Month: July 2008
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Be You, Be Proud
When I was in high school I was loud and proud, here and queer, out and about… you get the idea. I went to bars and clubs in the Gay Village in Toronto, I had other queer friends, and I even went to a Gay Youth Group. I knew who I was, my family and…
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Are You Going to Eat That?
Christmas dinner, Sunday potlucks, birthday brunch, summer barbecues…it seems that all the important events in my life are surrounded by food. This seemed especially important growing up in a Mennonite community. Every special church event was either a potluck or a picnic, so as a kid I came to associate community and friends with meals.
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Laurier Loves the Ceck
Here at Laurier, many have realized the importance of community and its effects on the environment. Over the years, many of our students have been realizing the need to come together within their different interest areas to focus on environmental action and awareness.
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Poverty
We live in a fast paced and commercialized society. We are innundated by new information; how to lose ten pounds in ten days and keeping up on the crazy antics of Britney Spears are norms of our everyday life. However, even through this onslaught of the media, we remain oblivious to social issues that are…
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A Radical Choir
Friends, like melodies each one moving me, inspiring me, inviting me into friendship, like harmonies pleasing to the ear with twice the strength, calling out
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B.Odorant
It was my first day as an intern on an organic farm. My younger brother had already been working there for a few months. Several interns had started working two or three weeks before I did. I was with two of the other interns, and somehow the discussion turned to natural body care products. Which…
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Building A Community Checklist
Community is the revolution That will constructively and Creatively build and maintain A just and harmonious world. For such a community to flower I feel there must be: