This shit is Bananas!

  Open your mouth and say something; no one’s going to say it for you   By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Mark Burnham   I recently went with my dad to...

Queer or not?

Is there such a thing as “gaydar”? By Ljudmila Petrovic A few weeks back, my close friend Saul* and I were standing in a packed bar,...

Blackout: The serious and deadly nature of concussions

By Sheldon Kenny (The Sheaf) Illustration by Brianna Whitmore (The Sheaf)   This past November I lost my brother Lyndon Kenny to suicide. Lyndon was a very good hockey player:...

Who needs feminism?

By Lana Friesen SFU needs a feminist campaign. Not because SFU is crawling with sexists, but because many people are afraid to identify themselves as feminists....

Captive killers: The truth about killer whale captivity

By Jennifer-Chow Those who grew up in Vancouver likely had their first killer whale experience as children: pressed up to the glass window of a...

Top 5 places to eat under $5

By Adam Dewji Let’s face it: most places on campus are terribly expensive, and a tasty, satisfying  meal costs at least $10. In light of...

Surviving your first year

  By Pearl Tanna “Expect the worst and hope for the best” — this is my mantra regarding school. In my first year, however, I was...

Mount up: Your guide to another semester on Burnaby Mountain

By Ljudmila Petrovic If you’re a chump like me (that was a typo . . . I meant “champ,” of course) and took summer classes,...

No animals were harmed: One meat-lover’s week as a vegan

By Ljudmila Petrovic I love meat. Yeah, that’s what I said. Pulled pork, steak, chicken, seafood, you name it; except for a short flirtation with...

The fuck-it list: The things you didn’t accomplish over the summer and why they would have sucked anyways

By Gary Lim   Well, shit. Summer’s almost over, isn’t it? I mean, sure, you have August, but once you account for all the time you...