My journey towards waste reduction

This is the first article in a three-part series about Kendra’s journey through waste reduction.   You see that? That Mason jar filled with garbage right...

The time I accidentally became a Tumblr porn star

Tumblr is a huge website. According to Wikipedia, it hosts over 290 million blogs, with over 45 million new posts created daily. With such...

SFYou: An interview with SFU’s dancing queen, Melissa Panetta

As she sipped her green tea across from me, I got to know an extremely down-to-earth and light-hearted person, who dares to ask for...

Telling women they have ‘resting bitch face’ highlights modern double standards

School pictures were never fun for me. Like I was a part of some clichéd bit on TV, it seemed like I was unable...

The double life lived by student sex workers

As Ava* embarks on the first semester of her master’s program, she is relieved that the admissions committee at her graduate school didn’t find...

Taking (many) of the roads less travelled

To most of my friends, family, and others who run into me, I’m one of the few students who seems to have their shit...

An interview with the woman behind the Veggie Lunch program, Kalarupini Koraljka Roy

“It’s the best-hidden secret” at SFU, says owner Kalarupini Koraljka Roy, as she serves up a plate of mac ‘n’ cheese, curry, rice, and...

Get your binge on

If you are not feeling the start of the semester, and you’re ready to wrap yourself up in a blanket burrito and sit alone...

An interview with Deepak Sharma, our new SFSS president

I met the newly elected Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) president, Deepak Sharma, on his fourth day of presidency. Outfitted in a suit and...

California Dreamin’

I recently finished watching the entire first season of Fuller House, which, aside from making me wonder why I was watching such a terrible...