pushing out hard-hitting, investigative articles? I miss the days when The Cord would challenge, disrupt and push back against the popular opinion. Instead, I read article after article that are CLEARLY afraid to piss off the wrong people. That’s not journalism, guys. That’s not even media... it’s just blogging. Sincerely, My tuition pays for your shitty publication. Dear “My Tuition Pays For Your Shitty Publication” Thanks for holding us accountable. I promise you, people are pissed off. Sincerely, Ugh.
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Quote of the week: “What else would you call someone wearing multiple watches?” - Arts & Life Editor Manjot Bhullar RE: calling people “drug dealers”