My first coop term starts this winter, and I need to start applying now. How many jobs would you recommend that I apply for? What's the number people usually aim for? Thanks a lot for the help!

Dont know shit about it. Please educate and help in strategising!!!!!! HELP MEEE

I'm planning on dropping one of my courses. Not that its hard, but the grade layout makes it very easy to do poorly (or great). Any ideas for some bird courses? Im third year

shower biweekly ✅

meat beat study break ✅

20 reps walk to the fridge ✅

5 hours on discord talking to my kitten ✅

foreskin intact ✅

Nearly the entire Fall 2021 Bike Centre exec team including both coordinators and mechanics have just quit. This may seem shocking, but here's some background.

Our founder started the Bike Centre in 1995 and had served us for 20 years. Back then, operations were good. The Bike Centre was under UW admin back then. WUSA (Feds back in the day) took over SLC, and slowly encroached upon the Bike Centre. They assumed full control in 2015 when our Founder "left" knowing that Feds wanted him out. The UW bike Centre was closed for 2 terms that year, with many people leaving. Some of the former volunteers returned, but major changes were made. An example is that WUSA didn't want grad students volunteering. The Bike Centre's affilation with the UW cycling club was cut off by FEDs as well, due to reasons I don't quite know myself.

History was bound to repeat itself. These past years, For customers, we tried to keep it as nice as we can and not have WUSA negatively impact our quality of service. However, this was not sustainable by any means. Bike Centre ran into issues nonstop, whether it be financial, operation, human resources, policy enforcement, or volunteer benefits. Some examples include giving our valued grad student volunteers/execs/customers a hard time, taking away a significant portion of the Bike Centre's revenue made from fixing, selling, and renting bikes, and providing inadequate funding to send more complex repairs to a professional bike shop, or to purchase tools, fluids, etc.

This all boiled over when WUSA tried to ban one of our most beloved volunteers from participating (due to a reason I will not disclose here). He had taught all of us the ins and outs of the Bike Centre, whether it's operations or repair. Additionally, they tried to get us to enforce that ban. We simply could not do that to our friend and colleague, so we quit. Not only is he a beloved volunteer but he is the only one who knows the bike centre like the back of his hand, and is the only one who knew how to fix our rental bikes properly (WUSA wouldn't give us enough budget to get them sent to a professional shop). WUSA says they will reopen the Bike Centre in two terms. I wish them good luck in finding new people for the Bike Centre. You can't sail a ship without its crew.

I give any future students interested in volunteering in the bike centre a warning in advance, so you know what you're getting yourselves into. Additionally, any posts/updates about the bike centre on the bike centre's social media are not being made by us, (the volunteers and execs), but WUSA.

EDIT: I found old posts from 6 years ago. apparently initially Feds had planned to shut down the bike centre for good.

"After 20 years, the Bike Centre is shutting down"

www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/3pfshl/after_20_years_the_bike_centre_is_shutting
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Just wondering what the structure of the assignments would look like.

I received a quote to replace the bottom section of a 16' wide garage door and replace the outside weather stripping. Does anyone have a rough estimate of what something like this should cost?

Anyone know where I can look for studio apartments in the area? I've been looking on property management websites, kijiji, and other rental search sites but haven't found one yet.

Hi any suggestions where I can get documents notarised in KW at decent prices.

Do you have troubles logging into one card portal? It won’t even redirect me to it, raising an error. It has been that way for a couple of days now

Is there any other way to get one card bus pass?

(Authenticated Users Only): uwaterloo.ca/plant-operations/floor-plans

Useful if you want to check out a building's floor plan so you can find a lecture room easier.

Also useful if you are planning a heist on campus.

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I think I got scammed online. I am wondering if anyone lives around this street, if they'd be kind enough to do a quick walk or drive by if it's not too much out of their way?

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Basically I ordered something, that's on a 9-12 week backorder from a non reputable store (my bad) and they're saying to wait around for it to ship (probably so my Paypal guarantee can lapse). I asked if I can pick it up locally if they have a local presence, and they said sure and gave me a address here, and a unit number.

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Google shows residential area, with the house number not exactly there, but I don't know how old the google map picture is. I would really appreciate if someone who lives 3-5 minutes around would be kind enough to do a walk through to see if a business exists there, or what's going on.

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Please post here or PM me, and I'll give you the exact address (#### Mill Street - UNIT ###, Kitchener).

For those who are going back home for reading week, when's the best time to get tickets back?

Now that the "student option period" is open for opting out of Respondus exams, does anyone plan on completing the form to get an alternative assessment? I have heard nothing but bad things about the software and am wondering if it's a good idea to opt-out for this term.

Anyone knows what that email was about?

In case I wasn’t clear:

We were horrified and dismayed to learn about a racist act that occurred during the Co-op 101 information session for 2A Science students on Monday, September 13, 2021.

Waterloo condemns racism in all its forms. This includes the types of racist terms used during Monday’s virtual session. Please accept our heartfelt apology. We are investigating this matter and will take the necessary actions needed to discipline the perpetrators once they have been identified.

If you experienced or saw the racist words used by participants during this session, we acknowledge the serious harm that has taken place. We have resources available to support those who experience online harassment and bullying. Counselling Services has a counsellor for Black student support, Gillian Wells. We also encourage you to report any acts of racism you have experienced or witnessed to the Equity Office.

