Pipe Dream

The Enbridge Pipeline's questionable safety measures When Michelle Barland Smith woke up one morning in July 2010 in Battlecreek, Michigan — a small town overlooking...

Fashion Flatline

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SFYou: Fight for your pride

Photos by Mark Burnham Samonte Cruz grew up in a rural area, so when he come out as queer around the age of 16, he...

Universal University

The gaps between SFU and Senegal are surprisingly small Photos by Eleanor Qu If when you think of Africa, the first image that comes into your...

LAST WORD: 2020 Vision – The International Olympic Committee's hazy recommendation to remove wrestling

Photos by Mark Burnham The morning of Feb. 12 greeted the world’s wrestling community with a firestorm of texts, tweets, posts, blogs, and press releases:...

Benny and the regrets

The controversies surrounding Pope Benedict XVI’s Vatican career Illustration by Eleanor Qu   “In today’s world . . . both strength of mind and body are necessary,...

Surprise! Homophobia still exists

Even in a marketably queer-friendly city like Vancouver, people are still sipping the gay haterade Photos by Mark Burnham Over drinks last week, a friend was...

You hypnotize me

Photos by Mark Burnham Think of a hypnotist and you probably get an image of a pendulum and a voice crooning, “You are getting very...

LAST WORD: New Wave

Why we need movements like Idle No More Photos by Stephen Hui A new wave of racism is gaining momentum as Idle No More activity continues...

My Mother’s Caregiver: Looking After a Parent with early-inset Alzheimer’s

Illustrated byEleanor Qu OTTAWA (CUP) - Some of my university peers are motivated by grades, future salaries, or parental pressure. I'm motivated by something else:...