Words around Vancouver

At the end of September for nearly the past 20 years, lit lovers and word nerds from all backgrounds gather at Library Square for...

SFU fundraises for 50th

Last Monday, SFU launched it’s 50th-anniversary fundraising campaign amid a colourful crowd of energetic spectators. The university is hoping to raise $250 million by...

Take me to the mountains

To all my fellow SFU classmates that feel homesick for powder covered slopes, who sometimes wish they had been a ski bum rather than...

Decriminalizing marijuana makes perfect sense

I have a confession to make. Like Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, I have smoked marijuana....

Hypocrisy and the Great American Game

In the Line of Fire The thirtieth overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft, tight end Dustin Keller, had a solid and somewhat productive career...

SFU goes CSI in virtual crime lab

This geo-spatial chart, used in the course, illustrates incidents of violence and property crime in Downtown Vancouver. An online course offered by SFU’s School of...

Writer’s Block

Introduction It’s mid-July. I’m sitting in my apartment, sipping my mediocre cup of coffee, scrolling through the “Current Auditions List” on the Vancouver Public Library...

Heteronormativity is everywhere

Heteronormativity is pervasive, even in the ivory towers of academia. Heteronormativity is when heterosexuality is treated as more natural than other sexual orientations, and...

SFU grad film premieres at TIFF

It all began in a monastery. Devan Scott, an SFU film studies graduate, was helping out a friend with a documentary being shot at...

U-Pass to transfer to Compass Card in 2014

With TransLink starting beta testing on its widely publicized Compass Card system, SFU students can expect to see their U-Pass transferred onto Compass sometime...