Putin’s Games

It was -25 degrees Celsius on December 23, 2013 when Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the punk rock advocacy group Pussy Riot, was granted...

Campus roads get a makeover

  Update: Starting date for Roadway Improvement Project has been pushed to Feb. 10, during reading week, so as to minimize traffic disruption.   Say goodbye and good...

Tarantino Burlesque revives the Grindhouse

Considering Quentin Tarantino’s affinity for powerful female characters, it’s fitting that the vivacious ladies of Vancouver’s burlesque scene would shake their tassels in a...

Question political propaganda

Political ads may be sharp criticisms of a candidate or party, but they tell an incomplete story, often leaving out inconvenient details. They claim...

Local singer lends voice to SFU recycling campaign

The lead singer of local band Bend Sinister lent his talents to SFU’s newest campaign, the Zero Waste Initiative, which is looking to greatly...

Dating in the Internet Age

Do use Yelp and other review aggregates to help plan a dinner date. Dinner and a movie might sound like a positively twentieth century approach...

Your next barber visit

The Handlebar (aka The Lion Tamer) This one is best pulled off if the rest of your face is smoothly shaven and the hair on...

5 Old Technologies You Should Be Using

Typewriters. If you’ve never used a typewriter before, you might be surprised by how much work you’ll end up doing before you even get...

Ping Pong Phenom

He's 18, but doesn't look it. He doesn't look like a ping-pong player either, but he is, and a damn good one at that....

PQ in Review

Twerking twenty-year olds, crack-smoking politicians, retiring teenyboppers — 2013 brought a barrage of sensational headlines. But, unsurprisingly, the most important and influential news stories...