In Science, you can reach out to members of the Science Anti-Racism Taskforce. The taskforce has a form you can complete anonymously if you want to share feedback or information.

Students can also get peer support from RAISE and there are additional resources for BIPOC folks in our community on the HREI website. If you are affected by the incident, or by hearing about this incident, know that you are not alone, and there are people to help you.

The values upon which the University of Waterloo exists are founded on respect and inclusion. We are Canada's most innovative university because of our diversity, and we will continue to uphold values that foster respect among all campus community members.

We hope you will join us in our continued commitment to advancing inclusion and belonging for people of all races, national origins, and ethnicities.

Bob Lemieux Dean, Faculty of Science

Norah McRae Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education

Does anyone know of any friends or family who are looking for childcare/daycare in the KW area right now?

yall does this shit get better i give up

Hi guys, I'm looking to take drivers ed in the very near future. Was wondering if anyone on here had specific schools they either recommend, or do not recommend for whatever reasons?

Any information you guys have regarding which schools in the region are best to use would be appreciated. I'm 24 years old, doing this later in life than a lot of people do, I'm not sure if there's a school that tailors to that.

Thanks in advance

For 6 v 6 soccer intramural do you have to bring shin guards or can you just play with cleats and socks?

Confess now! Otherwise the gym will get closed for all of us 😭😭😭 many of the smaller dumbbells are not there!

I've been wanting to get a tattoo for so long but I can't find a good tattoo artist. I've heard some about powerhouse and perfect image. I'm looking for someone who can do fine line / aesthetic

I want to either get a floral tattoo or a picture of my pet but not a portrait.

Help me find a good tattoo artist please!

Hello everyone,

if there is anyone who has taken CS251 or is taking CS251 online this term, could anyone share the grade breakdown and overall course structure?
Considering swapping to it right now and was wondering how wise of decision that is.

Thanks so much!

If I wanted to strictly go into the software field (perhaps with some flexibility into DS), which one would be a better option? Currently in the Eng faculty, so it would be really difficult to switch into CS. With Systems, there are only two software courses in the entire curriculum, but it seems like the students get equally, if not better software positions than CE often. Is this due to their better human skills? It seems to me that the curriculum is way too broad, and students would probably have to spend a lot of time on their own gaining technical skills. However, even if CE does offer more software courses, how much do students even gain from them? Is it worth the trouble to grind through the difficult hardware and circuit courses?

Thank you for listening to my indecisive ass.

Hi, I am going to my final year at Laurier, Just wondering if anyone who graduates from the double degree program can share their experience/advice for:

1. apply for the Post-Grad program in US or Europe
2. Finding international employment

Thanks!

I've gone into SLC like 4 times specifically for it and it's never open, which is weird. I thought maybe they might have something about it on the food services hours page, but nope. I've tried at 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00 respectively.

Anyone graduated or know someone who did not to do coop? Obviously it’s not a necessity but how did you find the job prospects?

anyone know if the ahs silent study room is open? I just tried to get in and it wouldn’t accept my watcard…

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-centre-federal-election-race-1.6176985

Hi!

I have a bit of an odd request so please bare with me. My girlfriend really wanted one of those little plush geese from the W store but was not able to snag one in her first year due to the pandemic.

I went to the W store this week and there were no geese. Their listing on the website is now just a broken page. My girlfriend has not emotionally recovered from this.

She dreams of plush goose. She eats breakfast thinking of plush goose. She is more worried about graduating without finding a plush goose than she is about her test tomorrow even though she still has 2 years left.

Does anyone know what happened to the geese and if they will be back? Or does anyone have an extra goose I could buy off you?

Thank you for listening to my tale of tragedy and woe.

Hello guys! I got my interview to get into co-op tomorrow and I am extremely stressed out. I have prepared thoroughly but was wondering what questions other students were asked in their interviews by the co-op office. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

When you ate at food places on campus like DC or V1, what was the appropriate number of utensils for a meal? Do you ever feel bad for taking 2 spoons when 1 spoon would have been sufficient?

I feel bad because one time I took 3 forks thinking I will be eating the meal throughout the day but I ended up only using 1 fork and throwing the other 2 forks out. What should I do?

Wife and I are moving to Kitchener later this year, and our shortlist includes the Queen Margaret apartments and The Regency apartments near downtown, both managed by Homestead. Just trying to do my due diligence and see if anyone on here has experience with these and knows of any bug issues or whether there are red flags with management.

Not from around Kitchener but I need to teach my kid how to drive manual in the area.

Can anyone recommend some parking lots that would be empty this Sunday morning? They live downtown so anything in the area would be best.

fwiw - we're using the Car Talk method on concentrating on the clutch's friction point and less about the gas pedal. I'm hoping they'll start shifting between gears this weekend so we can get on the road proper shortly.

I was walking to E7 and I saw someone totally vent!!??!?!?!?!?!?

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Howdy

I was at Canna Cabana tonight (Sept 15) on King in Uptown and I saw you and complimented your outfit and we chatted super quickly about it being an English teacher fit. I ended the conversation with a gendered term and I realized I might have misgendered you.

If I did, I’m genuinely sorry! 100% my bad. If I didn’t, I just want to reiterate that your outfit was such a vibe.

Cheers!

I just killed a cockroach?? I have never seen one in my life (I'm from BC/Alberta). How much of a common pest are they? Comparable to spiders/houseflies or a little more rare? I really hate bugs.