Check your privilege

If you’ve read the title of this quiz and are groaning about social justice warriors, or how the world is becoming too politically correct,...

Bidding farewell to yet another safe queer space

“After 14 years, AfterEllen as we know it will be effectively shutting down as of Friday,” editor-in-chief of AfterEllen, Trish Bendix, shared. It was...

Your last-minute Halloween costume survival guide

Halloween is fast-approaching, and there’s a good chance you have an invite or two to respond to. If you’re in need of a last-minute...

An interview with Zoya Jiwa, the SFU student changing the fabric of our lives

After being diagnosed with a life-altering illness, few people think about what they’re going to wear. But as Zoya Jiwa points out, illness can...

Forget everything you believe about online courses

I’ve never been one for classroom learning. I hate the concept of just sitting in a lecture hall that is either too hot or...

Fuck textbooks

Why are textbooks so damn expensive? Textbooks, and their ridiculous price tags, are a complicated mess that takes some explaining. The main reason textbooks are...

Six people who changed SFU forever

SFU is the “instant university” that has been educating makers and movers since 1965. Its halls have seen some brilliant minds, but these six...

Does a GPA have any kind of worth?

“GPAs don’t really matter.” Maybe you’ve said that when confronted with the fact that writing a term paper in two hours is an awful idea....

University nap rooms are telling of an overburdened student population

I am way too tired to listen to some BS argument for why SFU needs a napping room. With universities looking at safe napping...

Drop your toxic friends and never look back

University is a time for higher learning, to develop the skills we’ll need after graduation to live our best possible lives. Or something to...