Tips to thrive this exam season
The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, the sun is shining brighter, and it finally feels like we are breaking away from winter. As we transition into spring, we are one step closer to those […]
Redefining love this February: Finding meaningful relationships
Valentine’s Day. Does it make you smile, remembering your latest kiss with your significant other? Or does it make you cringe, recalling the messy breakup with a former flame? With love in the air and grocery store aisles […]
Chase away the winter blues: staying well this winter
The air is cold, the snow is piling up, and when 5 p.m. hits it seems darkness has already engulfed the city. To the unversed, this is what a typical January afternoon in Waterloo looks like. For many […]
How to romanticize winter
Enjoying the dreary, colder months can be challenging, but romanticizing your every day during this time of year can help keep you lower stress and find moments of joy. Through cultivating an atmosphere […]
“2025 is my year”: Setting achievable New Year’s resolutions
Reflecting on 2024, do you remember your New Year’s resolutions? Did you achieve them? At the end of each year, I sit and reflect — what was memorable, what did I learn, how did I change, and what am […]
What to expect when you’re expecting (to graduate): Advice from a UW career advisor and UW alumni
From the beginning of first-year orientation to the end of your final undergraduate exam, most UW students look forward to graduating one day. Life after graduation brings on a new chapter of excitement, relaxation, limitless possibilities, but most […]
Menstrual Wellness 101: Women’s Centre and dietitian advocate for period health and equity
What is menstrual wellness? How does period poverty impact UW students? Are my period symptoms “normal?” These questions are what WUSA’s Women’s Centre and registered dietitian, Courtney Wilson, aim to answer. Wilson’s
What I wish I knew in my first year
Starting university can be daunting. Whether it’s the excitement of further developing your intellectual passions, living on your own for the first time, or feeling like you’re finally becoming an adult, it can be a lot to take […]
10 essential items to survive first year
With the official start of the fall semester behind us, incoming first-year students may have been frantically searching Google or asking parents, siblings, or peers what they need to ensure that their first year of university living in […]
Looking for a co-op? Here’s what you should know!
Now that we are in the fall term, classes, clubs, and campus have become full and lively once again. Though for many, there is an extra duty now weighing on them: attaining a co-op for the next term. […]
